[HTML][HTML] Episodic ultradian events—ultradian rhythms

GH Goh, SK Maloney, PJ Mark, D Blache - Biology, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the fast lane of chronobiology, ultradian events are short-term rhythms that have been
observed since the beginning of modern biology and were quantified about a century ago …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of continuous fever monitoring using wearable devices

BL Smarr, K Aschbacher, SM Fisher, A Chowdhary… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Elevated core temperature constitutes an important biomarker for COVID-19 infection;
however, no standards currently exist to monitor fever using wearable peripheral …

[HTML][HTML] Neural substrates underlying rhythmic coupling of female reproductive and thermoregulatory circuits

AD Grant, LJ Kriegsfeld - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Coordinated fluctuations in female reproductive physiology and thermoregulatory output
have been reported for over a century. These changes occur rhythmically at the hourly …

Stencil-printed Lithium-ion micro batteries for IoT applications

A Toor, A Wen, F Maksimovic, AM Gaikwad, KSJ Pister… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A battery design and fabrication process is demonstrated to make Lithium-ion (Li-ion)
microbatteries with high capacity to power IoT devices. The battery consists of printed anode …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal and early-life circadian disruption have long-lasting negative consequences on offspring development and adult behavior in mice

BL Smarr, AD Grant, L Perez, I Zucker, LJ Kriegsfeld - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Modern life involves chronic circadian disruption through artificial light and these disruptions
are associated with numerous mental and physical health maladies. Because the …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in variability across timescales in BALB/c mice

BL Smarr, AD Grant, I Zucker, BJ Prendergast… - Biology of sex …, 2017 - Springer
Background Females are markedly underinvestigated in the biological and behavioral
sciences due to the presumption that cyclic hormonal changes across the ovulatory cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of continuous distal body temperature for passive, early pregnancy detection

A Grant, B Smarr - PLOS Digital Health, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Most American women become aware of pregnancy~ 3–7 weeks after conceptive sex, and
all must seek testing to confirm their pregnant status. The delay between conceptive sex and …

Development of a screen-printed flexible porous graphite electrode for Li-Ion battery

H Emani, X Zhang, G Wang… - … on Flexible and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A flexible screen-printed graphite electrode was developed for fabricating lithium-ion battery.
A homogenous ink slurry was prepared by mixing graphite as active material along with …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of successful and unsuccessful pregnancies in mice within hours of pairing through frequency analysis of high temporal resolution core body …

BL Smarr, I Zucker, LJ Kriegsfeld - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Many controllable factors negatively impact fetal development, underscoring the importance
of early pregnancy detection and identification of events that reliably predict potential …

Evidence for a coupled oscillator model of endocrine ultradian rhythms

AD Grant, K Wilsterman, BL Smarr… - Journal of biological …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Whereas long-period temporal structures in endocrine dynamics have been well studied,
endocrine rhythms on the scale of hours are relatively unexplored. The study of these …