• Event-Related Neural Oscillation Changes Following Reasoning Training in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment 

  Mudar, Raksha A.; Nguyen, Lydia T.; Eroh, Justin; Chiang, Hsueh-Sheng; Rackley, Audette; Chapman, Sandra B. (Elsevier Science B.V., 2018-10-17)

  Emerging evidence suggests cognitive training programs targeting higher-order reasoning may strengthen not only cognitive, but also neural functions in individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). However, research ...

• Gamma Oscillations During Episodic Memory Processing Provide Evidence for Functional Specialization in the Longitudinal Axis of the Human Hippocampus 

  Lin, Jui-Jui; Umbach, Gray; Rugg, Michael D.; Lega, Bradley (Wiley, 2018-11-05)

  The question of whether the anterior and posterior hippocampus serve different or complementary functional roles during episodic memory processing has been motivated by noteworthy findings in rodent experiments and from ...

• ASL-MRICloud: An Online Tool for the Processing of ASL MRI Data 

  Li, Yang; Liu, Peiying; Li, Yue; Fan, Hongli; Su, Pan; Peng, Shin-Lei; Park, Denise C.; Rodrigue, Karen M.; Jiang, Hangyi; Faria, Andreia V.; Ceritoglu, Can; Miller, Michael; Mori, Susumu; Lu, Hanzhang (Wiley, 2018-12-26)

  Arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI is increasingly used in research and clinical settings. The purpose of this work is to develop a cloud-based tool for ASL data processing, referred to as ASL-MRICloud, which may be useful ...

• Enhancement of Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness with Alignment of Spinnable Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes 

  Lee, Duck Weon; Park, Jongwoo; Kim, Bum Joon; Kim, Hyunsoo; Choi, Changsoon; Baughman, Ray H.; Kim, Seon Jeong; Kim, Youn Tae (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018-10-23)

  This research develops a unique material to attenuate electromagnetic interference (EMI) by using spinnable multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) combined with bio-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) that contains BaTiO₃ (MBPBT). ...

• The Time Course of Semantic and Relational Processing During Verbal Analogical Reasoning 

  Kmiecik, Matthew J.; Brisson, Ryan J.; Morrison, Robert G. (Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2018-12-01)

  Analogy is an important ability that allows humans to discover relationships between information domains that often vary in surface and relational characteristics. Cognitive neuroscience studies of analogy have demonstrated ...

• Frontostriatal White Matter Connectivity: Age Differences and Associations with Cognition and BOLD Modulation 

  Webb Christina E.; Hoagey, David A.; Rodrigue, Karen M.; Kennedy, Kristen M. (Elsevier Inc., 2020-06-07)

  Despite the importance of cortico-striatal circuits to cognition, investigation of age effects on the structural circuitry connecting these regions is limited. The current study examined age effects on frontostriatal white ...

• Genetic Predisposition for Inflammation Exacerbates Effects of Striatal Iron Content on Cognitive Switching Ability in Healthy Aging 

  Daugherty, Ana M.; Hoagey, David A.; Kennedy, Kristen M.; Rodrigue, Karen M. (Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2018-10-25)

  Non-heme iron homeostasis interacts with inflammation bidirectionally, and both contribute to age-related decline in brain structure and function via oxidative stress. Thus, individuals with genetic predisposition for ...

• Geofog4health: A Fog-Based SDI Framework for Geospatial Health Big Data Analysis 

  Barik, Rabindra Kumar; Dubey, Harishchandra; Mankodiya, Kunal; Sasane, Sapana Ashok; Misra, Chinmaya (Springer Heidelberg, 2018-02-21)

  Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an important framework for sharing geospatial big data using the web. Integration of SDI with cloud computing led to emergence of Cloud-SDI as a tool for transmission, processing and ...

• The Relationship Between Age, Neural Differentiation, and Memory Performance 

  Koen, Joshua D.; Hauck, Nedra; Rugg, Michael D. (Society for Neuroscience, 2018-11-02)

  Healthy aging is associated with decreased neural selectivity (dedifferentiation) in category-selective cortical regions. This finding has prompted the suggestion that dedifferentiation contributes to age-related cognitive ...

• The Antidiabetic Drug Metformin Prevents and Reverses Neuropathic Pain and Spinal Cord Microglial Activation in Male but not Female Mice 

  Inyang, Kufreobong E.; Szabo-Pardi, Thomas; Wentworth, Emma; McDougal, Timothy A.; Dussor, Gregory; Burton, Michael D.; Price, Theodore J. (Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018-11-01)

  Metformin is a widely prescribed drug used in the treatment of type II diabetes. While the drug has many mechanisms of action, most of these converge on AMP activated protein kinase (AMPK), which metformin activates. AMPK ...

