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- Creating Open Access to a Historic Newspaper from an International Port City [Article]
- Article exploring a collaboration between the University of North Texas' The Portal to Texas History and the Rosenberg Library to archive and provide digital, open access to Galveston's newspapers. It was published as part of the conference proceedings from 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) held in 2022.
- Metaphysical Beliefs and Experiences Among Physician Trainees: An Exploratory Study
- Article documenting the results of surveying 126 physician trainees regarding their beliefs about metaphysical experiences (e.g., near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, shared-death experiences, and after-death communication) and experiences shared with them by patients. It also discusses results about the trainees' attitudes toward transcendental explanations and caring for end-of-life patients.
- An Unheard Voice: The American Muslim Struggle for Political Inclusion
- Paper explores the effect of discrimination against American Muslims on their political participation.
- Do You Get Me? Exploring Cross-Cultural Communication Between Refugees and Health Practitioners
- Paper discusses recurring themes in cross-cultural communication between medical practitioners and refugees, specifically Vietnamese refugees who have lived in the United States for more than 20 years, at the Dallas County Health Services Refugee Clinic, including substitution, omission, editorialization with the use of an interpreter, and nonverbal communication expressed by both populations.
- Environmental Values of Texas Farmers and Ranchers Engaged in Agritourism
- Papers explores the ways in which Texas agritourism operators value their land and construct their relationships with the natural environment.
- Breast Cancer in Texas Counties 1980-1998
- Paper examines effects of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, genes and environment on breast cancer morbidity in Texas counties from 1980-1998.
- American Indian Cultural Identity: A Narrative Analysis of Identity in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Paper explores how American Indians navigate life and connect to their heritage within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
- Dallas Freedman’s Town: One Community’s Preservation Within a Gentrified Environment
- Paper discusses the effects of gentrification on communities by focusing on Dallas Freedman’s Town/North Dallas—established by freed slaves in the 1860’s—and the Saint Paul United Methodist Church congregation.
- The Sounds of Identity: A Case Study on Mexican American College Students in Texas
- Paper discusses how language use reflects the identity of Mexican-American college students in Texas.
- “Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency
- Paper discusses constitutional interpretation and focuses on the evolving interpretation of the Eighth Amendment through Supreme Court cases.
- The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors
- Paper describes a project seeking to provide photos that better reflect the lives of residents directly affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans after the hurricane.
- Hurricane Katrina: Survivors’ Perceptions of a Social Disaster
- Paper discusses research attempting to identify communication gaps between survivors and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
- The Production of Cultural Boundaries: The Influence of Participatory Journalism on the Immigration Debate in Texas
- Paper uses a content analysis of the editorial section in a major Dallas-area newspaper to demonstrate a shift within American public discourse toward moral and cultural arguments against illegal immigration, and argues that this is due to the inclusion of participatory journalism in newspaper editorial pages.
- Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood
- Paper explores the challenges faced by women faculty members with children who work at colleges and universities in North Texas.
- The Impact of the Appropriation and Commodification of “Art” on the Cultural Identification of American Indians in the States of Texas and New York
- Paper examines American Indian artists’ self-identities and the factors that affect the way they identify, focusing on two artists that live in Texas and New York.
- Understanding the Health Care Needs of the Medically Indigent of Grayson County
- Paper examines the issues faced by residents of Grayson county who lack medical insurance.
- Environmental Inequality in Tarrant County: An Analysis of Public and Private Sector Waste
- Paper examines the distribution of Superfund and municipal solid waste sites within neighborhoods differing on social, demographic, and economic characteristics of the inhabitants in Tarrant County, Texas.
- On Your Knees or at the Bar: A Study on Religiosity and Alcohol Use among College Students
- Paper examines relationships among religiosity, spirituality, and alcohol use by 186 18- to 25-year-old students at the University of North Texas.
- Indian Immigrants’ Experiences with Health Care
- Paper examines the perspectives of Indian immigrants on health care.
