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N-acylethanolamide metabolizing enzymes are upregulated in human neural progenitor-derived neurons exposed to sub-lethal oxidative stress (open access)

N-acylethanolamide metabolizing enzymes are upregulated in human neural progenitor-derived neurons exposed to sub-lethal oxidative stress

Article is a study determining whether ReN cells, a superior cell model system for studying neurodevelopment, differentiation, and neuroprotection, express proteins involved in canonical eCB NAE signaling and whether oxidative stress can induce their expression. This study is a first step toward determining how oxidative stress affects CB1, CB2, FAAH, NAAA, and NAPE-PLD expression and their potential defense against oxidative stress.
Date: August 8, 2022
Creator: Duncan, Scott R.; Riordan, Sean M.; Hall, Conner W.; Payne, Andrew J.; Chapman, Kent Dean & Koulen, Peter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Absorption in Patterned Metal/Weakly-Absorbing-Spacer/Metal with Graded Photonic Super-Crystal (open access)

Broadband Absorption in Patterned Metal/Weakly-Absorbing-Spacer/Metal with Graded Photonic Super-Crystal

Article studying high light absorption in two devices: a stack of Au-pattern/insulator/Au-film and a stack of Au-pattern/weakly-absorbing-material/Au-film where the Au-pattern was structured in graded photonic super-crystal. Multiple-band absorption, including one near 1500 nm, in a stack of Au-pattern/spacer/Au-film was observed.
Date: April 8, 2021
Creator: Kamau, Steve; Hassan, Safaa; Alnasser, Khadijah; Zhang, Hualiang; Cui, Jingbiao & Lin, Yuankun
System: The UNT Digital Library
Case report: Early-onset osteoporosis in a patient carrying a novel heterozygous variant of the WNT1 gene (open access)

Case report: Early-onset osteoporosis in a patient carrying a novel heterozygous variant of the WNT1 gene

Article presents a case study of a 35 year-old Caucasian woman who experienced multiple vertebral fractures two months after her second pregnancy. The results suggest a potential role of heterozygous WNT1 variants in the pathogenesis of early-onset osteoporosis. The authors suggest that teriparatide is one of the most appropriate available therapies for such cases.
Date: August 8, 2022
Creator: Campopiano, Maria Cristina; Fogli, Antonella; Michelucci, Angela; Mazoni, Laura; Longo, Antonella; Borsari, Simona et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computing microRNA-gene interaction networks in pan-cancer using miRDriver (open access)

Computing microRNA-gene interaction networks in pan-cancer using miRDriver

This article is a study where the authors integrated the multi-omics datasets such as copy number aberration, DNA methylation, gene and microRNA expression to identify the signature microRNA-gene associations from frequently aberrated DNA regions across pan-cancer utilizing a LASSO-based regression approach.
Date: March 8, 2022
Creator: Bose, Banabithi; Moravec, Matthew & Bozdag, Serdar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Country Differences in Determinants of Behavioral Intention towards Sustainable Apparel Products (open access)

Country Differences in Determinants of Behavioral Intention towards Sustainable Apparel Products

This article explores determinants of behavioral intention toward sustainable apparel products (SAP). It examines both consumer characteristics (shopping values, consciousness of sustainability, perceived consumer effectiveness, and environmental knowledge) and marketing perspective (evaluation criteria of SAP) determinants for encouraging sustainable apparel consumption behaviors. Significant country differences emerge and validate that differentiated marketing strategies are required when targeting global consumers.
Date: January 8, 2021
Creator: Jung, Hye Jung; Oh, Kyung Wa & Kim, Haejung
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creating a Sustainable Professional Development Program (open access)

Creating a Sustainable Professional Development Program

Article describing a professional development program for academic librarians at a large research university that has been operating continuously for eight years. Multiple components of the program and their related practices and procedures contribute to its longevity and continuing relevance for librarians.
Date: December 8, 2022
Creator: O'Toole, Erin; Sassen, Catherine; Willis, Shannon; Guerrero, Steven & Berg, Jeremy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deep learning for peptide identification from metaproteomics datasets (open access)

Deep learning for peptide identification from metaproteomics datasets

This article explores a proposed deep-learning-based algorithm called DeepFilter for improving peptide identifications from a collection of tandem mass spectra. The authors find that DeepFilter is believed to generalize properly to new, previously unseen peptide-spectrum-matches and can be readily applied in peptide identification from metaproteomics data.
Date: July 8, 2021
Creator: Feng, Shichao; Sterzenbach, Ryan & Guo, Xuan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design of high SERS sensitive substrates based on branched Ti nanorods (open access)

Design of high SERS sensitive substrates based on branched Ti nanorods

Article reports a rational design of branched titanium (Ti) nanorods formed by glancing angle physical vapor deposition and their applications as substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The authors investigation provides a mechanism to fabricate sensitive SERS sensors of Ti nanorods that are known to be thermally and chemically stable and compatible with silicon-based electronics.
Date: July 8, 2022
Creator: Abayomi M. Yussuf, Nosirudeen; Li, Jianlin; Jung, Yung Joon & Huang, Hanchen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecological determinants of smart home ecosystems: A coopetition framework (open access)

