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Scaling Students' Self-Efficacy on Machine Translation Post-Editing: Psychometric Properties of the Scale and Their Associations (open access)

Scaling Students' Self-Efficacy on Machine Translation Post-Editing: Psychometric Properties of the Scale and Their Associations

Article describes how Machine Translation Post-Editing has emerged as a productivity-enhancing practice in the language service industry, where human editors correct the output of machine translation systems. this research paper aims to assess students' self-efficacy in translation learning, specifically in the context of MTPE, and explore the factor structure, psychometric properties, and internal associations of their self-efficacy.
Date: November 1, 2023
Creator: Li, Qing & Huang, Tai-yi
System: The UNT Digital Library
A brief guide to polymer characterization: structure (IUPAC Technical Report) (open access)

A brief guide to polymer characterization: structure (IUPAC Technical Report)

Article states that to bolster the series of Brief Guides released by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the authors introduce the first Brief Guide to Polymer Characterization. This article provides a concise overview of characterization methods for teachers, students, non-specialists, and newcomers to polymer science as well as being a useful manual for researchers and technicians.
Date: August 16, 2023
Creator: Topham, Paul D.; Boucher, Raymond J.; Chang, Taihyun; Smrčková, Miroslava D.; Farrell, Wesley S.; He, Jiasong et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
What kind of questions do creative people ask? (open access)

What kind of questions do creative people ask?

Article explains that asking questions is a key characteristic of creativity and an important component of the creative process. In this study, the authors investigated the relation between creativity indicators and three types of questions: open vs. closed ended questions, possibility thinking, and temporal thinking.
Date: August 12, 2023
Creator: Acar, Selcuk; Berthiaume, Kelly & Johnson, Rebecca
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resident satisfaction indicators in long term care settings in the United States: A scoping review (open access)

Resident satisfaction indicators in long term care settings in the United States: A scoping review

Article describes how, due to an increasingly aging population and long-term care available, the number of older adults seeking long-term care facilities is growing. According to the authors, the aim of this study is to summarize the evidence on the types of resident satisfaction indicators utilized in long term care settings in the United States.
Date: September 20, 2023
Creator: Li, Xiaoli; Mpofu, Elias; Collins, Sandra; Yin, Cheng & Shaw, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation on drying kinetics analysis of gooseberry slices dried under open sun (open access)

Investigation on drying kinetics analysis of gooseberry slices dried under open sun

Article describes an experimental analysis of the drying behavior of gooseberry slices dried in the open sun. The authors used the hot air dryer method, and found that the moisture content of gooseberry slices in their initial condition was estimated to be 87.81% wet-basis.
Date: October 20, 2023
Creator: Patel, Vijay; Judal, K. B.; Panchal, Hitesh; Singh, Bharat; Jomde, Amit; Kumar, Abhinav et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The refractive index of a single atom experienced by a single photon (open access)

The refractive index of a single atom experienced by a single photon

Article describes how the refractive index of a system is often viewed as the collective response of a medium to an electromagnetic field. By studying the propagation of a single photon interacting with a two-level atom, the authors examine the dispersion behavior, calculate the phase and group velocity of the photon wave packet, and further analyze the dispersion experienced by the photon.
Date: October 25, 2023
Creator: Rostovtsev, Yuri V.; Emerick, Jacob & Patnaik, Anil K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gene-Level Analysis of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Survivors (open access)

Gene-Level Analysis of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Survivors

Article describes how anthracyclines are highly effective in treating cancer, despite increased risk of cardiomyopathy. This study examined gene-level associations with cardiomyopathy among cancer survivors using whole-exome sequencing data.
Date: September 12, 2023
Creator: Sharafeldin, Noha; Zhou, Liting; Singh, Purnima; Crossman, David K.; Wang, Xuexia; Hagerman, Lindsey et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heritage as businesses: COVID-19 disruptions to Texas museum, heritage sites, parks, and protected places, and their responses to evolving guidance (open access)

Heritage as businesses: COVID-19 disruptions to Texas museum, heritage sites, parks, and protected places, and their responses to evolving guidance

Article describes how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted business services across all industries. In this study, the authors examine the impact during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic on Texas museums, heritage sites, parks, and protected places with a focus on the evolving, and often conflicting, government policies.
Date: November 27, 2023
Creator: Lavy, Brendan L.; Zavar, Elyse & Tamima, Salvesila
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2023 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: taking stock for a thriving future (open access)

The 2023 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: taking stock for a thriving future

