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Skins and Bones: The Horror of the Real (open access)

Skins and Bones: The Horror of the Real

This book chapter examines the ways in which horror, as an aesthetic mode or sentiment, is bound to an experiential perception of "the real."
Date: March 25, 2013
Creator: Martin, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Aging (open access)

Social Aging

Book chapter discussing social issues in aging such as structural lag theory, race and ethnic differences in aging, different social roles associated with older adults, and how the role of retirement has changed in recent years.
Date: 2001
Creator: Eve, Susan Brown; Prentice, Sharon; Pruitt, Charlie D. & Torrez, Diana
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Gender Equity in STEM Subjects at Four-Year Universities in England (open access)

A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Gender Equity in STEM Subjects at Four-Year Universities in England

This chapter explores gender disparities in enrollment and persistence in STEM undergraduate education in England. The authors examine the difference in early educational achievement in mathematics and science subjects and students’ plan to study STEM subjects by gender. They also examine women’s odds of studying STEM subjects in England after controlling for academic performance and social class characteristics. The authors also particularly test gendered differences in studying STEM at prestigious Russell Group universities. Finally, the authors highlight factors that policy makers, researchers, instructors, and STEM workforce members should consider to close gender gaps in STEM undergraduate education.
Date: July 12, 2021
Creator: Ro, Hyun; Fernandez, Frank & Alcott, Benjamin
System: The UNT Digital Library
1:1 iPads in 1st Grade: Two-Year Case Study of a Teacher's Concerns, Use, and Innovation Configuration (open access)

1:1 iPads in 1st Grade: Two-Year Case Study of a Teacher's Concerns, Use, and Innovation Configuration

This chapter reports the findings of a two-year case study of how one first-grade teacher in a Florida charter school with 1:1 iPads progresses through stages of concerns and levels of use to achieve technological innovation. Findings inform technology integration practices and emphasize the importance of acknowledging change concerns associated with technology acceptance.
Date: 2019
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guide to Options for ETD Programs (open access)

Guide to Options for ETD Programs

Chapter from Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs. This chapter describes ETD access policies and intellectual property issues, deposit procedures, repository system options, ETD program management and ETD program services.
Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: Halbert, Martin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaming up with Your Graduate School for Academic and Career Success (open access)

Teaming up with Your Graduate School for Academic and Career Success

As libraries continue to reinvent themselves to remain relevant, spaces, services, and instruction targeted specifically for the needs of the graduate student community are essential. This chapter describes how the Library Research Support Services Department (LRSS) of the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries has collaborated with The Toulouse Graduate School (TGS) to support graduate students through the process of achieving the following three milestones: (1) writing the dissertation or thesis proposal, (2) completing the writing of the dissertation or thesis, and (3) developing an elevator speech for potential employers.
Date: 2018
Creator: O'Toole, Erin; Barham, Rebecca; Monahan, Jo & Smith, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ferromagnetic ZnO Nanowires for Spintronic Applications (open access)

Ferromagnetic ZnO Nanowires for Spintronic Applications

This book chapter reviews experimental results of observed room temperature ferromagnetism in transition metal doped group II-VI semiconductors.
Date: December 19, 2012
Creator: Philipose, Usha & Sapkota, Gopal
System: The UNT Digital Library
IamWe: Digital Storytelling, Personal Journeys, and Praxis (open access)

IamWe: Digital Storytelling, Personal Journeys, and Praxis

This chapter discusses the practice of digital storytelling as it relates to personal growth among high school youth who were part of the IamWe program.
Date: 2017
Creator: Nuñez-Janes, Mariela & Franco, David Oliveira, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again (open access)

Stop Folding the Dough: Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing the assessment methods of the Assessment Workgroup at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact (open access)

Rendering Repositories: Taking out the Fat and Getting to the Impact

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how to survey users for understanding the perceived value of digital library collections.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Waugh, Laura
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations (open access)

Rubrics and Rutabagas: Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing how rubrics can be used for discussing employee performance expectations and evaluations.
Date: 2017
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Leuzinger, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Professional Development Assessment Paella (open access)

