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Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study

Description: This article examines the longitudinal relationship between moving to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods and weight gain as a cardiovascular risk factor.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Cooper-McCann, Rebecca; Ayers, Colby; Berrigan, David; Lian, Min; McClurkin, Michael et al.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences

Do Neighborhoods Matter Differently for Movers and Non-Movers?: Analysis of Weight Gain in the Longitudinal Dallas Heart Study

Description: This article uses data from the Dallas Heart Study to evaluate the relationship between changes in neighborhood condition and weight change for both movers and non-movers over an approximate seven-year follow-up period.
Date: January 9, 2017
Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Ayers, Colby; Das, Sandeep R.; Neeland, Ian J. & Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Estimation of technical change and price elasticities: a categorical time–varying coefficient approach

Description: This article, proposes a categorical time-varying coefficient translog cost function, where each coefficient is expressed as a nonparametric function of a categorical time variable, thereby allowing each time period to have its own set of coefficients.
Date: October 24, 2018
Creator: Feng, Guohua; Gao, Jiti & Zhang, Xiaohui
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Foreclosed and Sold: An Examination of Community and Property Characteristics Related to the Sale of REO Properties

Description: This article uses foreclosure data from Dallas County, Texas to examine how both housing and neighborhood characteristics are related to the possibility of the sale of a foreclosed property out of real-estate-owned (REO) stock.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Zhang, Lei; Leonard, Tammy & Dias, Resha
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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GAFA's information infrastructure distribution: Interconnection dynamics in the global North versus global South

Description: This article analyzes public points of interconnection of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) in the global North versus the global South to determine the degree to which their location preferences differ.
Date: December 14, 2021
Creator: Rosa, Fernanda R. & Hauge, Janice A.
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health

Description: This article examines associations between geographic and contextual features of the environment and elements of human energy balance, with a particular focus on research and opportunities in the United States.
Date: March 13, 2015
Creator: Berrigan, David; Hipp, J. Aaron; Hurvitz, Philip M.; James, Peter; Jankowska, Marta M.; Kerr, Jacqueline et al.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community

Description: This article examines the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Shuval, Kerem; de Oliveira, Angela; Sugg Skinner, Celette; Eckel, Catherine & Murdoch, James
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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The Impact of COVID-19 Shocks on Business and GDP of Global Economy

Description: Article examines the relationship between COVID-19 shocks and GDP loss of different countries worldwide based on the seven scenarios of the epidemiological DSGE/CGE model. Their results reveal that the most significant GDP loss is associated with Japan, Germany, and the US, respectively, which are industrialized countries with the most prominent automobile manufacturers.
Date: November 16, 2022
Creator: Ahangar, Reza Gharoie & Kim, Myungsup
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study

Description: This article describes a preliminary investigation into urban adults' perceptions of sedentary behavior alongside perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity.
Date: October 31, 2013
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Hébert, Emily T.; Siddiqi, Zoveen; Leonard, Tammy; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Tiro, Jasmin A. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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