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Structural Modeling and in planta Complementation Studies Link Mutated Residues of the Medicago truncatula Nitrate Transporter NPF1.7 to Functionality in Root Nodules (open access)

Structural Modeling and in planta Complementation Studies Link Mutated Residues of the Medicago truncatula Nitrate Transporter NPF1.7 to Functionality in Root Nodules

This article combines in silico structural predictions with in planta complementation of the severely defective mtnip-1 mutant plants to understand the role of a series of distinct amino acids in the transporter’s function. The findings add to the knowledge of the mechanism of alternative conformational changes as well as symport transport in NPFs and enhance knowledge of the mechanisms for nitrate signaling.
Date: July 1, 2021
Creator: Yu, Yao-Chuan; Dickstein, Rebecca & Longo, Antonella
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sealing of the universally Baire sets (open access)

Sealing of the universally Baire sets

This article outlines the proof that over some mild large cardinal theory, Sealing is equiconsistent with Largest Suslin Axiom (LSA)-over-uB. Let LSA-over-uB be the statement that in all (set) generic extensions there is a model of LSA whose Suslin, co-Suslin sets are the universally Baire sets.
Date: July 2, 2021
Creator: Sargsyan, Grigor & Trang, Nam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does Perceived Competence Mediate between Ball Skills and Children’s Physical Activity and Enjoyment? (open access)

Does Perceived Competence Mediate between Ball Skills and Children’s Physical Activity and Enjoyment?

This article examines the potential mediating role of perceived motor skill competence on relationships between actual ball skills and children’s physical activity (PA) and PA enjoyment. Correlation analyses showed positive relationships among the study variables. The findings highlight that ball skills significantly impact students’ perceived competence, positively and indirectly affecting their PA and PA enjoyment.
Date: July 4, 2021
Creator: Zhang, Tao; Lee, Joonyoung; Barnett, Lisa M. & Gu, Xiangli
System: The UNT Digital Library
Segmenting Wildlife Value Orientations to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflict for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas (open access)

Segmenting Wildlife Value Orientations to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflict for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas

This article investigates residents’ value orientation towards wildlife in the context of Bardia National Park (BNP), Nepal. Findings reveal challenges for ecotourism development.
Date: July 6, 2021
Creator: KC, Birendra; Min, Jihye Ellie & Serenari, Christopher
System: The UNT Digital Library
On Batch-Processing Based Coded Computing for Heterogeneous Distributed Computing Systems (open access)

On Batch-Processing Based Coded Computing for Heterogeneous Distributed Computing Systems

This article focuses on practical computing systems with heterogeneous computing resources, and designs a novel CDC approach, called batch-processing based coded computing (BPCC), which exploits the fact that every computing node can obtain some coded results before it completes the whole task. The scheme demonstrates promising performance in terms of high computational efficiency and robustness to uncertain disturbances.
Date: July 7, 2021
Creator: Wang, Baoqian; Xie, Junfei; Lu, Kejie; Wan, Yan & Fu, Shengli
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
Reference materials for phase equilibrium studies. 1. Liquid–liquid equilibria (IUPAC Technical Report) (open access)

Reference materials for phase equilibrium studies. 1. Liquid–liquid equilibria (IUPAC Technical Report)

This article is the first of three projected IUPAC Technical Reports resulting from IUPAC Project 2011-037-2-100 (Reference Materials for Phase Equilibrium Studies). This report proposes seven systems for liquid–liquid equilibrium studies, covering the four most common categories of binary mixtures: aqueous systems of moderate solubility, non-aqueous systems, systems with low solubility, and systems with ionic liquids.
Date: July 8, 2021
Creator: Bazyleva, Ala; Acree, William E. (William Eugene); Chirico, Robert D.; Diky, Vladimir; Hefter, Glenn T.; Jacquemin, Johan et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solubility, Correlation, Dissolution Thermodynamics and Preferential Solvation of Meloxicam in Aqueous Mixtures of 2-Propanol (open access)

Solubility, Correlation, Dissolution Thermodynamics and Preferential Solvation of Meloxicam in Aqueous Mixtures of 2-Propanol

Article studying solid-liquid equilibrium of meloxicam in {2-propanol + water} mixtures at several temperatures as a contribution to preformulation studies of homogeneous liquid pharmaceutical dosage forms based on this drug.
Date: May 18, 2021
Creator: Tinjacá, Darío; Martínez, Fleming; Almanza, Ovidio A.; Jouyban, Abolghasem & Acree, William E. (William Eugene)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterize traction–separation relation and interfacial imperfections by data-driven machine learning models (open access)

Characterize traction–separation relation and interfacial imperfections by data-driven machine learning models

