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A Holistic Approach to Health, Immunity, and Post COVID-19 Rehabilitation
Author: Matthew McAllister
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A Visual Insight Into Tweeting Activity Before and During Natural Disasters: Case Study of Hurricane Harvey
Authors: Shadi Maleki and Milad Mohammadalizadehkorde
Big data provided by social media has been increasingly used in various fields of research, including disaster studies and emergency management. Effective data visualization plays a central role in generating meaningful insight from big data. However, big data visualization has been a challenge due to the high complexity and high dimensionality of it. The purpose of this study is to examine how the number and spatial distribution of tweets changed on the day Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Houston, Texas. For this purpose, this study analyzed the change in tweeting activity between the Friday of Hurricane Harvey and a typical Friday before the event.
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African American Experiences in the Historic Dunbar Neighborhood in San Marcos, Texas: A Case Study of Counter-Life Stories
Authors: Shetay Ashford-Hanserd, Eric Sarmiento, Colleen C. Myles, Steven W. Rayburn, Aimee Kendall Roundtree, Mary-Patricia Hayton, Edward Ybarra, Sarai Benitez, Theresa M. Clifford, Christopher Pierce, Chad D. Williams, and Shadi Maleki
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Community Network Building Through Research
Authors: Melinda Villagran and Joshua Daspit
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Crime prevention through environmental design in public school career and technical education facilities: Principals’ perceptions of security enhancement
Authors: Elizabeth Ekren, Rachel E. Hall, Eryn Pierdolla, Valerie Barnes, Alison Jarzombek-Torralva, Douglas Morrish, Kathy Martinez-Prather
Career and technical education (CTE) facilities on school campuses present unique security challenges due to their distinct layouts, structures, and equipment, which require tailored security considerations given expanding CTE student populations and increasing concerns of school violence. Drawing on principles of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) with Texas as a case application, this study developed a novel survey instrument to evaluate the influence of CTE facility design features and security activities on principals’ perceptions of facility security.
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Do B Vitamins Enhance the Effect of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)? A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials
Auhtors: Jie Zhu, Peng-Cheng Xun, Marissa Kolencik, Ke-Feng Yang, Alyce D. Fly, Ka Kahe
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Effect of Acidic Biochar Extracts and Biofertilizers on Seed Germination
Authors: Samira Islas-Valdez and Nicole Wagner
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Firefighters With Higher Cardiorespiratory Fitness Demonstrate Lower Markers of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Authors: Matthew J. McAllister , Drew E. Gonzalez, Megan Leonard, M. Hunter Martaindale, Richard J. Bloomer, Jacquelyn Pence, and Steven E. Martin
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Folate, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12 Status in Association With Metabolic Syndrome Incidence
Authors: Jie Zhu, Cheng Chen, Liping Lu, James M. Shikany, Mary E. D’Alton, and Ka Kahe
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Food Insecurity and Consumption in Texas
Author: Shadi Maleki
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Health differences between rural and non-rural Texas counties based on 2023 County Health Rankings
Authors: Elizabeth Ekren, Shadi Maleki, Cristian Curran, Cassidy Watkins, & Melinda M. Villagran
Place matters for health. In Texas, growing rural populations face a variety of structural, social, and economic disparities that position them for potentially worse health outcomes. The current study contributes to understanding rural health disparities in a state-specific context.
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How to Develop a Network of Enthusiastic Research Participants: The Great Resilience in Texas (GRIT) Awards
Authors: Jessica Schneider and Joshua Daspit
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Investigating Children's Field Trip Experiences Through Sketch Maps
Authors: Shadi Maleki, Emily Warren, Ronald R. Hagelman III, Aspen Navarro, and Miranda Wait
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Learning Loss Recovery After COVID-19 Pandemic in Texas Public Schools
Authors: Philip Ervin, Li Feng, Daniel Payan, and Jelena Tešić
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The Lee-Bardwell Public Library Community Collaboration Process
Authors: Elizabeth K. Eger, Rex Long, and Anca Tonciu
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Leveraging the COPEWELL Framework to Foster Community Resilience and Research Networks
Authors: Jessica Schneider, Rex Long, Britney Trevino, and Emily C. Repasky
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Librarians as Conveners to Build Community Resiliency in Rural Texas.
Authors: Elizabeth K. Eger, Rex Long, Anca Tonciu, Melinda Villagran, Jessica Schneider, and Britney Treviño
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Mapping Access to Children’s Hospitals in Texas
Authors: Shadi Maleki, Nathaniel Dede-Bamfo, Elizabeth Ekren, Milad Mohammadalizadehkorde, and Melinda Villagran
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Neighborhood Child Friendliness: A Comparative Analysis of Parental Landscape Perceptions and Geographic Information Systems-Based Urban Planning Indexes
Authors: Shadi Maleki, Ronald R. Hagelman III, and Brendan L. Lavy
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The Pottsboro Library Community Collaboration Process
Authors: Elizabeth K. Eger, Rex Long, and Anca Tonciu
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Prescription Drug Misuse With Alcohol Coingestion Among US Adolescents: Youth Experiences, Health-related Factors, and Other Substance Use Behaviors
Authors: Jason A. Ford, Sean Esteban McCabe, and Ty Schepis
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Resilience as a Concept for Convergence Across Health, Systems, and Well-Being: An AI-Augmented Mapping of 50 Years of Resilience Research
Authors: Elizabeth Ekren, Maria E. Tomasso, and Melinda M. Villagran
Resilience has become a focal point of academic research investigating the impact of adverse disruption to the well-being of people, systems, the built environment, ecosystems, and climate. However, the proliferation of this work has not been accompanied by increasing clarity about the core meaning of resilience as a singular construct, threatening its relevance and complicating its use in practice. To improve the application of resilience in cross-disciplinary and convergence approaches to sustainability and well-being research, this work synthesized resilience conceptualizations across disciplines with novel artificial intelligence (AI)-augmented approaches.
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Risk Factors for Cardiometabolic Disease in Professional Firefighters
Authors: Matthew J. McAllister, Drew E. Gonzalez, Megan Leonard, M. Hunter Martaindale, Richard J. Bloomer, Jacquelyn Pence, and Steven E. Martin
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San Marcos Resilient Streets and Greenways Asset Mapping
Authors: Billy Fields and Eliot Mettenbrink
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Social Demand for Urban Wilderness in Purgatory
Authors: Shadi Maleki, Jason P. Julian, Russel C. Weaver, Christina Lopez, and Mike Kraft
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Texas Resilient Streets and Greenways
Authors: Billy Fields and Eliot Mettenbrink
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Texas Resilient Streets and Greenways Asset Mapping and Community Engagement Synthesis Project
Author: Billy Fields