Deep learning for peptide identification from metaproteomics datasets (open access)

Deep learning for peptide identification from metaproteomics datasets

This article explores a proposed deep-learning-based algorithm called DeepFilter for improving peptide identifications from a collection of tandem mass spectra. The authors find that DeepFilter is believed to generalize properly to new, previously unseen peptide-spectrum-matches and can be readily applied in peptide identification from metaproteomics data.
Date: July 8, 2021
Creator: Feng, Shichao; Sterzenbach, Ryan & Guo, Xuan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flexible and Stretchable Bioelectronics (open access)

Flexible and Stretchable Bioelectronics

Article reviewing several several flexible and stretchable materials used as substrate, stretchable electrical conduits and encapsulation, design modifications for stretchability, fabrication techniques, methods of signal transmission and monitoring, and the power sources for these stretchable bioelectronics. Ultimately, these bioelectronic devices can be used for wide range of applications from skin bioelectronics and biosensing devices, to neural implants for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
Date: December 20, 2021
Creator: Chitrakar, Chandani; Hedrick, Eric; Adegoke, Lauren & Ecker, Melanie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
On-chip multiplexed single-cell patterning and controllable intracellular delivery (open access)

On-chip multiplexed single-cell patterning and controllable intracellular delivery

Article presents a simple 3D electroporation platform that enables massively parallel single-cell manipulation and the intracellular delivery of macromolecules and small molecules.
Date: February 24, 2020
Creator: Dong, Zaizai; Jiao, Yanli; Xie, Bingteng; Hao, Yongcun; Wang, Pan; Liu, Yuanyuan et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accelerometer-Based Automated Counting of Ten Exercises without Exercise-Specific Training or Tuning (open access)

Accelerometer-Based Automated Counting of Ten Exercises without Exercise-Specific Training or Tuning

Article presents research that creates an automatic repetition counting system that is flexible enough to measure multiple distinct and repeating movements during physical therapy without being trained on the specific motion.
Date: October 10, 2020
Creator: Zelman, Samuel; Dow, Michael; Tabashum, Thasina; Xiao, Ting & Albert, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using a microprocessor knee (C-Leg) with appropriate foot transitioned individuals with dysvascular transfemoral amputations to higher performance levels: a longitudinal randomized clinical trial (open access)

Using a microprocessor knee (C-Leg) with appropriate foot transitioned individuals with dysvascular transfemoral amputations to higher performance levels: a longitudinal randomized clinical trial

Article evaluating whether advanced prostheses can provide better safety and performance capabilities to maintain and improve quality of life in individuals who are predominantly designated MFCL level K2. This study used a 13 month longitudinal clinical trial to determine the benefits of using a C-Leg and 1M10 foot in individuals at K2 level with transfemoral amputation due to vascular disease.
Date: May 25, 2021
Creator: Jayaraman, Chandrasekaran; Mummidisetty, Chaithanya K.; Albert, Mark; Lipschutz, Robert; Hoppe-Ludwig, Shenan; Mathur, Gayatri et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface: International Conference on Recent Advancements in Biomedical Engineering - 2021 (open access)

Preface: International Conference on Recent Advancements in Biomedical Engineering - 2021

This article showcasing the editorial team welcomes all readers to the proceedings of International Conference on Recent Advancements in Biomedical Engineering (ICRABE-2021). The conference was inspired by the fusion of science and engineering principles in healthcare services and products. The conference aims to initiate exchange of innovative ideas between students, research scholar and faculties. Specifically, mechanical principles, power control for medical devices, nanomaterials and associated technologies were focused. This proceeding comprises of a broad spectrum of techniques to expose the recent advancements in the field of physics for healthcare application. A List of the Organizing Committee, Advisory Committee, Technical Committee are available in the pdf.
Date: 2021
Creator: International Conference on Recent Advancements in Biomedical Engineering
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of MMP-13 as a Promising Target for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis (open access)

Overview of MMP-13 as a Promising Target for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis

This article is a review that illustrates the involvement of MMP-13 in the initiation and progression of Osteoarthritis (OA) through the regulation of MMP-13 activity at the molecular and epigenetic levels, as well as the strategies that have been employed against MMP-13. The aim of this review is to identify MMP-13 as an attractive target for inhibitor development in the treatment of OA.
Date: February 9, 2021
Creator: Hu, Qichan & Ecker, Melanie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bioengineering Systems for Modulating Notch Signaling in Cardiovascular Development, Disease, and Regeneration (open access)

Bioengineering Systems for Modulating Notch Signaling in Cardiovascular Development, Disease, and Regeneration

