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- Creator:
- Ansong, Joseph K. and Arbic, Brian K.
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- This is the model and observational data referenced in our manuscript entitled “surface and sub-subsurface internal gravity wave kinetic energy spectra from global ocean models and observations.” The model data for the 7 regions from the two global simulations (HYCOM and MITgcm) can be found here.
- Keyword:
- vertical wavenumber spectra of internal waves, surface kinetic energy spectra, and ratio of high versus low-frequency surface kinetic energy
- Citation to related publication:
- Ansong, J.K., et al., "forthcoming", Surface and sub-subsurface internal gravity wave kinetic energy spectra in global ocean models and observations
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.
- Description:
- Specimen RTMNU/DG/VERT/1/55P/2020 is a partial dentary of a small noasaurid dinosaur collected from Late Cretaceous sediments near the village of Pisdura, Maharashtra, India. The specimen was collected under the auspices of a Joint Collaborative Programme through a Memorandum of Understanding involving the Geological Survey of India (Government of India, Ministry of Mines) and the University of Michigan Museum of Palaeontology. The specimen is housed in the Department of Geology of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur (Maharashtra) India. For access please contact Dhananjay Mohabey ( dinomohabey@yahoo.com) or Bandana Samant ( bandanabhu@gmail.com).
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- India, Dinosaur, Paleontology, Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, and Gondwana
- Citation to related publication:
- Mohabey, D. M., B. Samant, K. Vélez-Rosado, and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. (in press.) A review of small-bodied theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of India, with description of new cranial remains of a noasaurid (Theropoda: Abelisauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI:10.1080/02724634.2023.2288088
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Ye, Zhengwei and Mi, Zetian
- Description:
- Generation of C2+ compounds using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water provides a promising path for carbon neutrality. The exploration of a catalyst to break the bottleneck of C-C coupling, for constructing a rational artificial photosynthesis integrated device, is at the core. Herein, based on operando spectroscopy measurements, theoretical calculations, and feedstock experiments, it is discovered that gold, in conjunction with iridium, can catalyze the reduction of CO2, achieving C-C coupling by insertion of CO2 into -CH3. Owing to a combination of optoelectronic and catalytic properties, the assembly of AuIr with InGaN nanowires on silicon (AuIr@InGaN NWs/Si) enables the achievement of a C2H6 activity of 58.8 mmol‧g-1‧h-1 with a turnover number of 54,595 over 60 hours. A light-to-fuels efficiency of ~0.59% for solar fuels production from CO2 and H2O is achieved without any other energy inputs. This work provides a carbon-negative path for producing higher order C compounds.
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- Carbon dioxide reduction and Photocatalysis
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Ray, Sujay
- Description:
- Single molecule data and analysis code for Figure4 in the paper titled: "A rhythmically pulsing leaf-spring DNA-origami nanoengine that drives a passive follower". Follow the readme file for deiails.
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Sorensen, Troy R, Espey, Eamon, Kelley, John G. W. , Kessler, James, and Gronewold, Andrew D.
- Description:
- Inland lakes play a critical role in ecosystem stability, and robust validation of lake models is essential for understanding their dynamics. While remote sensing data can assist with lake surface temperature validation, in situ data typically provides more accurate, reliable data not limited to only the lake surface. However, in situ temperature data for many individual lakes, particularly in North America, is difficult for researchers to quickly access in a standardized format. This database offers a well-organized collection of in situ near-surface and subsurface temperatures from 134 sites divided among 29 large North American inland lakes collected from a variety of sources. The database includes multiple subsurface temperatures throughout the depth profile of 84 of these sites, providing comprehensive data for lake model evaluation. All lakes selected for this database are large enough (over approximately 30 km^2 to be represented by large-scale operational weather models, supporting robust lake model validation efforts on the lakes that have the greatest impact on climatology.
- Keyword:
- lake, temperature, in situ, and subsurface
- Citation to related publication:
- Sorensen, T., Espey, E., Kelley, J.G.W. et al. A database of in situ water temperatures for large inland lakes across the coterminous United States. Sci Data 11, 282 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03103-8
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Martin, Tara L, Young, LR, Goldsteen, D, Nunamaker, EA, Reynolds, P, Thompson-Iritani, S, Thurston, SE, and LaFollette, MR
- Description:
- This dataset contains the results of a survey of mouse handling methods by personnel working with laboratory mice. The survey included questions about preferred handling methods, barriers to use of refined handling methods, and a knowledge quiz about refined mouse handling. Data was collected via Qualtrics survey as described in the methodology section. This dataset is associated with the following publication, accepted by PLOS One: PONE-D-23-01633R1 Title: Using refined methods to pick up mice: A survey benchmarking prevalence & beliefs about tunnel and cup handling Authors: Lauren Young, Donna Goldsteen, Elizabeth A. Nunamaker, Mark J. Prescott, Penny Reynolds, Sally Thompson-Iritani, Sarah E. Thurston, Tara L. Martin, Megan R. LaFollette
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- Mouse, Refined Handling, Tunnel Handling, Cup Handling, Laboratory Animal, and Animal Care
- Citation to related publication:
- Young LR, Goldsteen D, Nunamaker EA, Prescott MJ, Reynolds P, Thompson-Iritani S, Thurston SE, Martin TL, LaFollette MR. Using refined methods to pick up mice: A survey benchmarking prevalence & beliefs about tunnel and cup handling. PLOS ONE. 2023. In Press.
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Matt, Cayenne, Gültekin, Kayhan, and Simon, Joseph
- Description:
- The data were used to create number density functions of supermassive black holes (SMBH) for redshifts 0.5 < z < 3.0. The goal of this research is to discern whether galaxy-black hole scaling relations produce black hole masses that are consistent with each other at high redshift. These number density functions were used to compare the high-mass SMBH distributions from each relation. In massive black hole binary based models, the highest-mass SMBHs have a significant influence on the gravitational wave background characteristic strain amplitude. To inform our understanding of the gravitational wave background, that pulsar timing arrays now show evidence for, we need to therefore have a solid foundation on the underlying SMBH population. In our paper we found that using different galaxy properties to inform our estimations of SMBH mass resulted in different distributions, especially at the high-mass end.
