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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Texas Counties"”.
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Bone Cancer Incidence in Texas Counties With Elevated Radium Content in Drinking Water
… the incidence rate of a site-specific cancer in counties with elevated levels of a naturally occurring radionuclide present in drinking water. The radionuclide present is radium which deposits in bone tissue and emits alpha particle radiation when it decays. Radium dose and carcinogenesis has …
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Community correlates of pneumonia hospitalization and mortality among persons 65 years and older in Texas counties
… care quality on pneumonia among persons 65+ in Texas counties, and considered how community (county) characteristics such as prosperity and racial/ethnic homogeneity impact population health and well-being.\r\n The project applied Evans and Stoddart determinants of health model to examine the …
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Social policy evaluation: How did the 1996 Welfare Reform Legislation influence unmarried Teen Birth rates in Texas Counties
… on unmarried teen childbirth rates in Texas counties and to examine the effect of the counties, teen population density, ethnic homogeneity, and welfare participation on the rate of change in unmarried teen childbirth rates post-welfare reform. In this study, the 254 counties in Texas …
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Survey of the Aquatic Plants of the Jack's Fork River, Missouri
… was generated. Thirteen records for Shannon and Texas Counties are documented with voucher specimens. In an attempt to better understand or use the plant list, the following plant communities were defined, described and discussed on the basis of associated diagnostic plant species: (1) Sparganium …
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Assessing the Impact of Tort Reforms on Physician Supply Trends in Texas
… 2003 enactment of tort reforms in the state of Texas. Methods: The data used in this study are from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Interrupted time-series analysis evaluates the data for trends in regards to the number of physicians per 100,000 residents in the state of Texas as …
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Spatial Analysis of Teen Births in North Central Texas
… variations exist between and within regions. Texas is one of the 5 leading states with the highest teen birth rates to mothers less than 18 years of age. This research provides a detailed analysis of births to mothers aged between 10 and 19 years in North Central Texas counties. Due to the …
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The Challenges Faced by the Freedmen’s Bureau Agents of Deep East Texas
… The agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Deep East Texas faced the same challenges and hardships as their counterparts in other areas of the state and throughout the South. Numerous historians have written on Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas, but in a broader sense. </p> <p> This …
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Bacterial pneumonia hospitalization and pneumonia inpatient mortality in Texas, 1999-2007
… contextual factors. \r\nThe data were from the Texas Hospital Discharge data during 1999-2007, linked with US Census data and Area Resource File. Observed and adjusted rates were calculated for Texas counties. Poisson regression and logistic regression models were used to evaluate the individual …
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Essays in applied microeconomics : signaling, marriage hazard rates, and ability sorting
… correlation by using the oil boom and bust in Texas from 1970 to 1990 to instrument for average male earnings in Texas counties. I estimate that a 10% increase in male earnings results in a 15% increase in the hazard rate of never married young women into marriage, which does not indicate a …
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Modeling Detection and Density Using Distance Sampling for Three Priority Grassland Bird Species in Texas - Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), and Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
In Texas, three priority grassland species have experienced declines due to the loss of native grasslands. These species are the Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), and Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris). Due to this, accurate density and abundance …
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ASSESSING FREEZING EFFECT ON KIWIFRUIT CULTIVARS AND MAPPING SUITABLE AREAS FOR GROWING THE CROP IN EASTERN TEXAS
… have attributes that favor production in east Texas, including low pest problems, current long market window for the fruit, strong consumer acceptance and a growing marketplace. There are few kiwifruit study plots in Texas that will determine its adaptation in the region for commercial …
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ETHNO-RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM THE AGING POPULATION
… the Texercise Select program implemented in some Texas counties to improve functional health, nutritional habits and quality of life among the older population. Program effectiveness is measured using Quality adjusted life year (QALY) gain as well as health outcomes such as healthy days, weekly …