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Machine Learning and Text Mining for Advanced Information Sharing Systems in Blockchain and Cybersecurity Applications

Description: This research explores the role of blockchain technology in advanced information sharing systems with the applications of energy systems and healthcare. Essay 1 proposes a blockchain application to improve resilience in smart grids by addressing cyber security and peer-to-peer trading potentials. The results show that blockchain-based smart contracts are positively related to smart grid resilience. The findings also show that blockchain-based smart contracts significantly contribute to zero tru… more
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Date: July 2024
Creator: Hajian, Ava
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Exposure to Trauma and Its Effect on Information-Seeking Behaviors and Decision-Making Processes

Description: This dissertation examines the impact of trauma on information-seeking behaviors and decision-making processes. Essay 1 includes a qualitative analysis of the transcripts obtained from interviews with four military service members diagnosed with PTSD. The results showed that 75% of this small sample population exhibited addictive behavior that was presented in their information behaviors. All four members indicated that the excessive extent to which they seek information is related to the perce… more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Fantasia, Anthony Thomas
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An Examination of the Metaverse Technology Acceptance Model in Tourism

Description: The traditional definition of tourism has been transformed by significant advancements in communication and information technology. The concept of Metaverse, derived from the words "meta" (meaning beyond) and "verse" (meaning universe), has redefined how people experience travel. This innovative concept combines virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence to create virtually augmented spaces. However, the tourism industry should clarify and narrow down the definition of Meta… more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Lee, Sangyung
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The Role of Social Media Influencers in Saudis' Domestic Destination Choice

Description: This study aims to find out the impact of the credibility and content quality of social media influencers on the various stages of the customer's journey and the intention to choose a destination for the Saudi tourist. The target segment was Saudis in general, who are 18 years or above. To conduct this study, 618 usable questionnaires were collected. This study tested twenty-two hypotheses. The result of this study showed that the relationship between content quality, expertise, and similarity … more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Alamer, Mohammed Abdullah I
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Understanding Sociotechnical Factors Impacting Cybersecurity Controls on Mobile Devices and Smartphones at the Individual Level

Description: Technological advances such as mobile technology, big data, and machine learning allow businesses to associate advertisements with consumer behaviors to maximize sales. Thus, information about consumer behavior became the central resource of businesses. Recent discussions and concerns about the emerging economic order centered around capturing consumers' data suggest that more research efforts be allocated to address new challenges in different domains, such as health, education, smart cities, … more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Gadi, Abdullah Mohamed Y.
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Security Aspects of Users' Information Sharing on Social Media

Description: This study aims to investigate college students' security awareness of using social media in sharing information. The two theories that have guided this study are the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the technology acceptance model (TAM). Data was collected from both undergraduate and graduate students from the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton. The total responses included 380 students from different majors with 291 valid responses for data analysis; The structural equation model (… more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Alharbi, Mohannad Abdulltef
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Study of Information Behavior of Opportunistic Insiders with Malicious Intent

Description: Enterprises have focused on mechanisms to track insiders who may intentionally exceed and misuse their authorized access. However, there is an opportunity to understand why a trusted individual would want to exploit the trust and seek information with the intent of a malicious outcome. The detection of insider rogue or nefarious activities with information to which a user is already authorized is extremely difficult. Such insider threats require more deliberation than just considering it to be … more
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Date: May 2023
Creator: Sinha, Vikas
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Designing Archival Collections to Support Language Revitalization: Case Study of the Boro Language Resource

Description: Indigenous communities around the world are losing their languages at accelerating rates to the effects of the climate crisis and global capitalism. To preserve samples of these languages facing endangerment and extinction, samples of language use (e.g., audio-video recordings, photographs, textual transcriptions, translations, and analyses) are created and stored in language archives: repositories intended to provide long-term preservation of and access to language materials. In recent years, … more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Information-Seeking Behaviors of Rural Community-Based Hospice Social Workers during a Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities

Description: When it comes to hospice care, patients and their families residing in rural counties need competent rural community-based hospice social workers on their team. The study of information seeking behaviors of rural community-based hospice social workers during the global COVID-19 pandemic is significant as there is a need to fill gaps regarding how this specific medical discipline performs their job responsibilities when duties become more complicated due to evolving infection control protocols, … more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Alvarado, Angela
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Relevance Criteria when Searching and Evaluating Online Video for Informational Use

Description: Relevance is a core concept in the field of Information Science and a common term in everyday vernacular that generally refers to the usefulness of information. However, relevance has not been sufficiently or consistently defined or explored in the information science literature. Relevance criteria are the factors that information users employ when determining whether information they encounter is relevant. Identifying relevance criteria is a crucial step to understanding relevance. Relevance c… more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Dewitt-Miller, Erin
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Behaviors of School Librarians: Perceptions during Times of Crisis

Description: School librarians create an atmosphere where learners feel empowered. Moreover, school library programming should support diversity, equity, and inclusive learning opportunities to facilitate student success. Thus, school librarians are expected to model and advocate for equitable learning spaces while considering the universal design for learning approach to improving accessibility, utilization, and relevance for all library patrons. Although it has been established that school library standar… more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Gill, Diane
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Seeking Mental Health Support Among College Students in Video-Based Social Media: Content and Statistical Analysis of YouTube Videos

Description: This article presents a study that aims to identify strategies for using video-based social media to combat stigmatized diseases, such as mental health, among college students. The authors identify effective strategies for designing video-based social media content for supporting college students’ mental health. Results show that the videos where individuals share their personal stories, as well as experiential knowledge (ie, tips and advice), engaged more viewers in both the short term and lon… more
Date: November 11, 2021
Creator: Choi, Bogeum; Kim, Heejun & Huh-Yoo, Jina
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Information Receptivity: The Information-Seeking Behavior and Networking Activity of Women in a Rural Texas County Judicial System

