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Efficient multiband and broadband cross polarization converters based on slotted Lshaped nanoantennas (open access)

Efficient multiband and broadband cross polarization converters based on slotted Lshaped nanoantennas

This article presents highly efficient reflective cross polarization converters based on metamaterials operating in the infrared regime.
Date: November 14, 2014
Creator: Ding, Jun; Arigong, Bayaner; Ren, Han; Zhou, Mi; Shao, Jin; Lin, Yuankun et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Computational Study of the Thermochemistry of N₂O₅ and the Kinetics of the Reaction N₂O₅ + H₂O → 2 HNO₃

Article on a computational study of the thermochemistry of N₂O₅ and the Kinetics of the Reaction N₂O₅ + H₂O → 2 HNO₃.
Date: November 7, 2014
Creator: Alecu, I. M. & Marshall, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keeping Human Resources happy: Improving hiring processes through the use of rubrics (open access)

Keeping Human Resources happy: Improving hiring processes through the use of rubrics

Article on keeping human resources happy and improving hiring processes through the use of rubrics.
Date: November 2014
Creator: Brannon, Sian & Leuzinger, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solubility of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in Methanol + 1-Propanol Mixtures at Various Temperatures (open access)

Solubility of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in Methanol + 1-Propanol Mixtures at Various Temperatures

Article on the solubility of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in methanol + 1-propanol mixtures at various temperatures.
Date: November 26, 2014
Creator: Jouyban-Gharamaleki, Vahid; Jouyban-Gharamaleki, Karim; Soleymani, Jafar; Kenndler, Ernst; Acree, William E. (William Eugene) & Jouyban, Abolghasem
System: The UNT Digital Library
LiDAR Data for Characterizing Linear and Planar Geomorphic Markers in Tectonic Geomorphology (open access)

LiDAR Data for Characterizing Linear and Planar Geomorphic Markers in Tectonic Geomorphology

This paper provides a brief review of airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for characterizing linear and planar geomorphic markers in tectonic geomorphology, including traces of active faults and surface deformation caused by earthquakes. Challenges and opportunities of LiDAR for the study of tectonic geomorphology and coseismic deformation are also discussed.
Date: November 28, 2014
Creator: Dong, Pinliang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Effects in a Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial (open access)

Neighborhood Effects in a Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial

This article examines a randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
Date: May 5, 2014
Creator: Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Murdoch, James; Hughes, Amy; McQueen, Amy & Gupta, Samir
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Big to Little Data for Natural Disaster Recovery: How Online and On-the-ground Activities are Connected? (open access)

From Big to Little Data for Natural Disaster Recovery: How Online and On-the-ground Activities are Connected?

This article examines how active and influential members of Facebook groups aided in disaster recovery following Hurricane Sandy.
Date: 2014-11-8
Creator: Afzalan, Nader; Evans-Cowley, Jennifer & Mirzazad Barijough, Maziar
System: The UNT Digital Library
How We Pay for Publishing (open access)

How We Pay for Publishing

Article discussing how we pay for scholarly publishing. Since at least the late 1970s, when stresses in the market for scholarly literature began to show, there have been calls to redistribute how the production and dissemination of scholarly literature are paid for. The motivations are addressing the "free rider problem" of institutions without presses and, more recently, increasing overall access to the literature. In particular, the last few years have seen schemes such as SCOAP3 and Knowledge Unlatched and proposals from K | N Consultants and a joint task force of the Association of Research Libraries and the American Association of Universities. These plans to establish new business models are summarized.
Date: November 22, 2014
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A determination of the spatial concordance between Lyme disease incidence and habitat probability of its primary vector Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick) (open access)

A determination of the spatial concordance between Lyme disease incidence and habitat probability of its primary vector Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick)

This article involves mapping the probability of occurrence that the disease vector exists in the environment, mapping the incidence of Lyme disease in the human population and examining the spatial concordance between the probability map and incidence map.
Date: November 1, 2014
Creator: Atkinson, Samuel F.; Sarkar, Sahotra; Avina, Aldo; Schuermann, Jim A. & Williamson, Phillip C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of surfactants on pressure-sensitivity of carbon nanotube filled cement mortar composites (open access)

Effect of surfactants on pressure-sensitivity of carbon nanotube filled cement mortar composites

