Approaching Native American Communities on Their Own Terms in Microbiome Research captions transcript

Approaching Native American Communities on Their Own Terms in Microbiome Research

Presentation on how Native American communities have been approached for genetic and microbiome research and how these approaches need to be updated as a result of previous experiences and past injustices that make future research difficult. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Creator: Anderson, Matthew
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genodynamics: Novel Biophysical Metrics for Assessing Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Ancestral Genomics Research captions transcript

Genodynamics: Novel Biophysical Metrics for Assessing Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Ancestral Genomics Research

This presentation highlights the work of the Whole Genome Science Foundation, Inc. which looks at single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) through the lens of biophysics and provides a unique perspective on ancestral genomics. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Creator: Dunston, Georgia M.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Six Overlooked Hurdles to Achieving Diversity in Genomic Research captions transcript

Six Overlooked Hurdles to Achieving Diversity in Genomic Research

This presentation is a broad overview on the challenges to achieving diversity in genomic research. It is also an introduction for the research of the other presenters at the conference. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Creator: Hilliard, Constance
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leveraging Genetic Ancestry to Study Health Disparities captions transcript

Leveraging Genetic Ancestry to Study Health Disparities

This presentation delves into genetic ancestry and health disparities, and it highlights the difference between genetic ancestry, local genetic ancestry, and socio-cultural factors in health disparities. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Creator: Kittles, Rick
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biocultural Calendars Across Four Ethnolinguistic Communities in Southwestern South America (open access)

Biocultural Calendars Across Four Ethnolinguistic Communities in Southwestern South America

Article describes how, since the mid-20th century, the so-called Great Acceleration has amplified processes of ecosystem degradation, extinction of biological species, displacement of local peoples, losses of languages, and cultural diversity. The authors examine cultural practices and socio-environmental changes across four contrasting ethnolinguistic communities in southwestern South America, from southern to northern Chile along a marked climatic gradient to show the broad application of the concept of biocultural calendars.
Date: April 20, 2023
Creator: Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-; Álvarez, Ricardo; Castro, Victoria; Núñez, David; Ojeda, Jaime & Tauro, Alejandra
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survival rates in the world's southernmost forest bird community (open access)

Survival rates in the world's southernmost forest bird community

Article asserts that the Magellanic sub-Antarctic Forest is home to the world's southernmost avian community and is the only Southern Hemisphere analogue to Northern Hemisphere temperate forests at this latitude. Authors describe annual survival patterns and their association with climate variables using a 20-year mark–recapture data set of five forest bird species in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve.
Date: June 20, 2023
Creator: Sandvig, Erik M.; Quilodrán, Claudio S.; Altamirano, Tomás A.; Aguirre, Francisco; Barroso, Omar; Rivero de Aguilar, Juan et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiberboard Made from Scrap Denim: Characterization of its Properties by Effective Bulk Modulus Elastography (open access)

Fiberboard Made from Scrap Denim: Characterization of its Properties by Effective Bulk Modulus Elastography

Article describes how fiberboards from scrap denim were fabricated using two different resins, melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF) and polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (pMDI). Resin content and MUF-pMDI weight ratio were studied. Physical and mechanical tests determined the modulus of elasticity (MOE), modulus of rupture (MOR), internal bond (IB), thickness swell (TS), and water absorption (WA).
Date: March 20, 2023
Creator: Shi, Sheldon; Cui, Zhiying; Jin, Yuqi; Smith, Lee M.; Wu, H. Felix & Neogi, Arup
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Whole-genome survey reveals extensive variation in genetic diversity and inbreeding levels among peregrine falcon subspecies (open access)

Whole-genome survey reveals extensive variation in genetic diversity and inbreeding levels among peregrine falcon subspecies

