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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Harris County"”.
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Evaluating the Felony Mental Health Court of Harris County, Texas
Mental health is one of the most critical yet complicated areas for public health researchers. The dynamic characteristics of contemporary clinical notions of mental illness and the accompanying landscape of ever-changing health policies can create unique challenges for research efforts. In spite …
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Immunization assessment of two year olds in a select Harris County population
… rates of preschoolers in seven Northeast Harris County school districts. Kindergarten and first grade student records were abstracted using a multistage sampling design to systematically review 806 records. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to summarize data and to …
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Land Usage Impacts on Springhead Salamander Populations, at Callaway Extended Properties, Harris County, Georgia
<p>Recent scientific studies have indicated that anrphibian populations appear to be declining in many areas of the world or exhibiting local population fluctuations. Some of the reasons given for this population decline are associated with land usage, and the negative biological impacts of many …
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A comparison study of gravid and under house CO2 mosquito traps in Harris County, Texas
Harris County Mosquito Control Division (HCMCD) is responsible for surveillance of mosquito species that are vectors of St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) virus and West Nile Virus (WNV) within Harris County, Texas, including the Houston metroplex. The metroplex area has some unique attributes and a vast …
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A Scent-Station Survey of Medium-Size Mammals on the Callaway Preserve, Harris County, Georgia
… sized mammals on the Callaway Preserve in Harris County, Georgia, using the scent- station technique, to determine species preference in regard to habitat, to compare relative abundance of species in regard to habitat, and to compare habitats in terms of the species present. Thirty-six …
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Modelling the Hydrologic Impact of Land Cover on Stormwater Detention Basins in Harris County, TX
<p>Harris County on the upper Gulf Coast in Southeast Texas is susceptible to both riverine and coastal flooding due to intense, short-duration thunderstorms, slow-moving frontal systems, and tropical hurricanes. Low-lying terrain, clay soils with poor drainage, high annual rainfall, and a …
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Mapping and Qualitative Data Collection for People-First Floodplain Buyout Processes Harris County, TX 2000-2021
… exists in real property records found within County Clerk files that is useful for collecting demographics, legal proceedings, and post-buyout geographical information for research that supports transparency and equity in future buyout processes. This applied research project explores the …
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The Role of Climatic and Environmental Variability on West Nile Virus in Harris County, Texas, 2006-2007
Between the years 2006-2007, Harris County, located at the heart of the Houston metropolitan area, experienced a nearly 90% decline in the number of female mosquitoes which tested positive for the West Nile virus. Different theories exist as to why such a precipitous drop occurred and this study …
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Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Video Directly Observed Therapy Program at Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services
… of VDOT program. Within the state of Texas, Harris County has the highest number of TB cases and an incidence rate double that of the United States. Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services (HCPHES) is among the first local health departments to implement VDOT at a large-scale. …
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A GIS-Based Comparative Study of Superfund Contaminants and the Threat They Represent to Eastern Harris County Communities
… Superfund sites that can be found in Eastern Harris County along the San Jacinto River. Three sites north of the I-10 overpass include the French Limited (FLTD), Sikes Disposal Pits (SDP) and Highlands Acid Pits (HAP), all of which contain benzene, metals, Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether, and Volatile …
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The Molecular Epidemiology of West Nile Virus in North America
… to study how WNV has continued to evolve both in Harris County, TX and throughout North America, and to determine if any genetic changes identified have affected the phenotype of the virus. Full-length WNV isolates sequenced from Harris County, Texas from 2002-2011 have shown that WNV continues to …
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Gypsy fortune-telling in Houston: the study of a profession
This study deals with the Gypsy subculture in Harris County, Texas, and focuses upon the profession of fortune -telling. A review of the literature on the Gypsy in twentieth-century America is undertaken, and this information is related to contemporary Gypsy life in Harris County. Approximately …
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Lime treatment to improve frictional resistance and stability of stiff clay slopes
… clay from North Dakota, and Beaumont clay from Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD), Texas. Chicago clay is known as an illitic clay, whereas Brenna and Beaumont clays are montmorillonitic clays. Brenna clay contains a small amount of sulfate in its composition, which in reaction with …
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Stand Strucuture of Planted Stands in Storm-Water Retention Basins
… stands on stormwater retention basins managed by Harris County Flood Control District in Harris County, Texas. We determined stand structure variables (trees per hectare, basal area per hectare, quadratic mean diameter, relative density, average tree height, and percent canopy coverage) as they …
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Current Ground Motions in Montgomery, West Liberty, and Northern Harris Counties Derived from Continuous GPS Motions
… are occurring in the southern part of Montgomery county and the northwest and central northern part of Harris County. Montgomery County is one of the areas that is suffering from severe damage resulting from land subsidence and local faulting. This study investigated the on-going vertical ground …
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African American custodial grandmothers perceptions of stress factors that impact their well-being and family relationships
… relationships in the Greater Houston, Texas (Harris County) area. The study explored various factors such as age, marital status, finances, circumstances resulting in custodial care, parent-adult child relationship, grandparent-child relationship, number of children in care, age of children, …
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Unexamined Youth of the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of the Prevalence of Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder Diagnosis
… to explore an administrative sample provided by Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (HCJPD) and specifically examine youth with Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder (UDICCD). Findings from aim 1 of the study identified gender differences in type of diagnosis the …
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Inpatient psychiatric healthcare worker and administrator perceptions of workplace interventions for patient-on-staff assault
… with a psychiatric specialty unit located within Harris County, TX. Using a semi-structured interview, perceptions of inpatient psychiatric personnel and administrators regarding policies and processes in place to prevent, address, and monitor assault were explored. Themes that were identified …
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From Moral to Immoral Treatment: The Failure to Fund the Treatment of the Seriously Mentally Ill in Texas and the Nation, 1860 to 2018
… in one state, Texas, and its largest city and county, Houston, and Harris County. It also examines critical factors leading to the federal government's involvement in the treatment of severe mental illness from the 1960s through the early 1980s. This new role for the federal government …
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