• Experimental characterization of smooth body flow separation topography and topology on a two-dimensional geometry of finite span 

  Simmons, D. J.; Thomas, F. O.; Corke, T. C.; Hussain, F. (TTU) (2022)

  A smooth body, adverse pressure gradient (APG), turbulent boundary layer (TBL) separation is experimentally studied. The geometry features canonical TBL development prior to encountering a smooth, two-dimensional convex ...

• Current concepts and practical applications for recovery, growth, and peak performance following significant athletic injury 

  Brooks, Toby J. (TTUHSC); Bradstreet, Tyler C. (TTU); Partridge, Julie A. (2022)

  For decades, physicians, athletic trainers, and other health care professionals have worked to standardize the recovery process following injury to enhance patient outcomes and to help set appropriate goals for return to ...

• Electrochemical valorization of waste activated sludge for short-chain fatty acids production 

  Jafari, Maasoomeh (TTU); Botte, Gerardine G. (TTU) (2022)

  A tremendous amount of waste activated sludge (WAS) ends up in landfilling even after a substantial retention time during anaerobic digestion. This leftover activated sludge is an organic-rich material with the high potential ...

• Reflecting on Responsible Conduct of Research: A Self Study of a Research-Oriented University Community 

  Hite, Rebecca L. (TTU); Shin, Sungwon (TTU); Lesley, Mellinee (TTU) (2022)

  Abstract: Research-oriented universities are known for prolific research activity that is often supported by students in faculty-guided research. To maintain ethical standards, universities require on-going training of ...

• Construct comprehensive indicators through a signal extraction approach for predicting housing price crises 

  Xu, Yan; Ma, Yuanting; Zhu, Zhengke; Li, Jun; Lu, Tom (TTU) (2022)

  In this paper, a novel early warning system that has usually been applied to predict the financial stress events is established to predict the likelihood of housing price crises in China. To achieve this goal, a signal ...

• Transposable Elements in Bats Show Differential Accumulation Patterns Determined by Class and Functionality 

  Paulat, Nicole S. (TTU); McGuire, Erin; Subramanian, Krishnamurthy; Osmanski, Austin B. (TTU); Moreno-Santillán, Diana D. (TTU); Ray, David A. (TTU); Xing, Jinchuan (2022)

  Bat genomes are characterized by a diverse transposable element (TE) repertoire. In particular, the genomes of members of the family Vespertilionidae contain both active retrotransposons and active DNA transposons. Each ...

• Evaluation of the U.S. Peanut Germplasm Mini-Core Collection in the Virginia-Carolina Region Using Traditional and New High-Throughput Methods 

  Sarkar, Sayantan; Oakes, Joseph; Cazenave, Alexandre Brice; Burow, Mark D. (TTU); Bennett, Rebecca S.; Chamberlin, Kelly D.; Wang, Ning; White, Melanie; Payton, Paxton; Mahan, James; Chagoya, Jennifer; Sung, Cheng Jung (TTU); McCall, David S.; Thomason, Wade E.; Balota, Maria (2022)

  Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important food crop for the U.S. and the world. The Virginia-Carolina (VC) region (Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina) is an important peanut-growing region of the U.S and is ...

• Sodium Pre-Intercalation-Based Na3-δ-MnO2@CC for High-Performance Aqueous Asymmetric Supercapacitor: Joint Experimental and DFT Study 

  Rahman, Anis Ur; Zarshad, Nighat; Jianghua, Wu; Shah, Muslim; Ullah, Sana; Li, Guigen (TTU); Tariq, Muhammad; Ali, Asad (2022)

  Electrochemical energy storage devices are ubiquitous for personal electronics, electric vehicles, smart grids, and future clean energy demand. SCs are EES devices with excellent power density and superior cycling ability. ...

• Ion and Particle Size Effects on the Surface Reactivity of Anatase Nanoparticle–Aqueous Electrolyte Interfaces: Experimental, Density Functional Theory, and Surface Complexation Modeling Studies 

  Ridley, Moira K. (TTU); Machesky, Michael L.; Kubicki, James D. (2022)

  At the nanoscale, particle size affects the surface reactivity of anatase–water interfaces. Here, we investigate the effect of electrolyte media and particle size on the primary charging behavior of anatase nanoparticles. ...

• Physical Activity and Healthy Habits Influence Mood Profile Clusters in a Lithuanian Population 

  Terry, Peter C.; Parsons-Smith, Renée L.; Skurvydas, Albertas; Lisinskienė, Aušra; Majauskienė, Daiva; Valančienė, Dovilė; Cooper, Sydney (TTU); Lochbaum, Marc (TTU) (2022)

  Moods have been investigated previously in a range of cultural contexts. In our study, we investigated if six mood profiles previously identified, termed the iceberg, inverse Everest, inverse iceberg, shark fin, submerged, ...

