Bioabsorbable zinc ion induced biphasic cellular responses in vascular smooth muscle cells (open access)

Bioabsorbable zinc ion induced biphasic cellular responses in vascular smooth muscle cells

This article explores the short-term effects of extracellular Zn²⁺ on human smooth muscle cells.
Date: January 6, 2016
Creator: Ma, Jun; Zhao, Nan & Zhu, Donghui
System: The UNT Digital Library
Habitat Quantity of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Picoides Borealis (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae) in its Former Historic Landscape Near the Big Thicket Naitonal Preserve, Texas, USA (open access)

Habitat Quantity of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Picoides Borealis (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae) in its Former Historic Landscape Near the Big Thicket Naitonal Preserve, Texas, USA

This article quantifies pine-forested habitat suitable for Red-cockaded Woodpecker in the former historic range of the species to assess the potential for possible re-colonization.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Thapa, Vivek & Acevedo, Miguel F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling analysis of the impact of anthropogenic emission sources on ozone concentration over selected urban areas in Texas (open access)

Modeling analysis of the impact of anthropogenic emission sources on ozone concentration over selected urban areas in Texas

This article discusses a regional photochemical modeling experiment set up to simulate a high ozone episode of September 11-14, 2002 to evaluate the impact of various anthropogenic emissions sources on ozone concentrations.
Date: January 6, 2016
Creator: Farooqui, Zuber M.; John, Kuruvilla; Biswas, Jhumoor & Sule, Neelesh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quantifying Access Disparities in Response Plans (open access)

Quantifying Access Disparities in Response Plans

This article develops and explores data driven methods to quantify vulnerabilities in the context of response plans, addressing limitations on the availability, granularity, and currency of data to identify vulnerable populations.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: Indrakanti, Saratchandra; Mikler, Armin R.; O'Neil II, Martin & Tiwari, Chetan
System: The UNT Digital Library