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"The '91 Roos"
The ‘91 Roos is a sports documentary focused in Killeen, Texas. exploring the 1991 Killeen Kangaroos high school football team and their journey to their city's one and only state championship in football. Killeen is a small central Texas town that is directly adjacent and provides support to Ft Hood, one of the world's largest military bases. With the Persian Gulf War raging in 1991, soldiers that lived in Killeen were being sent off to fight, leaving the city almost like a ghost town. In October 1991, the Luby's Massacre occurred in Killeen, bringing the already depleted city further down by tragedy. At the time, this was the worst mass shooting in US history. This high school football team went on a fairy tale type of run during their 1991 season, resulting in winning a state title and bringing big hope back to a small town in need. Using direct interviews, narration and archival footage, this film provides an emotional yet inspirational look at a small town football team and their improbable season.
Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Graham, Derwin Anthony
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2022 Paint Oklahoma Beautiful Okeene Project (AFTER)
Photograph of house located at 314 W B St, Okeene after it was painted in 2022. Owners: Allen & Sharon Tousignant, Okeene. POB is a program of Keep Oklahoma Beautiful.
Date:
2022
Creator:
Rauh, Susan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
2022 Paint Oklahoma Beautiful Okeene Project (BEFORE)
Photograph of house located at 314 W B St, Okeene before it was painted in 2022. Owners: Allen & Sharon Tousignant, Okeene. POB is a program of Keep Oklahoma Beautiful.
Date:
2022
Creator:
Rauh, Susan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Abraham Model Descriptors for Melatonin; Prediction of Solution, Biological and Thermodynamic Properties
Article using literature solubilities to obtain properties or descriptors of melatonin.
Date:
January 27, 2022
Creator:
Liu, Xiangli; Abraham, M. H. (Michael H.) & Acree, William E. (William Eugene)
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abraham Solvation Parameter Model: Calculation of L Solute Descriptors for Large C11 to C42 Methylated Alkanes from Measured Gas–Liquid Chromatographic Retention Data
This article determines Abraham model L solute descriptors for 149 additional C11 to C42 monomethylated and polymethylated alkanes based on published Kovat’s retention indices based upon gas–liquid chromatographic measurements.
Date:
July 5, 2022
Creator:
Wu, Emily; Sinha, Sneha; Yang, Chelsea; Zhang, Miles & Acree, William E. (William Eugene)
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abraham Solvation Parameter Model: Examination of Possible Intramolecular Hydrogen-Bonding Using Calculated Solute Descriptors
This article calculates Abraham model solute descriptors using published solubility data for 4,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid dissolved in several organic solvents of varying polarity and hydrogen-bonding character.
Date:
July 24, 2022
Creator:
Sinha, Sneha; Yang, Chelsea; Wu, Emily & Acree, William E. (William Eugene)
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Access Points"
Access Points explores the different relationships that humans have to land, focusing on the various ways that the area known as the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is used, appreciated, and preserved by disparate groups. The natural beauty of this Wildlife Refuge and its striking appearance amidst encircling plains makes it a popular destination for many groups of people, including the local rock-climbing community and generations of indigenous peoples whose connection with this land is as deep as it is longstanding. While climbing organizations have long had to negotiate access and rules regarding climbing within the park, members of the Kiowa community negotiate a much different relationship to a natural area that is now managed by the United States government. These disparate voices, identities, and ways of thinking about land all impact the modern-day Wildlife Refuge in terms of its appearance, individuals' access to the land, and the conservation efforts happening there.
Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Dye, Aaron Charles
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Access Services 2.0 through Employee-Directed Planning
Presentation discusses utilizing participatory leadership techniques such as circle practice and World Cafe´ to enhance employee involvement in organizational planning. Access Services employees were empowered to participate in setting goals, future planning, and restructuring the department. The details of the process, lessons learned, and challenges will be shared. It was presented at the 2022 Access Services Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date:
November 16, 2022
Creator:
Keshmiripour, Setareh & Knox, Briana
Object Type:
Presentation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Acute Toxicity of Crude Oil Exposures to Early Life Stage Teleosts: Contribution of Impaired Renal Function and Select Environmental Factors
Oil spills are well-known adverse anthropogenic events, as they can induce severe impacts on the environment and negative economic consequences. Still, much remains to be learned regarding the effects of crude oil exposure to aquatic organisms. The objectives of this dissertation were to fill some of those knowledge gaps by examining the effects of Deepwater Horizon (DWH) crude oil exposure on teleost kidney development and function. To this end, I analyzed how these effects translate into potential osmoregulatory impairments and investigated the interactive effects of ubiquitous natural factors, such as dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and ultraviolet (UV) light, on acute crude oil toxicity. Results demonstrated that acute early life stage (ELS) crude oil exposure induces developmental defects to the primordial kidney in teleost fish (i.e., the pronephros) as evident by alterations in: (1) transcriptional responses of key genes involved in pronephros development and function and (2) alterations in pronephros morphology. Crude oil-exposed zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae presented defective pronephric function characterized by reduced renal clearance capacity and altered filtration selectivity, factors that likely contributed to the formation of edema. Latent osmoregulatory implications of crude oil exposure during ELS were observed in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae, which manifested reduced survival …
Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Bonatesta, Fabrizio
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
N-acylethanolamide metabolizing enzymes are upregulated in human neural progenitor-derived neurons exposed to sub-lethal oxidative stress
Article is a study determining whether ReN cells, a superior cell model system for studying neurodevelopment, differentiation, and neuroprotection, express proteins involved in canonical eCB NAE signaling and whether oxidative stress can induce their expression. This study is a first step toward determining how oxidative stress affects CB1, CB2, FAAH, NAAA, and NAPE-PLD expression and their potential defense against oxidative stress.
Date:
August 8, 2022
Creator:
Duncan, Scott R.; Riordan, Sean M.; Hall, Conner W.; Payne, Andrew J.; Chapman, Kent Dean & Koulen, Peter
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adaptation and Validation of the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale for Use with Musicians
Identity is a powerful concept that influences behavior and health. For over thirty years, researchers in sport psychology have been using the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) as a research instrument providing insights into the relationships between athletic identity and health variables. While musician identity is recognized as an important factor to be investigated in relation to occupational health, there are no known robust instruments like the AIMS in music psychology research. The current study aimed to adapt and validate the athletic identity measurement scale for use with musicians. The AIMS history includes episodes of modifications for performance enhancement of the instrument that resulted in five different models. The validation process includes evaluating the psychometrical properties across all five models. The sample included student musicians and non-student musicians (N = 1040). The traditional confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the maximum likelihood (ML) estimation method were used. The exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) and robust weighted least squares (WLS) was utilized to explore a new method of estimation that was known to resolve issues consistent with the CFA and ML method. The goodness-of-fit indices of CFA and ESEM were compared. The results showed that the MIMS is a reliable and valid …
Date:
December 2022
Creator:
Zuhdi, Nabeel
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adaptive learning: toward an intentional model for learning process guidance based on learner’s motivation
Article describes how, the goal of ITS is to support learning content, activities, and resources, adapted to the specific needs of the individual learner and influenced by learner’s motivation. This research proposes an intentional model that adopts Map formalism to support personalized learning guidance by considering learner’s motivation.
Date:
December 5, 2022
Creator:
Bayounes, Walid; Saâdi, Bayoudh Ines & Kinshuk
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Additive friction stir deposition of AZ31B magnesium alloy
Article explores additive friction stir deposition of AZ31B magnesium alloy with the aid of MELD® technology.
