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
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
The Substrate-Independence Theory: Advancing Constructor Theory to Scaffold Substrate Attributes for the Recursive Interaction between Knowledge and Information (open access)

The Substrate-Independence Theory: Advancing Constructor Theory to Scaffold Substrate Attributes for the Recursive Interaction between Knowledge and Information

Article exploring how information and knowledge are absorbed by utilizing Constructor Theory and the Substrate-Independence Theory.
Date: November 30, 2021
Creator: Turner, John R.; Snowden, Dave & Thurlow, Nigel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
ICT in Higher Education: An Exploration of Practices in Malaysian Universities (open access)

ICT in Higher Education: An Exploration of Practices in Malaysian Universities

Article investigating the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education. To investigate this issue, the technology adoption and gratification (TAG) model was validated and used to examine Malaysian university teachers' adoption and gratification of ICT for teaching and research purposes and then used to investigate the moderating effect of universities in different regions. This paper confirms the utility of the TAG model for comparing teachers' adoption and gratification of ICT.
Date: December 11, 2018
Creator: Spector, J. Michael; Islam, A. Y. M. Atiquil; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching; Gui, Xiaoqing & Hai-Leng, Chin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ethical Challenges of Using Virtual Environments in the Assessment and Treatment of Psychopathological Disorders (open access)

Ethical Challenges of Using Virtual Environments in the Assessment and Treatment of Psychopathological Disorders

This article discusses ethical issues involved in the clinical use of novel technologies.
Date: January 20, 2021
Creator: Parsons, Thomas D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Strategies for Increasing Findabilitiy of Language Data

Poster discussing practical methods for ensuring the quality of descriptive metadata associated with linguistic datasets in language archive deposits. Digital language archives are valuable tools for facilitating language revitalization, providing data on lesser-known languages, and supporting reproducibility of research and development of linguistic theory, though their potential remains unrealized as the data available in language archives are rarely accessed by linguists or language communities. Reasons for this under-utilization are the issues with data standardization and metadata quality. Including basic grammatical and typological information would allow wider audiences to reach the material.
Date: January 4, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cross-Language Comparison of Mismatched Annotation in Interlinear-Glossed Texts

This presentation explores the variation in interlinear-glossed text (IGT) in 5 closely related South-Central Tibeto-Burman languages with verb stem alternation, reduplicated adverbial modifiers, and pre-verbal directionals. While IGT is a rich representation of language, IGT for even closely related languages can look markedly different due to individual linguists’ divergent analyses. In comparing the discrepancies between representations of such features, we gain insight into the underlying analytic thinking of the annotator to reexamine and improve analyses.
Date: January 8, 2021
Creator: Burke, Mary & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excrescent vowels in Lamkang prefix sequences (open access)

Excrescent vowels in Lamkang prefix sequences

Article examines the nature of the super-short vowel-like segments between the C- prefixes of the Lamkang language by combining acoustic analysis with speakers' intuitions about syllable structure. The authors argue that an accurate phonetic description of Lamkang vowels must include these super-short vowels, as well as long and short vowels, which are phonemically distinct.
Date: January 14, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Robinson, Melissa
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complexity Theory: An Overview with Potential Applications for the Social Sciences (open access)

Complexity Theory: An Overview with Potential Applications for the Social Sciences

This article differentiates between general systems theory (GST) and complexity theory, as well as identifies advantages for the social sciences in incorporating complexity theory as a formal theory. Complexity theory is expanded upon and identified as providing a new perspective and a new method of theorizing that can be practiced by disciplines within the social sciences.
Date: December 22, 2018
Creator: Turner, John R. & Baker, Rose M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporally-oriented possession: A corpus for tracking possession over time (open access)

Temporally-oriented possession: A corpus for tracking possession over time

This paper presents a new corpus of Wikipedia articles annotated with temporally-oriented possession or tracking concrete objects as they change hands over time.
Date: January 2019
Creator: Chinnappa, Dhivya; Palmer, Alexis & Blanco, Eduardo
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers (open access)

Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers

This article presents a second year analysis of baseline attitudinal data gathered from a National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project concerning contrasts between the perceptions of practicing professionals and students toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and careers.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda & Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Copyright, Open Access, and Creative Commons

