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Get Up and Move: Independence and Maneuverability Related to Regular Exercise among Non-institutionalized Elderly Adults (open access)

Get Up and Move: Independence and Maneuverability Related to Regular Exercise among Non-institutionalized Elderly Adults

This paper discusses a research study on independence and maneuverability related to regular exercise among non-institutionalized elderly adults.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Swan, James H. & Soltau, Heather
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Epigenetics as a Source of Variation in Comparative Animal Physiology - or - Lamarck Is Lookin' Pretty Good These Days (open access)

Epigenetics as a Source of Variation in Comparative Animal Physiology - or - Lamarck Is Lookin' Pretty Good These Days

This article discusses the ecological and and evolutionary significance of such epigenetic inheritance in a comparative physiological context, and provides a number of caveats and warnings regarding the interpretation of transgenerational phenotype modification as a true epigenetic phenomenon.
Date: February 26, 2014
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dynamics of Epigenetic Phenomena: Intergenerational and Intragenerational Phenotype 'Washout' (open access)

Dynamics of Epigenetic Phenomena: Intergenerational and Intragenerational Phenotype 'Washout'

This review contains a discussion of epigenetic dynamics in comparative biology with a focus on a more organismal level perspective, befitting of comparative physiology, that considers complex phenotypic changes.
Date: January 7, 2015
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ultra-Fast Alterations in mRNA Levels Uncover Multiple Players in Light Stress Acclimation in Plants (open access)

Ultra-Fast Alterations in mRNA Levels Uncover Multiple Players in Light Stress Acclimation in Plants

This article contains RNA sequencing analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants subjected to light stress in order to identify and characterize rapid changes in the steady-state level of different transcripts in response to light stress.
Date: September 26, 2015
Creator: Suzuki, Nobuhiro; Devireddy, Amith R.; Inupakutika, Madhuri A.; Baxter, Aaron; Miller, Gad; Song, Luhua et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is Exposure to Macondo Oil Reflected in the Otolith Chemistry of Marsh-Resident Fish? (open access)

Is Exposure to Macondo Oil Reflected in the Otolith Chemistry of Marsh-Resident Fish?

This article evaluates otolith microchemistry as a method for assessing oil exposure history.
Date: September 28, 2016
Creator: López-Duarte, Paola C.; Fodrie, F. Joel; Jensen, Olaf P.; Whitehead, Andrew; Galvez, Fernando; Dubansky, Benjamin et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational design of environmental sensors for the potent opioid fentanyl (open access)

Computational design of environmental sensors for the potent opioid fentanyl

This article describes the computational design of proteins that bind the potent analgesic fentanyl.
Date: September 19, 2017
Creator: Bick, Matthew J.; Greisen, Per J.; Morey, Kevin J.; Antunes, Mauricio S.; La, David; Sankaran, Banumathi et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Garcinol sensitizes human head and neck carcinoma to cisplatin in a xenoraft mouse model despite downregulation of proliferative biomarkers (open access)

Garcinol sensitizes human head and neck carcinoma to cisplatin in a xenoraft mouse model despite downregulation of proliferative biomarkers

This article investigates whether garcinol, a polyisoprenylated benzophenone can chemosensitize HNSCC to cisplatin.
Date: February 28, 2015
Creator: Li, Feng; Shanmugam, Muthu K.; Siveen, Kodappully Sivaraman; Wang, Fan; Ong, Tina H.; Loo, Ser Yue et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phenotypic developmental plasticity induced by preincubation egg storage in chicken embryos (Gallus gallus domesticus) (open access)

Phenotypic developmental plasticity induced by preincubation egg storage in chicken embryos (Gallus gallus domesticus)

This article investigates how preincubation egg storage conditions (temperature, duration, hypoxia, and hypercapnia) affects viability, body mass, and physiological variables and functions in day 15 chicken embryos.
Date: January 23, 2016
Creator: Branum, Sylvia R.; Tazawa, Hiroshi & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill as a Case Study for Interdisciplinary Cooperation within Developmental Biology, Environmental Sciences and Physiology (open access)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill as a Case Study for Interdisciplinary Cooperation within Developmental Biology, Environmental Sciences and Physiology

