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Title: A high-efficiency low-wearing hybrid voltage regulator for utility applications
Author: Zhao, Tiefu, Wang, Yafeng
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Voltage regulators, Electric power distribution
Description: Step voltage regulator (SVR) has been utilized in power distribution systems for decades as the voltage regulation device. Due to the increasing integration of distributed energy resources, the conventional SVR is severely challenged by the modern...

Title: A new strategy to infer circularity applied to four new complete frog mitogenomes
Author: Machado, Denis Jacob, Janies, Daniel, Brouwer, Cory, Grant, Taran
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Genomics, Amphibians, Bioinformatics
Description: We applied a novel strategy to infer sequence circularity and complete assembly of four mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of the frog families Bufonidae (Melanophryniscus moreirae), Dendrobatidae (Hyloxalus subpunctatus and Phyllobates terribili...

Title: APE2 promotes DNA damage response pathway from a single-strand break
Author: Yan, Shan, Lin, Yunfeng, Bai, Liping, Cupello, Steven
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Cancer--Research, DNA
Description: As the most common type of DNA damage, DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) are primarily repaired by the SSB repair mechanism. If not repaired properly or promptly, unrepaired SSBs lead to genome stability and have been implicated in cancer and neurod...

Title: Accounting for residential propagule pressure improves prediction of urban plant invasion
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude, Davis, Amy J. S., Singh, Kunwar K., Meentemeyer, Ross K.
Subjects--Topical: Invasive plants, Urban forestry
Description: Plant invasions substantially impact the ecosystem services provided by forests in urbanizing regions. Knowing where invasion risk is greatest helps target early detection and eradication efforts, but developing an accurate predictive model of inv...

Title: Acquired chemoresistance can lead to increased resistance of pancreatic cancer cells to oncolytic vesicular stomatitis virus
Author: Grdzelishvili, Valery, Goad, Dakota, Bressy, Christian, Holbrook, Molly
Subjects--Topical: Vesicular stomatitis, Cancer, Viruses
Description: Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is a promising oncolytic virus (OV) against different malignancies, including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Our previous studies have demonstrated that VSV-based OVs are effective against the majority of...

Title: Ajuga turkestanica increases Notch and Wnt signaling in aged skeletal muscle
Author: Arthur, Susan, Howden, Reuben, Zwetsloot, Kevin, Shanely, Andrew
Subjects--Topical: Musculoskeletal system, Cells
Description: Abstract. – BACKGROUND: The declining myogenic potential of aged skeletal muscle is multifactorial. Insufficient satellite cell activity is one factor in this process. Notch andWnt signaling are involved in various biological processes including o...

Title: An all optical approach for comprehensive in-operando analysis of radiative and nonradiative recombination processes in GaAs double heterostructures
Author: Zhang, Y. (Yong), 1960-, Zhang, Fan, Castaneda, Jose, Gfroerer, Timothy, Friedman, Daniel, Zhang, Yong-Hang, Wanlass, Mark W.
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Photoluminescence
Description: We demonstrate an all optical approach that can surprisingly offer the possibility of yielding much more information than one would expect, pertinent to the carrier recombination dynamics via both radiative and nonradiative processes when only one...

Title: An examination of Twitter data to identify risky sexual practices among youth and young adults in Botswana
Author: Cornelius, Judith, Kennedy, Anna, Wesslan, Ryan
Subjects--Topical: Twitter (Firm), Sex, Youth
Description: Botswana has the third highest rate of HIV infection, as well as one of the highest mobile phone density rates in the world. The rate of mobile cell phone adoption has increased three-fold over the past 10 years. Due to HIV infection rates, youth ...

Title: An observational analysis quantifying the distance of supercell-boundary interactions in the Great Plains
Author: Magee, Kathleen, Davenport, Casey
Subjects--Topical: Severe storms, Tornadoes
Description: Several case studies and numerical simulations have hypothesized that baroclinic boundaries provide enhanced horizontal and vertical vorticity, wind shear, helicity, and moisture that induce stronger updrafts, higher reflectivity, and stronger low...

Title: Artivism, virtual workshops, and the pandemic
Author: Bennett, Adreonna
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Social justice, Photography, COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Academic libraries, Internet videoconferencing
Description: I was hired as a Community Engagement Archivist in the Special Collections and University Archives unit at J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte in June 2019. Not only was this my first full time library job but it wa...

