Effects of gradient distribution and aggregate structure of fibers on the flexibility and flexural toughness of natural moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) (open access)

Effects of gradient distribution and aggregate structure of fibers on the flexibility and flexural toughness of natural moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)

Article is a study proposing an original method to quantitatively evaluate the gradient distribution and aggregate structure of fibers on the flexibility and flexural toughness of natural moso (Phyllostachys edulis) bamboo, with a comparison to two other natural woods.
Date: December 24, 2021
Creator: Wei, Xin; Wang, Ge; Smith, Lee M.; Chen, Xiaoyi & Jiang, Huan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The allometric propagation of COVID-19 is explained by human travel (open access)

The allometric propagation of COVID-19 is explained by human travel

Article develops an allometric model capable of fitting the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and predicting the propagation of the illness for up to 100 days.
Date: December 18, 2021
Creator: Tuladhar, Rohisha; Grigolini, Paolo & Santamaria, Fidel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Henry’s law constants (IUPAC Recommendations 2021) (open access)

Henry’s law constants (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)

Article presenting a consistent set of recommendations to express the proportionality coefficient, “Henry’s law constant” of Henry's law.
Date: December 13, 2021
Creator: Sander, Rolf; Acree, William E. (William Eugene); De Visscher, Alex; Schwartz, Stephen E. & Wallington, Timothy J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advancing Reverse Electrowetting-on-Dielectric from Planar to Rough Surface Electrodes for High Power Density Energy Harvesting (open access)

Advancing Reverse Electrowetting-on-Dielectric from Planar to Rough Surface Electrodes for High Power Density Energy Harvesting

Article presenting electrical and multiphysics-based modeling approaches of REWOD energy harvester using structured rough surface electrodes. By enhancing the overall available surface area, an increase in the overall capacitance is achieved.
Date: December 15, 2021
Creator: Adhikari, Pashupati R.; Patwary, Adnan B.; Kakaraparty, Karthik; Gunti, Avinash; Reid, Russell C. & Mahbub, Ifana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporal Variations and Spatial Disparities in Public Sentiment Toward COVID-19 and Preventive Practices in the United States: Infodemiology Study of Tweets (open access)

Temporal Variations and Spatial Disparities in Public Sentiment Toward COVID-19 and Preventive Practices in the United States: Infodemiology Study of Tweets

Article discusses how, during the COVID-19 pandemic, US public health authorities and county, state, and federal governments recommended or ordered certain preventative practices, such as wearing masks, to reduce the spread of the disease. The purpose of this study was to understand the variations in public sentiment toward COVID-19 and the recommended or ordered preventive practices from the temporal and spatial perspectives, as well as how the variations in public sentiment are related to geographical and socioeconomic factors.
Date: December 30, 2021
Creator: Kahanek, Alexander; Yu, Xinchen; Hong, Lingzi; Cleveland, Ana D., 1943- & Philbrick, Jodi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methylammonium Lead Tri-Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells with Varying Equimolar Concentrations of Perovskite Precursors (open access)

Methylammonium Lead Tri-Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells with Varying Equimolar Concentrations of Perovskite Precursors

Article conducting a systematic study to tune the equimolar precursor ratio of the organic halide (methylammonium iodide; MAI) and metal halide (lead iodide; PbI2) in a fixed solvent mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF):dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO).
Date: December 9, 2021
Creator: Parashar, Mritunjaya & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ice imaging in aircraft anti-icing fluid films using polarized light (open access)

Ice imaging in aircraft anti-icing fluid films using polarized light

Article presents how to enhance ice contrast in the visible spectrum by using ice birefringence and polarized light reflection. The method can be used for both visual inspection and automatic ice detection systems.
Date: December 13, 2021
Creator: Grishaev, Viktor G.; Usachev, Igor A.; Drachev, Vladimir P.; Gattarov, Ramil K.; Rudenko, Nadezhda I.; Amirfazli, Alidad et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The use of digital technology for social wellbeing reduces social isolation in older adults: A systematic review (open access)

The use of digital technology for social wellbeing reduces social isolation in older adults: A systematic review

Article is a systematic review emphasizes the need for technology use in older adults to reduce social isolation.
Date: December 31, 2021
Creator: Sen, Keya; Prybutok, Gayle & Prybutok, Victor R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design (open access)

Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design

This article is part of a Focus Issue on the topic of Rubin LSST Survey Strategy Optimization. The motivation, history, and decision-making process of the observing strategy optimization are detailed, giving context to the science-driven proposals and recommendations for the survey strategy included in this Focus Issue.
Date: December 22, 2021
Creator: Bianco, Federica B.; Ivezić, Željko; Jones, R. Lynne; Graham, Melissa L.; Marshall, Phil; Saha, Abhijit et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vector mosquito image classification using novel RIFS feature selection and machine learning models for disease epidemiology (open access)

Vector mosquito image classification using novel RIFS feature selection and machine learning models for disease epidemiology

Article proposes a Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning based system to detect the presence of two critical disease spreading classes of mosquitoes in order to prevent mosquito-borne infection.
Date: December 21, 2021
Creator: Rustam, Furqan; Reshi, Aijaz Ahmad; Aljedaani, Wajdi; Alhossan, Abdulaziz; Ishaq, Abid; Shafi, Shabana et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
GAFA's information infrastructure distribution: Interconnection dynamics in the global North versus global South (open access)

GAFA's information infrastructure distribution: Interconnection dynamics in the global North versus global South

This article analyzes public points of interconnection of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) in the global North versus the global South to determine the degree to which their location preferences differ.
Date: December 14, 2021
Creator: Rosa, Fernanda R. & Hauge, Janice A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent advances in processing negation (open access)

Recent advances in processing negation

This article surveys previous work on negation with an emphasis on computational approaches.
Date: December 17, 2021
Creator: Morante, Roser & Blanco, Eduardo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational study of the gas-phase reactions of sulfuric acid with OH(ΠJ), O(3PJ), Cl(2P) and O(1D2) radicals (open access)

Computational study of the gas-phase reactions of sulfuric acid with OH(ΠJ), O(3PJ), Cl(2P) and O(1D2) radicals

This article is about how rate coefficients for reactions of H2SO4 with OH, O(3P) and Cl radicals over 160–298 K were estimated computationally. The authors propose kOH = 8.5 × 10-14 exp(-50 K/T), kO = 1.1 × 10-12 exp(-5012 K/T) and kCl = 3.1 × 10-9 exp(-3314 K/T) cm3 molecule-1 s−1.
Date: December 27, 2021
Creator: Marshall, Paul & Burkholder, James B. (James Bart), 1954-
System: The UNT Digital Library