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Systematic review on the current state of disaster preparation Simulation Exercises (open access)

Systematic review on the current state of disaster preparation Simulation Exercises

Article describes how the simulation exercise simulates an emergency in which an elaboration or description of the response is applied. The purpose of the study was to review disaster preparation exercises conducted by various national, non-government, and academic institutions.
Date: May 24, 2023
Creator: Mahdi, Syed Sarosh; Jafri, Hafsa Abrar; Allana, Raheel; Battineni, Gopi; Khawaja, Mariam; Sakina, Syeda et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traffic light nutrition labeling preferences among children (open access)

Traffic light nutrition labeling preferences among children

Article describes how this study evaluates the effect of traffic light nutritional label attributes on children's food choices. The study's findings offer evidence that TL labels are effective in helping children make food choices consistent with their preferences for food products with TL labels representing healthier alternatives.
Date: September 25, 2023
Creator: Cabrera, Tania; Carpio, Carlos E.; Sarasty, Oscar; Watson, Susan E. & Gonzales, María-Susana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Triarchic or Septarchic? - Uncovering the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure’s (TriPM) Structure (open access)

Triarchic or Septarchic? - Uncovering the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure’s (TriPM) Structure

This article describes a study conducted to test the structure of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) via exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Findings suggest that the three original TriPM factors do not optimally represent the conceptual model underlying the TriPM.
Date: January 23, 2020
Creator: Roy, Sandeep; Vize, Colin; Uzieblo, Kasia; Van Dongen, Josanne D. M.; Miller, Joshua; Lynam, Donald et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Urban and air pollution: a multi-city study of long-term effects of urban landscape patterns on air quality trends (open access)

Urban and air pollution: a multi-city study of long-term effects of urban landscape patterns on air quality trends

This article identifies the key urban form determinants of decadal-long fine particulate matter (PM2.5) trends in all 626 Chinese cities at the county level and above. As the first study of its kind, this study comprehensively examines the urban form effects on air quality in cities of different population sizes, at different development levels, and in different spatial-autocorrelation positions.
Date: October 29, 2020
Creator: Liang, Lu & Gong, Peng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Urban Expansion Monitoring Based on the Digital Surface Model—A Case Study of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Plain (open access)

Urban Expansion Monitoring Based on the Digital Surface Model—A Case Study of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Plain

This article presents a study of urban expansion in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei plain based on ALOS Global Digital Surface Model “ALOS World 3D-30 m” (AW3D30 DSM), Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DSM, and Landsat 7 ETM+ images. The method proposed in this paper can provide rapid and large-scale statistics to study urban construction expansion in the world.
Date: May 24, 2022
Creator: Wang, Yanping; Dong, Pinliang; Liao, Shunbao; Zhu, Yueqin; Zhang, Da & Yin, Na
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using an Adjunctive Treatment to Address Psychological Distress in a National Weight Management Program: Results of an Integrated Pilot Study (open access)

Using an Adjunctive Treatment to Address Psychological Distress in a National Weight Management Program: Results of an Integrated Pilot Study

Article examining weight loss and physical functioning of obese veterans with comorbid psychological symptoms when participating in weight management programs. The MOVE! program aims to increase healthy eating and physical activity to promote weight loss in obese veterans. Adequately addressing psychological barriers is necessary to maximize outcomes in MOVE! for veterans with PTSD, depression, and anxiety. This study examined the preliminary outcomes of administering the Healthy Emotions and Improving Health BehavioR Outcomes (HERO) intervention. HERO is adjunctive cognitive-behavioral therapy to MOVE! that addresses PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptom barriers to engagement in physical activity.
Date: July 30, 2020
Creator: Evans-Hudnall, Gina; Odafe, Mary O.; Johnson, Adrienne; Armenti, Nicholas; O'Neil, Jennifer; Lawson, Evan et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Gaze Tracking as a Research Tool in the Deaf Health Literacy and Access to Health Information Project: Protocol for a Multisite Mixed Methods Study and Preliminary Results (open access)

Using Gaze Tracking as a Research Tool in the Deaf Health Literacy and Access to Health Information Project: Protocol for a Multisite Mixed Methods Study and Preliminary Results

This article used gaze-tracking technology to understand the navigation and use of web-based health information by deaf adults who communicate with sign language and by hearing adults. The findings of this study show that incorporating gaze-tracking technology offers beneficial avenues for better understanding how individuals interact with health information.
Date: September 7, 2021
Creator: Champlin, Sara; Cuculick, Jessica; Hauser, Peter C.; Wyse, Kelley & McKee, Michael M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service (open access)

Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service

Article examining the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination separately according to the Lonsdorf model. Results show that the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination are completely different at the landscape and farm levels. This article shows that using the Lonsdorf model could lead to confusing results for the landscape ecologists and farmers who want to reduce the adverse effects of fragmentation on their products by creating new forest patches.
Date: March 22, 2021
Creator: Rahimi, Ehsan; Barghjelveh, Shahindokht & Dong, Pinliang
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The utility of zooarchaeological data to guide listing efforts for an imperiled mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Pleurobema riddellii) (open access)

The utility of zooarchaeological data to guide listing efforts for an imperiled mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Pleurobema riddellii)

Article presents research that demonstrates Pleurobema riddellii, Louisiana Pigtoe, was likely present in the Trinity River basin during the late Holocene, which indicates questions about its taxonomic validity or presence in this basin are unfounded.
Date: July 22, 2020
Creator: Wolverton, Steven J.; Randklev, Charles R.; Johnson, Nathan A.; Smith, Chase H.; DuBose, Traci P.; Robertson, Clinton R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who Are we Measuring and Modeling for? Supporting Multilevel Decision‐Making in Watershed Management (open access)

Who Are we Measuring and Modeling for? Supporting Multilevel Decision‐Making in Watershed Management

Article describes survey identifying opportunities for hydrologic modeling and monitoring to support overlapping management contexts.
Date: January 10, 2020
Creator: Bremer, Leah L.; Hamel, Perrine; Ponette-González, Alexandra G.; Pompeu, Patricia V.; Saad, Sandra I. & Brauman, Kate A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who Is Purged? Determinants of Elite Purges in North Korea (open access)

Who Is Purged? Determinants of Elite Purges in North Korea

This article argues that elite purges in consolidated dictatorships have a different purpose and logic. Dictators, who have consolidated their position, seek to maximize the efficiency of rule by making the elite obedient through purges. For this purpose, dictators carefully select the purge target by considering various factors. To test this theory, the article examines the pattern of elite purges in North Korea based on an original individual-level dataset, which contains the personal background of 367 North Korean elites and their purge records between 1948 and 2019. Findings suggest that coup-proofing is not the only purpose of elite purges but that ensuring the leader’s political superiority is another purpose of elite purges in consolidated dictatorships.
Date: September 1, 2021
Creator: Kim, Taekbin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The world's southernmost tree and the climate and windscapes of the southernmost forests (open access)

The world's southernmost tree and the climate and windscapes of the southernmost forests

Article documenting the world's southernmost tree along with the condition and growth pattern of the world's southernmost forest on Isla Hornos, Chile. This offers an ideal way to test the relationship between the biogeography of individual species and the effects of climate/climate change.
Date: September 9, 2020
Creator: Buma, Brian; Holz, Andrés; Díaz, Iván A. & Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library