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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 16, 2010

Creator: Henry, Lisa; Antonovic, Annette; Buete, Sherri; Deardorff, Philip; DoCarmo, Tania; Gutierrez, Paula et al.

Item Type: Paper

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Increased physical activity, physician recommendation, and senior center participation

This article employs the Andersen Behavioral Model to explore increased physical activity and participation in three types of senior center activities: physical fitness, dance/aerobic classes, and chair exercises.

Date: November 25, 2013

Creator: Swan, James H.; Turner, K. Whisnant (Keith Whisnant); Shashidhara, Shilpa & Sanders, David

Item Type: Article

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Influencing Self-Reported Health Among Rural Low-Income Women Through Health Care and Social Service Utilization: A Structural Equation Model

Article discussing a structural equation model and influencing self-reported health among rural low-income women through health care and social service utilization.

Date: November 2, 2012

Creator: Bice-Wigington, Tiffany & Huddleston-Casas, Catherine A.

Item Type: Article

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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

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Interpol

This encyclopedia entry describes Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization. Interpol facilitates cross-border police cooperation and assists all organizations, authorities, and services with a mission to prevent or combat international crime.

Date: 2011

Creator: Gupta, Kailash

Item Type: Text

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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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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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The Logic of Uncertainty and Executive Discretion in Decision Making: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Ebola Response

This article addresses what a highly complex public health situation such as the Dallas-Fort Worth Ebola outbreak tell about the use of discretion by executive level public administrators.

Date: June 2017

Creator: Benavides, Abraham David; Keyes, Laura; McEntire, David & Carlson, Erin K.

Item Type: Article

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Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough?

Article proposes a theory that suggests the quantity of public goods and services is important to citizen satisfaction.

Date: April 2019

Creator: Collins, Brian K.; Kim, Hyun Joon & Tao, Jie

Item Type: Article

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New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs

This article describes the use of an orientation logic model to examine whether certain orientation program characteristics, such as resources and tenets, are associated with student retention, grade achievement, and socialization.

Date: April 18, 2018

Creator: Benavides, Abraham David & Keyes, Laura

Item Type: Article

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Not so bad: avoidance and aversive discounting modulate threat appraisal in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex

This article describes an investigation in which 30 healthy adults underwent functional neuroimaging while completing an avoidance task in which responses to an Avoidable CS+ threat prevented delivery of an aversive stimulus, but not to an Unavoidable CS+ threat.

Date: June 10, 2015

Creator: Schlund, Michael W.; Brewer, Adam T.; Richman, David M.; Magee, Sandy K. & Dymond, Simon

Item Type: Article

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Nothing to fear? Neural systems supporting avoidance behavior in healthy youths

Article discussing neural systems supporting avoidance behavior in healthy youths. The author's investigation examined brain activation patterns to threatening cues that prompted avoidance in healthy youths.

Date: August 15, 2010

Creator: Schlund, Michael W.; Siegle, Greg J.; Ladouceur, Cecile D.; Silk, Jennifer S.; Cataldo, Michael F.; Forbes, Erika E. et al.

Item Type: Article

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Nurse Aide Decision Making in Nursing Homes: Factors Affecting Empowerment

Article on nurse aide decision making in nursing homes and the factors affecting empowerment.

Date: March 27, 2013

Creator: Chaudhuri, Tanni & Yeatts, Dale E., 1952-

Item Type: Article

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On Critchfield's Proposal: Student Concerns and Recommendations

This article contains a response to the article by Critchfield (2011) entitled "Interesting Times: Practice, Science, and Professional Associations in Behavior Analysis", including a concern about the effect of seprating science and practice on the future of behavior analysis.

Date: 2012

Creator: Bayles, Makenzie W.; Boutain, Ariana R.; Ackerlund Brandt, Julie A.; Call, Nikki; Dracobly, Joseph D.; Greer, Brian D. et al.

Item Type: Article

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Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Aspects of the One-Percenter Culture for Emergency Department Personnel to Consider

This article discusses various aspects of the culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) so that emergency department personnel may better understand the mentality of the outlaw biker.

Date: May 12, 2014

Creator: Bosmia, Anand N.; Quinn, James F.; Peterson, Todd B.; Griessenauer, Christoph J. & Tubbs, R. Shane

Item Type: Article

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The Perception of "Training Availability" Among Certified Nurse Aides: Relationship to CNA Performance, Turnover, Attitudes, Burnout, and Empowerment

Article on the perception of "training availability" among certified nurse aides (CNAs) and the relationship to CNA performance, turnover, attitudes, burnout, and empowerment.

Date: 2010

Creator: Yeatts, Dale E., 1952-; Cready, Cynthia M.; Swan, James H. & Shen, Yuying

Item Type: Article

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Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management

Book chapter from "Critical Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners." This chapter includes both a theoretical and practical examination of planning and improvisation in emergency management.

Date: 2014

Creator: McEntire, David

Item Type: Book Chapter

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Progressing From Identification and Functional Analysis of Precursor Behavior to Treatment of Selfinjurious Behavior

This article evaluates the utility of assessing and treating severe selfinjurious behavior (SIB) based on the outcomes of a functional analysis of precursor behavior.

Date: September 26, 2011

Creator: Dracobly, Joseph D. & Smith, Richard G.

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

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

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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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Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

Increased physical activity, physician recommendation, and senior center participation

Influencing Self-Reported Health Among Rural Low-Income Women Through Health Care and Social Service Utilization: A Structural Equation Model

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

Interpol

Irony and the 'yoga wars'

Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics

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

The Logic of Uncertainty and Executive Discretion in Decision Making: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Ebola Response

Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough?

New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs

Not so bad: avoidance and aversive discounting modulate threat appraisal in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex

Nothing to fear? Neural systems supporting avoidance behavior in healthy youths

Nurse Aide Decision Making in Nursing Homes: Factors Affecting Empowerment

On Critchfield's Proposal: Student Concerns and Recommendations

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Aspects of the One-Percenter Culture for Emergency Department Personnel to Consider

The Perception of "Training Availability" Among Certified Nurse Aides: Relationship to CNA Performance, Turnover, Attitudes, Burnout, and Empowerment

Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management

Progressing From Identification and Functional Analysis of Precursor Behavior to Treatment of Selfinjurious Behavior

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

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

Reinterpreting Yajña as Vedic Sacrifice

Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films

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