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Title: A novel machine learning framework for comparison of viral COVID-19–related Sina Weibo and Twitter posts : workflow development and content analysis
Author: Chen, Shi, Zhou, Lina, Song, Yunya, Xu, Qian, Wang, Ping, Wang, Kanlun, Ge, Yaorong, Janies, Daniel
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: COVID-19 (Disease), Twitter (Firm), Social media, Machine learning
Description: Background: Social media plays a critical role in health communications, especially during global health emergencies such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is a lack of a universal analytical framework to extract, quantify, and comp...

Title: A photocatalytic facade for air pollution mitigation
Author: Gil Rivas, Dante
Date Created: 2021, 2021, 2021
Subjects--Topical: Architecture, Design, Air quality

Title: Artivism, virtual workshops, and the pandemic
Author: Bennett, Adreonna
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Social justice, Photography, COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Academic libraries, Internet videoconferencing
Description: I was hired as a Community Engagement Archivist in the Special Collections and University Archives unit at J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte in June 2019. Not only was this my first full time library job but it wa...

Title: Bioflavonoid induced oxidative stress as reported by DHE
Author: Sielaty, Rachel Ashby
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Oxidative stress, Bioflavonoids
Description: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a type of hydroxyl ions that are generated during normal metabolism in all cells of the body. Naturally occurring ROS are not known to cause damage at these normal, regulated levels. However, oxidative stress (OS)...

Title: CO2-plant effects do not account for the gap between dryness indices and projected dryness impacts in CMIP6 or CMIP5
Author: Scheff, Jacob, Mankin, Justin S., Coats, Sloan, Liu, Haibo
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Climatic changes, Earth sciences
Description: Recent studies have found that terrestrial dryness indices like the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), and Aridity Index calculated from future climate model projections are mostly neg...

Title: Cambridge women and the professional world : navigating gender conservatism in the late Victorian era
Author: Dobbs, Olivia, Pipkin, Amanda (Amanda Cathryn)
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Sex role, Nineteenth century, Women in education
Description: During the late nineteenth century, British women received better education, especially at the university level. In particular, the University of Cambridge opened two women’s colleges, Girton College in 1869 and Newnham College in 1871. The establ...

Title: Characterizing the acoustic signature of a quadrotor in hovering flight
Author: Harrison, Jacob
Date Created: 2021
Description: Quadrotors are small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) that generate sound characterized by a unique acoustic signature. In this research, we aim to determine the acoustic signature of a quadrotor and differentiate it from ambient noise in audio sa...

Title: Charlotte's Hidden Valley : the lived experience
Author: Lash, Barbara Pinson
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Documentary films, North Carolina--Charlotte, Community development
Description: Presented by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's - Charlotte Action Research Project (CHARP) in partnership with Hidden Valley residents, and directed and produced by PhD Barbara Pinson Lash: The Hidden Valley Neighborhood has seen man...

Title: Civilizing paternalism : Mill, autonomy, and Indian assimilation policies
Author: Lee, Christina
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Indigenous peoples, North America, Assimilation (Sociology), Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
Description: John Stuart Mill, a Western philosopher of the Enlightenment period, argues that paternalism is an infringement on an individual’s autonomy. Although Mill argues as such, Western powers have been observed to exercise paternalism by way of imperial...

Title: Controlled coherence plasmonic light sources
Author: Gbur, Greg, Smith, Matt
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Physics, Optics
Description: Through a computational model, we study the coherence converting capabilities of an array of holes in a surface plasmon-supporting metal plate, with an eye towards the creation of controlled coherence plasmonic light sources. We evaluate how the a...

Title: DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanoclusters inhibit bacterial growth while being non-toxic to mammalian cells
Author: Afonin, Kirill A., Chandler, Morgan, Rolband, Lewis
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description: Silver has a long history of antibacterial effectiveness. The combination of atomically precise metal nanoclusters with the field of nucleic acid nanotechnology has given rise to DNA-templated silver nanoclusters (DNA-AgNCs) which can be engineere...

Title: Detection of high prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2/3 gene deletions in Assosa zone, Ethiopia : implication for malaria diagnosis
Author: Janies, Daniel, Blackburn, Kayla, Lopez, Karen, Lo, Eugenia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Communicable diseases, Malaria
Description: Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) targeting histidine rich protein 2(HRP2) are widely used for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infections. Besides PfHRP2, the PfHRP3 antigen contributes to the detection of P. falciparum infections in PfH...

Title: End of an era for community managed care of NC medicaid adults report of a 2018 CAHPS survey of adult enrollees in CCNC networks
Author: Carnes, Keith J., Mbugua, Anne, Barbato, David
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Medicaid, Managed Care, North Carolina, Survey
Description: The NC Department of Health and Human Services contracted with UNC Charlotte to conduct statewide surveys of the NC adult managed Medicaid population in 2018. This report presents the findings.

Title: End of an era for community managed care of NC medicaid adults report of a 2018 CAHPS survey of adult enrollees in CCNC networks
Author: Carnes, Keith J., Mbugua, Anne, Barbato, David
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Medicaid, Managed Care, North Carolina, Survey
Description: The NC Department of Health and Human Services contracted with UNC Charlotte to conduct statewide surveys of the NC adult managed Medicaid population in 2018. This report presents the findings.

Title: End of an era for community managed care of NC medicaid children report of a 2018 CAHPS survey of child enrollees in CCNC network
Author: Carnes, Keith J., Barbato, David, Mbugua, Anne
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Medicaid, Survey, Managed Care, North Carolina
Description: The NC Department of Health and Human Services contracted with UNC Charlotte to conduct statewide surveys of the NC child managed Medicaid population in 2018. This report presents the findings.

Title: Engagement pathways to transfer student success - full paper with statistical details
Author: Moore, Anne Cooper, Croxton, Rebecca A.
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: College students--Transfer, Academic libraries--Services to transfer students
Description: This paper is the comprehensive companion to the paper, Engagement Pathways to Transfer Student Success, that was submitted as part of the 2020 ARL Library Assessment Conference Proceedings. Moore, A. C., & Croxton, R. (2021, March). Engagement Pa...

Title: Evaluating the impact of working in an online environment
Author: Richardson, Kara, Ambroise, Sharmily
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Communication
Description: Research has found that peer mentorship can play a valuable role in a student’s personal growth and development. At UNC Charlotte, the Communication Across the Curriculum program trains communication consultants to serve as peer mentors and provid...

Title: Exploring feasibility of multivariate deep learning models in predicting COVID-19 epidemic
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude, Janies, Daniel, Chen, Shi, Paul, Rajib
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Deep learning (Machine learning), COVID-19 (Disease)
Description: Background: Mathematical models are powerful tools to study COVID-19. However, one fundamental challenge in current modeling approaches is the lack of accurate and comprehensive data. Complex epidemiological systems such as COVID-19 are especially...

Title: Genetic diversity of Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia provides insight into patterns of spread
Author: Janies, Daniel, Lopez, Karen
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Communicable diseases, Malaria
Description: Background: The recent detection of the South Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa (HOA) raises concerns about the impact of this mosquito on malaria transmission in the region. Analysis of An. stephensi genetic diversity...

Title: Genetic variation of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 in Assosa zone, Ethiopia : its impact on the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests
Author: Janies, Daniel, Blackburn, Kayla, Lopez, Karen, Lo, Eugenia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Communicable diseases, Malaria
Description: Background Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are commonly used for the diagnosis of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. However, false negative results of RDT caused by genetic variation of P. falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 genes (pfhrp...