• Host- and Age-Dependent Transcriptional Changes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell Envelope Biosynthesis Genes after Exposure to Human Alveolar Lining Fluid 

  Allué-Guardia, Anna; Garcia-Vilanova, Andreu; Olmo-Fontánez, Angélica M.; Peters, Jay; Maselli, Diego J.; Wang, Yufeng; Turner, Joanne; Schlesinger, Larry S.; Torrelles, Jordi B. (2022-01-17)

  Tuberculosis (TB) infection, caused by the airborne pathogen <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (<i>M.tb</i>), resulted in almost 1.4 million deaths in 2019, and the number of deaths is predicted to increase by 20% over the ...

• Disseminated Toxoplasma gondii Infection in an Adult Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 

  Wang, Xiaobo; Talbot, Charles T.; Yin, Ji-Hang; Kalalah, Anwar A.; Wang, Chengming; Newton, Joseph C. (2021-12-24)

  An adult female osprey (<i>Pandion haliaetus</i>) was found weak and unable to fly in Auburn, Alabama in August 2019. The bird was captured and submitted to the Southeastern Raptor Center of the Auburn University College ...

• What is co-authorship? 

  Ponomariov, Branco; Boardman, Craig (Scientometrics;109(3), 2016-12-01)

  Science and technology policy academics and evaluators use co-authorship as a proxy for research collaboration despite knowing better. Anecdotally we understand that an individual might be listed as an author on a particular ...

• Geo-Locating and Identifying Wrong-Way Driving Entrance Points in Bexar County Highways by Implementing Mathematical Modeling and Land-Use Impact Assessment 

  Mia, Md Farman; Dessouky, Samer; Weissmann, Jose; Sharif, Hatim O.; Billah, Khondoker (2021-12-21)

  Wrong-way driving (WWD) leads to high severity crashes and is a major concern for transportation managers. This study aims to identify WWD entry points of urban highway ramps and develop an analysis methodology using basic ...

• Archaeological Investigation of the O'Hara House Site (41BX2445), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 

  McKenzie, Clinton M.M. (Archaeological Report;No. 491, 2022-01-06)

  In March 2021, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), in response to a request from Post Oak Preservation Solutions and Douglas Architects, acting on behalf of Lisa Wong, ...

• Giving Voice to Diversity: An Interactive Approach to Conflict Management and Decision-Making in Culturally Diverse Work Environments 

  Broome, Benjamin J.; DeTurk, Sara; Kristjansdottir, Erla S.; Kanata, Tamie; Ganesan, Puvana (Journal of Business and Management;8(3), 2002)

  While there is much evidence to show that diversity of viewpoints and perspectives allows for more creative problem solving and decision-making, there is also a great deal of research to indicate that cultural diversity ...

• Allies in Action: The Communicative Experiences of People Who Challenge Social Injustice on Behalf of Others 

  DeTurk, Sara (Communication Quarterly;59(5), 2011-10-14)

  This study explores the lived experiences of people who act as allies in the interest of social justice. Interviews were conducted to investigate the meaning of the ally identity and the tactics allies use to interrupt ...

• Assessment and Modeling of Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy Delivered via a Fiberoptic Microneedle Device Ex Vivo 

  Akhter, Forhad; Manrique-Bedoya, Santiago; Moreau, Chris; Smith, Andrea Lynn; Feng, Yusheng; Mayer, Kathryn M.; Hood, R. Lyle (2021-12-10)

  Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) has potential as a superior treatment method for pancreatic cancer, a disease with high mortality partially attributable to the currently non-selective treatment options. PPTT utilizes ...

• Lyapunov Approach for Almost Periodicity in Impulsive Gene Regulatory Networks of Fractional Order with Time-Varying Delays 

  Stamova, Ivanka; Stamov, Gani (2021-12-09)

  This paper investigates a class of fractional-order delayed impulsive gene regulatory networks (GRNs). The proposed model is an extension of some existing integer-order GRNs using fractional derivatives of Caputo type. The ...

• Impulsive Reaction-Diffusion Delayed Models in Biology: Integral Manifolds Approach 

  Stamov, Gani; Stamova, Ivanka; Spirova, Cvetelina (2021-12-03)

  In this paper we study an impulsive delayed reaction-diffusion model applied in biology. The introduced model generalizes existing reaction-diffusion delayed epidemic models to the impulsive case. The integral manifolds ...

