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Broadband light-matter interaction due to resonance cavities in graded photonic super-crystals (open access)

Broadband light-matter interaction due to resonance cavities in graded photonic super-crystals

This article reports the formation of resonance cavities within graded photonic super-crystals (GPSCs) with unit cells formed via a near-uniform central region with eight side graded regions.
Date: August 29, 2019
Creator: Lin, Yuankun; Hassan, Safaa; Sale, Oliver; Alnasser, Khadijah; Hurley, Noah; Zhang, Hualiang et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study (open access)

Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study

Article testing the hypothesis that domesticated camelids occurred in prehispanic, southern Mendoza through analysis of ancient DNA.
Date: November 5, 2020
Creator: Johnson, Jeff A.; Kim, Tracy; Wolverton, Steven J.; Gil, Adolfo Fabian; Abbona, Cinthia Carolina & Adolfo, Gustavo Neme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Key Challenges and Some Guidance on Using Strong Quantitative Methodology in Education Research (open access)

Key Challenges and Some Guidance on Using Strong Quantitative Methodology in Education Research

Article reviews several common areas of focus in quantitative methods with the hope of providing guidance on conducting and reporting quantitative analyses. The review addresses causal inferences, measurement issues, handling missing data, testing for assumptions, dealing with nested data, and providing evidence for outcomes.
Date: November 13, 2020
Creator: Henson, Robin K.; Stewart, Genéa & Bedford, Lee A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
It’s not a Non-Issue: Negation as a Source of Error in Machine Translation (open access)

It’s not a Non-Issue: Negation as a Source of Error in Machine Translation

Article investigates whether translating negation is an issue for modern MT systems using 17 translation directions as test bed and provides a linguistically motivated analysis that explains the majority of the findings. The authors release their annotations and code to replicate analysis here: https://github.com/mosharafhossain/negation-mt.
Date: November 2020
Creator: Hossain, Md Mosharaf; Blanco, Eduardo; Palmer, Alexis & Anastasopoulos, Antonios
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creating a Local Usage Collection System: PySUSHI (open access)

Creating a Local Usage Collection System: PySUSHI

Article discussing the design and implementation of a built-in-house usage collection system for electronic resource usage via release 4 and release 5 of the SUSHI protocol, as well as the design and integration of additional modules for the loading of manually downloaded COUNTER reports.
Date: November 2021
Creator: Hergert, Christopher; Harker, Karen & Byrne, Sephra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Designing teacher professional development programs to support a rapid shift to digital (open access)

Designing teacher professional development programs to support a rapid shift to digital

This article offers a response to the impact, value, and application of a manuscript published by Philipsen et al. (Improving teacher professional development for online and blended learning: A systematic meta-aggregative review. Educational Technology and Research Development, 67, 1145–1174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-019-09645-8, 2019). and its value and application in light of an emergency shift to digital to address a global pandemic.
Date: November 17, 2020
Creator: Heap, Tania & Fein, Adam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARγ) Signaling Cascade for the Prevention and Treatment of Prostate Cancer (open access)

Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARγ) Signaling Cascade for the Prevention and Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Article reviews PPARγ as an antitumor agent and summarizes the antineoplastic effects of PPARγ agonists in prostate cancer.
Date: November 14, 2012
Creator: Sikka, Sakshi; Chen, Luxi; Sethi, Gautam & Kumar, Alan Prem
System: The UNT Digital Library
Further Validation of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument in People with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain (open access)

Further Validation of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument in People with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Article describes study seeking to to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument (LTPAI).
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Brooks, Jessica M.; Umucu, Emre; Eagle, Daniel; Morrison, Blaise; Chiu, Chungyi; Moser, Erin et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construct Validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument in African American Breast Cancer Survivors (open access)

Construct Validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument in African American Breast Cancer Survivors

