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Proposed U.S.-EU Trade Negotiations: Hitting Pause on a Trade War?
This report discusses the announcement by the United States and European Union (EU) that they are at a "new phase" in their relationship for "freer, fairer, and more reciprocal trade." The announcement came on July 25, 2018 at a challenging time for transatlantic trade relations.
Date:
August 9, 2018
Creator:
Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Issues
This report discusses U.S.-EU trade and economic relations, which currently face heightened tension, particularly due to the Trump Administration's trade policy, which is focusing on unilateral tariff measures under U.S. trade law and taking a critical view of the U.S. role in international economic cooperation. Given U.S.-EU historical joint leadership on global trade and economic issues, these developments could have implications for the rules-based international trading system, a foundation of the global economic order that has contributed to global economic growth and stability in the post-World War II era.
Date:
August 1, 2018
Creator:
Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Issues
This report discusses U.S.-EU trade and economic relations, which currently face heightened tension, particularly due to the Trump Administration's trade policy, which is focusing on unilateral tariff measures under U.S. trade law and taking a critical view of the U.S. role in international economic cooperation. Given U.S.-EU historical joint leadership on global trade and economic issues, these developments could have implications for the rules-based international trading system, a foundation of the global economic order that has contributed to global economic growth and stability in the post-World War II era.
Date:
July 20, 2018
Creator:
Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Trade and Investment Ties: Magnitude and Scope
This report provides background information and analysis on the trade and investment relationship between the United States and the European Union. It also discusses the EU economy and issues for Congress.
Date:
July 20, 2018
Creator:
Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-India Trade Relations
This report discusses trade relations between the United States and India. Many observers believe bilateral commercial ties could be more extensive if trade and investment barriers were addressed.
Date:
October 24, 2018
Creator:
Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias & Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
OPIC, USAID, and Proposed Development Finance Reorganization
This report discusses a proposed reorganization of U.S. developmental aid programs that would consolidate several agencies into one central agency. Various pros and cons of the proposal are also included.
Date:
April 27, 2018
Creator:
Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias & Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil in Ghana: a curse or not? Examining environmental justice and the social process in policymaking
There is great expectation that oil development in Ghana will catapult the nation towards prosperity and lead to drastic improvement in the wellbeing of Ghanaians. However, there is also concern that Ghana could fail to achieve these due to the resource curse notwithstanding the fact that scholars of the curse have yet to agree on the inevitability of the curse. Resource curse scholars adduce different reasons for its occurrence or absence. One thing common among the scholars, however, is that none discusses environmental justice in the context of the curse. In this dissertation, I examine Ghana's attempts at avoiding the resource curse through policymaking and implementation using the Guidelines on Environmental Assessment and Management of Ghana's offshore oil sector as a case study. I argue that a strong environmental justice frame is required to avert the curse in Ghana. Specifically, I assess the policy process in Ghana's oil sector, the institutional framework for managing the sector, and analyze the perception of environmental justice for policymaking. The outcome of these assessments show that although the policy process requires broadening for full and effective participation, Ghana has checks and balances policies to avert the resource curse and to deliver environmental justice in …
Date:
May 2018
Creator:
Akon Yamga, Gordon
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The First 10 Years of NeuroIS: A Systematic Literature Review of NeuroIS Publications (2007 – 2017)
This paper contains a systematic literature review of the NeuroIS academic research publications of the last 10 years (2007-2017).
Date:
January 3, 2018
Creator:
Al Mamun, Md Rasel; David, Alsius; Mai, Bin; Kim, Dan J. & Parsons, Thomas D.
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Presentation on the Research of Ericka Albaugh]
Presentation of the author's research and areas of interest. This presentation is from the Conference on Language Endangerment and Political Instability held at the University of North Texas in Denton, Tx on October 4-6, 2018.
Date:
October 4, 2018
Creator:
Albaugh, Ericka
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The 2019 materials by design roadmap
This roadmap article presents an overview of the current state of computational materials prediction, synthesis and characterization approaches, materials design needs for various technologies, and future challenges and opportunities that must be addressed.
