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Solid State Optical Microlasers Fabrication via Microfluidic Channels (open access)

Solid State Optical Microlasers Fabrication via Microfluidic Channels

Paper proposes the use of a microfluidic channel with flow focusing technique to fabricate solid state polymeric microlasers to precisely control sizes for mass production.
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Manzo, Maurizio & Cavazos, Omar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploring NIR Aza-BODIPY-Based Polarity Sensitive Probes with ON-and-OFF Fluorescence Switching in Pluronic Nanoparticles (open access)

Exploring NIR Aza-BODIPY-Based Polarity Sensitive Probes with ON-and-OFF Fluorescence Switching in Pluronic Nanoparticles

The articles is about a study of the response of six NIR aza-BODIPY-based and structurally similar fluorophores to polarity and viscosity for incorporation inside Pluronic nanoparticles as switchable fluorescent probes (SFPs). Based on their results, all of these fluorophores were moderately to strongly sensitive to the polarity of the microenvironment. They concluded that attaching amine groups to the fluorophore is not necessary for having strong polarity sensitive probes.
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Saremi, Bahar; Bandi, Venugopal; Kazemi, Shahrzad; Hong, Yi; D'Souza, Francis & Yuan, Baohong
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sleep duration is associated with vitamin D deficiency in older women living in Macao, China: A pilot cross-sectional study (open access)

Sleep duration is associated with vitamin D deficiency in older women living in Macao, China: A pilot cross-sectional study

Article investigating whether sleep duration was associated with vitamin D status in a population from Macao, China, and whether sleep duration modified the association between MetS and vitamin D deficiency.
Date: March 4, 2020
Creator: Mpofu, Elias; Liu, Xiaoying; Ke, Liang; Ho, Jacky; Abboud, Myriam; Brennan-Speranza, Tara C. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hidden Markov model-based activity recognition for toddlers (open access)

Hidden Markov model-based activity recognition for toddlers

Article describes study which sought to evaluate methods for activity recognition for toddlers.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Albert, Mark; Sugianto, Albert; Nickele, Katherine; Zavos, Patricia; Sindu, Pinky; Ali, Munazza et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kynurenic Acid Protects Against Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Retinal Ganglion Cell Death in Mice (open access)

Kynurenic Acid Protects Against Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Retinal Ganglion Cell Death in Mice

Study investigated the role of the neuroprotective kynurenic acid (KYNA) in RGC death against retinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Nahomi, Rooban B.; Nam, Mi-Hyun; Rankenberg, Johanna; Rakete, Stefan; Houck, Julie A.; Johnson, Ginger C. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Roles of Individual and Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Quality of Life Among Working Women in Shanghai (open access)

The Roles of Individual and Psychosocial Factors in Predicting Quality of Life Among Working Women in Shanghai

Paper describes study aiming to investigate the roles of individual factors, particularly age, in addition to occupational stress and burnout on quality of life for working women in Shanghai, China.
Date: March 7, 2020
Creator: Xiao, Yi; Zhang, Tao; Gu, Xiangli; Lee, Joonyoung & Wang, Hongying
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electron Transfer Mediated by Iron Carbonyl Clusters Enhance Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution in Water by Quantum Dots (open access)

Electron Transfer Mediated by Iron Carbonyl Clusters Enhance Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution in Water by Quantum Dots

This article tests an assembly consisting of CdSe quantum dots and [Fe₃Te₂(CO)₉] as a catalytic system for proton reduction in aqueous solution.
Date: March 9, 2020
Creator: Richmond, Michael G.; Li, Chuanshuai; Rahaman, Ahibur; Lin, Weihua; Mourad, Hassan; Meng, Jie et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A semi-automated method for extracting channels and channel profiles from lidar-derived digital elevation models (open access)

A semi-automated method for extracting channels and channel profiles from lidar-derived digital elevation models

Article introduces a semi-automated method for extracting stream channels and channel profiles from high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) using image processing techniques. The method is implemented as an ArcGIS Python add-in toolbar named Channel Extraction and demonstrated using a lidar-derived DEM in a study area along the San Andreas fault in California, USA.
Date: March 10, 2020
Creator: Dong, Pinliang; Zhong, Ruofei; Xia, Jisheng & Tan, Shucheng
System: The UNT Digital Library
Testing gene-environment interactions for rare and/or common variants in sequencing association studies (open access)

Testing gene-environment interactions for rare and/or common variants in sequencing association studies

Article describes study in which novel approaches to test the effects of gene-environment (GE) interactions of rare and/or common risk, and/or protective variants in sequencing association studies were developed.
Date: March 10, 2020
Creator: Zhao, Zihan; Zhang, Jianjun; Sha, Qiuying & Hao, Han
System: The UNT Digital Library
The genome of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis): A taxonomically isolated species that directs wax ester accumulation in its seeds (open access)

The genome of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis): A taxonomically isolated species that directs wax ester accumulation in its seeds

Article describes the high-quality, 887-Mb genome of jojoba assembled into 26 chromosomes with 23,490 protein-coding genes.
Date: March 11, 2020
Creator: Sturtevant, Drew; Lu, Shaoping; Zhou, Zhi-Wei; Shen, Yin; Wang, Shuo; Song, Jia-Ming et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peripheral Circulating Exosomal miRNAs Potentially Contribute to the Regulation of Molecular Signaling Networks in Aging (open access)

Peripheral Circulating Exosomal miRNAs Potentially Contribute to the Regulation of Molecular Signaling Networks in Aging

This article aims to understand some of the causes of aging and the underlying mechanisms that may lead to interventions that could reverse certain aging processes and slow development of aging-related diseases. People are living longer than ever. Consequently, they have a greater chance for developing a functional impairment or aging-related disease, such as a neurodegenerative disease, later in life.
Date: March 11, 2020
Creator: Zhang, Hongxia & Jin, Kunlin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining priority areas for an Endangered cold-adapted snake on warming mountaintops (open access)

Determining priority areas for an Endangered cold-adapted snake on warming mountaintops

This article develops a spatial prioritization model based on accurate estimates of remotely-sensed data and maps of threats potentially affecting long-term species persistence to identify priority areas for the conservation of the Endangered Greek meadow viper Vipera graeca, a cold-adapted species inhabiting mountaintops in the Pindos Mountains of Greece and Albania.
Date: March 12, 2020
Creator: Mizsei, Edvárd; Szabolcs, Márton; Szabó, Loránd; Boros, Zoltán; Mersini, Kujtim; Roussos, Stephanos Antonios et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mapping forest height using photon-counting LiDAR data and Landsat 8 OLI data: A case study in Virginia and North Carolina, USA (open access)

Mapping forest height using photon-counting LiDAR data and Landsat 8 OLI data: A case study in Virginia and North Carolina, USA

Article is a study mapping forest height by combining photon-counting LiDAR data and Landsat OLI data.
Date: March 13, 2020
Creator: Pan, Feifei; Zhu, Xiaoxiao; Wang, Cheng; Nie, Sheng; Xi, Xiaohuan & Hu, Zhenyue
System: The UNT Digital Library
Can a simple topological-constraints-based model predict the initial dissolution rate of borosilicate and aluminosilicate glasses? (open access)

Can a simple topological-constraints-based model predict the initial dissolution rate of borosilicate and aluminosilicate glasses?

This article, as an alternative route to empirical models, shows that a structural descriptor based on the number of topological constraints per atom can be used to predict the initial dissolution rate of aluminosilicate and borosilicate glasses after being parameterized on different families of glasses (specific series of borosilicate glasses). Results show that, provided that corrections are made for high alkali content glasses that dissolve incongruently (preferential release of Na), the model gives reasonable predictions, even far from its training domain.
Date: March 16, 2020
Creator: Gin, Stéphane; Wang, Mengyi; Bisbrouck, Nicolas; Taron, Mélanie; Lu, Xiaonan; Deng, Lu et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eficiência de um sistema piloto de dessalinização de água salobra (open access)

Eficiência de um sistema piloto de dessalinização de água salobra

Article describes study which sought to evaluate the efficiency of pilot water desalination system treating brackish water which was obtained mixing fresh water and seawater up to reach 1,500 mg L-1 of total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration.
Date: March 16, 2020
Creator: Almeida, Juliano Penteado de; Kummer, Ana Carolina Barbosa; Carranza, Gabriel; Campos, Luiza Cintra; Széliga, Marcos Rogério; Acevedo, Miguel F. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hierarchical Eutectoid Nano-lamellar Decomposition in an Al0.3CoFeNi Complex Concentrated Alloy (open access)

Hierarchical Eutectoid Nano-lamellar Decomposition in an Al0.3CoFeNi Complex Concentrated Alloy

Article discusses a novel eutectoid nano-lamellar (FCC + L12)/(BCC + B2) microstructure that has been discovered in a relatively simple Al0.3CoFeNi high entropy alloy (HEA) or complex concentrated alloy (CCA).
Date: March 16, 2020
Creator: Dasari, Sriswaroop; Gwalani, Bharat; Jagetia, Abhinav; Soni, V.; Gorsse, Stéphane & Banerjee, Rajarshi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Evapotranspiration Reduction and Its Influence on Crop Yield in the North China Plain in 1961–2014 (open access)

