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2011-01 DATABook-Houston
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2018 STEM Librarians South Conference Slideshow
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2018 STEM Librarians South Conference: Schedule of Events and Abstracts
(University of Houston Libraries, 2018-07-20)The complete schedule of events and abstracts for the 2018 STEM Librarians South Conference, hosted by University of Houston Libraries, July 19 & 20, 2018. The STEM Librarians South Conference focuses on topics related to ... -
3D Printing Soft Electronics
(2018)The University of Houston received NSF funding to hold an REU researching Neurotechnologies to help the body move, heal, and feel again. Of specific importance is developing brain machine interfaces that optimize both ... -
5 A’s Intervention to Increase Smoking Cessation in Primary Care
(2019-04-12)Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in US adults. Healthcare providers have frequent contacts with their patients yearly in primary care clinics and are well positioned to identify patients who smoke ... -
A Black Death: Can Relic Oysters Be Used in Restoration Efforts?
(2018)The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, plays an important role in estuarine ecosystems, but populations have been decimated compared to historic levels. Large storm events, including hurricanes, periodically eliminate ... -
A Case for Competencies: Assessing the Value of Trait-Based Performance Appraisal for Non-Faculty University Employees
(Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 5/11/2016)A case study analyzed how supervisors at one university selected competencies, or trait-based skills, for non-faculty employees. This case study provides a valuable contribution by focusing on employees at one institution ... -
A Comparison of Self Reported Physical Activity and ActiGraph Recorded Physical Activity Amongst Young Adults
(2017)Introduction. A quick, inexpensive, and noninvasive method to assess the physical activity (PA) level of an individual is to use a questionnaire in which a subject recalls their usual weekly activity. The information from ... -
A Culturally-Tailored Smoking Cessation Intervention for Latinos
(2018)Leading causes of death among Latinos in the U.S include cancer (of which, lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer death), heart disease, unintentional injuries, and stroke. Three of these four causes have a ... -
A Field Study of the Antecedents and Performance Consequences of Perceived Accountability
(Journal of Management, 9/1/2014)Building on theoretical and empirical work considering the implications of accountability on individual behavior, the authors explored the antecedents and consequences of individual perceptions of accountability for job ... -
A Heterogeneous Robotics Team for Large-Scale Seismic Sensing
(IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2/8/2017)Seismic surveying requires placing a large number of sensors (geophones) in a grid pattern, triggering a seismic event, and recording vibration readings. The goal of the surveying is often to locate subsurface resources. ... -
A Latent Class Analysis of Personal Values in Young Adults
(Collabra: Psychology, 2017-12)Human values and motivations are a powerful predictor of behavior, and Schwartz's taxonomy offers a meaningful organizational system for robust value dimensions (Schwartz, 1992). Although values clearly represent a meaningful ... -
A Letter from San Francisco
(2019-05)Imagine North America, the year 1763. The British have just defeated the French in the Seven Years' War. Now imagine that, in the aftermath of the war, the British agree to a form of Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan, creating ... -
A Library in C++ for Graphical Password and Human Verification
(2017)A graphical authentication method is implemented through selection of discretized points on an image. Discretization is used in click-based graphical passwords so that approximately correct entries can be accepted by the ... -
A longitudinal examination of the associations between shyness, drinking motives, alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems
(Alcoholism: Clinical, and Experimental Research, 2015-09)Background: The current study evaluated the roles of drinking motives and shyness in predicting problem alcohol use over two years. Methods: First-year college student drinkers (N=818) completed assessments of alcohol use ... -
A Longitudinal Study of Racial Discrimination and Risk for Death Ideation in African American Youth
(Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 05/03/16)Although multiple studies have found that African Americans commonly experience racial discrimination, available studies have yet to examine how perceived racism might be related to suicide vulnerability in African American ... -
A Magnetic Manipulator Cooled With Liquid Nitrogen
(IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8/6/2018)Miniature robots manipulated by external magnetic fields could enable less invasive surgeries. Magnetic tools, capsules, or medication can be controlled inside a human body using electromagnets. However, resistive magnetic ...