Date:
October 24, 2018
Creator:
Alberi, Kirstin; Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco; Zakutayev, Andriy; Mitas, Lubos; Curtarolo, Stefano; Jain, Anubhav et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Citizen Science Water Monitoring Data: An Exploration of Accuracy over Space and Time
The Texas Stream Team (TST) is one of an increasing number of citizen science water monitoring programs throughout the US which have been continuously collecting surface water quality data under quality assurance protocols for decades. Volunteer monitoring efforts have generated monitoring datasets that are long-term, continuous, and cover a large geographic area - characteristics shown to be valuable for scientists and professional agencies. However, citizen science data has been of limited use to researchers due to concerns about the accuracy of data collected by volunteers, and the decades of water quality monitoring data collected by TST volunteers is not widely used, if at all. A growing body of studies have attempted to address accuracy concerns by comparing volunteer data to professional data, but this has rarely been done with large-scale, existing datasets like those collected by TST. This study assesses the accuracy of the volunteer water quality data collected across the state of Texas by the TST citizen science program between 1992-2017 by comparing it to professional data from corresponding stations during the same time period, as well as comparing existing and experimental data from a local TST partner agency. The results indicate that even large-scale, existing volunteer and professional …
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Albus, Kelly
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Video Message Congratulating LEAP-II Graduating Students
On May 4, 2018, a recognition ceremony was held for the LEAP (Library Education for the U.S. Affiliated Pacific) II scholars, who earned their Master's in Library Science degree from UNT. Video messages were sent to the students by their UNT professors who taught them at the Institutes in Hawaii. This short video recording is from Dr. Daniel Alemneh, congratulating the LAEP-II students who now join the graduates from the LEAP I cohort as the only indigenous librarians in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.
Date:
April 25, 2018
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Metadata versus Full-Text: Tracking Users’ Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Seeking Behavior
Presentation for the 2018 iConference. This presentation provides data from a recent research project at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries to better understand how users are discovering electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in the UNT Libraries.
Date:
March 26, 2018
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Open Science and Open Data for Sustainable Development: A Global View
Presentation for the "Open Science and Open Data for Sustainable Development: A Global View" panel that discusses the global landscape of open science.
Date:
November 9, 2018
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Rorissa, Abebe; Assefa, Shimelis & Helge, Kris
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Revisiting the Evolving Landscape of Open Access and Scholarly Communication
Presentation at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education. This presentation contains questions and topics of discussion for the panelists.
Date:
February 8, 2018
Creator:
Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Rorissa, Abebe; Assefa, Shimelis; Helge, Kris; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Hastings, Samantha Kelly et al.
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Improv Lottery poster]
Poster advertising the Improv Lottery event, organized by Sarah Ruth and benefitting KUZU 92.9 radio station, on August 17, 2018, at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton, Texas. At this event the participants' names were drawn from a hat to form improvisational performance groups for the evening. Participants included Sarah Ruth, Tara Baker, Tex Bosley, Michael Briggs, Hannah Bronson, Neil Coburn, Chris Curiel, Miguel Espinel, Matthew Frerck, Louise Fristensky, Aaron Gonzalez, Sarah Gamblin, Chase Gardner, Ali Honchell, Sarah Jay, Nan Kirkpatrick, Dahlia Knowles, Jolene Masone, Andrew May, Reece McLean, Ernesto Montiel, Daniel Ryan, Paul Slavens, Damon Smith, Jake Thiede, and Brandon Young. KUZU DJ Murderation provided music between performers' sets. The poster, a collaboration between Sarah Ruth Alexander and Ernesto Montiel, features white text and red criss-crossing lines connecting the participants' hand-written names, over a collage of abstract watercolor sketches.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Alexander, Sarah Ruth & Montiel, Ernesto
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Social Media on Decision Making of the Kuwait National Assembly Members: Case Study
In Kuwait, an increase in the use of social media by the Kuwait National Assembly (KNA) has allowed it members to reach out to the public and so advance their political agenda. This study examines social media influences on the decision making process; addresses the lack of academic research in relation to KNA members; and seeks to understand the extent to which public political engagement using social media might affect the outcome of their decision making. The proposed social media influence model (SMIM) was used to explore the relationships and relative importance of variables influencing legislator decision making in a social media environment. The second decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of major issues emerging in Kuwait. A core mixed method design known as explanatory sequential was applied to multiple sets of data generated during KNA members' 14th (2013-2016) and 15th (2016-2018) terms. These data included Twitter messages (tweets), the KNA Information Center Parliamentary Information System legislation documents, and the news media articles. The sample was drawn from KNA membership, some of which used Twitter to comment on major events with specific hashtags and the Kuwaiti news media articles related to the same. Study results confirm and support …
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Alfarhoud, Yousef T.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exploring Growth Kinematics and Tuning Optical and Electronic Properties of Indium Antimonide Nanowires
This dissertation work is a study of the growth kinematics, synthesis strategies and intrinsic properties of InSb nanowires (NWs). The highlights of this work include a study of the effect of the growth parameters on the composition and crystallinity of NWs. A change in the temperature ramp-up rate as the substrate was heated to reach the NW growth temperature resulted in NWs that were either crystalline or amorphous. The as-grown NWs were found to have very different optical and electrical properties. The growth mechanism for crystalline NWs is the standard vapor-liquid-solid growth mechanism. This work proposes two possible growth mechanisms for amorphous NWs. The amorphous InSb NWs were found to be very sensitive to laser radiation and to heat treatment. Raman spectroscopy measurements on these NWs showed that intense laser light induced localized crystallization, most likely due to radiation induced annealing of defects in the region hit by the laser beam. Electron transport measurements revealed non-linear current-voltage characteristics that could not be explained by a Schottky diode behavior. Analysis of the experimental data showed that electrical conduction in this material is governed by space charge limited current (SCLC) in the high bias-field region and by Ohm's law in the low …
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Algarni, Zaina Sluman
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis of Amorphous InSb Nanowires and a Study of the Effects of Laser Radiation and Thermal Annealing on Nanowire Crystallinity
This article presents a strategy to grow amorphous InSb (a-InSb) nanowires (NWs) in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system.