• Some Prospective Alternatives for Treating Pain: The Endocannabinoid System and its Putative Receptors GPR18 and GPR55 

  Guerrero-Alba, Raquel; Barragán-Iglesias, Paulino; Gonzalez-Hernandez, Abimael; Valdez-Morales, Eduardo E.; Granados-Soto, Vinicio; Condes-Lara, Miguel; Rodriguez, Martin G.; Marichal-Cancino, Bruno A. (Frontiers Media SA, 2019-01-08)

  Background: Marijuana extracts (cannabinoids) have been used for several millennia for pain treatment. Regarding the site of action, cannabinoids are highly promiscuous molecules, but only two cannabinoid receptors (CB₁ ...

• Functional Performance of a Millimeter Wave Square Holey Dielectric Waveguide 

  Aflakian, N.; Gomez, Michael; Miller, C.; Henderson, Rashaunda; MacFarlane, D.; O, Kenneth K. (IEEE, 2019-01-20)

  This paper presents the functional performance of a square holey dielectric waveguide that operates from 180 to 360 GHz for supporting high data rate communication systems. A 7 cm waveguide is excited using a microstrip ...

• Temporal Characteristic of the Mesoscale Plasma Flow Perturbations in the High-Latitude Ionosphere 

  Chen, Yun-Ju; Heelis, Roderick A. (Amer Geophysical Union, 2019-01-03)

  Spatial and temporal characteristics of flow perturbations in the high-latitude ionosphere are important considerations for energy deposition from the magnetosphere. In this study, we examine the temporal characteristics ...

• Event Studies of O⁺ Density Variability Within Quiet-Time Plasma Sheet 

  Wang, C. -P; Fuselier, S. A.; Hairston, Marc; Zhang, X. -J; Zou, S.; Avanov, L. A.; Strangeway, R. J.; Ahmadi, N.; Bortnik, J. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019-06-18)

  To understand the variations of the O⁺ ions in the quiet-time plasma sheet between the regions of cold-dense plasma sheet (CDPS) and hot plasma sheet (HPS), we conduct three event studies. These studies investigate the O⁺ ...

• Frontoparietal Cortical Thickness Mediates the Effect of COMT Val¹⁵⁸Met Polymorphism on Age-Associated Executive Function 

  Miranda, Giuseppe G.; Rodrigue, Karen M.; Kennedy, Kristen M. (Elsevier Science Inc, 2018-09-21)

  Proper dopamine (DA) signaling is likely necessary for maintaining optimal cognitive performance as we age, particularly in prefrontal-parietal networks and in fronto-striatal networks. Thus, reduced DA availability is a ...

• Speech and Language Processing for Assessing Child–Adult Interaction Based on Diarization and Location 

  Hansen, John H. L.; Najafian, Maryam; Lileikyte, Rasa; Irvin, D.; Rous, B. (Springer New York LLC, 2019-06-05)

  Understanding and assessing child verbal communication patterns is critical in facilitating effective language development. Typically speaker diarization is performed to explore children’s verbal engagement. Understanding ...

• Hybrid Mist-Cloud Systems for Large Scale Geospatial Big Data Analytics and Processing: Opportunities and Challenges 

  Barik, Rabindra Kumar; Misra, Chinmaya; Lenka, Rakesh K.; Dubey, Harishchandra; Mankodiya, Kunal (Springer Heidelberg, 2019-01-08)

  The cloud and fog computing paradigms are developing area for storing, processing, and analysis of geospatial big data. Latest trend is mist computing which boost fog and cloud concepts for computing process where edge ...

• Modeling Energetic Electron Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions with Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves 

  Zheng, Liheng; Chen, Lunjin; Zhu, Hui (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019-04-15)

  Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in duskside plasmasphere and plasmaspheric plume scatter megaelectron volt electrons into the loss cone and are considered a major loss mechanism for the outer radiation belt. ...

• Estimating the Daily Pollen Concentration in the Atmosphere Using Machine Learning and NEXRAD Weather Radar Data 

  Zewdie, Gebreab K.; Lary, David J.; Liu, Xun; Wu, Daji; Levetin, E. (Springer International Publishing, 2019-06-07)

  Millions of people have an allergic reaction to pollen. The impact of pollen allergies is on the rise due to increased pollen levels caused by global warming and the spread of highly invasive weeds. The production, release, ...

• Applying Deep Neural Networks and Ensemble Machine Learning Methods To Forecast Airborne Ambrosia Pollen 

  Zewdie, Gebreab K.; Lary, David J.; Levetin, E.; Garuma, G. F. (MDPI AG, 2019-06-04)

  Allergies to airborne pollen are a significant issue affecting millions of Americans. Consequently, accurately predicting the daily concentration of airborne pollen is of significant public benefit in providing timely ...

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