- Response to "A critique of Abraham and Acree's correlation for deca-1,9-diene/water partition coefficients"
- This article is a response to "A critique of Abraham and Acree's correlation for deca-1,9-diene/water partition coefficients." Abstract: The manuscript responds to the critique of Nitsche and Kasting concerning our published correlation for deca-1,9-diene-water partition coefficients. Several statements made in the critique are refuded, and shown to be misrepresentations of ideas contained in our earlier paper. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152438/
- The Biological and Toxicological Activity of Gases and Vapors
- This article discusses the biological and toxicological activity of gases and vapors. Abstract: A large amount of data on the biological and toxicological activity of gases and vapors has been collected from the literature. Processes include sensory irritation thresholds, the Alarie mouse test, inhalation anasthesia, etc. It is shown that a single equation using only five descriptors (properties of the gases and vapors) plus a set of indicator variables for the given processes can correlate 643 biological and non-lethal toxicological activities of 'non-reactive' compounds with a standard deviation of 0.36 log unit. The equation is scaled to sensory irritation thresholds obtained by the procedure of Cometto-Muñiz, and Cain, and provides a general equation for the prediction of sensory irritation thresholds in man. It is suggested that differences in biological/toxicological activity arise primarily from transport from the gas phase to a receptor phase or area, except for odor detection thresholds where interaction with a receptor(s) is important. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152441/
- IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series. 98. Solubility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pure and Organic Solvent Mixtures: Revised and Updated. Part 1. Binary Solvent Mixtures
- This article discusses the solubility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in pure and organic solvent mixtures. Abstract: This work updates Vols. 54, 58, and 59 in the IUPAC Solubility Data Series and presents solubility data for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon solutes dissolved in binary organic solvent mixtures. Published solubility data for anthracene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, phenothiazine, and pyrene that appeared in the primary literature between 1995 to the end of 2011 are compiled and critically evaluated. Experimental solubility data for 360 different solute-binary solvent systems are included in the volume. Solubility data published prior to 1995 were contained in three earlier volumes (Vols. 54, 58, and 59) and are not repeated in this volume. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152454/
- IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series. 98. Solubility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pure and Organic Solvent Mixtures: Revised and Updated. Part 2. Ternary Solvent Mixtures
- This article discusses the solubility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in pure and organic solvent mixtures. Abstract: This work updates Vols. 54, 58, and 59 in the IUPAC Solubility Data Series and presents solubility data for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon solutes dissolved in ternary organic solvent mixtures. Published solubility data for anthracene, phenanthrene, and pyrene that appeared in the primary literature between 1995 to the end of 2011 are compiled and critically evaluated. Experimental solubility data for 119 different solute-ternary solvent systems are included in the volume. Solubility data published prior to 1995 were contained in three earlier volumes (Vols. 54, 58, and 59) and are not repeated here. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152455/
- IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series. 98. Solubility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pure and Organic Solvent Mixtures-Revised and Updated. Part 3. Neat Organic Solvents
- This article discusses the solubility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in pure and organic solvent mixtures. Abstract: This work updates Vols. 54, 58, and 59 in the IUPAC Solubility Data Series and presents solubility data for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon solutes dissolved in neat organic solvents. Published solubility data for acenaphthene, anthracene, biphenyl, carbazole, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, fluoranthene, fluorene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, phenothiazine, pyrene, thianthrene, and xanthene that appeared in the primary literature from 1995 to the end of 2011 are compiled and critically evaluated. Experimental solubility data for more than 550 different solute-organic solvent systems are included. Solubility data published prior to 1995 were contained in three earlier volumes (Vols. 54, 58, and 59) and are not repeated in this volume. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152456/
- The transfer of neutral molecules, ions and ionic species from water to benzonitrile; comparison with nitrobenzene
- This article discusses the transfer of neutral molecules, ions and ionic species from water to benzonitrile; comparison with nitrobenzene. Equations have been constructed for the transfer of 64 neutral solutes from water and from the gas phase to the solvent benzonitrile. The equations contain five descriptors and can be used to predict further values of the water-benzonitrile and gas-benzonitrile partition coefficients for a wide range of solutes. The water-benzonitrile equation has been extended to include ions and ionic species derived from acids by loss of a proton and bases by acceptance of a proton. Only two further descriptors are needed, one for anions and one for cations. A previous equation for transfer of neutral solutes from water to nitrobenzene has also been extended to include ions and ionic species. Comparison of the equations for transfer to benzonitrile and to nitrobenzene shows that the two solvents behave quite similarly, although benzonitrile as a solvent is a stronger hydrogen bond base. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc157294/
