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$Introducing standardized field methods for fracture-focused surface process research$

Title: Introducing standardized field methods for fracture-focused surface process research
Author: Eppes, Martha Cary, Berberich, Samantha, Keanini, Russell, Moser, Faye, Morovati, Mehdi, Porson, Steven, Rasmussen, Monica
Date Created: 2024
Subjects--Topical: Rocks--Fracture, Earth sciences
Description: Rock fractures are a key contributor to a broad array of Earth surface processes due to their direct control on rock strength as well as rock porosity and permeability. However, to date, there has been no standardization for the quantification of ...

Title: GAN-based tabular data generator for constructing synopsis in approximate query processing : challenges and solutions
Author: Fallahian, Mohammadali, Dorodchi, Mohsen, Kreth, Kyle
Date Created: 2024
Subjects--Topical: Databases, Data mining
Description: In data-driven systems, data exploration is imperative for making real-time decisions. However, big data are stored in massive databases that are difficult to retrieve. Approximate Query Processing (AQP) is a technique for providing approximate an...

Title: Do social connections impact the health and functioning of persons with dementia?
Author: Montoro-Rodriguez, Julian, Hayslip, Bert, Jr.
Date Created: 2024
Subjects--Topical: Dementia, Alzheimer's disease
Description: A recent scoping review by Joshi and colleagues in the multidisciplinary journal of International Psychogeriatrics reports on the existing empirical evidence of social connections as a possible social determinant of cognitive decline in adults wit...

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: Computational assessment of magnetic nanoparticle targeting efficiency in a simplified Circle of Willis arterial model
Author: Hewlin, Rodward L., Jr., Tindall, Joseph
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Cardiovascular system--Diseases, Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Treatment
Description: This paper presents the methodology and computational results of simulated medical drug targeting (MDT) via induced magnetism intended for administering intravenous patient-specific doses of therapeutic agents in a Circle of Willis (CoW) model. Th...

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: Psychological distress is more common in some occupations and increases with job tenure : a thirty-seven year panel study in the United States
Author: Laditka, Sarah B., Laditka, James, Arif, Ahmed A., Adeyemi, Oluwaseun J.
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Job stress
Description: Background Workers in certain occupations may have elevated risks of psychological distress. However, research is limited. For example, researchers often measure distress that may have existed before occupational exposures. We studied occupations ...

Title: Continuous flow separation of red blood cells and platelets in a y-microfluidic channel device with saw-tooth profile electrodes via low voltage dielectrophoresis
Author: Hewlin, Rodward L., Jr., Edwards, Maegan
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Cell separation, Dielectrophoresis
Description: Cell counting and sorting is a vital step in the purification process within the area of biomedical research. It has been widely reported and accepted that the use of hydrodynamic focusing in conjunction with the application of a dielectrophoretic...

Title: Cytosolic DNA sensors and glial responses to endogenous DNA
Author: Marriott, Ian, Suptela, Alexander J.
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Genomics, DNA
Description: Genomic instability is a key driving force for the development and progression of many neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system (CNS) cancers. The initiation of DNA damage responses is a critical step in maintaining genomic integrity ...

Title: Contrastive learning‑based pretraining improves representation and transferability of diabetic retinopathy classification models
Author: Alam, Minhaj Nur, Yamashita, Rikiya, Ramesh, Vignav, Prabhune, Tejas, Lim, Jennifer I., Chan, R. V. P., Hallak, Joelle, Leng, Theodore, Rubin, Daniel
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Diabetic retinopathy, Diabetes
Description: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of vision impairment in diabetic patients worldwide. Due to its prevalence, early clinical diagnosis is essential to improve treatment management of DR patients. Despite recent demonstration of successful...

Title: Toward reaching a consensus on the concept of power system resilience : definitions, assessment frameworks, and metrics
Author: Chowdhury, Badrul, Kaloti, Sujay
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Electric power systems, Climatic changes
Description: The electric power system plays an integral part in the well-being of the modern society. Because of climate change, the ageing power system infrastructure is under threat due to the ever-increasing intensity and frequency of high-impact, low-prob...

Title: How do we publish when our work is collaborative and everyone's too busy?
Author: Caruso, Beth
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Scholarly publishing
Description: In the current world of academic librarianship, where collaboration is mainstream and high workloads are commonplace, publishing about collaborative initiatives with colleagues, though ideal, is not always feasible. Sometimes, publishing alone is ...

Title: The immunological capacity of thrombocytes
Author: Ferdous, Farzana, Scott, Thomas
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Immune response, Blood platelets
Description: Thrombocytes are numerous in the blood of aves (birds) and ichthyoids (fish). The origin of this cell type is a common hematopoietic stem cell giving rise to a cell that is active in blood coagulation, inflammatory functions, and the immune respon...

Title: Contextualizing the experiences of Black pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic : ‘It’s been a lonely ride’
Author: Dahl, Alicia A., Yada, Farida N., Butts, Shanika Jerger, Tolley, Annalise, Hirsch, Sophie, Lalgondar, Priyanka, Wilson, Kala S.
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Maternal health services, COVID-19 (Disease), Women, Black
Description: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed the prenatal care experience, specifically regarding medical appointments and social opportunities. It is critical to capture this change through the narratives of pregnant people, parti...

Title: Lateral leadership in action
Author: Croxton, Rebecca A., Moore, Anne Cooper, Saines, Sherri
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Lateral thinking
Description: Lateral leaders influence, persuade, and elicit constructive contributions from others at all levels of an organization. In this paper, the authors build off their 2021 Brick & Click Conference Proceedings paper and weave in their own perspectives...

Title: Remediation by degrees : enhancing ETD metadata to improve discoverability
Author: Lake, Savannah, Nicholson, Joseph
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Electronic dissertations, Metadata
Description: In 2022, staff at J. Murrey Atkins Library launched a project to remediate metadata for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in the Niner Commons institutional repository, which hosts UNC Charlotte faculty, staff, and student scholarship on ...

Title: South Asian dance intersections, vol. 2, no. 1
Author: Sarkar, Kaustavi, Sethi, Arshiya
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Arts, South Asian, Dance
Description: South Asian Dance Intersections is a progressive, scholarly, blind peer-reviewed, and digitally available open-access journal which seeks to publish a unique blend of original high-quality research in scholarly, choreographic, contemporary, commun...

Title: The role of access type and age group in the breadth of use of patient portals : observational study
Author: Ndabu, Theophile, Agrawal, Lavlin, Sharman, Raj
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Medical records--Data processing, Medical care
Description: Background: Health care delivery and patient satisfaction are improved when patients engage with their medical information through patient portals. Despite their wide availability and multiple functionalities, patient portals and their functionali...

Title: Computational design analysis of a hydrokinetic horizontal parallel stream direct drive counter-rotating Darrieus turbine system : a phase one design analysis study
Author: Hewlin, Rodward L., Jr., Crooks, John M., Williams, Wesley
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Computational fluid dynamics, Renewable energy sources
Description: This paper introduces a phase one computational design analysis study of a hydrokinetic horizontal parallel stream direct-drive (no gear box) counter-rotating Darrieus turbine system. This system consists of two Darrieus rotors that are arranged i...

Title: Why hasn’t the gifted label caught up with science?
Author: Matthews, Michael S., 1968-, Jolly, Jennifer
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Gifted children--Education, Special education
Description: The development of both special education and gifted education as fields of study were closely tied to the origins of intelligence testing in the early 20th century. While special education’s terminology has become more nuanced and circumspect ove...