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Arctic Communities In The Face Of Change: Resilience, Governance, And Well-Being, Abigail York, Andrey N. Petrov, Victoria N. Sharakhmatova, Tatiana Degai, Liza Mack, Vera Metcalf, Rodion Sulyandziga, Sean Asikłuk Topkok, Eduard Zdor Dec 2024

Arctic Communities In The Face Of Change: Resilience, Governance, And Well-Being, Abigail York, Andrey N. Petrov, Victoria N. Sharakhmatova, Tatiana Degai, Liza Mack, Vera Metcalf, Rodion Sulyandziga, Sean Asikłuk Topkok, Eduard Zdor

Faculty Publications

This chapter brings together insights from Indigenous scholars and experts from the North Pacific, focusing on the Bering Strait region, within a framework emphasizing multi-level governance derived from western academic literature. The chapter highlights a ground-up view of the complexities and challenges Indigenous communities face in this region. Narratives emphasize community experiences in a rapidly changing Arctic with a particular focus on the environment and economy. Yet, there is great diversity in the experiences as well as the threats, emphasizing the need to Indigenize concepts such as environment, economy, governance, and sustainable development. Highlighting local narratives, we explore both unique …

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Oligosaccharides, Onion Peel, And Essential Oils As Feed Additives In The Diet Of Dairycattle: In Vitro Fermentation, Greenhouse Gases, Ruminal Nutrient Degradability, Andvolatile Fatty Acid Production, Kelechi A. Ike, Oludotun O. Adelusi, Joel O. Alabi, Lydia K. Olagunju, Michael Wuaku, Chika C. Anotaenwere, Deborah O. Okedoyin, Oluteru E. Orimaye, Deandrea Gray, Peter A. Dele, Kiran Subedi, Ahmed E. Kholif, Uchenna Y. Anele Dec 2024

Oligosaccharides, Onion Peel, And Essential Oils As Feed Additives In The Diet Of Dairycattle: In Vitro Fermentation, Greenhouse Gases, Ruminal Nutrient Degradability, Andvolatile Fatty Acid Production, Kelechi A. Ike, Oludotun O. Adelusi, Joel O. Alabi, Lydia K. Olagunju, Michael Wuaku, Chika C. Anotaenwere, Deborah O. Okedoyin, Oluteru E. Orimaye, Deandrea Gray, Peter A. Dele, Kiran Subedi, Ahmed E. Kholif, Uchenna Y. Anele

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study investigated the effect of inclusion of dietary oligosaccharides, onion peel, and an essential oil blend (EOB; containing anise, clove, oregano, cedarwood, and ginger in the ratio 4:2:2:1:1) individually and in combinations in the total mixed ration of dairy cattle on in vitro gas production (GP), dry matter disappearance (DMD), fiber fraction disappearance, and total and individual volatile fatty acid (VFA) production. EOB was used at 200 μL g–1 of feed while the other additives were administered at 3% of the feed on a dry matter basis. The in vitro batch culture technique was used for this experiment and …

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Examining The Relationship Between Personality, Values, And Treatment Retention In Substance Abuse Programs: A Quantitative Correlation Analysis, Jonathan Ciampi Dec 2024

Examining The Relationship Between Personality, Values, And Treatment Retention In Substance Abuse Programs: A Quantitative Correlation Analysis, Jonathan Ciampi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) continues to be a global issue with devasting effects on the community, loved ones, and individuals suffering from SUD. Healthcare professionals continue to develop improved treatments for addressing patient needs, yet treatment abandonment remains high. While studies have examined treatment retention factors, few have examined the relationship between personality traits, values, and treatment retention. This study examined the relationship between the five-factor model of personality traits, the theory of formal axiology of values, and the days in treatment for adults in a telehealth substance abuse outpatient clinic in the United States. The study assessed the combined …

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Recidivism, Reentry, And Integration In The Texas Criminal Justice System, Cierria Davis Dec 2024

Recidivism, Reentry, And Integration In The Texas Criminal Justice System, Cierria Davis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Reentry programs in Texas can fail to address the social and practical needs of offenders conclusively post-release. As a result, offenders may struggle with unemployment, education, stigma, mental health issues, improper shelter, and inability to meet their basic needs. The purpose of this phenomenological research qualitative study was to establish the perceived effectiveness of reentry programs in Texas and suggest possible solutions for addressing offenders’ social and practical needs post-release from prison. The research was built around cognitive transformation theory, which highlights that desistance is achieved when an ex-offender meets specific prosocial elements. Using purposeful sampling, data were collected through …

