Feasibility Study of Microsecond Pulsed Microwave Ablation Using a Minimally Invasive Antenna (open access)

Feasibility Study of Microsecond Pulsed Microwave Ablation Using a Minimally Invasive Antenna

Article establishing the feasibility of producing localized ablation zones using microsecond pulsed microwave ablation (MWA) as an alternative to conventional continuous wave (CW) MWA. Results open the opportunity for developing a coupled MWA treatment and imaging system using pulsed MWA and microwave-induced thermoacoustic signals for real-time monitoring of MWA.
Date: February 16, 2021
Creator: Evans, Audrey L.; Sawicki, James F.; Luyen, Hung; Mohtashami, Yahya; Behdad, Nader & Hagness, Susan C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
On Comparing the Similarity and Dissimilarity Between Two Distinct Vehicular Trajectories (open access)

On Comparing the Similarity and Dissimilarity Between Two Distinct Vehicular Trajectories

This article studies the problem of comparing the similarity and dissimilarity between two distinct vehicular trajectories by proposing an adjacency-based metric. This approach has a broad application in building truthfulness by comparing the similarity between two vehicles and evaluating the dissimilarity between two distinct paths in hazardous materials transportation.
Date: February 23, 2021
Creator: Qingge, Letu; Zhou, Peng; Dai, Lihui; Yang, Qing & Zhu, Binhai
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of MMP-13 as a Promising Target for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis (open access)

Overview of MMP-13 as a Promising Target for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis

This article is a review that illustrates the involvement of MMP-13 in the initiation and progression of Osteoarthritis (OA) through the regulation of MMP-13 activity at the molecular and epigenetic levels, as well as the strategies that have been employed against MMP-13. The aim of this review is to identify MMP-13 as an attractive target for inhibitor development in the treatment of OA.
Date: February 9, 2021
Creator: Hu, Qichan & Ecker, Melanie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classifying Abdominal Fat Distribution Patterns by Using Body Measurement Data (open access)

Classifying Abdominal Fat Distribution Patterns by Using Body Measurement Data

This article aims to explore new categorization that characterizes the distribution clusters of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissues (VAT and SAT) measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to analyze the relationship between the VAT-SAT distribution patterns and the novel body shape descriptors (BSDs), and to develop a classifier to predict the fat distribution clusters using the BSDs.
Date: February 19, 2021
Creator: Sun, Jingjing; Xu, Bugao; Lee, Jane & Freeland-Graves, Jeanne H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A modified random network model for P2O5–Na2O–Al2O3–SiO2 glass studied by molecular dynamics simulations (open access)

A modified random network model for P2O5–Na2O–Al2O3–SiO2 glass studied by molecular dynamics simulations

This article investigates the short- and medium-range structural features of sodium aluminosilicate glasses with various P₂O₅ (0–7 mol%) content and Al/Na ratios ranging from 0.667 to 2.000 by using molecular dynamics simulations. Based on the simulated structural information, a modified random network model for P₂O₅-bearing sodium aluminosilicate glass has been proposed, which could be useful to optimize the mobility of sodium ions and design novel functional glass compositions.
Date: February 10, 2021
Creator: Zhao, Yaxian; Du, Jincheng; Cao, Xin; Zhang, Chong; Xu, Gang; Qiao, Xvsheng et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library