- Phase Transition Enthalpy Measurements of Organic and Organometallic Compounds. Sublimation, Vaporization and Fusion Enthalpies From 1880 to 2010
- This article discusses phase transition enthalpy measurements of organic and organometallic compounds. A compendium of phase change enthalpies published within the period 1880-2010 is reported. Phase change enthalpies including fusion, vaporization, and sublimation are included for organic, organometallic, and a few inorganic compounds. This compendium is a combination of three previous series focusing on phase change enthalpies updated to 2009. Sufficient data are presently available for some compounds to permit thermodynamic cycles to be constructed, an important manner of evaluating the reliability of the measurements. Temperature adjustments of phase change enthalpies from the temperature of measurement to the standard reference temperature, T = 298.15 K, are briefly discussed and a protocol for doing so is illustrated. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152426/
- Prediction of Partition Coeffecients and Permeability of Drug Molecules in Biological Systems with Abraham Model Solute Descriptors Derived from Measured Solubilities and Water-to-Organic Solvent Partition Coefficients
- This book chapter discusses the prediction of partition coefficients and permeability of drug molecules in biological systems with Abraham model solute descriptors derived from measured solubilities and water-to-organic solvent partition coefficients. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152436/
- Prediction of Toxicity, Sensory Responses and Biological Responses with the Abraham Model
- This book chapter discusses the prediction of toxicity, sensory responses and biological responses with the Abraham model. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155623/
- Selection of Ionic Liquid Solvents for Chemical Separations Based on the Abraham Model
- This book chapter discusses the selection of ionic liquid solvents for chemical separations based on the Abraham model. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155624/
- Drug Related Corruption
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the relationship between the global drug trade and the corruption of government officials. Included is a history of international drug prohibition, cases of corruption by country, United States policies implemented to prevent corruption, and an analysis of the potential for success in curtailing drug related corruption in the U. S. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146550/
- Drug Related Corruption
- This paper discusses drug related corruption. Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between the global drug trade and the corruption of government officials. The drug trade's corrupting effects are evident in major drug-cultivating countries, drug-transit countries and drug-consumer countries. The author examines these three stages of the drug trade and how corruption operates at each stage. This study includes an analysis of corruption in Columbia, Mexico and the United States. The paper is organized into 5 sections. Section 1 is a brief history of the international drug prohibition regime. Section 2 defines the problem. Section 3 describes cases of corruption by country. Section 4 details U.S. policies implemented to prevent corruption. Section 5 concludes analyzing the potential for success of implementing U.S. anti-corruption policies in drug-producing and drug-transit countries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86162/
- Drugs and Corruption
- This presentation explores the relationship between the global drug trade and the corruption of government officials. The drug trade's corrupting effects are evident in major drug-cultivating countries, drug-transit countries and drug-consumer countries. The author examines these three stages of the drug trade and how corruption operates at each stage. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86843/
- Amazon Mechanical Turk for Subjectivity Word Sense Disambiguation
- This paper discusses word sense disambiguation. Abstract: Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a marketplace for so-called "human intelligence tasks" (HITs), or tasks that are easy for humans but currently difficult for automated processes. Providers upload tasks to MTurk which workers then complete. Natural language annotation is one such human intelligence task. In this paper, the authors investigate using MTurk to collect annotations for Subjectivity Word Sense Disambiguation (SWSD), a course-grained word sense disambiguation task. The authors investigate whether they can use MTurk to acquire good annotations with respect to gold-standard data, whether they can filter out low-quality workers (spammers), and whether there is a learning effect associated with repeatedly completing the same kind of task. While our results with respect to spammers are inconclusive, the authors are able to obtain high-quality annotations for the SWSD task. These results suggest a greater role for MTurk with respect to constructing a large scale SWSD system in the future, promising substantial improvement in subjectivity and sentiment analysis. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31023/
- Anchor Nodes Placement for Effective Passive Localization
