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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Undergraduate Scholar Articles in Art History: An Introduction (open access)

Undergraduate Scholar Articles in Art History: An Introduction

Introduction to the special section on art history in the 2009 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2009
Creator: Way, Jennifer; Owen, Lisa N. & Hirsch, Lauren
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library