- Citation to related publication:
- https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0067-0049/219/1/8, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0067-0049/196/1/11, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/28, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab7e27, and https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230704878M/abstract
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Lojko, Alexander, Zhang, Yingxiao, Whitcomb, Morgan, Yang, Emily, Dacic, Natasha, and Holmes, Janelle
- Description:
- GIS (.lpkx) data layers that inform of areas to construct new rain gardens in Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Data layers can be opened with a GIS program. There is a single .lpkx dataset that contains four layers. The first layer contains 'Wildlife Corridors' which contains information on where to prioritize new green infrastructure based on how well-connected different patches of forested areas are. The second layer, 'Social Inequality', shows where to prioritize new rain gardens based on social inequality criteria. The 'Creeksheds and Future Runoff' contains information on future changes in precipitation runoff based on climate change projections of rainfall. Lastly, 'Runoff/Water Quality' is a layer that includes a priority map regarding where new rain gardens should be developed based on areas that are most at risk of poor water quality and enhanced surface run-off. The project was completed for Washtenaw County Water Resources as part of a course taught at the University of Michigan, CLIMATE 592. A description of the course is also provided: "Introduction to individual and team research on real-world problems in the area of applied climate. On a research project started in CLIMATE 591 and guided by a mentor from a commercial or government laboratory, students will apply the principles of risk analysis and objective assessment of adaptive strategies".
- Keyword:
- GIS, Climate Change, Local, Community, and Graduate Student Project
- Citation to related publication:
- Dacic, N., Lojko, A., Zhang, Y., Yang, E., Whitcomb, M., Bassis, J., and Rood., R.B., 2023 'Modernizing the Climate Science Curriculum: Engaging in Local Government Collaboration Projects', In Preperation for the Bulletin of American Meteorological Society
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Ludlow, Andrew and Kim, Jeongjin
- Description:
- Part of the regulation of telomerase activity includes the alternative splicing (AS) of the catalytic subunit telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT). Although a therapeutic window for telomerase/TERT inhibition exists between cancer cells and somatic cells, stem cells express TERT and rely on telomerase activity for physiological replacement of cells. Therefore, identifying differences in TERT regulation between stem cells and cancer cells is essential for developing telomerase inhibition-based cancer therapies that reduce damage to stem cells. In this study, we measured TERT splice variant expression and telomerase activity in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), neural progenitor cells (NPCs), and non-small cell lung cancer cells (NSCLC, Calu-6 cells). We observed that a NOVA1-PTBP1-PTBP2 axis regulates TERT alternative splicing (AS) in iPSCs and their differentiation into NPCs. We also found that splice-switching of TERT, which regulates telomerase activity, is induced by different cell densities in stem cells but not cancer cells. Lastly, we identified cell type-specific splicing factors that regulate TERT AS. Overall, our findings represent an important step forward in understanding the regulation of TERT AS in stem cells and cancer cells. These data and subsequent studies may reveal a splicing factor(s) or their binding site(s) that could be targeted with small molecule drugs or antisense oligonucleotides, respectively, to reduce telomerase activity in cancer cells and promote durable cancer remissions.
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- Telomere, telomerase, TERT, alternative RNA splicing
- Citation to related publication:
- Dynamics of TERT Regulation via Alternative Splicing in Stem Cells and Cancer Cells. Accepted in Plos One
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Srodawa, Kristy, Cerda, Peter A, Davis Rabosky, Alison R, and Crowe-Riddell, Jenna M
- Description:
- Snake venom research has historically focused on front-fanged species (Viperidae and Elapidae), limiting our knowledge of venom evolution in rear-fanged snakes across their ecologically-diverse phylogeny. Three finger toxins (3FTxs) are a known neurotoxic component in the venoms of some rear-fanged snakes (Colubrinae, Colubridae), but it is unclear how prevalent 3FTxs are both in expression within venom glands and more broadly among colubrine species. Here, we used a transcriptomic approach to characterize the venom expression profiles of four species of colubrine snakes from Neotropics that were dominated by 3FTx expression (in the genera Chironius, Oxybelis, Rhinobothryum, and Spilotes) and reconstructed the gene trees of 3FTxs. Overall, our results highlight the importance of exploring the venoms of understudied species in reconstructing the full evolutionary history of toxins across the tree of life.
- Keyword:
- snake venom, neurotoxin, molecular evolution, gene families, and opisthoglyphous
- Citation to related publication:
- Srodawa, K., Cerda, P.A., Davis Rabosky, A.R., Crowe-Riddell, J.M. Evolution of Three Finger Toxin Genes in Neotropical Colubrine Snakes (Colubridae). Toxins 2023, 15(9), 523; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins15090523
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Dewey, Ryan M, Livi, Stefano, Lepri, Susan T, Raines, Jim M, Ploof, Keeling, and The HIS Science Team
- Description:
- The data contained within the archive are for analysis and replication of Figure 2 in Livi et al. (2023), First Results from the Solar Orbiter Heavy Ion Sensor, Astronomy & Astrophysics. The readme.txt file contains more details on the contents of the archive and its files. Livi et al. (2023) reports the first solar wind composition measurements collected from the Heavy Ion Sensor (HIS) on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The period of study spans January-June 2022 during with the spacecraft completed nearly a full orbit about the Sun, from 0.3 AU to 1.0 AU. The solar wind composition within this publication are the first within the inner heliosphere. This paper describes the data and its processing from raw measurements (e.g., the data contained within this archive) to derived composition data products, and examines these composition data products about an interplanetary shock and interplanetary coronal mass ejection. Finally, these composition data are examined statistically and compared to historical data sets.
- Keyword:
- Solar Orbiter, Solar wind, Heavy ions, and Heavy Ion Sensor
- Citation to related publication:
- Livi, S., et al. (2023), First Results from the Solar Orbiter Heavy Ion Sensor, Astronomy & Astrophysics. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346304 and Owen, C., et al. (2020), The Solar Orbiter Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) suite, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 642. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937259
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Thompson, Ellen P. and Ellis, Brian R.
