Embryonic developmental oxygen preconditions cardiovascular functional response to acute hypoxic exposure and maximal β-adrenergic stimulation of anesthetized juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) (open access)

Embryonic developmental oxygen preconditions cardiovascular functional response to acute hypoxic exposure and maximal β-adrenergic stimulation of anesthetized juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)

Article investigating the effect of embryonic hypoxia on the cardiovascular phenotype of 4-year-old American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). The findings indicate that embryonic hypoxia in crocodilians alters the cardiovascular phenotype, changing the juvenile response to acute hypoxia and β-adrenergic stimulation.
Date: January 26, 2018
Creator: Smith, Brandt R.; Crossley, Janna; Elsey, Ruth M.; Hicks, James W. & Crossley, Dane A., II
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The future of legume genetic data resources: Challenges, opportunities, and priorities (open access)

The future of legume genetic data resources: Challenges, opportunities, and priorities

This article is a commentary on the future of legume genetic data resources and summarizes the workshop held in March of 2019 by the Legume Genomic Data Working Group that addressed questions of data resources and priorities for legumes.
Date: August 5, 2019
Creator: Legume Genomic Data Working Group
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A random walk version of Robbins' problem: small horizon (open access)

A random walk version of Robbins' problem: small horizon

This article considers an analogous problem in which the observed random variables are the steps of a symmetric random walk. Assuming continuously distributed step sizes, it describes the optimal stopping rules for the cases n = 2 and n = 3 in two versions of the problem: a "full information" version in which the actual steps of the random walk are disclosed to the decision maker; and a "partial information" version in which only the relative ranks of the positions taken by the random walk are observed. When n = 3, the optimal rule and expected rank depend on the distribution of the step sizes. The authors give sharp bounds for the optimal expected rank in the partial information version, and fairly sharp bounds in the full information version.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: Allaart, Pieter C. & Allen, Andrew
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Edge-plasmon assisted electro-optical modulator (open access)

Edge-plasmon assisted electro-optical modulator

Article demonstrates an efficient electro-optical modulation by using an edge-plasmon mode specific for the hybrid plasmonic waveguide.
Date: November 26, 2019
Creator: Drachev, Vladimir P.; Pshenichnyuk, Ivan A.; Nazarikov, Gleb I.; Kosolobov, Sergey S. & Maimistov, Andrei I.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Isorhamnetin Inhibits Proliferation and Invasion and Induces Apoptosis through the Modulation of Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Activation Pathway in Gastric Cancer (open access)

Isorhamnetin Inhibits Proliferation and Invasion and Induces Apoptosis through the Modulation of Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Activation Pathway in Gastric Cancer

Article investigating the potential effects of isorhamnetin (IH), a 3′-O-methylated metabolite of quercetin on the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPAR-γ) signaling cascade using proteomics technology platform, GC cell lines, and xenograft mice model. The study y proposes a novel agent for gastric cancer treatment.
Date: November 2, 2012
Creator: Ramachandran, Lalitha; Manu, Kanjoormana Aryan; Shanmugam, Muthu K.; Li, Feng; Siveen, Kodappully Sivaraman; Vali, Shireen et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
In situ cardiac performance of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) at cold temperatures: long-term acclimation, acute thermal challenge and the role of adrenaline (open access)

In situ cardiac performance of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) at cold temperatures: long-term acclimation, acute thermal challenge and the role of adrenaline

This article measures the cardiac performance of Newfoundland Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). The results: (1) show that maximum performance of the isolated cod heart is not compromised by exposure to cold temperatures; and (2) support data from other studies, which show that, in contrast to salmonids, cod cardiac performance/myocardial contractility is not dependent upon humoral adrenergic stimulation.
Date: November 15, 2012
Creator: Lurman, Glenn J. & Petersen, L. H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Muconic acid production from methane using rationally-engineered methanotrophic biocatalysts (open access)

Muconic acid production from methane using rationally-engineered methanotrophic biocatalysts

Article demonstrates bioconversion of methane to muconic acid, a dicarboxylic acid that can be upgraded to an array of platform chemicals, by three gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs.
Date: November 25, 2019
Creator: Henard, Calvin A.; Akberdin, Ilya R.; Kalyuzhnaya, Marina G. & Guarnieri, Michael T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
All-acoustic signal modulation and logic operation via defect induced cavity effects in phononic crystal coupled-resonator acoustic waveguides (open access)

