Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings (open access)

Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings

This article discusses diverse theologies in Hinduism and describes ten important Hindu teachings on the environment.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
In the Interest of Community Health: Building Relationships between Metropolitan Universities and Academic Health Centers (open access)

In the Interest of Community Health: Building Relationships between Metropolitan Universities and Academic Health Centers

Article on the importance of partnerships between metropolitan universities and academic health centers for addressing community health issues.
Date: Autumn 1995
Creator: Johnson, Daniel M.; Eve, Susan Brown & Ingman, Stanley R.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership (open access)

Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership

This article uses the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 10 Essentials for Making Cities Resilient as guidelines to assess the progress of flood resilience building in Thailand.
Date: March 5, 2018
Creator: Khunwishit, Somporn; Choosuk, Chanisada & Webb, Gary
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework (open access)

Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework

This article studies examines the structural effect of public health network explaining collaboration effectiveness.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Kim, KyungWoo; Andrew, Simon A. & Jung, Kyujin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why do we need a national address point database to improve wildfire public safety in the U.S.? (open access)

Why do we need a national address point database to improve wildfire public safety in the U.S.?

Article aims to advance understanding of the value of national address point databases in improving wildfire public safety in the U.S.
Date: July 5, 2019
Creator: Li, Dapeng; Cova, Thomas J.; Dennison, Philip E.; Wan, Neng; Nguyen, Quynh C. & Siebeneck, Laura K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Changing Use of Health Care Services among a Sample of Unmarried Older Women: 1969 to 1979 (open access)

The Changing Use of Health Care Services among a Sample of Unmarried Older Women: 1969 to 1979

Article on the changing use of health care services among unmarried older women from 1969 to 1979.
Date: 1984
Creator: Martin, Cora A. & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Changing Use of Health Care Services Among Unmarried Older Women: 1969 - 1975 (open access)

The Changing Use of Health Care Services Among Unmarried Older Women: 1969 - 1975

Research report proposal presented to the Andrus Foundation on the changing use of health care services among unmarried older women from 1969 to 1975.
Date: June 17, 1980
Creator: Martin, Cora A. & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Changing Use of Health Care Services by Unmarried Older Women, 1969 to 1975: Final Report to the NRTA-AARP Andrus Foundation (open access)

The Changing Use of Health Care Services by Unmarried Older Women, 1969 to 1975: Final Report to the NRTA-AARP Andrus Foundation

Final report to the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA)- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Andrus Foundation. This reports on a research study of the changing use of health care services by unmarried older women from 1969 to 1975.
Date: March 12, 1982
Creator: Martin, Cora A. & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management (open access)

Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management

Book chapter from "Critical Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners." This chapter includes both a theoretical and practical examination of planning and improvisation in emergency management.
Date: 2014
Creator: McEntire, David
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison (open access)

Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison

This article examines the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti as a case study to understand what happens to unidentified bodies in mass-fatality management.
Date: November 2012
Creator: McEntire, David; Sadiq, Abdul-Akeem & Gupta, Kailash
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on HIV/AIDS. This presentation discusses HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
Date: December 1, 2011
Creator: Moore, Ami R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Older Poor Parents who Lost an Adult Child to AIDS in Togo, West Africa: A Qualitative Study

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Article on a qualitative study exploring older poor parents who lost an adult child to AIDS in Togo, West Africa.
Date: January 2007
Creator: Moore, Ami R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disclosure of Children's Positive Serostatus to Family and Nonfamily Members: Informal Caregivers in Togo, West Africa (open access)

Disclosure of Children's Positive Serostatus to Family and Nonfamily Members: Informal Caregivers in Togo, West Africa

Article on the disclosure of children's positive serostatus to family and nonfamily members.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Moore, Ami R. & Williamson, David Allen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Running Head: Faithful Health Norms (open access)

Running Head: Faithful Health Norms

This article applies a structural theory analysis to understand the ways by which religious adherents adopt and enact health norms.
Date: January 18, 2018
Creator: Mpofu, Elias
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development? (open access)

Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development?

Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This paper discusses electoral decentralization in Ghana and what Ghana's local governments really need for economic development.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Nukpezah, Julius A. & Bediako, William Asare
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Approach to Improving and Evaluating Creative Scientific Thinking Skills in an Undergraduate Animal Physiology Course (open access)

An Approach to Improving and Evaluating Creative Scientific Thinking Skills in an Undergraduate Animal Physiology Course

This paper describes an attempt to improve creative scientific thinking skills in an undergraduate Animal Physiology course at a liberal arts college.
Date: March 12, 2009
Creator: Palombi Shadduck, Peggy
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computer Modeling of Physiological Phenomena at the Cellular Level (open access)

Computer Modeling of Physiological Phenomena at the Cellular Level

This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using computer modeling to study physiology, and provides an example of how students can begin to use computer modeling in the classroom.
Date: August 30, 1999
Creator: Palombi Shadduck, Peggy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Malnutrition And Food Aid Programs: A Case Study From Guatemala (open access)

Malnutrition And Food Aid Programs: A Case Study From Guatemala

This report is on a case study from Guatemala on malnutrition and food aid programs. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of food aid and/or food aid programs on the nutritional status of its recipients in two regions of Guatemala. From this investigation, empirically-based programmatic statements as to the role of food aid and its impact on human society will be presented.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Rodeheaver, Daniel Gilbert, 1954-; Bates, Frederick L. & Murphy, Arthur D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching and Learning Technologies in Higher Education: Applied Behaviour Analysis and Autism: "Necessity is the Mother of Invention" (open access)

Teaching and Learning Technologies in Higher Education: Applied Behaviour Analysis and Autism: "Necessity is the Mother of Invention"

Article discussing current thinking about adult education and blended learning technologies, as well as examples of emerging possibilities of multimedia technology in the development of teaching materials.
Date: November 13, 2015
Creator: Roll-Pettersson, Lise, 1955-; Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla; Keenan, Mickey & Dillenburger, Karola
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Behavioral Cusps: A Developmental and Pragmatic Concept for Behavior Analysis (open access)

Behavioral Cusps: A Developmental and Pragmatic Concept for Behavior Analysis

Article on behavioral cusps and a developmental and pragmatic concept for behavior analysis.
Date: April 3, 1997
Creator: Rosales-Ruiz, Jesus & Baer, Donald M. (Donald Merle), 1931-2002
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pediatric Emergency Departments: "Safety-Net" Providers for Vulnerable Children (open access)

Pediatric Emergency Departments: "Safety-Net" Providers for Vulnerable Children

Article on pediatric emergency departments and "safety-net" providers for vulnerable children.
Date: 2003
Creator: Roy, Lonnie C.; Eve, Susan Brown & Ahmad, Naveed
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ethnicity, Health Care and Socio-Economic Status: The Continuing Disparity Among Minority Children in Texas (open access)

Ethnicity, Health Care and Socio-Economic Status: The Continuing Disparity Among Minority Children in Texas

Article on ethnicity, health care and socio-economic status and the continuing disparity among minority children in Texas.
Date: 2002
Creator: Roy, Lonnie C.; Eve, Susan Brown & Torrez, Diana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation (open access)

Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation

Article describes study where thirty emergency management coordinators from the North Central Texas region were interviewed to examine how they define their roles in hazard mitigation planning; then, grounded theory analysis generated six themes regarding the broad roles they practice.
Date: April 11, 2019
Creator: Samuel, Carlos & Siebeneck, Laura K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library