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Capabilities, Opportunities, and Motivation: Exploring Fitness Program Experiences of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (open access)

Capabilities, Opportunities, and Motivation: Exploring Fitness Program Experiences of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Article asserts that, although there are many benefits to regular engagement in physical activity, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities often do not engage in or near the recommended amount of physical activity. The present study used qualitative methods to explore the experiences of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities enrolled in a fitness program.
Date: May 9, 2023
Creator: Savage, Melissa N. & Colombo-Dougovito, Andrew M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social-Ecological Factors Predict College Students’ Physical Activities and Sedentary Behavior (open access)

Social-Ecological Factors Predict College Students’ Physical Activities and Sedentary Behavior

Article investigates the predictive strengths of individual, social, and physical environmental factors toward different intensities of physical activity and sedentary behavior among college students. Correlation and hierarchical regression analyses were performed to examine the associations and the relative contributions of those individual, social, and physical environmental factors to physical activity and sedentary behavior, respectively.
Date: October 9, 2022
Creator: Zhang, Tao; Lee, Joonyoung; Zhang, Xiaoxia & Gu, Xiangli
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Longer Nap Duration During Ramadan Observance Positively Impacts 5-m Shuttle Run Test Performance Performed in the Afternoon (open access)

Longer Nap Duration During Ramadan Observance Positively Impacts 5-m Shuttle Run Test Performance Performed in the Afternoon

This article presents a study with the aim of examining the effect of different naps opportunities’ durations during Ramadan on performance of short-duration repetitive maximal exercise and perception of effort.
Date: February 9, 2022
Creator: Boukhris, Omar; Hill, David W.; Ammar, Achraf; Trabelsi, Khaled; Hsouna, Hsen; Abdessalem, Raouf et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Emotional Learning Competencies in Belize Children: Psychometric Validation Through Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (open access)

Social Emotional Learning Competencies in Belize Children: Psychometric Validation Through Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling

Article presents a study that demonstrates the application of Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling to existing measures through the investigation of structural validity and generalizability of the Social-Emotional and Character Development Scale with a large sample of children from schools in Belize. Using this newer factor analytic procedure, original factors are reconceptualized to better situate the Social Emotional Character Development Scales into the larger body of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies literature.
Date: September 3, 2021
Creator: Hinerman, Krystal M.; Hull, Darrell M.; Näslund-Hadley, Emma I. & Rafe, Mehri Mirzaei
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Training, psychometric status, biological markers and neuromuscular fatigue in soccer (open access)

Training, psychometric status, biological markers and neuromuscular fatigue in soccer

This article presents a study that examined the relationship between psychometric status, neuromuscular, and biochemical markers of fatigue in response to an intensified training (IT) period in soccer.
Date: April 9, 2021
Creator: Selmi, Okba; Ouergui, Ibrahim; Levitt, Danielle E.; Marzouki, Hamza; Knechtle, Beat; Nikolaidis, Pantelis T. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Baker's Yeast Beta Glucan Supplementation Increases Salivary IgA and Decreases Cold/Flu Symptomatic Days After Intense Exercise (open access)

Baker's Yeast Beta Glucan Supplementation Increases Salivary IgA and Decreases Cold/Flu Symptomatic Days After Intense Exercise

Article describes study which sought to determine if baker's yeast β-glucan (BG) could positively affect the immune system of individuals undergoing intense exercise stress.
Date: August 9, 2013
Creator: McFarlin, Brian K.; Carpenter, Katie C.; Davidson, Tiffany & McFarlin, Meredith A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

La Importancia De Promover La Educación Bilingüe Alrededor Del Mundo

Presentation promoting the importance of bilingual education on behalf of the National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE).
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Boyd, Rossana R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
America 2000 and Special Education: Can the Two Be Merged? (open access)

America 2000 and Special Education: Can the Two Be Merged?

This paper uses systems theory and force field analysis to evaluate the potential for combining special education with America 2000 national educational strategy and goals.
Date: April 9, 1993
Creator: Pazey, Barbara L.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library