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Martin K. Wallace
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Analysis and Assessment of Graduate Students’ Perception and Academic Performance Using Open Educational Resource (OER) Course Materials
(ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2018)Dr. Kermanshachi presented a conference paper about her UTA CARES grant project at the 2018 Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference. She was also awarded a 2018-19 OER Research Fellowship from the Open ... -
Towards a "critical regionalism" for rapidly developing areas of Texas.
(Landscape Architecture, 1998-12)The published intellectual discourse on "Critical Regionalism" is more prolific in the literature of architecture and planning than that of landscape architecture. As a result, the existing parameters used to define ... -
Hyperoptimized Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods For Geospatial and Temporal Function Estimation
(2018-08-13)Owing to a high degree of freedom in human mobility, accurate modelling/estimation of human mobility function remains a challenge. Numerous work in the literature have tried to address the challenge using various traditional ... -
MALWARE EARLY-STAGE DETECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING ON HARDWARE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS
(2018-08-03)Systems affected by Malware in the past 10 years has risen from 29 million to 780 million, which tells us it’s a rapidly growing threat. Viruses, ransomware, worms, backdoors, botnets etc. all come under malware. Ransomware ... -
A community assessment of food resources available to college students in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
(2018-08-08)After exploring the limited research available on food insecurity among college students, the goal of this study was to add in-depth information on the resources available to college and university students in the Dallas-Fort ... -
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND THE IMPACTS ON HOUSING VALUE
(2018-08-13)Accessibility is the well stablished concept in theories of urban planning and spatial structure. This dissertation measured access to opportunities that incorporate major destinations as well as all jobs for three modes. ... -
The rise of Twitter in presidential communication: An examination of the relationship between President Trump's Twitter feed and the media coverage of his first 100 days
(2018-08-09)The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Donald Trump’s Twitter feed and the media coverage of Trump’s agenda expressed in his tweets during the “honeymoon period.” From the theoretical perspective ... -
SUPPORTING EFFICIENT LARGE-SCALE KEY-VALUE SYSTEMS WITH AN OPTIMIZED STORAGE HIERARCHY
(2018-06-15)Driven by the growing demands from big-data applications, the focus of their data management has been largely shifted from traditional SQL databases to NoSQL (Not-only- SQL) databases, such as key-value (KV) stores, which ... -
TAXONOMY, SYSTEMATICS, AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SUNDA SHELF PHILAUTUS (ANURA: RHACOPHORIDAE)
(2018-08-08)The following work on the genus Philautus represents one of the most comprehensive treatment of any vertebrate taxa of the Sunda Shelf. It is unique in the fact that it includes representative sampling from all of the major ... -
Group heterogeneity influences complex and novel outcomes
(2018-08-07)Research on diversity impacting group performance, especially creativity, has yielded varied, inconsistent outcomes. One initial issue that researchers face is identifying and measuring diversity within groups. Further, ... -
Finding Representative Entities From Entity Graph By Using Neighborhood Based Entity Similarity
(2018-09-17)Several applications deploy the use of large entity graphs. Given the entirety of its application scope, it is challenging to select a single entity graph for a particular need from numerous data sources. For a comprehensible ... -
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT
(2018-08-06)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between experience as a school psychologist, time spent in supervising other school psychologists, training hours, interest in learning more about the IDEA, perceived ... -
DEVELOPING SELF-EFFICACY: MIDDLE-SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES AFTER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(2018-08-09)This qualitative case study explored how middle school English teachers in one North Texas school district perceived professional development grew or hindered their self confidence. Bandura’s (1977) theory of self-efficacy ... -
Algorithms for Exploratory Queries over Web Database
(2019-02-06)In recent years we have seen an increase in the popularity of many web applications. The functionality of these applications range from allowing users to interact using online social network, to assist users in their ... -
FRACTURE DENSITY AND BRITTLENESS OF THE MESOZOIC FORMATIONS EXPOSED ON THE CANADIAN ESCARPMENT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO
(2018-07-02)Production of hydrocarbons from tight and unconventional reservoirs has become so prevalent, the need to understand rock fracture mechanics has become increasingly important. A specific research goal is the need to understand ... -
REACHABLE SET COMPUTATION AND ANALYSIS FOR PERTURBED LINEAR SYSTEMS.
(2018-12-04)Determination of the set of all possible states, which a system can attain, plays an important role in safety for critical application. Prior knowledge of this set for the complete run-time provides critical information ... -
Masculinity and Chivalry: The Tenuous Relationship of the Sacred and Secular in Medieval Arthurian Literature
(2018-08-13)Concepts of masculinity and chivalry in the medieval period were socially constructed, within both the sacred and the secular realms. The different meanings of these concepts were not always easily compatible, causing ... -
Experiential Learning and Open Education: Partnering with Students to Evaluate OER Accessibility
(Pacific University Press, 2018)This chapter focuses on an open textbook evaluation project undertaken by the Open Education Librarian and a student intern at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). UTA offers a Minor in Disability Studies, an ... -
Creating Learning Opportunities in Open Education: An Exploration of the Intersections of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication
(Pacific University Press, 2018)Since publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries white paper on the intersections of scholarly communication and information literacy in 2013, a growing number of projects and programs embodying ... -
Intentionally Cultivating Diverse Community for Radically Open Access Makerspaces
(Higher Education Makerspace Initiative (HEMI), 2018-08-05)Academic makerspaces which are discipline-agnostic face the daunting task of trying to meet the needs of a humbling array of approaches to inquiry while maintaining a sustainable and safe environment for making. Establishing ...