In this article, the pressure-sensitivity of CNT filled cement mortar composites with different concentrations of MWNT and different surfactants is investigated under repeated loading and impulsive loading, respectively. Experimental results indicate that the response of the electrical resistance of composites with NaDDBS to external force is more stable and sensitive than that of composites with SDS. Therefore, NaDDBS has higher efficiency than SDS for the dispersion of MWNT in cement mortar, and it is an effective surfactant for fabricating MWNT filled cement mortar composites with superior pressure-sensitivity.
Date: November 6, 2014
Creator: Han, Baoguo & Yu, Xun
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Winds from the North: Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology (open access)

Book Review: Winds from the North: Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology

Book Review of "Winds from the North: Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology" written by Scott G. Ortman.
Date: November 13, 2014
Creator: Dombrosky, Jonathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wear and friction of composites of an epoxy with boron containing wastes (open access)

Wear and friction of composites of an epoxy with boron containing wastes

Article describes development of polymer composites based on epoxy resins containing up to 50 wt. % of boron wastes and determined their pin-on-disk dynamic friction, wear, Shore D hardness and surface roughness.
Date: November 18, 2014
Creator: Uygunoğlu, Tayfun; Brostow, Witold, 1934- & Gunes, Ibrahim
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Low-Cost GPS-Based Protocol to Create High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Remote Mountain Areas (open access)

A Low-Cost GPS-Based Protocol to Create High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Remote Mountain Areas

This article describes the use of a low-cost GPS-based protocol to construct a high-resolution digital elevation model for a rugged, remote mountain site in the northern Peruvian Andes.
Date: October 2014
Creator: Fry, Matthew; Ponette-González, Alexandra G. & Young, Kenneth R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genome-wide analysis of the omega-3 fatty acid desaturase gene family in Gossypium (open access)

Genome-wide analysis of the omega-3 fatty acid desaturase gene family in Gossypium

This article identifies and characterizes the omega-3 fatty acid desaturase gene family in Gossypium hirsutum, with an emphasis on identifying omega-3 fatty acid desaturase involved in cold temperature adaption.
Date: November 18, 2014
Creator: Yurchenko, Olga P.; Park, Sunjung; Ilut, Daniel C.; Inmon, Jay J.; Millhollon, Jon C.; Liechty, Zach et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
HSI2/VAL1 PHD-like domain promotes H3K27 trimethylation to repress the expression of seed maturation genes and complex transgenes in Arabidopsis seedlings (open access)

HSI2/VAL1 PHD-like domain promotes H3K27 trimethylation to repress the expression of seed maturation genes and complex transgenes in Arabidopsis seedlings

This article studies the novel mutant allele hsi2-4, isolated in a genetic screen to identify Arabidopsis mutants with consitutively elevated expression of a glutathione S-transferase F8:luciferase reporter gene in Arabidopsis.
Date: November 1, 2014
Creator: Veerappan, Vijaykumar; Chen, Naichong; Reichert, Angelika & Allen, Randy D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A deep transcriptomic analysis of pod development in the vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia) (open access)

A deep transcriptomic analysis of pod development in the vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia)

This research article describes very large gene sequence datasets from vanilla pods at different times of development, representing different tissue types, including the seeds, hairs, and placental and mesocarp tissues within the pod.
Date: November 7, 2014
Creator: Rao, Xiaolan; Krom, Nick; Tang, Yuhong; Widiez, Thomas; Havkin-Frenkel, Daphna; Belanger, Faith C. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of the Library (open access)

The Evolution of the Library

This article discusses technological changes and the evolution of the library.
Date: November 2014
Creator: Monahan, Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Celeste Williams (open access)

Celeste Williams

This article is a short biography of Celeste Williams, the first female sports editor for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: November 13, 2014
Creator: Copeland, Alex; Gutierrez, Tony & O'Hanlon, Adrian
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oral History Article: Dotty Griffith] (open access)

[Oral History Article: Dotty Griffith]

This article is a short biography of journalist and author Dotty Griffith, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: November 21, 2014
Creator: Cue, Ashleigh; Starnes, Aaron; Battaglia, Nathan & Yavari, Mehri
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cynthia Izaguirre, News Anchor for the Channel 8 News at 5 and 10 o'clock (open access)

Cynthia Izaguirre, News Anchor for the Channel 8 News at 5 and 10 o'clock

This article is a short biography of Cynthia Izaguirre, news anchor for the Channel 8 News, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date: November 20, 2014
Creator: Walker, Sydni; Hodo, Chandler & Murphy, Tyler
System: The UNT Digital Library