- Description:
- Accurate prediction of physical alterations in carbonate reservoirs under dissolution is critical for development of subsurface energy technologies. The impact of mineral dissolution on flow characteristics depends on the connectivity and tortuosity of the pore network. Persistent homology is a tool from algebraic topology that describes the size and connectivity of topological features. When applied to 3D X-ray computed tomography (XCT) imagery of rock cores, it provides a novel metric of pore network heterogeneity. Prior works have demonstrated the efficacy of persistent homology in predicting flow properties in numerical simulations of flow through porous media. Its ability to combine size, spatial distribution, and connectivity information make it a promising tool for understanding reactive transport in complex pore networks, yet limited work has been done to apply persistence analysis to experimental studies on natural rocks. In this study, three limestone cores were imaged by XCT before and after acid-driven dissolution flow through experiments. Each XCT scan was analyzed using persistent homology. In all three rocks, permeability increase was driven by the growth of large, connected pore bodies. The two most homogenous samples saw an increased effect nearer to the flow inlet, suggesting emerging preferential flow paths as the reaction front progresses. The most heterogeneous sample showed an increase in along-core homogeneity during reaction. Variability of persistence showed moderate positive correlation with pore body size increase. Persistence heterogeneity analysis could be used to anticipate where greatest pore size evolution may occur in a reservoir targeted for subsurface development, improving confidence in project viability.
- Keyword:
- Carbonate dissolution, X-ray computed tomography, Porous media, Topology, and Persistent homology
- Citation to related publication:
- Thompson, E.P.; Ellis, B.R. (2023) Persistent Homology as a Heterogeneity Metric for Predicting Pore Size Change in Dissolving Carbonates. In Review.
- Discipline:
- Science and Engineering
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and CTEES
- Description:
- Reconstructed CT slices for navicular of Cantius trigonodus (University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology catalog number UMMP 87973) as a series of TIFF images. Raw projections are not included in this dataset. The reconstructed slice data from the scan are offered here as a series of unsigned 16-bit integer TIFF images. The upper left corner of the first image (*_0000.tif) is the XYZ origin.
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- Paleontology, Fossil, CT, Notharctidae, UMMP, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Eocene, and a537f0d8-6185-9562-9b9a-a233468bf8e1
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Umaña, Maria, Swenson, Nathan G, and Arellano, Gabriel
- Description:
- Identifying the functional traits that enable recovery after extreme events is necessary for assessing forest persistence and functioning, yet this is a difficult task because the traits mediating the responses to disturbance may vary depending on the disturbance type and over time. This study investigates the effects of traits on tree growth –for short and longer terms– in response to two vastly different extreme climatic events, droughts, and hurricanes, in a Puerto Rican forest.
- Keyword:
- Tropical tree, relative growth rates , and Puerto Rico
- Citation to related publication:
- Umaña, M. N. In review. The interplay of drought and hurricanes on tree recovery: insights from dynamic and weak functional responses. Forthcoming and Umana, M. (2023). Functional trait data across an elevational gradient of six tree species in El Yunque National Park, Puerto Rico in 2015 [Data set], University of Michigan - Deep Blue Data. https://doi.org/10.7302/7962-4t98
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- Science
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and CTEES
- Description:
- Reconstructed CT slices for navicular of Cantius mckennai (University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology catalog number UMMP 86543) as a series of TIFF images. Raw projections are not included in this dataset. The reconstructed slice data from the scan are offered here as a series of unsigned 16-bit integer TIFF images. The upper left corner of the first image (*_0000.tif) is the XYZ origin.
- Keyword:
- Paleontology, Fossil, CT, Notharctidae, UMMP, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Eocene, and 00827513-d7c4-2cf2-9bc7-ad510d0e4886
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- Science
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and CTEES
- Description:
- Reconstructed CT slices for L cuboid of Cantius mckennai (University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology catalog number UMMP 81824) as a series of TIFF images. Raw projections are not included in this dataset. The reconstructed slice data from the scan are offered here as a series of unsigned 16-bit integer TIFF images. The upper left corner of the first image (*_0000.tif) is the XYZ origin.
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- Paleontology, Fossil, CT, Notharctidae, UMMP, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Eocene, and e763ae30-4a86-9d02-0b8a-9297ff48cf58
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- Science
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and CTEES
- Description:
- Reconstructed CT slices for navicular of Cantius trigonodus (University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology catalog number UMMP 73318) as a series of TIFF images. Raw projections are not included in this dataset. The reconstructed slice data from the scan are offered here as a series of unsigned 16-bit integer TIFF images. The upper left corner of the first image (*_0000.tif) is the XYZ origin.
- Keyword:
- Paleontology, Fossil, CT, Notharctidae, Eocene, and 0d607d85-8d27-6be2-dbc5-9cb73f1324ae
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Penner-Hahn, James, Sension, Roseanne, McClain, Taylor, Lamb, Ryan, Alonso-Mori, Roberto, Lima, Frederico, Ardana-Lamas, Fernando, Biednov, Mykola, Chollet, Matthieu, Chung, Taewon, Deb, Aniruddha, Dewan, Paul, Gee, Leland, Huang, Joel, Yifeng, Khakhulin, Dmitry, Li, Jianhao, Michocki, Lindsay, Miller, Nicholas, Otte, Florian, Uemura, Yohei, and van Driel, Tim
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- UV-visible, X-ray absorption, and X-ray emission data used to characterize the dynamics of aquo and hydroxo cobalamin. Details of data collection and reduction are provided in the associated manuscript. Data files are all text files which contain tab-delimited columns of data corresponding to each figure in the manuscript.
- Keyword:
- Ultrafast, X-ray, Transient absorption, cobalamin, vitamin B12, XAS, XES, and XANES
- Citation to related publication:
- Sension, R.J., et al. (2023). Watching Excited State Dynamics with Optical and X-ray Probes: The Excited State Dynamics of Aquocobalamin and Hydroxocobalamin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. in press. and https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04099
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Wu, Chen/ University of Michigan, Ridley, Aaron/ University of Michigan, and DeJong, Anna/ Howard Community College
- Description:
- 1.5 years of Polar UVI data was used to construct the Feature Tracking empirical model of Auroral Precipitation (FTA). A cumulative energy grid was tracked with the energy flux and the latitude position in each MLT bin for individual images. The auroral characteristics show linear relationships with the AE index depending on the MLT region. Thus, the FTA model was constructed to describe the global energy flux and the averaged energy as a function of the AE index based on the LBHl and LBHs emissions. Compared with two other empirical models, FTA predicted more consistent aurora with the observations on 17 March 2013 at higher activity levels.
