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Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This presentation presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.

Date: 2010

Creator: Henry, Lisa; Carlson, Steve; Cheatham, Dennis; Gorby, Megan; Leach, Matt; McAllister, Guenivere et al.

Item Type: Presentation

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Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.

Date: December 14, 2010

Creator: Henry, Lisa; Carlson, Steve; Cheatham, Dennis; Gorby, Megan; Leach, Matt; McAllister, Guenivere et al.

Item Type: Paper

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“I’m Gonna Get Busy Living”: Examining the Trajectories of Affect, Behavioral Health, and Psychological Resilience Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Southeastern U.S. Health District

Article describes results of a study seeking to provide further insight into how core affect influences the adaptability of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) after diagnosis.

Date: April 30, 2019

Creator: Hill, Miranda; Huff, Amber & Chumbler, Neale

Item Type: Article

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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.

Date: November 11, 2017

Creator: Humble, Steve; Dixon, Pauline & Mpofu, Elias

Item Type: Article

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[Review] Habits of the Heartland: Small-Town Life in Modern America

This article reviews the book "Habits of the Heartland: Small-Town Life in Modern America," by Lyn C. MacGregor published in 2010.

Date: January 2011

Creator: Ignatow, Gabriel

Item Type: Review

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Inter-organizational digital divide: Civic groups' media strategies in the Trinity River Corridor Project

Article on inter-organizational digital divides and civic groups' media strategies in the Trinity River Corridor Project.

Date: November 7, 2011

Creator: Ignatow, Gabriel & Schuett, Jessica Lynn

Item Type: Article

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

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.

Item Type: Article

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.

Date: April 11, 2015

Creator: Ingman, Stanley R.

Item Type: Presentation

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.

Date: April 11, 2015

Creator: Ingman, Stanley R.

Item Type: Presentation

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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.

Date: June 28, 2010

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Article

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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.

Date: November 2010

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Article

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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.

Date: May 12, 2011

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Article

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The Hindu Method to Save the Planet

This paper discusses the Hindu religion and elements of ecology that relate to this religion. It describes some of the principles of Mahatma Gandhi and describes how these are important spiritually and ecologically.

Date: 2010

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Paper

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Irony and the 'yoga wars'

Article discussing the debated topic of whether yoga is a Hindu or Secular practice and the potential causes and impacts of how and why this subject is being debated.

Date: December 2010

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Article

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Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics

Article discussing the absence of a formal category of environmental ethics in Jainism and Jainism's historical relationship to environmental ethics.

Date: 2010

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Article

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Reinterpreting Yajña as Vedic Sacrifice

In this article, the author endeavors to problematize the term "sacrifice," which is often used to translate the word yajna in Indological writings.

Date: 2011

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Paper

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Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films

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

Item Type: Article

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[Review] Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism

This article reviews the book "Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism," by Emma Tomalin, a book about religion and ecology.

Date: 2010

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Review

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[Review] Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition

This article reviews the book "Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition," by Bhaskar Sarkar. The book examines the political truncation of India at the end of British colonial rule in 1947.

Date: 2010

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Review

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Swadhyaya's Dharmic Ecology

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

Item Type: Article

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Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings

This article discusses diverse theologies in Hinduism and describes ten important Hindu teachings on the environment.

Date: 2010

Creator: Jain, Pankaj

Item Type: Article

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Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories

This article argues that responsiveness, multi-level governance, and public entrepreneurship theories offer a fuller explanation for local government policy decision-making.

Date: 2017

Creator: Keyes, Laura & Benavides, Abraham David

Item Type: Article

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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.

Date: March 5, 2018

Creator: Khunwishit, Somporn; Choosuk, Chanisada & Webb, Gary

Item Type: Article

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Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework

This article studies examines the structural effect of public health network explaining collaboration effectiveness.

Date: September 15, 2017

Creator: Kim, KyungWoo; Andrew, Simon A. & Jung, Kyujin

Item Type: Article

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Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

“I’m Gonna Get Busy Living”: Examining the Trajectories of Affect, Behavioral Health, and Psychological Resilience Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Southeastern U.S. Health District

Factor structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Form A in Kiswahili speaking children: Multidimensionality and influences on creative behavior

[Review] Habits of the Heartland: Small-Town Life in Modern America

Inter-organizational digital divide: Civic groups' media strategies in the Trinity River Corridor Project

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

Africa: Sustainability, Poverty, Education

Futuro sin Pobreza: Future without Poverty

Bollywood and Beyond: Hinduism Changing the World

The Cosmic Dance of Obama-Raja on Newsweek

The Dharmic Method to Save the Planet

The Hindu Method to Save the Planet

Irony and the 'yoga wars'

Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics

Reinterpreting Yajña as Vedic Sacrifice

Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films

[Review] Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism

[Review] Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition

Swadhyaya's Dharmic Ecology

Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings

Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories

Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership

Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework