Wesley J. Thompson (1947-2019) (open access)

Wesley J. Thompson (1947-2019)

The article is a memorial to Wesley J. Thompson (1947-2019) and highlights his contributions to the studies of neuromuscular synapses and glial cells. Thompson graduated from North Texas State University (now University of North Texas) with Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degree, and he went on to build a meaningful career that spanned the globe. He will be remembered not only as a great scientist but also as a great mentor and friend.
Date: June 12, 2020
Creator: Lee, Young il & Rimer, Mendell
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Property Values as a Measure of Neighborhoods: An Application of Hedonic Price Theory (open access)

Property Values as a Measure of Neighborhoods: An Application of Hedonic Price Theory

This article describes a tool kit for understanding how neighborhood characteristics are quantified in appraisal values.
Date: February 25, 2016
Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Ayers, Colby; Murdoch, James; Yin, Wenyuan & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perception of Falls and Confidence in Self-Management of Falls among Older Adults (open access)

Perception of Falls and Confidence in Self-Management of Falls among Older Adults

This article investigates the relative contribution of confidence of self-management in falls (CSMoF) in relation to fall risk self-perceptions while controlling for demographics and self-reported health and functioning. The joint effects of perception of falls and fear of falls likely explain CSMoF among older adults more than physical functional indicators. Fall prevention programs for older adults should prioritize to address modifiable subjective factors of fall perceptions, fear of falls, and CSMoF across health and functioning statuses.
Date: December 11, 2019
Creator: Li, Qiwei; Mpofu, Elias; Yin, Cheng & Turner, K. Whisnant (Keith Whisnant)
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband light-matter interaction due to resonance cavities in graded photonic super-crystals (open access)

Broadband light-matter interaction due to resonance cavities in graded photonic super-crystals

This article reports the formation of resonance cavities within graded photonic super-crystals (GPSCs) with unit cells formed via a near-uniform central region with eight side graded regions.
Date: August 29, 2019
Creator: Lin, Yuankun; Hassan, Safaa; Sale, Oliver; Alnasser, Khadijah; Hurley, Noah; Zhang, Hualiang et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quantifying Impacts of Mean Annual Lake Bottom Temperature on Talik Development and Permafrost Degradation Below Expanding Thermokarst Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (open access)

Quantifying Impacts of Mean Annual Lake Bottom Temperature on Talik Development and Permafrost Degradation Below Expanding Thermokarst Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Paper examines the impacts of variations in the mean annual lake bottom temperature (MALBT) on talik development and permafrost degradation beneath expanding thermokarst lakes in the Beiluhe Basin on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau.
Date: April 5, 2019
Creator: Ling, Feng & Pan, Feifei
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Dietary Micronutrient Intakes by Body Weight Status among Mexican-American and Non-Hispanic Black Women Aged 19-39 Years: An Analysis of NHANES 2003-2014 (open access)

Comparison of Dietary Micronutrient Intakes by Body Weight Status among Mexican-American and Non-Hispanic Black Women Aged 19-39 Years: An Analysis of NHANES 2003-2014

Study closely examines micronutrient deficiencies among Mexican-American and non-Hispanic black women using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 2003-2014.
Date: November 20, 2019
Creator: Liu, Jialiang; Zhu, Xiangzhu; Fulda, Kimberly G.; Chen, Shande & Tao, Meng-Hua
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Simultaneous Thermal Stability and Ultrahigh Sensitivity of Heterojunction SERS Substrates (open access)

Simultaneous Thermal Stability and Ultrahigh Sensitivity of Heterojunction SERS Substrates

Paper reports the design of Ag-Al2O3-Ag heterojunctions based on Ag nanorods (AgNRs) and their applications as thermally stable and ultrasensitive substrates of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS).
Date: May 31, 2019
Creator: Ma, Lingwei; Wang, Jinke; Huang, Hanchen; Zhang, Zhengjun; Li, Xiaogang & Fan, Yi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual structure mapping over six million trees for New York City USA (open access)

Individual structure mapping over six million trees for New York City USA

Article asserts that individual tree structure mapping in cities is important for urban environmental studies. The authors produced an individual tree dataset including tree locations, height, crown area, crown volume, and biomass over the entire New York City, USA for 6,005,690 trees, which enables the evaluation of urban forest ecosystem services.
Date: February 20, 2023
Creator: Ma, Qin; Lin, Jian; Ju, Yang; Li, Wenkai; Liang, Li & Guo, Qinghua
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solid State Optical Microlasers Fabrication via Microfluidic Channels (open access)