Potential Evapotranspiration Reduction and Its Influence on Crop Yield in the North China Plain in 1961–2014

Article examines the spatiotemporal characteristics of climate variables, such as humidity index, precipitation, and potential evapotranspiration (ET0) from 1961 to 2014 in the North China Plain (NCP).
Date: March 16, 2020
Creator: Dong, Wanlin; Li, Chao; Hu, Qi; Pan, Feifei; Bhandari, Jyoti & Sun, Zhigang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of a Need-Supportive Motor Skill Intervention on Children’s Motor Skill Competence and Physical Activity (open access)

Effects of a Need-Supportive Motor Skill Intervention on Children’s Motor Skill Competence and Physical Activity

Study investigates the effect of a need-supportive fundamental movement skill (FMS) program on children’s FMS competence and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and explores potential gender differences in these effects.
Date: March 17, 2020
Creator: Lee, Joonyoung; Zhang, Tao; Chu, Tsz Lun (Alan) & Gu, Xiangli
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improved Yield and Photosynthate Partitioning in AVP1 Expressing Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Plants (open access)

Improved Yield and Photosynthate Partitioning in AVP1 Expressing Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Plants

Article presents data consistent with the positive effect that the expression of the Arabidopsis thaliana H+-PPase (AVP1) has on reduced carbon partitioning and yield increases in wheat.
Date: March 17, 2020
Creator: Regmi, Kamesh C.; Yogendra, Kalenahalli; Gomes Farias, Júlia; Li, Lin; Kandel, Raju; Yadav, Umesh P. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tomographic mapping of the nanoscale water-filled pore structure in corroded borosilicate glass (open access)

Tomographic mapping of the nanoscale water-filled pore structure in corroded borosilicate glass

This article applies cryo-based atom probe tomography to directly reveal the water-solid interface and hydrated corrosion layers making up the nanoscale porous structure of a corroded borosilicate glass in its native aqueous environment. The analysis includes morphology and compositional mapping of the inner gel/glass interface, isolation of a tomographic sub-volume of the tortuous water-filled gel, and comparison of the gel structure with simulations.
Date: March 18, 2020
Creator: Perea, Daniel E.; Schreiber, Daniel K.; Ryan, Joseph V.; Wirth, Mark G.; Deng, Lu; Lu, Xiaonan et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Identifying Challenges for Information Organization in Language Archives: Preliminary Findings

Conference paper elucidates the issues facing language archive managers and users through two steps: content analysis of information organization in language archives, and semi-structured interviews with language archive managers and users. Primary challenges identified include lacking institutional support and a range of factors which impact authority control in language archives. This version is the author's accepted manuscript.
Date: March 19, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selecting Inter-city Transportation Routes in Complex Terrains Using Quantitative Methods – A Case Study from Northern Yunnan, China (open access)

Selecting Inter-city Transportation Routes in Complex Terrains Using Quantitative Methods – A Case Study from Northern Yunnan, China

Article identifies inter-city transportation routes in complex terrains using quantitative methods in GIS.
Date: March 27, 2020
Creator: Dong, Pinliang; Xia, Jisheng & Zhao, Zhifang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soft crystal martensites: An in situ resonant soft x-ray scattering study of a liquid crystal martensitic transformation (open access)

Soft crystal martensites: An in situ resonant soft x-ray scattering study of a liquid crystal martensitic transformation

Article presents an in-depth discussion of liquid crystal blue phases (BPs).
Date: March 27, 2020
Creator: Min Jin, Hyeong; Li, Xaio; Dolan, James A.; Kline, R. Joseph; Martínez-González, José A.; Ren, Jiaxing et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soybean Meal-Based Wood Adhesive Enhanced by Phenol Hydroxymethylated Tannin Oligomer for Exterior Use (open access)

Soybean Meal-Based Wood Adhesive Enhanced by Phenol Hydroxymethylated Tannin Oligomer for Exterior Use

This article highlights a study of a bio adhesive was developed from soybean meal and larch tannin that was designed for exterior use. Phenol hydroxymethylated tannin oligomer (PHTO) was synthesized and then mixed with soybean meal flour in order to obtain a soybean meal-based adhesive (SPA). The results showed that the moisture absorption rate, residual rate, and solid content of SPA with 10 wt % PHTO (mass ratio with respect to the entire adhesive) were improved by 22.8%, 11.6%, and 6.8%, respectively, as compared with that of pure SPA.
Date: March 31, 2020
Creator: Chen, Mingsong; Zhang, Yi; Li, Yue; Shi, Sheldon; Li, Jianzhang; Gao, Qiang et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library