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UNT Libraries Assistive Technology Report 2021

Description: This report summarizes the results of a survey given to UNT Library employees on assistive technology practices. In fall 2021, the Library Accessibility Committee conducted an online survey about assistive technologies in the Libraries. The purpose of this survey was 1) to learn more about the assistive technology in the Libraries (e.g., types of technology, employee knowledge, etc.) and 2) to learn more about employee training preferences. The survey included 13 questions divided among three s… more
Date: October 2021
Creator: Roy, Meranda M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries

Beyond Traits and States: Interpersonal Decentering Is Also Activated Social Information Processing

Description: Article drawing on a process-focused model of interpersonal decentering's causal validity, the authors manipulated activation experimentally, comparing decentering scores from expressive writing essays under standard instructions (activation condition) versus control instructions, then correlated decentering scores with use of activated language. With condition controlled, both decentering scores correlated significantly with greater proportions of present-tense verbs, positive emotion words, a… more
Date: October 22, 2021
Creator: Jenkins, Sharon Rae; Shamji, Jabeen F.; Straup, Madison L. & Boals, Adriel
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Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Does observance of Ramadan affect sleep in athletes and physically active individuals? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Description: This article presents a systematic review and meta-analysis is to provide an accurate description of the effect of Ramadan observance on sleep duration, sleep quality, daily nap duration, and daytime sleepiness in athletes and physically active individuals.
Date: October 24, 2021
Creator: Trabelsi, Khaled; Ammar, Achraf; Glenn, Jordan M.; Boukhris, Omar; Khacharem, Aimen; Bouaziz, Bassem et al.
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Partner: UNT College of Education
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Effect of Laser Shock Peening Parameters on Residual Stresses and Corrosion Fatigue of AA5083

Description: Article examining Aluminium alloy 5083 subjected to Laser Shock Peening both with (LSP) and without protective coating (LPwC) at multiple pulse densities. A second LPwC treatment was conducted fully submersed under water, in addition to the standard laminar water flow condition. Results show that compressive residual stresses were generated in all cases, although their character varied depending on the peening strategy and method of confinement.
Date: October 14, 2021
Creator: Kaufman, Jan; Špirit, Zbyněk; Vasudevan, Vijay K.; Steiner, Matthew Alan; Mannava, Seetha Ramaiah; Brajer, Jan et al.
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Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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The hygroscopicity of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) with a gradient fiber structure

Description: This article studies the hygroscopicity of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) with a gradient fiber structure assessed by a dynamic vapor sorption (DVS) apparatus and fitted with a Haillwood–Horrobin (H–H) model. The effects of the chemical composition, gradient fiber structure, and mesopore structure of the bamboo were also investigated. The results demonstrate that the hygroscopicity of bamboo gradually increases from the outer to the inner layer along the thickness of the culm wall, which is… more
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Wei, Xin; Wang, Ge; Smith, Lee M. & Jiang, Huan
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Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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Organic Collaborative Research Partnership Building: Researchers, Needle and Syringe Program Providers, and People Who Inject Drugs

Description: Article reporting on the use of an organic community research partnership-building approach between researchers, needle and syringe program (NSP) providers, and people who inject drugs (PWID) in Canberra ACT, Australia. Results found engaging in relationship building around partner priority activities created mutual understanding and trust premised in authenticity of the evolving partnership. The organic approach, which included a partner audit of the research tools for relevance, resulted in h… more
Date: October 21, 2021
Creator: Resiak, Danielle; Mpofu, Elias & Rothwell, Roderick
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Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Forensic Typologies: Getting Specific about Trauma among Institutionalized Youth

Description: Article on Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Utilizing data from 3382 institutionalized delinquents in Texas, logistic regression models indicated multiple associations between ACEs and forensic typologies in both adjusted and unadjusted models, with sexual abuse and physical abuse emerging as the most consistent and robust predictors. Supplemental sensitivity models confirmed the associations between sexual abuse and physical abuse among youth who fit multiple forensic typologies. Models f… more
Date: October 28, 2021
Creator: Jahic, Ilma; Trulson, Chad R.; Caudill, Jonathan W.; Bonner, Taea; Slemaker, Alexandra & DeLisi, Matt
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Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Challenges to Representing Personal Names and Language Names in Language Archives: Examples from Northeast India

Description: Article reviewing one particular challenge to data management relevant to South Asia, which is the complexity of names (of individuals, groups, and languages). It was presented at the 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on September 30-October 1, 2021 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2021.
Date: October 7, 2021
Creator: Burke, Mary & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Collaborating with Language Community Members to Enrich Ethnographic Descriptions in a Language Archive

Description: Article describing a pilot project undertaken at the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) which explores a collaborative archiving approach to enable language community members to tell their own stories by adding contextual information to archival materials. It was presented at the 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on September 30-October 1, 2021 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2021.
Date: October 7, 2021
Creator: Burke, Mary
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Creating Workflow for Mediated Archiving in CoRSAL

Description: Article on the development of a workflow process that can accommodate the range of different language depositors in the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL). It was presented at the 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on September 30-October 1, 2021 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2021.
Date: October 7, 2021
Creator: Dale, Merrion
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Build a Language Archive