- This paper discusses anchor nodes placement for effective passive localization. Abstract: In many applications, the exact location of the sensor nodes is unknown after deployment. Localization is a process used to locate sensor nodes' positional coordinates, which is vital information. The localization is generally assisted by anchor nodes that are also sensor nodes but with known locations. Anchor nodes generally are expensive and need to be optimally placed for effective localization. Passive localization is one of the localization techniques where the sensor nodes silently listen to the global events like thunder sounds, seismic waves, lighting, etc. According to previous studies, the ideal location to place anchor nodes was on the perimeter of the sensor network. This may not be the case in passive localization, since the function of anchor nodes here is different than the anchor nodes used in other localization systems. The authors do extensive studies on positioning anchor nodes for effective localization. Several simulations are run in dense and sparse networks for proper positioning of anchor nodes. The authors show that, for effective passive localization, the optimal placement of the anchor nodes is at the center of the network in such a way that no three anchor nodes share linearity. The more the non-linearity, the better the localization. The localization for our network design proves better when the authors place anchor nodes to form right angles. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77116/
- Hybrid Approach for Energy-Aware Synchronization
- This book chapter discusses a time synchronization scheme for wireless sensor networks that aims to save sensor battery power while maintaining network connectivity for as long as possible. It focuses on aspects of wireless sensor networks. These include designing a hybrid method between reference broadcast synchronization (RBS) and timing-sync protocol for sensor networks (TPSN) to reduce the number of transmissions required to synchronize an entire network, extending single-hop synchronization methods to operate in large multi-hop networks, verifying that the hybrid methods operate as desired by simulating against RBS and TPSN, and maintaining network connectivity and coverage. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30852/
- The effect of oil prices on local aviation and businesses
- This presentation discusses research on the effect of oil prices on local aviation and businesses. The author's study focuses specifically on the effects of high oil prices on local aviation (i.e. Denton Municipal Airport) and local businesses. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86766/
- Three Important Things to Consider When Starting Intervention for a Child Diagnosed with Autism
- This article discusses important things to consider when starting an intervention for a child diagnosed with autism. The authors discuss questions that one should ask before beginning such an undertaking and important things to consider after the first year of intervention. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39324/
- Emerging Opportunities in Higher Education: Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism
- This article discusses applying behavior analysis to autism. Abstract: The growing number of children diagnosed with autism and the recognized importance of evidence-based interventions has substantially increased the need for well-trained applied behavior analysts. Relative to public/consumer demand, there are very few higher education programs that are equipped to train behavior analysts specializing in autism. Worldwide, there are only a few programs accredited by Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), that have course sequences approved by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB), and have formal institutional course approval for classes in autism and behavior analysis. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a series of expert commentary on the context, content and systems required to build quality higher education programs in autism and applied behavior analysis. Together the articles in this special section of the European Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis form a resource for faculty and university administrators interested in the development of innovative and socially relevant training programs in higher education. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39323/
- The Media and Communication Industries: A 21st Century Perspective
- This article discusses the media and communication industry. Abstract: The media and communication industries are experiencing unprecedented change and evolution in the 21st century. This article examines this process with a case study method by analyzing the traditional and new media sectors using the following criteria: the markets in which they are engaged, the leaders in each of the respective industries, the economic potential of these industries, and their continuing evolution and transforming processes. The article argues that the media and communications industries can no longer be identified in terms of core sectors such as broadcasting or newspapers, but rather to a different structure of activities involving such areas as content, distribution, and search features. Further, the paper posits that new theoretical and methodological tools are needed by scholars to better understand the massive changes and transformation occurring across the media sector. A series of propositions concludes the paper, offering a framework on which to build future research and analysis. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30854/
- Classical Conditioning in Everyday Life
- This poster discusses research on classical conditioning in everyday life. The author's research pertains to the positive and negative effects of classical conditioning on a person's psyche. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86687/
- Brown bag on iConference - 2013
