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Robert L. Folk was affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research work was primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with particular focus on several subfields including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Physiology.

The scientist's published research addressed a range of topics related to human health and disease. Main topics covered included:

  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Neurological Complications and Syndromes
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer

The following papers exemplify Robert L. Folk's recent contributions to scientific literature:

  • Maternal Dietary Choline Deficiencies Reduce Cerebral Blood Flow in Three-Month-Old Female Mouse Offspring Following Ischemic Stroke to the Sensorimotor Cortex, 2022, Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Measurement of Endothelium-dependent Vasorelaxation in the Mouse Thoracic Aorta using Tensometric Small Volume Chamber Myography, 2022, Journal of Visualized Experiments

The frequent coauthors with whom Robert L. Folk collaborated included:

  • Brikena Gusek
  • Mitra Esfandiarei
  • Kasey Pull
  • Nafisa M. Jadavji
  • Tala Curry

Their work was published in venues such as:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Best Publications

  • Brazos River bar [Texas]; a study in the significance of grain size parameters

    Robert Louis Folk;William C. Ward

  • The Distinction between Grain Size and Mineral Composition in Sedimentary-Rock Nomenclature

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  • Practical petrographic classification of limestones

    Robert Louis Folk

  • A REVIEW OF GRAIN‐SIZE PARAMETERS

    Robert L. Folk

  • Detrital sedimentary rock classification and nomenclature for use in New Zealand

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  • Pebbles in the Lower Colorado River, Texas a Study in Particle Morphogenesis

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  • Travertines: Depositional Morphology and the Bacterially Constructed Constituents

    Henry S. Chafetz;Robert L. Folk

  • Mg/Ca Ratio and Salinity; Two Controls over Crystallization of Dolomite

    Robert L. Folk;Lynton S. Land

  • The Natural History Of Crystalline Calcium Carbonate: Effect of Magnesium Content And Salinity

    Robert L. Folk

  • SEM imaging of bacteria and nannobacteria in carbonate sediments and rocks

    Robert L. Folk

  • Length-slow Chalcedony: A New Testament for Vanished Evaporites

    Robert L. Folk;J. Stuart Pittman

  • Differentiation of Beach, Dune, and Aeolian Flat Environments by Size Analysis, Mustang Island, Texas

    Curtis Calvin Mason;Robert Louis Folk

  • LONGITUDINAL DUNES OF THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE SIMPSON DESERT, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, 1. GEOMORPHOLOGY AND GRAIN SIZE RELATIONSHIPS

    Robert L. Folk

  • Bizarre forms of Depositional and Diagenetic Calcite in Hot-Spring Travertines, Central Italy

    Robert L. Folk;Henry S. Chafetz;Pamela A. Tiezzi

  • Shape Development On Tahiti-Nui

    James E. Dobkins;Robert L. Folk

  • Evidence of nanobacterial-like structures in calcified human arteries and cardiac valves

    Virginia M. Miller;George Rodgers;Jon A. Charlesworth;Brenda Kirkland;Brenda Kirkland

  • Stages of textural maturity in sedimentary rocks

    Robert Louis Folk

  • Carbonate Sands of Isla Perez, Alacran Reef Complex, Yucatán

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  • Student Operator Error in Determination of Roundness, Sphericity, and Grain size

    Robert Louis Folk

  • Black Phytokarst from Hell, Cayman Islands, British West Indies

    Robert L. Folk;Harry H. Roberts;Clyde H. Moore

  • Exogenous carbonaceous microstructures in Early Archaean cherts and BIFs from the Isua Greenstone Belt: implications for the search for life in ancient rocks

    Frances Westall;Robert L Folk

  • The “schizohaline” environment: Its sedimentary and diagenetic fabrics as exemplified by Late Paleozoic rocks of Bear Island, Svalbard

    Robert L. Folk;Robert L. Folk;Anna Siedlecka;Anna Siedlecka

  • ALTERNATIVE ORIGINS FOR NANNOBACTERIA-LIKE OBJECTS IN CALCITE

    Brenda L. Kirkland;F. Leo Lynch;Michael A. Rahnis;Robert L. Folk

  • Nannobacteria and the formation of framboidal pyrite: Textural evidence

    Robert L Folk

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry S. Chafetz
Henry S. Chafetz University of Houston
Lynton S. Land
Lynton S. Land The University of Texas at Austin
Franklin R. Cockerill
Franklin R. Cockerill Rush University Medical Center
Harry H. Roberts
Harry H. Roberts Louisiana State University
Lawrence A. Taylor
Lawrence A. Taylor University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Frances Westall
Frances Westall Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert G. Loucks
Robert G. Loucks The University of Texas at Austin
John C. Lieske
John C. Lieske Mayo Clinic

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