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Surface Nanostructures Enhanced Biocompatibility and Osteoinductivity of laser-Additively Manufactured CoCrMo Alloys (open access)

Surface Nanostructures Enhanced Biocompatibility and Osteoinductivity of laser-Additively Manufactured CoCrMo Alloys

Article describes how cobalt–chromium–molybdenum (CoCrMo) alloys are widely used in orthopedic implants due to their excellent corrosion and wear resistance and superior mechanical properties. In this study, the authors prepared CoCrMo alloys with surface nanostructures of various aspect ratios (AR) using laser-directed energy deposition (L-DED) and biocorrosion.
Date: December 6, 2023
Creator: Man, Kun; Mazumder, Sangram; Dahotre, Narendra B. & Yang, Yong
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving the Selectivity of the C-C Coupled Product Electrosynthesis by Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-An Enhanced Route from Phenol to Biphenol (open access)

Improving the Selectivity of the C-C Coupled Product Electrosynthesis by Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-An Enhanced Route from Phenol to Biphenol

Authors of the article describe how they developed a procedure for selective 2,4-dimethylphenol, DMPh, direct electro-oxidation to 3,3' ,5,5'-tetramethyl-2,2'-biphenol, TMBh, a C-C coupled product. The authors claim that the procedure is reasonably selective towards TMBh without requiring harmful additives or elevated temperatures.
Date: October 12, 2023
Creator: Sudagar, Alcina Johnson; Shao, Shuai; Żołek, Teresa; Maciejewska, Dorota; Asztemborska, Monika; Cieplak, Maciej et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nanotopographical Cues Tune the Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Aged Skeletal Muscle Injuries (open access)

Nanotopographical Cues Tune the Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Aged Skeletal Muscle Injuries

Article describes how skeletal muscle regeneration relies on the tightly temporally regulated lineage progression of muscle stem/progenitor cells (MPCs) from activation to proliferation and finally, differentiation. The authors developed an engineering strategy to tune the therapeutic potential of EVs using nanotopographical cues.
Date: October 5, 2023
Creator: Wang, Kai; Frey, Nolan; Garcia, Andres C.; Man, Kun; Yang, Yong; Gualerzi, Alice et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimating Hausdorff measure for Denjoy maps (open access)

Estimating Hausdorff measure for Denjoy maps

Article describes how the authors plant to deal with orientation preserving homeomorphisms and, more specifically, diffeomorphisms of the unit circle S1. By employing the recurrence method worked out in Pawelec the authors provide effective lower estimates of the proper-dimensional Hausdorff measure of minimal sets of circle homeomorphisms that are not conjugate to any rotation.
Date: October 20, 2023
Creator: Pawelec, Łukasz & Urbański, Mariusz
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spatial Analysis and visual Communication of Emergency Information through Augmented Reality (open access)

Spatial Analysis and visual Communication of Emergency Information through Augmented Reality

Article describes how during emergencies like fire and smoke or active shooter events, there is a need to address the vulnerability and assess plans for evacuation. This paper presents the development and evaluation of the mobile augmented reality application designed specifically for acquiring spatial analysis, situational awareness, and visual communication.
Date: November 2023
Creator: Sharma, Sharad & Pesaladinne, Rishitha R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accuracy-Constrained Efficiency Optimization and GPU Profiling of CNN Inference for Detecting Drainage Crossing Locations (open access)

Accuracy-Constrained Efficiency Optimization and GPU Profiling of CNN Inference for Detecting Drainage Crossing Locations

Article describes how the accurate and efficient determination of hydrologic connectivity has garnered significant attention from both academic and industrial sectors due to its critical implications for environment management. To address these challenges, the focus of the author's study is on detecting drainage crossings through the application of advanced convolutional neural networks.
Date: November 12, 2023
Creator: Zhang, Yicheng; Pandey, Dhroov; Wu, Di; Kundu, Turja; Li, Ruopu & Shu, Tong
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teacher-Principal Ethnoracial Matching, Geography, and Novice Teacher Career Outcomes (open access)

Teacher-Principal Ethnoracial Matching, Geography, and Novice Teacher Career Outcomes

Article describes how, nationally, many school districts are facing a teacher workforce sustainability crisis, and job retention for novice teachers of color is a key area of focus for educational leaders and policymakers. In this study, the authors draw on nine years of administrative data from Texas K-12 public schools to better understand how teacher-principal ethnoracial matching is associated with patterns of teacher retention and system-exit.
Date: December 5, 2023
Creator: Edwards, Wesley L. & Anderson, Cornelius Q.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Pilot Study on Supported Planning Using a Toolkit (open access)

Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Pilot Study on Supported Planning Using a Toolkit