- This presentation was created for a brown bag luncheon about the 2013 iConference. It includes discussion on participants, the venues, programs, the role of the UNT Libraries, and reflections on the event. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc152427/
- Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint
- This presentation discusses Africa and the global knowledge footprint. Abstract: In line with issues in international information, panel members aim to discuss the global knowledge footprint from a unique and distinct perspective. Framed here as 'content divide,' the focus is to present an international comparative analysis of knowledge production using scientific/technical research, and patent outputs of individual countries and regions across the world. The approach places emphasis on the connection between gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) and research performance mainly by higher education institutions; innovation activities using patent registration as one key indicator, and the role of national education and research network (NREN) as key enabler to foster research productivity. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122171/
- "Good" Digital Collections
- This Tech Talks presentation covers the principles that apply to "good" digital collections and analyzes how objects, metadata, and the user interface together create the users' experience of a collection. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29303/
- "Mapping the Southwest" Project: Collaboration for Curation of Wide-format Items
- This presentation discusses the 'Mapping the Southwest' project and the collaboration for curation of wide-format items. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159529/
- Open Access and Scholarly Communication: Digital Curators' Perspectives of the Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship
- This presentation discusses open access and scholarly communication. The topics include a brief description of what open access is, open access models and examples, lifecycle management, access strategies, open access mandates, and digital curation. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67598/
- Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship
- This document is a proposal for a panel discussion at the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG/III), part of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). There are five panelists listed with brief descriptions of their topics. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67643/
- The Origins of SIG-III and Its 30 Years' Journey: Visions and Reflections
- This presentation discusses the origins of SIG-III and its 30 years' journey. In light of the 75th American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Anniversary Celebration and the 30th celebration of International Information Issues (III), the participants on this panel will discuss the origins of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of ASIS&T and its early years. In addition to the reflections of the last 30 years, the authors look forward and discuss the future of the SIG. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130187/
- Texas Digital Library (TDL) Metadata Working Group Update
- This presentation provides an update on three projects the Texas Digital Library Metadata Working Group (TDL-MWG) is working on. These include designing a metadata information website, creating best practices for images and datasets, and creating metadata courses for Texas Digital Library (TDL) training. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29302/
- Toward Best Practices in Integrating ETDs and Associated Data: UNT's Approach
- This poster discusses best practices in integrating electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and associated data. A move to an all-digital means of providing ETDs and related academic documents is accelerating their discovery and facilitating their use, value and impact on research. Although different disciplines have different ETD structures and requirements, the UNT digital library infrastructure supports aggregating a variety of digital formats. With enhanced metadata-based and subject-specific search mechanisms, it is now easier than ever to access, browse, use, and reuse scholarly works and associated data that have not been available through traditional publishing alternatives. Recognizing the research value of ETDs and associated contents, this poster demonstrates UNT’s approaches to integrate and provide seamless access to these valuable, often overlooked materials. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77151/
- Exploration of Adoption of Preservation Metadata in Cultural Heritage Institutions
- This paper discusses preservation metadata. Abstract: The challenges of long-term access are multifaceted, often requiring a mixture of approaches. Considering the critical role of metadata in any successful digital preservation strategy, the Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) has been extremely influential on providing a "core" set of metadata elements that support the digital preservation process. However, there is no evidence, in the form of previous research, as to what factors explain and predict the level of adoption of PREMIS. This paper attempts to identify factors that affect the adoption of PREMIS in cultural heritage institutions. The study employed a web-based survey to collect data from 123 participants in 20 countries as well as a semi-structured, follow-up telephone interview with a smaller sample of the survey respondents. Roger's diffusion of innovation theory was used as a theoretical framework. The main constructs considered for the study were relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability, and institution readiness. The analysis showed that all six factors influence the adoption of PREMIS in varying degrees. Results of a regression analysis also showed a statistically significant relationship. The R square value for the model was .528, which means that 52.8% of the variance in PREMIS adoption was explained by a combination of the six factors. This research just barely begins to show the many layers of the complex problem of digital preservation. This study has important implications for future research on preservation metadata and provides recommendations for researchers and stakeholders engaged in digital preservation and metadata standards development efforts. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29321/