This article is a review summarizing the significant roles of Notch signaling in individual cardiac cell types. It covers the bioengineering systems of microfluidics, hydrogel, spheroid, and 3D bioprinting and provides insights into ancillary supports of bioengineering systems, varied types of cardiovascular cells, and advanced characterization approaches in further refining Notch signaling in cardiovascular development, disease, and regeneration.
Date: September 30, 2021
Creator: Huerta Gomez, Angello; Joshi, Sanika; Yang, Yong; Tune, Johnathan D. & Zhao, Ming-Tao
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wearable airbag technology and machine learned models to mitigate falls after stroke (open access)

Wearable airbag technology and machine learned models to mitigate falls after stroke

Article discusses wearable airbag technology that has been designed to detect and mitigate fall impact. However, this technology has not been validated for the stroke population, so authors investigated whether population-specific training data and modeling parameters are required to pre-detect falls in a chronic stroke population.
Date: June 17, 2022
Creator: Botonis, Olivia K.; Harari, Yaar; Embry, Kyle R.; Mummidisetty, Chaithanya K.; Riopelle, David; Giffhorn, Matt et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of Colonic Anastomotic Leakage and Prevention Methods (open access)

Review of Colonic Anastomotic Leakage and Prevention Methods

This article presents a composite review involving some of the current and best treatments for colonic anastomotic leakage that are available in order to better understand the steps taken to treat this complication.
Date: November 3, 2020
Creator: Fang, Alex H.; Chao, Wilson & Ecker, Melanie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unsupervised learning in images and audio to produce neural receptive fields: a primer and accessible notebook (open access)

Unsupervised learning in images and audio to produce neural receptive fields: a primer and accessible notebook

This article presents a consolidated review of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) as an efficient neural coding scheme with the ability to model early visual and auditory neural processing.
Date: October 19, 2021
Creator: Urs, Namratha; Behpour, Sahar; Georgaras, Angie & Albert, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Harnessing nanofiber alignment and pore size to promote stem cell self-renewal and differentiation (open access)

Harnessing nanofiber alignment and pore size to promote stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

Article describes how stem cell therapy holds immense potential for regenerative medicine, but its applications are limited due to the loss of pluripotency during in vitro expansion. This study reveals that the arrangement of electrospun fibers aligns with the distribution and strength of the electric field through both experimentation and simulation.
Date: July 25, 2023
Creator: Wei, Qiang; Blake, Laurence; Liu, Jiafeng; Man, Kun; Liang, Cindy; Teoh, Alexandra et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pathological Targets for Treating Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Discoveries From Microscale to Macroscale (open access)

Pathological Targets for Treating Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Discoveries From Microscale to Macroscale

This review article summarizes the latest neuropathological discoveries at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels involving both animal and patient studies, aiming to explore epileptogenesis and highlight new potential targets in the diagnosis and treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).
Date: January 7, 2022
Creator: You, Jing; Huang, Haiyan; Chan, Clement T. Y. & Li, Lin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of Rehabilitative and Assistive Technologies for Upper-Body Exoskeletal Devices (open access)

A Review of Rehabilitative and Assistive Technologies for Upper-Body Exoskeletal Devices

Authors state that this journal review article focuses on the use of assistive and rehabilitative exoskeletons as a new opportunity for individuals with diminished mobility. Overall, this article serves as a valuable resource for individuals working in the field of assistive and rehabilitative exoskeletons, providing insight into the state of the art and potential areas for improvement.
Date: April 20, 2023
Creator: Hays, Emilly; Slayton, Jack; Tejeda-Godinez, Gary; Carney, Emily; Cruz, Kobe; Exley, Trevor et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modulating 3D Cellular Connectivity Via Spatially-Controlled Programmable Bonding (open access)

Modulating 3D Cellular Connectivity Via Spatially-Controlled Programmable Bonding

Data management plan for the grant "Modulating 3D Cellular Connectivity Via Spatially-Controlled Programmable Bonding." This project seeks to demonstrate proof-of-concept for technology that allows one to systematically place cells on substrates to create complex 3D assemblies with precise control over individual cellular interactions. The technology generated within this proposal will open new avenues for studying multicellular communication pathways, stem cell differentiation, and understanding developmental processes. Spatially-defined cell-cell communication plays a critical role in numerous disease and developmental processes that include osteoarthritic degeneration, cancer metastasis, and organ regeneration.
Date: 2021-09-01/2023-08-31
Creator: Meckes, Brian
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Genetic Sensors and Circuits for Creating Novel Cellular Behaviors (open access)

Development of Genetic Sensors and Circuits for Creating Novel Cellular Behaviors

Data management plan for the grant "Development of Genetic Sensors and Circuits for Creating Novel Cellular Behaviors." This research is expected to advance the capability to engineer organisms for biomedical uses. Specifically, the outcomes of this project include design principles for engineering regulators from different protein families, an extensive set of genetic sensors for detecting a broad range of signals, and novel genetic circuits that address uprising problems in biomedical fields. It uses a novel multidisciplinary approach to enhance the health of the nation by creating tools that facilitate both medical-related discoveries and the implementation of new strategies for biomedical applications.
Date: 2021-09-15/2026-08-31
Creator: Chan, Clement T. Y.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Detection of Parkinson's Disease Through Automated Pupil Tracking of the Post-illumination Pupillary Response (open access)

