Organizational Practices: A Digital Repository's Perspective

This presentation examines collection organization and preservation from the perspective of The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository for cultural heritage and historic materials from across the state of Texas. It focuses on how knowing one’s organizational scope, mission, and collection goals can help shape their materials management.
Date: April 22, 2020
Creator: Mangum, Jake & McIntosh, Marcia
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustaining Human Nutrition in an Increasingly Urban World (open access)

Sustaining Human Nutrition in an Increasingly Urban World

This article proposes an urban nutrition (UN) extension to the previously published urban ecological economic system. The proposed extension can be used by decision makers worldwide to evaluate how landscape configurations and agricultural production systems affect the nutritional needs of the local population while fostering sustainable practices.
Date: June 22, 2022
Creator: Torres, Angélica Valencia; Tiwari, Chetan & Atkinson, Samuel F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adherence to Exercise Programs in Older Adults: Informative Report (open access)

Adherence to Exercise Programs in Older Adults: Informative Report

This article focuses on filling information gaps regarding adherence to physical activity and exercise in the health care spectrum of older adults (OA) and an overview of the benefits of physical activity for OA. Exercise adherence in OA is a multifactorial problem encompassing many biopsychosocial factors. Factors affecting adherence in the OA include socioeconomic status, education level, living arrangements, health status, pacemakers, physical fitness, and depression. Improving adherence could have a significant impact on longevity, quality of life, and health care costs.
Date: January 22, 2019
Creator: Rivera-Torres, Solymar; Fahey, Thomas D. & Rivera, Miguel A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library