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Prediction of Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Ratting Based on Climate Data in Addition to Bridge Data: Five States as a Case Study

Description: Evaluating the impact of learning from climate data, in addition to bridge data, on the performance of concrete deck condition rating prediction is critical for identifying the right data needed to enhance bridge maintenance decision making. Few studies have considered such an evaluation and utilized a small size of samples that prevent revealing the knowledge hidden within the big size of data. Although, such evaluation over big data seems quite necessary, class imbalance problem makes it chal… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Fard, Fariba
Partner: UNT College of Information

Hurricane Dorian Twitter Dataset

Description: This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for Tweets related to Hurricane Dorian which is the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/DocNow/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 3,000,553 Tweets and 84,216 media files make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2019-08-25/2019-09-14
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Transcript of an interview with Zilpha Etta Scott Dockery]

Description: Transcript of an interview with Zilpha Etta Scott Dockery about her life published in the Dallas Morning News on January 17, 1902. Dockery had the distinction of living in three centuries (the 18th, 19th, and 20th). Transcriber Mike Anglin, Dockery's great-great-great grandson, has provided footnotes with more information about the subjects mentioned.
Date: April 7, 2019
Creator: Anglin, Michael W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Stan Ingman, March 14, 2019

Description: Transcript of an interview with UNT professor Stan Ingman about his experiences growing up in cities that with pollution and environmental degradation, his education, and his work in the Rehabilitation and Health Services Department to develop curricula connecting the well-being of people to the health of their environments.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: March 14, 2019
Creator: Stark, Johnnie & Ingman, Stanley R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Hurricane Florence Twitter Dataset

Description: This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for Tweets related to Hurricane Florence and the subsequent flooding along the Carolina coastal region. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/edsu/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 4,971,575 Tweets and 347,205 media files make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2018-09-05/2018-10-03
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Nathanael Greene and the Myth of the Valiant Few

Description: Nathan Greene is the Revolutionary Warfare general most associated with unconventional warfare. The historiography of the southern campaign of the revolution uniformly agrees he was a guerrilla leader. Best evidence shows, however, that Nathanael Greene was completely conventional -- that his strategy, operations, tactics, and logistics all strongly resembled that of Washington in the northern theater and of the British commanders against whom he fought in the south. By establishing that Gre… more
Date: December 2017
Creator: Smith, David R.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Corners of Texas

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore

Description: Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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From Hell to Breakfast

Description: Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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Texas and Southwestern Lore

Description: Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

Oral History Interview with Ruth Edmonds Hill, May 13, 2016

Description: Interview with Ruth Hill, a librarian and the wife of Boston-area storyteller Brother Blue (Hugh Morgan Hill) from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Hill discusses growing up in Pittsfield and the layout of the communities there, her family history, school, attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, working at Harvard, marrying Hugh, festivities on the Cambridge commons, Blue's storytelling career, and her career working on African-American history projects. In appendix are 3 photos of Mrs.… more
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Date: May 13, 2016
Creator: Valk, Anne M. & Edmonds-Hill, Ruth
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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2013 National Ocean Dumping Site Monitoring Assessment Report

Description: This national report presents EPA's ocean dumping monitoring activities in fiscal year 2013. EPA conducted 13 surveys at 20 ocean disposal sites offshore from Puerto Rico, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and Oregon. This report summarizes each survey's objectives(s), activities, conclusions, and recommended environmental management actions.
Date: May 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Impacts of Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy Options on the U.S. Economy

Description: This study compiles and updates the findings of 16 comprehensive state climate action plans and extrapolates the results to the nation. The study then takes those results and using a widely accepted econometric model projects the national impact of these policies on employment, incomes, gross domestic product (GDP) and consumer energy prices. Finally, using the bottom-up data developed by the states and aggregated here, the study models the national impact of major features of the Kerry-Lieberm… more
Date: July 2010
Creator: Center for Climate Strategies
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Susan Smith VO]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: March 17, 2009
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[CSLA 2007 National Conference program]

Description: Program for the 40th anniversary Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held at the Inn at Valley Forge in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The program provides details about the conference's logistics and schedule, as well as biographies for presenters, speakers, awardees, and entertainers. An ad for the 2008 CSLA national conference in Greenville, South Carolina is included.
Date: 2007-07~
Creator: Church and Synagogue Library Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ernesto]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Hurricane Ernesto in South Carolina.
Date: August 31, 2006
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hurricane Ernesto]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about hurricane Ernesto.
Date: August 31, 2006
Duration: 41 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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BRAC Analysis - Notes and Research

Description: Contains general notes and research from Air Force Team Analyst Craig Hall regarding Shaw AFB, SC
Date: December 12, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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