Excrescent vowels in Lamkang prefix sequences (open access)

Excrescent vowels in Lamkang prefix sequences

Article examines the nature of the super-short vowel-like segments between the C- prefixes of the Lamkang language by combining acoustic analysis with speakers' intuitions about syllable structure. The authors argue that an accurate phonetic description of Lamkang vowels must include these super-short vowels, as well as long and short vowels, which are phonemically distinct.
Date: January 14, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Robinson, Melissa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information (open access)

Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information

Article discussing a philosophy of educating health information professionals in a rapidly changing health care and information environment.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Cleveland, Ana D., 1943-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ethical Challenges of Using Virtual Environments in the Assessment and Treatment of Psychopathological Disorders (open access)

Ethical Challenges of Using Virtual Environments in the Assessment and Treatment of Psychopathological Disorders

This article discusses ethical issues involved in the clinical use of novel technologies.
Date: January 20, 2021
Creator: Parsons, Thomas D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
ICT in Higher Education: An Exploration of Practices in Malaysian Universities (open access)

ICT in Higher Education: An Exploration of Practices in Malaysian Universities

Article investigating the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education. To investigate this issue, the technology adoption and gratification (TAG) model was validated and used to examine Malaysian university teachers' adoption and gratification of ICT for teaching and research purposes and then used to investigate the moderating effect of universities in different regions. This paper confirms the utility of the TAG model for comparing teachers' adoption and gratification of ICT.
Date: December 11, 2018
Creator: Spector, J. Michael; Islam, A. Y. M. Atiquil; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching; Gui, Xiaoqing & Hai-Leng, Chin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Management and Employee Job Satisfaction (open access)

Analysis of Management and Employee Job Satisfaction

Article on an analysis of management and employee job satisfaction for gender, age group, length of time with the organization, and between management and non-management employees.
Date: January 2004
Creator: Andrews, Charles G. & Allen, Jeff M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers (open access)

Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers

This article presents a second year analysis of baseline attitudinal data gathered from a National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project concerning contrasts between the perceptions of practicing professionals and students toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and careers.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda & Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complexity Theory: An Overview with Potential Applications for the Social Sciences (open access)

Complexity Theory: An Overview with Potential Applications for the Social Sciences

This article differentiates between general systems theory (GST) and complexity theory, as well as identifies advantages for the social sciences in incorporating complexity theory as a formal theory. Complexity theory is expanded upon and identified as providing a new perspective and a new method of theorizing that can be practiced by disciplines within the social sciences.
Date: December 22, 2018
Creator: Turner, John R. & Baker, Rose M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Substrate-Independence Theory: Advancing Constructor Theory to Scaffold Substrate Attributes for the Recursive Interaction between Knowledge and Information (open access)

The Substrate-Independence Theory: Advancing Constructor Theory to Scaffold Substrate Attributes for the Recursive Interaction between Knowledge and Information

Article exploring how information and knowledge are absorbed by utilizing Constructor Theory and the Substrate-Independence Theory.
Date: November 30, 2021
Creator: Turner, John R.; Snowden, Dave & Thurlow, Nigel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Utilization of Bridge Data of the United States for Predicting Deck Condition Rating Using Random Forest, XGBoost, and Artificial Neural Network (open access)

Development and Utilization of Bridge Data of the United States for Predicting Deck Condition Rating Using Random Forest, XGBoost, and Artificial Neural Network

Article describes how accurately predicting the condition rating of a bridge deck is crucial for effective maintenance and repair planning. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of these algorithms for deck condition rating prediction at the national level.
Date: January 16, 2024
Creator: Fard, Fariba & Fard, Fereshteh Sadeghi Naieni
System: The UNT Digital Library