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Title: Universal sample size invariant measures for uncertainty quantification in density estimation
Author: Jacobs, Donald J., Farmer, Jenny, Merino, Zach, Merino, Zach
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Statistics, Entropy
Description: Previously, we developed a high throughput non-parametric maximum entropy method (PLOS ONE, 13(5): e0196937, 2018) that employs a log-likelihood scoring function to characterize uncertainty in trial probability density estimates through a scaled q...

Title: Predicting the upcoming services of vacant taxis near fixed locations using taxi trajectories
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude, Hu, Chunchun
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Taxicab industry, Taxicabs
Description: Emerging on-line reservation services and special car services have greatly affected the development of the taxi industry. Surprisingly, taking a taxi is still a significant problem in many large cities. In this paper, we present an effective solu...

Title: Scintillation properties of a partially coherent vector beam with vortex phase in turbulent atmosphere
Author: Gbur, Greg, Yu, Jiayi, Cai, Yangjian, Huang, Yan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Physics, Optics
Description: We undertake a computational and experimental study of an advanced class of structured beams, partially coherent radially polarized vortex (PCRPV) beams, on propagation through atmospheric turbulence. A computational propagation model is establish...

Title: Puerto Rico as colonial palimpsest : a microhistory of translation and language policy
Author: Mellinger, Christopher D. (Christopher Davey)
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Translating and interpreting, Language policy
Description: This article presents a microhistory of Puerto Rico that investigates the role of translation and language policy during the transition from Spanish to U.S. colonial rule. Two specific periods, namely the transitional military government from 1898...

Title: Computer-assisted interpreting technologies and interpreter cognition : a product and process-oriented perspective
Author: Mellinger, Christopher D. (Christopher Davey)
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Translating and interpreting, Translating services
Description: Research on technology-enabled and technology-mediated interpreting to date has taken a largely product-oriented approach to understand the role of technology during interpreting. In response to calls for additional empirical research on the inter...

Title: Perceptions of resilience and coping among gender-diverse individuals using photography
Author: Bowling, Jessamyn, Schoebel, Victoria, Vercruysse, Chloe
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Transgender people, Resilience (Personality trait)
Description: Gender-diverse individuals (those whose gender and/or sex differ from societal expectations, such as trans or genderqueer) face stigma and discrimination, which can translate into negative health outcomes. Resilience describes the process of overc...

Title: Millennials will one day be eighty: generations in humor and context
Author: Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Conflict of generations, Sociology, Humor, Library science
Description: Presented at the IDEAL Conference in Columbus, Ohio. August 2019. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility in Libraries and Archives Most generational workshops make an honest attempt at trying to understand unique experiences through divers...

Title: Don't ruin your anthropology collection : using data to increase representation in small to medium collections
Author: Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Anthropology, Library science, Literary collections
Description: Presented at the IDEAL Conference in Columbus Ohio, August 2019. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries and Archives Most generational workshops make an honest attempt at trying to understand unique experiences through divers...

Title: Adiabatic shear band formation in metallic glasses
Author: Kulkarni, Shank S.
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Metallic glasses, Deformations (Mechanics)
Description: Metallic glasses (MGs) are widely used in many applications due to their unique and attractive properties such as high strength, high elastic limit and good corrosion resistance. Experiments have shown that deformation in MGs is governed by either...

Title: Kids these days won't answer the phone : generations in context
Author: Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Conflict of generations
Description: Presented at Diversity Day at UNC Charlotte, February 28, 2019 This poster aims to reduce generational stereotypes through considering other factors such as age, the economy, technology and events and how to situation yourself within a diverse ran...

Title: Bring your own born-digital (BYOBD) ingesting digital media when you don't have a budget
Author: Cline, Tyler
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Floppy disks
Description: When tackling born-digital records on older media, it is often necessary to utilize period hardware for transfer. This hardware is often obsolete and cannot be sourced through large centralized procurement processes at some Universities. Sometimes...

Title: Claims returned process : using our values to improve the service
Author: Boardman, Erika, Norton, Derek R., Miller, Ryan J.
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Library science, Academic libraries, Library circulation and loans
Description: Through collaboration among Collections Maintenance, Circulation, and Technology and Digital Strategies, an online Claims Returned Form was established and has drastically improved the process for claims returned items. Featuring a unique API comp...

Title: Many rice genes are differentially spliced between roots and shoots but cytokinin has minimal effect on splicing
Author: Loraine, Ann, Freese, Nowlan H., Estrada, April, Blakley, Ivory
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Gene expression
Description: Alternatively spliced genes produce multiple spliced isoforms, called transcript variants. In differential alternative splicing, transcript variant abundance differs across sample types. Differential alternative splicing is common in animal system...

Title: Arabidopsis bioinformatics resources : the current state, challenges, and priorities for the future
Author: Loraine, Ann, Doherty, Colleen, Friesner, Joanna, Gregory, Brian
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Bioinformatics, Arabidopsis thaliana
Description: Effective research, education, and outreach efforts by the Arabidopsis thaliana community, as well as other scientific communities that depend on Arabidopsis resources, depend vitally on easily available and publicly-shared resources. These resour...

Title: Spiral spectrum of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam propagating in anisotropic non-Kolmogorov turbulent atmosphere along horizontal path
Author: Gbur, Greg, Zeng, Jun, Liu, Xianlong, Cai, Yangjian
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Physics, Optics
Description: Close to the ground, it is generally known that atmospheric turbulence exhibits strong anisotropy, which affects the performance of applications such as free-space optical (FSO) communication. In this paper, we establish a theoretical model for ca...

Title: Spatial analytics based on confidential data for strategic planning in urban health departments
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude, Yonto, Daniel, Issel, L. Michele
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Data protection
Description: Spatial data analytics can detect patterns of clustering of events in small geographies across an urban region. This study presents and demonstrates a robust research design to study the longitudinal stability of spatial clustering with small case...

Title: Effect of privatization and inland infrastructural development on India's container port selection dynamics
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude, Subramanian, Kailas Venkita
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Privatization--Economic aspects, Shipment of goods
Description: In this study, we present insights on how the privatization of Indian ports is altering the market share of containerized shipments across two key Industrial corridors of India. Using bill of lading dataset, we implement a binary multi-level discr...

Title: Effect of local norms on racial and ethnic representation in gifted education
Author: Matthews, Michael S., 1968-, Peters, Scott J., Rambo-Hernandez, Karen, Plucker, Jonathan A.
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education--Research, Gifted children--Education, Racism in schools
Description: Educators have sought to understand and address the disproportional representation of students from certain student subgroups in gifted education. Most gifted identification decisions are made with national comparisons where students must score ab...

Title: Visualizing a small academic collection using only excel and tableau public : a case study of an anthropology collection
Author: Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Information visualization, Library science, Anthropology, Electronic data processing, Visualization--Data processing
Description: Presented at the American Libraries Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC June 2019. Taking on new collection as a subject librarian can be a daunting task. The collection is large and unfamiliar, and you have to immediately start purcha...

Title: Diel patterning in the bacterial community associated with the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Author: Reitzel, Adam M., Leach, Whitney B., Carrier, Tyler J.
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Gene expression, Biology
Description: Microbes can play an important role in the physiology of animals by providing essential nutrients, inducing immune pathways, and influencing the specific species that compose the microbiome through competitive or facilitatory interactions. The com...