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- Adverse Childhood Experiences, Commitment Offense, and Race/Ethnicity: Are the Effects Crime-, Race-, and Ethnicity-Specific?
- This article uses epidemiological tables of odds (both unadjusted and adjusted for onset, total adjudications, and total out of home placements) on a sample of 2520 male confined juvenile delinquents, to evaluate the significance of the number of adverse childhood experiences on commitment for homicide, sexual assault, and serious persons/property offending.
- Africa: Sustainability, Poverty, Education
- Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses sustainability, poverty, and education in Africa.
- Age Strata Differences in Utilization of Health Care Services among Adults in the United States
- Article on age strata differences in utilization of health care services among adults in the United States.
- Amygdala involvement in human avoidance, escape and approach behavior
- Article on amygdala involvement in human avoidance, escape and approach behavior. The authors examine amygdala reactivity to threatening cues when avoidance responding consistently prevented contact with an upcoming aversive event (money loss).
- An Approach to Improving and Evaluating Creative Scientific Thinking Skills in an Undergraduate Animal Physiology Course
- This paper describes an attempt to improve creative scientific thinking skills in an undergraduate Animal Physiology course at a liberal arts college.
- Assessment of the Need for Relief Services by Rural Texas Family Physicians
- Article on an assessment of the need for relief services by rural Texas family physicians.
- Behavioral Cusps: A Developmental and Pragmatic Concept for Behavior Analysis
- Article on behavioral cusps and a developmental and pragmatic concept for behavior analysis.
- Behavioral Measures of Play
- The purpose of this article is to review the importance of play in a young child's life and to discuss the importance of measuring play when designing interventions for children with autism. Furthermore, this paper will present an example of a consistent and reliable observation system that assesses the complexity and variety of play on children with autism and with typically developing children.
- Bhopal Chemical Disaster
- Encyclopedia article describing the devastating effects of a chemical disaster that took place in Bhopal, India in 1984. The author describes the effects of the chemical disaster and the events that followed.
- Bollywood and Beyond: Hinduism Changing the World
- Article discussing research on the ideals of Hinduism, such as pluralism, dharma, ritam, and nonviolence holding important lessons for the future of Hinduism in particular and for humanity in general.
- Breast Implants for Graduation: A Sociological Examination of Daughter and Mother Narratives
- Article on a sociological examination of daughter and mother narratives.
- Care and Health
- Encyclopedia article in the 'International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology' discussing health care, globalization and health, and the effect of the economy on the structure of the health care system.
- The challenges and future opportunities of emergency management education: a student's perspective
- This article describes a few of the challenges facing current emergency management curriculum and how the University of North Texas Emergency Administration and Planning program is addressing these challenges.
- The Changing Use of Health Care Services among a Sample of Unmarried Older Women: 1969 to 1979
- Article on the changing use of health care services among unmarried older women from 1969 to 1979.
- The Changing Use of Health Care Services Among Unmarried Older Women: 1969 - 1975
- Research report proposal presented to the Andrus Foundation on the changing use of health care services among unmarried older women from 1969 to 1975.
- The Changing Use of Health Care Services by Unmarried Older Women, 1969 to 1975: Final Report to the NRTA-AARP Andrus Foundation
- Final report to the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA)- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Andrus Foundation. This reports on a research study of the changing use of health care services by unmarried older women from 1969 to 1975.
- Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: The case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas
- Article on community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu and the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas.
- Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas
- Article on community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu and the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington.
- Community/University Collaboration in Health Care Planning: A Case Study
- Article discussing a case study on community and university collaboration in health care planning.
- Computer Modeling of Physiological Phenomena at the Cellular Level
- This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using computer modeling to study physiology, and provides an example of how students can begin to use computer modeling in the classroom.
- Consequences of Empowered CNA Teams in Nursing Home Settings: A Longitudinal Assessment
- Article on a longitudinal assessment and the consequences of empowered CAN teams in nursing home settings.
- The Cosmic Dance of Obama-Raja on Newsweek
- Article discussing an image that appears on the front cover of Newsweek magazine depicting President Barack Obama.
- Criminal Victimization and Fear of Crime Among the Elderly in the United States: A Critique of the Empirical Research Literature
- Article on criminal victimization and fear of crime among the elderly in the United States and a critique of the empirical research literature.
- Cultural Memory and Heirloom Seeds: The Foundation of Local Food Systems
- This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the Food We Eat. This presentation discusses heirloom seeds and covers information about the Foundation of Local Food Systems.
