Complexity synchronization: a measure of interaction between the brain, heart and lungs (open access)

Complexity synchronization: a measure of interaction between the brain, heart and lungs

Authors of the article address the measurable consequences of the network effect (NE) on time series generated by different parts of the brain, heart, and lung organ-networks (ONs), which are directly related to their inter-network and intra-network interactions. The authors assert that these same physiologic ONs have been shown to generate crucial event (CE) time series, and herein are shown ,using modified diffusion entropy analysis (MDEA) to have scaling indices with quasiperiodic changes in complexity, as measured by scaling indices, over time.
Date: July 15, 2023
Creator: Mahmoodi, Korosh; Kerick, Scott E.; Grigolini, Paolo; Franaszczuk, Piotr J. & West, Bruce J.
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Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward (open access)

Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward

Article discusses how China implemented the first phase of its National Healthy Cities pilot program from 2016-20. Authors recommend aligning the Healthy Cities initiative in China with strategic national and global level agendas such as Healthy China 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by providing an integrative governance framework to facilitate a coherent intersectoral program to systemically improve population health.
Date: July 15, 2022
Creator: Bai, Yuqi; Zhang, Yutong; Zotova, Olena; Pineo, Helen; Siri, José; Liang, Lu et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lipophilic signals lead to organ-specific gene expression changes in Arabidopsis seedlings (open access)

Lipophilic signals lead to organ-specific gene expression changes in Arabidopsis seedlings

Article presents a study where whole transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and differential expression analysis were used to identify early (1–3 hr) transcriptional changes induced by the exogenous treatment of NAE 18:2 and NAE 18:3 in cotyledons, roots, and seedlings.
Date: July 15, 2020
Creator: Cannon, Ashley E.; Yan, Chengshi; Burks, David J.; Rao, Xiaolan; Azad, Rajeev K. & Chapman, Kent Dean
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Polypropylene-Based Polymer Locking Ligation System Manufacturing by the Ultrasonic Micromolding Process (open access)

Polypropylene-Based Polymer Locking Ligation System Manufacturing by the Ultrasonic Micromolding Process

Article describes how in recent years, there has been a growing demand for biocompatible medical devices on the microscale. The authors of the article extensively investigated various processing parameters such as vibration amplitude, temperature, and injection velocity.
Date: July 15, 2023
Creator: Elías-Grajeda, Alex; Vázquez-Lepe, Elisa; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Perales-Martínez, Imperio Anel; Resédiz-Hernández, Emiliano; Ramírez-Herrera, Claudio Angélica et al.
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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