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Preparation of functional fiber hybrid enhanced high strength and multifunctional protein based adhesive (open access)

Preparation of functional fiber hybrid enhanced high strength and multifunctional protein based adhesive

Article discusses how protein based adhesive is limited by poor mechanical properties and water resistance. This simple and green preparation method provided a new strategy for the production of high-performance, multifunctional and economically effective SM based adhesive.
Date: October 31, 2022
Creator: Zhou, Ying; Zeng, Guodong; Zhang, Fudong; Tang, Zhijie; Luo, Jing; Li, Kuang et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Low-Power Wireless System for Predicting Early Signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Incorporating an Optimized CNN Model Implemented on NVIDIA Jetson (open access)

A Low-Power Wireless System for Predicting Early Signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Incorporating an Optimized CNN Model Implemented on NVIDIA Jetson

Article discusses the low survival rate of sudden cardiac arrest and its long-term risks that patients may experience. Authors propose a more effective method of recording and reporting sudden cardiac arrest symptoms so preventative measures may be instated earlier on to increase survival rate.
Date: February 17, 2023
Creator: Kota, Venkata Deepa; Sharma, Himanshu; Albert, Mark; Mahbub, Ifana; Mehta, Gayatri & Namuduri, Kamesh
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
G-DaM: A Distributed Data Storage with Blockchain Framework for Management of Groundwater Quality Data (open access)

G-DaM: A Distributed Data Storage with Blockchain Framework for Management of Groundwater Quality Data

Authors discuss their use of a distributed and decentralized architecture to store the statistics, perform double hashing, and implement access control through smart contracts to forecast groundwater availability. Their work demonstrates a modern and innovative approach combining Distributed Data Storage and Blockchain technologies to overcome traditional data sharing, and centralized storage, while addressing blockchain limitations.
Date: November 11, 2022
Creator: Vangipuram, Sukrutha L. T.; Mohanty, Saraju P.; Kougianos, Elias & Ray, Chittaranjan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
agroString: Visibility and Provenance through a Private Blockchain Platform for Agricultural Dispense towards Consumers (open access)

agroString: Visibility and Provenance through a Private Blockchain Platform for Agricultural Dispense towards Consumers

Article discusses the large quantities of farm and meat products that rot and are wasted if correct actions are not taken leading to serious health concerns if consumed. Because there is no proper system for tracking and communicating the status of goods to consumers, a right which according to the authors should be a given, they propose a method of increased communication using Corda private blockchain.
Date: October 27, 2022
Creator: Vangipuram, Sukrutha L. T.; Mohanty, Saraju P.; Kougianos, Elias & Ray, Chittaranjan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biochar aerogel-based electrocatalyst towards efficient oxygen evolution in acidic media (open access)

Biochar aerogel-based electrocatalyst towards efficient oxygen evolution in acidic media

Article argues that traditional acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts are more prone to be oxidized and corroded as results of unstable carrier structures and variable electronic states of active species, so a high-performing biochar aerogel (BA) based electrocatalyst was realistically designed and synthetized via joint utilization of the terrestrial lignin and seaweed polysaccharide as carbon sources. This work puts forward a novel and effective strategy towards the enhancement of the acidic OER process by rational regulations of the BA and the coupling effect in micro-interface.
Date: July 22, 2022
Creator: Hui, Bin; Chen, Hongjiao; Zhou, Chengfeng; Cai, Liping; Zhang, Kewei; Quan, Fengyu et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stability and degradation in triple cation and methyl ammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells mediated viaAu andAg electrodes (open access)

Stability and degradation in triple cation and methyl ammonium lead iodide perovskite solar cells mediated viaAu andAg electrodes