- Assessing the Usage of Electronic Theses and Dissertations: An Overview of ETD Statistics and Metrics in the UNT Libraries
- This presentation discusses electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). Starting in 1999, UNT has required the submission of theses and dissertations in electronic format. As an early adopter of what was to become the electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) movement in higher education, UNT has encountered several challenges in the pursuit of providing greater public access to the scholarship conducted at the University. When first implemented, ETD files were housed on the UNT Academic Computing Services servers with the UNT Libraries only providing bibliographic access through the Libraries' online catalog. As time progressed it was recognized that the UNT Libraries should play a more active role in the long-term stewardship of these resources. Libraries are well suited for supporting ETD users by integrating ETDs into the existing digital resources. Because increased access to UNT scholarship is the goal of providing public access to this content, the UNT Libraries compile system-wide aggregated usage statistics for digital resources it manages. The UNT Digital Library is used by people in over 200 countries around the world. ETDs receive significant usage in the UNT Digital Library system, compared to teh overall percentage of digital objects. This presentation provides the UNT ETDs usage statistics and analyzes the metrics associated with the collection. The presentation includes a wide range of interesting facts and elaborates on the overall access trends and mechanisms: such as access and usage by countries (Region, cities), by type of devices, referring sites, search engines, keywords, committee members, etc. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32969/
- Integration of ETD into Topical Digital Library Collections: Facilitating ETD Use and Reuse
- Based on the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' experience, this poster examines the challenges and opportunities presented by integrating Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) into existing digital collections and demonstrates the role that ETDs can play in topical collection development in digital libraries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29290/
- Retrospective Digitization of Theses and Dissertations: Revisiting Issues and Considerations
- This poster displays information about digitization of theses and dissertations. Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) play significant roles, not only as new forms of scholarly communication, but also as drivers for the development of institutional repositories and digital libraries in general. The University of North Texas (UNT) was among the early U.S. institutions that moved quickly and aggressively to implement an ETD program. In 1999, UNT required the submission of theses and dissertations in electronic format. The UNT Libraries have been playing an active role in supporting the UNT ETD program by integrating ETDs into the existing digital resources. ETDs receive significant usage in the UNT Digital Library system, compared to the overall percentage of digital objects. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc36269/
- Empowering Digital Libraries Users through Combining Taxonomies with Folksonomies
- This poster presents discussion on empowering digital library users through combining taxonomies and folksonomies. Given the increase in the number and heterogeneity of digital resources, it has become increasingly difficult for researchers to find relevant contents in their own areas, let alone related disciplines. As more users move into the more self-structured digital environment, a new paradigm for user experience will be required. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122175/
- Empowering Digital Libraries Users through Combining Taxonomies with Folksonomies
- This paper accompanies a poster presentation discussing empowering digital libraries users through combining taxonomies and folksonomies. Abstract: The increase in the number and heterogeneity of digital resources has led cultural heritage institutions to develop tools, workflows, and quality assurance mechanisms that allow effective digital resource management. The poster that this paper describes assesses the current landscape in digital libraries as well as best practices and identifies emerging trends in information indexing. It also explores the potentials of and controversies surrounding user supplied tags or keywords in terms of complementing established controlled vocabularies in a diverse and collaborative environment. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122173/
- Digital Curation Tools: Metadata Enhancement with Selenium IDE
- This poster discusses metadata enhancement with Selenium IDE. Digital lifecycle management starts when an item is created (born-digital) or selected for digitization (analog) and continues through image post-processing, metadata capture, derivative creation, and preservation for long-term access. Quality metadata is crucial to implementing reliable, usable, and sustainable digital libraries. Recognizing the role of standardized metadata in digital resource lifecycle management, the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries actively promote metadata-based digital resource management. The UNT Digital Libraries Division utilizes various tools to ensure metadata consistency and precision across all digital resources and facilitate digital curation activities. This poster illustrates a workflow that uses Selenium IDE to edit large sets of published metadata records quickly and accurately with minimal human intervention. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146571/
