Disease maps are powerful tools for depicting spatial variations in disease risk and its underlying drivers. However, producing effective disease maps requires careful consideration of the statistical and spatial properties of the disease data. In fact, the choice of mapping method influences the resulting spatial pattern of the disease, as well as the understanding of its underlying population characteristics. New developments in mapping methods and software in addition to continuing improvements in data quality and quantity are requiring map-makers to make a multitude of decisions before a map of disease burdens can be created. The impact of such decisions on a map, including the choice of appropriate mapping method, not been addressed adequately in the literature. This research demonstrates how choice of mapping method and associated parameters influence the spatial pattern of disease. We use four different disease-mapping methods – unsmoothed choropleth maps, smoothed choropleth maps produced using the headbanging method, smoothed kernel density maps, and smoothed choropleth maps produced using spatial empirical Bayes methods and 5-years of zip code level HIV incidence (2007- 2011) data from Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas. For each map, the leading population characteristics and their relative importance with regards to HIV incidence is identified …

Monthly newspaper providing news and information to the Tarrant, Dallas, and Denton County Latino communities along with advertising.

The Bonton and Ideal neighborhoods in Dallas Texas, developed in the early 1900s, experienced physical and social decay throughout the 1980s. Neighborhood organizations and resident activism were vital to the rebirth of the community in the 1990s. Current revitalization efforts taking place there have been a source of contention as the neighborhood continues to overcome inequalities created by decades of racialized city planning initiatives. This thesis focuses on how the structuring structure of whiteness has historically affected, and continues to affect, the neighborhoods of Ideal and Bonton, as well as acts to identify how black residents have navigated their landscape and increased their collective capital through neighborhood activism.

Water plan for Region C describing the areas water resources and suppliers, usage statistics and forecasts, threats and water needs, methodology for making the plan, water conservation methods and plans, and recommendations on water management for different water suppliers and counties.

Appendices to the water plan for Region C including a bibliography, water supply charts and reports, water management strategies, and related reports.

Appendices Q-Z for the Water plan for Region C including cost estimates, newsletters, comments on the plan and actions taken to answer them, and reports related to different aspects of the water plan.

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.

News release about DART's partnership with Miller Lite and Andrews Distributing to provide free rides on DART bus and rail on the night of New Year's Eve in order to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers.

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Photograph of attendees at the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," held at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. A group of individuals can be seen sitting around a large, rectangular dining table. (l-r) Jiles King, Curtis King, and Calvin Thomas can be seen sitting at the far end of the table in the upper portion of the photograph. Curtis King is pointing to someone out of frame with an object in his right hand.

Unedited video of the first portion of the 2015 Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.

Unedited video of the first portion of the 2015 Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.

Unedited video of the second portion of the 2015 Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.

Unedited video of the second portion of the 2015 Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.

Photograph of Curtis King (left) and Calvin Thomas (right) at the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," hosted by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. They are sitting side by side at a dining table. King is grabbing Thomas' right arm and looking over at him. Thomas is looking down to the left of the camera, biting his bottom lip and interlocking his fingers over the table. A name card has been placed on the table in front of each of them.

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.

News release about submitting art for DART's annual student art contests.

Photograph of Frederick (right) and Venita (center) Williams at the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," hosted by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. The couple can be seen sitting side by side at a dining table, eating food. Rose Thomas is sitting on the left side of the photograph, looking to the right of the camera.

News release about DART's transportation options to 2015's Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl.

Photograph of a man (center) speaking at the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," hosted by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. The man can be seen sitting among another man and two women at a dining table. He is looking to the left of the camera, crossing his arms and motioning with his left hand.

Photograph of a woman speaking at the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Black Leadership," hosted by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. The woman (center) can be seen sitting among two other women at a dining table. She is looking to the left of the camera, motioning with her right hand. The other two women are looking at her. A man can be seen sitting on the far right side of the photograph, partially out of frame. He is holding his left hand up to his chin.

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Christmas and New Year's holidays.