Date:
August 9, 2018
Creator:
Algarni, Zaina; Singh, Abhay & Philipose, Usha
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A random walk version of Robbins' problem: small horizon
This article considers an analogous problem in which the observed random variables are the steps of a symmetric random walk. Assuming continuously distributed step sizes, it describes the optimal stopping rules for the cases n = 2 and n = 3 in two versions of the problem: a "full information" version in which the actual steps of the random walk are disclosed to the decision maker; and a "partial information" version in which only the relative ranks of the positions taken by the random walk are observed. When n = 3, the optimal rule and expected rank depend on the distribution of the step sizes. The authors give sharp bounds for the optimal expected rank in the partial information version, and fairly sharp bounds in the full information version.
Date:
November 17, 2018
Creator:
Allaart, Pieter C. & Allen, Andrew
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Random Walk Version of Robbins' Problem
Robbins' problem is an optimal stopping problem where one seeks to minimize the expected rank of their observations among all observations. We examine random walk analogs to Robbins' problem in both discrete and continuous time. In discrete time, we consider full information and relative ranks versions of this problem. For three step walks, we give the optimal stopping rule and the expected rank for both versions. We also give asymptotic upper bounds for the expected rank in discrete time. Finally, we give upper and lower bounds for the expected rank in continuous time, and we show that the expected rank in the continuous time problem is at least as large as the normalized asymptotic expected rank in the full information discrete time version.
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Allen, Andrew
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Miss Ella of the Deep South of Texas
Historical narrative of the life of Ellen Talbot and the region of Texas the author calls the "Deep South of Texas," meaning that area near the Gulf that combines elements of the West with those of the Deep South.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Allen, Arda Talbot, 1889-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Why Dance? The Effects of a Group Dance Period on Social Attending, On-Task Behavior, Affect, Stereotypical Behavior, and Disruptive Behavior of Clients of an Autism Treatment Program
Dance is an enjoyable activity that children can engage in across the lifespan. Many children with autism have limited leisure activity, such as dance, and also have challenges in terms of overall health related to physical activity. Previous research suggests that there are both immediate and prolonged benefits of exercise. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a group dance period on on-task behavior, social attending, affect, stereotypic behavior, and disruptive behavior of three girls diagnosed with autism. The experimenter employed a reversal to evaluate the effects of a "dance party" on a range of behaviors over time. During dance activities, staff and children danced as a group and were observed before and after the dance period. During baseline there was no dance party. While no differences were found across measures, the children did have high levels of favorable affect during the dance party. The results are discussed in the context of previous literature and directions for future studies.
Date:
May 2018
Creator:
Allen, Emerald Elizabeth
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Teaching Outside the Box: Student and Teacher Perceptions of Flexible Learning Environments Outside the 21st Century Classroom
The purpose of this study was to ascertain student and teacher perceptions of the environment in which student learning takes place and their perceptions of how it has helped them in the cognitive and social domains. Data collected were through student and teacher perception surveys, student and teacher perception questionnaires, classroom observations, student focus group discussions, and teacher interviews. Themes that emerged from the data sources were student interactions, students' autonomy in personalizing their learning space, teacher perceptions of comfort in the classroom, and student perceptions of comfort in the classroom. The findings of this study point to four recommendations for educational leaders to ensure the effective implementation of new and dynamic learning spaces: (1) consult and support teacher and students, (2) provide professional development, (3) visit campuses and other learning spaces, and (4) add color. In order for real change to take place, teachers need to enquire about and embrace student preferences and allow for the discomfort that will be present when trying something new. Teachers must be willing to relinquish control of the learning experience for the student in order to allow for possibilities in personalized learning on the part of the student. They must risk initial failure …
Date:
May 2018
Creator:
Allison, Chelsea B.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library