Solid State Optical Microlasers Fabrication via Microfluidic Channels

Paper proposes the use of a microfluidic channel with flow focusing technique to fabricate solid state polymeric microlasers to precisely control sizes for mass production.
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Manzo, Maurizio & Cavazos, Omar
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Webinar 4: Accessing and Using Oral History captions transcript

Webinar 4: Accessing and Using Oral History

Video recording of the fourth webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the last webinar of the series explores innovative uses of oral history collections and pushes for equitable access to oral history collections.
Date: February 22, 2023
Creator: Marcus, Eric; Sullivan, Sady & Sielaff, Steven
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Examining the Role of Nanomaterials and Optical Sensors for Genomics Research] captions transcript

[Examining the Role of Nanomaterials and Optical Sensors for Genomics Research]

This presentation introduces the possibility of using nanomaterials and optically active sensors in genomics research. The presenter shares the history and applications of nanomaterials, introduces their research into optical-luminescent sensors and optically active plasmonic nanoparticles, and explores how they might be used in genomics. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Creator: Marpu, Sreekar
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Single-Step Photochemical Formation of Near-Infrared-Absorbing Gold Nanomosaic within PNIPAm Microgels: Candidates for Photothermal Drug Delivery (open access)

Single-Step Photochemical Formation of Near-Infrared-Absorbing Gold Nanomosaic within PNIPAm Microgels: Candidates for Photothermal Drug Delivery

Article demonstrating the dynamic potential for tailoring the surface plasmon resonance (SPR), size, and shapes of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) starting from an Au(I) precursor, chloro(dimethyl sulfide)gold (I) (Au(Me2S)Cl), in lieu of the conventional Au(III) precursor hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (III) hydrate (HAuCl4). This approach presents a one-step method that permits regulation of an Au(I) precursor to form either visible-absorbing gold nanospheres or near-infrared-window (NIRW)-absorbing anisotropic AuNPs.
Date: May 18, 2020
Creator: Marpu, Sreekar; Kamras, Brian; Nasiri, Nooshin Mirza; Elbjeirami, Oussama; Simmons, Denise Perry; Hu, Zhibing et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dietary Polyphenol and Methylsulfonylmethane Supplementation Improves Immune, DAMP Signaling, and Inflammatory Responses During Recovery From All-Out Running Efforts (open access)

Dietary Polyphenol and Methylsulfonylmethane Supplementation Improves Immune, DAMP Signaling, and Inflammatory Responses During Recovery From All-Out Running Efforts

This article presents a study with the purpose to determine the effect of dietary supplementation with optimized curcumin, pomegranate ellagitannins, and MSM (R + MSM) on immune-associated mRNA during early recovery (i.e., up to 8 h post-exercise) following all-out running efforts (5-km, 10-km, and 21.1-km). The results demonstrate that supplementation with a combination of optimized curcumin, pomegranate ellagitannins, and methylsulfonylmethane resulted in changes that may improve biological recovery from all-out running efforts.
Date: August 31, 2021
Creator: McFarlin, Brian K.; Hill, David W.; Vingren, Jakob L.; Curtis, John H. & Tanner, Elizabeth A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Image-based Flow Cytometry Technique to Evaluate Changes in Granulocyte Function In Vitro (open access)

Image-based Flow Cytometry Technique to Evaluate Changes in Granulocyte Function In Vitro

Article demonstrates a technique for simultaneous measurement of granulocyte phagocytosis of bacteria and oxidative burst.
Date: December 26, 2014
Creator: McFarlin, Brian K.; Venable, Adam S.; Prado, Eric A.; Henning, Andrea L. & Williams, Randall R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Welcome and Introduction to the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research by Mark McLellan] captions transcript

[Welcome and Introduction to the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research by Mark McLellan]

Presentation from Mark McLellan, the Vice-President for Research and Innovation at UNT, to welcome attendees, introduce the University, and advocate for the importance of the diversifying genomics research. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Creator: McLellan, Mark
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Religion Frames Health Norms: A Structural Theory Approach (open access)

How Religion Frames Health Norms: A Structural Theory Approach

This review looks at the religious communities influence health-related behaviors of adherents in important ways for public health promotion. Questions remain about the processes involved and resultant health promotion actions of the religious adherents.
Date: April 9, 2018
Creator: Mpofu, Elias
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating spatial patterns of seasonal ozone exposure and incidence of respiratory emergency room visits in Dallas-Fort Worth (open access)