- Digital Curation Tools: Metadata Enhancement with Selenium IDE
- This document accompanies a poster and discusses metadata enhancement with Selenium IDE. Abstract: Maintaining usable and sustainable digital collections requires a complex set of actions that address the myriad challenges at various stages of the data lifecycle. Digital curation activities enhance access and retrieval, maintain quality, add value, and facilitate use and re-use over time. Digital resource lifecycle management is becoming an increasingly important topic as digital curators actively explore tools and applications that directly perform curation and management tasks. Accordingly, the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries develop and/or adopt various tools, workflows, and quality control mechanisms that enable quick and effective analysis and quality assurance. This brief paper demonstrates automated metadata enhancement with Selenium IDE, an open source, Web-based tool which UNT has adopted for use during the post-ingestion stage of the data lifecycle. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146565/
- The Origins of SIG-III and Its 30 Years' Journey: Visions and Reflections
- This paper discusses a panel on the origins of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and its early years. In addition to the reflections of the last 30 years, Toni Carbo (one of the co-founders of SIG-III), Nadia Caidi (SIG-III Advisory board member), Anatoliy Gruzd (Social Media Administrator), Daniel Alemneh (SIG-III Chair), and Abebe Rorissa (SIG-III Chair-elect) look forward and discuss the future of the SIG-III including strategies to facilitate collaborations and information exchanges globally. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122172/
- Open Access and Scholarly Communication: The Current Landscape, Future Direction, and the Influence on Global Scholarship
- This paper discusses open access and scholarly communication. The synergies of numerous emerging trends such as the development of open source software, global and explosive growth of social networking, interinstitutional data sharing, cross discipline collaborations, etc. provide new directions for scholarship. The rapid pace of development poses new threats and challenges to scholarly communication as well. Open access is increasingly viewed as a popular alternative to traditional distribution methods. Despite the overwhelming agreement regarding the concept of open access, there are however, significant differences and debate about a number of issues. This panel brings together diverse stakeholders, explores the current landscape and future direction of scholarly communication, and reflects on the overall implications on global scholarship. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67619/
- Lifecycle Management of ETDs: Toward A Collaborative Approach To Stakeholders' Involvement In ETDs Curation
- This presentation discusses the management and curation of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). It highlights and discusses the early findings of an IMLS-funded project on Lifecycle Management of ETDs. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86158/
- "Mapping the Southwest": UNT-UTA Collaborative Project
- This presentation discusses a collaborative project between the University of North Texas (UNT) and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). Mapping the Southwest is a 3-year project (2010 to 2013) funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) We the People grant. For this project, the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries partner with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Library's Special Collections to digitize 5,000 historically-significant (mostly) rare maps. The collection includes maps dating from 1493 to the present and features noted cartographers. While containing maps of all parts of the world, the collection particularly emphasizes the region of the Gulf Coast and the Greater Southwest, which has been defined as the area comprising the state of Texas and the other southwestern states annexed by the United States after the U.S. War with Mexico of 1846-1848. All of the materials digitized for this grant project will be available online for free public access through The Portal to Texas History. More than 1,000 items are already available at http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/UTAM/browse/. The authors have registered almost 20,000 uses, and as the authors complete the project, the authors expect even more users around the world to access this new collection. In addition to showcasing the cartography of the region, the Mapping the Southwest project seeks to promote best practices and to advance the capacity of academic libraries to reliably curate, preserve, and provide seamless access to historic maps, atlases, and related wide-format items. This presentation provides information on the project's background, deliverables, workflow, and major areas of activity. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86156/
- Mapping the Southwest Project: Putting the Region's Maps Online
- This poster discusses the Mapping the Southwest Project, involving putting our region's maps online. The poster includes background information on the project, the project plan, workflow and equipment, and the impacts and lessons learned. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159528/
- Continued Fractions and Sturmian Words: Discover the Power of Mathematics!
