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17 USC 108(h): The “Last Twenty Years” Exception (open access)

17 USC 108(h): The “Last Twenty Years” Exception

This document is part of a series of white papers on various copyright issues. One statute, 17 USC § 108, provides a number of exceptions specifically for libraries. In addition to fair use, there are a variety of other exceptions built into the copyright law that don’t get as much attention.This paper specifically addresses one of 108’s lesser-used provisions and the value it may hold for libraries and archives: 108(h).
Date: December 2017
Creator: Wolfson, Stephen M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

3D Printing Book History: Extending Bibliographical Pedagogy Through Additive Manufacturing

Presented at the 2017 Day of Digital Humanities. This presentation provides an overview of the 3Dhotbed project to extend bibliographical pedagogy through additive manufacturing.
Date: April 5, 2017
Creator: Jacobs, Courtney E.; McIntosh, Marcia & O'Sullivan, Kevin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

3D Printing Book History: Extending bibliographical pedagogy through additive manufacturing

Presented at the 2017 Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Conference. This seminar focuses on work extending bibliographical pedagogy through additive manufacturing
Date: June 21, 2017
Creator: Jacobs, Courtney E.; McIntosh, Marcia & O'Sullivan, Kevin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

3Dhotbed

Presented at the 2017 Code4Lib South Central Conference. This presentation provides an overview of the 3Dhobed project, including the process of 3D scanning, modeling, and printing hand moulds for book history instruction.
Date: August 11, 2017
Creator: Jacobs, Courtney E.; McIntosh, Marcia & O'Sullivan, Kevin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

3Dhotbed: Harnessing 3D Technologies and Data to Teach the History of the Book

Presentation at the 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This presentation includes the case study of developing 3D models of the tools, hosting the resulting data in the digital library, and the pedagogical opportunities the project has afforded.
Date: May 24, 2017
Creator: McIntosh, Marcia; Jacobs, Courtney E. & O'Sullivan, Kevin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academic and Social Functioning of College Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (open access)

Academic and Social Functioning of College Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a complicated psychiatric disorder that is typically first diagnosed in childhood and associated with negative outcomes in adulthood such as poor academic performance and difficulties with social relationships. ADHD can be difficult to accurately diagnose in adulthood, given the absence of clear, agreed upon ADHD symptomology in adults. In the current study, two raters used psychometrically sound instruments and diagnostically valid assessment techniques on an archival dataset to create three distinct groups: ADHD [2/3 with other mental health diagnosis (OMH)], OMH only, and no diagnosis. Findings support the value of comprehensive assessment, combined with a thorough evaluation of the material by a trained clinician, for the accurate diagnosis of ADHD for research purposes. Comparisons were made across groups to infer that college students with ADHD have lower grade point averages and academic self-concept than students without mental health diagnoses. Yet, contrary to much of the current literature, college students with ADHD seem to create as strong, deep, supportive and harmonious relationships with loved ones and close friends as their non-diagnosed peers. Clinicians working with college students with ADHD may use the results of the current study to better inform conceptualization, better recognize the innate resilience college …
Date: December 2017
Creator: Calmenson, Nina
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academic Librarians as STEM Retention Partners (open access)

Academic Librarians as STEM Retention Partners

This column article discusses how academic librarians can assist with increasing student retention in STEM fields.
Date: May 2017
Creator: O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academic Stress in Student-Athletes (open access)

Academic Stress in Student-Athletes

Academic stress and the causes of such stress are subjects that are found in very few studies concerning student-athletes. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative study is to determine how the following variables relate to academic stress and perceived stress either through correlations or differences--demographics, academic classification, major or field of study, athletic scholarship status, and season of sport (in- season/ out of season). An online questionnaire containing a Perceived Stress Scale and a Perception of Academic Stress scale were distributed to 151 student-athlete participants at a university in the southwest United States. The results indicated that biological sex has a significant relationship to perceived stress. No other variables were found significant to perceived stress or academic stress.
Date: May 2017
Creator: James, Christina
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Acceptance and Use of Cloud Computing Services by Small and Medium Enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria (open access)