All-acoustic signal modulation and logic operation via defect induced cavity effects in phononic crystal coupled-resonator acoustic waveguides

Article describes experiment where a coupled resonant acoustic waveguide (CRAW) in a phononic crystal (PnC) was engineered to manipulate the propagation of ultrasonic waves within a conventional phononic bandgap for wavelength division multiplexing.
Date: November 6, 2019
Creator: Reyes, Delfino; Walker, Ezekiel; Zubov, Yurii; Heo, Hyeonu; Krokhin, Arkadii A. & Neogi, Arup
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nanoextraction Coupled to Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Delivers Improved Spatially Resolved Analysis (open access)

Nanoextraction Coupled to Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Delivers Improved Spatially Resolved Analysis

Article describes a study which demonstrates that it is possible to significantly improve the repeatability of the direct analyte-probed nanoextraction (DAPNe) technique by incorporating a liquid chromatography separation step.
Date: November 20, 2019
Creator: Lewis, Holly-May; Webb, Roger P.; Verbeck, Guido F.; Bunch, Josephine; de Jesus, Janella; Costa, Catia et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational Study of 3d Metals and Their Influence on the Acidity of Methane C–H Bonds (open access)

Computational Study of 3d Metals and Their Influence on the Acidity of Methane C–H Bonds

Article describes experiment where CCSD(T) methods in conjunction with correlation consistent basis sets were used to predict the pKa for the deprotonation of methane in a 3d metal ion adduct, [M···CH4]+ (M = Sc–Cu), in dimethyl sulfoxide solvent, which is modeled by the SMD continuum solvent model.
Date: November 19, 2019
Creator: Zhou, Christopher X. & Cundari, Thomas R., 1964-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational Topology Techniques Help To Solve A  Long-Lasting Forensic Dilemma: Aldo Moro's Death (open access)

Computational Topology Techniques Help To Solve A Long-Lasting Forensic Dilemma: Aldo Moro's Death

The article shows how a recently-introduced method from algebraic topology, namely proximal planar vortex 1-cycles, might be helpful in detecting hidden features of the shapes and holes in images, therefore contributing to the solution of both cold and fresh forensic cases. They apply this technique in a recent case, Aldo Moro's death.
Date: November 13, 2018
Creator: Peters, James F. & Tozzi, Arturo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rapid Responses to Abiotic Stress: Priming the Landscape for the Signal Transduction Network (open access)

Rapid Responses to Abiotic Stress: Priming the Landscape for the Signal Transduction Network

This article proposes that the integration of these signals is mediated through pulses of gene expression that are coordinated through out the plant in a systemic manner by the ROS/Ca⁺² waves.
Date: November 3, 2018
Creator: Kollist, Hannes; Zandalinas, Sara I.; Sengupta, Soham; Nuhkat, Maris; Kangasjärvi, Jaakko & Mittler, Ron
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charged Particle Reflection by a Planar Artificially Structured Boundary With Electrostatic Plugging (open access)

Charged Particle Reflection by a Planar Artificially Structured Boundary With Electrostatic Plugging

This article uses a classical trajectory Monte Carlo simulation to investigate an artificially structured boundary for confinement and control of charged particles.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Hedlof, R. M. & Ordonez, Carlos A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Reliability and Failure Prevention in Automobile Microelectronics captions transcript

Improving Reliability and Failure Prevention in Automobile Microelectronics

Video from the Fall 2018 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. In this video, Muthappan Asokan presents his research methods, findings, and its significance in non-technical language.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: Asokan, Muthappan
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immunized Plants: An Answer to Global Hunger captions transcript

Immunized Plants: An Answer to Global Hunger

Video from the Fall 2018 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. In this video, Devasantosh Mohanty presents his research methods, findings, and its significance in non-technical language.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: Mohanty, Devasantosh
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diabetes Treatment with Sunshine captions transcript

Diabetes Treatment with Sunshine

Video from the Fall 2018 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) Final Competition. In this video, Sujata Argawal presents her research methods, findings, and its significance in non-technical language.
Date: November 17, 2018
Creator: Argawal, Sujata
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogenase Biomimetics with Redox-Active Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Studies on [Fe₂(CO)₄(κ²-dppn)(µ-edt)] (edt = Ethanedithiolate; dppn = 1,8-bis(Diphenylphosphino)Naphthalene) (open access)