Title: Assessing guaranteed minimum income benefits and rationality of exercising reset options in variable annuities
Author: Ocejo Monge, Adriana, Jones, Riley F.
Subjects--Topical: Variable annuities, Risk (Insurance)
Description: A variable annuity is an equity-linked financial product typically offered by insurance companies. The policyholder makes an upfront payment to the insurance company and, in return, the insurer is required to make a series of payments starting at ...

Title: Association of sleep attitudes with sleep hygiene, duration, and quality : a survey exploration of the moderating effect of age, gender, race, and perceived socioeconomic status
Author: Ruggiero, Aria, Peach, Hannah D., Gaultney, Jane F.
Subjects--Topical: Sleep, Public health
Description: Objectives: Sleep health is becoming more widely accepted as a possible preventative strategy against chronic disease and negative psychosocial outcomes. It is important to understand whether attitudes towards sleep vary by demographic characteris...

Title: Auditory processing difficulties influence on perceptual learning
Author: Fiallo, Katherine M., Galati, Alexia
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Auditory perception, Perceptual learning
Description: Understanding spoken speech is a complex process that comes to most people easily, yet past research demonstrates that some people face difficulties with auditory processing. Listeners adjust to variations in speech by integrating auditory, visual...

Title: Beyond the knowledge economy : social circus as an intersectional avenue to global aesthetics and universal ethics
Author: Rogden, Krysta, Alterowitz, Gretchen
Subjects--Topical: Art in education, Intersectionality (Sociology)
Description: While the Western world is a post-colonial society that attempts to guarantee an equal opportunity for success to all, objectives to uphold inclusion efforts in the primary education system often undermine the complexities of cultural histories an...

Title: Biopsychosocial contexts influence adult cognitive functioning concurrently and longitudinally
Author: Bennett, Jeanette M., Payen, Ameante, Bateman, James R., Persin, Michael J.
Date Created: 2024
Subjects--Topical: Cognition--Age factors, Aging
Description: Background: Cognitive aging is a complex process that impacts human behavior. Identifying the factors that preserve cognitive functioning is a public health priority, given that 20% of the US population will be at least 65 years old in the next de...

Title: Boundaries in ground beetle (Coleoptera : Carabidae) and environmental variables at the edges of forest patches with residential developments
Author: Davis, Doreen E., Gagne, Sara A.
Subjects--Topical: Biodiversity, Urbanization
Description: Background. Few studies of edge effects on wildlife objectively identify habitat edges or explore non-linear responses. In this paper, we build on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) research that has begun to address these domains by using tria...

Title: Breaking down barriers for student parents and caregivers with family friendly library spaces
Author: Croxton, Rebecca A., Moore, Anne Cooper, Sprague, Lindsey
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, College student parents
Description: In 2016, J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte opened a reservable study room specifically for student parents and caregivers. Student parents comprise 25.6% of the total student population and this study room c...

Title: Building a brand and telling a story in perpetual crisis : launching a sustainable archives marketing strategy
Author: Cline, Tyler, Marcusse, Molly E.
Subjects--Topical: Marketing, Archives, Education, Higher, Mass media--Social aspects, Social media
Description: The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming began serious efforts to launch a marketing strategy in 2016, just as the University was hard-hit by a significant funding deficit. The marketing committee was tasked with modernizing and l...

Title: COVID-19 pandemic severity, lockdown regimes, and people’s mobility : early evidence from 88 countries
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude, Rahman, Md. Mokhlesur, Paul, Kamal Chandra
Subjects--Topical: Public health, COVID-19 (Disease), Social distancing (Public health)
Description: This study empirically investigates the complex interplay between the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, mobility changes in retail and recreation, transit stations, workplaces, and residential areas, and lockdown measures in 88 countries aroun...

Title: Cambridge women and the professional world : navigating gender conservatism in the late Victorian era
Author: Dobbs, Olivia, Pipkin, Amanda (Amanda Cathryn)
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Sex role, Nineteenth century, Women in education
Description: During the late nineteenth century, British women received better education, especially at the university level. In particular, the University of Cambridge opened two women’s colleges, Girton College in 1869 and Newnham College in 1871. The establ...