- Keyword:
- Aurora, Polar UVI, precipitation model
- Citation to related publication:
- Wu, C., Ridley, A. J., DeJong, A. D., & Paxton, L. J. (2021). FTA: A Feature Tracking Empirical Model Of Auroral Precipitation. Space Weather, 19, e2020SW002629. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002629
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Bradshaw, Lisa, Vernon, Julianne, Schmidt, Thomas, James, Timothy, Zhang, Jianzhi, Archbold, Hilary, Cadigan, Ken, Wolfe, John P., and Goldberg, Deborah E.
- Description:
- This is the experimental data referenced in our manuscript entitled "Influence of CUREs on STEM retention depends on demographic identities." The dataset comprises csv files with results from student surveys given to students enrolled in Biology 173 from Fall 2015 through Fall 2019 as well as institutional data of their course grades and cumulative GPA at the time they enrolled in Biology 173, and graduation and major data for student who had graduated by 2021. The survey questions used in the analysis and the IRB consent form are also included as pdfs.
- Keyword:
- undergraduate research, STEM retention, CURE, introductory biology laboratory, and education research
- Citation to related publication:
- Bradshaw, L., Vernon J., Schmidt T., James T., Zhang J., Archbold H., Cadigan K., Wolfe J.P. & Goldberg D. 2023. Research article: Influence of CUREs on STEM retention depends on demographic identities. J Microbiol Biol Educ (accepted)
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- Science
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Resources for Training Machine Learning Algorithms Using CAM6 Simple Physics Packages
User Collection- Creator:
- Limon, Garrett
- Description:
- The collection contains the code and the data used to train machine learning algorithms to emulate simplified physical parameterizations within the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM6). CAM6 is the atmospheric general circulation model (GCM) within the Community Earth System Model (CESM) framework, developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). GCMs are made up of a dynamical core, responsible for the geophysical fluid flow calculations, and physical parameterization schemes, which estimate various unresolved processes. Simple physics schemes were used to train both random forests and neural networks in the interest of exploring the feasibility of machine learning techniques being used in conjunction with the dynamical core for improved efficiency of future climate and weather models. The results of the research show that various physical forcing tendencies and precipitation rates can be effectively emulated by the machine learning models.
- Keyword:
- Machine Learning, Climate Modeling, and Physics Emulators
- Discipline:
- Science and Engineering
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- Creator:
- Salaree, Amir, Spica, Zack, and Huang, Yihe
- Description:
- The items in this bundle are supporting videos to a study of subsea seismo-acoustics carried out regarding an earthquake in the Persian Gulf. The main data used in the study is a diver's recording of the acoustic waves from the earthquake. The epicenter and topography data used in this study are publicly available as cited in the README.txt file.
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- Seismo-acoustics, Persian Gulf, Divers’ Microphones, Seismic Hazard, Early Warning
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Umana, Maria
- Description:
- Functional trait data from six species of trees widely distributed across an elevational gradient in El Yunque, Puerto Rico.
- Keyword:
- SLA, LA, leaf thickness, wood specific gravity, crown volume
- Citation to related publication:
- Umaña, M. N. In review. The interplay of drought and hurricanes on tree recovery: insights from dynamic and weak functional responses. Forthcoming
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- Science
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- Creator:
- Limon, Garrett C.
- Description:
- The work guides the processing of CAM6 data for use in machine learning applications. We also provide workflow scripts for training both random forests and neural networks to emulate physic s schemes from the data, as well as analysis scripts written in both Python and NCL in order to process our results.
- Keyword:
- Machine Learning, Climate Modeling, and Physics Emulation
- Citation to related publication:
- Limon, G. C., Jablonowski, C. (2022) Probing the Skill of Random Forest Emulators for Physical Parameterizations via a Hierarchy of Simple CAM6 Configurations [Pre Print]. ESSOAr. https://10.1002/essoar.10512353.1
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- Engineering and Science
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and CTEES
- Description:
- Reconstructed CT slices for Right innominate (acetabulum region) of Remingtonocetus domandaensis (University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology catalog number GSP-UM 3408) as a series of TIFF images. Raw projections are not included in this dataset. The reconstructed slice data from the scan are offered here as a series of unsigned 16-bit integer TIFF images. The upper left corner of the first image (*_0000.tif) is the XYZ origin.
- Keyword:
- Paleontology, Fossil, CT, Remingtonocetidae, UMMP, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Eocene, and Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP)
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and CTEES
- Description:
- Reconstructed CT slices for phalanx (pathological) of phytosaur (University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology catalog number UMMP VP 13838) as a series of TIFF images. Raw projections are not included in this dataset. The reconstructed slice data from the scan are offered here as a series of unsigned 16-bit integer TIFF images. The upper left corner of the first image (*_0000.tif) is the XYZ origin.
- Keyword:
- Paleontology, Fossil, CT, Phytosauria, UMMP, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Triassic, and e06c6866-4cba-4532-2a68-d8e3357a674e
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Lehman John T
- Description:
- Data were collected while developing a management plan for eliminating nuisance algal blooms in a chain of reservoirs along the Huron River in southeastern Michigan. Federal funding was provided by both the U.S. EPA and the USDA. The river-reservoir system is used for municipal drinking water, wastewater disposal, irrigation, industrial processes, hydroelectric generation, sport fishing, and recreation. The impoundments episodically developed surface scums of cyanobacteria, contained microcystin toxins, and emitted foul odors including hydrogen sulfide. Past management strategy had focused on external phosphorus loading but failed to prevent nuisance conditions. Data collection and analysis pointed to the overwhelming role of internal nutrient loading and resulted in a series of whole lake experiments that destratified Ford Lake during summer and eliminated the nuisance conditions.