Article states that perovskite solar cells (PSCs), particularly based on the methyl ammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) formulation, have been of intense interest for the past decade within the photovoltaics (PV) community, but their long-term stability under operational conditions and environmental storage are still prime challenges to be overcome towards their commercialization. The authors have conducted a comprehensive analysis on the impact of the electrode collector layer, specifically Ag and Au, on the degradation mechanism associated with the MAPbI3 and a triple cation absorber. The authors hypothesize the mechanism of degradation, arising from the Ag interaction with the absorber through the formation of AgI in the PSCs, leads to corrosion of the perovskite absorber, as opposed to the benign AuI when Au electrodes are used in the solar cell stack.
Date: September 3, 2022
Creator: Kakaraparthi, Kranthiraja; Parashar, Mritunjaya; Mehta, Ravindra K.; Aryal, Sujan; Temsal, Mahdi & Kaul, Anupama
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations (open access)

A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations

Article suggests that common standards for recording, detection, and reporting for intracranial recordings in humans that suggest their role in episodic and semantic memory does not exist. Authors of the article outline the methodological challenges involved in detecting ripple events and offer practical recommendations to improve separation from other high-frequency oscillations, and argue that shared experimental, detection, and reporting standards will provide a solid foundation for future translational discovery.
Date: October 12, 2022
Creator: Liu, Anli A.; Henin, Simon; Abbaspoor, Saman; Bragin, Anatol; Buffalo, Elizabeth A.; Farrell, Jordan S. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Role of Artificial Intelligence for Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Tweets: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Trends (open access)

Role of Artificial Intelligence for Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Tweets: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Trends

Article states that vaccines, though reliable preventative measures for diseases, also raise public concerns; public apprehension and doubts challenge the acceptance of new vaccines including the COVID-19 vaccines. This study is the first attempt to review the role of AI approaches in COVID-19 vaccination-related sentiment analysis.
Date: September 5, 2022
Creator: Aljedaani, Wajdi; Saad, Eysha; Rustam, Furqan; de la Torre Díez, Isabel & Ashraf, Imran
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Validation of Diffraction Lithography for Fabrication of Solid Microneedles (open access)

Experimental Validation of Diffraction Lithography for Fabrication of Solid Microneedles

Article states that microneedles are highly sought after for medicinal and cosmetic applications. However, the current manufacturing process for microneedles remains complicated, hindering its applicability to a broader variety of applications. This experimental study enables the shapes and mechanical properties of the microneedles to be predicted in advance for mass production and wide practical use for biomedical or cosmetic applications.
Date: December 14, 2022
Creator: Tan, Jun Ying; Li, Yuanki; Chamani, Faraz; Tharzeen, Aabila; Prakash, Punit; Natarajan, Balasubramaniam et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Special Issue “Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Direct Energy Deposition and Hybrid Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys” (open access)

Special Issue “Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Direct Energy Deposition and Hybrid Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys”

Article describes hybrid additive manufacturing processes involve the use of different manufacturing techniques to fabricate net shape or near-net shape parts, with enhanced capabilities of heat dissipation, such as those needed in conformal molding, or requiring internal cooling systems, such as, for example, those seen in turbine blades, and for developing other components demanding free form fabrication methods. The combination of these AM processes with material removal processes, such as machining, is the core of the hybrid additive manufacturing concept, together with the full coupling of these processes in an integrated fashion.
Date: October 8, 2022
Creator: Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Privacy-Preserving Object Detection with Secure Convolutional Neural Networks for Vehicular Edge Computing (open access)

Privacy-Preserving Object Detection with Secure Convolutional Neural Networks for Vehicular Edge Computing

Article discusses how with the wider adoption of edge computing services, intelligent edge devices, and high-speed V2X communication, compute-intensive tasks for autonomous vehicles, such as object detection using camera, LiDAR, and/or radar data, can be partially offloaded to road-side edge servers. The authors aim to address the privacy problem by protecting both vehicles' sensor data and the detection results.
Date: October 31, 2022
Creator: Bai, Tianyu; Fu, Song & Yang, Qing
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editorial: Superlubricity across the scales (open access)