- Pioneers for the Future: Reform Women in Dallas
- Paper discusses archival research into women in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex who changed society.
- Education, Feminism, and Spanish: The Definition of a Library Cuban
- Paper discusses Latina professors at the University of North Texas and aims to give insight into their lives by focusing on how race, gender, and language interact in their everyday lives.
- Perceptions of Sustainability Among Undergraduates at the University of North Texas: Environmental, Economic, Cultural Sustainability
- Paper examines the knowledge, beliefs, values, concerns, and actions of college students at the University of North Texas toward sustainability.
- Cubans in Texas and My Anthropological Journey
- Paper discusses the experience of conducting anthropological research into the Cuban diaspora to Texas as a creative writing student.
- Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors
- Paper examines the ways in which “public characters” in South Dallas regulated the space in their regular gathering area, with a focus on the need for life-sustaining informal spaces.
- Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going
- Paper examines the state of children's healthcare and explores options for expanding care to more uninsured children.
- Caring for Indigent Infants in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas
- Paper compares care for uninsured infants in Denton County, under a County Indigent Health Care Plan (CIHCP), and in Dallas and Tarrant counties, which have hospital districts.
- Assistive Technology Use by Students with Disabilities at UNT
- Paper discusses study on assistive technology use by students with physical disabilities, including visual and hearing impairments, at the University of North Texas.
- Impact of an Online Education Program on Counselors' Knowledge and Attitudes About Near-Death Experiences
- Results of a study to test knowledge and attitudes among licensed U.S. counselors regarding near-death experiences (NDEs) through surveys administered before and after the counselors completed an online course.
- Historical Near-Death and Reincarnation-Intermission Experiences of the Tlingit Indians: Case Studies and Theoretical Reflection
- Article discussing historical accounts of six near-death experiences (NDEs) and three reincarnation-intermission experiences (IEs) among Tlingit Indians in Alaska and comparing those experiences to accounts from similar populations elsewhere to draw general conclusions regarding similarities.
- Spotlight on North Texas: Grant Materials
- These grant materials were prepared for a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage program to digitize, preserve, and provide access to community historical records. The award funded digitization of print and media items related to the motion picture history of Denton County and a lecture highlighting Denton’s film history and materials discovered during the program. For this grant, UNT served as the lead institution and collaborated with the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. The grant materials include a history of Denton County’s involvement in film production and distribution, digitization standards, and a work plan for the project. This proposal was funded for $11,840.
- Assessment of Clergy Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Near-Death Experiences
- Article discussing the results of a questionnaire distributed to clergy from Pennsylvania and Illinois, which showed the respondents had limited knowledge of the near-death experience (NDE) but had a moderately positive attitude toward the subject.
- Development of the Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire
- Article explaining a questionnaire used to study nurses' knowledge of and attitudes toward near-death phenomena and patients who have experienced them, as well as the development of a revised questionnaire that is more valid and reliable.
- Hospice Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward the Near-Death Experience
- Study surveying 60 hospice nurses regarding their knowledge and attitudes toward the near-death experience (NDE), using Thornburg's Near-Death Phenomena Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire.
- Near-Death Experiences in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Article describing the results of a two-phase descriptive study intended to document the frequency of near-death experiences (NDEs) in a nonprobability convenience sample of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to describe the types of NDE experienced most commonly during CPR, and to describe the types of NDE experienced most commonly during CPR, and to describe views of helpful nursing responses to reports of NDEs.
- The Nature and Meaning of the Near-Death Experience for Patients and Critical Care Nurses
- Study designed to develop a conceptual framework for the near-death experience (NDE), reflecting its nature and meaning for the patient and the critical care nurse. The study used naturalistic inquiry to examine the question: What is the nature and meaning of an NDE and how has it influenced the individual's view of the self, the future, and feelings and beliefs about life and death?
