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- Autonomous Robot Localization Using WiFi Fingerprinting
- This paper discusses autonomous robot localization using WiFi fingerprinting. Abstract: We are using widely available 802.11 wireless networks to determine the location of autonomous robots. Before a robot can accomplish a simple task such as moving to a specific coordinate, it must accurately know its current location with-in a certain degree of accuracy. Humans often take their eye sight and spatial awareness for granted. For a robot, the computational difficulty of solving the same problem becomes apparent. Our implementation creates a database of wireless signal strengths of a given area and uses the current signal strength reading within the area to find a weighted signal space distance. The "closest" point in the database should also correlate with the current position of the robot. Given the robots correct location, the authors can successfully navigate around any area with sufficient Wi-Fi coverage. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc94281/
- Autonomous Robot Localization Using WiFi Fingerprinting
- This presentation discusses research on using wireless networks to locate autonomous robots. The authors are using widely available 802.11 wireless networks to determine the location of autonomous robots. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93223/
- AV 01-10
- This oil painting is predominately pink with vertical scrapes of black and white. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27164/
- Avoiding the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks
- This paper discusses digital preservation readiness for growing collections and distributed preservation networks. Abstract: Over the past six years, the members of the MetaArchive Cooperative have worked to identify a series of best practices for distributed digital preservation readiness. These best practices can benefit ongoing initiatives as well as start-up programs which have not yet established regular procedures and standards for directory structures, metadata, and file naming conventions. The authors document what they term the "calf-path syndrome", the way in which early strides in an organization's digitization work may create a legacy that is detrimental to the preservation readiness of their growing digital collections. The authors share relatively simple principles and guidelines for such programs that can greatly improve the subsequent likelihood of implementing successful distributed digital preservation programs. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78317/
- AW 01-11
- This oil painting is predominately green with vertical marks and lines of black and white broken by some horizontal implied lines. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27165/
- Awareness of Aphasia and Aphasia Services in South India: Public Health Implications
- This paper discusses research on aphasia. Abstract: Aphasia is a language disorder resulting from brain damage. People who acquire aphasia need rehabilitation to maximize functional recovery. Assessing public awareness of aphasia is critical for development of and access to aphasia-related services. The current study addresses levels of public awareness of aphasia and access to aphasia-related services in an urban area of the State of Kerala, India, a region with potentially high incidence and prevalence of aphasia. Results of an aphasia-awareness survey of 114 urban Kerala residents suggest poor public awareness of aphasia in the population. Less than 10% of those surveyed met criteria for having basic knowledge of aphasia. Semi-structured interviews of two Kerala-based neurologists support the findings of the survey and further suggest that aphasia-related services in the region may be limited. Findings hold implications for development of aphasia services and improvement of the psychosocial life of people who have aphasia. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86166/
- Awareness of Aphasia and Aphasia Services in South India: Public Health Implications
- This presentation discusses aphasia and aphasia services in South India. Aphasia is an acquired language disorder resulting from brain damage. People who have aphasia need rehabilitation to maximize functional recovery. This presentation discusses a study on the levels of public awareness of aphasia and access to aphasia-related services in an urban area of the State of Kerala, India, a region with potentially high incidence and prevalence of aphasia. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93229/
- AX 01-12
- This abstract painting is predominately white with black, gray and green vertical marks interrupted by some horizontal implied lines. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27166/
- B 97-2
- Vertical painting with large gray brushstrokes. Several gradation motifs float on the surface. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27136/
- BA 01-15
- This abstract painting consists of pink and gray vertical strokes with some green and black smaller vertical strokes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27168/
- BABYLON Parallel Text Builder: Gathering Parallel Texts for Low-Density Languages
- This paper discusses BABYLON parallel text builder. Abstract: This paper describes BABYLON, a system that attempts to overcome the shortage of parallel texts in low-density languages by supplementing existing parallel texts with texts gathered automatically from the Web. In addition to the identification of entire Web pages, the authors also propose a new feature specifically designed to find parallel text chunks within a single document. Experiments carried out on the Quechua-Spanish language pair show that the system is successful in automatically identifying a significant amount of parallel texts on the Web. Evaluations of a machine translation system trained on this corpus indicate that the Web-gathered parallel texts can supplement manually compiled parallel texts and perform significantly better than the manually compiled texts when tested on other Web-gathered data. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31004/
- Backward N Come Together Edges
- The square blue painting's surface is covered with a scratched into the surface grid pattern and across the uppermost surface is a backward N shape in a bright orange color. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102406/
- Bal. Pulse = 1'
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the Gamelan orchestra of Indonesia, its instruments, a musical piece composed in the style, and scanned photographs of the instruments. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146429/
- Balance Between the Personal and Work Life of an Air Traffic Controller