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- Eutrophication, Limnology, and Nuisance Algae
- Citation to related publication:
- Ferris JA, Lehman JT. 2007. Interannual variation in diatom bloom dynamics: roles of hydrology, nutrient limitation, sinking, and whole lake manipulation. Water Res. 41:2551-2562., Ferris JA, Lehman JT. 2008. Nutrient budgets and river impoundments: Interannual variation and implications for detecting future changes. Lake Reserv Manage. 24:273-281., Goldenberg SZ, Lehman JT. 2012. Diatom response to the whole lake manipulation of a eutrophic urban impoundment. Hydrobiologia 691:71-80., Lehman EM, McDonald KE, Lehman JT. 2009. Whole lake selective withdrawal experiment to control harmful cyanobacteria in an urban impoundment. Water Res. 43:1187-1198., Lehman JT, Ferris JA, Platte RA. 2007. Role of hydrology in development of a vernal clear water phase in an urban impoundment. Freshwater Biol. 52:1773-1781., Lehman JT, Bell DW, McDonald KE. 2009. Reduced river phosphorus following implementation of a lawn fertilizer ordinance. Lake Reserv Manage. 25:307-312., Lehman JT. 2011. Nuisance cyanobacteria in an urbanized impoundment: Interacting internal phosphorus loading, nitrogen metabolism, and polymixis. Hydrobiologia 611:277-287., Lehman JT, Bell DW, Doubek JP, McDonald KE. 2011. Reduced additions to river phosphorus for three years following implementation of a lawn fertilizer ordinance. Lake Reserv Manage. 27:390-397. , Lehman JT, Doubek JP, Jackson EW. 2013. Effect of reducing allochthonous P load on alkaline phosphatase activity of phytoplankton in an urbanized watershed, SE Michigan, U.S.A. Lake Reserv Manage. 29:116-125., Lehman JT 2014. Understanding the role of induced mixing for management of nuisance algal blooms in an urbanized reservoir. Lake Reserv Manage. 30:1-9., and McDonald KE, Lehman JT. 2013. Dynamics of Aphanizomenon and Microcystis (cyanobacteria) during experimental manipulation of an urban impoundment. Lake Reserv Manage. 29:103-115.
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- Science
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- Creator:
- McCuen, Brett A.
- Description:
- We present a comprehensive statistical analysis of high-frequency transient-large-amplitude (TLA) magnetic perturbation events that occurred at 12 high-latitude ground magnetometer stations throughout solar cycle 24 from 2009 to 2019. TLA signatures are defined as one or more second-timescale dB/dt interval with magnitude ≥ 6 nT/s within an hour event window. This study characterizes high-frequency TLA events based on their spatial and temporal behavior as well as relation to auroral substorms, geomagnetic storm phases and nighttime geomagnetic disturbance events events (GMD). We show that TLA events occur primarily at nighttime and solely in the high-latitude region above 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude. The largest TLA events occurred more often in the declining phase of the solar cycle when solar wind velocity was higher and ring current activity was lower, suggesting association to high-speed flows caused by coronal holes and subsequent corotating interaction regions reaching Earth. TLA perturbations often occurred preceding or within the most extreme nighttime geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) events with 5-10 minute timescales, but the TLA intervals were often even more localized than the ~300 km effective radius of GMDs: occurring at only some of the stations at which GMDs occurred. We show that TLA-related GMD events can result from dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail and fast flows toward Earth and are closely temporally associated to poleward boundary intensifications (PBI) and auroral streamers. The highly localized behavior and connection to the most extreme GMD events suggests that TLA intervals are a ground manifestation of the features within rapid and complex ionospheric structures that can drive GICs.
- Keyword:
- geomagnetic field, high frequency, space weather, transient-large-amplitude, TLA, high frequency dB/dt, dB/dt search algorithm
- Citation to related publication:
- McCuen, B. A., Moldwin, M. B., Engebretson, M. J., Weygand, J. G., Nishimura, Y. (2023). A Statistical Analysis of High-frequency Transient-Large-Amplitude Geomagnetic Disturbance. [To be submitted to] Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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- Science
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F3UEL: Flaring & Fossil Fuels: Uncovering Emissions & Losses
User Collection- Creator:
- Kort, Eric and Plant, Genevieve
- Description:
- Fossil energy production, processing, flaring, and transmission all can harm climate and air quality by emitting greenhouse gases and air pollutants. Studies now show that onshore oil and gas production emit much more methane than what is inventoried, and that local air quality impacts can be significant, however, natural gas flaring and offshore systems have been largely overlooked. The F3UEL (Flaring & Fossil Fuels: Uncovering Emissions & Losses) project aims to address these gaps by improving our understanding of offshore emissions, characterizing how flares behave in the real world, identifying what portion of the offshore system is responsible for emissions, and determining how such systems can be monitored. Spanning three years (2020-2022), the project employed an aircraft platform to measure including both greenhouse gas and air quality measurements. To sample the largest regions of current and potential future offshore production and flaring, airborne measurements targeted the Gulf of Mexico, offshore California and Alaska, the Bakken Formation (North Dakota) and the Permian and Eagle Ford Basins (Texas). Data provided here includes the airborne measurements collected using Scientific Aviation’s Mooney aircraft platform, equipped with spectroscopic instrumentation to measure methane, carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and nitrogen oxide, in addition to meteorological variables such as wind speed and direction. Data products from our analysis of these airborne measurements are also provided, including estimated flare destruction removal efficiency for the Bakken, Eagle Ford, and Permian basins. Each data file is in .csv format and is accompanied by a readme file with further information and descriptors of the variables included. All users should cite the papers and datasets provided in the readme files for each individual dataset. Website: https://graham.umich.edu/f3uel This project is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation with additional support from the Environmental Defense Fund, Scientific Aviation, and University of Michigan (College of Engineering, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering; Graham Sustainability Institute).
- Keyword:
- offshore oil & gas, flaring, methane, Nitrogen oxides, natural gas flaring, and oil & gas
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Engebretson, Mark J.
- Description:
- Large geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs, also denoted as MPEs - magnetic perturbation events) have sufficient amplitude to cause geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) that can damage technical infrastructure. In this study we present occurrence statistics for GMD / MPE events with derivatives ≥ 6 nT/s and ≥ 20 nT/s from five stations in the MACCS and AUTUMNX magnetometer arrays in Arctic Canada at magnetic latitudes ranging from 65° to 75°. Earlier studies using data from these arrays (Engebretson et al., 2019a,b, 2021a,b) covered only two years (2015 and 2017) and focused on latitude- and local time-dependent occurrence patterns and short-term dependencies on solar wind/IMF parameters and magnetospheric activity indices. This study presents all available data from these stations from 2011 through 2022 to analyze variations of GMD activity over a full solar cycle. Intense GMD activity did not closely follow the sunspot cycle, but instead was lowest during its rising phase and maximum (2011-2014), was highest during the early declining phase (2015-2017), and reached a subsequent minimum early in the following sunspot cycle (2020). GMDs with amplitude >20 nT/s followed the same yearly pattern but peaked even more strongly during 2015-2017. Most of these GMDs were associated with high-speed solar wind streams (Vsw > 600 km/s), but not with strongly negative values of the SYM/H index. The majority of these GMDs, irrespective of the Vsw value, were accompanied within 10 min (and most often less) by other events with amplitude ≥ 6 nT/s and showed a mostly poleward progression. These results show that large amplitude but spatially localized nighttime GMDs are primarily associated with high-speed stream geomagnetic drivers during the declining phase of the solar cycle. This indicates that large GIC hazard conditions can occur for a variety of solar wind drivers and geomagnetic conditions and not only for fast-coronal mass ejection driven storms.
