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A Study of Soil Erosion and its Control in the United States with Special Reference to Texas (open access)

A Study of Soil Erosion and its Control in the United States with Special Reference to Texas

A study of soil erosion in the United States, especially in Texas, which brings attention to the causes of soil erosion under the existing system of farm management. The material gathered and compiled and arranged under certail main heading. Two chapters deal with present and immediate causes of erosions and their results. One full chapter takes up the history of the conservation movement and attempts to show how slow Texans have been in comparison with some of the other states of the United States. The study calls for further research, teaching of better land-use, raising awareness of soil erosion causes and conditions.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Merrell, Jesse Byron
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Consumer Co-operation in the United States (open access)

An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Consumer Co-operation in the United States

A study of consumer cooperation in the United States relating to education, labor, business, religion, and government.
Date: May 1939
Creator: Davidson, Curtis D.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Status of Labor in Great Britain and the United States (open access)

Legal Status of Labor in Great Britain and the United States

An investigation of the legal status of labor in Great Britain and the United States. The basis of labor legislation is considered, and the development of labor legislation traced in both countries. A comparison of the legal status of labor at the present time in both countries is made. - Abstract
Date: June 1939
Creator: Richardson, Addran Dee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Conflicts in the American Labor Movement During the 1929 to 1939 Depression Period (open access)

The Conflicts in the American Labor Movement During the 1929 to 1939 Depression Period

This thesis is an examination of organized labor in the United States during the 1930s. Activities of the American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, and Congress of Industrial Workers during the decade are compared and contrasted throughout.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Freeman, William H.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

U.S. Mexico Migration

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Unauthorized Immigration. This presentation discusses immigration, specifically between the United States and Mexico.
Date: April 13, 2011
Creator: Molina, David J.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are Net Discount Ratios Stationary?: The Implications For Present Value Calculations (open access)

Are Net Discount Ratios Stationary?: The Implications For Present Value Calculations

Article discussing research analyzing the relationship between real interest rates and real growth rates in wages.
Date: September 1991
Creator: Haslag, Joseph H.; Nieswiadomy, Michael L. & Slottje, Daniel J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculating Changes in Worklife Expectancies and Lost Earnings in Personal Injury Cases (open access)

Calculating Changes in Worklife Expectancies and Lost Earnings in Personal Injury Cases

Article discussing research on the estimated effect of an injury on a worker's life expectancy, worklife expectancy and discounted expected income.
Date: September 1988
Creator: Nieswiadomy, Michael L. & Silberberg, Eugene
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are Net Discount Rates Stationary?: Some Further Evidence (open access)

Are Net Discount Rates Stationary?: Some Further Evidence

Article discussing research suggesting that the net discount ration experienced a level shift in the mean between 1977 and 1981 and the resulting possible affects.
Date: September 1994
Creator: Haslag, Joseph H.; Nieswiadomy, Michael L. & Slottje, Daniel J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Urban Water Demand Estimates Under Increasing Block Rates (open access)

Urban Water Demand Estimates Under Increasing Block Rates

This article discusses urban water demand estimates under increasing block rates.
Date: January 1988
Creator: Nieswiadomy, Michael L. & Molina, David J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Input Substitution in Irrigated Agriculture in the High Plains of Texas, 1970-80 (open access)

Input Substitution in Irrigated Agriculture in the High Plains of Texas, 1970-80

This article discusses input substitution in irrigated agriculture in the high plains of Texas.
Date: July 1988
Creator: Nieswiadomy, Michael L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Does it Pay for Companies to Go Green? A Work in Progress

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on whether it pays for companies to go green.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Kniatt, Cheryl & Nieswiadomy, Michael L.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bank Failure and Its Causes: A Work in Progress

Poster presentation for the 2008 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on bank failure and its causes. The author's research focuses on the primary influences and characteristics of a collapse. The aim is to enable us to deduce common factors that contribute to bank failure, allowing us to reform and prevent collapses.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Huffman, Thomas & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Income Tax Complexity: A Work in Progress

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on income tax complexity.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Oakes, Trayton & Battaglia, Kari
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Revealing the Middlemen: An Inquiry Into the Market Structure of United States Agribusiness - A Work in Progress

Poster for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on revealing the middlemen and an inquiry into the market structure of United States Agribusiness.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Scruggs, Hallie & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

The economic and environmental benefits of a renewable energy industry in developing economies

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy in developing countries.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Roach, Travis & Nieswiadomy, Michael L.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

For-Profit Versus Nonprofit Microfinance: How are the poor affected? [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2008 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on for-profit and nonprofit microfinance and how the poor are affected.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Weinberg, Brian R.; McPherson, Michael & Cox, Gloria C.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster (open access)

The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster

This article highlights human limits in cluster formation.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Carroll, Michael C. & Zeller, Mark C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defining Neighborhood Boundaries in Studies of Spatial Dependence in Child Behavior Problems (open access)

Defining Neighborhood Boundaries in Studies of Spatial Dependence in Child Behavior Problems

This article extends an analysis of neighborhood effects on child behavioral outcomes.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Leonard, Tammy; Beron, Kurt & Murdoch, James
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site (open access)

Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site

This article seeks to better understand the health needs of a nonclinical population to inform future research and interventions.
Date: August 17, 2015
Creator: Higashi, Robin T.; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Leonard, Tammy; Cuate, Erica L.; Cole, Jay & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who is Food Insecure? Implications for Targeted Recruitment and Outreach, National health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2010 (open access)

Who is Food Insecure? Implications for Targeted Recruitment and Outreach, National health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2010

This article characterizes differences in health among people receiving different types of food assistance and summarizes strategies for targeted recruitment and outreach of various food insecure populations.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Xuan, Lei; Amory, Richard; Higashi, Robin T.; Nguyen, Oanh Kieu et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
TV Viewing and BMI by Race/Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status (open access)

TV Viewing and BMI by Race/Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status

This article assesses the association between TV viewing and obesity by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Date: November 22, 2012
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Gabriel, Kelley Pettee & Leonard, Tammy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health (open access)

Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health

This article examines associations between geographic and contextual features of the environment and elements of human energy balance, with a particular focus on research and opportunities in the United States.
Date: March 13, 2015
Creator: Berrigan, David; Hipp, J. Aaron; Hurvitz, Philip M.; James, Peter; Jankowska, Marta M.; Kerr, Jacqueline et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits (open access)

Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits

This article describes a systematic neighborhood observation instrument for collecting data at very high spatial resolution to collect data in a low-income minority neighborhood in Dallas, TX.
Date: January 20, 2011
Creator: Leonard, Tammy; O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Mays, Judith K. & Murdoch, James
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Population: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study (open access)

Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Population: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study

This article examines the relationship between neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation and weight change in a multi-ethnic cohort from Dallas County, Texas, and whether behavioral/psychosocial factors attenuate the relationship.
Date: May 27, 2014
Creator: Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Ayers, Colby; Agyemang, Priscilla; Leonard, Tammy; Berrigan, David; Ballard Barbash, Rachel et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library