Date:
May 3, 2022
Creator:
Joshi, Sameehan; Patil, Shreyash M.; Mazumder, Sangram; Sharma, Shashank; Riley, Daniel A.; Dowden, Shelden et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adjustments in Business Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Natural and Cultural Resource Sites in Texas
This research expands the theoretical concept of human adjustment to floods established by Gilbert F. White and incorporates his adjustment concept to examine the range of adjustments in business operations adopted by Texas' natural and/or cultural resources sites during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This mixed-methods study consisted of an online survey with a follow-up semi-structured phone interview. The survey data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the interview data was inductively coded for thematic analysis as well as quantitative and qualitative content analyses. Specifically, this study identifies the adjustment measures undertaken by these entities to maintain business operations while reducing the virus spread; analyses the direct and indirect factors influencing adjustment measures; examines new business opportunities that emerged from these adjustments; and evaluates whether the impact of COVID-19 on these entities varied in terms of entity characteristics. Findings indicate that cultural and/or natural resource sites implemented adjustments to maintain their fiscal stability and/or to protect human health; these serve as direct underlying motivating factors for these entities. To support these direct measures, indirect factors influenced the operations thus required adjustments such as staffing, volunteers, technology, funding, and donations. Additionally, new opportunities in business practices emerged while implementing …
Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Tamima, Salvesila
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adolescents’ Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms: A Psychosocial Mechanism
Article tests a hypothesized path model of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) variables (i.e., attitude toward behavior, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and intention) with physical activity (PA) and depressive symptoms. The findings support the theoretical tenets of TPB and provide empirical evidence of the psychosocial mechanism of PA and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents. It suggests that building PA intervention strategies while considering the TPB framework may promote adolescents’ physical and mental health.
Date:
December 31, 2021
Creator:
Shen, Liang; Gu, Xiangli; Zhang, Tao & Lee, Joonyoung
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adoption of Wearable Devices by Older Adults
This dissertation is organized in a traditional format while including three essays that address specific research questions. Essay 1 examined the relationship between physical activity and community engagement and their effect on mental well-being among older men and women. Data from National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) from 2018 to 2020 were explored and the posited relationships were tested. This essay provides empirical support that older adults who are reasonably active and involved in the community have greater mental well-being than those who isolate themselves. Essay 2 provides insight into older adults' motivation to improve their physical activity through the use of a fitness tracker. The key finding from this study is that wearables, especially fitness trackers, can significantly facilitate increased physical activity. Essay 3 is a mixed-methods study to understand older adults' perception of the usefulness of fitness trackers and interaction with such devices. Findings suggest that to increase the adoption of fitness trackers among older adults, makers could improve the esthetics and quality of the wristband in addition to the battery life of the tracker.
Date:
May 2022
Creator:
Enamela, Pranathy
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Distributed Optimization and Control Algorithms: Theory and Applications
Networked multi-agent systems have attracted lots of researchers to develop algorithms, techniques, and applications.A multi-agent networked system consists of more than one subsystem (agent) to cooperately solve a global problem with only local computations and communications in a fully distributed manner. These networked systems have been investigated in various different areas including signal processing, control system, and machine learning. We can see massive applications using networked systems in reality, for example, persistent surveillance, healthcare, factory manufacturing, data mining, machine learning, power system, transportation system, and many other areas. Considering the nature of those mentioned applications, traditional centralized control and optimization algorithms which require both higher communication and computational capacities are not suitable. Additionally, compared to distributed control and optimization approaches, centralized control, and optimization algorithms cannot be scaled into systems with a large number of agents, or guarantee performance and security. All of the limitations of centralized control and optimization algorithms motivate us to investigate and develop new distributed control and optimization algorithms in networked systems. Moreover, convergence rate and analysis are crucial in control and optimization literature, which motivates us to investigate how to analyze and accerlate the convergence of distributed optimization algorithms.
