Auburn University

Impact of imidacloprid on honey bee hypopharyngeal glands at two levels: measurement reliability and laboratory versus field conditions

The use of neonicotinoids has undoubtedly behavioral and physiological effects on bees. This work aimed to ring test the digital measurement of honey bees’ hypopharyngeal glands (HPGs), validate the method against the subjectivity of the assessors, and assess differences in the i...

Economic Incentives for Agrivoltaics Systems with Commodity Crops in the Midwestern United States

Abstract Declining costs of photovoltaic (PV) technology and rising market and policy incentives are leading to the growing deployment of PV on cropland in the US Midwest, leading to concerns about the displacement of food and feed crop production. Agrivoltaic (AV) technology ena...

Multi-scale Evaluation of Rutting Resistance in Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Mixtures through Linking Binder Rheology with the Hamburg Wheel-Tracking and the IDEAL Rutting Tests

This study proposed a multi-scale framework for evaluating rutting resistance in recycled asphalt mixtures by linking binder rheology with mixture-scale performance. One virgin mixture and seven mixtures containing 50% reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) were prepared with three rej...

Regulation of actin polarization by Edwardsiella piscicida during invasion of Sebastes schlegeli intestinal mucosa and cellular immune responses

Intestinal epithelial cells play a crucial role in teleost defence against complex aquatic environments. However, the study of intestinal mucosal immunity in teleosts has been hindered by the lack of reliable and specific marker genes to distinguish between different cell types....

Timesheets, tantrums, and trust: Early childhood bedtime routines in a majority Black and Hispanic sample.

= 6.07 years; 50.04% non-Hispanic Black, 23.88% non-Hispanic White, and 22.26% Hispanic, 3.82% "other"). Results showed that maternal nonstandard employment was associated with a lower probability of using a bedtime routine and communication activities. Higher social capital was...