Colorado State University

Reservoir Flood Storage Capacity as an Indicator of Potential Forecast-Informed Prerelease Effectiveness

Abstract The operation of multipurpose reservoirs for which flood risk management (FRM) is a primary or key purpose may be improved by the use of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO). The ability to screen a portfolio of dams to assess FIRO viability allows for more-effi...

Characterization of Rain Attenuation for Millimeter Wavelengths for Realistic Nonrotational Symmetric Drop Shapes

ABSTRACT The use of frequencies above 30 GHz (millimeter waves) for communication purposes is nowadays a necessity, both for terrestrial (e.g., 5G/6G) and satellite links. One reason is the need for more bandwidth and the fact that “traditional” frequency bands are already fully...

Highlights from an early base camp in Beringia 13,800 years ago: Shég’ Xdaltth’í’ and the Late Pleistocene peopling of Alaska

Human dispersal across the Bering Land Bridge (BLB) was a key event in the peopling of the Americas, but Beringia’s archaeological record remains poorly understood. In response, the Shég’ Xdaltth’í’ site in interior Alaska has been the focus of a multi-disciplinary study since 20...

Elevated Outdoor O3 Can Sustain New Particle Formation and Growth Indoors

Abstract Ultrafine particles and submicron aerosol mass negatively impact human health; while indoor primary sources are known, secondary aerosol formation from oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is an important, but less understood, exposure source. Previous studies...

A Model of Human-Automation Team Performance: Incorporating the Influence of Concurrent Task Workload on Automation Failure Response in Ground Vehicles

We first present a model of the influence of four properties of automation on human-automation team performance, dichotomized between conditions when automation functions as designed and when automation fails. These properties are reliability, transparency, degree of automation,...

Vocational Skills and Employment Outcomes in Developmental Disabilities: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Vocational Fit Assessment

Date presented: April 24, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Mutrik Alajmi, mutrik95@gmail.com

Bayesian inference of the climbing grade scale

Abstract Climbing grades are used to classify a climbing route based on its perceived difficulty, and have come to play a central role in the sport of rock climbing. Recently, the first statistically rigorous method for estimating climbing grades from whole-history ascent data wa...

Testing Carbon-Input Feasibility in RothC Using Paired Soil Resampling over a 20-Year Interval in a Semi-Arid Steppe

Long-term soil organic carbon (SOC) monitoring provides a rare opportunity to test the performance of process-based models against real data. We evaluated RothC using 20 georeferenced soil profiles sampled in 2004 and 2024 in the semi-arid steppe of Central Kazakhstan. We used th...

Therapeutic Horseback Riding for Youth With Autism and Psychiatric Comorbidities: A Randomized Trial

OBJECTIVE: Autism spectrum disorder care is often complicated by co-occurring psychiatric symptoms. Equine-assisted services show promise for improving behavioral outcomes in this population. We aimed to examine benefits of equine-assisted services for youth with autism at higher...

Developing a Workplace Institutional Betrayal Measure Using a Survivor-Led Qualitative Methodology

Institutional betrayal, a concept coined by Jennifer Freyd, has been used to understand institutional responses to sexual violence predominantly in a university setting and specific workplaces (e.g., military). The Institutional Betrayal Questionnaire (IBQ) has been essential in...

Epigenetic aging and transposon dysregulation reflect size-related lifespan compression in dogs

The extraordinary lifespan variation in domestic dogs provides a natural experiment for testing how intrinsic rates of biological aging shape lifespan. Using 1640 methylomes from 894 dogs, we developed an epigenetic clock that predicted mortality and demonstrated that epigenetic...

The Role of Comorbidities in Pyoderma Among Canine and Feline Diabetic Patients

ABSTRACT Background Pyoderma is considered a secondary complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), yet the relationship remains unclear. One study found 22% of diabetic dogs with dermatopathy had no other comorbidities while cats have not been evaluated. Objectives This study evaluat...

Alzheimer’s disease neuropathological characterization of the dog brain and relationship to biofluid biomarkers and cognitive function

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting more than 55 million people worldwide and is characterized by cognitive decline, amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles. Although transgenic rodent models have advanced understanding of...

Microphysics and Kinematics of a High Flash Rate Storm With a Bottom‐Heavy Charge Structure

Abstract An atypical thunderstorm with unusual lightning and charge structure characteristics propagated through Cordoba province, Argentina, during the austral warm season in late 2018. This storm exhibited echo tops near 10.5 km, with high lightning activity concentrated at low...

Aridity regulates scale-dependent effects of multiple resource additions on productivity stability in Eurasian grasslands

Increasing the supply of multiple limiting resources generally reduces biodiversity and community stability in grasslands. Aridity is known to modify biodiversity-stability relationships, yet it remains unclear whether the effects of multiple resource supply on biodiversity and s...

Low‐Temperature Demulsification‐Induced Gelation Coupled With Gel‐Confined Freeze Casting for Highly Elastic Conductive Aerogels in Wireless Gait Monitoring

ABSTRACT Polymer‐based conductive aerogels are promising for flexible piezoresistive sensors but suffer from skeleton deformation and conductive filler detachment under high‐strain and long‐term compression. Here, an aminopropyltriethoxysilane/carboxylated carbon nanotubes/waterb...

Human Recreation and Fire History Shape Landscape Connectivity for an Endangered Forest Carnivore

ABSTRACT Habitat connectivity is critical for long‐term wildlife population persistence, yet the permeability of landscape features can vary with human activity and disturbance history. Characterizing landscape features influencing permeability is critical for landscape planning...

Right on time: evaluating accuracy and timing of burn-severity assessments to support post-fire management

Abstract Effective wildfire impact assessment and post-fire management rely on burn-severity maps that accurately characterize fire effects on vegetation and soils. These maps inform time-sensitive activities such as post-fire flood and debris-flow modeling, risk mitigation for h...

ldmppr: Location Dependent Marked Point Processes in R

In this article, we present $\textbf{ldmppr}$, an R package for estimating, evaluating, simulating from, and visualizing location-dependent marked spatial point processes. To date, it has commonly been assumed that the marks associated with a point process are independent of the...

Mutational profiles of hepatocellular carcinoma that arose in outbred mice after heavy-ion particle and γ-ray radiation

Cancer risk estimation from space radiation is challenged by the lack of relevant experimental and epidemiological data for human exposure to the high-charge, high-energy (HZE) ions that predominate in deep space environments. Genetically diverse outbred mice provide an effective...