Authors of the article declare that, with growing health risks from climate change and a trend of increasing carbon emissions from coal, it is time for China to take action. The 2023 China report of the Lancet countdown continues to track progress on health and climate change in China, while now also attributing the health risks of climate change to human activities and providing examples of feasible and effective climate solutions.
Date: November 18, 2023
Creator: Zhang, Shihui; Zhang, Chi; Cai, Wenjia; Bai, Yuqi; Callaghan, Max; Chang, Nan et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terahertz spectroscopy of MOFs reveals dynamic structure and contact free ultrafast photoconductivity (open access)

Terahertz spectroscopy of MOFs reveals dynamic structure and contact free ultrafast photoconductivity

Article describes how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials, and their large pores make them particularly interesting for membranes, gas separation, and gas storage. The authors discuss how gas-MOF interactions alter the MOFs' spectral fingerprints.
Date: January 10, 2024
Creator: Hamilton, Kendra & Neu, Jens
System: The UNT Digital Library
Planar shock compression of spark plasma sintered B4C and B4C-TiB2 ceramic composites (open access)

Planar shock compression of spark plasma sintered B4C and B4C-TiB2 ceramic composites

Article describes how blending of ceramic constituent phases enhances sinterability and performance in high strength ceramics. The authors describe how a near fully dense blended boron carbide (B4C)-titanium diboride (TiB2) composite produced through spark plasma sintering (SPS) is probed to understand the mechanical performance under dynamic uniaxial strain, or shock compression.
Date: January 24, 2024
Creator: Turnage, Scott A.; Clayton, John D.; Rodriguez, Jonathan; Scharf, Thomas W. & Williams, Cyril L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small businesses and government assistance during COVID-19: Evidence from the paycheck protection program in the U.S. (open access)

Small businesses and government assistance during COVID-19: Evidence from the paycheck protection program in the U.S.

Article describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented losses for small businesses in cities across the globe. The authors' study examines the spatial distribution of PPP loans at the neighborhood level.
Date: April 3, 2023
Creator: Wang, Qingfang & Kang, Wei
System: The UNT Digital Library
When expectation fails and motivation prevails: the mediating role of awareness in bridging the expectancy-capability gap in mobile identity protection (open access)

When expectation fails and motivation prevails: the mediating role of awareness in bridging the expectancy-capability gap in mobile identity protection

Article describes how identity theft poses a significant threat to mobile users, yet mobile identity protection is often overlooked in cybersecurity literature. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach and draws on expectancy-value theory to address these gaps and explore the impact of expectations, capabilities, motivational values, technical measures, and awareness on individuals' intentions to achieve mobile identity protection.
Date: September 19, 2023
Creator: Alhelaly, Yasser; Dhillon, Gurpreet & Oliveira, Tiago
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multimodal and multiscale strengthening mechanisms in Al-Ni-Zr-Ti-Mn alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (open access)

Multimodal and multiscale strengthening mechanisms in Al-Ni-Zr-Ti-Mn alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

Article describes how the unique thermokinetics of laser-powder bed fusion additive manufacturing has been exploited for development of a novel high strength Al-Ni-Ti-Zr-Mn alloy. The authors say that the addition of 0.5 wt% Mn leads to extraordinary improvement in ultimate tensile strength (502 MPa) and work hardening due to the activation of two Mn-induced strengthening mechanisms
Date: December 29, 2023
Creator: Dhal, Abhijeet; Thapliyal, Saket; Agrawal, Priyanka; Roy, Ankita; Sharma, Aishani; Mishra, R. S. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hyperemesis gravidarum and the risk of childhood cancer- A case-control study in Denmark (open access)

Hyperemesis gravidarum and the risk of childhood cancer- A case-control study in Denmark

Article describes how only a few studies have reported on the association between hyperemesis gravidarum and the risk of childhood cancer. The authors examined possible associations in this population-based study in Denmark.
Date: October 23, 2023
Creator: Orimoloye, Helen T.; Deng, Chuanjie; Hansen, Johnni; Olsen, Jorn; Saechao, Chai; Ritz, Beate et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laser printed amorphous magnesium alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties, and degradation behavior (open access)

Laser printed amorphous magnesium alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties, and degradation behavior

Article describes how, amorphous magnesium alloy, especially Mg-Zn-Ca series, has been receiving continuous attention in biomedical field, because of its favorable corrosion resistance, suitable modulus and biocompatibility. In this work, laser powder bed fusing with unique characteristics of rapid solidification and layer-by-layer fashion was used to fabricate bulk Mg-Zn-Ca and Mg-Zn-Ca-Y amorphous parts.
Date: November 23, 2023
Creator: Chen, Cheng; Li, Shaoyu; Ling, Chenrong; Yang, Youwen; Gao, Chengde; Li, Yageng et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mesenchymal stem cells aligned and stretched in self-assembling peptide hydrogels (open access)

