A 2.53 NEF 8-bit 10 kS/s 0.5 µm CMOS Neural Recording Read-Out Circuit with High Linearity for Neuromodulation Implants (open access)

A 2.53 NEF 8-bit 10 kS/s 0.5 µm CMOS Neural Recording Read-Out Circuit with High Linearity for Neuromodulation Implants

This article presents a power-efficient complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) neural signal-recording read-out circuit for multichannel neuromodulation implants.
Date: March 3, 2021
Creator: Tasneem, Nishat Tarannum & Mahbub, Ifana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrode and electrolyte configurations for low frequency motion energy harvesting based on reverse electrowetting (open access)

Electrode and electrolyte configurations for low frequency motion energy harvesting based on reverse electrowetting

This article explores various combinations of electrolyte concentrations, dielectrics, and dielectric thicknesses to generate maximum output power employing REWOD energy harvester with the objective of implementing a fully self-powered wearable sensor.
Date: March 3, 2021
Creator: Adhikari, Pashupati R.; Tasneem, Nishat Tarannum; Reid, Russell C. & Mahbub, Ifana
System: The UNT Digital Library
A gene-editing/complementation strategy for tissue-specific lignin reduction while preserving biomass yield (open access)

A gene-editing/complementation strategy for tissue-specific lignin reduction while preserving biomass yield

This article develops a method, using a single DNA construct that uses CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing to knock-out expression of an endogenous gene of lignin monomer biosynthesis while at the same time expressing a modified version of the gene’s open reading frame that escapes cutting by the Cas9 system and complements the introduced mutation in a tissue-specific manner. This method is applicable to any plant species in which transformation and gene editing are feasible and validated vessel-specific promoters are available.
Date: September 3, 2021
Creator: Yu, Hasi; Liu, Chang & Dixon, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
MyWear: A Novel Smart Garment for Automatic Continuous Vital Monitoring (open access)

MyWear: A Novel Smart Garment for Automatic Continuous Vital Monitoring

Accepted Manuscript version of an article presenting the design and development of a smart garment called MyWear that continuously monitors and collects physiological data. It can analyze muscle activity, stress levels, and heart rate variations and send all the data to the cloud. With a in-built alert system, it can notify the associated medical officials if necessary. The authors also propose a deep neural network model that classifies heartbeat data into abnormalities with 96.9% accuracy and 97.3% precision.
Date: June 3, 2021
Creator: Sethuraman, Sibi C.; Kompally, Pranav; Mohanty, Saraju P. & Choppali, Uma
System: The UNT Digital Library
Turning turtle: scaling relationships and self-righting ability in Chelydra serpentina (open access)

Turning turtle: scaling relationships and self-righting ability in Chelydra serpentina

Article investigating how shell morphology, neck length and self-righting biomechanics scale with body mass during ontogeny in Chelydra serpentina, which uses neck-powered self-righting.
Date: March 3, 2021
Creator: Ruhr, Ilan M.; Rose, Kayleigh A. R.; Sellers, William I.; Crossley, Dane A., II & Codd, Jonathan R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Urban land-use analysis using proximate sensing imagery: a survey (open access)

Urban land-use analysis using proximate sensing imagery: a survey

This article reviews and summarizes the state-of-the-art methods and publicly available data sets from proximate sensing to support land-use analysis. Discussions highlight the challenges, strategies, and opportunities faced by the existing methods using proximate sensing imagery in urban land-use studies.
Date: November 30, 2020
Creator: Qiao, Zhinan & Yuan, Xiaohui
System: The UNT Digital Library