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Nature-Guided Synthesis of Advanced Bio-Lubricants (open access)

Nature-Guided Synthesis of Advanced Bio-Lubricants

Article describes study which finds that Orychophragmus violaceus (Ov) seed oil has superior lubrication properties, based on the unusual structural features of the major lipid species—triacylglycerol (TAG) estolides.
Date: August 12, 2019
Creator: Romsdahl, Trevor; Shirani, Asghar; Minto, Robert E.; Zhang, Chunyu; Cahoon, Edgar B.; Chapman, Kent Dean et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correlation consistent basis sets designed for density functional theory: Second-row (Al-Ar) (open access)

Correlation consistent basis sets designed for density functional theory: Second-row (Al-Ar)

Article presenting cc-pV(n+d)Z correlation consistent basis sets of double- through quintuple-ζ quality for the atoms Al-Ar that have been modified for use with density functional theory (DFT). These basis set modifications include truncation of high-angular momentum basis functions, recontraction of the s- and p-functions, and reoptimization of basis function exponents with generalized gradient approximation and hybrid-DFT functionals. The effects of basis set truncation, recontraction, and reoptimization are shown to improve convergence behavior in atomic energies as well as dissociation energies and enthalpies of formation.
Date: June 8, 2019
Creator: Mahler, Andrew; Determan, John J. & Wilson, Angela K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A gene based approach to test genetic association based on an optimally weighted combination of multiple traits (open access)

A gene based approach to test genetic association based on an optimally weighted combination of multiple traits

In this article, the authors propose a statistical method by Testing an Optimally Weighted Combination of Multiple traits (TOW-CM) to test the association between multiple traits and multiple variants in a genomic region (a gene or pathway). They investigate the performance of the proposed method through extensive simulation studies. Their simulation studies show that the proposed method has correct type I error rates and is either the most powerful test or comparable with the most powerful tests. Additionally, they illustrate the usefulness of TOW-CM based on a COPDGene study.
Date: August 9, 2019
Creator: Zhang, Jianjun; Sha, Qiuying; Liu, Guanfu & Wang, Xuexia
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of coherent population trapping on Raman scattering (open access)

Influence of coherent population trapping on Raman scattering

Article considering the Raman scattering in molecular media. Applying two laser fields in a two-photon resonance with vibrational transition, the authors study the role of rotational levels for excitation of vibrational coherence. It is shown that the molecular vibrational coherence strongly depends on the effect of coherent population trapping for rotational levels. The obtained results are important for applications of Raman spectroscopy to molecular detection in engineering, chemical, and biological applications.
Date: August 8, 2019
Creator: Singh, Pooja; Rostovtsev, Yuri V.; Patnaik, Anil K.; Roy, Sukesh & Gord, James R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical exfoliation efficacy of semiconducting WS2 and its use in an additively manufactured heterostructure graphene–WS2–graphene photodiode (open access)

Chemical exfoliation efficacy of semiconducting WS2 and its use in an additively manufactured heterostructure graphene–WS2–graphene photodiode

Article describes an experiment where various chemical exfoliation routes for semiconducting two-dimensional (2D) layered material WS2 were explored, including magnetic stirring (MS), shear mixing (SM), and horn-tip (HT) sonication.
Date: August 6, 2019
Creator: Desai, Jay A.; Adhikari, Nirmal & Kaul, Anupama
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro evaluation of gamma radiation-induced PEGylated isoniazid (open access)

Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro evaluation of gamma radiation-induced PEGylated isoniazid

Article describes experiment where researchers synthesized a PEGylated isoniazid (PEG-g-INH or PEG–INH) by gamma radiation-induced polymerization for the first time.
Date: August 6, 2019
Creator: González-Torres, Maykel; Guzmán-Beltrán, Silvia; Mata-Gómez, Marco A.; González-Valdez, José; Leyva-Gómez, Gerardo; Melgarejo-Ramírez, Yaaziel et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
LBD29-Involved Auxin Signaling Represses NAC Master Regulators and Fiber Wall Biosynthesis (open access)