The Acceptance and Use of Cloud Computing Services by Small and Medium Enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria

This study explored the acceptance of cloud computing (CC) services by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Lagos, Nigeria, which has been missing from CC services literature. It aimed to understand the motivations for adoption, the uses of the services, and the benefits they derive from it. The uses and gratification theory was applied as the theoretic framework for this endeavor. An online survey with close-ended and open-ended questions was distributed to 1200 randomly selected participants through email. In total, 392 valid responses were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics and categories. The results found that SMEs in Lagos, Nigeria had a low level of awareness and appreciation of CC services. The adoption rate was also low. Unlike their counterparts in other regions, SMEs primary concerns were service downtime, stable power supply, and better internet access. The study found that SMEs were not taking full advantage of the capabilities of CC services. Some sections, however, were doing better than others, such as the information and communications sub-sector. This study suggested that targeted interventions should be conducted to raise the awareness of CC services in SMEs, and to improve their efficient and effective use of CC services. The uses and gratification …
Date: May 2017
Creator: Azogu, Olajumoke Oluwaseye
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Achieving Financial Sustainability: Are We Asking the Wrong Questions? (open access)

Achieving Financial Sustainability: Are We Asking the Wrong Questions?

This article discusses the financial sustainability of scholarly publishing and libraries, based off the author's presentation given at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 2016 Satellite Meeting on Libraries as Publishers: Building a Global Community.
Date: August 18, 2017
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Acute Toxic Effects of the Synthetic Cannabinoid, JWH-018 on the Cardiovascular and Neuroendocrine Systems in Ictalurus punctatus (Channel Catfish) (open access)

The Acute Toxic Effects of the Synthetic Cannabinoid, JWH-018 on the Cardiovascular and Neuroendocrine Systems in Ictalurus punctatus (Channel Catfish)

Cannabinoid (CB) receptors have been found in most vertebrates that have been studied. The location of various CB receptors in the body and brain are known, but their physiological functions are not fully understood. The effects CBs have on the cardiovascular system have been of growing interest in recent years. Increasing reports from emergency departments and law enforcement agencies detail acute cardiovascular and psychological effects from synthetic CB intoxication, such as JWH-018. This major health concern is substantiated by governmental agencies like the CDC and NIDA. This pilot study investigates the acute toxic effects of the synthetic CB, JWH-018, on the cardiovascular and neuroendocrine systems in Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish). Research in organisms besides the traditional mammal models can provide new insights into CB function and physiology. Ictalurus punctatus lend multiple benefits as a model organism that permits researchers to investigate in vivo effects of both cardiovascular and neuroendocrine systems without much influence from traditional sampling methods, and further more provide ample size and tissue to perform specific cardiovascular experiments. Multiple methods were used to assess cardiovascular function and sympathetic nervous system activation. Two different doses, low (500 µg/kg) and high 1,500 µg/kg, of JWH-018 were evaluated in the study. …
Date: August 2017
Creator: Taylor, Dedric Esmond
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Additive Manufacturing of Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys (open access)

Additive Manufacturing of Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys

Additive manufacturing processes of many alloys are known to develop texture during the deposition process due to the rapid reheating and the directionality of the dissipation of heat. Titanium alloys and with respect to this study beta titanium alloys are especially susceptible to these effects. This work examines Ti-20wt%V and Ti-12wt%Mo deposited under normal additive manufacturing process parameters to examine the texture of these beta-stabilized alloys. Both microstructures contained columnar prior beta grains 1-2 mm in length beginning at the substrate with no visible equiaxed grains. This microstructure remained constant in the vanadium system throughout the build. The microstructure of the alloy containing molybdenum changed from a columnar to an equiaxed structure as the build height increased. Eighteen additional samples of the Ti-Mo system were created under different processing parameters to identify what role laser power and travel speed have on the microstructure. There appears to be a correlation in alpha lath size and power density. The two binary alloys were again deposited under the same conditions with the addition of 0.5wt% boron to investigate the effects an insoluble interstitial alloying element would have on the microstructure. The size of the prior beta grains in these two alloys were reduced …
Date: August 2017
Creator: Yannetta, Christopher James
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adequacy and Equity: How the Texas Supreme Court's Perceptions Have Changed Over the Past 50 Years (open access)