- This poster discusses research on the balance between the personal and work life of an air traffic controller. As the author was looking into articles related to airport and entry level positions, the author got more interested with the life and work of the air traffic controllers. The author's specific research topic is to find the balance between the work and personal life of an air traffic controller. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86737/
- Bandana
- The ceramic sculptural piece consists of several geometric tubular shapes decorated with various colors and textures. The piece is vertical and almost appears to be walking. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102337/
- Bank Failure and Its Causes: A Work in Progress
- This poster discusses research on bank failure and its causes. The author's research focuses on the primary influences and characteristics of a collapse. The aim is to enable us to deduce common factors that contribute to bank failure, allowing us to reform and prevent collapses. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86121/
- Battlefield
- The two paper pieces consists of many layers, hang on the wall and protrude into the space. These pieces were included in the exhibition From Here to There: Practice, Form, and Meaning, May 22 - August 4, 2012. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102375/
- BE 02-4
- Predominately orange painting includes many parallel vertical wavy black lines with horizontal texture. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27171/
- Bean Tree Pod Rockets Measured and Marked
- The drawing consists of a grid drawn in graphite with each corner marked by cross marks. Foiling this pattern is a series of marks created from bean pods that had been dipped in ink and slapped across the surface of the paper. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102407/
- The Beatles as Poets (1965-70)
- This poster analyzes and identifies the poetic elements of The Beatles' lyrics from 1965 to 1970. The primary goal is to demonstrate that the band's lyrics are serious poetry, not merely performance. The author will review scholarly books and articles about The Beatles' role in popular culture and literature, as well as use the author's own knowledge of poetry to interpret the findings of her close analysis of individual Beatles' songs. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86826/
- The Beauty of Environment: A General Model for Environmental Aesthetics
- This book is a "systematic outlining of the field of environmental aesthetics beginning from the basis of analytical philosophy" (p. ix). The author discusses ecological and anthropological aesthetics, environmental ethics, the relation of art to nature, and environmental education and legislation. The index begins on page 188. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc52173/
- Becoming a Teacher of Mathematics to Elementary Students
- This paper discusses research on becoming a teacher of mathematics to elementary students. Abstract: This is an auto-ethnography of a pre-service teacher during the first semester of Professional Development School, documenting the journey as a learner and teacher of mathematics for this pre-service teacher. There is no hypothesis for this study, due to the qualitative nature of the research. Narrative data from sixteen weeks of communication about teaching and learning mathematics in the community served as data, which were analyzed for points of change from fear of mathematics to readiness to teach it to young children. Art as metaphor serves as pre and post representations of perception of math learning and teaching, with running narratives between as indicators of change. The findings show that due to research and experience on the Response to Intervention Model, assignments from a University of North Texas math methods course, and experience with tutoring elementary students in the pre-service field, reconciliation between math and the pre-service teacher occurs. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86189/
- Becoming a Teacher of Mathematics to Elementary Students
- This presentation discusses research on becoming a teacher of mathematics to elementary students. The research is an auto-ethnography of a pre-service teacher during the first semester of Professional Development School, documenting the journey as a learner and teacher of mathematics for this pre-service teacher. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93291/
- Behavioral Measures of Play
- This paper discusses measuring play. Children with autism frequently display deficits in play skills, such as pretend play and object manipulation. This is described both in the diagnostic criteria for autism (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) and in descriptive studies on children's play (Jarrold, 2003; Williams, 2003). However, the nature of these deficits and the degree to which the play of children with autism differs in complexity and variety from the play of typically developing children is unclear (Vig, 2007). The purpose of this article is to review the importance of play in a young child's life and to discuss the importance of measuring play when designing interventions for children with autism. Furthermore, this paper will present an example of a consistent and reliable observation system that assesses the complexity and variety of play on children with autism and with typically developing children. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77223/
- Benzodiazepines and their Effects on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- This poster discusses research on benzodiazepines and their effects on cognitive-behavioral therapy. Benzodiazepines are often prescribed to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as they are thought to inversely affect the outcomes of cognitive-processing therapy and prolonged exposure. This poster discusses data analyzed using correlations to determine if there are any statistically significant associations between the type and/or amount of benzodiazepines used and the individuals' respective PTSD scores. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86761/
- Best Practices for Librarians Embedded in Online Courses
- This article discusses embedded librarian services. Abstract: Academic librarians interested in collaborating with faculty in online courses often express questions about their role, level of involvement, and activities. This article provides a list of best practices to guide those developing embedded librarian services. The practices are drawn from a review of the literature, as case study of one embedded librarian's experiences, and a mixed methods study of embedded librarianship at six institutions. The resulting best practices will help embedded librarians collaborate effectively with faculty to create a positive learning experience for distance students. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67620/
- Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas
- This presentation discusses how the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit established their metadata guidelines and how the guidelines work to support The Portal to Texas History and the University of North Texas Digital Library. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29305/
- Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas
- This paper discusses how metadata supports the cycle of system improvements at the University of North Texas (UNT). The UNT Libraries recently revised their Metadata Input Guidelines in order to improve usability and accessibility for metadata writers, and to enhance the quality of metadata that drives new features in their digital systems. This paper describes important considerations in the revision process and also demonstrates the relationship between quality metadata and system functionality that ultimately benefits both metadata creators and system end-users. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29323/
- Between Identity and Commodity: Female Urban Experience in Vicki Baum's Menschen im Hotel
- Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the urban experiences of German women in the late Weimar Republic as portrayed in the character Flammchen in Vicki Baum's 1929 Novel Menschen im Hotel. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146554/
- Between Identity and Commodity: Female Urban Experience in Vicki Baum's 'Menschen im Hotel'
- Abstract: This paper discusses research on the urban experience of German women in the late Weimar Republic as portrayed in the character Flämmchen in Vicki Baum's 1929 novel 'Menschen im Hotel'. During the Weimar Republic from 1918 to 1933, Germany's large cities appeared to offer women financial and professional independence outside traditional gender roles. To examine how Baum portrays women's pursuit of success and autonomy in the city, this paper analyzes the text according to feminist theory. Flämmchen faces sexual discrimination that limits her ability to live and define herself independently, and she struggles with the sexualized, objectifying image of women present in modern urban society, which represents the female body as a commodity. While 'Menschen in Hotel' breaks from tradition by challenging bourgeois social values, Flämmchen fails to completely break free from traditional definitions of women's roles, reflecting women's disillusionment with the difficult pursuit of emancipation. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86175/
- Between Identity and Commodity: Female Urban Experience in Vicki Baum's Menschen im Hotel
- This presentation discusses research on the urban experience of German women in the late Weimar Republic as portrayed in the novels 'Menschen in Hotel' by Vicki Baum (1929) and 'Das kunstseidene Mädchen by Irmgard Keun (1931). digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc93265/
- Between Spaces 05
- The digital photograph depicts, in the lower portion of the frame, an unmade bed with striped sheets and a white blanket. In the background, on the headboard, hangs a black and white image of architecture. The wooden frame from the bed continues up onto the wall and holds the black and white image. Along the right hand edge of the work is a set of shelves. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc129798/
- Between Spaces 07
- Image of the digital photograph which depicts the pyramids of Egypt on the wall behind a sofa and coffee table. A clock is on the wall amid the Egyptian landscape and a lamp sits in front of the landscape. Various household items sit on the table in front of the sofa. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc129799/
- Beyond Google: Promoting Digitized Primary Sources in First-Year Writing
- This presentation discusses promoting digitized primary sources in research. Topics include the background and interest in the subject, key term definitions, examples of items and usage, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) K-12 teaching resources, and FYC application. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155618/
- Beyond Searching Metadata
- This poster discusses information discovery. Electronic theses and dissertation (ETD) collections found in academic library repositories don't necessarily use consistent metadata schemes, which is problematic for resource sharing and information discovery. This poster demonstrates a two-layer solution to address this problem: First, a system to navigate the metadata; the second is a KWIC-type (Keyword in context) interface to examine the information in the documents of the retrieved set. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc78265/
- Beyond Size and Search: Building Contextual Mass in Digital Aggregations for Scholarly Use
- This paper discusses building contextual mass in digital aggregations for scholarly use. Abstract: At present there are no established collection development methods for building large-scale digital aggregations. However, to realize the potential of the collective base of digital content and advance scholarship, aggregations must do more than provide search of sizable bodies of content. Informed by empirical understanding of scholarly information practices, the IMLS Digital Collections and Content project developed an aggregation strategy for building Opening History, one of the largest digital cultural heritage aggregations in the country. The strategy applied policy-driven collecting based on the principle of contextual mass, and conspectus-style evaluation of collection-level metadata to identify strong subject areas within the aggregation. Analysis of density, interconnectedness, diversity, and small/large collection complementary determined subject concentrations and thematic strengths to be prioritized for future collection development and used as organizational structures for browsing and visualization. The approach models how scholars build their own personal research collections, as they follow leads from collection to collection across institutions near and far, and adds value that cannot be achieved through conventional retrieval and browsing at the item-level. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc71795/
- Beyond the Death of Linear Response: 1/f Optimal Information Transport
- This article discusses linear response and 1/f optimal information transport. Article: Nonergodic renewal processes have recently been shown by several authors to be insensitive to periodic perturbations, thereby apparently sanctioning the death of linear response, a building block of nonequilibrium statistical physics. The authors show that it is possible to go beyond the "death of linear response" and establish a permanent correlation between an external stimulus and the response of a complex network generating nonergodic renewal processes, by taking as stimulus a similar nonergodic process. The ideal condition of 1/f noise corresponds to a singularity that is expected to be relevant in several experimental conditions. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc40407/