LBD29-Involved Auxin Signaling Represses NAC Master Regulators and Fiber Wall Biosynthesis

This article uses a large-scale mutant screening to identify a dominant activation-tagging mutant, fiberless-d (fls-d), showing defective SCW development in stem fibers, similar to that of the nac secondary wall thickening promoting factor1-1 (nst1-1)nst3-3 double mutant. The results demonstrate auxin is upstream of LBD29 in repressing NAC master regulators, and therefore sheds new light on the regulation of SCW biosynthesis in Arabidopsis.
Date: August 3, 2019
Creator: Lee, Kwang-Hee; Du, Qian; Zhuo, Chunliu; Qi, Liying & Wang, Huanzhong
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Adding Some Bam! Pow! Boom! to Your Outreach with Comics: A Roundtable Discussion

This roundtable presentation and discussion provides an overview of outreach efforts at the UNT Libraries organized under the Comics Studies@UNT initiative from 2017-2019. It includes a discussion of the purposes and impact of doing outreach and programming using unique collections like comics & graphic novels to engage a diverse array of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural audiences, and to support ongoing research and teaching with these collections.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Martin, John Edward; Griffith, Bobby & Condrey, Coby
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application-based design of the Fresnel lens solar concentrator (open access)

Application-based design of the Fresnel lens solar concentrator

Article investigates a novel genetically themed hierarchical algorithm (GTHA) to design Fresnel lens solar concentrators that match with the distinct energy input and spatial geometry of various thermal applications.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Qandil, Hassan; Wang, Shuping & Zhao, Weihuan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessing an Academic Library Mentoring Program

Considering the importance of mentoring not only for early career librarians but for librarians throughout their career, this presentation provides insights about the University of North Texas Libraries' mentoring program goals and detail analysis of assessment and evaluation methods.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Harker, Karen; Keshmiripour, Setareh; McIntosh, Marcia; O'Toole, Erin & Sassen, Catherine
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automating Authority Control Procedures

This handout was given out as part of a presentation called "Automating the Authority Control Process." The presentation described the process UNT's library has transformed authority control process into a largely automatic process with the help of vendors and specialized software. This handout provides more detailed procedures than the presentation. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 conference at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Wolf, Stacey
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automating the Authority Control Process

This presentation describes the process UNT's library has transformed authority control process into a largely automatic process with the help of vendors and specialized software. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 conference at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Wolf, Stacey
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Automating the Authority Control Process Notes

These are the presentation notes for "Automating the Authority Control Process." The presentation described the process UNT's library has transformed authority control process into a largely automatic process with the help of vendors and specialized software. It was presented at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 conference at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Wolf, Stacey
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Subject-Based Collection Evaluation: Context, Assessment Strategies, and Enhancement

This presentation discusses how the UNT Libraries approaches collection assessment and its follow-up actions. It covers the nature of collection evaluation in libraries in general and how UNT's assessment strategy that employs a subject-oriented perspective in particular.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Crawford, Laurel; Harker, Karen & Condrey, Coby
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Where Does Information Literacy Fit? Mapping The Core

This presentation highlights a curriculum mapping project at the University of North Texas Libraries. The project seeks to improve the capacity of UNT students for critical thinking and the ability to use information effectively. The key aim of the initiative was to strengthen core library services to enhance high-impact practices. It was presented at the Cross-Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 Conference held by Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 2, 2019
Creator: Hardin, Gregory; Hargis, Carol & Henson, Brea
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Encouraging Adoption, Adaptation, and Creation of OER at UNT

To complement UNT’s limited inclusive-access program, the UNT Libraries has taken the lead on two programs designed to encourage adoption, adaptation, and creation of OER at UNT. The first, OER Summer Grants, provides research funding for faculty who adopt an open textbook, modify an existing one, or create new supplemental material. The second, UNT Open Texts, is a partnership with the UNT Press that provides research funding for faculty who author a new open textbook to be published jointly by the Press and Libraries. These specifics of these programs will be presented.
Date: August 2019
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Tools for Publishing Education: A Workshop on Pedagogy and Practice