Article describes how, in efforts to prevent extinction, resource managers are often tasked with increasing genetic diversity in a population of concern to prevent inbreeding depression or improve adaptive potential in a changing environment. The authors used whole-genome resequencing to generate over two million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from multiple individuals of all peregrine falcon subspecies.
Date: July 20, 2023
Creator: Johnson, Jeff A.; Athrey, Giridhar; Anderson, Clifford M.; Bell, Douglas A.; Dixon, Andrew; Kumazawa, Yoshinori et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quantification of Botrytis cinerea Growth in Arabidopsis thaliana (open access)

Quantification of Botrytis cinerea Growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

Article describes how yield losses attributed to plant pathogens pose a serious threat to plant productivity and food security. Here, the authors describe two methods to quantify B. cinerea development in Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes through measurements of lesion development and quantification of fungal genomic DNA in infected tissues.
Date: August 20, 2023
Creator: Scholz, Patricia; Chapman, Kent Dean; Ischebeck, Till & Guzha, Athanas
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Pectin-derived Monosaccharides from Arabidopsis Using GC–MS (open access)

Analysis of Pectin-derived Monosaccharides from Arabidopsis Using GC–MS

Article describes how pectin is a complex polysaccharide present in the plant cell wall, whose composition is constantly remodeled to adapt to environmental or developmental changes. Here, authors describe a quick and efficient gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS)-based method that allows the differential analysis of pectin monosaccharide composition in plants under different conditions or between mutant plants and their respective wild types.
Date: August 20, 2023
Creator: Scholz, Patricia; Chapman, Kent Dean; Ischebeck, Till & Guzha, Athanas
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Population-based analysis of POT1 variants in a cutaneous melanoma case–control cohort (open access)

Population-based analysis of POT1 variants in a cutaneous melanoma case–control cohort

Article describes how pathogenic germline variants in the protection of telomeres 1 gene (POT1) have been associated with predisposition to a range of tumor types, including melanoma, glioma, leukemia and cardiac angiosarcoma. The authors sequenced all coding exons of the POT1 gene in 2928 European-descent melanoma cases and 3298 controls, identifying 43 protein-changing genetic variants.
Date: December 20, 2022
Creator: Simonin-Wilmer, Irving; Ossio, Raul; Leddin, Emmett M.; Harland, Mark; Pooley, Karen A.; Martil de la Garza, Mauricio Gerardo et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridged Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization (open access)

Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridged Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization

Article demonstrating photoinduced charge transfer and separation events in a newly synthesized azobenzene-bridged perylenediimide-dimer (PDI-dimer). Results offer key insights on the role of the azobenzene bridge and the dimer geometry in governing the excited state charge transfer and separation in symmetrically linked PDI dimer.
Date: September 20, 2021
Creator: Zink-Lorre, Nathalie; Seetharaman, Sairaman; Gutiérrez-Moreno, David; Fernández-Lázaro, Fernando; Karr, Paul A. & D'Souza, Francis
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education from 2010 to 2020 (open access)

A Review of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education from 2010 to 2020

This article provides a content analysis of studies from 2010 to 2020 aiming to disclose how artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied to the education sector and explore the potential research trends and challenges of AI in education. The content analysis shows that the research questions can be classified into development layer (classification, matching, recommendation, and deep learning), application layer (feedback, reasoning, and adaptive learning), and integration layer (affection computing, role-playing, immersive learning, and gamification).
Date: April 20, 2021
Creator: Zhai, Xuesong; Chu, Xiaoyan; Chai, Ching Sing; Jong, Morris Siu Yung; Istenic, Andreja; Spector, Michael et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Birth Order and Divergent Thinking: A Meta-Analysis (open access)

Birth Order and Divergent Thinking: A Meta-Analysis

This article is a meta-analysis examining the association of birth order and divergent thinking (DT). The main purpose was to examine how ordinal position (only, first, middle, or last-born) is related to creativity. Results showed that first-borns had higher DT scores than later-born children.
Date: April 20, 2021
Creator: Abdulla Alabbasi, Ahmed M.; Tadik, Harun; Acar, Selcuk & Runco, Mark A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of Rehabilitative and Assistive Technologies for Upper-Body Exoskeletal Devices (open access)