• Dynamic Interdependence between Anglers and Fishes in Spatially Coupled Inland Fisheries 

  Collins, Scott F. (TTU); Diana, Matthew J.; Wahl, David H. (2022)

  The cumulative harvest pressure exerted by recreational anglers can be intense in some locations. Sustainable management and conservation of inland fisheries requires an understanding of the spatial ecology of fish-angler ...

• Lumican modulates adipocyte function in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes 

  Strieder-Barboza, Clarissa (TTU); Flesher, Carmen G; Geletka, Lynn M; Eichler, Tad; Akinleye, Olukemi; Ky, Alexander; Ehlers, Anne P; Lumeng, Carey N; O’Rourke, Robert W (2022)

  Obesity-associated type 2 diabetes (DM) leads to adipose tissue dysfunction. Lumican is a proteoglycan implicated in obesity, insulin resistance (IR), and adipocyte dysfunction. Using human visceral adipose tissue (VAT) ...

• An Escalated Performance Aware Approach for Cumulative Effectiveness in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks 

  Brown, Karl (TTU) (2022)

  In order to provide secure communication between mobile nodes in a hostile environment, security has become a top priority. There are a variety of nontrivial difficulties to security design in mobile ad hoc networks because ...

• Quantitative dynamics of Salmonella and E. Coli in feces of feedlot cattle treated with ceftiofur and chlortetracycline 

  Ohta, Naomi; Norby, Bo; Loneragan, Guy H. (TTU); Vinasco, Javier; den Bakker, Henk C.; Lawhon, Sara D.; Norman, Keri N.; Scott, Harvey M. (2019)

  Antibiotic use in beef cattle is a risk factor for the expansion of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella populations. However, actual changes in the quantity of Salmonella in cattle feces following antibiotic use have not ...

• Projected heat stress challenges and abatement opportunities for U.S. Milk production 

  Gunn, Kpoti M.; Holly, Michael A.; Veith, Tamie L.; Buda, Anthony R.; Prasad, Rishi; Alan Rotz, C.; Soder, Kathy J.; Stoner, Anne M.K. (TTU) (2019)

  Cost-effective heat mitigation strategies are imperative for maintaining milk production and dairy farm profitability in the U.S. with projected climate change. This study investigated the cost-effectiveness of four heat ...

• A DNA aptamer reveals an allosteric site for inhibition in metallo-β-lactamases 

  Khan, Nazmul H. (TTU); Bui, Anthony A. (TTU); Xiao, Yang (TTU); Sutton, R. Bryan (TTU); Shaw, Robert W. (TTU); Wylie, Benjamin J. (TTU); Latham, Michael P. (TTU) (2019)

  The hydrolysis of β-lactam antibiotics by β-lactamase enzymes is the most prominent antibiotic resistance mechanism for many pathogenic bacteria. Out of this broad class of enzymes, metallo-β-lactamases are of special ...

• Turbulent particle pair diffusion: Numerical simulations 

  Malik, Nadeem A. (TTU) (2019)

  A theory for turbulent particle pair diffusion in the inertial subrange [Malik NA, PLoS ONE 13 (10):e0202940 (2018)] is investigated numerically using a Lagrangian diffusion model, Kinematic Simulations [Kraichnan RH, Phys. ...

• Yeast species isolated from Texas High Plains vineyards and dynamics during spontaneous fermentations of Tempranillo grapes 

  Bougreau, Matthias (TTU); Ascencio, Kenia (TTU); Bugarel, Marie (TTU); Nightingale, Kendra (TTU); Loneragan, Guy (TTU) (2019)

  Vineyards and grape musts harbor complex locally specific microbial communities, among which yeast species can be responsible of spontaneous alcoholic fermentation. Although relying on indigenous yeast can be a risk for ...

• A novel diversity method for smartphone camera-based heart rhythm signals in the presence of motion and noise artifacts 

  Tabei, Fatemehsadat (TTU); Zaman, Rifat (TTU); Foysal, Kamrul H. (TTU); Kumar, Rajnish (TTU); Kim, Yeesock; Chong, Jo Woon (TTU) (2019)

  The advent of smartphones has advanced the use of embedded sensors to acquire various physiological information. For example, smartphone camera sensors and accelerometers can provide heart rhythm signals to the subjects, ...

• Chronic wound microbiome colonization on mouse model following cryogenic preservation 

  Tipton, Craig D. (TTU); Sanford, Nicholas E.; Everett, Jake A. (TTUHSC); Gabrilska, Rebecca A. (TTUHSC); Wolcott, Randall D.; Rumbaugh, Kendra P. (TTUHSC); Phillips, Caleb D. (TTU) (2019)

  Chronic wound infections are increasingly recognized to be dynamic and polymicrobial in nature, necessitating the development of wound models which reflect the complexities of infection in a non-healing wound. Wound slough ...

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