Editorial: Superlubricity across the scales

Article talks about how while the idea of frictionless surfaces and the associated implications of vanishing energy losses during mechanical motion have been part of science fiction culture, scientists in the real world work toward realizing this ambitious goal that was once thought to be unattainable. The overarching goal of the research topic titled “Superlubricity Across the Scales” is to provide a snapshot of the latest developments in this rapidly accelerating field of research.
Date: October 26, 2022
Creator: Baykara, Mehmet Z.; Berman, Diana & Rosenkranz, Andreas
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electroencephalogram Signals for Detecting Confused Students in Online Education Platforms with Probability-Based Features (open access)

Electroencephalogram Signals for Detecting Confused Students in Online Education Platforms with Probability-Based Features

Article discusses how despite the advantages of online education, it lacks face-to-face settings, which makes it very difficult to analyze the students’ level of interaction, understanding, and confusion. This study proposes a novel engineering approach that uses probability-based features (PBF) for increasing the efficacy of machine learning models.
Date: September 9, 2022
Creator: Daghriri, Talal; Rustam, Furqan; Aljedaani, Wajdi; Bashiri, Abdullateef H. & Ashraf, Imran
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Autoencoder Composite Scoring to Evaluate Prosthetic Performance in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation (open access)

Autoencoder Composite Scoring to Evaluate Prosthetic Performance in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation

Authors of the article created an overall assessment metric using a deep learning autoencoder to directly compare clinical outcomes in a comparison of lower limb amputees using two different prosthetic devices—a mechanical knee and a microprocessor-controlled knee. The proposed methods were used on data collected from ten participants with a dysvascular transfemoral amputation recruited for a prosthetics research study.
Date: October 18, 2022
Creator: Tabashum, Thasina; Xiao, Ting; Jayaraman, Chandrasekaran; Mummidisetty, Chaithanya K.; Jayaraman, Arun & Albert, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Three-Dimensional Printed, Dual-Band, Dual-Circularly Polarized Antenna Array Using Gap Waveguide Technology (open access)

Three-Dimensional Printed, Dual-Band, Dual-Circularly Polarized Antenna Array Using Gap Waveguide Technology

Article proposes a gap waveguide (GW)-based 4 × 4 dual-band, dual-circularly polarized antenna array. The combination of dual-band, dual-circularly polarized capability, high gain, high efficiency, lightweight, low cost and compact size renders the proposed design a potential candidate for commercial millimeter wave communication applications.
Date: October 22, 2022
Creator: Wu, Sifan; Li, Jianxing; Cao, Yuanxi; Yan, Sen; Xu, Kaida & Luyen, Hung
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unravelling the Influence of Surface Modification on the Ultimate Performance of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites (open access)

Unravelling the Influence of Surface Modification on the Ultimate Performance of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites

Article asserts that the overall performance of polymer composites depends on not only the intrinsic properties of the polymer matrix and inorganic filler but also the quality of interfacial adhesion. The authors report carbon fiber (CF)/epoxy composites with improved interfacial adhesion by covalent bonding between CFs and the epoxy matrix, which leads to the improved ultimate mechanical properties and enhanced thermal aging performance.
Date: September 28, 2022
Creator: Demchuk, Zoriana; Zhu, Jiadeng; Li, Bingrui; Zhao, Xiao; Islam, Nurul Md.; Bocharova, Vera et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
PharmaChain: A blockchain to ensure counterfeit‐free pharmaceutical supply chain (open access)

PharmaChain: A blockchain to ensure counterfeit‐free pharmaceutical supply chain

Article discusses how globalisation has facilitated different industries to eliminate geographical boundaries and equipped organisations to work collectively to produce goods. The authors of the article propose a novel Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) based transparent supply chain for PSC and proof-of-concept is implemented to analyse the scalability and efficiency of the proposed architecture.
Date: July 5, 2022
Creator: Bapatla, Anand K.; Mohanty, Saraju P.; Kougianos, Elias; Putha, Deepak & Bapatla, Anusha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Detection of DDoS Attack in Software-Defined Networking Environment and Its Protocol-wise Analysis using Machine Learning (open access)

