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- Creator:
- Hill, Shannon C.
- Description:
- This dataset represents a theta aurora case study in which we simulated a specific theta aurora event observed by IMAGE spacecraft on 15 May 2005. The IMAGE observations and the Wind solar wind observations can be found via cdaweb. We simulate eight hours of the event with SWMF Geospace on the Great Lakes HPC cluster (15 May 2005 0020 UT - 0820 UT). We use the log output files to plot the simulation SYM-H and AL indices using a python script. We use the IDL output files to plot the IE simulation results - we focus on timesteps 0531 UT, 0539 UT, and 0602 UT - using the same python script. The BATSRUS portion (MHD) of the simulation framework produces 3D output files (extension .dat) in ascii. We use Tecplot 360 2021 R2 preplot script to convert the 3D output files into binary (extension .plt) for analysis. We use Tecplot 360 2021 R2 software to view the 3D output files in the Tecplot 360 2021 R2 GUI. We focus the analysis of the 3D output files on timesteps 0531 UT and 0602 UT. We use a python script to extract information from the 3D output files and plot in 2D with the IE data.
- Keyword:
- magnetosphere, aurora, and MHD simulation
- Citation to related publication:
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL108002
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Brang, David
- Description:
- Key Points: - We provide a dataset obtained from iEEG and fMRI who completed an auditory-visual speech perception task. The data is fully preprocessed and ready for analysis. Research Overview: Here, we investigated the hypothesis that the auditory system encodes visual speech information through spatially distributed representations using fMRI data from healthy adults and intracranial recordings from electrodes implanted in patients with epilepsy. Across both datasets, linear classifiers successfully decoded the identity of silently lipread words using the spatial pattern of auditory cortex responses. Examining the time-course of classification using intracranial recordings, lipread words were classified at earlier time-points relative to heard words, suggesting a predictive mechanism for facilitating speech. These results support a model in which the auditory system combines the joint neural distributions evoked by heard and lipread words to generate a more precise estimate of what was said.
- Citation to related publication:
- Article in review
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Kharbush, Jenan, Rahman, Raisha, and Pearson, Ann
- Description:
- Amino acids are the primary nitrogen-containing compounds in cells, participating in various metabolic processes such as protein synthesis and degradation into other nitrogenous compounds. Compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids in environmental samples can provide insight into nitrogen sources, cycling, and tropic modifications in ecosystems. However, we lack comprehensive understanding of N utilization patterns in microorganisms, which are the site of nitrogen assimilation in biological systems, due to the varied and complex mechanisms by which microbes can acquire and metabolize nitrogen-containing compounds. δ15N measurements for free intracellular amino acids and protein-bound amino acids for environmentally-relevant microbial groups may aid in untangling the biochemical processes involved in amino acid metabolism performed by these microbial communities. Here, we report intracellular amino acid δ15N values for R. palustris, a metabolically versatile anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium.
- Keyword:
- amino acids, nitrogen stable isotope analysis, compound-specific isotope analysis, and batch culture
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Crowell, Hayley L . , Curlis, John David, Weller, Hannah I., and Davis Rabosky, Alison R.
- Description:
- Ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths invisible to humans are primarily studied in the context of reproduction and social signaling. This narrow focus can arise from bias in taxa studied, which are often brightly colored in human-visible wavelengths. Our research describes undocumented UV color patterns across 110 diverse species of Western Hemisphere snakes and tests the hypothesized roles of reproduction versus predator avoidance in the evolution of UV coloration. Phylogenetically-informed tests of life stage, sex, and habitat showed unexpected support for the predator defense hypothesis, with pronounced differences in snake conspicuousness explained by UV coloration. UV reflectance was not predictable from any aspect of visible color pattern, suggesting high potential for transformative discoveries in other “cryptically-colored” lineages across the tree of life.
- Keyword:
- color, ecology, evolution, predators, snakes, and ultraviolet
- Citation to related publication:
- Crowell, H. L., Curlis, J. D., Weller, H. I., & Davis Rabosky, A. R. (2024). Ecological drivers of ultraviolet colour evolution in snakes. Nature Communications, 15(1), 5213. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49506-4
- Discipline:
- Science
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Jordan pterosaur CT scans & 3D models
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- Creator:
- Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.
- Description:
- This collection includes computed tomography (CT) scans and 3D models of humeral remains from two Late Cretaceous pterosaurs from Jordan: Inabtanin alarabia (YUPC-INAB-6-001–010) and Arambourgiania philadelphiae (YUPC-RUSEIFA-1). Both specimens are accessioned to Yarmouk University, in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. For inquiries about access, please contact Jeff Wilson Mantilla ( wilsonja@umich.edu) or Iyad Zalmout ( izalmout@ksu.edu.sa). Casts of selected elements of Inabtanin and Arambourgiania are available at the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology. and The Jordanian pterosaurs were described in: Rosenbach, K. L., D. M. Goodvin, M. G. Albshysh, H. A. Azzam, A. A. Smadi, H. A. Mustafa, I. S. A. Zalmout, and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. [in press] New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
- Keyword:
- Jordan pterosaur cretaceous vertebrate gondwana afro-arabia paleontology
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Nagesan, Ramon S, Crowell, Hayley L, Kolmann, Matthew, and Davis Rabosky, Alison R
- Description:
- The datasets associated with this deposit are micro-CT data. These data were generated to be better understand how diffusion iodine contrast enhanced (diceCT) CT scanning can differ amongst major groups of vertebrates. This study stained fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians with either H20-Lugol's iodine or Ethylic-Lugol's iodine and measured the differences in the resulting stained soft tissue contrast levels and iodine uptake.