Detection of Parkinson's Disease Through Automated Pupil Tracking of the Post-illumination Pupillary Response

This article describes a system for pupil size estimation with a user interface to allow rapid adjustment of parameters and extraction of pupil parameters of interest in order to identify Parkinson's disease (PD) as early as possible.
Date: March 25, 2021
Creator: Tabashum, Thasina; Zaffer, Adnaan; Yousefzai, Raman; Colletta, Kalea; Jost, Mary Beth; Park, Youngsook et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations (open access)

A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations

Article suggests that common standards for recording, detection, and reporting for intracranial recordings in humans that suggest their role in episodic and semantic memory does not exist. Authors of the article outline the methodological challenges involved in detecting ripple events and offer practical recommendations to improve separation from other high-frequency oscillations, and argue that shared experimental, detection, and reporting standards will provide a solid foundation for future translational discovery.
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Liu, Anli A.; Henin, Simon; Abbaspoor, Saman; Bragin, Anatol; Buffalo, Elizabeth A.; Farrell, Jordan S. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An approach for reliably identifying high-frequency oscillations and reducing false-positive detections (open access)

An approach for reliably identifying high-frequency oscillations and reducing false-positive detections

Article states that high-frequency oscillation (HFO), classified as ripples (80-240 Hz) and fast ripples (240-500 Hz), is regarded as a promising biomarker of epilepsy. The authors presented an integrated, multi-layered procedure capable of automatically rejecting HFOs from a variety of common false positives, such as motion, background signals, and sharp transients.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Zhou, Yufeng; You, Jing; Kumar, Udaya; Weiss, Shennan A.; Bragin, Anatol; Engel Jr., Jerome et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-vitro biomineralization and biocompatibility of friction stir additively manufactured AZ31B magnesium alloy-hydroxyapatite composites (open access)

In-vitro biomineralization and biocompatibility of friction stir additively manufactured AZ31B magnesium alloy-hydroxyapatite composites

Article presents research where friction stir additive manufacturing technique was employed to fabricate AZ31B magnesium-hydroxyapatite composite. The study aims to evaluate effect of hydroxyapatite (HA, Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆OH₂), a ceramic similar to natural bone, into AZ31B Mg alloy matrix on biomineralization and biocompatibility.
Date: June 30, 2020
Creator: Ho, Yee-Hsien; Man, Kun; Joshi, Sameehan; Pantawane, Mangesh V.; Wu, Tso-Chang; Yang, Yong et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Targeted Systemic Delivery of SDF-1 DNA for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Disease (open access)

Targeted Systemic Delivery of SDF-1 DNA for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Disease

Data management plan for the grant, "Targeted Systemic Delivery of SDF-1 DNA for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Disease."
Date: 2023-06-01/2023-07-31
Creator: Won, Youngwook
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
CAREER: A Prosthetic Elbow with Network of Soft and Modular Thermo-Active Actuators for Mobility Impaired Patients (open access)

CAREER: A Prosthetic Elbow with Network of Soft and Modular Thermo-Active Actuators for Mobility Impaired Patients

Data management plan for the grant "CAREER: A Prosthetic Elbow with Network of Soft and Modular Thermo-Active Actuators for Mobility Impaired Patients." This NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project will develop novel networks of flexible Peltier-based soft actuators designed for rehabilitation.
Date: 2021-10-01/2026-03-31
Creator: Jafari, Amir
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current methods for fabricating 3D cardiac engineered constructs (open access)

Current methods for fabricating 3D cardiac engineered constructs

Article is a review highlighting the various cell types found in cardiac tissues and how they correspond with current advanced fabrication methods for creating cardiac engineered constructs.
Date: May 20, 2022
Creator: Rogozinski, Nicholas; Yanez, Apuleyo; Bhoi, Rahulkumar; Lee, Moo-Yeal & Yang, Huaxiao
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nanocrown electrodes for parallel and robust intracellular recording of cardiomyocytes (open access)

Nanocrown electrodes for parallel and robust intracellular recording of cardiomyocytes

Article develops vertically-aligned nanocrown electrodes that are mechanically robust and achieve > 99% success rates in obtaining intracellular access through electroporation. This technology development provides an advancement towards establishing an iAP screening assay for preclinical evaluation of drug-induced arrhythmogenicity.
Date: April 26, 2022
Creator: Jahed, Zeinab; Yang, Yang; Tsai, Ching-Ting; Foster, Ethan P.; McGuire, Allister F.; Yang, Huaxiao et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library