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Towards Rare Event And Anomaly Prediction In Manufacturing: Bridging Methodological Gaps In Industrial Applications, Chathurangi Shyalika, Renjith Prasad, Ruwan Wickramarachchi, Amit Sheth Dec 2024

Towards Rare Event And Anomaly Prediction In Manufacturing: Bridging Methodological Gaps In Industrial Applications, Chathurangi Shyalika, Renjith Prasad, Ruwan Wickramarachchi, Amit Sheth

Publications

Rare event prediction is critical in industrial applications, including real-world Industry 4.0 applications. These events, defined by their low occurrence frequency, are often difficult to predict due to the skewed data distribution, which complicates modeling and evaluation. In our research, we provide a comprehensive review of current approaches to rare event prediction across four key dimensions: rare event data, data processing techniques, algorithmic approaches, and evaluation methodologies [1]. By analyzing diverse datasets with multiple modalities, including numerical, image, text, and audio, we categorize the primary challenges and present the gaps in current research. Specifically, we present three novel research contributions …

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Predicting Chaotic Systems With Quantum Echo-State Networks, Erik Connerty, Ethan N. Evans, Gerasimos Angelatos, Vignesh Narayanan Dec 2024

Predicting Chaotic Systems With Quantum Echo-State Networks, Erik Connerty, Ethan N. Evans, Gerasimos Angelatos, Vignesh Narayanan

Publications

Recent advancements in artificial neural networks have enabled impressive tasks on classical computers, but they demand significant computational resources. While quantum computing offers potential beyond classical systems, the advantages of quantum neural networks (QNNs) remain largely unexplored. In this work, we present and examine a quantum circuit (QC) that implements and aims to improve upon the classical echo-state network (ESN), a type of reservoir-based recurrent neural networks (RNNs), using quantum computers. Typically, ESNs consist of an extremely large reservoir that learns high-dimensional embeddings, enabling prediction of complex system trajectories. Quantum echo-state networks (QESNs) aim to reduce this need for prohibitively …

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Characterizing Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track Teaching Faculty In Biology, Desiree Forsythe, Jeremy L. Hsu Dec 2024

Characterizing Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track Teaching Faculty In Biology, Desiree Forsythe, Jeremy L. Hsu

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Institutions of higher education play a major role in teaching undergraduate students. Historically, most courses have been taught by tenure-track (TT) faculty who may also be responsible for research or scholarly activities. However, a recent shift from “teaching-intensive” TT faculty to “teaching-only” contingent faculty off the tenure track has highlighted the importance of understanding the experiences of contingent faculty. While there have been an increasing number of studies examining the experiences of part-time contingent faculty, few studies have directly surveyed the increasing number of full-time, non-tenure-track (NTT) teaching faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to capture their experiences, …

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How Atmospheres Communicate: Aesthetics Of Burial Grounds And Car-Showrooms, Jürgen Hasse Dec 2024

How Atmospheres Communicate: Aesthetics Of Burial Grounds And Car-Showrooms, Jürgen Hasse

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

On the one hand, atmospheres constitute themselves from situations. On the other hand, they are also produced for a specific purpose, in order to communicate feelings and the meanings associated with them. This article elaborates theoretical foundations of a recent philosophy of atmospheres. It turns out that aesthetic form not only follows function but that function also follows form. In the emission of atmospheres, there is a dialectic between surface aesthetics and depth aesthetics. Two examples illustrate the affective power of atmospheres. In the example of cemeteries, plants act in a special way as an immersive media of communication. In …

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An Empirical Model Of Carbon-Ion Relative Biological Effectiveness Based On The Linear Correlation Between Radiosensitivity To Photons And Carbon Ions, David B Flint, Scott J Bright, Conor Mcfadden, Teruaki Konishi, David K J Martinus, Mariam Ben Kacem, Gabriel O Sawakuchi Dec 2024

An Empirical Model Of Carbon-Ion Relative Biological Effectiveness Based On The Linear Correlation Between Radiosensitivity To Photons And Carbon Ions, David B Flint, Scott J Bright, Conor Mcfadden, Teruaki Konishi, David K J Martinus, Mariam Ben Kacem, Gabriel O Sawakuchi

