Accumulator, Transporter, Substrate, and Reactor: Multidimensional Perspectives and Approaches to the Study of Bark (open access)

Accumulator, Transporter, Substrate, and Reactor: Multidimensional Perspectives and Approaches to the Study of Bark

This article is a short review that explores different perspectives and approaches to the study of bark and what they reveal about the myriad ways bark surfaces influence the quality of sub-canopy precipitation.
Date: August 5, 2021
Creator: Ponette-González, Alexandra G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The overkill model and its impact on environmental research (open access)

The overkill model and its impact on environmental research

This article uses a citation analysis of selected works of the main proponent of the overkill model, Paul Martin, to evaluate how different disciplines interpret and use the overkill model.
Date: September 5, 2018
Creator: Nagaoka, Lisa; Rick, Torben & Wolverton, Steven J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Negotiating local versus global needs in the International Long Term Ecological Research Network’s socio-ecological research agenda (open access)

Negotiating local versus global needs in the International Long Term Ecological Research Network’s socio-ecological research agenda

This article describes the assessment of six long-term socio-ecological research (LTSER) platforms through site visits, coupled with reflections and insights of the platform managers.
Date: October 5, 2018
Creator: Holzer, J. M.; Adamescu, M. C.; Bonet-García, F. J.; Díaz-Delgado, R.; Dick, J.; Grove, J. M. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Head Start and Families' Recovery From Economic Recession: Policy Recommendations for COVID-19

This article examines whether the availability of Head Start during the Great Recession mitigated the impact of this crisis on poverty rates among families with young children. The findings provide clear, evidence-based policy recommendations. Increased federal funding for Head Start is needed to support families during a COVID-19 recession.
Date: December 5, 2020
Creator: Scarborough, William; Collins, Caitlyn; Ruppanner, Leah & Landivar, Liana Christin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential effects of heat waves on the population dynamics of the dengue mosquito Aedes albopictus (open access)

Potential effects of heat waves on the population dynamics of the dengue mosquito Aedes albopictus

Article describes study aiming to investigate the potential effects of heat waves on the population dynamics of Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), which is a major vector of dengue and Zika viruses.
Date: July 5, 2019
Creator: Jia, Pengfei; Liang, Lu; Tan, Xiaoyue; Chen, Jin & Chen, Xiang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Warming and Dimming: Interactive Impacts on Potential Summer Maize Yield in North China Plain (open access)

Warming and Dimming: Interactive Impacts on Potential Summer Maize Yield in North China Plain

Discusses study that examines the impacts of climate change associated with climate warming and global dimming/brightening on potential light–temperature productivity (PTP) of summer maize based on daily observation data during 1961–2015 in the North China Plain (NCP).
Date: May 5, 2019
Creator: Hu, Qi; Ma, Xueqing; He, Huayun; Pan, Feifei; He, Qijin; Huang, Binxiang et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An ecological measure to screen executive functioning in Multiple Sclerosis: the Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360° (open access)

An ecological measure to screen executive functioning in Multiple Sclerosis: the Picture Interpretation Test (PIT) 360°

This article's aim was to compare the efficiency of the Picture Interpretation Test 360° (PIT 360°) with traditional measures on executive dysfunction in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) and Healthy Controls (HC). Overall, the PIT 360° was concluded to be a quick, sensitive, and ecological tool that captures real-world executive dysfunction in PwMS. This engaging measure is sensitive for the detection of executive deficits since the early phases of the disease.
Date: April 5, 2019
Creator: Realdon, Olivia; Serino, Silvia; Savazzi, Federica; Rossetto, Federica; Cipresso, Pietro; Parsons, Thomas D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library