- BH 02-7
- The bright orange painting also contains many vertical parallel wavy black lines with horizontal lined texture. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27172/
- Bhopal Chemical Disaster
- This encyclopedia article describes the devastating effects of a chemical disaster that took place in Bhopal, India in 1984. It describes the effects of the chemical disaster and the events that followed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31094/
- BI 02-8
- This predominately yellow painting includes vertical curved and wavy orange lines with horizontal lined texture. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc27173/
- Bianucci, Mannella, and Grigolini Reply
- This article is a reply to a comment by Massimo Falcioni and Angelo Vulpiani. In a previous letter, the authors have discussed the linear response theory (LRT) and shown that the breakdown of this theory occurring at intermediate times, observed in an earlier paper [2] as well as in [1], disappears upon an increase of the number of degrees of freedom. In a comment to [1] Falcioni and Vulpiani [3] claim that this breakdown is rather a consequence of the lack of mixing: according to them, regardless of the number of degrees of freedom, mixing is the key ingredient behind the LRT. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77166/
- Bibliographical Control of Afro-American Literature, Volume 1: Papers Presented at a Conference
- These papers are a compilation presented at a conference on bibliographic control of Afro-American literature. The papers discuss issues in cataloging and archiving African-American literature including relevant subject headings, sources of texts, and collection development. Index starts on page 293. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31167/
- Bibliographical Control of Afro-American Literature, Volume 2: Presentations and Discussions
- These papers are a compilation of presentations at a conference on bibliographic control of Afro-American literature. The text includes speeches and discusses regarding the topics as well as a summary of conference recommendations. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31168/
- Bibliographical Control of Afro-American Literature, Volume 3: Evaluation of the Conference
- These papers offer discussions and conclusions regarding a conference on bibliographic control of Afro-American literature. The text includes a summary of the reasons for the conference, a report from a conference evaluator, and evaluation forms, as well as minutes and letters regarding the proceedings. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31169/
- Bibliography as Applied Data Set: The Susanna Rowson Digital Compendium
- This presentation discusses bibliographies as applied data sets. The Susanna Rowson Digital Compendium is designed to pioneer the use of bibliographic data as a core information set for research. It is precisely because bibliographies adhere to specified formats that the data they express can be used for GIS mapping, temporal animations, network visualization, and other digital (and analog) heuristics. Keralis will demonstrate the potential value of reconceiving the bibliography as an information set to drive new work in literary history and history of the book. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc132995/
- Bibliography for "Encouraging Research and Publication among Academic Librarians"
- This bibliography accompanies a presentation for the Library Management Institute summer conference. This bibliography contains citations for information related to encouraging research and publication among academic librarians. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc157285/
- Bibliography for "Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries"
- This bibliography accompanies a presentation for the Library Management Institute summer conference. This bibliography contains citations for information related to fostering a culture of research and publications in academic libraries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86940/
- Bieberians at the Gate?
- In this article, the authors discuss the idea that non-philosophers should judge philosophers. As universities face growing demands for academic accountability, philosophers ought to take the lead in exploring what accountability means. Otherwise we may be stuck with Dickens's Mr. Gradgrind. ("Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts along are wanted in life.") But a philosophical account of accountability will also require redefining the boundaries of what counts as philosophy. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130189/
- Bike Rack Occupancy on the University of North Texas Campus
- This paper discusses research on bike rack occupancy on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus. Abstract: The presence of bike parking facilities has been shown to play a role in improving bike ridership. People are more likely to commute by bike if there are secure and well-located bike racks available. Within the last 5 years, the University of North Texas has made a concerted effort to improve the availability of bike parking for cyclists to encourage cycling as a commute mode. However, the placement of racks around campus has been based on perceived needs rather than documented patterns. The goal of the author's project is to document the occupancy rate of bike racks across campus to identify areas that were underserved. The author also examined how rack installation practices affected the maximum capacity of the racks and occupancy rates. The author found that overall the campus had a sufficient number of racks. However, a few areas on campus were underserviced, while in other areas, the racks were not being utilized. These patterns of use were linked to the types of buildings the racks were associated with, as well as where racks were placed and installed. The findings will allow the university to better plan where to target audiences. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86188/
- Biocompatible Graphene-based Growth of Cancer Cells: A Work in Progress
- This poster discusses research on the biocompatible graphene-based growth of cancer cells. Graphene is made of a single layer of carbon atoms. Recently is has been used to successfully differentiate stem cells in neural cells. The authors experiment using cancerous cells from human patients in place of neural stem cells. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86832/