- This presentation discusses research on continued fractions as an alternative to decimal expansions. Abstract: Continued fractions are an alternative to decimal expansions for representing numbers. For a "random" number, if its decimal expansion is simple, its continued fraction expansion is probably complicated; conversely, if a number has a simple continued fraction, its decimal expansion usually appears random. The author's research involves examining numbers with nice patterns in both their decimal (or binary) expansions an din their continued fraction expansions. To explain this further, the authors the authors introduce some terminology: a "word" on the alphabet {0,1} is a possibly infinite string of 0's and 1's, e.g. 010101... The authors may also consider such a word as a binary decimal, e.g. 0.010101... A piece of a word is called a "subword." A word which is not periodic but still has as few subwords as possible is called a Sturmian word. The authors will explain how one can find simple patterns in the continued fraction expansions of some of these numbers. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93224/
- Gender and globalization through film: A Wiki course
- This poster discusses a learning activity with a Wiki course on gender and globalization through film. The course aims to help students understand how existing gender inequalities are challenged and furthered by processes of international development and globalization. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84135/
- The Universal Code
- This poster discusses research on a universal code. The possibility of the existence of a universal code will be examined and emphasized by using scientific knowledge about all living things, and about the universe itself even though the approach taken is rather philosophical. In doing so, questions such as "could the behavior of all matter by merely the result of a set of instructions emanated from a universal code?" can be answered. Personification and analogy will be the main tools of language used in addition to the assumption of a "law" which is the cornerstone of this project -- the law of wisdom. Having applied these tools, our understanding of the universe and its connection with all living things will be enhanced. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86101/
- Classifying genes to the correct Gene Ontology Slim term in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using neighbouring genes with classification learning
- This article discusses classifying genes to the correct Gene Ontology Slim term in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using neighbouring genes with classification learning. Abstract: Background: There is increasing evidence that gene location and surrounding genes influence the functionality of genes in the eukaryotic genome. Knowing the Gene Ontology Slim terms associated with a gene gives the authors insight into a gene's functionality by informing the authors how its gene product behaves in a cellular context using three different ontologies: molecular function, biological process, and cellular component. In this study, the authors analyzed if they could classify a gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to its correct Gene Ontology Slim term using information about its location in the genome and information from its nearest-neighbouring genes using classification learning. Results: The authors performed experiments to establish that the MultiBoostAB algorithm using the J48 classifier could correctly classify Gene Ontology Slim terms of a gene given information regarding the gene's location and information from its nearest-neighbouring genes for training. Different neighbourhood sizes were examined to determine how many nearest neighbours should be included around each gene to provide better classification rules. The authors' results show that by just incorporating neighbour information from each gene's two-nearest neighbours, the percentage of correctly classified genes to their correct Gene Ontology Slim term for each ontology reaches over 80% with high accuracy (reflected in F-measures over 0.80) of the classification rules produced. Conclusions: The authors confirmed that in classifying genes to their correct Gene Ontology Slim term, the inclusion of neighbour information from those genes is beneficial. Knowing the location of a gene and the Gene Ontology Slim information from neighbouring genes gives us insight into that gene's functionality. This benefit is seen by just including information from a gene's two-nearest neighbouring genes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc122144/
- Building a Chilean Network for Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research: Advances, perspectives and relevance