Description: Article introduces the collaboration between the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) group and the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library to build a series of interconnected digital collections for various language communities. It was presented at the 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives held on September 30-October 1, 2021 as part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2021.
Date: October 7, 2021
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward; Burke, Mary; Tarver, Hannah & Zavalina, Oksana
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities and Experiences in Africa

Description: Article from a panel held at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 conference held on October 23-November 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel was meant to stimulate future north-south collaborations by increasing awareness of both funded opportunities and low budget initiatives for scholarly exchanges and collaborations, benefits for scholars and their institutions in developed and developing countries, and best practices with respect to north-south co… more
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Rorissa, Abebe; Fourie, Ina; Julien, Heidi; Raju, Jaya & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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“Unity in Diversity”: A Conversation around the Interdisciplinary Identity of Information Science

Description: Article from a panel held at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 conference held on October 23-November 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel's goals were: (1) to engage researchers and educators in an interactive discussion on the contributing factors and ways in which information science can remain a diverse and interdisciplinary field, realize its full potential, and build a strong identity as well as identify potential barriers it needs to overcome… more
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Rorissa, Abebe; Iyer, Hemalata; Albright, Kendra; Potnis, Devendra; Caidi, Nadia & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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Digital Readiness Assessment of Countries in Africa: A Case Study Research

Description: Conference paper seeking to answer these questions: What is the current state of digital readiness in African countries? Do existing digital readiness assessment tools, indicators, or metrics, help to assess the digital readiness of countries in Africa?
Date: October 13, 2021
Creator: Assefa, Shimelis; Rorissa, Abebe & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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Unsupervised learning in images and audio to produce neural receptive fields: a primer and accessible notebook

Description: This article presents a consolidated review of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) as an efficient neural coding scheme with the ability to model early visual and auditory neural processing.
Date: October 19, 2021
Creator: Urs, Namratha; Behpour, Sahar; Georgaras, Angie & Albert, Mark
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Partner: University of North Texas

Instructional Videos as Tools for Student Learning: Purpose and Practice

Description: Presentation on the creation and use of instructional videos in the UNT Libraries. This poster presentation describes their video production process, how these videos have supported student learning, and an example of an instructional video we created. Instructional videos are one major online resource that the University of North Texas Libraries provides to students. Librarians create a variety of online videos on topics that supplement course materials and instruction sessions. It was presen… more
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Volpe, Amelia & Roy, Meranda M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Presentation
Partner: UNT Libraries

Open Access and Open Educational Resources for Equitable Scholarly Communication: Rethinking Educational Planning Post-COVID

Description: Presentation that discusses Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER) in light of the iniquities in scholarly communication that were made more apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation discusses how OA and OER can address social justice concerns, improve scholarly communication, and facilitate equitable educational planning.
Date: October 14, 2021
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Presentation
Partner: UNT Libraries

North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities & Experiences in Africa

Description: Presentation given to stimulate future north-south collaborations by increasing awareness of both funded opportunities and low budget initiatives for scholarly exchanges and collaborations, benefits for scholars and their institutions in developed and developing countries, and best practices with respect to north-south collaborations and scholarly exchanges.
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Fourie, Ina; Raju, Jaya; Julien, Heidi; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Presentation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Soft Skills for Entry-Level Engineers: What Employers Want

Description: This article is a review of literature for skills comprised within the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria determined 26 topics necessary for the entry-level and continued success of engineers. The findings suggest that although entry-level engineers have proficiency in all of these ABET required skills, the entry-level engineers were not meeting the level of importance expressed by the organization for 24 of these 26 skills.
Date: October 14, 2021
Creator: Hirudayaraj, Malar; Baker, Rose M.; Baker, Francie & Eastman, Mike
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Establishing a Journey of Inclusion, Identity and Intersectionality through Guided Pathways to Enhance Latinx Success in Engineering and Computer Science

Description: Data management plan for the grant, "Establishing a Journey of Inclusion, Identity and Intersectionality through Guided Pathways to Enhance Latinx Success in Engineering and Computer Science." This project will bring together the University of North Texas (UNT) and North Central Texas College (NCTC) to decrease the time to graduation for transfer students in engineering and computer science (ECS) and better meet the needs of Latinx students. Three research questions will guide the project effor… more
Date: 2021-10-15/2024-09-30
Creator: D'Souza, Nandika Anne, 1967-; Quintanilla, John; Huffman, Debbie; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael & Ro, Hyun
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Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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Beyond the Chicken: Alternative Avian Models for Developmental Physiological Research

Description: This article is a review examining the characteristics that make an animal model attractive for developmental research and explores opportunities presented by the embryo to adult continuum of alternative bird models including quail, ratites, songbirds, birds of prey, and corvids.
Date: October 21, 2021
Creator: Flores-Santin, Josele & Burggren, Warren W.
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Partner: UNT College of Science
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Speech & Hearing Sciences Collection Evaluation

Description: This report summarizes an evaluation of the UNT Libraries' Speech and Hearing Sciences collection to determine if the collection is adequately serving patron needs. It was determined that the collection was currently meeting patrons' needs, and some recommendations for future collection maintenance were included.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Harker, Karen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries
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