- Keyword:
- Zoology
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Hutson, Abby , Fujisaki-Manome, Ayumi, and Glassman, Ryan
- Description:
- The data herein resulted from a study documenting the characteristics of extratropical cyclones that pass through the Great Lakes Region (GLR) and how the cyclones are trending with time. All scripts used to create these data can be found in the Github repository https://github.com/abkenyon/GLStormTrends_2024. storm_track_slp_xxxx.npz - Structured numpy files containing all storm tracks identified over one cold season, regardless of whether the storm encountered the GLR, with the file name indicating the year on which the season ended. storm_composite_xxxx-xxxx.nc - NetCDF files containing one seasonal cyclone composite with different atmospheric variables. A composite is storm-centered, and covers a 20 degree square area.
- Keyword:
- Extratropical Cyclones, Climate Trends, Great Lakes Climate
- Citation to related publication:
- Hutson A, Fujisaki-Manome A, Glassman R.: Historical Trends in Cold-Season Mid-Latitude Cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters. In press..
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Sosa Alfaro, Victor, Palomino, Hannah, Liu, Sophia, Lemuh Njimoh, Cybele, and Lehnert, Nicolai
- Description:
- Pharmaceutical synthesis has been a driving force behind advancements in the field of biocatalysis. In this paper, we report the further optimization of the heme protein YfeX for regio- and stereoselective carbene transfer reactions using mutagenesis to explore the role of important amino acids in the active site for catalysis. In this way, we identified YfeX variants that are efficient and selective carbene transferases towards primary and secondary amines, olefins, and indoles. Molecular Dynamic simulations reveal that mutations within the secondary coordination sphere induce distinct alterations in the conformation and electrostatic properties within the active site. These changes, in turn, affect substrate positioning both within the active site and at its entrance, which explains the distinct and sometimes surprising variations in selectivity observed experimentally between select YfeX variants. Our results show that the I230A single variant identified here is one of the most active N-H insertion catalysts known, producing >90% yields in only 1 hour (typical reaction times in the literature are 8 – 24 hours). On the other hand, the R232A variant catalyzes the C-H insertion of unprotected indole in 21% yield. The capacity to selectively act on unprotected indole offers a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly approach for late-stage functionalization of indoles and similar precursors in pharmaceuticals. In addition, YfeX is an efficient and fast biocatalyst that shows no structural degradation or heme loss during turnover, underscoring YfeX’s robustness as a viable biocatalyst for both industrial and academic applications.
- Keyword:
- Biocatalysis, Heme proteins, Carbene transfer reactions, Peroxidases , N-H insertion, Cyclopropanation, and Molecular dynamics
- Citation to related publication:
- Sosa Alfaro, Victor; Palomino, Hannah; Liu, Sophia; Lemuh Njimoh, Cybele; Lehnert, Nicolai, "Combined Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Approach Towards a Rational Design of the YfeX Biocatalyst for Enhanced Carbene Transferase Reactivity", Catalysis Science & Technology 2024, 14, DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01489D
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Whittaker, Collin B. and Jorns, Benjamin A.
- Description:
- This work characterized variability in the emitter geometry of a porous electrospray array thruster. It consists of raw topographic maps taken from the thruster, segmented versions of those maps that divide the measurement domain into individual sites within the array, and the geometric parameters describing each of those sites inferred by regressing a geometric model of an emitter against the data. It also includes copies of the computer code used to perform this analysis and plot the results, written in a combination of Python and MATLAB.
- Discipline:
- Engineering
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- Creator:
- Shin, Satbyeol and Gronewold, Andrew D.
- Description:
- - Temporal coverage: 1/1/1941 to 12/31/2020 - Spatial coverage: Entire Great Lakes basin - Output format: The original modeling outputs are provided at a 1 km/daily resolution in NetCDF format. There are two kinds of modeling outputs, which are land surface modeling outputs (LDASOUT) and hydrological modeling outputs (CHRTOUT). The author recommend using the netCDF Operators (NCO) program for data processing. For visualization and plotting, the author recommend using software like MATLAB, Python or R.
- Keyword:
- Hydrologic modeling, Overland precipitation, Air temperature, Evapotranspiration, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Surface Soil moisture, St. Lawrence river, Great Lakes basin, Reanalysis data, WRF-Hydro, and ERA-5
- Discipline:
- Science