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Detergent-Based Decellularization for Anisotropic Cardiac-Specific Extracellular Matrix Scaffold Generation (open access)

Detergent-Based Decellularization for Anisotropic Cardiac-Specific Extracellular Matrix Scaffold Generation

Article describes how cell-derived extracellular matrix has become increasingly popular in tissue engineering applications due to its ability to provide tailored signals for desirable cellular responses. The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of two detergent-based decellularization methods: a combination of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and sodium dodecyl sulfate and a combination of sodium deoxycholate and deoxyribonuclease.
Date: November 17, 2023
Creator: Chen, Te-An; Sharma, Dhavan; Jia, Wenkai; Ha, Donggi; Man, Kun; Zhang, Jianhua et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pareto Optimization of CNN Models via Hardware-Aware Neural Architecture Search for Drainage Crossing Classification on Resource-Limited Devices (open access)

Pareto Optimization of CNN Models via Hardware-Aware Neural Architecture Search for Drainage Crossing Classification on Resource-Limited Devices

Article describes how embedded devices, constrained by limited memory and processors, require deep learning models to be tailored to their specifications. This research explores customized model architectures for classifying drainage crossing images.
Date: November 12, 2023
Creator: Li, Yuke; Baik, Jiwon; Rahman, Md Marufi; Anagnostopoulos, Iraklis; Li, Ruopu & Shu, Tong
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction and characterization of superhydrophobic wood coatings using one-step technique (open access)

Construction and characterization of superhydrophobic wood coatings using one-step technique

Article describes how this study was aiming at enhancing the stain resistance and durability of varnish on wood surfaces, a super hydrophobic solution was created by blending the synthetic ZIF-8/paraffin with Hexadecyltrimethoxysilane at a specified mass ratio. This superhydrophobic mixture was then directly applied onto the wood varnish coating using a one-step method.
Date: November 22, 2023
Creator: Cao, Shuai; Cheng, Shuai; Wang, Pengyu; Ge, Shengbo; Cai, Liping & Cai, Jiabin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securing Industrial Control Systems: Components, Cyber Threats, and Machine Learning-Driven Defense Strategies (open access)

Securing Industrial Control Systems: Components, Cyber Threats, and Machine Learning-Driven Defense Strategies

Article describes how Industrial Control Systems (ICS), which include Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), play a crucial role in managing and regulating industrial processes. This article presents an overview of ICS security, covering its components, protocols, industrial applications, and performance aspects.
Date: October 30, 2023
Creator: Nankya, Mary; Chataut, Robin & Akl, Robert
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ideal plasticity and shape memory of nanolamellar high-entropy alloys (open access)

Ideal plasticity and shape memory of nanolamellar high-entropy alloys

Article describes how understanding the relationship among elemental compositions, nanolamellar microstructures, and mechanical properties enables the rational design of high-entropy alloys (HEAs). In this article the authors construct nanolamellar Alx-CoCuFeNi HEAs with alternating high- and low-Al concentration layers and explore their mechanical properties using a combination of molecular dynamic simulation and density functional theory calculation.
Date: October 13, 2023
Creator: Chen, Shuai; Liu, Ping; Pei, Qingxiang; Yu, Zhi Gen; Aitken, Zachary H.; Li, Wanghui et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility of PROMIS using computerized adaptive testing during inpatient rehabilitation (open access)

Feasibility of PROMIS using computerized adaptive testing during inpatient rehabilitation

Article describes how there has been an increased significance on patient-reported outcomes in clinical settings. The authors aimed to evaluate the feasibility of administering patient-reported outcome measures by computerized adaptive testing (CAT) using a tablet computer with rehabilitation inpatients, assess workload demands on staff, and estimate the extent to which rehabilitation inpatients have elevated T-scores on six Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures.
Date: May 10, 2023
Creator: Rafiq, Riyad Bin; Yount, Susan; Jerousek, Sara; Roth, Elliot J.; Cella, David; Albert, Mark et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Author Correction: MXene/graphene oxide nanocomposites for friction and wear reduction of rough steel surfaces (open access)

