First record of horned puffin in the North Atlantic and tufted puffin in High Arctic Greenland (open access)

First record of horned puffin in the North Atlantic and tufted puffin in High Arctic Greenland

Article reports observations of two Subarctic North Pacific puffin species in the North Atlantic near the coast of north-west Greenland.
Date: June 26, 2020
Creator: Johnson, Jeff A.; Burnham, Kurt K.; Burnham, Jennifer L.; Konkel, Bridger W.; Stephens, Jack & Badgett, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Subantarctic Rayadito (Aphrastura subantarctica), a new bird species on the southernmost islands of the Americas (open access)

The Subantarctic Rayadito (Aphrastura subantarctica), a new bird species on the southernmost islands of the Americas

Article describes a new taxon of terrestrial bird of the genus Aphrastura (rayaditos) inhabiting the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, the southernmost point of the American continent. The authors state that the discovery of this endemic passerine highlights the need to monitor and conserve this still-pristine archipelago devoid of exotic species, which is now protected by the recently created Diego Ramírez Islands-Drake Passage Marine Park.
Date: August 26, 2022
Creator: Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-; Quilodrán, Claudio S.; Botero-Delgadillo, Esteban; Napolitano, Constanza; Torres-Mura, Juan C.; Barroso, Omar et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bibliometric Analysis of Integrated Pest Management Practices (open access)

Bibliometric Analysis of Integrated Pest Management Practices

Article discusses how integrated pest management (IPM) is a wide-ranging strategy that involves tactics for the structural control of pests and diseases, also known as integrated pest control (IPC). The authors' prime aim of this study is to explore global scientific publications regarding integrated pest management and map the recent global trends in this innovative research domain, thereby providing future research directions based on dynamic observations.
Date: July 26, 2023
Creator: Zhou, Xi; Yang, Chongxi; Yesmin, Sabina; Islam, Md Ashraful & Sarkar, Apurbo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Role of microRNAs and their downstream target transcription factors in zebrafish thrombopoiesis (open access)

Role of microRNAs and their downstream target transcription factors in zebrafish thrombopoiesis

Article describes how previous studies have shown that human platelets and megakaryocytes carry microRNAs suggesting their role in platelet function and megakaryocyte development. In their laboratory, the authors identified 15 microRNAs in thrombocytes using single-cell RNA sequencing.
Date: September 26, 2023
Creator: Qaryoute, Ayah Al; Fallatah, Weam; Dhinoja, Sanchi; Raman, Revathi & Jagadeeswaran, Pudur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comment on ‘Extremely rapid self-reactions of hydrochlorofluoromethanes and hydrochlorofluoroethanes and implications in destruction of ozone’ (open access)

Comment on ‘Extremely rapid self-reactions of hydrochlorofluoromethanes and hydrochlorofluoroethanes and implications in destruction of ozone’

Article comments on the claims made by the authors of the original article. The authors of the commentary note flaws in the DFT-based methodology and the commentators describe differences between their application and the original article's described application.
Date: May 26, 2022
Creator: Marshall, Paul & Burkholder, James B. (James Bart), 1954-
System: The UNT Digital Library