Detection of DDoS Attack in Software-Defined Networking Environment and Its Protocol-wise Analysis using Machine Learning

Article describes how distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can cause a great menace to numerous organizations and their stakeholders. The authors assert that the objective of this research work is to take into account a DDoS afflicted SDN specific dataset and detect the malicious traffic by using various machine learning algorithms namely., K-Nearest Neighbours, Logistic Regression, Multilayer Perceptron, Iterative Dichotomiser 3, and Stochastic Gradient Descent.
Date: January 10, 2022
Creator: Prasad, Ashwani; Prasad, Sanjana; Arockiasamy, Karmel; P, Karthika & Yuan, Xiaohui
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Novel thin polymeric magnetic membranes study for applications in the future biomedical devices (open access)

Novel thin polymeric magnetic membranes study for applications in the future biomedical devices

Article describes how biomedical devices such as pumping/mixing fluids, cell-culturing, and drug delivery often use different actuation methods. In regard to magnetic actuation, membranes with a local distribution of magnetic particles are investigated and compared to membranes with randomly distributed magnetic particles, which in turn may enhance the actuation performance for certain applications.
Date: November 16, 2022
Creator: Manzo, Maurizio & Bakaraju, Megha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of pressure quenching on the structures and properties of borosilicate glasses: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations (open access)

Effect of pressure quenching on the structures and properties of borosilicate glasses: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

Article describes how processes including hot compression, cold compression and subsequent annealing on the structures and properties are investigated and compared. They found that applying pressure up to 10 GPa at the glass transition temperature led to permanent densifications and a dramatic increase of elastic moduli by 90%, while thermal annealing reversed the increase and applying pressure at ambient temperature did not increase the modulus.
Date: August 23, 2022
Creator: Ren, Mengguo & Du, Jincheng
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gas tungsten arc welding of as-cast AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy (open access)

Gas tungsten arc welding of as-cast AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy

Article states that the AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy is of great interest due to its unique mechanical properties combining both high strength and plasticity. This work establishes the potential for using arc-based welding for joining eutectic high entropy alloys.
Date: October 5, 2022
Creator: Shen, Jiajia; Agrawal, Priyanka; Rodrigues, Tiago A.; Lopes, J.G.; Schell, N.; Zeng, Zhi et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties in a gas tungsten arc welded Fe42Mn28Co10Cr15Si5 metastable high entropy alloy (open access)

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties in a gas tungsten arc welded Fe42Mn28Co10Cr15Si5 metastable high entropy alloy

Article asserts that weldability studies on high entropy alloys are still relatively scarce, delaying the deployment of these materials into real-life applications, thus, there is an urgent need for in-depth studies of the weldability of these novel advanced engineering alloys. In the current work, an as-cast Fe42Mn28Co10Cr15Si5 metastable high entropy alloy was welded for the first time using gas tungsten arc welding.
Date: February 6, 2023
Creator: Shen, Jiajia; Agrawal, Priyanka; Rodrigues, Tiago A.; Lopes, J.G.; Schell, N.; He, Jinjing et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Friction stir welding of SS 316 LN and Nitronic 50 jacket sections for application in superconducting fusion magnet systems (open access)

Friction stir welding of SS 316 LN and Nitronic 50 jacket sections for application in superconducting fusion magnet systems

Article explores the possibility of using friction stir welding (FSW) to join jacket web sections of two nitrogen-containing stainless steels for housing internally cooled superconducting cables which are utilized to generate magnetic fields in tokamak type fusion reactor systems. It has been shown that the FSW fabricated SS 316 LN jackets possessed the required strength and magnetic properties critical to this application.
Date: July 16, 2022
Creator: Gaddam, Supreeth; Haridas, Ravi Sankar; Sanabria, Charlie; Tammana, Deepthi; Berman, Diana & Mishra, R. S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library