- Keyword:
- geomagnetic disturbance events, geomagnetically induced currents
- Citation to related publication:
- Engebretson, M. J., Steinmetz, Yang, L., Pilipenko, V. A., Moldwin, M. B., McCuen, B. A., Connors, M. G., Weygand, J. M., Waters, C. L., Lyons, L. R., Nishimura, Y., Russell, C. T. (2023) Solar Cycle Dependence of Very Large Nighttime Geomagnetic Disturbances (GMDs) Observed in Eastern Arctic Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Kort, Eric A., Plant, Genevieve, Brandt, Adam R., Chen, Yuanlei, Fordice, Graham, Gorchov Negron, Alan M., Schwietzke, Stefan, Smith, Mackenzie, and Zavala-Araiza, Daniel
- Description:
- As part of the Flaring & Fossil Fuels: Uncovering Emissions & Losses (F3UEL) project, the aircraft measurement platform sampled downwind of flares in the Permian and Eagle Ford regions of Texas (2020) and the Bakken in North Dakota (2021). Estimates of methane destruction removal efficiency are calculated for each airborne intercept of a flare combustion plume based on the observed enhancements of carbon dioxide and methane, along with assumptions about the flare gas composition. Locations provided are the GPS coordinates for the aircraft sampling, not of the upwind flare infrastructure on the ground. Attempts to link the airborne sampling locations to ground infrastructure using the provided wind information (measured at the aircraft), should take care to account for complexities of transport in the atmosphere.
- Keyword:
- Natural Gas Flaring, Methane, and Oil & Gas
- Citation to related publication:
- Plant, G., Kort, E. A., Brandt, A. R., Chen, Y., Fordice, G., Gorchov Negron, A. M., Schwietzke, S., Smith, M., & Zavala-Araiza, D. (2022). Inefficient and unlit natural gas flares both emit large quantities of methane. Science, 377(6614), 1566–1571. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0385, Kort, E. A., Plant, G., Smith, M. L., Brandt, A. R., Chen, Y., Gorchov Negron, A. M., Schwietzke, S., Zavala-Araiza, D. (2022). Aircraft Data (2020) for Flaring & Fossil Fuels: Uncovering Emissions & Losses (F3UEL), University of Michigan - Deep Blue Data. https://doi.org/10.7302/1xjm-3v49, and Kort, E. A., Plant, G., Brandt, A. R., Chen, Y., Gorchov Negron, A. M., Schwietzke, S., Smith, M. L., Zavala-Araiza, D. (2022). Aircraft Data (2021) for Flaring & Fossil Fuels: Uncovering Emissions & Losses (F3UEL), University of Michigan - Deep Blue Data. https://doi.org/10.7302/6tgq-e116
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Bueno-Junior, Lezio S., Ruckstuhl, Maxwell S., Lim, Miranda M., and Watson, Brendon O.
- Description:
- Rapid eye movement sleep (REM) is believed to have a binary temporal structure with “phasic” and “tonic" microstates, characterized by motoric activity versus quiescence, respectively. However, we observed in mice that the frequency of theta activity (a marker of rodent REM) fluctuates in a non-binary fashion, with the extremes of that fluctuation correlating with phasic-type and tonic-type facial motricity. Thus, phasic and tonic REM may instead represent ends of a continuum. These cycles of brain physiology and facial movement occurred at 0.01-0.06 Hz, or infraslow frequencies, and affected cross-frequency coupling and neuronal activity in the neocortex, suggesting network functional impact. We then analyzed human data and observed that humans also demonstrate non-binary phasic/tonic microstates, with continuous 0.01-0.04 Hz respiratory rate cycles matching the incidence of eye movements. These fundamental properties of REM can yield new insights into our understanding of sleep health.
- Keyword:
- REM sleep, Infraslow fluctuations, Facial movements, Theta oscillations, and Respiration rate
- Citation to related publication:
- L. S. Bueno-Junior, M. S. Ruckstuhl, M. M. Lim, B. O. Watson, The temporal structure of REM sleep shows minute-scale fluctuations across brain and body in mice and humans. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. In press (2023).
- Discipline:
- Science
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Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH)
User Collection- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- The data presented here were collected in the course of archaeological survey and excavation in the region of Shkodër in northern Albania, carried out between 2010 and 2014, with a follow-up visit in 2016. The Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH) was co-directed by Michael L. Galaty (University of Michigan) and Lorenc Bejko (University of Tirana) and was sponsored by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF BCS1220016), The University of Tirana, Millsaps College, Mississippi State University, and the University of Michigan. The data presented here accompany a two-volume research report, published by the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Press (Galaty and Bejko 2023) - Volume 1 ( https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12201317) and Volume 2 ( https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12208577)., The county (Alb. qarqe) of Shkodër is located in northern Albania. It is bordered to the south by the Adriatic Sea and to the northwest by the country of Montenegro. The counties of Lezhë and Kukës are situated to the south and east, respectively. Shkodër Lake is situated along the border with Montenegro. It is the largest freshwater lake in the Balkans. The city of Shkodër is the fifth largest in Albania. It was founded in the Bronze Age and became a Roman colony in 168 BC, following the Illyrian Wars. Several major rivers intersect at Shkodër, including the Buna, which exits Shkodër Lake, the Drin, and the Kir. The latter two rivers flow from the Bjeshkët e Nemuna, the Albanian Alps, and provide access across the mountains, to the Balkan interior, including metal-rich Kosovo. Several very important ancient sites are located to the south of Shkodër, close to the Adriatic coast: Lezhë (ancient Lissus), Apollonia, and Durrës (ancient Epidamnus, Dyrrachium under the Romans). The latter two cities were Greek colonies, founded during the Archaic period. All three became Roman colonies., and PASH was designed to investigate shifts, through time, in Shkodër towards increased social stratification and hierarchy. These shifts commenced during prehistory and are marked by two dramatic changes in the regional landscape: new settlement in defensible “hillforts” and burial in rock and earth mounds. We wondered what factors – environment, settlement, status, conflict, subsistence, trade, migration – might have allowed or encouraged these changes.