Article describes how when emergencies or disasters arise, individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication are particularly vulnerable. This study highlights the need for preparedness activities that are person-centered and account for the communication support needs of individuals who use AAC if faced with an emergency/disaster.
Date: January 3, 2024
Creator: Barton-Hulsey, Andrea; Boesch, Miriam C.; Chung, Yoosun; Caswell, Tina; Sonntag, Amy M. & Quach, Wendy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scaling Students' Self-Efficacy on Machine Translation Post-Editing: Psychometric Properties of the Scale and Their Associations (open access)

Scaling Students' Self-Efficacy on Machine Translation Post-Editing: Psychometric Properties of the Scale and Their Associations

Article describes how Machine Translation Post-Editing has emerged as a productivity-enhancing practice in the language service industry, where human editors correct the output of machine translation systems. this research paper aims to assess students' self-efficacy in translation learning, specifically in the context of MTPE, and explore the factor structure, psychometric properties, and internal associations of their self-efficacy.
Date: November 1, 2023
Creator: Li, Qing & Huang, Tai-yi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A brief guide to polymer characterization: structure (IUPAC Technical Report) (open access)

A brief guide to polymer characterization: structure (IUPAC Technical Report)

Article states that to bolster the series of Brief Guides released by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the authors introduce the first Brief Guide to Polymer Characterization. This article provides a concise overview of characterization methods for teachers, students, non-specialists, and newcomers to polymer science as well as being a useful manual for researchers and technicians.
Date: August 16, 2023
Creator: Topham, Paul D.; Boucher, Raymond J.; Chang, Taihyun; Smrčková, Miroslava D.; Farrell, Wesley S.; He, Jiasong et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
What kind of questions do creative people ask? (open access)

What kind of questions do creative people ask?

Article explains that asking questions is a key characteristic of creativity and an important component of the creative process. In this study, the authors investigated the relation between creativity indicators and three types of questions: open vs. closed ended questions, possibility thinking, and temporal thinking.
Date: August 12, 2023
Creator: Acar, Selcuk; Berthiaume, Kelly & Johnson, Rebecca
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Resident satisfaction indicators in long term care settings in the United States: A scoping review (open access)

Resident satisfaction indicators in long term care settings in the United States: A scoping review

Article describes how, due to an increasingly aging population and long-term care available, the number of older adults seeking long-term care facilities is growing. According to the authors, the aim of this study is to summarize the evidence on the types of resident satisfaction indicators utilized in long term care settings in the United States.
Date: September 20, 2023
Creator: Li, Xiaoli; Mpofu, Elias; Collins, Sandra; Yin, Cheng & Shaw, Thomas
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation on drying kinetics analysis of gooseberry slices dried under open sun (open access)

Investigation on drying kinetics analysis of gooseberry slices dried under open sun

Article describes an experimental analysis of the drying behavior of gooseberry slices dried in the open sun. The authors used the hot air dryer method, and found that the moisture content of gooseberry slices in their initial condition was estimated to be 87.81% wet-basis.
Date: October 20, 2023
Creator: Patel, Vijay; Judal, K. B.; Panchal, Hitesh; Singh, Bharat; Jomde, Amit; Kumar, Abhinav et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The refractive index of a single atom experienced by a single photon (open access)

The refractive index of a single atom experienced by a single photon

Article describes how the refractive index of a system is often viewed as the collective response of a medium to an electromagnetic field. By studying the propagation of a single photon interacting with a two-level atom, the authors examine the dispersion behavior, calculate the phase and group velocity of the photon wave packet, and further analyze the dispersion experienced by the photon.
Date: October 25, 2023
Creator: Rostovtsev, Yuri V.; Emerick, Jacob & Patnaik, Anil K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gene-Level Analysis of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Survivors (open access)

Gene-Level Analysis of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Survivors

Article describes how anthracyclines are highly effective in treating cancer, despite increased risk of cardiomyopathy. This study examined gene-level associations with cardiomyopathy among cancer survivors using whole-exome sequencing data.
Date: September 12, 2023
Creator: Sharafeldin, Noha; Zhou, Liting; Singh, Purnima; Crossman, David K.; Wang, Xuexia; Hagerman, Lindsey et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heritage as businesses: COVID-19 disruptions to Texas museum, heritage sites, parks, and protected places, and their responses to evolving guidance (open access)

Heritage as businesses: COVID-19 disruptions to Texas museum, heritage sites, parks, and protected places, and their responses to evolving guidance

Article describes how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted business services across all industries. In this study, the authors examine the impact during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic on Texas museums, heritage sites, parks, and protected places with a focus on the evolving, and often conflicting, government policies.
Date: November 27, 2023
Creator: Lavy, Brendan L.; Zavar, Elyse & Tamima, Salvesila
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2023 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: taking stock for a thriving future (open access)

The 2023 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: taking stock for a thriving future