Adequacy and Equity: How the Texas Supreme Court's Perceptions Have Changed Over the Past 50 Years

The purpose of this study identifies state court cases involving public school finance specifically related to adequacy and equity in funding. Results address how state court cases have challenged the constitutionality of school finance in the United States, including Texas, over the last 50 years. The study further shows how the decisions from previous cases have influenced the Supreme Court of Texas decision in the Texas Taxpayer & Student Fairness litigation.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Ford, Daniel William
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adrenergic and Cholinergic Regulation of Cardiovascular Function in Embryonic Neotropic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax basilianus) (open access)

Adrenergic and Cholinergic Regulation of Cardiovascular Function in Embryonic Neotropic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax basilianus)

Investigations of cholinergic and adrenergic tone on heart rate (fH) and mean arterial pressure (Pm) during embryonic development have been conducted on numerous avian species. While these investigations have documented that adrenergic tone, a continuous stimulation, on fH and Pm is vital to embryonic development in the birds studied to date, development of cholinergic tone on fH has been shown to vary even within species. Further, past studies have been bias to focus primarily on precocial species while altricial species remain poorly understood in this context. The goal of this investigation was to investigate the role of cholinergic and adrenergic tone on fH and Pm of an altricial species, the neotropic cormorant (P. brasilianus) to address this bias. The embryonic neotropic cormorant possesses B-and-a adrenergic tone on fH and Pm at 70% and 90% incubation while cholinergic tone on fH occurs at 90% incubation. This pattern of control is similar to that previously reported for several species of precocial birds suggesting the development of tonic cardiovascular regulation may be conserved across avian taxa.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Cummins, James B.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Advanced Human-Computer Interactions with a Patient Simulator: Moving towards a Smart Campus and a Learning Health System (LHS)

Presentation for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation describes a study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) learning using human-computer interactions with a human patient simulator.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Swain, Deborah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advancing the National Digital  Platform: The State of Digitization  in US Public and State Libraries (open access)

Advancing the National Digital Platform: The State of Digitization in US Public and State Libraries

The publication summarizes the results of a needs assessment and gap analysis of digitization activities by public libraries and state library agencies in the United States. The report outlines key findings from surveys of U.S. public libraries and state library agencies, and provides observations and recommendations for future exploration in the area of supporting digitization efforts in public libraries.
Date: 2017
Creator: Morgan, Kendra & Proffitt, Merrilee
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Advocates for Disability Rights: Building the Texas Disability History Collection

Presentation for the 2017 Digital Frontiers Conference. This presentation provides an overview of the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries' Texas Disability History Collection.
Date: September 21, 2017
Creator: Shankle, Betty; Dodd, Samantha & Downing, Jeffrey G.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Aesthetics of Sin: Beauty and Depravity in Early Modern English Literature (open access)

The Aesthetics of Sin: Beauty and Depravity in Early Modern English Literature

This dissertation argues that early modern writers such as William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, George Herbert, John Milton, and Andrew Marvell played a critical role in the transition from the Neoplatonic philosophy of beauty to Enlightenment aesthetics. I demonstrate how the Protestant Reformation, with its special emphasis on the depravity of human nature, prompted writers to critique models of aesthetic judgment and experience that depended on high faith in human goodness and rationality. These writers in turn used their literary works to popularize skepticism about the human mind's ability to perceive and appreciate beauty accurately. In doing so, early modern writers helped create an intellectual culture in which aesthetics would emerge as a distinct branch of philosophy.
Date: December 2017
Creator: Jeffrey, Anthony Cole
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
African American Soldiers in the Philippine War: An Examination of the Contributions of Buffalo Soldiers during the Spanish American War and Its Aftermath, 1898-1902 (open access)