Date:
May 2022
Creator:
Zhang, Shengjun
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Stochastic Signal Processing and Computational Methods: Theories and Applications
Compressed sensing has been proposed as a computationally efficient method to estimate the finite-dimensional signals. The idea is to develop an undersampling operator that can sample the large but finite-dimensional sparse signals with a rate much below the required Nyquist rate. In other words, considering the sparsity level of the signal, the compressed sensing samples the signal with a rate proportional to the amount of information hidden in the signal. In this dissertation, first, we employ compressed sensing for physical layer signal processing of directional millimeter-wave communication. Second, we go through the theoretical aspect of compressed sensing by running a comprehensive theoretical analysis of compressed sensing to address two main unsolved problems, (1) continuous-extension compressed sensing in locally convex space and (2) computing the optimum subspace and its dimension using the idea of equivalent topologies using Köthe sequence. In the first part of this thesis, we employ compressed sensing to address various problems in directional millimeter-wave communication. In particular, we are focusing on stochastic characteristics of the underlying channel to characterize, detect, estimate, and track angular parameters of doubly directional millimeter-wave communication. For this purpose, we employ compressed sensing in combination with other stochastic methods such as Correlation Matrix Distance …
Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Robaei, Mohammadreza
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advances to Convolutional Neural Network Architectures for Prediction and Classification with Applications in the First Dimensional Space
In the vast field of signal processing, machine learning is rapidly expanding its domain into all realms. As a constituent of this expansion, this thesis presents contributive work on advancements in machine learning algorithms by building on the shoulder of giants. The first chapter of this thesis contains enhancements to a CNN (convolutional neural network) for better classification of heartbeat arrhythmia. The network goes through a two stage development, the first being augmentations to the network and the second being the implementation of dropout. Chapter 2 involves the combination of CNN and LSTM (long short term memory) networks for the task of short-term energy use data regression. Exploiting the benefits of two of the most powerful neural networks, a unique, novel neural network is created to effectually predict future energy use. The final section concludes this work with directions for future works.
Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Kim, Hae Jin
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Aerial view of the "Hats: Humor and High Design" exhibit]
Photograph of the spring 2022 exhibition "Hats: Humor and High Design" at NorthPark Center. The exhibit features pieces from the Texas Fashion Collection's permanent holdings alongside contemporary designs selected by a juried panel arranged by the Milliners Guild. The exhibit was co-curated by millinery Laura Del Villaggio and TFC director Annette Becker.
Date:
March 8, 2022
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Aerial view of the "Hats: Humor and High Design" exhibit, 2]
Photograph of the spring 2022 exhibition "Hats: Humor and High Design" at NorthPark Center. The exhibit features pieces from the Texas Fashion Collection's permanent holdings alongside contemporary designs selected by a juried panel arranged by the Milliners Guild. The exhibit was co-curated by millinery Laura Del Villaggio and TFC director Annette Becker.
Date:
March 8, 2022
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
agroString: Visibility and Provenance through a Private Blockchain Platform for Agricultural Dispense towards Consumers
Article discusses the large quantities of farm and meat products that rot and are wasted if correct actions are not taken leading to serious health concerns if consumed. Because there is no proper system for tracking and communicating the status of goods to consumers, a right which according to the authors should be a given, they propose a method of increased communication using Corda private blockchain.
Date:
October 27, 2022
Creator:
Vangipuram, Sukrutha L. T.; Mohanty, Saraju P.; Kougianos, Elias & Ray, Chittaranjan
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air pollution and endocrine disruptors induce human microbiome imbalances: A systematic review of recent evidence and possible biological mechanisms
Article presents a systematic review examining the scientific evidence on the effect of environmental toxicants, air pollutants and endocrine disruptors (EDCs), on compositional and diversity of human microbiota.
Date:
February 11, 2022
Creator:
Mousavi, Sayed Esmaeil; Delgado-Saborit, Juana Maria; Adivi, Anna; Pauwels, Sara & Godderis, Lode
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Albino squirrel costume at Sycamore Hall]
Photograph of a person wearing an albino squirrel costume and standing on the second to the top step of the Sycamore Hall side entrance staircase. A UNT sign is visible on the brick wall behind the costumed person, as well as a large campus tree visible in the background of the photo.
Date:
February 25, 2022
Creator:
Faulder, Ryan
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library