• More on the Supremum Statistic to Test Multivariate Skew-Normality 

  Opheim, Timothy; Roy, Anuradha (2021-11-29)

  This review is about verifying and generalizing the supremum test statistic developed by Balakrishnan et al. Exhaustive simulation studies are conducted for various dimensions to determine the effect, in terms of empirical ...

• Anomaly Negative Resistance Phenomena in Highly Epitaxial PrBa0.7Ca0.3Co2O5+&delta; Thin Films Induced from Superfast Redox Reactions 

  Luo, Yumei; Xu, Xing; Xia, Yudong; Pang, Shengli; Xu, Fen; Whangbo, Myung-Hwan; Sun, Lixian; Chen, Chonglin (2021-11-26)

  Thin films of Ca-doped double perovskite, PrBa_0.7Ca_0.3Co₂O_5+&delta; (PBCC), were epitaxially grown on (001) SrTiO₃, and their redox reactions under a switching flow ...

• The Importance of Domestic Space in the Times of COVID-19 

  Aresta, Marco; Salingaros, Nikos A. (2021-10-19)

  This essay discusses a deep malaise of contemporary architecture, made more obvious by experiencing COVID-19 lockdowns for several months. Evidence-based arguments urge society to improve human health and well-being by ...

• Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis: Effect of the Promoter’s Ionic Charge and Valence Level Energy on Activity 

  Ribeiro, Mirtha Z. Leguizamón León; Souza, Joice C.; Gnanamani, Muthu Kumaran; Martinelli, Michela; Upton, Gabriel F.; Jacobs, Gary; Ribeiro, Mauro C. (2021-10-10)

  In this contribution, we examine the effect of the promoter´s ionic charge and valence orbital energy on the catalytic activity of Fe-based catalysts, based on in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction (SXRPD), ...

• Hydrocracking of Octacosane and Cobalt Fischer–Tropsch Wax over Nonsulfided NiMo and Pt-Based Catalysts 

  Ma, Wenping; Kang, Jungshik; Jacobs, Gary; Hopps, Shelley D.; Davis, Burtron H. (2021-09-30)

  The effect of activation environment (N₂, H₂ and H₂S/H₂) on the hydrocracking performance of a NiMo/Al catalyst was studied at 380 °C and 3.5 MPa using octacosane (C₂₈). ...

• UTSA Libraries Faculty Liaison Meeting Booklet 2021 

  Aagaard, Posie (2021-11-16)

  Booklet created for the Library Faculty Liaison meeting that occurred on November 16, 2021. Includes information about library services, collection budget, databases and special projects.

• Archaeological Survey for 821 Probandt Subdivision Plat, San Antonio, Texas 

  Wigley, Sarah (Archaeological Report;No. 494, 2021-12-13)

  On July 21, 2021, the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) completed an archaeological survey with backhoe trenching within a 0.37 ha (0.91-acre) private lot located in ...

• Walking Engagement in Mexican Americans Who Participated in a Community-Wide Step Challenge in El Paso, TX 

  Saadiq, Stefan; Valenzuela, Roy; Wang, Jing; Yin, Zenong; Parra-Medina, Deborah; Gay, Jennifer; Salinas, Jennifer J. (2021-12-02)

  In the United States, the Latinx population has the highest prevalence of physical inactivity compared with other ethnicities. Research shows that work-based physical activity interventions have been widely implemented in ...

• Unusually large scalar coupling between geminal protons in saturated pyrimidine 

  Mazzola, Eugene P.; Gutierrez, Osvaldo; Fraenkel, Gideon A.; Chow, Albert; Doyle, Michael P.; Mandler, Michael D.; Dykstra, Ryan; Garg, Deeya; Ridge, Clark D. (Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A;Volume 45A, Issue 6, 2018-04-29)

  An unusually large geminal coupling has been observed in a stereochemically rigid system that permits a favorable coupling alignment between the methylene protons and an adjacent carbon-carbon double bond. Such couplings ...

• Earning Patterns of Mexican Workers in the Southern Region: A Focus on Nonmetro/Metro Distinctions 

  Saenz, Rogelio (Southern Rural Sociology Special Issue: Southern Rural Labor Markets;Volume 16, 2000)

  The last few years have witnessed a tremendous change in the geographic location patterns of the Mexican population in the United States. The rural South represents one of the areas that have seen a noticeable growth ...

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