• 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 ...

• Enhancement of Consonant Recognition in Bimodal and Normal Hearing Listeners 

  Yoon, Y. -S; Riley, B.; Patel, H.; Frost, Amanda; Fillmore, P.; Gifford, R.; Hansen, John H. L. (Sage Publications Inc., 2019-05-15)

  Objectives: The present study investigated the effects of 3-dimensional deep search (3DDS) signal processing on the enhancement of consonant perception in bimodal and normal hearing listeners. Methods: Using an articulation-index ...

• DeepReco: Deep Learning Based Health Recommender System Using Collaborative Filtering 

  Sahoo, A. K.; Pradhan, C.; Barik, R. K.; Dubey, Harishchandra (MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019-05-22)

  In today's digital world healthcare is one core area of the medical domain. A healthcare system is required to analyze a large amount of patient data which helps to derive insights and assist the prediction of diseases. ...

• Progress Update from the Hippocampal Subfields Group 

  Olsen, R. K.; Carr, V. A.; Daugherty, A. M.; La Joie, R.; Amaral, R. S. C.; Amunts, K.; Augustinack, J. C.; Kennedy, Kristen M.; Rodrigue, Karen M.; Hippocampal Subfields Group (Elsevier Inc., 2019-06-13)

  Introduction: Heterogeneity of segmentation protocols for medial temporal lobe regions and hippocampal subfields on in vivo magnetic resonance imaging hinders the ability to integrate findings across studies. We aim to ...

• Orthogonal Pattern of Spinnable Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness 

  Lee, D. W.; Kim, H.; Moon, J. H.; Jeong, J. -H; Sim, H. J.; Kim, B. J.; Hyeon, J. S.; Baughman, Ray H.; Kim, S. J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019-05-02)

  The need for thin and lightweight electromagnetic interference shielding materials is rapidly increasing in several industries, such as aerospace and telecommunication. This research finds that a shielding material, which ...

• Implementation and Analysis of a Free Water Protocol in Acute Trauma and Stroke Patients 

  Kenedi, Helen; Campbell-Vance, J.; Reynolds, J.; Foreman, M.; Dollaghan, Cristine A.; Graybeal, D.; Warren, A. M.; Bennett, M. (American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 2019-06-01)

  Background Free water protocols allow patients who aspirate thin liquids and meet eligibility criteria to have access to water or ice according to specific guidelines. Limited research is available concerning free water ...

• High-Fidelity Mapping of Repetition-Related Changes in the Parietal Memory Network 

  Gilmore, A. W.; Nelson, Steven M.; Laumann, T. O.; Gordon, Evan M.; Berg, J. J.; Greene, D. J.; Gratton, C.; Nguyen, A. L.; Ortega, M.; Hoyt, C. R.; Coalson, R. S.; Schlaggar, B. L.; Petersen, S. E.; Dosenbach, N. U. F.; McDermott, K. B. (Academic Press Inc., 2019-06-05)

  fMRI studies of human memory have identified a “parietal memory network” (PMN) that displays distinct responses to novel and familiar stimuli, typically deactivating during initial encoding but robustly activating during ...

• Engineering Repressors with Coevolutionary Cues Facilitates Toggle Switches with a Master Reset 

  Dimas, R. P.; Jiang, Xian-Li; Alberto de la Paz, Jose; Morcos, Faruck; Chan, C. T. Y. (Oxford University Press, 2019-04-24)

  Engineering allosteric transcriptional repressors containing an environmental sensing module (ESM) and a DNA recognition module (DRM) has the potential to unlock a combinatorial set of rationally designed biological ...

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