The University of Texas at Dallas

Chorus Wave‐Induced Ionospheric Variability

Abstract Electron microbursts are short‐lived but intense electron precipitation and constitute a significant source of electron losses into the ionosphere and lower atmosphere. They are primarily produced by wave‐particle interaction with chorus waves in the magnetosphere. We in...

What do master of nursing specialist students require during clinical practice? A qualitative study through the lens of workplace social capital networks

Advanced practice nurses (APNs) shoulder critical roles in the provision of advanced healthcare services. Master of Nursing Specialist (MNS) education, which aims to train specialized clinical talent, is the primary approach to cultivating APNs in China. MNS students are the focu...

Classification of leading-edge-erosion severity via machine learning surrogate models

Leading-edge erosion is a common form of wind turbine blade deterioration that reduces aerodynamic performance, increases maintenance demands, and shortens turbine service life. Machine-learning-based structural health monitoring systems offer a promising route for detecting eros...

Culinary Medicine and Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions to Improve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: A Pragmatic Trial During the COVID-19 Pandemic

OBJECTIVE To conduct a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the effectiveness of six registered dietitian–led medical nutrition therapy (MNT) sessions compared with six virtual, hands-on culinary medicine (CM) sessions for improving glycemic control among patients with...

Thermally Driven Reorganization of Polytypic PbI2 Precursor Films Improves MAPbI3 Formation and Crystallization

Abstract Despite rapid progress in solution-processed MAPbI3, the role of PbI2 polytypism in two-step conversion remains largely unexplored. Here, we show that thermally driven reorganization of polytypic chemical-bath-deposited PbI2 thin films influences the subsequent formation...

Pop, Crackle, Snap (and Pow): Some facets of shards

Reading cut the hyperplanes in a real central arrangement \mathcal{H} into pieces called shards , which reflect order-theoretic properties of the arrangement. We show that shards naturally index certain generators of the fundamental group of the complement of the complexification...

Membership Plans for Sharing Economy Platforms

Membership plans, which are ubiquitous in many industries, have recently emerged on platforms operating under the sharing economy model. Unlike traditional firms with stable, captive supply and fixed marginal costs, sharing economy platforms rely on independent service providers...

Quantum-enhanced deep learning for Parkinson’s disease classification

Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) involves a slowly advancing neurological condition that profoundly impairs motor as well as cognitive abilities, making prompt and precise diagnosis essential for successful treatment. Diagnosing PD using MRI images is difficult because of subtle...

Learning in Lost-Sales Inventory Systems with Stochastic Lead Times and Random Supplies

Supply uncertainty, characterized by stochastic lead times and random supply quantities, has attracted increasing attention from academia, industries, and governments, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we consider the problem of managing lost-...

Elevated translocator protein in skull bone marrow is linked to human chronic pain

The skull bone marrow (SBM) is emerging as a critical hub for neuroimmune signaling, yet its role in chronic pain is unknown. Using integrated positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging, here, we show that the levels of 18-kilodalton translocator protein (TSPO), a pu...

Neural tracking of surprisal in Spanish-English bilingual children during naturalistic heritage language listening

Our understanding of the neurobiology of language development is imprecise, particularly for bilingual children in their heritage language, since much research focuses on monolingual children or societal majority languages. In this study, we use a novel computational approach wit...

Service Systems with On-Demand and Reserved Servers

Problem definition: In many real-world applications, such as cloud computing, there is a growing trend to supplement long-term reserved capacity with short-term on-demand capacity. We study a queueing system that employs both reserved and (relatively more expensive) on-demand ser...

Multi-SALLM: a multilingual security assessment of generated code

Abstract As Large Language Models (LLMs) become increasingly integrated into software engineers' daily workflows, it is critical to ensure the code they generate is not just functionally correct but also secure. While LLMs can boost developer productivity, prior empirical studies...

Auditory–Somatosensory Influences on Vocal Motor Control in Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia

PURPOSE: Auditory and somatosensory systems jointly support vocal motor control, yet their relative contributions in primary muscle tension dysphonia (pMTD) remain poorly understood. This study examined how auditory and somatosensory feedback influence vocal motor control and ada...

Alcohol reshapes liver zonal plasticity and immune-metabolic reprogramming in metabolic-syndrome associated hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) commonly arises in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), and metabolic dysfunction-associated ALD (MetALD), yet how zonal metabolic programs govern tumor lineage and immune responses remains un...

RescueLens: LLM‐powered triage and action on volunteer feedback for food rescue

Abstract Food rescue organizations simultaneously tackle food insecurity and waste by working with volunteers to redistribute food from donors who have excess to recipients who need it. Volunteer feedback allows food rescue organizations to identify issues early and ensure volunt...

Social Performance Feedback and Managerial Moral Self-Regulation: The Microfoundations of Corporate Social (Ir)Responsibility

Despite growing interest in the microfoundations of corporate social activities, prior research has not articulated the full chain connecting firm-level conditions to managers' psychological processes (a topdown pathway) and back to firm-level corporate social behavior (a bottom-...

Volume renormalization of higher-codimension singular Yamabe spaces

Abstract Given an embedded closed submanifold Σ n \Sigma^{n} in the closed Riemannian manifold M n + k M^{n+k} , where k < n + 2 k , we define extrinsic global conformal invariants of Σ by renormalizing the volume associated to the unique singular Yamabe metric with singular set...

Existence of minimal surfaces in infinite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds

Abstract The existence of embedded minimal surfaces in non-compact 3-manifolds remains a largely unresolved and challenging problem in geometry. In this paper, we address several open cases regarding the existence of finite-area, embedded, complete, minimal surfaces in infinite-v...

Comparative Analysis of Ion and Electron Contributions to Ionospheric Ionization at Auroral and Subauroral Latitudes

Abstract Electron and proton precipitation into the nightside ionosphere is a key process in magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling. Although auroral electron precipitation at –10 keV is traditionally considered the main driver of auroral emissions, recent studies show that keV electr...