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Wireless Sensor Network System Design using Raspberry Pi and Arduino for Environmental Monitoring Applications (open access)

Wireless Sensor Network System Design using Raspberry Pi and Arduino for Environmental Monitoring Applications

This paper from the 9th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications, FNC 2014 conference proceedings describes a wireless sensor network system developed using open-source hardware platforms, Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
Date: August 15, 2014
Creator: Ferdoush, Sheikh & Li, Xinrong
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

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Photograph of an unidentified woman standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone during the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held in Portland, Oregon at the Crowne Plaza.
Date: August 1, 2014
Creator: Stower, Larry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women Have Higher Skin Temperature on the Back during Treadmill Exercise in a Hot, Humid Environment (open access)

Women Have Higher Skin Temperature on the Back during Treadmill Exercise in a Hot, Humid Environment

A common measurement of body temperature during exercise in a hot, humid environment is mean skin temperature collected from 3-12 sites on the body. However, such an approach fails to demonstrate localized differences in skin temperature that are likely to exist as a function of gender. The purpose of this study was to examine potential differences in skin temperature between men and women at 17 different locations on the body. Young women (21 ± 1 y; n = 11) and men (23 ± 3; n = 10) were recruited to complete a 60-min walk/jog interval protocol in a hot (34 ± 1 °C), humid (64 ± 8%) environment while skin temperature was measured. Data was analyzed using a repeated-measures ANOVA (p < 0.05) and location of interaction effects determined using a Fisher’s least squares difference test. We observed a higher change (p < 0.05) from baseline skin temperatures (ΔTsk) for women in three locations: left upper back (women: avg. ΔTsk = 4.12 ± 0.20 °C; men: avg. ΔTsk = 2.70 ± 0.10 °C), right upper back (women: avg. ΔTsk = 4.19 ± 0.07 °C; men: avg. ΔTsk = 2.92 ± 0.05 °C), and right mid-back (women: avg. ΔTsk = 4.62 …
Date: August 2014
Creator: Venable, Adam Steven
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Womenomics" in Japan: In Brief (open access)

"Womenomics" in Japan: In Brief

This report briefly discusses Japan's Gender Gap and the Japanese government's current strategies to help women stay and advance in the workplace as a means of improving the economy.
Date: August 1, 2014
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Would You Do Your Homework for a Chance to Improve Your Quiz Score? (open access)

Would You Do Your Homework for a Chance to Improve Your Quiz Score?

Students who complete homework generally do better on measures of academic performance such as quizzes, exams, and overall course grades. We examined the effects of contingent access to second quiz attempts on the percentage of undergraduate students completing homework to mastery. The study was conducted in an Introduction to Behavior Analysis course that, historically, had only 70% of students on average completing homework. An adapted multiple baseline design across sections was used for four sections of the course. Students could access a second quiz attempt contingent by meeting the following criteria: the student received a 16 out of 20 on the first quiz attempt or by meeting the mastery criterion of the homework (45 out of 50). We also examined the relation between homework accuracy and scores on first quiz attempts. Two sections did not show a difference in homework completion with and without the second quiz attempt contingency. One section showed more sensitivity toward the contingency once it was withdrawn, and one section never had the removal of the contingency and had the highest percentages of students completing their homework. When analyzing the relation of homework accuracy to the corresponding first quiz attempts, homework accuracy appeared to be related …
Date: August 2014
Creator: Zimmerman, Karl J.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Youth-led Environmental Awareness: Initiatives Towards a Jain Faith Community Empowerment (open access)

Youth-led Environmental Awareness: Initiatives Towards a Jain Faith Community Empowerment

This project employs participatory action research methods in efforts to create a community specific environmental curriculum for the high school age youth at the only Jain faith community in the North Texas region. Aligned with the community’s goals, the youth led in deciding, creating, and carrying out initiatives that were aimed at increasing the level of awareness about environmental issues amongst community members. The research done by the youth aimed at looking at environmental issues through the lens of Jain doctrine. The final creation of a curriculum as a living document to be used by the youth in efforts to promote critical thinking skills and class discussion continues the participatory model. The curriculum encourages experiential and interpretative learning, which grants ownership of the topics to the youth themselves and ultimately empowering them to learn more and spread the importance of being environmentally friendly.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Otterbine, Joseph R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library