A Review of Rehabilitative and Assistive Technologies for Upper-Body Exoskeletal Devices

Authors state that this journal review article focuses on the use of assistive and rehabilitative exoskeletons as a new opportunity for individuals with diminished mobility. Overall, this article serves as a valuable resource for individuals working in the field of assistive and rehabilitative exoskeletons, providing insight into the state of the art and potential areas for improvement.
Date: April 20, 2023
Creator: Hays, Emilly; Slayton, Jack; Tejeda-Godinez, Gary; Carney, Emily; Cruz, Kobe; Exley, Trevor et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned (open access)

Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned

This white paper provides a summary of grant activities and provides some best practices and lessons learned for other efforts to make out-of-print humanities books available in ebook format.
Date: March 20, 2020
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: February 20, 2020] (open access)

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: February 20, 2020]

Minutes for the February 20, 2020 TXSSAR meeting, held by the McKinney chapter. Photographs and a wants/needs list have been included in the document.
Date: February 20, 2020
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: August 20, 2020] (open access)

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: August 20, 2020]

Minutes for the August 20, 2020 TXSSAR virtual meeting, held by the McKinney chapter.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Science Curriculum Map: Procedural Manual & Codebook (open access)

Political Science Curriculum Map: Procedural Manual & Codebook

This document provides directions and information needed to complete a curriculum map for the Political Science Department at the University of North Texas. Other subject librarians may use this document to guide their own curriculum mapping projects.
Date: March 20, 2020
Creator: Henson, Brea
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Facebook post by Eric Christensen regarding a surgical center waiting room]

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Eric Christensen regarding another patient's behavior in the waiting room of a surgical center while Christensen's mother awaits cochlear implant surgery. The photograph in the post shows Christensen's mother sitting on the left and the one other patient in the waiting room sitting in a chair close to Christensen's mother while many other chairs are empty. The text reads "In a surgical center waiting room doing pretests for my Mom's cochlear implant surgery on Wednesday. In the middle of a global pandemic that had killed 150k Americans. Where does the dumbass on the right decide to sit? Really wonder if we deserve to survive as a species sometimes."
Date: July 20, 2020
Creator: Christensen, Eric
Object Type: Image
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hydroxychloroquine Twitter Dataset

This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for several Twitter search queries that were collected related to the drug hydroxychloroquine and its relationship as an effective coronavirus treatment. This dataset was created to capture the opinions on Twitter after a group of people calling themselves "America’s Frontline Doctors" released a video sharing misleading claims about the virus and the drugs use as an effective treatment. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/DocNow/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 4,187,890 Tweets and 15,779 media files make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2020-07-20/2020-08-11
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Todd Moye with COVID-19 signage and "STAY WOKE" graffiti]

Selfie of Todd Moye taken in a bathroom mirror in Willis Library. Moye is wearing a cloth face mask. On the mirror is signage regarding hand washing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and graffitied on the wall behind Moye are the words "STAY WOKE" which are readable in the reflection in the mirror.
Date: October 20, 2020
Creator: Moye, Todd
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
MINES for Libraries© @ UNT Libraries: Final Report (open access)

MINES for Libraries© @ UNT Libraries: Final Report

This report summarizes the University of North Texas Libraries' results from the MINES for Libraries© survey protocol from January 2015 to December 2019. The intention of the survey was to learn more about the usage of the Library's online resources, and the resulting data is robust and useful for longitudinal trends.
Date: October 20, 2020
Creator: Harker, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scientists warning on the ecological effects of radioactive leaks on ecosystems (open access)

Scientists warning on the ecological effects of radioactive leaks on ecosystems

Article describes the devastating effects of nuclear radiation and its long-lasting consequences on Earth’s ecosystems. The authors call upon all scientists to communicate the importance of the environmental impacts of such an event to all life forms on Earth, including humankind.
Date: January 20, 2023
Creator: Bonacic, Cristián; Medellin, Rodrigo A.; Ripple, William; Sukumar, Raman; Ganswindt, Andre; Padua, Suzana M. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library