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Looking For the Perfect Beat: Feedback Loops, Media Panopticism, and the Hip-Hop DJ (open access)

Looking For the Perfect Beat: Feedback Loops, Media Panopticism, and the Hip-Hop DJ

Paper examines the relationships between disc jockeys (DJs), the music industry, and their listener communities in order to better understand the relationship between people and the media.
Date: 2009
Creator: Bittle-Dockery, Darius
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to The Eagle Feather 2009 (open access)

Preface to The Eagle Feather 2009

Introduction to the 2009 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2009
Creator: Cox, Gloria C. & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas

Introduction to the special section featuring the proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology in the 2009 edition of the Eagle Feather.
Date: 2009
Creator: Dessouky, Shimaa Y. & Yamaki, Satoshi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Line in the Motor City: Narratives of Latina Auto Worker Culture (open access)

On the Line in the Motor City: Narratives of Latina Auto Worker Culture

Paper explores the experiences of the Latina auto-worker community, their struggles in family life, and the effects of marginalization.
Date: 2009
Creator: Gonzalez, Lisa A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going (open access)

Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going

Paper examines the state of children's healthcare and explores options for expanding care to more uninsured children.
Date: 2009
Creator: Grant, Scott
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: Survivors’ Perceptions of a Social Disaster (open access)

Hurricane Katrina: Survivors’ Perceptions of a Social Disaster

Paper discusses research attempting to identify communication gaps between survivors and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Date: 2009
Creator: Gregory, Sarah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Style and Emulation in the Renaissance of New Spain (open access)

Style and Emulation in the Renaissance of New Spain

Paper explores the relationship between artwork created during the Renaissance in Italy and in New Spain 150 years later.
Date: 2009
Creator: Hirsch, Lauren
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Geography of HIV in Harris County, Texas, 1999-2003 (open access)

The Geography of HIV in Harris County, Texas, 1999-2003

Paper discussing the geography of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Harris County, Texas and the factors associated with areas of high prevalence.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Jezari, Arianna & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photography in Colonial and Postcolonial India as an Agent of Cultural Dominance (open access)

Photography in Colonial and Postcolonial India as an Agent of Cultural Dominance

This paper discusses research on the use of photography in colonial India.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Joyce, Megan & Owen, Lisa N.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the eSensor® XT-8 System for Determining CYP2C9 and VKORC1 Genotypes to Aid in Correct Warfarin Dosing (open access)

Evaluation of the eSensor® XT-8 System for Determining CYP2C9 and VKORC1 Genotypes to Aid in Correct Warfarin Dosing

Paper discusses the capabilities of the eSensor® XT-8, which is designed to assist doctors in determining the dose and effectiveness of warfarin in patients by detecting polymorphisms in the genes CYP2C9 and VKORC1.
Date: 2009
Creator: Kirk, Jason
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Young Bolivians’ Perspectives on Globalism and How It Impacts Opinions on the New Nationalistic Bolivian Constitution (open access)

Young Bolivians’ Perspectives on Globalism and How It Impacts Opinions on the New Nationalistic Bolivian Constitution

Paper examines perceptions of globalism among young Bolivians, aged 18-27, who are living in their home country, and how those opinions impact their perception of the new Bolivian constitution.
Date: 2009
Creator: Lule-Hurtado, Gibrán
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Preparatory Measures for Mathematical Proof Courses (open access)

An Analysis of Preparatory Measures for Mathematical Proof Courses

Paper explores the effectiveness of the methods used to prepare mathematics majors for courses that require proofs.
Date: 2009
Creator: March, Tonya
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tuberculosis and the Asian Population of Tarrant County, Texas (open access)

Tuberculosis and the Asian Population of Tarrant County, Texas

The research in this paper examines the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among foreign-born Asians living in Tarrant County, Texas.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: McCallister, Jessica & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Morality, Religion, and the Lure of the Ascetic in Halevi’s “The Kuzari” (open access)

Morality, Religion, and the Lure of the Ascetic in Halevi’s “The Kuzari”

Paper analyzes Judah Halevi’s The Kuzari and what it has to say about the philosophic and religious ways of life.
Date: 2009
Creator: Moore, Ian Alexander
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors (open access)

Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors

Paper examines the ways in which “public characters” in South Dallas regulated the space in their regular gathering area, with a focus on the need for life-sustaining informal spaces.
Date: 2009
Creator: Oliver, Elisha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insulin-Like Signaling and Tissue-Specific Requirements of Anoxia Survival in Caenorhabditis elegans (open access)

Insulin-Like Signaling and Tissue-Specific Requirements of Anoxia Survival in Caenorhabditis elegans

Paper examines the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, an organism which can normally survive a day of anoxia (oxygen deprivation) and longer with mutations in the daf-2/daf-16 pathway. Examines how these mutations affect anoxia survival and the potential benefit to the development of anoxia-related therapies in humans.
Date: 2009
Creator: Pavlyukovskyy, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contextualizing Effects of Public Spheres on Community Socialization (open access)

Contextualizing Effects of Public Spheres on Community Socialization

Paper discusses the changing role of public spaces in community socialization, with a focus on coffee shops serving as work environments.
Date: 2009
Creator: Portillo, Jacqueline
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency (open access)

“Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency

Paper discusses constitutional interpretation and focuses on the evolving interpretation of the Eighth Amendment through Supreme Court cases.
Date: 2009
Creator: Redding, Kory
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spanish and the Workplace: How Language Affects Community Formation (open access)

Spanish and the Workplace: How Language Affects Community Formation

Paper examines community formation in the context of persons of various linguistic backgrounds who share a workplace.
Date: 2009
Creator: Reeder, Ranata L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Undergraduate Research Journals: A Survey of their Characteristics (open access)

Electronic Undergraduate Research Journals: A Survey of their Characteristics

Paper survey's the characteristics of undergraduate student journals which are published electronically.
Date: 2009
Creator: Reno, Ariel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ready for Apocalypse: Survivalism and Stigma in Online Communities (open access)

Ready for Apocalypse: Survivalism and Stigma in Online Communities

Paper examines survivalists in online communities, the sigma associated with their culture, and their conceptions of common stereotypes.
Date: 2009
Creator: Roberts, Stephen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Subjectivity of State Legitimacy (open access)

The Subjectivity of State Legitimacy

Paper on the subjectivity of state legitimacy.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Siddiqi, Ahmed & Ruderman, Richard
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reviewing American Quilts: A Record of Women's Political Engagement (open access)

Reviewing American Quilts: A Record of Women's Political Engagement

This paper discusses research on American quilts and women's political engagement.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Sokolow, Sarah & Way, Jennifer
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects Of Trauma Intensity On Posttraumatic Growth: Depression, Social Support, Coping, And Gender (open access)

Effects Of Trauma Intensity On Posttraumatic Growth: Depression, Social Support, Coping, And Gender

This paper discusses research on the effects of trauma intensity on posttraumatic growth. The study also examines the effect trauma intensity has on the relationship between PTG and the variables of depression, social support, coping, and gender.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Steward, Jennifer & Boals, Adriel
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library