University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Environmental Pollution in Food Production and Pathways for Mitigation through Sustainable and Circular Approaches

Abstract Global food production is under increasing pressure to meet global food security demands while simultaneously reducing environmental burdens. This review critically evaluates air emissions, greenhouse gas (GHG) contributions, water pollution, and solid waste generation a...

Derivative-Informed Graph Convolutional Autoencoder with Phase Classification for the Lifshitz-Petrich Model

The Lifshitz-Petrich (LP) model is a classical model for describing complex spatial patterns such as quasicrystals and multiphase structures. Solving and classifying the solutions of the LP model is challenging due to the presence of high-order gradient terms and the long-range o...

Interfacial Charge Transfer Controls Plasmon-Enhanced Catalysis in DNA-Coated Gold Nanorods

Abstract The ultrafast recombination of plasmon-generated hot carriers (within ∼100 fs) has long prevented their productive use in catalysis. Here, we show that a DNA corona coated on gold nanorods (AuNRs) overcomes this barrier through chemical interface damping (CID): hot elect...

Common ownership and corporate strategy uniqueness

Purpose This study examines whether common institutional ownership influences firms' strategy uniqueness. Specifically, we investigate whether common ownership leads firms to adopt strategies that are more similar to those of their industry peers. Design/methodology/approach Usin...

Impregnation of Phosphorus- and Nitrate-Selective Anion Exchangers with Zirconium Oxide Nanoparticles for Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) influx into receiving water bodies leads to cultural eutrophication and, therefore, poses a major environmental challenge. Consequently, increasingly stringent discharge limits have been established, necessitating advanced wastewater treatment meth...

Braneworlds in constant and accelerated motion and their causal characteristics

A bstract We generalize previous work on the signatures of bulk signals detected by brane-based observers in a spacetime with a compactified dimension. When such braneworlds move with constant velocities or constant proper accelerations in the extra dimension, the observers may w...

A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications – version four

Abstract. A global in situ dataset for validation of satellite products from the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI) is presented. This version of the compilation, with data starting in 1996, extends to 2025, which is important for the validation of recent algorit...

Host DNA repair factors empower a mechanism of antiviral nucleoside analog resistance

ABSTRACT How host functions affect resistance to antiviral drugs is poorly understood. Ganciclovir, a chain-terminating nucleoside analog, is a first-line therapy against human cytomegalovirus, a widespread herpesvirus that causes life-threatening disease in immunocompromised ind...

Genomic catalogue of giant viruses reveals expanded diversity and functional potential

Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA and Mirusviricota viruses exhibit taxonomic richness which continually expands due to metagenomic sequencing. Here we curate a database of giant virus metagenome-assembled genomes (GVMAGs V2), comprising 8,508 species-level representatives from 18,727...

A culture collection of bacterial isolates from Lake Erie and Lake Victoria

We present a culture collection of 44 aquatic bacterial cultures isolated from samples collected from Lake Erie's Sandusky and Maumee Bays and Lake Victoria's Winam Gulf. Here, we detail isolation, cryopreservation, and genomic DNA preparation methods and sequences of full-length...

Management of Pre-Existing Inflammatory Arthritis During Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer with a TNF Inhibitor for over 6 Years: A Case Report

Background The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has transformed cancer care by using the body’s own immune system to target malignant cells. ICIs can cause unintended off-target effects, termed immune related adverse events (irAEs), which can be de novo or related to pr...