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Long-Term Impact of Mega-Sport Events on the Host Region

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and identify the major factors that determine the success or failure of mega-sports events. The report begins with a discussion of why localities are willing to invest large sums of public monies in infrastructure and services to host these events. This is followed by a review of the methods used to assess the economic, fiscal, and social impacts of hosting large sporting events. It is observed that comprehensive analyses of the impacts of these events ar… more

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Date: August 2004

Creator: Shargorodsky, Paulo

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Reported Impact of a Correctional Facility's Presence on Community Solidarity: Huntsville, Texas

The problem examined is community solidarity in a well-established prison town. The primary question addressed in this study is "what is the reported impact of a correctional facility's presence on community solidarity?" This study is concerned with the community's perception about the problems, as well as the benefits involved in the housing of a prison and in particular the solidarity of the community. The relevant literature dates from 1929 to 2004 and examines a wide range of concepts as… more

Date: May 2006

Creator: Nation, Patricia Ann Campo

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The impact of technical barriers on the effectiveness of professional development as related to a distance education system-based course: A case study in the Web World Wonders environmental science learning community.

This study reports and discusses the impact of technical barriers on the effectiveness of professional development as related to a distance education system based course: a case study of the web world wonders environmental science learning community in Florida. The project involved 4th through 12th grade public school teachers learning how to use GPS readers, digital cameras, and Arc View software for the purpose of utilizing a Website that enabled remote Internet camera access in Florida State… more

Date: December 2003

Creator: Dawson, John L.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The Impact of Kolot's Rosh Hodesh: It's a Girl Thing! on Adolescent Girls

The purpose of this mixed-method study was to examine the impact, if any, of Kolot's Rosh Hodesh: It's A Girl Thing! on adolescent girls in the areas of friendship, school issues, family issues, body image, and assertiveness after participating in the religious-based program for nine monthly modules. Participants completed pretests and posttests in the areas of self-concept and basic Jewish knowledge. Quantitative results demonstrated statistically significant results in the areas of basic know… more

Date: December 2005

Creator: Wolbe, Susan C.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Relationship between the amount of parental supervision time and child delinquency.

This study assesses the relationship between parental supervision and children's delinquency. Data used in this study came from interviews with 99 parents from the Denton city area of Texas in 2003. A probability sample of 53 was contacted by way of randomly selected residential telephone numbers. In addition, 46 parents were non-randomly selected. Parents were asked about how much time they spent supervising and engaging in activities with their children and whether or not the oldest child exh… more

Date: May 2005

Creator: Bessa, Yawo Agbessi

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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Hurricane Katrina: Social-Demographic Characteristics of Impacted Areas

Information about contracts and other types of government procurements made in support of hurricane recovery efforts may be obtained online from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command websites. The government-wide database, FPDS, provides the most comprehensive and detailed information, but the other three websites include contracts not currently listed in FPDS. Available inf… more

Date: November 4, 2005

Creator: Gabe, Thomas; Falk, Gene; McCarty, Maggie & Mason, Virginia W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The UK Government Web Archive (UKGWA): Measuring the Impact of Our Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Presentation for the IIPC General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference held on May 10-12, 2023 in Hilversum, Netherlands. This presentation analyzes the collection of COVID-19 related government web documents in the UK Government Web Archive (UKGWA) captured during the Pandemic and the metrics of the study.

Date: May 11, 2023

Creator: Storrar, Tom

Item Type: Presentation

Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium