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“Being Wholly Muslim and Wholly American”: Exploring One Islamic School’s Efforts to Educate Against Extremism (open access)

“Being Wholly Muslim and Wholly American”: Exploring One Islamic School’s Efforts to Educate Against Extremism

This article reports findings from a qualitative case study of an Islamic school in the United States that counters religious extremism through the promotion and development of an American Muslim identity in its students, an ideology that advances the idea that an individual can be wholly American and wholly Muslim without any incongruity.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brooks, Melanie C. & Ezzani, Miriam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biological Factors Contributing to the Development of Homosexuality: A Systematic Review of the Literature (open access)

Biological Factors Contributing to the Development of Homosexuality: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Paper explores theories about the possible biological causes of homosexuality in people.
Date: 2017
Creator: Maciel, Idalia
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Book Review: Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance By Kristen L. Buras (open access)

A Book Review: Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance By Kristen L. Buras

Book review of "Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space: Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance" by Kristen L. Buras.
Date: 2017
Creator: Viamontes, Ciro Jesus & Ezzani, Miriam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Christian Fundamentalists or Atheists: Who do Progressive Christians Like or Hate More? (open access)

Christian Fundamentalists or Atheists: Who do Progressive Christians Like or Hate More?

This article examines the propensity of theological, political, and/or denominational progressive Christians to have affinity or disaffinity towards Christian fundamentalists and atheists.
Date: 2017
Creator: Yancey, George A., 1962-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compromise and Example: Continued Issues of Art Restitution and Holocaust-Era Looted Art (open access)

Compromise and Example: Continued Issues of Art Restitution and Holocaust-Era Looted Art

Paper examines the state of standards and legislation for handling restitution claims for artworks looting from victims during the Holocaust.
Date: 2017
Creator: Bellet, Caitlin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Do Collaborative Relationships in Supply Chain Pay-Off? (open access)

Do Collaborative Relationships in Supply Chain Pay-Off?

This article attempts to articulate the theoretical foundation of collaborative relationship in supply chain and survey empirical results on financial gains reported in various research studies.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Kwon, Ik-Whan G.; Hong, Seock-Jin & Kim, Sung-Ho
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gliére, Erdely, and the Harp in Russia (open access)

Gliére, Erdely, and the Harp in Russia

Paper explores the possible reasons behind Reinhold Gliére, a prominent Russian composer, choosing to write two pieces for harp.
Date: 2017
Creator: Mertens, Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hashtags and Hail to the Redskins: My Summer in Ashburn, Virginia (open access)

Hashtags and Hail to the Redskins: My Summer in Ashburn, Virginia

Log of the author's experience as a social media intern with the Washington Redskins football team during the summer of 2017.
Date: 2017
Creator: Kemrite, Madison
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical Discord: The Question of Greek Women (open access)

Historical Discord: The Question of Greek Women

Paper seeks to rectify the inaccuracies in previous historians’ analyses of Greek women by investigating the social, political, and economic power held by various women within the Greek world, as demonstrated in art, religion, and literature.
Date: 2017
Creator: Coil, Caitlyn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ignorance or Indifference? Seeking Excellence and Equity for Under-Represented Students of Color in Gifted Education (open access)

Ignorance or Indifference? Seeking Excellence and Equity for Under-Represented Students of Color in Gifted Education

This article discusses data on under-representation of students of color in gifted education programs in the U.S., along with contributing factors and recommendations.
Date: 2017
Creator: Wright, Brian L.; Ford, Donna Y. & Young, Jemimah L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introducing Change of Early Implementation of Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Texas Education System (open access)

Introducing Change of Early Implementation of Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Texas Education System

Paper explores why the United States, and in particular Texas, does not begin requiring foreign language education until high school.
Date: 2017
Creator: White, Krystin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lessons from #McKinney: Social Media and the Interactive Construction of Police Brutality (open access)

Lessons from #McKinney: Social Media and the Interactive Construction of Police Brutality