- Unexpected Findings in a Study of Visual Perception During the Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experience
- Study of visual perception during the naturalistic near-death out-of-body experience (nND OBE), that aspect of the NDE in which the experiencer seems to view normal physical surroundings from a vantage point outside the physical body, which yielded some unexpected findings that contradicted or augmented previous research. Each of these findings is discussed relative to previous research and analyzed in light of the limitations of the current study.
- Near-Death Verdicality Research in the Hospital Setting: Problems and Promise
- Study of near-death verdicality in the hospital setting. The paper describes problems, both anticipated and unanticipated, that were encountered. Based on the successes and failures of this undertaking, recommendations for future research of this type are presented.
- Visual Perception During Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experiences
- Study attempting to ascertain the most appropriate content and placement of visual stimuli in a hospital-based study of the veridicality of out-of-body perception in the near-death experience (NDE), and the likelihood that a subject in such a study would notice, clearly perceive, and accurately recall a visual stimulus.
- Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences
- Study investigating electromagnetic effects among near-death experiencers (NDErs), people who reported a close brush with death without an NDE, and people who reported never having been close to death but who used their most life-changing event as a past reference point.
- Does the Arousal System Contribute to Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences? A Summary and Response
- Article acknowledging the viability and potential value of the hypothesis underlying articles suggesting a relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and the body's arousal system, but also identifying substantial weaknesses in both the presented lines of evidence and the studies.
- More Things in Heaven and Earth: A Response to "Near-Death Experiences with Hallucinatory Features"
- Article offering alternative arguments and conclusions to those Keith Augustine offered regarding discrepancies between some near-death experiencers' (NDErs') reports of events they perceived during their NDEs and objective information available about those events.
- The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature
- Article analyzing literature of the first quarter century of the field of near-death studies.
- Failure to Elicit Near-Death Experiences in Induced Cardiac Arrest
- Article exploring the reasons why near-death experiences may not occur during induced cardiac arrest.
- Out-of-Body Experiences: All in the Brain?
- Article presenting arguments supporting the conclusion that the subtitle claims of an article published in "Nature" were not well-founded and that much research remains to be conducted to unravel the mystery of out-of-body experiences.
- Effect on Emotional Well-Being of Hypnotic Recall of the Near-Death Experience
- Article reporting the preliminary finding of overwhelming psychological benefit of hypnotic recall of near-death experiences, and discussing implications for future research.
- The Impact of a Near-Death Experience on Family Relationships
- Study exploring the influence that a near-death experience (NDE) had on the family relationships of eleven NDErs, based on in-depth interviews, detailing the changes in relationships with extensive quotes providing data on family interactions.
- Surprise - and Discovery? - in the Near-Death Experience
- Article exploring expressions of surprise and puzzlement that lend a ring of authenticity to self-reports of near-death experiences (NDEs). Surprise typically indicates the discovery of novel features of reality during the cognition-reality interplay that makes learning possible. If at least some NDE surprises are discoveries in a nonsubjective sense, then that cognition-reality interplay can continue during moments near death as subject learn that self and reality must be understood to include a nonmaterial realm.
- Variations from the Prototypic Near-Death Experience: The "Individually Tailored" Hypothesis
- Study of firsthand accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs), which revealed a number of variations from the prototypic NDE description, including feeling judged during a life review, seeing a nondeceased friend in the tunnel, experiencing no pain upon returning to the physical body, and crossing a barrier before being sent back.
- The Meaning and Intensity of the Near-Death Experience
- Article exploring the hypothesis that near-death experiencers (NDErs) assign the meaning of the NDE by using causal (effect) and semantic (affect) attributions. To test this hypothesis, 32 spontaneous verbal accounts of NDEs were analyzed.
- God, Tragedy, and the Near-Death Experience: Evaluating Kushner's Perspectives on Theodicy
- Article evaluating Harold Kushner's original and reconstructed perspectives on God and the theodicic problem on the basis of research on the near-death experience (NDE) and related phenomena.