Stephanie Williamson

Regis University · College of Management

Although food deserts are areas that lack easy access to food outlets and considered a barrier to a healthy diet and a healthy weight among residents, food deserts typically comprise older urban areas which may have many parks and street configurations that could facilitate more physical activity. However, other conditions may limit the use of avai...

Purpose: This study described the use of dog parks in several diverse locations and explored the contribution dog parks made to physical activity of the dog owners. Method: The Systematic Observation of Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) tool was used to count the number and characteristics of people using parks. Observations were condu...

Permanently disabled workers in California's workers' compensation system have historically displayed poor rates of return to work and high levels of lost earnings attributed to their disability. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the effects of several large changes to the workers' compensation system on return to work rates for Calif...

Openpit mining commenced at the Lihir goldmine in 1997 and mine dewatering in 1998. The orebodies (Minifie and Lienetz) occur in a collapsed volcanic crater (which contains a remnant geothermal system), breached by the ocean. Successful openpit dewatering has been achieved under very adverse coastal mining conditions, including, high groundwater te...

Lihir Island is located in New Guinea, within a complex tectonic convergence zone between the Pacific and Indo-Australia Plates. The ore bodies occur in a collapsed volcanic crater in an active geothermal area adjacent to the sea. Open-pit mining at the Lihir Gold Mine commenced in mid-1997. The rock and groundwater temperatures range from 60 to 20...

Open-pit mining commenced at the Lihir Gold Mine in 1997 and dewatering in 1998. The ore bodies (Minifie and Lienetz) occur in a collapsed volcanic crater (which contains a remnant geothermal system) breached by the ocean. Successful open-pit dewatering has been achieved under very adverse mining conditions, including, high groundwater temperatures...