- This article discusses building a Chilean network for long-term socio-ecological research. Abstract: Since their formal inception in 1980, long-term ecological research (LTER) programs have served as a successful organizing framework to create research agendas and funding mechanisms that allow scientists to address meaningful ecological phenomena at the scales they occur. In its 30 years of existence, LTER has expanded its geographic range (currently the International LTER network has more than 40 country members with sites on every continent) and disciplinary foci (principally encompassing the natural and social sciences and leading some to call for a name change to long-term socio-ecological research efforts exist in both Chile and Argentina, and in 2008, the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity launched Chile's first concerted effort to link three existing sites (Fray Jorge Forest National Park -33° S, Senda Darwin Biological Station - 43° S, and Omora Ethnobotanical Park - 55° S). Here, the authors present a special feature of the Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, dedicated to LTSER, with the aim of 1) providing a synthesis of some of the most emblematic cases of long-term socio-ecological research in Chile; 2) demonstrating the value of these efforts for the integration of research, education and social outcomes, such as decision making; and 3) offering the perspective of a broad array of participants involved in these initiatives, including graduate students with associated programs from Ibero-America and North America and North America. It is the authors' hope that these compiled works will contribute to the consolidation of the LTSER approach in southern South America both within the academic community and also to better link academia and society. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97937/
- Construyendo una Red Chilena para Estudios Socioecológicos a Largo Plazo: Avances, enfoques y relevancia
- This article discusses building a Chilean network for long-term socio-ecological research. Abstract: Since their formal inception in 1980, long-term ecological research (LTER) programs have served as a successful organizing framework to create research agendas and funding mechanisms that allow scientists to address meaningful ecological phenomena at the scales they occur. In its 30 years of existence, LTER has expanded its geographic range (currently the International LTER network has more than 40 country members with sites on every continent) and disciplinary foci (principally encompassing the natural and social sciences and leading some to call for a name change to long-term socio-ecological research efforts exist in both Chile and Argentina, and in 2008, the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity launched Chile's first concerted effort to link three existing sites (Fray Jorge Forest National Park -33° S, Senda Darwin Biological Station - 43° S, and Omora Ethnobotanical Park - 55° S). Here, the authors present a special feature of the Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, dedicated to LTSER, with the aim of 1) providing a synthesis of some of the most emblematic cases of long-term socio-ecological research in Chile; 2) demonstrating the value of these efforts for the integration of research, education and social outcomes, such as decision making; and 3) offering the perspective of a broad array of participants involved in these initiatives, including graduate students with associated programs from Ibero-America and North America and North America. It is the authors' hope that these compiled works will contribute to the consolidation of the LTSER approach in southern South America both within the academic community and also to better link academia and society. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97936/
- The Process of Harvesting Lightning as Electrical Energy
- This poster discusses research on the process of harvesting lightning as electrical energy. The findings of the author's literature review show that worldwide research is being conducted on how to harness the energy from lightning strikes. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers recently presented a paper during the Power Electronics Conference 2010 which examines a Malaysian College where researchers have begun a small scale study of lightning energy, and have found a way to successfully absorb the electrical potential energy from the lightning. This group focuses on the problems with lightning that makes it difficult to absorb or gather the energy. Lightning is extremely dangerous and further investigation shows that our understanding of it is not 100% assured. This issue and the absorption issue that the Malaysian college researchers identified are major hurdles for research on the use of lightning as a source of electrical energy. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86688/