Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill as a Case Study for Interdisciplinary Cooperation within Developmental Biology, Environmental Sciences and Physiology (open access)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill as a Case Study for Interdisciplinary Cooperation within Developmental Biology, Environmental Sciences and Physiology

This article makes the argument for interdisciplinary teams that bring together scientists with different specialties as an efficient way--and perhaps the only way--to unravel highly complex biological effects of marine oil spills.
Date: December 17, 2015
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.; Dubansky, Benjamin; Roberts, Aaron & Alloy, Matthew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expansión de la invasión del Visón Norteamericano (Neovison vison) en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Cabo de Hornos, Chile (open access)

Expansión de la invasión del Visón Norteamericano (Neovison vison) en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Cabo de Hornos, Chile

This article reports the continued expansion of the American mink to new sites in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve.
Date: April 17, 2015
Creator: Crego, Ramiro D.; Jiménez, Jaime E. & Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational inference of the structure and regulation of the lignin pathway in Panicum virgatum (open access)

Computational inference of the structure and regulation of the lignin pathway in Panicum virgatum

This article uses a systems biological modeling approach to address the challenge of in vivo measurements to elucidate the structure and regulation of the lignin pathway through a computational characterization of alternate candidate topologies.
Date: September 17, 2015
Creator: Faraji, Mojdeh; Fonseca, Luis L.; Escamilla-Treviño, Luis; Dixon, R. A. & Voit, Eberhard O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site (open access)

Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site

This article seeks to better understand the health needs of a nonclinical population to inform future research and interventions.
Date: August 17, 2015
Creator: Higashi, Robin T.; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Leonard, Tammy; Cuate, Erica L.; Cole, Jay & Pruitt, Sandi L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
C. Elegans and Mutants With Chronic Nicotine Exposure as a Novel Model of Cancer Phenotype (open access)

C. Elegans and Mutants With Chronic Nicotine Exposure as a Novel Model of Cancer Phenotype

This article provides evidence in support of C. elegans as initial in vivo model to study nicotine and its effects on oncogenic mutations identified in humans.
Date: November 17, 2015
Creator: Kanteti, Rajani; Dhanasingh, Immanuel; El-Hashani, Essam; Riehm, Jacob J.; Stricker, Thomas; Nagy, Stanislav et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study (open access)

Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study

This article examines the longitudinal relationship between moving to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods and weight gain as a cardiovascular risk factor.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Cooper-McCann, Rebecca; Ayers, Colby; Berrigan, David; Lian, Min; McClurkin, Michael et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anonymity, pseudonymity, and the agency of online identity: Examining the social practices of r/Gonewild (open access)

Anonymity, pseudonymity, and the agency of online identity: Examining the social practices of r/Gonewild

This article provides a detailed account of the behaviors enabled through pseudonymous identity construction through a case study of the subreddit r/gonewild.
Date: February 17, 2015
Creator: van der Nagel, Emily & Frith, Jordan
System: The UNT Digital Library