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

Correction to the article points out an error in Figure 1e. The figure is corrected in this article.
Date: October 11, 2023
Creator: Macknojia, Ali Zayaan; Ayyagari, Aditya; Shevchenko, Elena V. & Berman, Diana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tribocatalytically-active nickel/cobalt phosphorous films for universal protection in a hydrocarbon-rich environment (open access)

Tribocatalytically-active nickel/cobalt phosphorous films for universal protection in a hydrocarbon-rich environment

Article describes how high-contact stresses generated at the sliding interfaces during their relative movement provide a unique combination of local heating and shear- and load-induced compression conditions. The authors of the article employ the electrodeposition process to design a coating composed of a hard cobalt-phosphorous matrix with the inclusion of tribocatalytically-active nickel clusters.
Date: July 5, 2023
Creator: Shirani, Asghar; Al Sulaimi, Rawan; Macknojia, Ali Zayaan; Eskandari, Mohammad & Berman, Diana
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconstructing aerosol optical depth using spatiotemporal Long Short-Term Memory convolutional autoencoder (open access)

Reconstructing aerosol optical depth using spatiotemporal Long Short-Term Memory convolutional autoencoder

Article describes how Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)is a crucial atmospheric parameter in comprehending climate change, air quality, and its impacts on human health. This study presents a new solution to this challenge by providing a long-term, gapless satellite-derived AOD dataset for Texas from 2010 to 2022, utilizing Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) multi-angle implementation of atmospheric correction (MAIAC) products.
Date: November 30, 2023
Creator: Liang, Lu; Daniels, Jacob; Biancardi, Micahel & Zhou, Yuye
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Underlying factors determining grain morphologies in high-strength titanium alloys processed by additive manufacturing (open access)

Underlying factors determining grain morphologies in high-strength titanium alloys processed by additive manufacturing

Article describes how, in recent research, additions of solute to Ti and some Ti-based alloys have been employed to produce equiaxed microstructures when processing these materials using additive manufacturing. The present study develops a computational scheme for guiding the selection of such alloying additions, and the minimum amounts required, to effect the columnar to equiaxed microstructural transitions.
Date: June 6, 2023
Creator: Nartu, Mohan S. K. K. Y.; Welk, Brian A.; Mantri, Srinivas Aditya; Taylor, Nevin L.; Viswanathan, Gopal B.; Dahotre, Narendra B. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hedgehog signaling is involved in acquired resistance to KRASG12C inhibitors in lung cancer cells (open access)

Hedgehog signaling is involved in acquired resistance to KRASG12C inhibitors in lung cancer cells

Article states that although KRASG12C inhibitors have shown promising activity in lung adenocarcinomas harboring KRASG12C, acquired resistance to these therapies eventually occurs in most patients. The authors report that the hedgehog signal is induced by KRASG12C inhibitors and mediates KRAS re-expression in cancer cells treated with a KRASG12C inhibitor.
Date: January 16, 2024
Creator: Lee, Chaeyoung; Yi, Jawoon; Park, Jihwan; Ahn, Byungyong; Won, Young-Wook; Jeon, JiHeung et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suppression of the antitumoral activity of natural killer cells under indirect coculture with cancer-associated fibroblasts in a pancreatic TIME-on-chip model (open access)

Suppression of the antitumoral activity of natural killer cells under indirect coculture with cancer-associated fibroblasts in a pancreatic TIME-on-chip model

Article describes how recently, natural killer cells emerged as a treatment option for various solid tumors. The effect of activated pancreatic stellate cells on natural killer cell-mediated anticancer efficacy under three-dimensional coculture conditions was investigated.
Date: September 27, 2023
Creator: Kim, Hyun-Ah; Kim, Hyunsoo; Nam, Min-Kyung; Park, Jong Kook; Lee, Moo-Yeal; Chung, Seok et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Properties of Hyper-Elastic-Graded Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (open access)