This article combines machine learning (ML), finite element analysis (FEA), and empirical experiments to develop data-driven models that characterize interfacial mechanical properties precisely. It also provides a code package containing trained ML models, allowing other researchers to establish T–S relations for different material interfaces.
Date: July 12, 2021
Creator: Ferdousi, Sanjida; Chen, Qiyi; Soltani, Mehrzad; Zhu, Jiadeng; Cao, Pengfei; Choi, Wonbong et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sphingolipids mediate polar sorting of PIN2 through phosphoinositide consumption at the trans-Golgi network (open access)

Sphingolipids mediate polar sorting of PIN2 through phosphoinositide consumption at the trans-Golgi network

Article discovering a mechanism for how sphingolipids mediate phosphoinositide homeostasis at the TGN in plant cells. The data presented identifies a mode of action of sphingolipids in lipid interplay at the TGN during protein sorting.
Date: July 13, 2021
Creator: Ito, Yoko; Esnay, Nicolas; Platre, Matthieu Pierre; Wattelet-Boyer, Valérie; Noack, Lise C.; Fougère, Louise et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developmental thyroid disruption causes long-term impacts on immune cell function and transcriptional responses to pathogen in a small fish model (open access)

Developmental thyroid disruption causes long-term impacts on immune cell function and transcriptional responses to pathogen in a small fish model

This article explores the connection between thyroid hormones (THs) and immune systems in fish. This article is noteworthy as disruption of the thyroid system during development, which can occur in response to chemicals present in the environment, may have lasting effects on immune function in adulthood for fish.
Date: July 14, 2021
Creator: Thornton Hampton, Leah M.; Finch, Miranda G.; Martyniuk, Christopher J.; Venables, Barney J. & Jeffries, Marlo K. Sellin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Assembly-Directed Organization of a Fullerene–Bisporphyrin into Supramolecular Giant Donut Structures for Excited-State Charge Stabilization (open access)

Self-Assembly-Directed Organization of a Fullerene–Bisporphyrin into Supramolecular Giant Donut Structures for Excited-State Charge Stabilization

This article creates a well-defined architecture for functional materials composed of spontaneously self-assembled electron donor and acceptor entities capable of generating long-lived charge-separated states upon photoillumination and reports the synthesis of a new fullerene–bis-Zn-porphyrin e-bisadduct by tether-directed functionalization of C60 via a multistep synthetic protocol.
Date: July 14, 2021
Creator: Caballero, Rubén; Barrejón, Myriam; Cerdá, Jesús; Aragó, Juan; Seetharaman, Sairaman; de la Cruz, Pilar et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthetic data for annotation and extraction of family history information from clinical text (open access)

Synthetic data for annotation and extraction of family history information from clinical text

This article investigates the use of synthetic data for the annotation and automated extraction of family history information relating to cases of cardiac disease from Norwegian clinical text. This work assesses the validity and applicability of the annotated synthetic corpus using machine learning techniques. The methodology outlined in this article may be useful in other situations where limited availability of clinical text hinders NLP tasks.
Date: July 14, 2021
Creator: Brekke, Pål H.; Kasicheyanula, Taraka; Pilán, Ildikó; Nytrø, Øystein & Øvrelid, Lilja
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selective Noncatalytic Reduction of NOx Using Ammonium Sulfate (open access)

Selective Noncatalytic Reduction of NOx Using Ammonium Sulfate

Article discusses how ammonium sulfate (AS) is of interest as an additive in stationary combustion plants for the simultaneous control of NOx (through selective noncatalytic reduction, SNCR) and deposition and corrosion (through sulfation of alkali chlorides). The results indicated that sulfur from ammonium sulfate is mainly released as SO3, even though SO2 is detected in increasing concentrations at temperatures above 1000 °C. This is the accepted manuscript version of the published article.
Date: July 15, 2021
Creator: Krum, Kristian R. K.; Jensen, Martin; Li, Songgeng; Norman, Thomas; Marshall, Paul; Wu, Hao et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spatial Targeting of Agricultural Support Measures: Indicator-Based Assessment of Coverages and Leakages (open access)

Spatial Targeting of Agricultural Support Measures: Indicator-Based Assessment of Coverages and Leakages

This article evaluates the targeting strategy of a national-level program in Mexico that distributed agricultural support based on seven criteria that prioritized poor smallholder farming communities at high risk of cropland failure. The findings highlight the continued lack of financial support for smallholder agriculture in Mexico, despite program rules and priority statements that stress the vulnerability of this sector. The article also illustrates the important role of spatial targeting in better aligning agricultural support payments with stated policy priorities.
Date: July 15, 2021
Creator: LaFevor, Matthew C.; Ponette-González, Alexandra G.; Larson, Rebecca & Mungai, Leah M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Numerical Simulation of Fiber Motion in the Condensing Zone of Lateral Compact Spinning with Pneumatic Groove (open access)

Numerical Simulation of Fiber Motion in the Condensing Zone of Lateral Compact Spinning with Pneumatic Groove

