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Geographic Distribution of HIV/AIDS in Texas
This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on HIV/AIDS. This presentation discusses the geographic distribution of HIV/AIDS in Texas and the associated factors.
Using GIS technology to identify areas of tuberculosis transmission and incidence
This article discusses using GIS technology to identify areas of tuberculosis transmission and incidence.
Nitrate and Chloride Concentrations in Groundwater beneath a Portion of the Trinity Group Outcrop Zone, Texas
This article discusses a study in which the authors evaluated spatial distributions of nitrate and chloride concentrations in groundwater in an area of north-central Texas with agricultural activity, in addition to oil and natural gas exploration and activity.
Nitrate, Arsenic and Selenium Concentrations in The Pecos Valley Aquifer, West Texas, USA
This article discusses nitrate, arsenic, and selenium concentrations in the Pecos Valley Aquifer in west Texas in the context of local geology and land use.
Potential Hazards of Wind Energy For Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Birds and Batsin Texas
This article discusses the potential hazards of wind energy for rare, threatened, and endangered birds and bats in Texas.
Spatial Distribution of Solutes in Aquifer Outcrop Zones along the Brazos River, East-Central Texas
Article discussing the spatial distribution of solutes in aquifer outcrop zones along the Brazos River, East-Central Texas.
Evaluation Of WEPP For Runoff And Sediment Yield Prediction On Natural Gas Well Sites
This article discusses the evaluation of Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) for runoff and sediment yield prediction on natural gas well sites, instead of focusing only on the effects on fields, rangelands, and forests.
Transition and gap models of forest dynamics
Article discussing transition and gap models of forest dynamics.
Instrument, System and Method for Automated Low Cost Atmospheric Measurements
Patent relating to an instrument, system and method for automated low cost atmospheric measurements.
TNR and conservation on a university campus: a political ecological perspective
Article discussing TNR and conservation on a university campus and a political ecological perspective.
Ethics Gaming Survey Results
Dataset generated for a National Science Foundation grant project, "EAGER: Prototyping a Virtue Ethics Game." These files contain the research results of the pre-test and post-test surveys.
Growth dynamics of tropical savanna grasses: from individual shoots to plant models
Paper presented at the First Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society in 2002. This paper discusses growth dynamics of tropical savanna grasses from individual shoots to plant models.
Performance Comparison of Passive Structures with Multiple Gates and Funnels for Capturing Contaminated Groundwater
This article describes the evaluation of the capability of passive interceptors with multiple gates for directing the flow of contaminated groundwater.
Controlling Gully Erosion with Earth Dams in North-Central Texas
This article describes the use of earth dams for controlling gully erosion in part of the Eastern Cross Timbers of North-Central Texas.
Lightning, Downed Power Line Form Intriguing Rock Structure in Denton, Texas
This article describes a vitrified soil structure, formed by atmospheric and human activity, possessing characteristics of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Efficiency Comparison of Variably-Spaced, Non-Pumped Wells for Filtering Polluted Groundwater
This article investigates the capability of variably-spaced arrays of non-pumped wells, filled with reactive media, to filter a hypothetical contaminant plume.
Creased-Plastic Rock Permeameter for Hydrogeology Students
This article discusses the use of creased-plastic permeameters as an inexpensive way for students to estimate the hydraulic conductivity of local rock aquifers.
Visualizing Ground-Water-Flow Fields and Contaminant Plumes in an Undergraduate Hydrogeology Course
This article discusses the use of three-dimensional visualization methods to augment traditional contouring methods in an undergraduate ground-water course.
Hydrogeology Lessons and Exercises for Introductory Physical-Geology Students
This article describes the creation of instruction models for an undergraduate physical-geology course.
Geophysical Prospecting for Oil and Gas Well Effluent
This article describes the evaluation of the utility of an earth resistivity system for detecting drilling effluent at a site in the Trinity Group outcrop zone.
A Graben in the Eagle Ford Shale, Lewisville, Texas
This article describes a graben bounded by normal faults in an outcrop of the Eagle Ford formation within Denton County.
Oil Production and Groundwater Quality in the Edwards-Trinity Plateau Aquifer, Texas
This article suggests that evaporite dissolution and oilfield brine locally impact the Edwards-Trinity Plateau Aquifer, but the problem is not regionally pervasive.
Light detection and ranging and hyperspectral data for estimation of forest biomass: a review
This review addresses the status of hyperspectral data, LiDAR data, and the fusion of these two data sources for forest biomass estimation in the last decade.
Improved bore-sight calibration for airborne light detection and ranging using planar patches
This article proposes an improved method for bore-sight calibration based on the principles of symmetry of coordinate offsets and low correlations between bore-sight angles.
Comparison of different methods for monitoring glacier changes observed by Landsat images
This paper presents three methods for classifying glacier boundaries, compares the three methods to provide advice on how to choose an appropriate method, and analyzes the relationship between glacier change and the trends of precipitation and temperature.
A rich Internet application for automated detection of road blockage in post-disaster scenarios
This paper presents the development of a rich Internet application for automated detection of road blockage in post-disaster scenarios using volunteered geographic information from OpenStreetMap street centerlines and airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data.
LiDAR Data for Characterizing Linear and Planar Geomorphic Markers in Tectonic Geomorphology
This paper provides a brief review of airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for characterizing linear and planar geomorphic markers in tectonic geomorphology, including traces of active faults and surface deformation caused by earthquakes. Challenges and opportunities of LiDAR for the study of tectonic geomorphology and coseismic deformation are also discussed.