Ecological determinants of smart home ecosystems: A coopetition framework

Article describing the strategic motivations and critical factors involved in the competition-based evolution of smart home ecosystems from early to growth phases, leading to a decision among the largest competitors to engage in coopetition.
Date: September 8, 2021
Creator: Struckell, Elisabeth; Ojha, Divesh; Patel, Pankaj C. & Dhir, Amandeep
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of amorphous cellulose on the deformation behavior of cellulose composites: molecular dynamics simulation (open access)

Effect of amorphous cellulose on the deformation behavior of cellulose composites: molecular dynamics simulation

This article is a study aimed at predicting and enhancing the properties of the blend, as well as exploring the mechanism, of a polylactic acid (PLA)/amorphous cellulose composite system through molecular characterization. The static properties of the amorphous cellulose/PLA blend model and the mechanical response of the material under uniaxial tension were studied by molecular dynamics simulation to establish the structure–property relationship.
Date: June 8, 2021
Creator: Ren, Zechun; Guo, Rui; Zhou, Xinyuan; Bi, Hongjie; Jia, Xin; Xu, Min et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An empirical Bayes approach to incorporating demand intermittency and irregularity into inventory control (open access)

An empirical Bayes approach to incorporating demand intermittency and irregularity into inventory control

Article asserts that spare parts inventory management is complex due to the combined impact of intermittent and variable demand patterns. This study proposes a novel nonparametric Bayesian forecasting approach with its roots in the empirical Bayes paradigm.
Date: June 8, 2022
Creator: Ye, Yuan; Lu, Yonggang; Robinson, Powell & Narayanan, Arunachalam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Event-Driven Deep Learning for Edge Intelligence (EDL-EI) (open access)

Event-Driven Deep Learning for Edge Intelligence (EDL-EI)

Article on deep-learning framework for edge intelligence EDL-EI (event-driven deep learning for edge intelligence). To verify the proposed framework, the authors include a case study of air-quality scenarios based for the most polluted cities in South Korea and China.
Date: September 8, 2021
Creator: Shah, Sayed Khushal; Tariq, Zeenat; Lee, Jeehwan & Lee, Yugyung
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exposure to diesel exhaust particles results in altered lung microbial profiles, associated with increased reactive oxygen species/reactive nitrogen species and inflammation, in C57Bl/6 wildtype mice on a high-fat diet (open access)

Exposure to diesel exhaust particles results in altered lung microbial profiles, associated with increased reactive oxygen species/reactive nitrogen species and inflammation, in C57Bl/6 wildtype mice on a high-fat diet

Article investigating if the exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEP) can alter commensal lung microbiota, thereby promoting alterations in the lung’s immune and inflammatory responses. This article also explores if diet contributes to the alteration of the commensal lung microbiome.
Date: January 8, 2021
Creator: Daniel, Sarah; Phillippi, Danielle; Schneider, Leah J.; Nguyen, Kayla N.; Mirpuri, Julie & Lund, Amie K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exposure to diesel exhaust particulates and desert sand dust generates microvesicle particles and platelet-activating factor agonists (open access)

Exposure to diesel exhaust particulates and desert sand dust generates microvesicle particles and platelet-activating factor agonists

The authors address the editor in their article, stating that the majority of the general population, particularly, servicemen and women deployed across the globe are exposed to various airborne hazards, including diesel exhaust particulate (DEP) and desert sand dust (DSD). Studies, including the author's study, have shown that exposure to ROS-generating pro-oxidative stressors ranging from environmental carcinogens to pollutants, including cigarette smoke, produces a class of potent phospholipid mediators, Platelet-activating factor (PAF) and PAF-like agonists via oxidative cleavage of lipid membrane glycerophosphocholines (GPCs).
Date: April 8, 2023
Creator: Thyagarajan, Anita; Rapp, Christine M.; Schneider, Leah; Lund, Amie K.; Travers, Jeffrey B. & Sahu, Ravi P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growth of Highly-Ordered Metal Nanoparticle Arrays in the Dimpled Pores of an Anodic Aluminum Oxide Template (open access)

Growth of Highly-Ordered Metal Nanoparticle Arrays in the Dimpled Pores of an Anodic Aluminum Oxide Template

Article presents a reliable, scalable, and inexpensive technology for the fabrication of ordered arrays of metal nanoparticles with large areal coverage on various substrates. Using a simple model, the experimental results were interpreted and supported by numerical estimations.
Date: November 8, 2022
Creator: Farmer, Gavin; Abraham, James; Littler, Chris; Syllaios, A. J. & Philipose, Usha
System: The UNT Digital Library
In silico guided structural and functional analysis of genes with potential involvement in resistance to coffee leaf rust: A functional marker based approach (open access)

In silico guided structural and functional analysis of genes with potential involvement in resistance to coffee leaf rust: A functional marker based approach