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objective.To develop an empirical model to predict carbon ion (C-ion) relative biological effectiveness (RBE).Approach.We used published cell survival data comprising 360 cell line/energy combinations to characterize the linear energy transfer (LET) dependence of cell radiosensitivity parameters describing the dose required to achieve a given survival level, e.g. 5% (D5%), which are linearly correlated between photon and C-ion radiations. Based on the LET response of the metrics D5%and D37%, we constructed a model containing four free parameters that predicts cells' linear quadratic model (LQM) survival curve parameters for C-ions,αCandβC, from the reference LQM parameters …

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Examining The Relationship Between Personality, Values, And Treatment Retention In Substance Abuse Programs: A Quantitative Correlation Analysis, Jonathan Ciampi Dec 2024

Examining The Relationship Between Personality, Values, And Treatment Retention In Substance Abuse Programs: A Quantitative Correlation Analysis, Jonathan Ciampi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) continues to be a global issue with devasting effects on the community, loved ones, and individuals suffering from SUD. Healthcare professionals continue to develop improved treatments for addressing patient needs, yet treatment abandonment remains high. While studies have examined treatment retention factors, few have examined the relationship between personality traits, values, and treatment retention. This study examined the relationship between the five-factor model of personality traits, the theory of formal axiology of values, and the days in treatment for adults in a telehealth substance abuse outpatient clinic in the United States. The study assessed the combined …

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Recidivism, Reentry, And Integration In The Texas Criminal Justice System, Cierria Davis Dec 2024

Recidivism, Reentry, And Integration In The Texas Criminal Justice System, Cierria Davis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Reentry programs in Texas can fail to address the social and practical needs of offenders conclusively post-release. As a result, offenders may struggle with unemployment, education, stigma, mental health issues, improper shelter, and inability to meet their basic needs. The purpose of this phenomenological research qualitative study was to establish the perceived effectiveness of reentry programs in Texas and suggest possible solutions for addressing offenders’ social and practical needs post-release from prison. The research was built around cognitive transformation theory, which highlights that desistance is achieved when an ex-offender meets specific prosocial elements. Using purposeful sampling, data were collected through …

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Generative Ai In Academics: Transforming Workflows, Enhancing Efficiency, And Redefining Ethics In The Workplace, Rakesh Belwal Dec 2024

Generative Ai In Academics: Transforming Workflows, Enhancing Efficiency, And Redefining Ethics In The Workplace, Rakesh Belwal

Management Dynamics

This article explores the transformative impact of generative AI in modern professional settings, emphasizing both its potential benefits and ethical considerations. AI tools like Grammarly, Quillbot, and ChatGPT have streamlined workflows by handling tasks ranging from proofreading and summarization to translation and content creation. AI’s ability to assist with data visualization, storytelling, and image generation through platforms like Julius and MidJourney further illustrates its versatility and efficiency in routine and creative tasks. However, the convenience and efficiency AI offers also raise ethical concerns, such as the risk of over-reliance and potential blurring of ethical boundaries. As AI continues to reshape …

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On Education In A Digital Age, Colby Dickinson Dec 2024

On Education In A Digital Age, Colby Dickinson

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

Research and its dependency upon authority has mostly produced in the modern age a simulacrum for what a true education should entail: an infinite passion for an infinite knowledge that can only really be approached with a desire that resembles something like love. We have to want to learn, to love to learn, to want to dig through the information before us, because we are passionately committed to knowing something in particular, always in an ever-greater particularity, even when we just need to get the general gist of something specific. Where desire ends as a result of touching imposed limits, …

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A Strategic Vision For Jesuit Higher Education Networks, Susana Di Trolio Dec 2024

A Strategic Vision For Jesuit Higher Education Networks, Susana Di Trolio

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

This article provides a strategic analysis of networking in Jesuit higher education, grounded in the operational realities of Jesuit universities. It examines the formation, challenges, and best practices for fostering sustainable collaboration within these networks. The article contends that Jesuit networks are essential tools for advancing the mission of Jesuit higher education, offering insights that contribute to broader discussions on the strategic role of academic networks in promoting mission-driven education and global cooperation. The paper is divided into three sections: an overview of the rationale for establishing these networks, an exploration of the risks and critical challenges they face—including resource …

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Economic Eagles Mutual Fund, Axel Hernandez Dec 2024

Economic Eagles Mutual Fund, Axel Hernandez

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

The Economic Eagles Mutual Fund achieved a 6.7% portfolio return despite adhering to large-cap equities investment constraints. This presentation demonstrates our trading strategies across different sectors, which include valuation techniques such as Dividend Discount, Free Cash Flow to Equity, and technical analysis. Despite challenges such as sector volatility, our research-driven process allowed for informed investment decisions, including profitable trades in Nike and Microsoft. Key findings include the importance of diversifying strategies and adjusting to market changes. This program focuses on the practical application of portfolio management theory and team effort to produce good investment results.

