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Using solar radiation data in soil moisture diagnostic equation for estimating root-zone soil moisture
Article describes how the soil moisture daily diagnostic equation (SMDE) evaluates the relationship between the loss function coefficient and the summation of the weighted average of precipitation. The study has confirmed that using actual solar radiation data in the soil moisture daily diagnostic equation can improve its accuracy.
Date:
December 12, 2022
Creator:
Omotere, Olumide; Pan, Feifei & Wang, Lei
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Urban Feature Extraction within a Complex Urban Area with an Improved 3D-CNN Using Airborne Hyperspectral Data
Article describes how airborne hyperspectral data has high spectral-spatial information, but mining and using this information effectively is still a great challenge. Therefore, a 3D-1D-CNN model was proposed for feature extraction in complex urban with hyperspectral images affected by cloud shadows.
Date:
February 10, 2023
Creator:
Ma, Xiaotong; Man, Qixia; Yang, Xinming; Dong, Pinliang; Yang, Zelong; Wu, Jingru et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Metabolic reprogramming underlies cavefish muscular endurance despite loss of muscle mass and contractility
Article discusses the Mexican cavefish Astyanax mexicanus, has lost moderate-to-vigorous activity following cave colonization, reaching basal swim speeds ~3.7-fold slower than their river-dwelling counterpart. Collectively, the authors reveal broad skeletal muscle changes following cave colonization, displaying an adaptive skeletal muscle phenotype reminiscent to mammalian disuse and high-fat models while simultaneously maintaining a unique capacity for sustained muscle contraction via enhanced glycogen metabolism.
Date:
January 24, 2023
Creator:
Olsen, Luke; Levy, Michaella; Medley, J. Kyle; Hassan, Huzaifa; Miller, Brandon; Alexander, Richard et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automated Approach to In Vitro Image-Guided Photothermal Therapy with Top-Down and Bottom-Up-Synthesized Graphene Quantum Dots
Article discusses how, based on recent studies, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are expected to possess advantageous photothermal properties and facilitate fluorescence image-tracking in the visible and near-infrared (NIR), while surpassing other graphene-based materials in their biocompatibility. The combination of the photothermal and imaging modalities tested in vitro makes the GQDs developed in this work prospective agents for cancer theragnostics.
Date:
February 22, 2023
Creator:
Lee, Bong; Stokes, Gretel A.; Valimukhametova, Alina; Nguyen, Steven; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Roberto; Bhaloo, Adam et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lignocellulosic-Based Activated Carbon-Loaded Silver Nanoparticles and Chitosan for Efficient Removal of Cadmium and Optimization Using Response Surface Methodology
Article expresses how the cadmium-contaminated water body is a worldwide concern for the environment and toxic to human beings and the removal of cadmium ions from drinking and groundwater sustainably and cost-effectively is important. The results showed that synthesized CS-KAC-Ag was a biocompatible and versatile porous filtering material for the decontamination of different toxic metal ions.
Date:
December 13, 2022
Creator:
Mandal, Sujata; Marpu, Sreekar; Omary, Mohammad A.; Dinulescu, Catalin C.; Prybutok, Victor R. & Shi, Sheldon
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fatty acid amide hydrolase and 9-lipoxygenase modulate cotton seedling growth by ethanolamide oxylipin levels
Article asserts that polyunsaturated N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) can be hydrolyzed by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) or oxidized by lipoxygenase (LOX). Altogether, the authors conclude that the growth of cotton seedlings involves fine-tuning of 9-NAE-HOD levels via FAAH-mediated hydrolysis and LOX-mediated production, expanding the mechanistic understanding of plant growth modulation by NAE oxylipins to a perennial crop species.
Date:
December 6, 2022
Creator:
Gaguancela-Arias, Omar; Aziz, Mina & Chapman, Kent Dean
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Modulating Uranium Extraction Performance of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks through Donor–Acceptor Linkers and Amidoxime Nanotraps
Article presents a COF (covalent organic framework)-based adsorption-photocatalysis strategy for selective removal of uranyl from seawater in the absence of sacrificial reagents. This work shows that multivariate COF adsorption-photocatalysts can be rationally engineered to work efficiently and stably without sacrificial electron donors, thus opening the pathway for the economic and efficient extraction of uranium from the earth’s oceans.
Date:
January 4, 2023
Creator:
Hao, Mengjie; Xie, Yinghui; Liu, Xiaolu; Chen, Zhongshan; Yang, Hui; Waterhouse, Geoffrey I. N. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dementia and COVID-19 among Older African American Adults: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Access and Resources
Article discusses how African American/Black communities comprise 12.2% of the U.S. population, with a COVID-19 infection rate of more than 18% and marginal access to healthcare services. This scoping review synthesizes the emerging evidence on healthcare accessibility among older African American adult communities with dementia and COVID-19, as well as the resource requirements for this population during the pandemic.