Article presents novel insights into the molecular nature of the SH genes, thereby opening new avenues for coffee rust resistance molecular breeding.
Date: July 8, 2020
Creator: Ferreira, Svio Siqueira; Barka, Geleta Dugassa; Caixeta, Eveline Teixeira & Zambolim, Larcio
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ion-exchange mechanisms and interfacial reaction kinetics during aqueous corrosion of sodium silicate glasses (open access)

Ion-exchange mechanisms and interfacial reaction kinetics during aqueous corrosion of sodium silicate glasses

Article on the ion-exchange and associated interfacial reaction mechanisms of silicate glasses. This work reports findings that shed light on the complex ion-exchange mechanisms during glass hydration and enables more detailed understanding of the corrosion and glass-water interactions of silicate glasses which has the potential to impact both science and technology.
Date: April 8, 2021
Creator: Deng, Lu; Miyatani, Katsuaki; Suehara, Michinori; Amma, Shin-ichi; Ono, Madoka; Urata, Shingo et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lightweight, Anisotropic, Compressible, and Thermally-Insulating Wood Aerogels with Aligned Cellulose Fibers (open access)

Lightweight, Anisotropic, Compressible, and Thermally-Insulating Wood Aerogels with Aligned Cellulose Fibers

Proposes a fabrication method for making a lightweight, anisotropic, and compressible wood aerogel with aligned cellulose fibers by a simple chemical treatment.
Date: January 8, 2020
Creator: Sun, Hao; Bi, Hongjie; Lin, Xin; Cai, Liping & Xu, Min
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monitoring, Mapping, and Modeling Spatial–Temporal Patterns of PM2.5 for Improved Understanding of Air Pollution Dynamics Using Portable Sensing Technologies (open access)

Monitoring, Mapping, and Modeling Spatial–Temporal Patterns of PM2.5 for Improved Understanding of Air Pollution Dynamics Using Portable Sensing Technologies

This article maps the dynamics of PM2.5 concentrations at high spatio-temporal resolutions using bicycle-based, mobile measures on a university campus.
Date: June 5, 2020
Creator: Hart, Ronan; Liang, Lu & Dong, Pinliang
System: The UNT Digital Library
MXene/graphene oxide nanocomposites for friction and wear reduction of rough steel surfaces (open access)

MXene/graphene oxide nanocomposites for friction and wear reduction of rough steel surfaces

Article describes how development of solid lubricant materials that render reliable performance in ambient conditions, are amenable to industrial size and design complexities, and work on engineered surfaces is reported. This report presents the holistic exploration and correlation of structure-property-processing pertaining to the advancement of solid lubrication science.
Date: July 8, 2023
Creator: Macknojia, Ali Zayaan; Ayyagari, Aditya; Shevchenko, Elena V. & Berman, Diana
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Citation Recommendation Strategy Based on Term Functions in Related Studies Section (open access)

A New Citation Recommendation Strategy Based on Term Functions in Related Studies Section

This article focuses on citation recommendation in the related studies section by applying the term function of a citation context, potentially improving the efficiency of writing a literature review. The citation recommendation strategy can be helpful for valuable citation discovery, semantic scientific retrieval, and automatic literature review generation.
Date: May 8, 2021
Creator: Chen, Haihua
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phononic crystal as a homogeneous viscous metamaterial (open access)

Phononic crystal as a homogeneous viscous metamaterial

Article develops a homogenization theory, representing the low-frequency limit for a phononic crystal of cylinders embedded in a viscous fluid.
Date: June 8, 2020
Creator: Krokhin, Arkadii A.; Zubov, Yu.; Ibarias, M. & Arriaga, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
POSMM: an efficient alignment-free metagenomic profiler that complements alignment-based profiling (open access)

POSMM: an efficient alignment-free metagenomic profiler that complements alignment-based profiling

Article presents POSMM, Python-Optimized Standard Markov Model classifier, which is a new incarnation of the Markov model approach to metagenomic sequence analysis. The authors claim that by combining POSMM with ultrafast classifiers such as Kraken2, their complementary strengths can be leveraged to produce higher overall accuracy in metagenomic sequence classification than by either as a standalone classifier. POSMM is a user-friendly and highly adaptable tool designed for broad use by the metagenome scientific community.
Date: March 8, 2023
Creator: Burks, David J.; Pusadkar, Vaidehi & Azad, Rajeev K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prescriptions for Correcting Ultraviolet-based Redshifts for Luminous Quasars at High Redshift (open access)

Prescriptions for Correcting Ultraviolet-based Redshifts for Luminous Quasars at High Redshift

This article presents near-infrared spectroscopy of 18 luminous quasars at 2.15 < z < 3.70 that allows the authors to obtain reliable systemic redshifts for these sources.
Date: April 8, 2020
Creator: Dix, Cooper; Shemmer, Ohad; Brotherton, Michael S.; Green, Richard F.; Mason, Michelle & Myers, Adam D.
System: The UNT Digital Library