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Science and Creativity: How Illness, Medicine, Pseudosciences, and Sciences Have Influenced Selected Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville (open access)

Science and Creativity: How Illness, Medicine, Pseudosciences, and Sciences Have Influenced Selected Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Paper explores the connections between Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville’s writings and their personal experiences, particularly with science, illness, medicine, and pseudosciences.
Date: 2007
Creator: Blake-Taylor, Brooke H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of Phonetic Awareness and Development in Learners of French in At Home and Study Abroad Contexts (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of Phonetic Awareness and Development in Learners of French in At Home and Study Abroad Contexts

Paper compares awareness of the phonemes /u/ and /y/ in learners of French who studied at home and who studied abroad.
Date: 2005
Creator: Page, Lily
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Japan’s Foreign Policy (open access)

The Evolution of Japan’s Foreign Policy

Paper examines the effect of World War II and its aftermath on foreign policy in Japan, particularly military policy.
Date: 2008
Creator: Admire, Kristyn
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study in Germxican American Education and the New Mestiza Consciousness (open access)

A Study in Germxican American Education and the New Mestiza Consciousness

Paper discusses the lives of multi-ethnic individuals in today's society, focusing on the experiences of a young woman with German and Mexican ancestry.
Date: 2007
Creator: GIlbert, Ryan
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.
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Association of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Syndrome in Older African American, Mexican American, and Non-Hispanic Caucasian Women: A Comparison (open access)

Association of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Syndrome in Older African American, Mexican American, and Non-Hispanic Caucasian Women: A Comparison

Paper examines the relationship between osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome in different racial/ethnic groups.
Date: 2008
Creator: Nwegbo, Peace
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hail Mary: The Effect of the 1972 “Linebacker” Bombings on the Paris Peace Accords (open access)

Hail Mary: The Effect of the 1972 “Linebacker” Bombings on the Paris Peace Accords

Paper discusses the “Linebacker” bombings of 1972 in Vietnam, and explores what the North Vietnamese attendance at the 1973 Paris Peace Accords and their return to conflict two years later says about the effectiveness of American air power alone.
Date: 2007
Creator: Arduengo, Enrique Sebastian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complexities of Career Development (open access)

Complexities of Career Development

Paper explores the increasing roles and services provided by career counselors and career development services.
Date: 2006
Creator: Hennes, Sarah E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Folk Concepts and Cultural Constructs of the Flu among College Students (open access)

Folk Concepts and Cultural Constructs of the Flu among College Students

Paper examines college student perceptions of the flu, and how these perceptions are influenced by other conditions with similar names, such as the "stomach flu".
Date: 2007
Creator: Garcia, Joy
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors (open access)

The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors

Paper describes a project seeking to provide photos that better reflect the lives of residents directly affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans after the hurricane.
Date: 2008
Creator: Bolds, Vadal A.
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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling and Optimization of Deflection Slits for Fast-Pulsing a Low Energy Ion Beam (open access)

Modeling and Optimization of Deflection Slits for Fast-Pulsing a Low Energy Ion Beam

Paper discusses an experiment that a set of deflection slits for fast-pulsing a keV ion beam.
Date: 2006
Creator: Bosca, Ryan
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Production of Cultural Boundaries: The Influence of Participatory Journalism on the Immigration Debate in Texas (open access)

The Production of Cultural Boundaries: The Influence of Participatory Journalism on the Immigration Debate in Texas

Paper uses a content analysis of the editorial section in a major Dallas-area newspaper to demonstrate a shift within American public discourse toward moral and cultural arguments against illegal immigration, and argues that this is due to the inclusion of participatory journalism in newspaper editorial pages.
Date: 2008
Creator: Williams, Alexander T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radio Frequency Identification: The Current and Future Solutions for Privacy and Security (open access)

Radio Frequency Identification: The Current and Future Solutions for Privacy and Security

Paper discusses standards, protocols, security, and privacy concerns related to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
Date: 2007
Creator: Jain, Vivek
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soft Power and International Public Opinion: U.S Presidents and the Treatment of Prisoners of War (open access)

Soft Power and International Public Opinion: U.S Presidents and the Treatment of Prisoners of War

Paper discusses the international effects of the policies of a nation in the form of soft power.
Date: 2009
Creator: Wagner, Coleman
System: The UNT Digital Library
Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood (open access)

Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood

Paper explores the challenges faced by women faculty members with children who work at colleges and universities in North Texas.
Date: 2007
Creator: Lewis, Stephanie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Trafficking: An International Study (open access)

Human Trafficking: An International Study

Paper analyzes the factors that contribute to human trafficking worldwide.
Date: 2005
Creator: Johnykutty, Sophia
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Verdant Gospel: A Hispano Moresque Charger and its Correlation to the Gospel of John (open access)

The Verdant Gospel: A Hispano Moresque Charger and its Correlation to the Gospel of John

Paper proposes that the Hispano Moresque charger correlates to the Gospel of John.
Date: 2005
Creator: Reyes, JoAnna
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of the Appropriation and Commodification of “Art” on the Cultural Identification of American Indians in the States of Texas and New York (open access)

The Impact of the Appropriation and Commodification of “Art” on the Cultural Identification of American Indians in the States of Texas and New York

Paper examines American Indian artists’ self-identities and the factors that affect the way they identify, focusing on two artists that live in Texas and New York.
Date: 2007
Creator: Kuizon, Jaclyn
System: The UNT Digital Library