Date:
February 16, 2023
Creator:
Udoh, Idorenyin Imoh; Mpofu, Elias & Prybutok, Gayle
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mapping Health Fragility and Vulnerability in Air Pollution–Monitoring Networks in Dallas–Fort Worth
Article describes how environmental air pollution remains a major contributor to negative health outcomes and mortality, but the relationship between socially vulnerable populations and air pollution is not well understood. This paper seeks to understand how air pollution monitor placement strategies and policy may neglect social vulnerabilities and therefore potentially underestimate exposure burdens in vulnerable populations.
Date:
January 18, 2023
Creator:
Northeim, Kari & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Differentiation of the South Florida Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus extimus) from the Nominate Subspecies (Buteo lineatus lineatus)
Article discusses how the south Florida subspecies of the Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus extimus) is distinctly paler and smaller than other subspecies, reproduces at a lower rate, and can occupy very different habitats such as open marshes and grasslands with only scattered trees. The authors evaluated population differentiation between the south Florida population of Red-shouldered Hawks and two populations of eastern Red-shouldered Hawks (B. l. lineatus) in suburban (Cincinnati) and rural (Hocking Hills) environments in southern Ohio.
Date:
March 1, 2023
Creator:
Dykstra, Madeline A.; Marain, Donna M.; Wrona, Anna M.; Dysktra, Cheryl R.; Farrington, Heather L.; Johnson, Jeff A. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Progress in understanding and improving oil content and quality in seeds
Article asserts that the world’s population is projected to increase by two billion by 2050, resulting in food and energy insecurity. This review provides a summary of the current knowledge of oil metabolism and discusses how photochemical activity and unconventional pathways can contribute to high carbon conversion efficiency in seeds.
Date:
January 26, 2023
Creator:
Sagun, Julius Ver; Yadav, Umesh P. & Alonso, Ana Paula
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A metabolomic platform to identify and quantify polyphenols in coffee and related species using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry
Article describes how products of plant secondary metabolism, such as phenolic compounds, flavonoids, alkaloids, and hormones, play an important role in plant growth, development, stress resistance. The authors state that the overall goal of this study was to develop a high-throughput workflow to identify and quantify plant polyphenols.
Date:
January 6, 2023
Creator:
Castro-Moretti, Fernanda R.; Cocuron, Jean-Christophe; Castillo-Gonzalez, Humberto; Escudero-Leyva, Efrain; Chaverri, Priscila; Guerreiro-Filho, Oliveiro et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Scientists warning on the ecological effects of radioactive leaks on ecosystems
Article describes the devastating effects of nuclear radiation and its long-lasting consequences on Earth’s ecosystems. The authors call upon all scientists to communicate the importance of the environmental impacts of such an event to all life forms on Earth, including humankind.
Date:
January 20, 2023
Creator:
Bonacic, Cristián; Medellin, Rodrigo A.; Ripple, William; Sukumar, Raman; Ganswindt, Andre; Padua, Suzana M. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elucidating the role of negative parenting in the genetic v. environmental influences on adult psychopathic traits
Article states that though adult psychopathic traits emerge from both genetic and environmental risk, no studies have examined etiologic associations between adult psychopathic traits and experiences of parenting in childhood, or the extent to which parenting practices may impact the heritability of adult psychopathic traits using a genetically-informed design. Utilizing a genetically-informed design, the authors found that both genetic and non-shared environmental factors contribute to the emergence of psychopathic traits.
Date:
August 12, 2021
Creator:
Dotterer, Hailey L.; Vazquez, Alexandra Y.; Hyde, Luke W.; Neumann, Craig S.; Santtila, Pekka; Pezzoli, Patrizia et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Post-imprinting modification: electrochemical and scanning electrochemical microscopy studies of a semi-covalently surface imprinted polymer
Authors of the article describe a post-imprinting modification of the imprinted molecular cavities for electrochemical sensing of a target protein. These mesoporous cavities were modified with a ferrocene ‘electrochemical’ tracer for electrochemical transduction of the target protein recognition.
Date:
January 25, 2023
Creator:
Kalecki, Jakub; Cieplak, Maciej; Iskierko, Z.; Piechowska, Joanna; Nogala, Wojciech; D'Souza, Francis et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An investigation of steric influence on the reactivity of FeV(O)(OH) tautomers in stereospecific C–H hydroxylation
Article describes how two new tetradentate N4 ligands (LN4), LN4 = Me2,Me2PyzTACN (1-(2-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethyl)-4,7-dimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane) and Me2,MeImTACN (1-((1-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)-4,7-dimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane) have been synthesized and their corresponding Fe(II) complexes [FeII(Me2,Me2PyzTACN)(CF3SO3)2], 1Pz, and [FeII(Me2,MeImTACN)(CF3SO3)2], 1Im, have been prepared and characterized. Based on these labelling studies, the steric influence exerted by each of the ligands towards the relative reactivity of the oxo ligands of the corresponding pair of Fe(V)(O)(OH) tautomers can be derived.