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Maniac Mid Cap Final Report, Christina Zua, Alexa Brodeur, Fernando Campos Dec 2024

Maniac Mid Cap Final Report, Christina Zua, Alexa Brodeur, Fernando Campos

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

This semester, we had the opportunity to invest in Midcap stocks and complete trade reports throughout the way. This report demonstrates an analyzation of our portfolio performance and comparing the metrics to the benchmark.

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Effect Of Violent Conflict On Female Decisionmaking Power Within The Household, Shagufta Sultana Dec 2024

Effect Of Violent Conflict On Female Decisionmaking Power Within The Household, Shagufta Sultana

CBER Conference

Women decision-making power within the household is an important component of women empowerment. In recent studies, the effect of violent conflict on women’s decision-making power has become an evolving topic in literature. The current study is an attempt to unleash the effect of terrorist attacks on women’s decision-making within the household in the case of Pakistan. The study examined the impact of terrorist attacks on women’s decision making power during the surge and after the surge in the violent conflict. The study selected the three rounds of data from the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2005-06, 2013- 14 and 2018-19. …

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Impact Of Multilateral Aid On Female Access To Education And Employment: A Spatiotemporal Analysis Of World Bank (Wb) Aid Projects In Pakistan, Muhammad Ashar Khan, Zashir Naqvi, Saba Nisar Soomro Dec 2024

Impact Of Multilateral Aid On Female Access To Education And Employment: A Spatiotemporal Analysis Of World Bank (Wb) Aid Projects In Pakistan, Muhammad Ashar Khan, Zashir Naqvi, Saba Nisar Soomro

CBER Conference

Since becoming a member in 1950, Pakistan has received around $40 Billion in development assistance from the World Bank (World Bank, 2023). The current portfolio under the ongoing assistance program includes 58 projects, amounting to about $15 Billion across different provinces and districts (World Bank, 2023). A number of these projects, especially pertaining to economic inclusion, are centered around fostering women's empowerment for sustainable and inclusive economic growth and ending extreme poverty in developing countries. According to WB’s “Gender Strategy 2030”, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5, one key feature of its assistance is to help overcome “resource” and …

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Corruption And Education: A Cross-Analysis Using Panel Data, Abdul Salam Lodhi, Adnan Nazir, Muhammad Toseef Dec 2024

Corruption And Education: A Cross-Analysis Using Panel Data, Abdul Salam Lodhi, Adnan Nazir, Muhammad Toseef

CBER Conference

Education is the foundational pillar of every country to find pathways of prosperity, present and future. The question that academicians and legislators are trying to answer circles around whether education planting is corruption or not. On the one hand, a first strand of studies supports the role of education in negatively affecting corruption via, inter alia, channels of legal behavior, social responsibility, improved social cohesion and creation of a shackled society (Asongu & Nwachukwu, 2015; Uslaner & Rothstein 2016, Merloni 2018,; Beets, 2005; Oreopoulos and Salvanes, 2009; Acemoglu and Robinsen 2020). On the other hand, a second stream of studies …

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Gender Segregation In Caring Labor: The Impact Of Social Norms On Career Choices, Evelyn Xinhui Cheng Dec 2024

Gender Segregation In Caring Labor: The Impact Of Social Norms On Career Choices, Evelyn Xinhui Cheng

CBER Conference

Women engage in work stereotypically seen as "women's work," or work based on the perceived "natural" female tendency towards caring and relational thinking (Tung 2000). In pre-reform China, Shu (2005) found that women were more concentrated in the lowerpaying collective sector compared to men in the state-owned sector, contributing to the gender wage gap. China's horizontal occupational segregation by gender has significant implications for gender pay gaps, workforce attachment, and the perceived value of caring labor in society. Feminist scholars argue that gendered norms around caring originate that conflate womanhood with nurturing (England 2005; Litt & Zimmerman 2003). The main …