Professional Development Assessment Paella

This book chapter contains a recipe detailing the assessment methods of a professional development program at University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: 2017
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Harker, Karen & O'Toole, Erin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 8: Monitoring and Tracking Techniques to Accompany Management Measures (open access)

Chapter 8: Monitoring and Tracking Techniques to Accompany Management Measures

This chapter describes monitoring methods that can be used to measure changes in pollutant loads and water quality.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 2: Management Measures for Agriculture Sources (open access)

Chapter 2: Management Measures for Agriculture Sources

This is the second chapter for the CZARA.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
System: The UNT Digital Library
TRI National Analysis 2013: Where You Live (open access)

TRI National Analysis 2013: Where You Live

Chapter from the national analysis that looks at toxic chemical disposal of other releases at various geographical levels throughout the United States.
Date: April 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 3. Management Measures for Forestry (open access)

Chapter 3. Management Measures for Forestry

A chapter which specifies management measures to protect coastal waters from silvicultural sources of non point pollution. Contains ten management measures that address various phases of forestry operations.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
City of Dallas And Mack Vines v. Mica England, 846 S.W. 2D 957 (Tex. 1993) (open access)

City of Dallas And Mack Vines v. Mica England, 846 S.W. 2D 957 (Tex. 1993)

An excerpt from the published book Library in a Book: Gay Rights concerning Mica England's 1989 anti-discrimination lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department.
Date: 2005
Creator: Kranz, Rachel & Cusick, Tim
System: The UNT Digital Library

A snare in every human path: "Tamerlane" and the Paternal Scapegoat

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This book chapter examines Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Tamerlane" through Poe's reimagination of the artist-as-scapegoat figure as a viable alternative for preserving artistic integrity in the face of paternal and literary authority.
Date: September 5, 2013
Creator: Martin, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching Functional Communication to Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (open access)

Teaching Functional Communication to Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

This book chapter focuses on functional communication, including procedures for establishing speech and the use of one or more augmentative and alternative communication modes.
Date: 2014
Creator: Lang, Russell; Sigafoos, Jeff; van der Meer, Larah; Carnett, Amarie; Green, Vanessa A.; Lancioni, Giulio E. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prediction of Partition Coeffecients  and Permeability of Drug Molecules in Biological Systems with Abraham Model Solute Descriptors Derived from Measured Solubilities and Water-to-Organic Solvent Partition Coefficients (open access)

Prediction of Partition Coeffecients and Permeability of Drug Molecules in Biological Systems with Abraham Model Solute Descriptors Derived from Measured Solubilities and Water-to-Organic Solvent Partition Coefficients

Book chapter on the prediction of partition coefficients and permeability of drug molecules in biological systems with Abraham model solute descriptors derived from measured solubilities and water-to-organic solvent partition coefficients.
Date: February 10, 2012
Creator: Acree, William E. (William Eugene); Grubbs, Laura M. & Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prediction of Toxicity, Sensory Responses and Biological Responses with the Abraham Model (open access)

Prediction of Toxicity, Sensory Responses and Biological Responses with the Abraham Model

This book chapter discusses the prediction of toxicity, sensory responses and biological responses with the Abraham model.
Date: February 10, 2012
Creator: Acree, William E. (William Eugene); Grubbs, Laura M. & Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Berlin Snapshots: Images of the City in Short Fiction (open access)

Berlin Snapshots: Images of the City in Short Fiction

This book chapter discusses Berlin, Germany and images of the city in short fiction.
Date: 2004
Creator: Costabile-Heming, Carol Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Berlin's Symphony Continues: Architectural, Social and Artistic Change (open access)

Berlin's Symphony Continues: Architectural, Social and Artistic Change

This book chapter discusses Berlin, Germany and the architectural, social, and artistic change.
Date: 2004
Creator: Costabile-Heming, Carol Anne & Halverson, Rachel J., 1961-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland (open access)

Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland

This book chapter examines problems emerging due to the designation of protected areas as well as implementation and management of the Natura 2000 in Poland.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: Grodzińska-Jurczak, Małgorzata; Strzelecka, Marianna; Kamal, Sristi & Gutowska, Justyna
System: The UNT Digital Library