African American Soldiers in the Philippine War: An Examination of the Contributions of Buffalo Soldiers during the Spanish American War and Its Aftermath, 1898-1902

During the Philippine War, 1899 – 1902, America attempted to quell an uprising from the Filipino people. Four regular army regiments of black soldiers, the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, and the Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Infantry served in this conflict. Alongside the regular army regiments, two volunteer regiments of black soldiers, the Forty-Eighth and Forty-Ninth, also served. During and after the war these regiments received little attention from the press, public, or even historians. These black regiments served in a variety of duties in the Philippines, primarily these regiments served on the islands of Luzon and Samar. The main role of these regiments focused on garrisoning sections of the Philippines and helping to end the insurrection. To carry out this mission, the regiments undertook a variety of duties including scouting, fighting insurgents and ladrones (bandits), creating local civil governments, and improving infrastructure. The regiments challenged racist notions in America in three ways. They undertook the same duties as white soldiers. They interacted with local "brown" Filipino populations without fraternizing, particularly with women, as whites assumed they would. And, they served effectively at the company and platoon level under black officers. Despite the important contributions of these soldiers, both socially and militarily, …
Date: August 2017
Creator: Redgraves, Christopher M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
African American Student Placement in Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (open access)

African American Student Placement in Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship (predicative capability) between selected variables, specifically, African American student enrollment, teacher ethnicity, and urban or rural district classification and the number of African American student placements in a disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP). The study used a non-experimental ex post facto design. Archival data from the Texas Education Agency were used to identify Texas schools that sent African American students to a DAEP during the 2013-2014 school year. Archival data from the Texas Education Agency were also used to identify African American student enrollment and teacher ethnicity for the selected school districts. Finally, archival data from the Texas Department of Agriculture were used to identify district classifications of urban or rural. Participants in this study consisted of 187 school districts that placed African American students in a DAEP during the 2013-2014 school year. Based on the findings, teacher ethnicity and African American student enrollment are statistically significant contributions to African American student placement in a DAEP. Urban or rural district classification is not a statistically significant predictor in the same placements. Results of this study add to existing literature by confirming that there is an overrepresentation of African American student …
Date: December 2017
Creator: Foss, Ivy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

After Monetization: The New Recording Landscape for Artists

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This case study examines some perspectives on the recording industry, particularly as it relates to musicians navigating the new landscape heavily impacted by digital service providers. The study begins with an investigation of digital streaming models and continues by surveying traditional record labels in light of advancements in the digital realm. The reader then encounters the company ArtistShare, which offers recording artists a chance to cultivate relationships with a close circle of patrons, in contrast to the global, less personalized reach of streaming media. The case concludes with consideration of what the industry presents to a performer committed to a musical niche.
Date: 2017
Creator: Anderson, Michael Alan, 1975-
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

After Monetization: The New Recording Landscape for Artists: Teacher Notes

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Consists of notes to use when teaching the case study entitled After Monetization: The New Recording Landscape for Artists
Date: 2017
Creator: Anderson, Michael Alan, 1975-
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

After the Mandates & Manifestos, What Next? The Denton Declaration at 5

Presentation for the 2017 UNT Open Access Symposium. This presentation provides background on the Denton Declaration, an open data manifesto created in 2012, before introducing panelists for a discussion on the future of open data and open access.
Date: May 19, 2017
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
After the Mandates & Manifestos, What Next? The Denton Declaration at 5 captions transcript

After the Mandates & Manifestos, What Next? The Denton Declaration at 5

Video of the panel session "After the Mandates & Manifestos, What Next? The Denton Declaration at 5" at the 2017 Open Access Symposium. This video discusses the origin of the Denton Declaration and current initiatives regarding open data.
Date: May 19, 2017
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.; Gonzales, Melissa; Weimer, Katherine Hart; Rondelli, Michael; Mirza, Rafia & Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library