Paper describes results of a study examining the validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument for cancer survivors, focusing specifically on African-American breast cancer survivors.
Date: November 16, 2016
Creator: Pandya, Ekta; Mistry, Jay; Dobhal, Megha; Borra, Sujana & Paxton, Raheem J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Dietary Micronutrient Intakes by Body Weight Status among Mexican-American and Non-Hispanic Black Women Aged 19-39 Years: An Analysis of NHANES 2003-2014 (open access)

Comparison of Dietary Micronutrient Intakes by Body Weight Status among Mexican-American and Non-Hispanic Black Women Aged 19-39 Years: An Analysis of NHANES 2003-2014

Study closely examines micronutrient deficiencies among Mexican-American and non-Hispanic black women using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 2003-2014.
Date: November 20, 2019
Creator: Liu, Jialiang; Zhu, Xiangzhu; Fulda, Kimberly G.; Chen, Shande & Tao, Meng-Hua
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Evaluation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Inhibition in Planaria as a Model for Parkinsonism (open access)

An Exploratory Evaluation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Inhibition in Planaria as a Model for Parkinsonism

Study examines planaria as potential models of parkinsonism for the purpose of screening potential therapeutic agents.
Date: November 26, 2013
Creator: Prokai, David; Nguyen, Thinh; Kamrowski, Kurt; Chandra, Ashwin; Talamantes, Tatjana; Baxter, Lewis R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards Deep Integration of Electronics and Photonics (open access)

Towards Deep Integration of Electronics and Photonics

This is a review of applications of polariton modes related to the design and fabrication of electro-optical circuits. The emphasis is made on surface plasmon-polaritons which have already demonstrated their value in many fields of technology. Other possible quasiparticles as well as their hybridization with plasmons are discussed.
Date: November 12, 2019
Creator: Pshenichnyuk, Ivan A.; Kosolobov, Sergey S. & Drachev, Vladimir P.
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
An Empirical Analysis of Effect of Housing Curb Appeal on Sales Price of Newer Houses (open access)

An Empirical Analysis of Effect of Housing Curb Appeal on Sales Price of Newer Houses

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the effect of housing curb appeal on the sales price of newer houses.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Chen, Jun; Evans-Cowley, Jennifer; Rutherford, Ronald C. & Stanley, Brooke W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceived Stakeholder Role Relationships and Adoption of Seismic Hazard Adjustments (open access)

Perceived Stakeholder Role Relationships and Adoption of Seismic Hazard Adjustments

This article examines the relationships among perceived stakeholder characteristics, risk perceptions, respondent characteristics, and self-reported adoption of 16 seismic hazard adjustments by residents in areas of high and medium seismic risk.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Arlikatti, Sudha; Lindell, Michael K. & Prater, Carla S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Phases of Disaster as a Relationship Between Structure and Meaning: A Narrative Analysis of the 1947 Texas City Explosion (open access)

The Phases of Disaster as a Relationship Between Structure and Meaning: A Narrative Analysis of the 1947 Texas City Explosion

This article examines phases of disaster response and recovery as a sociological problem.
Date: November 2005
Creator: Richardson, Brian K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is Hazard Mitigation Being Incorporated into Post-Katrina Plans in Mississippi? (open access)

Is Hazard Mitigation Being Incorporated into Post-Katrina Plans in Mississippi?

This article examines the degree to which hazard mitigation has been incorporated into the long-range plans developed in the communities along the coast in Harrison County, Mississippi, 18 months after Katrina.
Date: November 2007
Creator: Evans-Cowley, Jennifer & Zimmerman Gough, Meghan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricanes, Oil Spills, and Discrimination, Oh My: The Story of the Mississippi Cottage (open access)

Hurricanes, Oil Spills, and Discrimination, Oh My: The Story of the Mississippi Cottage

This article demonstrates how, following Hurricane Katrina, local governments enacted discriminatory housing policies that made it difficult for residents to site permanent Mississippi Cottages.
Date: November 2, 2010
Creator: Evans-Cowley, Jennifer & Canter, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library