Accumulation of Flavonols over Hydroxycinnamic Acids Favors Oxidative Damage Protetion under Abiotic Stress (open access)

Accumulation of Flavonols over Hydroxycinnamic Acids Favors Oxidative Damage Protetion under Abiotic Stress

This article reports on the characterization of the different antioxidant mechanisms of tomato plants subjected to heat stress, salinity stress, or a combination of both stresses.
Date: June 15, 2016
Creator: Martinez, Vicente; Mestre, Teresa C.; Rubio, Francisco; Girones-Vilaplana, Amadeo; Moreno, Diego; Mittler, Ron et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blood-Based Biomarkers: A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease (open access)

Blood-Based Biomarkers: A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease

This article describes the first-ever multiethnic referent sample that spans community-based and clinic-based populations for implementation of an Alzheimer's disease blood screen.
Date: June 25, 2016
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Edwards, Melissa; Johnson, Leigh A.; Hall, James R.; Villarreal, Alcibiades E.; Britton, Gabrielle B. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease (open access)

A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease

Article describes study examining the positive and negative predictive values of an Alzheimer's disease (AD) blood test if implemented in primary care.
Date: June 25, 2016
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Edwards, Melissa; Johnson, Leigh A.; Hall, James R.; Villarreal, Alcibiades E.; Britton, Gabrielle B. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: 7 Ms Source Catalogs (open access)

The Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: 7 Ms Source Catalogs

This article presents X-ray source catalogs for the ≈7 Ms exposure of the Chandra Deep Field-South (CF-S), which covers a total area of 484.2 arcmin².
Date: June 24, 2016
Creator: Luo, Bin; Brandt, William Nielsen; Xue, Yongquan; Lehmer, Bret; Alexander, David M.; Bauer, Franz E. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Normal Galaxy X-Ray Emission Through Cosmic History: Constraints from the 6 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (open access)

The Evolution of Normal Galaxy X-Ray Emission Through Cosmic History: Constraints from the 6 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South

This article presents measurements of the evolution of normal-galaxy X-ray emission from z ≈ 0-7 using local galaxies and galaxy samples in the ≈6 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey.
Date: June 24, 2016
Creator: Lehmer, Bret; Basu-Zych, A.; Mineo, S.; Brandt, William Nielsen; Eufrasio, R. T.; Fragos, T. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fabrication of Wood-Rubber Composites Using Rubber Compound as a Bonding Agent Instead of Adhesives (open access)

Fabrication of Wood-Rubber Composites Using Rubber Compound as a Bonding Agent Instead of Adhesives

This article describes fabricating wood-rubber composites using rubber processing to improve water resistance and mechanical properties.
Date: June 14, 2016
Creator: Shao, Dongwei; Xu, Min; Cai, Liping & Shi, Sheldon Q.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Finding the Target: An Experiment in Benchmarking (open access)

Finding the Target: An Experiment in Benchmarking

This article discusses a new method of evaluating purchasing decisions at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date: June 27, 2016
Creator: Enoch, Todd & Henley, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Life Between Big Data Log Events: Learners' Strategies to Overcome Challenges in MOOCs (open access)

The Life Between Big Data Log Events: Learners' Strategies to Overcome Challenges in MOOCs

This article discusses a study in which 92 MOOC learners were interviewed to better understand their worlds, investigate possible mechanisms of student attrition, and extend conversations about the use of big data in education.
Date: June 1, 2016
Creator: Veletsianos, George; Reich, Justin & Pasquini, Laura A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maternal Pregnancy Intention and Professional Antenatal Care Utilization in Bangladesh: A Nationwide Population-Based Survey (open access)

Maternal Pregnancy Intention and Professional Antenatal Care Utilization in Bangladesh: A Nationwide Population-Based Survey

This article investigates the association between maternal pregnancy intention and professional antenatal and delivery care utilization.
Date: June 16, 2016
Creator: Rahman, Md. Mosfequr; Rahman, Md. Mizanur; Tareque, Md. Ismail; Tareque, Md. Ismail; Ferdos, Jannatul & Jesmin, Syeda S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
News, new roles & preservation advocacy: Moving Libraries into action (open access)

News, new roles & preservation advocacy: Moving Libraries into action

This paper discusses how much news is published online that is never published in print or on more permanent media. It delves into some of the reasons why this convent is not yet preserved, and examines the persistent challenges of digital preservation and of digital curation of this content type.
Date: June 7, 2016
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Skinner, Katherine; Wilson, Marc & Zarndt, Frederick
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety of Continuous Infusion Ketorolac in Postoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients (open access)

Safety of Continuous Infusion Ketorolac in Postoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients

This article evaluates the safety of continuous infusion ketorolac which is sometimes utilized for analgesia in postoperative coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients. This retrospective cohort study evaluated the primary outcome of mortality and secondary outcomes of incidence of bleeding and myocardial infarction (MI). No association was found between continuous infusion ketorolac and increased risk of mortality, MI, or bleeding events in postoperative CABG patients.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Howard, Meredith L.; Warhurst, Robert D. & Sheehan, Courtney
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using the mTSES to Evaluate and Optimize mLearning Professional Development (open access)

Using the mTSES to Evaluate and Optimize mLearning Professional Development

This article reports on the findings from the analysis of data collected using the Mobile Teacher's Sense of Efficacy Scale survey instrument, from an open course about mobile learning called Instructional Design for Mobile Learning that took place from May 4 through June 6, 2015.
Date: June 2016
Creator: Power, Robert; Cristol, Dean; Gimbert, Belinda; Bartoletti, Robin & Kilgore, Whitney
System: The UNT Digital Library
X Marks the Spot: Creating and Managing a Single Service Point to Improve Customer Service and Maximize Resources (open access)

X Marks the Spot: Creating and Managing a Single Service Point to Improve Customer Service and Maximize Resources

This article describes how merging service points in an academic library is an opportunity to improve customer service and utilize staffing resources more efficiently.
Date: June 8, 2016
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann & Keshmiripour, Setareh
System: The UNT Digital Library