• Activity of Plasma Membrane V-ATPases Is Critical for the Invasion of MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells 

  Cotter, Kristina; Capecci, Joseph; Sennoune, Souad (TTU); Huss, Markus; Maier, Martin; Martinez-Zaguilan, Raul (TTU); Forgac, Michael (2015)

  Background: Ahe V-ATPase has been proposed to function at the plasma membrane in tumor cell invasion. Results: Inhibition of plasma membrane V-ATPases prevented invasion of MDA-MB-231 cells. Conclusion: Activity of plasma ...

• Gonadotrope-specific deletion of Dicer results in severely suppressed gonadotropins and fertility defects 

  Wang, Huizhen; Graham, Ian; Hastings, Richard; Gunewardena, Sumedha; Brinkmeier, Michelle L.; Conn, P. Michael (TTU); Camper, Sally A.; Kumar, T. Rajendra (2015)

  Pituitary gonadotropins follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone are heterodimeric glycoproteins expressed in gonadotropes. They act on gonads and promote their development and functions including steroidogenesis ...

• Elemental quantification, chemistry, and source apportionment in golf course facilities in a semi-arid urban landscape using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer 

  Udeigwe, T. K. (TTU); Young, J. (TTU); Kandakji, T. (TTU); Weindorf, D. C. (TTU); Mahmoud, M. A.; Stietiya, M. H. (2015)

  This study extends the application of the portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) spectrometry to the examination of elements in semi-arid urban landscapes of the Southern High Plains (SHP) of the United States, focusing on ...

• Evaluating management-induced soil salinization in golf courses in semi-arid landscapes 

  Young, J. (TTU); Udeigwe, T. K. (TTU); Weindorf, D. C. (TTU); Kandakji, T. (TTU); Gautam, P. (TTU); Mahmoud, M. A. (2015)

  Site-specific information on land management practices are often desired to make better assessments of their environmental impacts. A study was conducted in Lubbock, Texas, in the Southern High Plains of the United States, ...

• Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-ulcerogenic potentials of Achillea fragrantissima (Forssk.) 

  Abdel-Rahman, R. F.; Alqasoumi, S. I.; El-Desoky, A. H.; Soliman, G. A.; Paré, P. W. (TTU); Hegazy, M. E.F. (2015)

  Achillea fragrantissima is a perennial herb grown in Egypt and traditionally employed medicinally for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties among Sinai inhabitants. Non-polar and polar extracts were obtained by ...

• Charge carrier transport properties in layer structured hexagonal boron nitride 

  Doan, T. C. (TTU); Li, J. (TTU); Lin, J. Y. (TTU); Jiang, H. X. (TTU) (2014)

  Due to its large in-plane thermal conductivity, high temperature and chemical stability, large energy band gap (∼ 6.4 eV), hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as an important material for applications in deep ultraviolet ...

• Effects of Mg-doped AlN/AlGaN superlattices on properties of p-GaN contact layer and performance of deep ultraviolet light emitting diodes 

  Al Tahtamouni, T. M.; Lin, J. Y. (TTU); Jiang, H. X. (TTU) (2014)

  Mg-doped AlN/AlGaN superlattice (Mg-SL) and Mg-doped AlGaN epilayers have been investigated in the 284 nm deep ultraviolet (DUV) light emitting diodes (LEDs) as electron blocking layers. It was found that the use of Mg-SL ...

• Electrical transport properties of (BN)-rich hexagonal (BN)C semiconductor alloys 

  Uddin, M. R. (TTU); Doan, T. C. (TTU); Li, J. (TTU); Ziemer, K. S.; Lin, J. Y. (TTU); Jiang, H. X. (TTU) (2014)

  The layer structured hexagonal boron nitride carbon semiconductor alloys, h-(BN)C, offer the unique abilities of bandgap engineering (from 0 for graphite to ∼6.4 eV for h-BN) and electrical conductivity control (from ...

• Metal composition of fine particulate air pollution and acute changes in cardiorespiratory physiology 

  Cakmak, Sabit; Dales, Robert; Kauri, Lisa Marie; Mahmud, Mamun; Van Ryswyk, Keith; Vanos, Jennifer (TTU); Liu, Ling; Kumarathasan, Premkumari; Thomson, Errol; Vincent, Renaud; Weichenthal, Scott (2014)

  Background Studying the physiologic effects of components of fine particulate mass (PM2.5) could contribute to a better understanding of the nature of toxicity of air pollution. Objectives We examined the relation between ...