Authors of the article declare that, with growing health risks from climate change and a trend of increasing carbon emissions from coal, it is time for China to take action. The 2023 China report of the Lancet countdown continues to track progress on health and climate change in China, while now also attributing the health risks of climate change to human activities and providing examples of feasible and effective climate solutions.
Date: November 18, 2023
Creator: Zhang, Shihui; Zhang, Chi; Cai, Wenjia; Bai, Yuqi; Callaghan, Max; Chang, Nan et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terahertz spectroscopy of MOFs reveals dynamic structure and contact free ultrafast photoconductivity (open access)

Terahertz spectroscopy of MOFs reveals dynamic structure and contact free ultrafast photoconductivity

Article describes how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials, and their large pores make them particularly interesting for membranes, gas separation, and gas storage. The authors discuss how gas-MOF interactions alter the MOFs' spectral fingerprints.
Date: January 10, 2024
Creator: Hamilton, Kendra & Neu, Jens
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Planar shock compression of spark plasma sintered B4C and B4C-TiB2 ceramic composites (open access)

Planar shock compression of spark plasma sintered B4C and B4C-TiB2 ceramic composites

Article describes how blending of ceramic constituent phases enhances sinterability and performance in high strength ceramics. The authors describe how a near fully dense blended boron carbide (B4C)-titanium diboride (TiB2) composite produced through spark plasma sintering (SPS) is probed to understand the mechanical performance under dynamic uniaxial strain, or shock compression.
Date: January 24, 2024
Creator: Turnage, Scott A.; Clayton, John D.; Rodriguez, Jonathan; Scharf, Thomas W. & Williams, Cyril L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small businesses and government assistance during COVID-19: Evidence from the paycheck protection program in the U.S. (open access)

Small businesses and government assistance during COVID-19: Evidence from the paycheck protection program in the U.S.

Article describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented losses for small businesses in cities across the globe. The authors' study examines the spatial distribution of PPP loans at the neighborhood level.
Date: April 3, 2023
Creator: Wang, Qingfang & Kang, Wei
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
When expectation fails and motivation prevails: the mediating role of awareness in bridging the expectancy-capability gap in mobile identity protection (open access)

When expectation fails and motivation prevails: the mediating role of awareness in bridging the expectancy-capability gap in mobile identity protection

Article describes how identity theft poses a significant threat to mobile users, yet mobile identity protection is often overlooked in cybersecurity literature. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach and draws on expectancy-value theory to address these gaps and explore the impact of expectations, capabilities, motivational values, technical measures, and awareness on individuals' intentions to achieve mobile identity protection.
Date: September 19, 2023
Creator: Alhelaly, Yasser; Dhillon, Gurpreet & Oliveira, Tiago
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multimodal and multiscale strengthening mechanisms in Al-Ni-Zr-Ti-Mn alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (open access)

Multimodal and multiscale strengthening mechanisms in Al-Ni-Zr-Ti-Mn alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

Article describes how the unique thermokinetics of laser-powder bed fusion additive manufacturing has been exploited for development of a novel high strength Al-Ni-Ti-Zr-Mn alloy. The authors say that the addition of 0.5 wt% Mn leads to extraordinary improvement in ultimate tensile strength (502 MPa) and work hardening due to the activation of two Mn-induced strengthening mechanisms
Date: December 29, 2023
Creator: Dhal, Abhijeet; Thapliyal, Saket; Agrawal, Priyanka; Roy, Ankita; Sharma, Aishani; Mishra, R. S. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hyperemesis gravidarum and the risk of childhood cancer- A case-control study in Denmark (open access)

Hyperemesis gravidarum and the risk of childhood cancer- A case-control study in Denmark

Article describes how only a few studies have reported on the association between hyperemesis gravidarum and the risk of childhood cancer. The authors examined possible associations in this population-based study in Denmark.
Date: October 23, 2023
Creator: Orimoloye, Helen T.; Deng, Chuanjie; Hansen, Johnni; Olsen, Jorn; Saechao, Chai; Ritz, Beate et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laser printed amorphous magnesium alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties, and degradation behavior (open access)

Laser printed amorphous magnesium alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties, and degradation behavior

Article describes how, amorphous magnesium alloy, especially Mg-Zn-Ca series, has been receiving continuous attention in biomedical field, because of its favorable corrosion resistance, suitable modulus and biocompatibility. In this work, laser powder bed fusing with unique characteristics of rapid solidification and layer-by-layer fashion was used to fabricate bulk Mg-Zn-Ca and Mg-Zn-Ca-Y amorphous parts.
Date: November 23, 2023
Creator: Chen, Cheng; Li, Shaoyu; Ling, Chenrong; Yang, Youwen; Gao, Chengde; Li, Yageng et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library