This article makes the argument for interdisciplinary teams that bring together scientists with different specialties as an efficient way--and perhaps the only way--to unravel highly complex biological effects of marine oil spills.
Date: December 17, 2015
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.; Dubansky, Benjamin; Roberts, Aaron & Alloy, Matthew
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multifeature analyses of vascular cambial cells reveal longevity mechanisms in old Ginkgo biloba trees (open access)

Multifeature analyses of vascular cambial cells reveal longevity mechanisms in old Ginkgo biloba trees

This article investigates age-related changes in Ginkgo biloba trees to learn more about the molecular and metabolic mechanisms underlying their longevity. The results revealed that long-lived trees have evolved compensatory mechanisms to maintain a balance between growth and aging processes.
Date: January 13, 2020
Creator: Wang, Li; Cui, Jiawen; Jin, Biao; Zhao, Jiangou; Xu, Huimin; Lu, Zhaogeng et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of a Chicken 600K SNP genotyping array in non-model species of grouse (open access)

Evaluation of a Chicken 600K SNP genotyping array in non-model species of grouse

This article tested the cross-species application of the Affymetrix 600K Chicken SNP array in five species of North American prairie grouse (Centrocercus and Tympanuchus genera). This study study provided evidence for successful cross-species application of the chicken SNP array in grouse which diverged ca. 37 mya from the chicken lineage. As far as the authors are concerned, this is the first reported application of a SNP array in non-passerine birds, and it demonstrates the feasibility of using commercial SNP arrays in research on non-model bird species.
Date: October 19, 2018
Creator: Minias, Piotr; Dunn, Peter O.; Whittingham, Linda A.; Johnson, Jeff A. & Oyler-McCance, Sara
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music and Facial Emotion Recognition: An Experimental Approach (open access)

Music and Facial Emotion Recognition: An Experimental Approach

Paper discusses a study that examines the effect of music on the recognition of facial expressions, with the goal of providing insight into how the brain processes emotion.
Date: 2016
Creator: Vu, Vy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing a Density Map-based Visualization Tool for Metagenomics Analysis (open access)

Developing a Density Map-based Visualization Tool for Metagenomics Analysis

Paper discusses a new method for visualizing microbial community composition, where each sample in a standard two-dimensional map of bacterial diversity is projected as a density map onto this grid, so that different figures have similar layouts and differences can be visually assessed.
Date: 2013
Creator: Munro, Daniel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Isolation and Analysis of Mycobacteriophage CharlieBrwn (open access)

Isolation and Analysis of Mycobacteriophage CharlieBrwn

Paper contains an analysis of the characteristics of the mycobacteriophage CharlieBrwn.
Date: 2013
Creator: Jung, Jennifer A. & Powell, Aaron
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Science and Non-science Major Students’ Awareness of Bacterial Resistance and their Hygiene Practices (open access)

Comparison of Science and Non-science Major Students’ Awareness of Bacterial Resistance and their Hygiene Practices

Paper explores the question of whether differing education provided to a science major and non-science major university students affect their awareness of antibacterial resistance.
Date: 2016
Creator: Bui, Jenny
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Antimicrobial and Synergistic Efficiency of Antibiotic and Bacteriophage for the Treatment of Tuberculosis (open access)

The Antimicrobial and Synergistic Efficiency of Antibiotic and Bacteriophage for the Treatment of Tuberculosis

Paper describes a study exploring bacteriophages and antibiotics as a potential treatment for tuberculosis.
Date: 2014
Creator: Cai, Lucy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Insecurity and Related Health Problems Among Children in Denton, Texas (open access)

Food Insecurity and Related Health Problems Among Children in Denton, Texas

Paper examines the geography and consequences of food insecurity in Denton, TX.
Date: 2013
Creator: Kouchade, Bissilola
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Molecular and Microbial Techniques: a Complete Laboratory Notebook (open access)