• Risk assessment for cardiovascular and respiratory mortality due to air pollution and synoptic meteorology in 10 Canadian cities 

  Vanos, Jennifer K. (TTU); Hebbern, Christopher; Cakmak, Sabit (2014)

  Synoptic weather and ambient air quality synergistically influence human health. We report the relative risk of mortality from all non-accidental, respiratory-, and cardiovascular-related causes, associated with exposure ...

• A design space for dynamic service level agreements in OpenStack 

  Lee, Craig A.; Sill, Alan F. (TTU) (2014)

  This paper does a systematic review of the possible design space for cloud-hosted applications that may have changing resource requirements that need to be supported through dynamic service level agreements (SLAs).The ...

• Ontogeny and social dominance: A developmental view of human power patterns 

  Hawley, Patricia H. (TTU) (2014)

  Developmental science has long evolutionary roots and has historically focused on individual differences. Accordingly, developmental models can inform conversations about phylogeny and personality. The present paper evokes ...

• Higher fine-scale genetic structure in peripheral than in core populations of a long-lived and mixed-mating conifer - Eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) 

  Pandey, Madhav (TTU); Rajora, Om P. (2012)

  Background: Fine-scale or spatial genetic structure (SGS) is one of the key genetic characteristics of plant populations. Several evolutionary and ecological processes and population characteristics influence the level of ...

• Development of high-throughput SNP-based genotyping in Acacia auriculiformis x A. mangium hybrids using short-read transcriptome data 

  Wong, Melissa M.L.; Cannon, Charles H. (TTU); Wickneswari, Ratnam (2012)

  Background: Next Generation Sequencing has provided comprehensive, affordable and high-throughput DNA sequences for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) discovery in Acacia auriculiformis and Acacia mangium. Like other ...

• Influence of wet distillers grains diets on beef cattle fecal bacterial community structure 

  Rice, William C.; Galyean, Michael L. (TTU); Cox, Stephen B.; Dowd, Scot E.; Cole, N. Andy (2012)

  Background: The high demand for ethanol in the U.S. has generated large stocks of wet distillers grains (DG), a byproduct from the manufacture of ethanol from corn and sorghum grains. Little is known, however, about the ...

• The classic EDCs, phthalate esters and organochlorines, in relation to abnormal sperm quality: A systematic review with meta-analysis 

  Wang, Chao; Yang, Lu; Wang, Shu; Zhang, Zhan; Yu, Yongquan; Wang, Meilin; Cromie, Meghan (TTU); Gao, Weimin (TTU); Wang, Shou Lin (2016)

  The association between endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and human sperm quality is controversial due to the inconsistent literature findings, therefore, a systematic review with meta-analysis was performed. Through ...

• Aberrant functional brain connectome in people with antisocial personality disorder 

  Tang, Yan; Long, Jun; Wang, Wei; Liao, Jian; Xie, Hua (TTU); Zhao, Guihu; Zhang, Hao (2016)

  Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is characterised by a disregard for social obligations and callous unconcern for the feelings of others. Studies have demonstrated that ASPD is associated with abnormalities in brain ...

• Environmental exposure to BDE47 is associated with increased diabetes prevalence: Evidence from community-based case-control studies and an animal experiment 

  Zhang, Zhan; Li, Shushu; Liu, Lu; Wang, Li; Xiao, Xue; Sun, Zhenzhen; Wang, Xichen; Wang, Chao; Wang, Meilin; Li, Lei; Xu, Qiujin; Gao, Weimin (TTU); Wang, Shou Lin (2016)

  Brominated flame retardants exposure has been associated with increasing trends of diabetes and metabolic disease. Thus, the purpose of this study was to provide evidence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) exposure ...

• Azole antifungal sensitivity of sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51) and CYP5218 from malassezia globosa 

  Warrilow, Andrew G.S.; Price, Claire L.; Parker, Josie E.; Rolley, Nicola J.; Smyrniotis, Christopher J.; Hughes, David D.; Thoss, Vera; Nes, W. David (TTU); Kelly, Diane E.; Holman, Theodore R.; Kelly, Steven L. (2016)

  Malassezia globosa cytochromes P450 CYP51 and CYP5218 are sterol 14α-demethylase (the target of azole antifungals) and a putative fatty acid metabolism protein (and a potential azole drug target), respectively. Lanosterol, ...

• Temperature dependence of phonon-defect interactions: Phonon scattering vs. phonon trapping 

  Bebek, M. B. (TTU); Stanley, C. M. (TTU); Gibbons, T. M. (TTU); Estreicher, S. K. (TTU) (2016)

  The interactions between thermal phonons and defects are conventionally described as scattering processes, an idea proposed almost a century ago. In this contribution, ab-initio molecular-dynamics simulations provide ...

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