- Design of District Emergency Operations Centres, and the Case Study of Indian Oil Corporation Jaipur Depot Explosion
- Article on the design of district emergency operations centres and a case study of Indian Oil Corporation Jaipur depot explosion.
- The Development of Interests in Children with Autism: A Method to Establish Baselines for Analyses and Evaluation
- This article discusses development of interests in children with autism.
- Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya Practitioners
- Article on dharmic ecology and perspectives from the Swadhyaya practitioners.
- The Dharmic Method to Save the Planet
- This article discusses environmentalism and ways in which dharmic methods can help save the planet. While most Americans are familiar with the terms such as "yoga" and "Bollywood," Indian perspectives toward the ecology seem to be largely unknown.
- Disclosure of Children's Positive Serostatus to Family and Nonfamily Members: Informal Caregivers in Togo, West Africa
- Article on the disclosure of children's positive serostatus to family and nonfamily members.
- Down deep in the holler: chasing seeds and stories in southern Appalachia
- This article is the third in a series "Recollections, Reflections, and Revelations: Ethnobiologists and their First Time in the Field" and is a personal reflection by the researcher on his experience and involvement in kinship and friendship networks while conducting agrobiodiversity research in southern Appalachia, USA.
- Drug and Alcohol Use Among the Middle-Aged and Aged: Final Report to the Hogg Foundation
- Final report on a research study on the use of psychoactive prescription and nonprescription medicines and alcohol use among middle-aged and older adults.
- An Ecological Perspective on Rural, Low-Income Mothers' Health
- Article on an ecological perspective on rural, low-income mothers' health.
- The Effects of a Supportive Communication Training Workshop on the Verbal Behavior of Behavior Analysis
- Article on the effects of a supportive communication training workshop on the verbal behavior of behavior analysts.
- The Effects of Reaganomics on Health and Nutrition of the Minority Elderly
- Paper on the effects of Reaganomics on health and nutrition of the minority elderly.
- Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development?
- Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This paper discusses electoral decentralization in Ghana and what Ghana's local governments really need for economic development.
- Emerging Opportunities in Higher Education: Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism
- This article discusses applying behavior analysis to autism.
- Empowered Work Teams in Long-Term Care: Strategies for Improving Outcomes for Residents and Staff
- Book discussing empowered work teams in long-term care and strategies for improving outcomes for residents and staff.
- Ethnic Differences in the Use of Health Care Services Among Older Texans
- Article on ethnic differences in the use of health care services among older Texans.
- Ethnicity, Health Care and Socio-Economic Status: The Continuing Disparity Among Minority Children in Texas
- Article on ethnicity, health care and socio-economic status and the continuing disparity among minority children in Texas.
- Factor structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Form A in Kiswahili speaking children: Multidimensionality and influences on creative behavior
- This article provides evidence for the valid use of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Financing Geriatric Programs in Community Health Centers
- Article on financing geriatric programs in community health centers.
- Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership
- This article uses the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 10 Essentials for Making Cities Resilient as guidelines to assess the progress of flood resilience building in Thailand.
- Functional Analysis and Treatment of Self-Injury in a Captive Olive Baboon
- Article on the functional analysis and treatment of self-injury in a captive olive baboon.
- Futuro sin Pobreza: Future without Poverty
- Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses the initiatives and groups working to reduce global poverty.
- Generalization of socially transmitted and instructed avoidance
- This article compares two pathways to avoidance--instructions and social observation--on subsequent generalization of avoidance behavior, fear expectancy and physiological arousal.
- Generalized anxiety modulates frontal and limbic activation in major depression
- This article explores how generalized anxiety modulates frontal and limbic activation in major depression. The authors' findings highlight frontal and limbic hypoactivation in patients with depression and comorbid anxiety and indicate that anxiety level may modulate frontal and limbic activation depending upon the emotional context.
- Geographic Distance, Contact, and Family Perceptions of Quality Nursing Home Care
- Article on the geographic distance, contact and family perceptions of quality nursing home care.
- Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
- Article describes an estimate of age-specific and sex-specific all-cause mortality between 1970 and 2016 for 195 countries and territories and at the subnational level for the five countries with a population greater than 200 million in 2016.
- Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
- Article discusses the generation of updated estimates of child mortality by age group (neonatal, post-neonatal, ages 1–4 years, and under 5) for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational geographies, from 1980–2015, using data from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study (GBD 2015).
- Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Adults: FInal Report
- Final report on a research study examining the use of physicians, hospitals, and dentists among the noninstitutionalized population 65 years of age and older in the United States to determine what social, economic, and health factors were most predictive of the use of those services.