The Phases of Disaster as a Relationship Between Structure and Meaning: A Narrative Analysis of the 1947 Texas City Explosion (open access)

The Phases of Disaster as a Relationship Between Structure and Meaning: A Narrative Analysis of the 1947 Texas City Explosion

This article examines phases of disaster response and recovery as a sociological problem.
Date: November 2005
Creator: Richardson, Brian K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is Hazard Mitigation Being Incorporated into Post-Katrina Plans in Mississippi? (open access)

Is Hazard Mitigation Being Incorporated into Post-Katrina Plans in Mississippi?

This article examines the degree to which hazard mitigation has been incorporated into the long-range plans developed in the communities along the coast in Harrison County, Mississippi, 18 months after Katrina.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Evans-Cowley, Jennifer & Zimmerman Gough, Meghan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceived Stakeholder Role Relationships and Adoption of Seismic Hazard Adjustments (open access)

Perceived Stakeholder Role Relationships and Adoption of Seismic Hazard Adjustments

This article examines the relationships among perceived stakeholder characteristics, risk perceptions, respondent characteristics, and self-reported adoption of 16 seismic hazard adjustments by residents in areas of high and medium seismic risk.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Arlikatti, Sudha; Lindell, Michael K. & Prater, Carla S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricanes, Oil Spills, and Discrimination, Oh My: The Story of the Mississippi Cottage (open access)

Hurricanes, Oil Spills, and Discrimination, Oh My: The Story of the Mississippi Cottage

This article demonstrates how, following Hurricane Katrina, local governments enacted discriminatory housing policies that made it difficult for residents to site permanent Mississippi Cottages.
Date: November 2, 2010
Creator: Evans-Cowley, Jennifer & Canter, Andrew
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARγ) Signaling Cascade for the Prevention and Treatment of Prostate Cancer (open access)

Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARγ) Signaling Cascade for the Prevention and Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Article reviews PPARγ as an antitumor agent and summarizes the antineoplastic effects of PPARγ agonists in prostate cancer.
Date: November 14, 2012
Creator: Sikka, Sakshi; Chen, Luxi; Sethi, Gautam & Kumar, Alan Prem
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Empirical Analysis of Effect of Housing Curb Appeal on Sales Price of Newer Houses (open access)

An Empirical Analysis of Effect of Housing Curb Appeal on Sales Price of Newer Houses

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the effect of housing curb appeal on the sales price of newer houses.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Chen, Jun; Evans-Cowley, Jennifer; Rutherford, Ronald C. & Stanley, Brooke W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Evaluation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Inhibition in Planaria as a Model for Parkinsonism (open access)

An Exploratory Evaluation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Inhibition in Planaria as a Model for Parkinsonism

Study examines planaria as potential models of parkinsonism for the purpose of screening potential therapeutic agents.
Date: November 26, 2013
Creator: Prokai, David; Nguyen, Thinh; Kamrowski, Kurt; Chandra, Ashwin; Talamantes, Tatjana; Baxter, Lewis R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Big to Little Data for Natural Disaster Recovery: How Online and On-the-ground Activities are Connected? (open access)

From Big to Little Data for Natural Disaster Recovery: How Online and On-the-ground Activities are Connected?

This article examines how active and influential members of Facebook groups aided in disaster recovery following Hurricane Sandy.
Date: 2014-11-8
Creator: Afzalan, Nader; Evans-Cowley, Jennifer & Mirzazad Barijough, Maziar
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Effects in a Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial (open access)

Neighborhood Effects in a Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial

This article examines a randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
Date: May 5, 2014
Creator: Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Murdoch, James; Hughes, Amy; McQueen, Amy & Gupta, Samir
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construct Validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument in African American Breast Cancer Survivors (open access)

Construct Validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument in African American Breast Cancer Survivors

Paper describes results of a study examining the validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument for cancer survivors, focusing specifically on African-American breast cancer survivors.
Date: November 16, 2016
Creator: Pandya, Ekta; Mistry, Jay; Dobhal, Megha; Borra, Sujana & Paxton, Raheem J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
3MT Fall 2018 Highlight Video captions transcript

3MT Fall 2018 Highlight Video

This highlight video features clips from the Fall 2018 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. In this video, Dr. Joseph Oppong describes the goals and process of the competition. This video includes comments from competitors and judges.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of ABM Rezbaul Islam at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of ABM Rezbaul Islam speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Debbie Cockerham at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Debbie Cockerham speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Devasantosh Mohanty at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Devasantosh Mohanty speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong and all finalists from the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong and all of the competitors at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong and Debbie Cockerham displaying the First Place award at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong and Debbie Cockerham displaying the First Place award at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. Competitors Eunho Cha and Devasantosh Mohanty stand in the background.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong awarding a check to Debbie Cockerham at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong awarding a check to Debbie Cockerham at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. Competitors Eunho Cha and Devasantosh Mohanty stand in the background.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong, Deborah Cockerham, and the judges of the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.]

[Photograph of Dr. Joseph Oppong, Deborah Cockerham, and the judges of the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Eunho Cha at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Eunho Cha speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Jamie Thomas at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Jamie Thomas speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Muthappan Asokan at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Muthappan Asokan speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Po Hsuen Kuo at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Po Hsuen Kuo speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Sandeep Roy at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Sandeep Roy speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Shraddha Piparia at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition]

Photograph of Shraddha Piparia speaking during his presentation at the Fall 2018 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library