Properties of Hyper-Elastic-Graded Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces

Article describes how the mechanical behaviors of three distinct lattice structures-Diamond, Gyroid, and Schwarz-synthesized through vat polymerization were meticulously analyzed. This study aimed to elucidate the intricacies of these structures in terms of their stress-strain responses.
Date: November 21, 2023
Creator: Haney, Christopher W. & Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Interface Strengthening of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Polylactic Acid Composites via the In-Loop Hybrid Manufacturing Method (open access)

The Interface Strengthening of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Polylactic Acid Composites via the In-Loop Hybrid Manufacturing Method

Article describes how in this study, a new in-loop hybrid manufacturing method is proposed for fabricating multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs)/polylactic acid (PLA) composites. Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted in conjunction with experiments to reveal the mechanism of the proposed method for improving the interfacial performance of MWCNTs/PLA.
Date: November 16, 2023
Creator: Li, Hongbin; Jiang, Zhuang; Li, Zhihua; Peng, Yubao; Zhang, Qiushuang & Xiao, Xinyi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multifaceted Shape Memory Polymer Technology for Biomedical Application: Combining Self-Softening and Stretchability Properties (open access)

Multifaceted Shape Memory Polymer Technology for Biomedical Application: Combining Self-Softening and Stretchability Properties

Article describes how thiol-ene polymers are a promising class of biomaterials with a wide range of potential applications, including organs-on-a-chip, microfluidics, drug delivery, and wound healing. This study investigated the incorporation of di-acrylate chain extenders to improve the stretchability and conformability of those flexible thiol-ene polymers.
Date: October 25, 2023
Creator: Chitrakar, Chandani; Torres, Marc Anthony; Rocha-Flores, Pedro Emanuel; Hu, Qichan & Ecker, Melanie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accessibility and Mechanical Stability of Nanoporous Zinc Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Coatings Synthesized via Infiltration of Polymer Templates (open access)

Accessibility and Mechanical Stability of Nanoporous Zinc Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Coatings Synthesized via Infiltration of Polymer Templates

Article describes how the conformal nanoporous inorganic coatings with accessible pores that are stable under applied thermal and mechanical stresses represent an important class of materials used in the design of sensors, optical coatings, and biomedical systems. Authors synthesize porous AlOx and ZnO coatings by the sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) of two types of polymers that enable the design of porous conformal coatings.
Date: October 14, 2023
Creator: Omotosho, Khalil D.; Lyon, Zachary; Shevchenko, Elena V. & Berman, Diana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phase-Specific Damage Tolerance of a Eutectic High Entropy Alloy (open access)

Phase-Specific Damage Tolerance of a Eutectic High Entropy Alloy

Article describes how phase-specific damage tolerance was investigated for the AlCoCrFeNi2.1 high entropy alloy with a lamellar microstructure of L12 and B2 phases. Distinct differences in micro-scale deformation mechanisms were reflected in post-compression fractography, with L12-phase cantilevers showing typical characteristics of ductile failure, including the activation of multiple slip lanes, shear lips at the notch edge, and tearing inside the notch versus quasi-cleavage fracture with cleavage facets and a river pattern on the fracture surface for the B2-phase cantilevers.
Date: November 30, 2023
Creator: Jha, Shristy; Mishra, R. S. & Mukherjee, Sundeep
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molten Salt Corrosion Behavior of Dual-Phase High Entropy Alloy for Concentrating Solar Power Systems (open access)

Molten Salt Corrosion Behavior of Dual-Phase High Entropy Alloy for Concentrating Solar Power Systems