Biomass burning drives atmospheric nutrient redistribution within forested peatlands in Borneo
This article quantifies the influence of fire on biogeochemical fluxes of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur in a 12 ha forested peatland in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Buruli Ulcer Disease and Its Association with Land Cover in Southwestern Ghana
This article presents the first analysis of Buruli ulcer at the village level in southwestern Ghana, where prevalence rates are among the highest globally, and explores fine and medium-scale associations with land cover by comparing patterns both within Buruli ulcer clusters and surrounding landscapes.
Validation of a Non-Targeted LC-MS Approach for Identifying Ancient Proteins: Method Development on Bone to Improve Artifact Residue Analysis
This article discusses validation of the potential of an extraction and characterization approach via application to ancient bone proteins, as part of a larger method-development project for innovation and improvement of liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry analysis of protein residues from cooking pottery.
Archaeology, Heritage, and Moral Terrains: Two Cases from the Mesa Verde Region
This article applies an environmental justice lens to two archaeological research narratives, one centering on chemical analysis of biomolecular artifact residues and the other on paleohydrology and Pueblo farming.
Sustainable Science? Reducing the Carbon Impact of Scientific Mega-Meetings
This article uses 9 years of annual meeting attendance data from the Ecological Society of American and the Association of American Geographers to assess the efficacy of two additional solutions: 1) alternate large national meetings that require significant air travel with smaller regional meetings that do not; and 2) incorporate geography into the meeting location selection process.
Ethnobiology 5: Interdisciplinarity in an Era of Rapid Environmental Change
This article argues that ethnobiology is preadapted to be a scholarly umbrella for a number of disciplines that concern human-environment interactions, suggesting that two goals of Ethnobiology 5 are to bridge traditional academic boundaries in order to broaden the community of ethnobiologists, and to capitalize on and communicate the relevance of ethnobiological scholarship for solving problems related to contemporary environmental and cultural crises.
A Comparison of Least Squares Regression and Geographically Weighted Regression Modeling of West Nile Virus Risk Based on Environmental Parameters
This article discusses the effectiveness of utilizing local spatial variations in environmental data to uncover the statistical relationships between West Nile Virus (WNV) risk and environmental factors.
Book Review: The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
Book Review of "The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature" written by David George Haskell.
Book Review: The Pursuit of Ecotopia: Lessons from Indigenous and Traditional Societies for the Human Ecology of Our Modern World
Book Review of "The Pursuit of Ecotopia: Lessons from Indigenous and Traditional Societies for the Human Ecology of Our Modern World" written by Eugene N. Anderson.
Book Review:Quantitative Paleozoology
Book Review of "Quantitative Paleozoology" written by R. Lee Lyman.
Adjusting Sowing Dates Improved Potato Adaptation to Climate Change in Semiarid Region, China
This article examines how potato production can be improved by altering planting date in China’s semiarid region, thus improving potato adaptation to climate change.
Forest above Ground Biomass Inversion by Fusing GLAS with Optical Remote Sensing Data
This article describes a study combining Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) data with MODIS/BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) and ASTER GDEM data to estimate forest aboveground biomass in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.
Detecting Stems in Dense and Homogeneous Forest Using Single-Scan TLS
This article presents a new method to automatically detect stems in dense and homogeneous forest using single-scan terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data.
The Industrial Geography of Toxic Chemical Generation, Release and Management in Texas
This article examines overall trends in toxic chemical generation, releases and management in Texas from 1995 to 1999 within the broad context of sustainable industrial production.
A Low-Cost GPS-Based Protocol to Create High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Remote Mountain Areas
This article describes the use of a low-cost GPS-based protocol to construct a high-resolution digital elevation model for a rugged, remote mountain site in the northern Peruvian Andes.
A History of Geography at the University of North Texas
This article provides a history of the Geography Department at the University of North Texas.
Editorial: Applications of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) in Geosciences
This article contains an editorial on applications of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) in Geosciences.
Estimating FPAR of Maize Canopy Using Airborne Discrete-Return LiDAR Data
This article tests a method to estimate the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) of maize from airborne discrete-return LiDAR data.
The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change
This article outlines the potential indicators and indicator domains to be tracked by the Lancet Countdown working groups, with suggestions on the methodologies and datasets available to achieve this end.
Health and Climate Change: policy responses to protect public health
This article summarizes key messages from the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, accompanied by ten underlying recommendations to accelerate action in the next 5 years.
Monitoring Annual Urban Changes in a Rapidly Growing Portion of Northwest Arkansas with a 20-Year Landsat Record
This article employs a time series Landsat stack covering the period from 1995 to 2015 to detect the urban dynamics in Northwest Arkansas via a two-stage classification approach.
The Association between Hantavirus Infection and Selenium Deficiency in Mainland China
This article studies the role of selenium concentration in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by hantaviruses, using a multidisciplinary approach combining ecological analysis with preliminary experimental data.
Combining Spatial-Temporal and Phylogenetic Analysis Approaches for Improved Understanding on Global H5N1 Transmission
This article reports an interdisciplinary effort that combines the geospatial informatics approach with a bioinformatics approach to form an improved understanding on the transmission mechanisms of H5N1 virus.
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