• Toxicological response to nanomaterial exposure in in vitro lung cells are determined by cell-type. 

  Lujan, Henry, 1993-; 0000-0002-9580-1251 (2020-10-08)

  Nanotechnology is an advancing field that continually introduces new nano-enabled products into consumer products thereby increasing the risk of nanoparticle exposure to humans and the surrounding environment. The increased ...

• The testing and use of a new method to evaluate chronic toxicity in Daphnia magna. 

  Bullard, Marlin, 1981-; 0000-0001-9932-1231 (2022-05-05)

  The importance of toxicity testing to the protection of people and the environment cannot be overstated, however in order for the data to be of use it must be both relevant to actual conditions of exposure and conducted ...

• Nanocarriers for infectious disease control : physical, chemical and biological effects. 

  Ameh, Thelma, 1992- (2022-01-13)

  Engineered nanomaterials with distinct physicochemical properties have found vast applications in consumer, industrial and pharmaceutical industries. Zerovalent metal nanoparticles such as silver and copper nanoparticles ...

• The importance of scale : bioaccumulation of contaminants of emerging concern by bivalves. 

  Burket, S. Rebekah, 1986- (2022-04-01)

  Increasing urbanization presents unique challenges to sustainable environmental quality, particularly in urbanizing arid and semi-arid regions of the United States (U.S.). In urban areas, municipal wastewater treatment ...

• Metabolism and mechanistic toxicity of environmental pollutants in fish models : integrating in vitro and in vivo systems for ecotoxicological studies. 

  Franco, Marco E., 1991-; 0000-0002-9081-3966 (2021-09-15)

  The presence of legacy and emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment represents a significant threat to aquatic biota, often leading to significant declines of biodiversity. This issue is further aggravated by the ...

• Community needs assessment among the Gujjars in Northern India. 

  Dorrell, Janet C. (2002)

  The perceived needs of the Gujjars of northern India were investigated in the Gurdaspur District of Punjab, India. The purpose of this study was to provide baseline data on the Gujjars who migrate to and from the states ...

• A stepwise approach to understanding nanomaterial transformations under situationally relevant conditions. 

  Mulenos George, Marina Rochelle, 1995-; 0000-0002-9261-2797 (2021-04-20)

  Given the increasing use of nanomaterials in various consumer products and industrial processes, it is of the utmost importance to better understand potential mechanisms of adverse effects to ensure human health and safety ...

• Detailed molecular and isotopic characterization of carbonaceous aerosols to assess air quality issues in urban areas : the San Francisco Bay Area and the Houston metropolitan area. 

  Yoon, Subin, 1989-; 0000-0003-0821-0857 (2020-07-20)

  The objective of this dissertation is to provide detailed characterization of carbonaceous organic aerosols to better understand major sources of particulate matter (PM) and their atmospheric formation in an oxidizing and ...

• The effect of hypoxia on the cytotoxicity of diesel exhaust particles and a novel oxygenating therapeutic in four cell lines. 

  Dabi, Amjad, 1990- (2020-07-21)

  Hypoxia is characterized by oxygen levels in tissue below 2% and is implicated in many diseases and adverse health outcomes including chronic lung disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and delayed wound-healing. Many solutions ...

• Interactive effects of copper oxide nanoparticles and arsenic on rice (O.sativa japonica ’Koshihikari’) plant growth and development. 

  Liu, Jing, 1987-; 0000-0001-5035-2053 (2019-05-02)

  The emerging applications of nanomaterials (NMs) encompass a wide range of industries, including agriculture (e.g., as fertilizers, pesticides, and biosensors). NMs applied in the crop-field may influence plant growth and ...

• Biological responses from contaminants accumulated in seafood using an in vitro human intestinal and liver co-culture. 

  Sutherland, Grace E., 1995-; 0000-0002-6532-9152 (2019-06-10)

  In vitro bioassays have been useful in predicting mechanisms of toxicity; however, conventional cell-based assays grown in monolayers are unavoidably poor models for human tissues due to the lack of complexity and physiological ...

• Influences of spatio-temporal variability during aquatic assessments of ionizable contaminants. 

  Scott, William Casan, 1988-; 0000-0002-2839-6284 (2019-04-16)

  Urbanization and evolving land-use is challenging water management strategies in semi-arid regions of the United States, where stream flows are often dominated by treated wastewater effluent discharges. Effluent-dominated ...

• Bioaccumulation of contaminants of emerging concern in dynamic ecosystems. 

  Haddad, Samuel Perry, 1990- (2018-11-14)

  The aquatic environment includes complex systems on which society relies to provide ecosystem services and support biodiversity. In recent years, the demand for aquatic-ecosystem commodities has greatly increased due to ...

• Microplastic pollution in surface waters of urban watersheds in Central Texas, USA : a comparison above and below treated wastewater effluents. 

  Stovall, Jasmine K., 1992-; 0000-0002-1525-8923 (2018-11-20)

  Microplastics are polymer-based particles ranging in size from 50 µm to 5 mm. The behavior of microplastics within freshwater systems remains understudied. The purposes of this study are to assess microplastic levels in ...

• Individual and interactive influences of low dissolved oxygen and calcium channel blockers in inland aquatic systems. 

  Saari, Gavin N., 1988- (2018-08-31)

  Understanding and managing influences of multiple stressors represents a major water quality challenge, particularly in urbanizing regions. Because aquatic hazard assessments with chemical and nonchemical stressors can ...

• Influences of nutrients and salinity on Prymnesium parvum elicited sublethal toxicity in two common fish models. 

  Hill, Bridgett N., 1993-; 0000-0003-3836-7986 (2018-07-12)

  The magnitude, frequency, and duration of harmful algal blooms (HABs) are increasing worldwide primarily due to climate change and anthropogenic activities. Prymnesium parvum is a euryhaline and eurythermal HAB forming ...

• Microplastic ingestion by freshwater and marine fish from the Brazos River basin and Texas nearshore marine waters. 

  Peters, Colleen Ann, 1990-; 0000-0002-5283-0626 (2018-07-16)

  This dissertation serves as one of the first comprehensive system investigations of microplastic ingestion by freshwater and marine fish from the Brazos River basin and Texas nearshore marine waters. In total, 436 freshwater ...

• Atmospheric concentrations of organophosphate esters in Delhi, India. 

  Stephensen, Marie, 1992- (2018-04-27)

  The rise of organophosphate esters (OPEs) as ubiquitous global air pollutants is in part associated with their high-production volume, physical and chemical properties, and heavy use in consumer products, including many ...

• Age matters : developmental stage of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) influences bioconcentration, and survival and behavioral photomotor response thresholds. 

  Kristofco, Lauren A., 1989- (2017-08-03)

  Toxicology information for the tens of thousands of compounds in commerce is severely lacking, and with continual introduction of new substances, this global chemical space is only increasing in complexity. Thus, generating ...

• Timing matters : defining temporal occurrence and associated water quality hazards for contaminants of emerging concern in municipal effluent. 

  Garbarino, Matthew A., 1991- (2017-04-20)

  To understand environmental hazards and risks posed by contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) it is imperative to define the magnitude, frequency and duration of exposure, because temporal variability of environmental ...

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