Participants in this study are asked to read a list of words, then sort the words into categories based on their vowel sounds (ignoring letters). We are trying to find out how different two sounds have to be acoustically before speakers consider them to be linguistically different.

Cities are hot during daytime in summer time - much hotter than their surrounding vegetated, often forested rural areas. This effect, the Urban Heat Island Effect, is determined by building materials, human activity, and urban vegetation. But how does it affect individual thermal comfort? We are interested in understanding relationships between temperature and thermal comfort in urban areas.

The main objective of this study is to develop methods for forecasting passenger waiting times in TSA lines at RDU airport.

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the impact of the Well-Being Initiative for Woman Faculty of Color (the "Program") on overall well-being, career advancement and professional success. The Program is designed for early and mid-career Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) women faculty at U.S. Schools of Pharmacy and Departments of Pharmacology at research-intensive institutions. The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with Houston Wellness Workshops for Women (H3W), has developed this two-year program to support the well-being and professional advancement of BIPOC women faculty in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences research. Participants in the study will take voluntary surveys during the Program to evaluate three factors: well-being, burnout, and self-efficacy in their professional academic roles before and after completing the Program.

The death of a parent is a traumatic event for their surviving co-parents and minor children, yet there is a lack of resources and support for widowed parents. The study aims to (1) better understand the reasons that parents express interest in the Widowed Parent Moms' or Dads' Groups, and (2) receive parents' feedback on the program.

The goal of this research is to develop fundamental knowledge in robotics and visualization, leading to a new framework, methods, and tools that enable robot operators and supervisors to take advantage of robot-collected data while in the field.

Participants of the Clerkship Administrator Certificate Program will be surveyed to describe their experience and long-term outcomes.

To study African American class formations in northern Virginia

The purpose of this research study is to see how displaying different types of information may help users when conducting procedural knowledge information-seeking tasks using a search interface.

We are investigating whether having higher levels of a growth mindset influences job attitudes and commitment to one's workplace, and whether a growth mindset results in different reactions to employment situations presented.