Reviewing American Quilts: A Record of Women's Political Engagement (open access)

Reviewing American Quilts: A Record of Women's Political Engagement

This paper discusses research on American quilts and women's political engagement.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Sokolow, Sarah & Way, Jennifer
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lignite Deposits and Kidney and Renal Pelvic Cancers in Texas 1980-1998 (open access)

Lignite Deposits and Kidney and Renal Pelvic Cancers in Texas 1980-1998

This paper discusses research on lignite deposits and kidney and renal pelvic cancers in Texas from 1980 to 1998. This study also probes the role of such factors as race, gender, and socioeconomic status on mortality rates for these cancers.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Guthrey, Harvey & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gastric Cancers in Texas: Are Nitrates the Problem? (open access)

Gastric Cancers in Texas: Are Nitrates the Problem?

This paper discusses research on gastric cancers in Texas. The study shows that in Texas, the relationship between nitrates and gastric cancer may not be as significant a factor as reported elsewhere.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Mlinarich, Steve & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mosquito Hall: Ethnic Labels and Social Injustices Within the Public School System (open access)

Mosquito Hall: Ethnic Labels and Social Injustices Within the Public School System

The research outlined in this paper explores two important issues relevant to understanding Latino identity and educational achievement: ethnic labels and educational injustices.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Moses, Daniel & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Math Anxiety in Fundamentals of Algebra Students (open access)

Math Anxiety in Fundamentals of Algebra Students

This paper describes the current state of research and understanding of math anxiety, expounds upon this information with independent research conducted at UNT, evaluates this research, and suggests a plan for improved results in mathematics education.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Draznin, Sara & Brand, Neal E.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Choosing Success (open access)

Choosing Success

Keynote address for the 2009 University Scholars Day delivered by Dr. Wendy Wilkins. This keynote speaker discusses her academic career path, tracing the twists and turns from her first serious aspirations to be a ballet dancer to her current position as the chief academic officer at the University of North Texas.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Wilkins, Wendy K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Geography of Cerebrovascular Disease in Texas (open access)

The Geography of Cerebrovascular Disease in Texas

This paper discusses research on the geography of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in Texas.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Feltus, Chris & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photography in Colonial and Postcolonial India as an Agent of Cultural Dominance (open access)

Photography in Colonial and Postcolonial India as an Agent of Cultural Dominance

This paper discusses research on the use of photography in colonial India.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Joyce, Megan & Owen, Lisa N.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Geography of HIV in Harris County, Texas, 1999-2003 (open access)

The Geography of HIV in Harris County, Texas, 1999-2003

Paper discussing the geography of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Harris County, Texas and the factors associated with areas of high prevalence.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Jezari, Arianna & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tuberculosis and the Asian Population of Tarrant County, Texas (open access)

Tuberculosis and the Asian Population of Tarrant County, Texas

The research in this paper examines the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among foreign-born Asians living in Tarrant County, Texas.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: McCallister, Jessica & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Look of Sound: Acoustic Cancellation in Architecture (open access)

The Look of Sound: Acoustic Cancellation in Architecture

This paper discusses research on acoustic cancellation in architecture.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: McCord, Cameron & Matteson, Samuel E.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Subjectivity of State Legitimacy (open access)

The Subjectivity of State Legitimacy

Paper on the subjectivity of state legitimacy.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Siddiqi, Ahmed & Ruderman, Richard
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects Of Trauma Intensity On Posttraumatic Growth: Depression, Social Support, Coping, And Gender (open access)

Effects Of Trauma Intensity On Posttraumatic Growth: Depression, Social Support, Coping, And Gender

This paper discusses research on the effects of trauma intensity on posttraumatic growth. The study also examines the effect trauma intensity has on the relationship between PTG and the variables of depression, social support, coping, and gender.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Steward, Jennifer & Boals, Adriel
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Man Ray's 'Noire et Blanche': Avant-garde, fashion, and Other(s) (open access)

Man Ray's 'Noire et Blanche': Avant-garde, fashion, and Other(s)

This paper discusses research on Man Ray's 'Noire et blanche' photographic series that features a female model and an African mask. This paper advances beyond the too often superficially noted formal similarities and contrasts between the representations of the woman and the mask to identify cultural connections between the representations of the woman and the mask to identify cultural connections between them involving sexual and racial "Otherness".
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Weston, Charisse & Way, Jennifer
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First World War: American Ideals and Wilsonian Idealism in Foreign Policy (open access)

The First World War: American Ideals and Wilsonian Idealism in Foreign Policy

This paper discusses research on foreign policy during the First World War.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Durant, Karis & Campbell, Randolph B., 1940-
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion of the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States (open access)

Discussion of the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States

This paper offers a discussion on research on the validity of a guest worker program in the United States.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: MacNeil, Melissa S. & Hartman, David W.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Smoking, Secondhand Smoke, And Quitting: A Cessation Program (open access)

Smoking, Secondhand Smoke, And Quitting: A Cessation Program

This paper discusses a research study that uses an education program designed to teach young women about the health effects of smoking, secondhand smoke, and the benefits of quitting.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Settegast, Brandi & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
For-Profit Versus Nonprofit Microfinance: How are the poor affected? (open access)

For-Profit Versus Nonprofit Microfinance: How are the poor affected?

This paper discusses research on the microfinance industry, for-profit versus nonprofit models, and the efficacy of microfinance in alleviating poverty.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Weinberg, Brian R.; Cox, Gloria C. & McPherson, Michael
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Government's Girls: How the United States Government Used War Poster Art to Recruit Women to the Workforce During World War Two (open access)

The Government's Girls: How the United States Government Used War Poster Art to Recruit Women to the Workforce During World War Two

This paper discusses research on the recruitment of women via the medium of posters during World War Two (1941-1945).
Date: April 15, 2004
Creator: Pierce, Danielle; Way, Jennifer & Dupont, Jill
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library