This article creates a new fiber model to simulate the agglomeration process, to analyze yarn properties of the lateral compact spinning with pneumatic groove, and to compare with other spinning yarns through a series of tests. The experiments demonstrated that the lateral compact spinning with pneumatic groove can improve the yarn properties: increase the yarn twist, enhance the yarn strength, and reduce the yarn hairiness.
Date: July 16, 2021
Creator: Lyu, Jindan; Cheng, Longdi; Xu, Bugao & Hua, Zhihong
System: The UNT Digital Library
PhenoGeneRanker: Gene and Phenotype Prioritization Using Multiplex Heterogeneous Networks (open access)

PhenoGeneRanker: Gene and Phenotype Prioritization Using Multiplex Heterogeneous Networks

Article
Date: July 20, 2021
Creator: Dursun, Cagatay; Kwitek, Anne E. & Bozdag, Serdar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rational design of bifunctional conjugated microporous polymers (open access)

Rational design of bifunctional conjugated microporous polymers

This article is a review discussing the rational design and synthesis of bifunctional conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs), summarizes their advanced applications, and concludes with the authors' perspectives on the research prospects of these materials.
Date: July 22, 2021
Creator: Song, Yanpei; Lan, Pui Ching; Martin, Kyle & Ma, Shengqian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scaling of axial muscle architecture in juvenile Alligator mississippiensis reveals an enhanced performance capacity of accessory breathing mechanisms (open access)

Scaling of axial muscle architecture in juvenile Alligator mississippiensis reveals an enhanced performance capacity of accessory breathing mechanisms

Article describing the anatomy of the trunk muscles, their properties that determine muscle performance (mass, length and physiological cross-sectional area [PCSA]) and investigating their scaling in juvenile Alligator mississippiensis spanning an order of magnitude in body mass (359 g–5.5 kg). Findings support existing anecdotal evidence that crocodilians shift their breathing mechanics as they increase in size.
Date: July 23, 2021
Creator: Rose, Kayleigh A. R.; Tickle, Peter G.; Elsey, Ruth M.; Sellers, William I.; Crossley, Dane A., II & Codd, Jonathan R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weakly Aligned Molecules: From Molecular Detectors to Room-Temperature Tunable Masers (open access)

Weakly Aligned Molecules: From Molecular Detectors to Room-Temperature Tunable Masers

Conference proceeding presenting a new mechanism of manipulation of population in molecular rotational levels in a weakly aligned molecules. Originally presented as an invited talk at the 29th International Laser Physics Workshop held July 19-23, 2021.
Date: July 23, 2021
Creator: Roy, Colin D.; Branković, Zorica & Rostovtsev, Yuri V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making space for visual literacy in literacy teacher preparation: Preservice teachers coding to design digital books (open access)

Making space for visual literacy in literacy teacher preparation: Preservice teachers coding to design digital books

Article exploring preservice teachers’ coding in the design of a visually-enhanced digital book to reduce the lag between highly visual texts in elementary classrooms and a lack of emphasis on visual literacy in teacher preparation. Findings call for a shift to acknowledge and incorporate visual literacy theories and practices into teacher preparation programs to prepare preservice teachers for digitally literate classrooms.
Date: July 24, 2021
Creator: Eutsler, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Non‑steroidal Anti‑infammatory Drug Use and Risk of Age‑Related Macular Degeneration in the California Teachers Study (open access)

Non‑steroidal Anti‑infammatory Drug Use and Risk of Age‑Related Macular Degeneration in the California Teachers Study

This article examines whether use of regular aspirin and/or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Date: July 26, 2021
Creator: Xu, Xiaoqing; Ritz, Beate; Coleman, Anne L.; Liew, Zeyan; Deapen, Dennis; Lee, Eunjung et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ultrasound Imaging by Thermally Tunable Phononic Crystal Lens (open access)

Ultrasound Imaging by Thermally Tunable Phononic Crystal Lens

This article demonstrates the detections and mappings of a solid object using a thermally tunable solid-state phononic crystal lens at low frequency for potential use in future long-distance detection.
Date: July 26, 2021
Creator: Jin, Yuqi & Neogi, Arup
System: The UNT Digital Library
Knockdown screening of chromatin binding and regulatory proteins in zebrafish identified Suz12b as a regulator of tfpia and an antithrombotic drug target (open access)

Knockdown screening of chromatin binding and regulatory proteins in zebrafish identified Suz12b as a regulator of tfpia and an antithrombotic drug target

Article identifying novel epigenetic regulators for tfpia and exploiting this information to discover a drug that enhances tfpia mRNA levels and prolongation of TTO. This discovery provides the basis for testing whether UNC6852 could be used as an antithrombotic drug.
Date: July 27, 2021
Creator: Raman, Revathi; Fallatah, Weam; Al Qaryoute, Ayah; Dhinoja, Sanchi & Jagadeeswaran, Pudur
System: The UNT Digital Library