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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Data for Macroscopic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Monolayers with Uniformly High Optical Quality
- Creator:
- Li, Qiuyang, Alfrey, Adam, Hu, Jiaqi, Lydick, Nathanial, Paik, Eunice, Liu, Bin, Sun, Haiping, Lu, Yang, Wang, Ruoyu, Forrest, Stephen, and Deng, Hui
- Description:
- This dataset contains raw and source data for all figures generated in the manuscript "Macroscopic Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Monolayers with Uniformly High Optical Quality" The raw data files include '.spe' data, which are spectral data collected by LightField Sofware, and '.dset' and '.vms' files, which are X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) data and require CasaXPS to access. The source data files include the processed data that can be directly used for generating the corresponding figures in the manuscript.
- Keyword:
- 2D materials, Exciton-polaritons, and Photonics
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- These data relate to PASH’s excavations at tumuli 099. This record contains scanned documents (excavation forms, log book, notebook, drawings), 211 .jpg images in 19 folders (labeled by date, one with candids), as well as a photolog and C14 AMS radiocarbon date data. and Chapter linked to: Eight
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Science
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- These data relate to PASH’s excavations at tumuli 088. This record contains scanned documents (excavation forms, a notebook and drawings), 152 .jpg photos in 17 folders (labeled by date) and a photolog. and Chapter linked to: Eight
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- These data relate to PASH’s excavations at tumuli 085. This record contains scanned documents (excavation forms, drawings, and notes--though these last are difficult to read), 34 .jpg excavation photos (no photolog), and time slice images of GPR data as a .pdf (raw geophysical data for this survey are not available). and Chapter linked to: Eight
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Science
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- These data relate to PASH’s excavations at tumuli 052. This record contains documents (excavation forms, notes accompanied by a typed transcription, drawings), 144 photos and a photolog, seven 3D digital elevation model (DEM) images (.jpgs only), and files needed to project GPR data from T052 and Chapter linked to: Eight
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Science
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- This work contains data generated by the survey of all mounds in the study region. and Chapter linked to: Eight
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Science
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- This work includes a .csv database, PDF scans of artifact drawings and .jpg photos. Artifact photos are accompanied by photos of artifact bags, labeled with descriptive information about the artifact, as well as photomicrographs. Work also includes raw analytical data--laser ablation – inductively-coupled plasma – mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS) and petrographic data. and Chapters linked to: Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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- Creator:
- Bellile, Emily L, Taylor, Jeremy MG, and Wolf, Gregory T
- Description:
- The University of Michigan’s Head and Neck Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) included an epidemiology project that approached every previously untreated adult head and neck squamous carcinoma (HNSCC) patient evaluated in the multidisciplinary Head and Neck Oncology Program of the University of Michigan (UM; Ann Arbor, MI) Comprehensive Cancer Center for participation in our longitudinal epidemiology study. This analytic dataset includes the most commonly requested covariates and outcome variables for survival analysis of this cohort of HNSCC patients. Data cleaning and creation of this analysis dataset was performed with SAS software v 9.3 (Carey,NC) by a biostatistician supporting multiple projects in the University of Michigan’s Head and Neck Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) and is available in RedCap for UM investigators to join with discipline specific data collected on the same cohort through a de-identified ID link.
- Keyword:
- Head and Neck Cancer, HNSCC, Squamous Cell Cancer, Epidemiology, Head and Neck Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE). , Cancer, Prognosis, and Survival Analysis
- Citation to related publication:
- Cigarette use, comorbidities, and prognosis in a prospective head and neck squamous cell carcinoma population. Peterson LA, Bellile EL, Wolf GT, Virani S, Shuman AG, Taylor JM, Rozek LS; University of Michigan Head and Neck Specialized Program of Research Excellence Program. Head Neck. 2016 Dec;38(12):1810-1820. doi: 10.1002/hed.24515. Epub 2016 Jul 19. PMID: 27432208. , Development and Assessment of a Model for Predicting Individualized Outcomes in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer. Beesley LJ, Shuman AG, Mierzwa ML, Bellile EL, Rosen BS, Casper KA, Ibrahim M, Dermody SM, Wolf GT, Chinn SB, Spector ME, Baatenburg de Jong RJ, Dronkers EAC, Taylor JMG. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Aug 2;4(8):e2120055. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.20055. PMID: 34369988., Amlani, L; Bellile, E; Spector, M; Smith, J; Brenner, C; Rozek, L; Nguyen, A; Zarins, K; Thomas, D; McHugh, J; Taylor, J; Wolf, GT. Expression of p53 and prognosis in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC); Int J Cancer Clin Res 2019, 6:122. DOI: 10.23937/2378-3419/1410122., and Spector ME, Bellile E, Amlani L, Zarins K, Smith J, Brenner JC, Rozek L, Nguyen A, Thomas D, McHugh JB, Taylor JMG, Wolf GT; University of Michigan Head and Neck SPORE Program. Prognostic Value of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Nov 1;145(11):1012-1019. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2019.2427. PMID: 31486841; PMCID: PMC6735419.
