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Investigation of Mosquito Ecology and West Nile Vertical Transmission in Denton Texas

Description: Undergraduate thesis investigating the rate of vertical transmission that takes place in wild Culex quinquefasciatus populations by testing samples of emergent Culex quinquefasciatus adults to see what number of mosquitos test positive for West Nile Virus (WNv) throughout the summer and fall, and thus estimate the rate of vertical transmission of the virus in wild mosquitos.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Caughlin, Morgan
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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Environmental Inequality in Tarrant County: An Analysis of Public and Private Sector Waste

Description: Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the distribution of environmental contamination generated by public and private sector activities as it relates to the social, demographic, and economic characteristics of the inhabitants of Tarrant County, Texas.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Pohlmeyer, Remington
Partner: UNT Honors College
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Assistive Technology Use by Students with Disabilities at UNT

Description: Honors thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing assertive technologies used by students with physical disabilities. Topics include frequently used devices, services of the Office of Disability Accommodation, and the quality of students' training with these devices.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Chabot, Monique
Partner: UNT Honors College
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