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New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs

Description: This article describes the use of an orientation logic model to examine whether certain orientation program characteristics, such as resources and tenets, are associated with student retention, grade achievement, and socialization.
Date: April 18, 2018
Creator: Benavides, Abraham David & Keyes, Laura
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Not so bad: avoidance and aversive discounting modulate threat appraisal in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex

Description: This article describes an investigation in which 30 healthy adults underwent functional neuroimaging while completing an avoidance task in which responses to an Avoidable CS+ threat prevented delivery of an aversive stimulus, but not to an Unavoidable CS+ threat.
Date: June 10, 2015
Creator: Schlund, Michael W.; Brewer, Adam T.; Richman, David M.; Magee, Sandy K. & Dymond, Simon
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Nothing to fear? Neural systems supporting avoidance behavior in healthy youths

Description: Article discussing neural systems supporting avoidance behavior in healthy youths. The author's investigation examined brain activation patterns to threatening cues that prompted avoidance in healthy youths.
Date: August 15, 2010
Creator: Schlund, Michael W.; Siegle, Greg J.; Ladouceur, Cecile D.; Silk, Jennifer S.; Cataldo, Michael F.; Forbes, Erika E. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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On Critchfield's Proposal: Student Concerns and Recommendations

Description: This article contains a response to the article by Critchfield (2011) entitled "Interesting Times: Practice, Science, and Professional Associations in Behavior Analysis", including a concern about the effect of seprating science and practice on the future of behavior analysis.
Date: 2012
Creator: Bayles, Makenzie W.; Boutain, Ariana R.; Ackerlund Brandt, Julie A.; Call, Nikki; Dracobly, Joseph D.; Greer, Brian D. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Aspects of the One-Percenter Culture for Emergency Department Personnel to Consider

Description: This article discusses various aspects of the culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) so that emergency department personnel may better understand the mentality of the outlaw biker.
Date: May 12, 2014
Creator: Bosmia, Anand N.; Quinn, James F.; Peterson, Todd B.; Griessenauer, Christoph J. & Tubbs, R. Shane
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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The Perception of "Training Availability" Among Certified Nurse Aides: Relationship to CNA Performance, Turnover, Attitudes, Burnout, and Empowerment

Description: Article on the perception of "training availability" among certified nurse aides (CNAs) and the relationship to CNA performance, turnover, attitudes, burnout, and empowerment.
Date: 2010
Creator: Yeatts, Dale E., 1952-; Cready, Cynthia M.; Swan, James H. & Shen, Yuying
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service

Public Libraries and Democratization in Three Developing Countries: Exploring the Role of Social Capital

Description: This article explores the role of social capital. The authors develop a theoretical framework intended to facilitate systematic investigation of the contributions public libraries may make to democratization.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Ignatow, Gabriel; Webb, Sarah M.; Poulin, Michelle; Parajuli, Ramesh; Fleming, Peter; Batra, Shika et al.
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films

Description: Article discussing the renunciation and non-renunciation in Indian films. The author reviews several films to analyze the portrayal of ascetics and householders.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Running Head: Faithful Health Norms

Description: This article applies a structural theory analysis to understand the ways by which religious adherents adopt and enact health norms.
Date: April 9, 2018
Creator: Mpofu, Elias
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Safety of Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy for Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children

Description: This article presents the results of a phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the intravenous administration of human umbilical cord blood (hUCB) mononuclear fraction in infants and children with acquired sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).
Date: June 18, 2018
Creator: Baumgartner, Linda S.; Moore, Ernest J.; Shook, David; Messina, Steven; Day, Mary Clare; Green, Jennifer et al.
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Swadhyaya's Dharmic Ecology

Description: Article discussing an essay by the author titled "Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya Practitioners," discussing the Swadhyayis and their Vrksamandiras, or tree-temples, and dharmic ecology.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Teaching and Learning Technologies in Higher Education: Applied Behaviour Analysis and Autism: "Necessity is the Mother of Invention"

Description: 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
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings

Description: This article discusses diverse theologies in Hinduism and describes ten important Hindu teachings on the environment.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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