A geospatial method for estimating soil moisture variability in prehistoric agricultural landscapes (open access)

A geospatial method for estimating soil moisture variability in prehistoric agricultural landscapes

Article describes study which develops a static geospatial soil moisture model, the Soil Moisture Proxy Model, which uses soil and topographic variables to estimate soil moisture potential across a watershed in order to better understand the quality of farmland in terms of soil moisture.
Date: August 21, 2019
Creator: Gillreath-Brown, Andrew; Nagaoka, Lisa & Wolverton, Steven J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Information-Seeking Behavior of Speakers of Endangered Languages: An Anthropological Approach

Poster exploring the approach to understand information behavior of communities speaking endangered languages.
Date: May 22, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preparing Linguists’ Field Recordings and Datasets for Ingest into a Digital Library System: Lessons from Creating the Lamkang Language Resource at the University of North Texas Digital Library

Presentation on the long term preservation of and universal access to language data which may tap into typologically rare phenomena and which represents the intangible and irreplaceable heritage of indigenous communities. This language data can be in the form of audio, video, picture, and various digital formats. In order to prepare the source files of a documentation project for ingest to a digital library, linguists and digital librarians must develop a common procedure that takes into consideration (1) provenance and varying formats of materials and (2) necessary metadata specific to linguistic datasets.
Date: May 23, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interview Guide for End Users: Researchers, Depositors, Language Communities: Exploring Methods and Techniques for Facilitating Access to Digital Language Archives (open access)

Interview Guide for End Users: Researchers, Depositors, Language Communities: Exploring Methods and Techniques for Facilitating Access to Digital Language Archives

This is an interview guide used as part of the 'Exploring Methods and Techniques for Facilitating Access to Digital Language Archives' project (January 2019-August 2020).
Date: May 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary; Zavalina, Oksana; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observation Guide: Exploring Methods and Techniques for Facilitating Access to Digital Language Archives (open access)

Observation Guide: Exploring Methods and Techniques for Facilitating Access to Digital Language Archives

This is an observation guide used as part of the 'Exploring Methods and Techniques for Facilitating Access to Digital Language Archives' project (January 2019-August 2020).
Date: May 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary; Zavalina, Oksana; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neural classification of Norwegian radiology reports: using NLP to detect findings in CT-scans of children (open access)

Neural classification of Norwegian radiology reports: using NLP to detect findings in CT-scans of children

This article trained machine learning techniques to classify Norwegian radiology reports of pediatric CT examinations according to their description of abnormal findings. The developed models are robust with respect to different contexts, and may be used in quality assurance processes.
Date: March 4, 2021
Creator: Dahl, Fredrik A.; Rama, Taraka; Hurlen, Petter; Brekke, Pål H.; Husby, Haldor; Gundersen, Tore et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Virtual Kitchen Protocol to Measure Everyday Memory Functioning for Meal Preparation (open access)

A Virtual Kitchen Protocol to Measure Everyday Memory Functioning for Meal Preparation

This article develops a virtual reality-based measure of everyday memory functioning for meal preparation tasks. The results support the construct validity of the VKP and suggest that it holds promise as a virtual reality-based measure of memory for meal preparation tasks.
Date: April 29, 2021
Creator: Barnett, Michael D.; Childers, Lucas G. & Parsons, Thomas D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digital humanities in the iSchool (open access)

Digital humanities in the iSchool

This article presents findings from a series of related studies exploring aspects of Digital Humanities teaching, education, and research in iSchools, often in collaboration with other units and disciplines. Results provide a snapshot of the current state of digital humanities in iSchools which may usefully inform the design and evolution of new DH programs, degrees, and related initiatives.
Date: June 21, 2021
Creator: Walsh, John A.; Cobb, Peter J.; de Fremery, Wayne; Golub, Koraljka; Keah, Humphrey; Kim, Jeonghyun et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A test of Generalized Bayesian dating: A new linguistic dating method (open access)

