Compartmentation of Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Plants (open access)

Compartmentation of Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Plants

Article studying an underappreciated complexity in pathways for synthesis and accumulation of Triacylglycerols from plants, familiar to most people as vegetable oils.
Date: January 20, 2012
Creator: Chapman, Kent Dean & Ohlrogge, John B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Badly approximable points on self-affine sponges and the lower Assouad dimension (open access)

Badly approximable points on self-affine sponges and the lower Assouad dimension

This article highlights a connection between Diophantine approximation and the lower Assouad dimension by using information about the latter to show that the Hausdorff dimension of the set of badly approximable points that lie in certain non-conformal fractals, known as self-affine sponges, is bounded below by the dynamical dimension of these fractals. The results, which are the first to advance beyond the conformal setting, encompass both the case of Sierpiński sponges/carpets (also known as Bedford–McMullen sponges/carpets) and the case of Barański carpets.
Date: June 20, 2017
Creator: Das, Tushar; Fishman, Lior; Simmons, David & Urbański, Mariusz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identification of bottlenecks in the accumulation of cyclic fatty acids in camelina seed oil (open access)

Identification of bottlenecks in the accumulation of cyclic fatty acids in camelina seed oil

This article proposes a model for the accumulation of substantial levels of cyclopropane fatty acids (CPA) in camelina, and discusses the differences between CPA accumulation in camelina and Arabidopsis.
Date: July 10, 2017
Creator: Yu, Xiao-Hong; Cahoon, Rebecca E.; Horn, Patrick J.; Shi, Hai; Prakash, Richa R.; Cai, Yuanheng et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An efficient and accurate framework for calculating lattice thermal conductivity of solids: AFLOW—AAPL Automatic Anharmonic Phonon Library (open access)

An efficient and accurate framework for calculating lattice thermal conductivity of solids: AFLOW—AAPL Automatic Anharmonic Phonon Library

This article presents the Automatic Anharmonic Phonon Library.
Date: November 17, 2016
Creator: Plata, Jose J.; Nath, Pinku; Usanmaz, Demet; Carrete, Jesús; Toher, Cormac; de Jong, Maarten et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraordinary Light-Trapping Enhancement in Silicon Solar Cell Patterned with Graded Photonic Super-Crystals (open access)

Extraordinary Light-Trapping Enhancement in Silicon Solar Cell Patterned with Graded Photonic Super-Crystals

This article explores light-trapping enhancement in newly discovered graded photonic super-crystals (GPSCs) with dual periodicity and dual basis.
Date: December 7, 2017
Creator: Hassan, Safaa; Lowell, David; Adewole, Murthada; George, David; Zhang, Hualiang & Lin, Yuankun
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculation of the Surface Tension of Ordinary Organic and Ionic Liquids by Means of a Generally Applicable Computer Algorithm Based on the Group-Additivity Method (open access)

Calculation of the Surface Tension of Ordinary Organic and Ionic Liquids by Means of a Generally Applicable Computer Algorithm Based on the Group-Additivity Method

This article presents the calculation of the surface tension of ordinary organic and ionic liquids, based on a computer algorithm applying a refined group-additivity method.
Date: April 16, 2018
Creator: Naef, Rudolf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solubility and Apparent Specific Volume of Sucrose in Some Aqueous Polyethylene Glycol Mixtures at 298.2 K (open access)

Solubility and Apparent Specific Volume of Sucrose in Some Aqueous Polyethylene Glycol Mixtures at 298.2 K

This article determines and correlates the equilibrium solubility of sucrose in {PEG 200 (or 400) + water} mixtures at 298.2 K.
Date: June 20, 2018
Creator: Tinjacá, Darío; Muñoz, María M.; Rahimpour, Elaheh; Jouyban, Abolghasem; Martínez, Fleming & Acree, William E. (William Eugene)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogenase Biomimetics with Redox-Active Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Studies on [Fe₂(CO)₄(κ²-dppn)(µ-edt)] (edt = Ethanedithiolate; dppn = 1,8-bis(Diphenylphosphino)Naphthalene) (open access)