Hydrogenase Biomimetics with Redox-Active Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Studies on [Fe₂(CO)₄(κ²-dppn)(µ-edt)] (edt = Ethanedithiolate; dppn = 1,8-bis(Diphenylphosphino)Naphthalene)

This article reports the preparation and characterisation of the simple dppn complex,[Fe2(CO)4(κ2-dppn)(µ-edt)], together with an investigation of its proton-reduction ability.
Date: November 20, 2018
Creator: Ghosh, Shishir; Rana, Shahed; Hollingsworth, Nathan; Richmond, Michael G.; Kabir, Shariff E. & Hogarth, Graeme
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Xenopus and the art of oxygen maintenance (open access)

Xenopus and the art of oxygen maintenance

This column article discusses the impact of Robert Boutillier and Graham Shelton's 1986 Journal of Experimental Biology paper "Gas exchange, storage and transport in voluntarily diving Xenopus laevis."
Date: November 15, 2017
Creator: Tattersall, Glenn & Burggren, Warren W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Mutations in the S-loop of Human Glutathione Synthetase: Links Between Substrate Binding, Active Site Structure and Allostery (open access)

Genetic Mutations in the S-loop of Human Glutathione Synthetase: Links Between Substrate Binding, Active Site Structure and Allostery

This article uses molecular dynamics simulations and experimental point mutations to probe the role of S-loop residues in tertiary structure, substrate binding, and allosteric communication.
Date: November 29, 2018
Creator: Ingle, Brandall L.; Shrestha, Bibesh; De Jesus, Margarita C.; Conrad-Webb, Heather M.; Anderson, Mary E. & Cundari, Thomas R., 1964-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pyrene Bearing Azo-Functionalized Porous Nanofibers for CO₂ Separation and Toxic Metal Cation Sensing (open access)

Pyrene Bearing Azo-Functionalized Porous Nanofibers for CO₂ Separation and Toxic Metal Cation Sensing

This article describes the construction of a novel luminescent azo-linked polymer from 1,3,6,8-tetra(4--aminophenyl)pyrene using a copper(I)-catalyzed oxidative homocoupling reaction.
Date: August 6, 2018
Creator: El-Kadri, Oussama M.; Tessema, Tsemre-Dingel; Almotawa, Ruaa M.; Arvapally, Ravi K.; Al-Sayah, Mohammad H.; Omary, Mohammad A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Controlling Topological States in Topological/Normal Insulator Heterostructures (open access)

Controlling Topological States in Topological/Normal Insulator Heterostructures

This article contains a systematic investigation of the nature of the nontrivial interface states in topological/normal insulator (TI/NI) heterostructures.
Date: November 26, 2018
Creator: Costa, Marcio; Costa, Antônio T.; Freitas, Walter A.; Schmidt, Tome M.; Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco & Fazzio, Adalberto
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Strategically Placed Water Droplets on Monolayer Growth of Molybdenum Disulfide (open access)

Effects of Strategically Placed Water Droplets on Monolayer Growth of Molybdenum Disulfide

This article presents results of molybdenum disulfide monolayer (MoS₂) growth by strategically placing water droplets on the growth substrate and/or in the source prior to its loading in the growth chamber.
Date: November 21, 2018
Creator: Jiang, Yan; Lin, Yuankun; Cui, Jingbiao & Philipose, Usha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deciphering pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance islands in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genomes (open access)

Deciphering pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance islands in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genomes

This article explores the use of an information-entropy-based gene clustering method for genomic island detection in MRSA.
Date: November 16, 2017
Creator: Jani, Mehul; Sengupta, Soham; Hu, Kelsey & Azad, Rajeev K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relative Rate Studies of the Reactions of Atomic Chlorine with Acetone and Cyclic Ketones (open access)

Relative Rate Studies of the Reactions of Atomic Chlorine with Acetone and Cyclic Ketones

This article discusses the measurement of rate coefficients for CI atom reactions under ambient conditions with acetone and four cyclic ketones.
Date: November 23, 2017
Creator: Herath, Thushani N.; Orozco, Ivan & Marshall, Paul
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library