This presentation was part of a two-day course at the 2019 Force11 Scholarly Communication Institute designed to explore possible uses of open publishing platforms, including Pressbooks, Wordpress, OJS, and Omeka, to teach scholarly communication and publishing concepts, as well as practical skills, in libraries or higher education institutions.
Date: August 2019
Creator: Martin, John Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnesium Regulates Endothelial Barrier Functions through TRPM7, MagT1, and S1P1 (open access)

Magnesium Regulates Endothelial Barrier Functions through TRPM7, MagT1, and S1P1

Article discusses the role of Mg2+ in regulating vascular functions.
Date: July 30, 2019
Creator: Zhu, Donghui; You, Jing; Zhao, Nan & Xu, Huaxi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altitudinal gradients in Magellanic sub-Antarctic lagoons: the effect of elevation on freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and distribution (open access)

Altitudinal gradients in Magellanic sub-Antarctic lagoons: the effect of elevation on freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and distribution

In this article, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity associated with lakes and ponds along the altitudinal gradient of a Magellanic sub-Antarctic watershed are assessed. A monotonic decline in species richness was observed with increasing elevation, with simpler and more even community composition at higher altitude. This pattern differs from the mid-peak trend found in streams of the same watershed. Functional feeding group structure also diminished with increasing elevation.
Date: July 29, 2019
Creator: Rendoll Cárcamo, Javier; Contador, Tamara; Gañán, Melisa; Pérez Troncoso, Carolina; Maldonado Márquez, Alan; Convey, Peter et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Label-free characterization of white blood cells using fluorescence lifetime imaging and flow-cytometry: molecular heterogeneity and erythrophagocytosis [Invited] (open access)

Label-free characterization of white blood cells using fluorescence lifetime imaging and flow-cytometry: molecular heterogeneity and erythrophagocytosis [Invited]

Article reporting the results of blood cell characterization using label-free fluorescence imaging techniques and flow-cytometry. Autofluorescence parameters of different cell types – white blood cells, red blood cells, erythrophagocytic cells – are assessed and analyzed in terms of molecular heterogeneity and possibilities of differentiation between different cell types in vitro and in vivo.
Date: July 29, 2019
Creator: Drachev, Vladimir P.; Yakimov, Boris P.; Gogoleva, Maria A.; Semenov, Alexey N.; Rodionov, Sergey A.; Novoselova, Marina V. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sonification of Solar Harmonics (Sosh) Project (open access)

The Sonification of Solar Harmonics (Sosh) Project

Article describing the Sonification of Solar Harmonics (SoSH) Project which seeks to sonify data related to the field of helioseismology and distribute tools for others to do the same. Presented at the 25th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2019) 23-27 June 2019, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Date: July 25, 2019
Creator: diFalco, Elaine; Shafer, Seth & Larson, Timothy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Universality in a one-dimensional three-body system (open access)

Universality in a one-dimensional three-body system

Article studying a heavy-heavy-light three-body system confined to one space dimension.
Date: July 24, 2019
Creator: Happ, Lucas; Zimmermann, Matthias; Betelu, Santiago I.; Schleich, Wolfgang P. & Efremov, Maxim A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing the Impact of the Built-Up Environment on Nighttime Lights in China (open access)

Assessing the Impact of the Built-Up Environment on Nighttime Lights in China

Article describes study investigating the effects of the built-up environment on artificial light at night, focusing on construction region environments on nighttime brightness and variation with building heights and regional economic development level in China.
Date: July 19, 2019
Creator: Wang, Cheng; Qin, Haiming; Zhao, Kaiguang; Dong, Pinliang; Yang, Xuebo; Zhou, Guoqing et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Neurodiverse STEM Students and the Academic Library

This presentation discusses about Neurodiverse STEM Students that characterized by neurologically-based variations in patterns of thought or behavior including: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia. The presentation identifies available support in the Academic Library and classroom.
Date: July 19, 2019
Creator: Anderson, Chelsea & O'Toole, Erin
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library