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Factors Associated with Conservation Participation by Local Communities in Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project, Nepal (open access)

Factors Associated with Conservation Participation by Local Communities in Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project, Nepal

This article examines how residents’ natural resource dependency and other social, economic, and access-related variables predict conservation participation.Overall, key findings suggest that conservation participation at Gaurishankar Conservation Area Project (GCAP)—a newly designated mountainous protected area in Nepal— needs to be improved with multiple outreach activities, especially to resource-dependent households.
Date: July 22, 2018
Creator: Paudyal, Ramesh; Thapa, Brijesh; Shree Neupane, Suman & Birendra
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis (open access)

Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

This article examines a network of wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs for bonding and bridging forms of social capital using a social network analysis approach.
Date: December 29, 2017
Creator: KC, Birendra; Morais, Duarte B.; Seekamp, Erin; Smith, Jordan W. & Peterson, M. Nils
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anthropometry for Children's Clothing: Difficulties and Limitations (open access)

Anthropometry for Children's Clothing: Difficulties and Limitations

Presented at the 2017 World Textile Conference. This paper reports the difficulties and limitations experienced during data collection of the anthropometric study and the adjustments that were needed.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Bezerra, G.; Carvalho, M. A.; Rocha, M. A. V. & Xu, Bugao
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sizing for the apparel industry using statistical analysis - a Brazilian case study (open access)

Sizing for the apparel industry using statistical analysis - a Brazilian case study

Presented at the 2017 World Textile Conference. This paper presents results from a study of the body measurements of Brazilian women using the Kinect Body Imaging system for 3D body scanning to understand the need for accurate measurements in the apparel industry.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Capelassi, C. H.; Carvalho, M. A.; Kattel, C. El & Xu, Bugao
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anthropometric data collection of Portuguese children using 3D body scanning: considerations about the scanning booth (open access)

Anthropometric data collection of Portuguese children using 3D body scanning: considerations about the scanning booth

Presented at the 2017 World Textile Conference. This paper presents some considerations regarding the scanning booth used in an anthropometric study done with a 3D body scanning technology.
Date: May 2017
Creator: de Campos, R.; Carvalho, M. A.; Lopes, H. P. & Xu, Bugao
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pavement Distress Detection with PICUCHA Methodology for Area-Scan Cameras and Dark Images (open access)

Pavement Distress Detection with PICUCHA Methodology for Area-Scan Cameras and Dark Images

This article discusses the test of the PICture Unsupervised Classification with Human Analysis (PICUCHA) performance with images taken with area-scan cameras and flash light illumination over a pavement with dark textures.
Date: April 2017
Creator: Salini, Reus; Xu, Bugao & Paplauskas, Paulius
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence Approach for Pavement Distress Assessment (PICUCHA) (open access)

Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence Approach for Pavement Distress Assessment (PICUCHA)

This article proposes a new method named PICture Unsupervised Classification with Human Analysis (PICUCHA) to circumvent many of the limitations of existing approaches, based on a combination of human and artificial intelligence.
Date: July 2017
Creator: Salini, Reus; Xu, Bugao & Carvalho, Regis
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Image Resolution Pavement Distress Detection Using PICUCHA Methodology (open access)

Impact of Image Resolution Pavement Distress Detection Using PICUCHA Methodology

This article describes a study focused on the analysis of a newly-developed pavement distress classification algorithm, called the PICture Unsupervised Classification with Human Analysis (PICUCHA) method, particularly the impact of image resolutions on its classification accuracy.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Salini, Reus; Xu, Bugao & Souliman, Mena
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland (open access)

Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland

This book chapter examines problems emerging due to the designation of protected areas as well as implementation and management of the Natura 2000 in Poland.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: Grodzińska-Jurczak, Małgorzata; Strzelecka, Marianna; Kamal, Sristi & Gutowska, Justyna
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Organic Consumer Body Image Communities Sustainable Farming

Dataset contains responses and analysis from a survey of 688 students at a Southwest U.S. university regarding health conscious consumerism and sustainable food practices.
Date: 2015
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.; Strübel, Jessica & Strzelecka, Marianna
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shifting paradigms for fashion: from total to global to smart consumer experience (open access)

Shifting paradigms for fashion: from total to global to smart consumer experience

This review discusses how consumers, the retail industry, and business strategies contribute to the fashion paradigm shift from Total to Global (TCE) to Smart Consumer Experience (SCE) concepts,
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Kim, Haejung; Ahn, Soo-Kyoung & Forney, Judith C.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of sustainable value and business stewardship on lifestyle practices in clothing consumption (open access)

Impacts of sustainable value and business stewardship on lifestyle practices in clothing consumption

This article tests the sustainable Values and Lifestyles Scale (VALS) framework by identifying the sustainable value and lifestyle practices, and examining the impacts of business stewardship on consumer sustainable practices.
Date: October 26, 2015
Creator: Hyun-Nam Lee, Stacy; Kim, Haejung & Yang, Kiseol
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eatertainment: Utilitarian and hedonic motivations for patronizing fun experience restaurants (open access)

Eatertainment: Utilitarian and hedonic motivations for patronizing fun experience restaurants

This paper from the 5th Asia Euro Conference 2014 conference proceedings explores the hedonic and utilitarian motives for patrons dining in fun experience restaurants.
Date: September 2, 2014
Creator: Josiam, Bharath M. & Henry, Wendy
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: Eat to live not live to eat] (open access)

[Food Rule: Eat to live not live to eat]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: Your diet should consist mainly of fresh fruits and vegetables] (open access)

[Food Rule: Your diet should consist mainly of fresh fruits and vegetables]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: Calories consumed is just as important as physical activity] (open access)

[Food Rule: Calories consumed is just as important as physical activity]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: For every meal, at least one-third of your plate should be fruits or vegetables] (open access)

[Food Rule: For every meal, at least one-third of your plate should be fruits or vegetables]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: Add a lot of food variety and color into your daily meals of intake instead of eating the same food all the time] (open access)

[Food Rule: Add a lot of food variety and color into your daily meals of intake instead of eating the same food all the time]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: Exercise and eat with moderation and consideration] (open access)

[Food Rule: Exercise and eat with moderation and consideration]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: If it can expire, it is desired] (open access)

[Food Rule: If it can expire, it is desired]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: Avoid Foods with Adjectives in Front of the Food Name] (open access)

[Food Rule: Avoid Foods with Adjectives in Front of the Food Name]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: When food is "fast", choose it last] (open access)

[Food Rule: When food is "fast", choose it last]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: Eat real foods] (open access)

[Food Rule: Eat real foods]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule: Be Gluten Free] (open access)

[Food Rule: Be Gluten Free]

Food rule written by a UNT student as part of a class assignment to create guidelines for healthier diet habits. This statement uses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as Michael Pollan's book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, to support a rule that addresses the kinds of foods one should eat.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library