A test of Generalized Bayesian dating: A new linguistic dating method

Article addressing if a new Bayesian framework can be introduced and ways to overcome subjectivity. The authors introduce a new method called Generalized Bayesian Dating (GBD) for inferring dates of language groups from lexical and phonological data. This work has implications for future performance testing in the area of linguistic dating.
Date: August 12, 2020
Creator: Kasicheyanula, Taraka & Søren Wichmann
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Communicating the risk of contracting Zika virus to low income underserved pregnant Latinas: A clinic-based study (open access)

Communicating the risk of contracting Zika virus to low income underserved pregnant Latinas: A clinic-based study

Article is a study using cross-sectional methodology to investigate information sources and knowledge concerning the ZIKV virus among 300 under-served pregnant Latinas recruited from prenatal care clinics in the North Texas region. Bivariate and multiple logistic regression models are used to investigate associations between the primary outcomes and patient characteristics.
Date: November 20, 2020
Creator: Boyce, LeAnn & Ramisetty-Mikler, Suhasini
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discovering fake news embedded in the opposing hashtag activism networks on Twitter: #Gunreformnow vs. #NRA (open access)

Discovering fake news embedded in the opposing hashtag activism networks on Twitter: #Gunreformnow vs. #NRA

This article is a study investigating fake news included in political discourse of opposing activism hashtags, #Gunreformnow and #NRA (The National Rifle Association) and aims to lay out the process of identifying fake news in the hashtag activism network on Twitter.
Date: October 19, 2018
Creator: Chong, Miyoung
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A systematic literature review of personalized learning terms (open access)

A systematic literature review of personalized learning terms

Article providing a review of the recent research literature on personalized learning as technology is changing how learning can be effectively personalized. The emphasis is on the terms used to characterize learning as those can suggest a framework for personalized and will eventually be used in meta-analyses of research on personalized learning.
Date: October 23, 2020
Creator: Shemshack, Atikah & Spector, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational modeling of human reasoning processes for interpretable visual knowledge: a case study with radiographers (open access)

Computational modeling of human reasoning processes for interpretable visual knowledge: a case study with radiographers

Article proposing a computational method to quantify and dissect visual reasoning. The method characterizes spatial and temporal features and identifies common and contrast visual reasoning patterns to extract significant gaze activities. The visual reasoning patterns are explainable and can be compared among different groups to discover strategy differences. Empirical observations show that the method can capture the temporal and spatial features of human visual attention and distinguish expertise level. By revealing task-related reasoning processes, this method demonstrates potential for explaining human visual understanding.
Date: December 10, 2020
Creator: Li, Yuan; Cao, Hongfei; Allen, Carla M.; Wang, Xin; Erdelez, Sanda & Shyu, Chi-Ren
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hybrid medical simulation – a systematic literature review (open access)

Hybrid medical simulation – a systematic literature review

This article presents a systematic literature review of papers published from 1960 to 2019 that illustrate hybrid simulation can be as effective as high fidelity simulators in certain training scenarios while at the same time providing a superior training context to enhance learners patient to care-giver interactions and to better immerse the trainee in the feelings and emotion of the scenario.
Date: June 12, 2020
Creator: Brown, Wayne J. & Tortorella, Richard A. W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Embracing Monsters (open access)

Embracing Monsters

This article proposes monsters are documents and examines the coding and decoding of monster documents through a functional ontology lens. This article was presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Document Academy.
Date: December 3, 2020
Creator: O'Connor, Brian Clark & Bonnici, Laurie J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Chat with ChatGPT: How will AI and GPT impact scholarly publishing? (open access)

A Chat with ChatGPT: How will AI and GPT impact scholarly publishing?

Working paper exploring ChatGPT. It begins with an introduction to ChatGPT and then proceeds into a transcript of a conversation with the platform about it and related AI technologies’ impact on the future of scholarly publishing, before concluding with some discussion on the further implications.
Date: January 2023
Creator: Lund, Brady, 1994-
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Archives (open access)