Article describes how dual-phase high entropy alloys have recently attracted widespread attention as advanced structural materials due to their unique microstructure, excellent mechanical properties, and corrosion resistance. The molten salt corrosion behavior of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high-entropy alloy was evaluated in molten NaCl-KCl-MgCl2 salt at 450° C and 650° C in comparison to conventional duplex stainless steel 2205.
Date: February 4, 2023
Creator: Patel, Kunjal; Hasannaeimi, Vahid; Sadeghilaridjani, Maryam; Muskeri, Saideep; Mahajan, Chaitanya & Mukherjee, Sundeep
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Optimized Control System for the Independent Control of the Inputs of the Doherty Power Amplifier (open access)

An Optimized Control System for the Independent Control of the Inputs of the Doherty Power Amplifier

Article describes how this study presents a systematic design of an optimized drive signal control system for 2.5 GHz Doherty power amplifiers (DPAs). In this manuscript, the authors analyzed and compared the PAE of the DPA and parallel-connected PA for diverse input signals generated using a designed optimized control system
Date: November 14, 2023
Creator: Sah, Pallav Kumar; Poulton, Matthew; Luyen, Hung & Mahbub, Ifana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly Pseudocapacitive Storage Design Principles of Heteroatom-Doped Graphene anode in Calcium-Ion Batteries (open access)

Highly Pseudocapacitive Storage Design Principles of Heteroatom-Doped Graphene anode in Calcium-Ion Batteries

Article describes how pseudocapacitive storage of multivalent ions, especially Ca2+, in heteroatom-doped carbon nanomaterials is promising to achieve both high energy and power densities, but there is the lack of pseudocapacitive theories that enable rational design of the materials for calcium-ion batteries.
Date: August 22, 2023
Creator: Gao, Yong; Li, Zhenglong; Weng, Pan; Cui, Wengang; Wang, Xiaowei; Yang, Yaxiong et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boosting Piezoelectricity by 3D Printing PVDF-MoS2 Composite as a Conformal and High-Sensitivity Piezoelectric Sensor (open access)

Boosting Piezoelectricity by 3D Printing PVDF-MoS2 Composite as a Conformal and High-Sensitivity Piezoelectric Sensor

Article describes how additively manufactured flexible and high-performance piezoelectric devices are highly desirable for sensing and energy harvesting of 3D conformal structures. This study reports a significantly enhanced piezoelectricity in polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) achieved through the in situ dipole alignment of PVDF within PVDF-2D molybdenum disulfide composite by 3D printing.
Date: June 21, 2023
Creator: Islam, M.D, Nurul; Rupom, Rifat Hasan; Adhikari, Pashupati R.; Demchuk, Zoriana; Popov, Ivan; Sokolov, Alexei P. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Surface Nanostructures Enhanced Biocompatibility and Osteoinductivity of laser-Additively Manufactured CoCrMo Alloys (open access)

Surface Nanostructures Enhanced Biocompatibility and Osteoinductivity of laser-Additively Manufactured CoCrMo Alloys

Article describes how cobalt–chromium–molybdenum (CoCrMo) alloys are widely used in orthopedic implants due to their excellent corrosion and wear resistance and superior mechanical properties. In this study, the authors prepared CoCrMo alloys with surface nanostructures of various aspect ratios (AR) using laser-directed energy deposition (L-DED) and biocorrosion.
Date: December 6, 2023
Creator: Man, Kun; Mazumder, Sangram; Dahotre, Narendra B. & Yang, Yong
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nanotopographical Cues Tune the Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Aged Skeletal Muscle Injuries (open access)

Nanotopographical Cues Tune the Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Aged Skeletal Muscle Injuries

Article describes how skeletal muscle regeneration relies on the tightly temporally regulated lineage progression of muscle stem/progenitor cells (MPCs) from activation to proliferation and finally, differentiation. The authors developed an engineering strategy to tune the therapeutic potential of EVs using nanotopographical cues.
Date: October 5, 2023
Creator: Wang, Kai; Frey, Nolan; Garcia, Andres C.; Man, Kun; Yang, Yong; Gualerzi, Alice et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library