Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going (open access)

Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going

Paper examines the state of children's healthcare and explores options for expanding care to more uninsured children.
Date: 2009
Creator: Grant, Scott
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: Survivors’ Perceptions of a Social Disaster (open access)

Hurricane Katrina: Survivors’ Perceptions of a Social Disaster

Paper discusses research attempting to identify communication gaps between survivors and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Date: 2009
Creator: Gregory, Sarah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency (open access)

“Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency

Paper discusses constitutional interpretation and focuses on the evolving interpretation of the Eighth Amendment through Supreme Court cases.
Date: 2009
Creator: Redding, Kory
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors (open access)

Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors

Paper examines the ways in which “public characters” in South Dallas regulated the space in their regular gathering area, with a focus on the need for life-sustaining informal spaces.
Date: 2009
Creator: Oliver, Elisha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caring for Indigent Children in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas (open access)

Caring for Indigent Children in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing health care of people without health insurance in Denton County, Texas.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Grant, Scott
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Math Anxiety in Fundamentals of Algebra Students (open access)

Math Anxiety in Fundamentals of Algebra Students

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing her experiences as a math tutor in math classes with traditionally high dropout rates. In addition, research into math anxiety is explored and evaluated.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Draznin, Sara
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Genetic Markers Aid in Identifying the NIP Locus in Medicago (open access)

New Genetic Markers Aid in Identifying the NIP Locus in Medicago

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing symbiotic nitrogen fixation that takes place between a bacterium and a legume.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Spoor, Erich
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationships of Insomnia and Mental Health in College Students (open access)

The Relationships of Insomnia and Mental Health in College Students

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the relationship between insomnia and mental health among college students.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Gardner, Christie Erin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caring for Indigent Infants in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas (open access)

Caring for Indigent Infants in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas

Paper compares care for uninsured infants in Denton County, under a County Indigent Health Care Plan (CIHCP), and in Dallas and Tarrant counties, which have hospital districts.
Date: 2008
Creator: Grant, Scott
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cubans in Texas and My Anthropological Journey (open access)

Cubans in Texas and My Anthropological Journey

Paper discusses the experience of conducting anthropological research into the Cuban diaspora to Texas as a creative writing student.
Date: 2008
Creator: Vega, Jason
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Immigrants’ Experiences with Health Care (open access)

Indian Immigrants’ Experiences with Health Care

Paper examines the perspectives of Indian immigrants on health care.
Date: 2008
Creator: LaBrake, Aleina
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Production of Cultural Boundaries: The Influence of Participatory Journalism on the Immigration Debate in Texas (open access)

The Production of Cultural Boundaries: The Influence of Participatory Journalism on the Immigration Debate in Texas

Paper uses a content analysis of the editorial section in a major Dallas-area newspaper to demonstrate a shift within American public discourse toward moral and cultural arguments against illegal immigration, and argues that this is due to the inclusion of participatory journalism in newspaper editorial pages.
Date: 2008
Creator: Williams, Alexander T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors (open access)

The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors

Paper describes a project seeking to provide photos that better reflect the lives of residents directly affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans after the hurricane.
Date: 2008
Creator: Bolds, Vadal A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Actigraphy, Sleep Diaries and Polysomnography in College Students with Insomnia (open access)

Actigraphy, Sleep Diaries and Polysomnography in College Students with Insomnia

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the use of actigraphy on college students to measure the number of awakenings, wake after sleep onset, total sleep time, and sleep efficiency.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Williams, Jacob M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussing the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States (open access)

Discussing the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the history and potential benefits and disadvantages of a guest worker program within the United States of America, and attempts to formulate a such a program.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: MacNeil, Melissa S.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measuring Decentering and Attachment in a University Clinical Sample (open access)

Measuring Decentering and Attachment in a University Clinical Sample

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the relationship between decenter and attachment among clients from the Psychology Clinic at the University of North Texas.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Perez, Luis E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Language as a Barrier to Access to Healthcare among Vietnamese Immigrants (open access)

Language as a Barrier to Access to Healthcare among Vietnamese Immigrants

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the challenges of being a non-English speaking Vietnamese person in an urban Texas county in regards to health care.
Date: Summer 2007
Creator: Kamrudin, Afshan
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Forensic Evaluation of Fracture Marks: A Validation and Experimental Study. (open access)

The Forensic Evaluation of Fracture Marks: A Validation and Experimental Study.

Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the examination of fracture marks in forensic investigations in order to determine if two parts of an object belonged to a whole.
Date: May 1, 2007
Creator: Bethune, Sherry
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistive Technology Use by Students with Disabilities at UNT (open access)

Assistive Technology Use by Students with Disabilities at UNT

Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing assertive technologies used by students with physical disabilities. Topics include frequently used devices, services of the Office of Disability Accommodation, and the quality of students' training with these devices.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Chabot, Monique
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dynamics of Interfaith Relationships (open access)

The Dynamics of Interfaith Relationships

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing a correlation and causation effect between interfaith relationships and age, education, and economic status. It also analyzes dating dynamics and social forces working against interfaith relationships.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Banks, Kimberly
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Inequality in Tarrant County: An Analysis of Public and Private Sector Waste (open access)

Environmental Inequality in Tarrant County: An Analysis of Public and Private Sector Waste

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the distribution of environmental contamination generated by public and private sector activities as it relates to the social, demographic, and economic characteristics of the inhabitants of Tarrant County, Texas.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Pohlmeyer, Remington
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Dirty Realism to Heroin Chic: How Fashion Becomes a Scapegoat for Cultural Anxieties (open access)

From Dirty Realism to Heroin Chic: How Fashion Becomes a Scapegoat for Cultural Anxieties

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing how "dirty realism" fashion trends like "riot grrls" and "heroin chic" came into being during the 1990s as an attempt to reflect society.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Ledford, Jenna
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Future Consumers Weigh in on Hybrid Vehicles: A Look at College Students' Opinions and KNowledge (open access)

Future Consumers Weigh in on Hybrid Vehicles: A Look at College Students' Opinions and KNowledge

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing hybrid vehicles, the development of such vehicles, and what college students know and believe about them.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Obregon, Nicole LeAnn
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Get Up and Move: Independence and Maneuverability Related to Regular Exercise Among Noninstitutionalized Elderly Adults (open access)

Get Up and Move: Independence and Maneuverability Related to Regular Exercise Among Noninstitutionalized Elderly Adults

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing independence and maneuverability related to regular exercise among noninstitutionalized elderly adults.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Soltau, Heather
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library