Status of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Archives

This paper explores the role of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) archives in preserving the history and cultural heritage of these institutions and investigates the factors that contribute to the disparities observed in the availability of digital collections and the staffing of archivists across HBCUs in the United States. Data was collected from 102 HBCU websites and the National Center for Education Statistics, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and ordinary linear regression. The findings revealed notable disparities in the staffing of archivists and the presence of digital archive collections, with geography, enrollment, and endowment emerging as potentially significant factors. The study highlights the importance of understanding key factors in the availability of digital archive collections and the staffing of archivists at HBCUs.
Date: April 5, 2023
Creator: Bussey, Jennifer; Lund, Brady, 1994- & Roeschley, Ana
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities: word networks and topic modeling (open access)

A content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities: word networks and topic modeling

Authors of article conduct a content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities. They applied word networks and structural topic modeling of 488 studies published from 1980 to 2021. Results showed that the words “computer” and “computer-assisted instruction” had the highest degree of centrality in the 1980s and 1990s, and “learning disability” was another central word in the 2000s and 2010s.
Date: March 26, 2023
Creator: Shin, Mikyung; Ok, Min Wook; Choo, Sam; Hossain, Gahangir; Bryant, Diane P. & Kang, Eunyoung
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Future Directions for digital Literacy Fluency using Cognitive Flexibility Research: A Review of Selected Digital Literacy Paradigms and Theoretical Frameworks (open access)

Future Directions for digital Literacy Fluency using Cognitive Flexibility Research: A Review of Selected Digital Literacy Paradigms and Theoretical Frameworks

Article discusses how as learners engage, test, and apply new subject knowledge, they often expend their cognitive capacity on the technological tools designed to capture their learning progress and outcomes. The author's research explores the value of developing digital literacy to improve learners’ cognitive flexibility by decreasing technological cognitive load and increasing learning fluency.
Date: November 21, 2022
Creator: Caton, Amy; Bradshaw-Ward, Danita; Kinshuk & Savenye, Wilhelmina
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Optimization of Computation, Communication and Caching in D2D-Assisted Caching-Enhanced MEC System (open access)

Joint Optimization of Computation, Communication and Caching in D2D-Assisted Caching-Enhanced MEC System

Article discusses how, in the era of intelligent applications, Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is emerging as a promising technology that provides abundant resources for mobile devices. The authors of the article introduce a novel Device-to-Device (D2D)-assisted system to address this challenge.
Date: July 27, 2023
Creator: Ge, Jiaqi; Xu, Gaochao; Zhang, Yang; Lu, Jianchao; Chen, Haihua & Meng, Xiangyu
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toward an intentional model aware of learner cognitive traits for pedagogical process guidance (open access)

Toward an intentional model aware of learner cognitive traits for pedagogical process guidance

Authors of the article suggest that the novelty of Intentional Model of Pedagogical Process Guidance (IMPPG) is the effectiveness use of Cognitive Trait Model to be aware of different traits of learner. This model has been experimented and assessed with tutors and students learning spreadsheet management in a first-year studying in applied license’s degree in Business English and applied license’s degree in Education.
Date: March 15, 2023
Creator: Bayounes, Walid; Saâdi, Ines Bayoudh & Kinshuk
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adaptive learning: toward an intentional model for learning process guidance based on learner’s motivation (open access)

Adaptive learning: toward an intentional model for learning process guidance based on learner’s motivation

Article describes how, the goal of ITS is to support learning content, activities, and resources, adapted to the specific needs of the individual learner and influenced by learner’s motivation. This research proposes an intentional model that adopts Map formalism to support personalized learning guidance by considering learner’s motivation.
Date: December 5, 2022
Creator: Bayounes, Walid; Saâdi, Bayoudh Ines & Kinshuk
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting incident cardiovascular disease among African-American adults: A deep learning approach to evaluate social determinants of health in the Jackson heart study (open access)

Predicting incident cardiovascular disease among African-American adults: A deep learning approach to evaluate social determinants of health in the Jackson heart study

Article describes how the authors' study sought to leverage machine learning approaches to determine whether social determinants of health improve prediction of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). Participants in the Jackson Heart study with no history of CVD at baseline were followed over a 10-year period to determine first CVD events.
Date: November 10, 2023
Creator: Morris, Matthew C.; Moradi, Hamidreza; Aslani, Maryam; Sims, Mario; Schlundt, David; Kouros, Chrystyna D. et al.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library