- Discipline:
- Science and Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- This record includes photos (JPGs) and drawings (PDF of scans of originals) of small finds, e.g., glass; coins, spindle whorls, loom weights, metal artifacts; bullets; nails; etc., as well as a list of the drawings with descriptions (PDF file) and a small finds database (.CSV). The database includes all small finds collected and analyzed by PASH, although not all small finds were drawn and photographed. Grinding stones and chipped stone are located in separate records. and Chapter linked to: Seventeen
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Science
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- This Work includes a .csv database file and .jpg photos of artifacts. Artifact photos are preceded by photos of artifact tags, labeled with descriptive information. Also included are portable x-ray florescence (PXRF) spectroscopic data and photomicrographs. and Descriptions/data and photos of grinding stones are in Small Finds record, https://doi.org/10.7302/5j43-mc03. Chapter linked to: Sixteen
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- Record contains a database of chipped stones, stored as an Excel file. and Chapter linked to: Nine
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- This work consists of an .xlsx database file. and Chapter linked to: Nineteen
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Humanities and Science
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- Creator:
- Galaty, Michael
- Description:
- Raw Sr isotope and aDNA data are archived as .xlsx files. The Sr data are reported as ratios of 87Sr to 86Sr. and Chapter linked to: Twenty
- Keyword:
- archaeology
- Discipline:
- Science and Humanities
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- Creator:
- Walsh, Lisa L
- Description:
- Stable isotope values of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) from Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) guard hairs were analyzed to evaluate the ecology and winter adaptations in opossums by Dr. Lisa L. Walsh as part of her Ph.D. thesis in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department. The collection of stable isotope data took place from 2017 to 2019. Guard hair was processed at the University of Michigan and analyzed by the University of New Mexico Center for Stable Isotopes (UNM-CSI, USA). Captive and wild opossums were evaluated for evidence of biannual or incomplete biannual molting, a mammalian adaptation to harsh winters. Results suggest opossums do not exhibit either winter molting strategy and that guard hairs capture the opossum’s lifetime diet (Walsh and Tucker 2021). The stable isotope values were used to test the hypothesis that a Type A generalist’s niche is positively correlated with habitat heterogeneity and to evaluate which climate variables best explained isotope values. There was a positive correlation between isotopic niche size and habitat-diversity indexes (Walsh and Tucker 2020). The δ13C values from opossums in the Midwest and Northeast to test whether opossums rely on anthropogenic trash to survive extreme winters. There was no significant relationship between δ13C and winter variables, but there was a significant increase in variance of Midwest opossums’ δ13C after the 1970 corn agricultural boom (Walsh and Tucker 2023).
- Keyword:
- stable isotope, Virginia opossum, mesopredator, ecology, and mammal
- Citation to related publication:
- Walsh, L.L. and P.K. Tucker. 2020. Habitat heterogeneity is correlated with isotopic niche breadth across the range of a mammalian generalist mesopredator. Ecosphere, 11(12): e03314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3314, Walsh, L.L. and P.K. Tucker. 2021. Stable isotope values suggest opossums (Didelphis virginiana) at their northern edge do not seasonally molt. Northeastern Naturalist, 28(1): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.028.0101, and Walsh, L.L., and P.K. Tucker. 2023. Evaluating anthropogenic influence on a mesopredator: Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) isotope values influenced by corn agriculture more than urbanization. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 101: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2021-0172.
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Jenkins, G. J. and Bougher, S. W.
- Description:
- In early 2019, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission underwent an ~2-month aerobraking campaign, during which time the spacecraft periapsis altitude was lowered from its nominal altitude range of 140-160 km to as low as ~123 km. Excluding spacecraft walk-in/out maneuvers, accelerometer measurements were made along 272 orbits with coverage spanning Ls 340-3°, latitudes ~5-54°S, longitudes 0-360°, and Local Solar Time (LST) ~22-17 hours. In this study, we perform a diagnostic analysis of the full aerobraking data set by fitting 4-harmonic waves to mass densities. We then study the variations of these waves as a function of latitude with an emphasis on those observed previously in Mars’ thermosphere by MAVEN and other missions. Additionally, we utilize data collected during the same time period from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Mars Climate Sounder to study the vertical propagation of waves originating from the middle atmosphere. Key results indicate that normalized wave amplitudes decrease with latitude, and this is consistent with the latitudinal structure of a diurnal Kelvin mode. We also observe that waves imprinted from the middle atmosphere show normalized amplitude growth with increasing altitude. A complete summary of data sets, analysis methodology, and scientific results is given. The purpose of this study is to add to the body of knowledge surrounding Martian atmospheric wave features and to provide further constraints for future numerical modeling and subsequent tidal mode identification.
- Keyword:
- MAVEN, Mars Thermosphere, Accelerometer Data Set, Global Data Set, and Wave Analysis of Tides
- Citation to related publication:
- Jenkins, G. A., Bougher, S. W., Lugo, R., Tolson, R. H., Zurek, R. W., Baird, D., Steele, L., Kass, D., Withers, P. (2023), MAVEN Accelerometer Observations of Thermospheric Densities during Aerobraking and Deep Dip 2: Wave Features and Connections to Upward Propagating Thermal Tides, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, xx, xx.
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Description:
- Scan of specimen ummz:fish:216417 (Acarichthys heckeli (Müller & Troschel, 1849)). Raw Dataset includes 2401 TIF images (each 632 x 853 x 1 voxel at 0.02187606 mm resolution, derived from 2401 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction. and Scan of specimen ummz:fish:216417 (Acarichthys heckeli (Müller & Troschel, 1849)). Reconstructed Dataset includes 1972 TIF images (each 632 x 853 x 1 voxel at 0.021876 mm resolution, derived from 2401 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction.
- Keyword:
- Animalia, Chordata, Perciformes, Cichlidae, Acarichthys heckeli (Müller & Troschel, 1849), 1889117016, computed tomography, X-ray, 3D, and DiceCT
- Citation to related publication:
- For more information on the original UMMZ specimen, see: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1889117016 and DiceCT for Fishes: Recommendations for pairing iodine contrast agents with μCT to visualize soft tissues in fishes https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15320
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- Science
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- Creator:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Description:
- Scan of specimen ummz:fish:252706 (Eigenmannia viricens). Raw Dataset includes 1801 TIF images (each 637 x 456 x 1 voxel at 0.05305043 mm resolution, derived from 1801 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction. and Scan of specimen ummz:fish:252706 (Eigenmannia viricens). Reconstructed Dataset includes 1945 TIF images (each 637 x 456 x 1 voxel at 0.053050 mm resolution, derived from 1801 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction.
- Keyword:
- Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gymnotiformes, Sternopygidae, Eigenmannia viricens, computed tomography, X-ray, 3D, and DiceCT
- Citation to related publication:
- DiceCT for Fishes: Recommendations for pairing iodine contrast agents with μCT to visualize soft tissues in fishes https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15320
- Discipline:
- Science