Presentation for a Tarrant County College faculty professional development event. This presentation discusses copyright, open access, and creative commons.
Date: January 14, 2015
Creator: Helge, Kris
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Competency-Based Approach for Curriculum Development in Digital Curation

Presentation for the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses a competency-based approach for curriculum development in digital curation.
Date: January 24, 2014
Creator: Kim, Jeonghyun & Moen, William E.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Preliminary Literature Review of Visual Information Accessibility for Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals

Poster discussing a preliminary literature review of visual information accessibility for blind and visually impaired individuals.
Date: January 17, 2012
Creator: McCotter, Melody
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Support for Research Data Management among U.S. Academic Institutions: Results from a National Survey (open access)

Support for Research Data Management among U.S. Academic Institutions: Results from a National Survey

Report on survey results on research data management among United States academic institutions.
Date: January 26, 2012
Creator: Moen, William E. & Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Scaffolding for Digital Curation Education: A One Week Unix Fundamentals Course

This poster discusses scaffolding for digital curation eductaion. The authors will teach students how to perform commands such as changing directories, moving and copying files, compressing folders, and altering permissions in the Unix environment. This will give students some basic preparation for digital curation work and for the (4) intermediate and advanced courses in digital curation and data management offered by the iCamp Project at the University of North Texas.
Date: January 2013
Creator: Helsing, Joseph; Lewis, Paulette; Moen, William E. & Salter, Jacqueline
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status Report to The Institute of Museum and Library Services July 1 through December 31, 2002 (open access)

Status Report to The Institute of Museum and Library Services July 1 through December 31, 2002

This document provides a status report on the Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed Project (Z-Interop) covering the period of July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002. The previous status report covered a three-month period from April 1, 2002 through June 30, 2002. This document highlights activities and accomplishments to communicate to IMLS progress on this project since the last status report.
Date: January 1, 2003
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report to The Institute of Museum and Library Services July 1 through December 31, 2004 (open access)

Interim Report to The Institute of Museum and Library Services July 1 through December 31, 2004

This document serves as an interim report on the Z39.50 interoperability testbed, Phase 2 of the Z-Interop Project. This report covers the period of July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004. This document highlights activities and accomplishments to communicate to IMLS progress on the project since the interim report on July 1, 2004.
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis Logic and Procedures for Creating a Test Dataset of MARC 21 Records for the Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed: Phase 1 Testing (open access)

Analysis Logic and Procedures for Creating a Test Dataset of MARC 21 Records for the Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed: Phase 1 Testing

Report on the logic and procedures to create a test dataset of more than 400,000 (400K) MARC 21 records from the OCLC WorldCat database.
Date: January 1, 2002
Creator: Moen, William E. & Holmes, Haley K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

A DSpace Foundation for a Teaching and Research Commons: The Metadata Education and Research Information Commons

Poster presented at the 2007 International Conference on Open Repositories. This poster discusses the Metadata Education and Research Information Commons (MERIC). MERIC originated from an action plan of the Library of Congress and addresses the need to prepare future information professionals to organize and provide access to digital resources.
Date: January 2007
Creator: Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid; Moen, William E.; Vellucci, Sherry L. & Benton, Bryce
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactive MARC Records Specifications (open access)

Radioactive MARC Records Specifications

This document provides the preliminary specifications for the different RadMARC records to be created for use in the Z-Interop2 interoperability testbed. Experience with these records may result in revisions to the specifications.
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: Moen, William E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digital Curation and Data Management Capacity Building: Curricula and Workforce

Poster presented at the 2012 ALISE Annual Conference. This poster discusses digital curation and data management capacity building, as part of the iCAMP project.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Kim, Jeonghyun; Moen, William E.; Whitworth, Cliff; Wakefield, Jenny S.; Warga, Edward; Helsing, Joseph et al.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cataloger Tasks: Work In Progress

This presentation discusses cataloging tasks, including Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD), and concepts related to the tasks and decisions involved in cataloging.
Date: January 20, 2012
Creator: Miksa, Shawne D., 1969-
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information (open access)

Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information

Article discussing a philosophy of educating health information professionals in a rapidly changing health care and information environment.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Cleveland, Ana D., 1943-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library