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An Empirical Assessment Of The Determinants Of Radicalization: Evidence From North-Western Pakistan, Fahim Nawaz Dec 2024

An Empirical Assessment Of The Determinants Of Radicalization: Evidence From North-Western Pakistan, Fahim Nawaz

CBER Conference

Radicalization is a formidable challenge to the security of several nations. While radicalization continues to grow, empirical evidence on its determinants remains scant. Drawing on the surge in radicalization in Pakistan, this study jointly tests a set of salient micro, macro, and meso factors to identify the influential determinants of radicalization. This is accomplished using survey data collected in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The study constructs a multi-dimensional index of radicalization, taking into account the support for militant groups, violent behavioral intentions, and the endorsement of persecution/violence against Ahmadis and the alleged blasphemers of Islam. Results show that …

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Assessing Pakistan’S Textile Exports Under Trade Agreements, Amjad Masood, Junaid Ahmed, Khuda Bakhsh Dec 2024

Assessing Pakistan’S Textile Exports Under Trade Agreements, Amjad Masood, Junaid Ahmed, Khuda Bakhsh

CBER Conference

Textiles serve as the export engine of Pakistan’s economy, constituting 60 percent of its total exports. Despite this prominence, Pakistan's global share in textile exports has consistently declined. Considering this, this study explores the potential impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on fostering textile exports. The study applied a structural gravity model with the Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood (PPML) estimator to analyze annual exports for the period 2002–2021. Findings exhibit a positive and statistically significant effect of FTAs on textile exports, with varied impacts compared to major competitors. Moreover, we categorized textile products at the HS 4-digit level based on their …

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Investigating The Effect Of Active Living Wall On Indoor Air Quality And Energy Consumption: Case Study In Uaeu Closed Offices, Atina Ghunaim Dec 2024

Investigating The Effect Of Active Living Wall On Indoor Air Quality And Energy Consumption: Case Study In Uaeu Closed Offices, Atina Ghunaim

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Extreme hot climates can significantly affect indoor air quality (IAQ) and ventilation, resulting in higher energy demands. Numerous studies have demonstrated that outdoor greening, such as trees and landscaped areas, can reduce a building’s energy consumption. However, less research has been conducted on the impact of indoor vegetation on energy use and air quality. Indoor vegetation decreases carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration by absorbing and releasing oxygen (O₂), while the evapotranspiration process further enhances (IAQ) and reduces energy expenditure. The United Arab Emirates has dry arid climate and summers with high humidity levels, causing individuals to stay longer indoors, which is …

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Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 8, No. 7, 1994, Tarrant County Archeological Society Dec 2024

Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 8, No. 7, 1994, Tarrant County Archeological Society

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume eight and issue seven of Tarrant County Archeological Society News.

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Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1994, Editor's Materials, Jim Blanton, Paul Lorrain, Cathy Macklin Dec 2024

Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1994, Editor's Materials, Jim Blanton, Paul Lorrain, Cathy Macklin

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Editor's draft of volume eight and issue four of Tarrant County Archeological Society News.

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Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1994, Jim Blanton, Paul Lorrain, Cathy Macklin Dec 2024

Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1994, Jim Blanton, Paul Lorrain, Cathy Macklin

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume eight and issue four of Tarrant County Archeological Society News.

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Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 7, No. 8, 1993, Editor's Material, Bryan Jameson Dec 2024

Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 7, No. 8, 1993, Editor's Material, Bryan Jameson

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Editor's draft seven and issue eight of Tarrant County Archeological Society News.

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Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 7, No. 8, 1993, Bryan Jameson Dec 2024

Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 7, No. 8, 1993, Bryan Jameson

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume seven and issue eight of Tarrant County Archeological Society News.

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Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1993, Editor's Material, Marvin Glasgow, Bryan Jameson Dec 2024

Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1993, Editor's Material, Marvin Glasgow, Bryan Jameson

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Editor's draft of volume seven and issue two of Tarrant County Archeological Society News.

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Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1993, Marvin Glasgow, Bryan Jameson Dec 2024

Tarrant County Archeological Society News, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1993, Marvin Glasgow, Bryan Jameson

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume seven and issue two of Tarrant County Archeological Society News.

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