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HIV/AIDS Morbidity in Youths and Teens, Ages 13-24, in Texas Counties

Description: This paper discusses research on HIV/AIDS morbidity in youth and teens, age 13-24, in Texas counties. Using case data provided by the Texas State Department of Health Services, this paper seeks to understand the spatial distribution of HIV/AIDS morbidity among youths and teens and the variables that are significantly related to the disease.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Hatton, Meagan & Oppong, Joseph R.
Partner: UNT Honors College
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Retreating Glaciers of the Himalayas: A Case Study of Gangotri Glacier Using 1990-2009 Satellite Images

Description: This paper discusses research on the spatial and temporal variation of the Gangotri Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the Himalayas. The authors discuss how this influences the River Ganges and, consequently, the people of the Indian subcontinent.
Date: April 1, 2010
Creator: Ding, Jennifer & Dong, Pinliang
Partner: UNT Honors College
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Habit Favorability and Geographical Links Between Mycobacterium ulcerans and Eichhornia crasspies in the Amansie West District, Ghana: Social, Economic, and Health Implications

Description: Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the invasive water hyacinth in Ghana, how it spreads the Buruli ulcer, the environmental factors in the areas affected by the plant, and related hospital case studies.
Date: Autumn 1999
Creator: Pearson, Amber L.
Partner: UNT Honors College
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Growing local foods movements: Farmers' markets as nodes for products and community in Dallas/Fort Worth

Description: Undergraduate thesis building on Feagan's (2007) analysis of ideas of community and place, and Kloppenburg et al.'s (1996) concept of foodsheds, and a modified form of drive-time polygons, termed 'marketsheds' that demarcate the consumer-draw area for farmers' markets. Specifically, the research analyzes the spatial distribution of local food communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) in Texas and links the foodshed concept to elements of community and sense of place. Two questions gu… more
Date: 2013~/2014~
Creator: Aucoin, Martin
Partner: UNT Honors College
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