Hydrogenase Biomimetics with Redox-Active Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Studies on [Fe₂(CO)₄(κ²-dppn)(µ-edt)] (edt = Ethanedithiolate; dppn = 1,8-bis(Diphenylphosphino)Naphthalene)

This article reports the preparation and characterisation of the simple dppn complex,[Fe2(CO)4(κ2-dppn)(µ-edt)], together with an investigation of its proton-reduction ability.
Date: November 20, 2018
Creator: Ghosh, Shishir; Rana, Shahed; Hollingsworth, Nathan; Richmond, Michael G.; Kabir, Shariff E. & Hogarth, Graeme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peptide signaling molecules CLE5 and CLE6 affect Arabidopsis leaf shape downstream of leaf patterning transcription factors and auxin (open access)

Peptide signaling molecules CLE5 and CLE6 affect Arabidopsis leaf shape downstream of leaf patterning transcription factors and auxin

Article describes a role in Arabidopsis leaf development for two members of the CLAVATA3/ESR‐RELATED peptide family, CLE5 and CLE6, which lie adjacent to each other on chromosome 2.
Date: December 20, 2018
Creator: DiGennaro, Peter; Grienenberger, Etienne; Dao, Thai Q.; Jun, Ji Hyung & Fletcher, Jennifer C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structural analysis of a plant fatty acid amide hydrolase provides insights into the evolutionary diversity of bioactive acylethanolamides (open access)

Structural analysis of a plant fatty acid amide hydrolase provides insights into the evolutionary diversity of bioactive acylethanolamides

Article reporting the three-dimensional crystal structures of the signal-terminating enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) from Arabidopsis in its apo and ligand-bound forms at 2.1- and 3.2-Å resolutions, respectively.
Date: March 20, 2019
Creator: Aziz, Mina; Wang, Xiaoqiang; Tripathi, Ashutosh; Bankaitis, Vytas A. & Chapman, Kent Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library

Artificially structured boundary plasma trap

This article presents a computer simulation of single-species non-neutral plasma confinement using an artificially structured boundary. The results support the prospect of developing plasma space-charge based confinement, with an unmagnetized plasma of one species of charged particles confined by an electric field produced by an edge-confined plasma of a second species of charged particles.
Date: September 20, 2019
Creator: Hedlof, R. M. & Ordonez, Carlos A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nanoextraction Coupled to Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Delivers Improved Spatially Resolved Analysis (open access)

Nanoextraction Coupled to Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Delivers Improved Spatially Resolved Analysis

Article describes a study which demonstrates that it is possible to significantly improve the repeatability of the direct analyte-probed nanoextraction (DAPNe) technique by incorporating a liquid chromatography separation step.
Date: November 20, 2019
Creator: Lewis, Holly-May; Webb, Roger P.; Verbeck, Guido F.; Bunch, Josephine; de Jesus, Janella; Costa, Catia et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relating size and functionality in human social networks through complexity (open access)

Relating size and functionality in human social networks through complexity

Article argues that the Dunbar number arises as a consequence of a natural phase transition in the dynamic self-organization among N individuals within a social system. The authors provide a theoretical basis for the value of the Dunbar number and establish a theory-based bridge spanning the gap between sociology and psychology.
Date: July 20, 2020
Creator: Massari, Giovanni F.; Culbreth, Garland; Failla, Roberto; Grigolini, Paolo; West, Bruce J. & Bologna, Mauro
System: The UNT Digital Library
SEIPIN Isoforms Interact with the Membrane-Tethering Protein VAP27-1 for Lipid Droplet Formation (open access)

SEIPIN Isoforms Interact with the Membrane-Tethering Protein VAP27-1 for Lipid Droplet Formation

