Publications by authors named "Maggie Miller"

Contemporary theories of attentional control state that information can be prioritized based on selection history. Even though theories agree that selection history can impact representations of spatial location, which in turn helps guide attention, there remains disagreement on whether nonspatial features (e.g.

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Comprehensive and meaningful policy analysis in the field of physical activity is difficult, not least because of the variable influence of other policy domains. However, in 2011 a Policy Assessment Tool (PAT) was developed by members of the WHO European Network for the Promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA Europe) and tested in several different countries. In 2014, Wales joined a global initiative, active healthy kids (AHK) Global Alliance, that supported the development of country level 'Report Cards' scoring a range of indicators that influence physical activity amongst children and young people, one of which was labelled 'Government Strategies and Investments'.

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Objective: Moral injury is the lasting psychological, spiritual, and behavioral effects of having perpetrated acts that transgress moral boundaries. Contemporary models of moral injury in military veterans examine the role of transgressive acts, moral appraisals of these acts, and the symptoms of moral injury. However, little research has examined potential pathways between these elements.

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Objective: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that the upper bound of benefits from removing mercury emissions by U.

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