Description: This study identified the information seeking behavior and networking practices used by members of a specific marginalized population, that of adult female probationers (AFPs) in a rural county in Texas. The study focused on how they seek out information when faced with a self-identified need in their lives. Beyond the basic "food, shelter and clothing" that comes to mind, the respondents find themselves faced with questions not only about the judicial system but also ones involving health care… more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Livingston, Jo Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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University Archives and their relationship with Campus records management

Description: This poster highlights a project undertaken at the University of Houston by the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design to select and transition records into the University's archives. The relationship between colleges or department and the University archives is examined, and the workflows necessary to ensure consistency through the transfer. The poster was created as part of coursework for INFO 5375 Archival Appraisal in Spring 2020 at the University of North Texas.
Date: Spring 2020
Creator: Tutt, Courtney
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poster
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Assessing the Readiness for Implementing Linked Open Government Data: A Study on Indonesian Government Agencies' Library

Description: The main purpose of this study is to assess the factors of library readiness in Indonesian government agencies for implementing and using linked open government data (LOGD). The studies investigated readiness factors in the context of TOE framework: technology, compatibility, complexity, relative advantage, organization: top management support, internal readiness, environment: competitive pressure, external support, peer pressure. This study employed a mixed-methods approach, encompassing surve… more
Date: July 2024
Creator: Irhamni, Irhamni
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Catalogers' Practices Representing Thesis and Dissertation Bibliographic Records at Kuwaiti Institutions: A Comparative Case Study

Description: This study compares the practices of catalogers. Bibliographic records and subject headings were used for exploration of thesis and dissertation records in the databases of two Kuwaiti institutions to suggest ways to identify the best practices of library catalogers. This is the first research study to examine the bibliographic records for theses and dissertations in the databases of two Kuwaiti institutions. The researcher employed quantitative analysis of bibliographic records and an online s… more
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Date: July 2024
Creator: Alazemi, Mardhi F.
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Library Management and User Services

Description: This study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management and user services of the public libraries staff in Denton County, Texas, by understanding the challenges faced by library staff during the pandemic, adaptation strategies used, and lessons learned for future crises. The study employed quantitative methodology, utilizing a survey distributed online via email to 152 library staff. Participants were selected through a random sampling method, and 107 respondents me… more
Date: July 2024
Creator: Alenezi, Abdullah M S M
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Adoption of Wearable Devices by Older Adults

Description: This dissertation is organized in a traditional format while including three essays that address specific research questions. Essay 1 examined the relationship between physical activity and community engagement and their effect on mental well-being among older men and women. Data from National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) from 2018 to 2020 were explored and the posited relationships were tested. This essay provides empirical support that older adults who are reasonably active and invol… more
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Date: May 2022
Creator: Enamela, Pranathy
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Life Coaches, Communities of Practice, and Everyday Life Information Seeking and Practices: An Exploratory Case Study

Description: Life coaching is a rapidly expanding industry that focuses on client development, enhancement of life experience, and goal attainment often when clients are experiencing personal, professional, and social change. Online communities of practice (CoPs) provide opportunity for individuals to connect, share experiences, and learn from each other under the auspices of a unifying theme or subject. Since the 1990s, CoPs have spread from education to other areas of business and industry and continue to… more
Date: May 2022
Creator: Klein, Janette Dorlene
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At the Junction of Dissemination and Implementation: Facilitating Access to Behavior Analytic Research

Description: Research in scholarly communication is usually limited to the use and dissemination of scientific material by scholars. This excludes the transfer of knowledge from research producers to service providers. Some may argue the primary function of science is to investigate the conditions in the lab so everyday interactions with the environment are more effective and efficient. This is the underlying philosophy of the science of behavior analysis. Comprised of a basic science, an applied science an… more
Date: May 2021
Creator: Bank, Nicole L.
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Factors that Affect HIPAA Compliance: A Bibliometrics Study

Description: According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), patients and providers do not understand the Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Non-compliance with HIPAA is primarily due to confusion, along with insufficient understanding. HSS has taken measures to simplify the language they use to communicate HIPAA, however, they have not taken steps that consider if one's culture, religious and social perspectives, institutional training, credentials, and comprehe… more
Date: May 2021
Creator: Drayden, Craig M.
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Artificial Intelligence Teammates in a Collaborative Information Seeking Environment from the Perspective of Women Engineers in the United States

Description: The purpose of this study was to collect design requirements from women engineers on artificial intelligence teammates such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Trello. A mixed methods research design was used for this study with an online survey and semi-structure interviews. The study results revealed design requirements from women engineers including solutions to sociotechnical issues that could arise from artificial intelligence teammates in the workplace. The results showed various ways women en… more
Date: August 2021
Creator: Floyd, Schenita A
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Modeling Email Phishing Attacks

Description: Cheating, beguiling, and misleading information exist all around us; understanding deception and its consequences is crucial in our information environment. This study investigates deception in phishing emails that successfully bypassed Microsoft 365 filtering system. We devised a model that explains why some people are deceived and how targeted individuals and organizations can prevent or counter attacks. The theoretical framework used in this study is Anderson's functional ontology constructi… more
Date: December 2021
Creator: Almoqbil, Abdullah
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An Information Theoretic Analysis of Multimodal Readability

Description: Educators often inquire about the readability of books and other documents used in the classroom, with the idea that readability supports students' reading comprehension and growth. Documents used in classrooms tend to be language-based, so readability metrics have long focused on the complexity of language. However, such metrics are unsuitable for multimodal documents because these types of documents also use non-language modes of communication. This is problematic because multimodal reading i… more
Date: December 2021
Creator: Hovious, Amanda S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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