Mesenchymal stem cells aligned and stretched in self-assembling peptide hydrogels

Article describes how the presented research highlights a novel approach using fmoc-protected peptide hydrogels for the encapsulation and stretching of mesenchymal stem cells. This study utilized a custom mechanical stretching device with a PDMS chamber to stretch human mesenchymal stem cells encapsulated in Fmoc hydrogels.
Date: December 19, 2023
Creator: Fouladgar, Farzaneh; Moslabeh, Forough G. Z.; Kasani, Yashesh V.; Rogozinski, Nick; Torres, Marc; Ecker, Melanie et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prevalence and factors associated with diagnosed diabetes mellitus among Asian Indian adults in the United States (open access)

Prevalence and factors associated with diagnosed diabetes mellitus among Asian Indian adults in the United States

Article describes how a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has been documented among South Asians living in the United States. However, combining the south Asian subgroups into one category makes the heterogeneity in the diagnosed DM, after controlling for known protective and risk factors. The authors assessed the association of Asian Indian ethnicity to diagnosed DM using a nationally representative sample of 1,986 Asian Indian adults in the US compared to 109,072 Non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs) using disaggregated data from the National health Interview Survey (2012-2016).
Date: February 2, 2023
Creator: Misra, Ranjita; Madhavan, Suresh S.; Dhumal, Trupti & Sambamoorthi, Usha
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages to accessing antenatal care in Cambodia: A community-based cross-sectional study combined with a geographic information system (open access)

Barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages to accessing antenatal care in Cambodia: A community-based cross-sectional study combined with a geographic information system

Article describes how morbidity and mortality is still a major public health issue in low- and middle-income countries such as Cambodia. This study examines the barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages.
Date: March 19, 2018
Creator: Yasuoka, Junko; Nanishi, Keiko; Kikuchi, Kimiyo; Suzuki, Sumihiro; Ly, Po; Thavrin, Boukheng et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting psoriasis using routine laboratory tests with random forest (open access)

Predicting psoriasis using routine laboratory tests with random forest

Article describes how psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects approximately 125 million people worldwide. The goal of the authors' study is to derive a powerful predictive model for psoriasis disease based on only routine hospital tests.
Date: October 19, 2021
Creator: Zhou, Jing; Li, Yuzhen & Guo, Xuan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyzing influence of COVID-19 on crypto & financial markets and sentiment analysis using deep ensemble model (open access)

Analyzing influence of COVID-19 on crypto & financial markets and sentiment analysis using deep ensemble model

Article describes how COVID-19 affected the world's economy severely and increased the inflation rate in both developed and developing countries. This study performs an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on public opinion and sentiments regarding the financial markets and crypto markets.
Date: September 28, 2023
Creator: Washington, Patrick Bernard; Gali, Pradeep; Rustam, Furqan & Ashraf, Imran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting incident cardiovascular disease among African-American adults: A deep learning approach to evaluate social determinants of health in the Jackson heart study (open access)

Predicting incident cardiovascular disease among African-American adults: A deep learning approach to evaluate social determinants of health in the Jackson heart study

Article describes how the authors' study sought to leverage machine learning approaches to determine whether social determinants of health improve prediction of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). Participants in the Jackson Heart study with no history of CVD at baseline were followed over a 10-year period to determine first CVD events.
Date: November 10, 2023
Creator: Morris, Matthew C.; Moradi, Hamidreza; Aslani, Maryam; Sims, Mario; Schlundt, David; Kouros, Chrystyna D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and pregnancy complications and birth outcomes: A population-based cohort study in Denmark (open access)

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and pregnancy complications and birth outcomes: A population-based cohort study in Denmark

Article describes how alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is related to developing lung and liver disease, but no large-scale studies examine its association with birth outcomes. The authors investigated the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes in mothers and children with AATD.
Date: January 2, 2024
Creator: Orimoloye, Helen T.; He, Di; Li, Tong; Janzen, Carla; Barjaktarevic, Igor; Wang, Xuexia et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Light Confinement in Twisted Single-Layer 2D+ Moiré Photonic Crystals and Bilayer Moiré Photonic Crystals (open access)

Light Confinement in Twisted Single-Layer 2D+ Moiré Photonic Crystals and Bilayer Moiré Photonic Crystals

Article reporting optical properties of twisted single-layer 2D+ moiré photonic crystals where there is a weak modulation in z direction, and bilayer moiré-overlapping-moiré photonic crystals. This study leads to a potential application of 2D+ moiré photonic crystal in future on-chip optoelectronic integration.
Date: December 25, 2023
Creator: Kamau, Steve; Hurley, Noah; Kaul, Anupama; Cui, Jingbiao & Lin, Yuankun
System: The UNT Digital Library