Article demonstrating that part of the function of two SEIPIN isoforms in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), AtSEIPIN2 and AtSEIPIN3, may depend on their interaction with the vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)–associated protein (VAP) family member AtVAP27-1. The authors used a combination of biochemical, cell biology, and genetics approaches to show that AtVAP27-1 interacts with the N termini of AtSEIPIN2 and AtSEIPIN3 and likely supports the normal formation of LDs. This insight indicates that the ER membrane tethering machinery in plant cells could play a role with select SEIPIN isoforms in LD biogenesis at the ER, and additional experimental evidence in Saccharomyces cerevisiae supports the possibility that this interaction may be important in other eukaryotic systems.
Date: July 20, 2020
Creator: Greer, Michael Scott; Cai, Yingqi; Gidda, Satinder K.; Esnay, Nicolas; Kretzschmar, Franziska K.; Seay, Damien C. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parental transgenerational epigenetic inheritance related to dietary crude oil exposure in Danio rerio (open access)

Parental transgenerational epigenetic inheritance related to dietary crude oil exposure in Danio rerio

Article investigating the transgenerational inheritance from both parental lines in zebrafish. Adult zebrafish were separated into female and male groups exposed for 21 days to either a control diet or to a diet containing water accommodated fractions of crude oil. To determine the maternal and paternal influence on their offspring, the authors evaluated responses from molecular to whole organismal levels in both generations.
Date: January 22, 2020
Creator: Bautista, Naim M.; Crespel, Amélie; Crossley, Janna; Padilla, Pamela A. & Burggren, Warren W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Protein Determination with Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Recognition Combined with Birefringence Liquid Crystal Detection (open access)

Protein Determination with Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Recognition Combined with Birefringence Liquid Crystal Detection

Article integrating a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film recognition unit with a liquid crystal (LC) in an optical cell transducer to incur the selectivity of liquid crystal-based sensors.
Date: August 20, 2020
Creator: Cieplak, Maciej; Węgłowski, Rafał; Iskierko, Z.; Węgłowska, Dorota; Sharma, Piyush S.; Noworyta, Krzysztof R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proton reduction by phosphinidene-capped triiron clusters (open access)

Proton reduction by phosphinidene-capped triiron clusters

This article prepares and examines Bis(phosphinidene)-capped triiron carbonyl clusters, including electron rich derivatives formed by substitution with chelating diphosphines as proton reduction catalysts.
Date: April 20, 2021
Creator: Rahaman, Ahibur; Lisensky, George C.; Haukka, Matti; Tocher, Derek A.; Richmond, Michael G.; Colbran, Stephen B. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spatial and temporal localization of SPIRRIG and WAVE/SCAR reveal roles for these proteins in actin-mediated root hair development (open access)

Spatial and temporal localization of SPIRRIG and WAVE/SCAR reveal roles for these proteins in actin-mediated root hair development

Article shows that SPIRRIG (SPI), a beige and Chediak Higashi domain-containing protein involved in membrane trafficking, and BRK1 and SCAR2, subunits of the WAVE/SCAR (W/SC) actin nucleating promoting complex, display polarized localizations in Arabidopsis thaliana root hairs during distinct developmental stages. Authors' work uncovers a role for SPI in facilitating actin-dependent root hair development in Arabidopsis through pathways that might intersect with W/SC.
Date: April 20, 2021
Creator: Chin, Sabrina; Kwon, Taegun; Khan, Bibi Rafeiza; Sparks, J. Alan; Mallery, Eileen L.; Szymanski, Daniel B. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridged Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization (open access)

Excited State Charge Separation in an Azobenzene-Bridged Perylenediimide Dimer – Effect of Photochemical Trans-Cis Isomerization

Article demonstrating photoinduced charge transfer and separation events in a newly synthesized azobenzene-bridged perylenediimide-dimer (PDI-dimer). Results offer key insights on the role of the azobenzene bridge and the dimer geometry in governing the excited state charge transfer and separation in symmetrically linked PDI dimer.
Date: September 20, 2021
Creator: Zink-Lorre, Nathalie; Seetharaman, Sairaman; Gutiérrez-Moreno, David; Fernández-Lázaro, Fernando; Karr, Paul A. & D'Souza, Francis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Solubility Correlation Using the Jouyban–Acree Model: Effects of Concentration Units and Error Criteria (open access)