Advanced Molecular and Microbial Techniques: a Complete Laboratory Notebook

The purpose of this project is to produce a complete and thorough notebook that may be used to supplement laboratory coursework. Its intent is to be used primarily by the students to aid them in understanding background information and the proper laboratory procedures involved in various types of experiments. The laboratory notebook is a summation of all the experiments and procedures used in the six-credit hour Advanced Microbial and Molecular Biology (BIOL 5160) course offered during the summer semester at the University of North Texas. This class is a team taught effort by Professors O'Donovan and Kunz. The course is constructed as an intensive practice exercise to teach the student about gene mutations, biosynthetic pathways, preparation and analysis of plasmid DNA, and many other topics included in the notebook.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Brito-Rodriquez, Carmen Lydia
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pretreatment Optimization of Fiberglass Manufacturing Industrial Wastewater (open access)

Pretreatment Optimization of Fiberglass Manufacturing Industrial Wastewater

Wastewater effluent produced in the fiberglass manufacturing industry contains a significant amount of total suspended solids. Environmental regulations require pretreatment of effluent before it is discharged to the municipal wastewater treatment plant. Chemical precipitation by coagulation and flocculation is the method of pretreatment used at the Vetrotex CertainTeed Corporation (VCT). A treatability study was conducted to determine conditions at which the VCT Wastewater Pretreatment Plant could operate to consistently achieve a total suspended solids concentration ≤ 200-mg/L. Jar tests varied pH, polymer dosage, and ferric sulfate dosage. Total suspended solids and turbidity were measured to evaluate treatment performance. The data were used to determine an optimum set of conditions under project guidelines. Of twelve polymers screened, BPL 594 was selected as the most effective polymer. For cost efficiency in the wastewater pretreatment operation, recommendations suggested that treatment chemical injection be electronically controlled according to turbidity of the treated effluent.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Dragoo, Ron
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Functional Characterization of the Arabidopsis AtSUC2 Sucrose/H+ Symporter by Tissue-Specific Complementation Reveals an Essential Role in Phloem Loading But Not in Long-Distance Transport (open access)

Functional Characterization of the Arabidopsis AtSUC2 Sucrose/H+ Symporter by Tissue-Specific Complementation Reveals an Essential Role in Phloem Loading But Not in Long-Distance Transport

This article discusses functional characterization of the Arabidopsis AtSUC2 Sucrose/H+ Symporter.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Srivastava, Avinash C.; Ganesan, Savita; Ismail, Ihab O. & Ayre, Brian G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristic Male Urine Microbiomes Associate with Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Infection (open access)

Characteristic Male Urine Microbiomes Associate with Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Infection

Article discussing research on characteristic male urine microbiomes associated with asymptomatic sexually transmitted infection.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Nelson, David E.; Van Der Pol, Barbara; Dong, Qunfeng; Revanna, Kashi V.; Fan, Baochang; Easwaran, Shraddha et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiple domains in MtENOD8 protein including the signal peptide target it to the symbiosome (open access)

Multiple domains in MtENOD8 protein including the signal peptide target it to the symbiosome

Article presenting evidence from GFP fusion experiments that the MtENOD8 protein contains at least three symbiosome targeting domains, including its N-terminal signal peptide (SP).
Date: May 2012
Creator: Meckfessel, Matthew H.; Blancaflor, Elison B.; Plunkett, Michael; Dong, Qunfeng & Dickstein, Rebecca
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Microbial Communities in Male First Catch Urine Are Highly Similar to Those in Paired Urethral Swab Specimens (open access)

The Microbial Communities in Male First Catch Urine Are Highly Similar to Those in Paired Urethral Swab Specimens

Article discussing the microbial communities in male first catch urine and how these are highly similar to those paired in urethral swab specimens.
Date: May 13, 2011
Creator: Dong, Qunfeng; Nelson, David E.; Toh, Evelyn; Diao, Lixia; Gao, Xiang; Fortenberry, J. Dennis et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Plant Genomics Resources at Plant GDB (open access)

Comparative Plant Genomics Resources at Plant GDB

Article on comparative plant genomics resources at plant GDB.
Date: October 2005
Creator: Dong, Qunfeng; Lawrence, Carolyn J.; Schlueter, Shannon D.; Wilkerson, Matthew D.; Kurtz, Stefan; Brendel, Volker et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library