Evaluating spatial patterns of seasonal ozone exposure and incidence of respiratory emergency room visits in Dallas-Fort Worth

This article examines the relationships between spatial patterns of long-term ozone exposure and respiratory illness within Dallas-Fort Worth to better understand impacts on health outcomes.
Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Northeim, Kari; Marks, Constant & Tiwari, Chetan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Low-Level Arsenic Exposure Is Associated with Poorer Neuropsychological Functioning: A Project FRONTIER Study (open access)

Long-Term Low-Level Arsenic Exposure Is Associated with Poorer Neuropsychological Functioning: A Project FRONTIER Study

Study examines the potential association between current and long-term arsenic exposure and detailed neuropsychological functioning in a sample of rural-dwelling adults and elders.
Date: March 15, 2011
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Edwards, Melissa; Menon, Chloe V.; Gong, Gordon & Barber, Robert C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Conversion During Expansion of a Solid-Particle-Entrained Gas (open access)

Energy Conversion During Expansion of a Solid-Particle-Entrained Gas

This article describes pneumatic energy being converted into solid particle kinetic energy as a solid-particle-entrained gas that flows downward through a vertical nozzle. For the conditions studied, the solid particles serve as a heat exchange medium to enable a gas expansion that is nearly isothermal. Also, the kinetic energy associated with the two-phase fluid is predominantly that associated with subsonic solid-particle motion. The kinetic energy of the solid particles is converted into other forms using a low-speed turbine. A theoretical description of the process is presented, and the initiation of an experimental effort to study the process is described.
Date: January 10, 2013
Creator: Ordonez, Carlos A.; Weathers, Duncan L. & Traum, Matthew J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Constrained Stochastic Weather Generator for Daily Mean Air Temperature and Precipitation (open access)

A Constrained Stochastic Weather Generator for Daily Mean Air Temperature and Precipitation

This article develops and tests a constrained stochastic weather generator (CSWG) for producing daily mean air temperature and precipitation based on annual mean air temperature and precipitation from tree-ring records. It presents a unique method that can be used to explore historic (e.g., archeological questions) or future (e.g., climate change) daily weather conditions based upon specified annual values.
Date: January 21, 2021
Creator: Pan, Feifei; Nagaoka, Lisa; Wolverton, Steven J.; Atkinson, Samuel F.; Kohler, Timothy A. & O'Neill, Marty
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construct Validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument in African American Breast Cancer Survivors (open access)

Construct Validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument in African American Breast Cancer Survivors

Paper describes results of a study examining the validity of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument for cancer survivors, focusing specifically on African-American breast cancer survivors.
Date: November 16, 2016
Creator: Pandya, Ekta; Mistry, Jay; Dobhal, Megha; Borra, Sujana & Paxton, Raheem J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crystallographic texture dependent bulk anisotropic elastic response of additively manufactured Ti6Al4V (open access)

Crystallographic texture dependent bulk anisotropic elastic response of additively manufactured Ti6Al4V

This article identifies a bulk texture effect on elastic anisotropy in laser powder bed fused Ti6Al4V by employing an effective bulk modulus elastography technique coupled with ultrasound shear wave velocity measurement at a frequency of 20 MHz inside the material.
Date: January 12, 2021
Creator: Pantawane, Mangesh V.; Yang, Teng; Jin, Yuqi; Joshi, Sameehan; Dasari, Sriswaroop; Sharma, Abhishek et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
First-principles study of diffusion and interactions of hydrogen with silicon, phosphorus, and sulfur impurities in nickel (open access)

First-principles study of diffusion and interactions of hydrogen with silicon, phosphorus, and sulfur impurities in nickel

Article systematically studying the effect of Si, P, and S impurities on the diffusion and binding of an H atom in a face-centered-cubic (FCC) Ni lattice using density functional theory (DFT),
Date: March 26, 2019
Creator: Paranjape, Priyanvada; Gopal, Priya & Srinivasan, S. G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stem Cells and Neuroprotection: Understanding the Players (open access)

Stem Cells and Neuroprotection: Understanding the Players

Review describing the characteristics of renewing stem cells that may affect neuroprotection.
Date: September 15, 2010
Creator: Pearce, Virginia
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library