Drug Solubility Correlation Using the Jouyban–Acree Model: Effects of Concentration Units and Error Criteria

Article investigates the unit and error scale expression effects on the accuracy of the Jouyban–Acree model, in the current study, seventy-nine solubility data sets were collected randomly from the published articles and solute and solvent concentrations in the investigated systems were expressed in various units. Mass fraction, mole fraction, and volume fraction were the employed concentration units for the solvent compositions, and mole fraction, molar, and gram/liter were the investigated concentration units for the solutes. The solubility data, with various solute/solvent concentration units, were correlated using the Jouyban–Acree model, and the accuracy of each model for correlating the data was investigated by calculating different error scales and discussed.
Date: February 24, 2022
Creator: Rahimpour, Elaheh; Alvani-Alamdari, Sima; Acree, William E. (William Eugene) & Jouyban, Abolghasem
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expression of AtWRI1 and AtDGAT1 during soybean embryo development influences oil and carbohydrate metabolism (open access)

Expression of AtWRI1 and AtDGAT1 during soybean embryo development influences oil and carbohydrate metabolism

Article evaluating the metabolic and transcriptional responses to AtWRI1 and AtDGAT1 expression in soybean seeds.
Date: March 20, 2022
Creator: Arias, Cintia Lucía; Quach, Truyen; Huynh, Tu; Nguyen, Hanh; Moretti, Ademar; Shi, Yu et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulating C2H2/CO2 adsorption selectivity by electronic-state manipulation of iron in metal-organic frameworks (open access)

Regulating C2H2/CO2 adsorption selectivity by electronic-state manipulation of iron in metal-organic frameworks

Article reports a metal electronic-state manipulation strategy to construct a pair of isostructural and interconvertible Fe-MOFs featuring open Fe centers with different electron densities for efficient C₂H₂/CO₂ separation. The authors show that the presence of Fe[II] centers with a medium-spin-state trail plays a crucial role in the enhanced C₂H₂ selective adsorption.
Date: July 20, 2022
Creator: Chen, Cheng-Xia; Pham, Tony; Tan, Kui; Krishna, Rajamani; Lan, Pui Ching; Wang, Longfei et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Detection of Pancreatic Cancer miRNA with Biocompatible Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots (open access)

Detection of Pancreatic Cancer miRNA with Biocompatible Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots

Article detects the presence of a specific pancreatic cancer-derived miRNA (pre-miR-132) using the fluorescence properties of biocompatible nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (NGQDs) synthesized using a bottom-up approach from a single glucosamine precursor. This non-invasive approach allows cancer-specific miRNA detection to facilitate early diagnosis of various forms of cancer.
Date: August 20, 2022
Creator: Ajgaonkar, Ryan; Lee, Bong; Valimukhametova, Alina; Nguyen, Steven; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Roberto; Coffer, Jeffery et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental filtering of macroinvertebrate traits influences ecosystem functioning in a large river floodplain (open access)

Environmental filtering of macroinvertebrate traits influences ecosystem functioning in a large river floodplain

Article describes how the biodiversity–ecosystem function hypothesis postulates that higher biodiversity is correlated with faster ecosystem process rates and increased ecosystem stability in fluctuating environments. The authors examined linkages among floodplain wetland habitats, invertebrate communities and their associated traits, and ecosystem function across 60 sites within the floodplain wetlands of the lower Wolastoq, Saint John River, New Brunswick.
Date: August 20, 2022
Creator: Rideout, Natalie K.; Compson, Zacchaeus Greg; Monk, Wendy A.; Brunce, Meghann R.; Hajibabaei, Mehrdad; Porter, Teresita M. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library