This article explores how users of three social media platforms interpreted the June 2015 incident in which a police officer attempted to apprehend an African-American girl at a pool party in McKinney, Texas.
Date: 2017
Creator: Clark, Meredith D.; Bland, Dorothy & Livingston, Jo Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories (open access)

Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories

This article argues that responsiveness, multi-level governance, and public entrepreneurship theories offer a fuller explanation for local government policy decision-making.
Date: 2017
Creator: Keyes, Laura & Benavides, Abraham David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mechanistic Knowledge and Public Opinion of GMOs (open access)

Mechanistic Knowledge and Public Opinion of GMOs

Paper explores how mechanistic learning affects participants’ knowledge and opinions of GMOs, as well as retention of knowledge and opinions.
Date: 2017
Creator: Haskell, Allison
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meeting USDHHS Physical Activity Guidelines and Health Outcomes (open access)

Meeting USDHHS Physical Activity Guidelines and Health Outcomes

This article discusses relating health markers (blood pressure, percent fat, BMI, blood glucose, cholesterol, and cardiorespiratory fitness) to verify the dose response for physical activity guidelines revision.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Lauer, E. Earlynn; Jackson, Allen W.; Martin, Scott B. & Morrow, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Non–denial Denial: A Study to Find Evidence That Donald Trump Is Changing the Perception of the Media (open access)

A Non–denial Denial: A Study to Find Evidence That Donald Trump Is Changing the Perception of the Media

Paper explores how public statements made by Donald Trump since the 2016 presidential election have affected public perception of the media.
Date: 2017
Creator: Walker, Brandy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Out of School and into STEM: Supporting Girls of Color Through Culturally Relevant Enrichment (open access)

Out of School and into STEM: Supporting Girls of Color Through Culturally Relevant Enrichment

This article explains how teachers can adapt traditional STEM enrichment activities to support girls of color through culturally relevant institutional practices.
Date: 2017
Creator: Young, Jemimah L.; Young, Jamaal & Paufler, Noelle A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polynomial Harmonic Decompositions (open access)

Polynomial Harmonic Decompositions

Article on polynomial harmonic decompositions. For real polynomials in two indeterminates a classical polynomial harmonic decomposition is extended from square-norm divisors to conic ones.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Anghel, Nicolae
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refugee Representations: 1950s Non-Western/WWII Refugees in American Media with Smaller Circulation (open access)

Refugee Representations: 1950s Non-Western/WWII Refugees in American Media with Smaller Circulation

Paper explores refugee representations in the 1950s of non-western/World War II in American media, specifically “smaller circulation” media - local newspapers, academic studies, and governmental documents.
Date: 2017
Creator: Anderson, Tova
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reglamentos De Caza Y Pesca (open access)

Reglamentos De Caza Y Pesca

This book is part of the collection entitled: Texas State Publications and was provided by UNT Libraries Government Documents Department to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sources of revenue growth: a history of state taxes and fees in Texas, 1972-2016 (open access)

Sources of revenue growth: a history of state taxes and fees in Texas, 1972-2016

This publication updates the source of revenues last issued by the comptroller.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Succession Planning Through Mentoring in the Library (open access)

Succession Planning Through Mentoring in the Library

This article addresses succession planning through mentoring within the library. The authors define succession planning as the recruitment, development, and advancement of library personnel to fill staffing gaps and prepare future leaders.
Date: 2017
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Rowe, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teacher/Student: Technology as a Basis for Centrifugal Learning that “Goes Both Ways,” Part 1 (open access)

Teacher/Student: Technology as a Basis for Centrifugal Learning that “Goes Both Ways,” Part 1

This article provides retrospective insight on incorporating geographic information systems into medieval studies research.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abel, Mickey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) to Improve the Daily Lives of Children with Autism (open access)

Using Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) to Improve the Daily Lives of Children with Autism

Paper examines the benefits and limitations of alternative and augmentative devices for assisting autistic children with communication.
Date: 2017
Creator: Rodriguez, Kelsey
System: The UNT Digital Library