Date:
January 5, 2023
Creator:
Mitra, Mainak; Brinkmeier, Alexander; Li, Yong; Borrell, Margarida; Call, Arnau; Fillol, Julio Lloret et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A theoretical study of M–M′ polar-covalent bonding in heterobimetallic multinuclear organometallic complexes of monovalent group 11 metal centres
Article describes how complexes with closed-shell (d10–d10) interactions have been studied for their interesting luminescence properties in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices. The present computational study aims at understanding the chemical bonding/interactions in a series of molecules with unusually short metal–metal bond distances between monovalent coinage-metal (d10–d10) centres.
Date:
February 8, 2023
Creator:
Rabaâ, Hassan; Sundholm, Dage & Omary, Mohammad A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Europium-Based Optical Sensor for the Detection of Carbon Dioxide and Its Application for a Fermentation Reaction
Article discusses a new europium-based complex, K[Eu(hfa)4] with hfa = hexafluoroacetylacetonate is synthesized and its structure confirmed via X-ray crystallography. Based on the data collected, a highly stable, brightly red-emissive Eu(III) complex with the ability to differentiate concentrations of CO2 in solution is hereby developed and characterized with benefits for various CO2 sensing applications.
Date:
December 21, 2022
Creator:
Benton, Erin N.; Rajitha Perera, Nawagamu A. K.; Nesterov, Vladimir N.; Perera, Wijayantha; Omary, Mohammad A. & Marpu, Sreekar
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Are Tourists Facilitators of the Movement of Free-Ranging Dogs?
Article discusses how free-ranging dogs are of major conservation concern worldwide as they negatively affect wildlife. Although scientists and governmental agencies are aware of the problem and responsible pet ownership strategies are beginning to be implemented, the tourism sector must be explicitly integrated into wildlife conservation management strategies.
Date:
December 16, 2022
Creator:
Schüttler, Elke & Jiménez, Jaime E.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Can Market-Oriented Reform of Agricultural Subsidies Promote the Growth of Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity? Empirical Evidence from Maize in China
Article asserts that green agriculture is the future of agricultural development. The policy implication of this paper is that developing countries should actively promote the market-oriented reform of agricultural subsidies to promote green agricultural development.
Date:
January 20, 2023
Creator:
Ye, Feng; Yang, Zhongna; Yu, Mark; Watson, Susan & Lovell, Ashley
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The complexities of proanthocyanidin biosynthesis and its regulation in plants
Article describes how proanthocyanidins (PAs) are natural flavan-3-ol polymers that contribute protection to plants under biotic and abiotic stress, benefits to human health, and bitterness and astringency to food products. This review extends the conventional understanding with recent findings that provide new insights to address lingering questions and focus strategies for manipulating PA traits in plants.
Date:
November 26, 2022
Creator:
Yu, Keji; Song, Yushuang; Lin, Jinxing & Dixon, R. A.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A polar insect's tale: Observations on the life cycle of Parochlus steinenii, the only winged midge native to Antarctica
Article asserts that Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands include some of the world’s most extreme and pristine terrestrial habitats. The authors studied the habitat preferences and the life history of P. steinenii in Lake Kitiesh, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island over the austral summer seasons from 2014 to 2019, during short (several weeks) field expeditions.
Date:
December 24, 2022
Creator:
Mejias, Tamara Contador; Gañán, Melisa; Rendoll Cárcamo, Javier; Maturana, Claudia S.; Benítez, Hugo A.; Kennedy, James H. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The chemical coupling between moist CO oxidation and gas-phase potassium sulfation
Article discusses how the chemical coupling between moist CO oxidation and transformation of gaseous potassium salts (KCl or KOH) in the presence and absence of SO2 was investigated experimentally and through chemical kinetic modeling. Analysis of the calculations indicates that sulfation pathways in the model involving KOSO3 contribute to the overprediction, but both the thermodynamic properties and rate constants in the model involve significant uncertainties and more work is required to resolve the discrepancy.
Date:
December 15, 2022
Creator:
Chanpirak, Arphaphon; Hashemi, Hamid; Frandsen, Flemming; Wu, Hao; Glarborg, Peter & Marshall, Paul
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Linking random forest and auxiliary factors for extracting the major economic forests in the mountainous areas of southwestern Yunnan Province, China
Article describes how forests are generally extracted from remotely sensed images based on the spectral features, ignoring other important auxiliary information, and the techniques of precise extraction need to be further improved. By using the Sentinel–2 image and auxiliary factors (AFs) including site conditions (SCs) and vegetation indices (VIs), the random forest model with AFs (RF–AFs) was adopted for the extraction of the economic forests in Lancang County.
Date:
February 24, 2023
Creator:
Huang, Pei; Zhao, Xiaoqing; Pu, Junwei; Gu, Zexian; Feng, Yan; Zhou, Shijie et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library