Kansas State University

Cluster‐based decentralized transformers for cyberattack detection and resilient recovery in integrated process networks

Abstract Highly integrated process systems are vulnerable to adversarial cyberattacks that can corrupt sensor measurements, destabilize closed‐loop operation, and propagate across interconnected units. To address these challenges, this study presents decentralized transformer‐bas...

Use of Encapsulated and Raw Organic Acids for Inhibition of Salmonella in a Refrigerated Raw Meat-Based Diet (RMBD) Matrix for Dogs

The rising demand for using raw meat diets (RMBDs) for feeding companion animals requires improvement in their food safety. Organic acids could be a promising anti-microbial ingredient for mitigating pathogen contamination. This study investigated the effects of encapsulated (E)...

Forward‐looking breakeven cattle feeding conditions in futures markets

Abstract This study uses cointegration analysis and a vector error correction model to determine the long‐run cointegrating equation among feeder cattle, corn, and live cattle futures prices. Assuming that the cointegrating equation is reflective of breakeven conditions in cattle...

Avirulence genes of Magnaporthe oryzae are a pathogen defense arsenal shaped by cognate rice resistance genes in the field

Summary We examined the frequency of and variation in eight avirulence ( AVR ) genes from 840 Magnaporthe oryzae field isolates collected from the Southern United States relative to rice resistance ( R ) genes deployed from 1959 to 2017. Little coding or noncoding variation was d...

Energy Consumer Model Estimation Using Machine Learning

A novel utility model of the daily electricity consumption patterns of any residential unit is proposed. The model is semi-parametric—its internal parameters are tractable to straightforward interpretations from the standpoints of microeconomics as well as game theory. The model...

Local recreationist survey for understanding the drivers and effects of recreation displacement in southern California national forests

This is the survey instrument administered to residents of Southern California who had visited one or more of the four national forests in the region since summer 2020. It was administered in fall 2023 in both English and Spanish via Qualtrics.

Stochastic simulation of breakeven cost distributions for mortality-reducing interventions in feedlot cattle

Abstract Mortality is one of the most impactful and costly outcomes in feedlot cattle production, yet quantification of the economic value of interventions to reduce it across differing cattle populations and market conditions has been limited. The primary research objective was...

On the potential for crop yield increases to spare land: the role of rebound effects

Abstract This essay discusses the economic mechanisms determining when yield growth spares land and when it drives expansion. The source of growth matters: technical change raises output with a fixed set of inputs, lowering production costs, whereas intensification requires more...

Evaluating the inoculation of four different bacterial pathogens on the development of liver abscesses in beef × dairy crossbred heifers

Abstract Our objective was to assess liver abscess (LA) prevalence in beef × dairy heifers subjected to individual intraruminal bacterial inoculations of F. necrophorum subsp. necrophorum, subsp. funduliforme, Trueperella pyogenes, or Salmonella enterica serotype Lubbock to furth...

Phenotypic plasticity of tillering modulates winter wheat agronomic optimum plant density: A quantitative framework for interpretation of G × E × M interactions

Context Agronomic optimum plant density (AOPD) is the minimum number of plants per unit area that maximizes grain yield and varies with genotype, environment, and management interactions. Predominantly, studies on cultivar-specific AOPD treat cultivars as fixed effects, limiting...

Moire Patterns-Based Low-Cost Flexible SERS Substrates for Multi-Analyte Detection of Biological and Chemical Molecules

Abstract Reliable detection across diverse analyte classes remains a significant challenge in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), particularly when a single platform must address both biological and environmental targets. This work develops a geometrically engineered Moir...

Domain Walls with Alternating Magnetic Order in a Model with Dipolar Coupling

A model for a one-dimensional chain of elongated nano-scale magnetic islands with dipole interactions is analyzed here for the properties of its static domain walls with site-by-site alternating order. The anisotropic magnetic islands on a nonmagnetic substrate have their longer...

137. Investigating the Relationship Between Service Sire Effects from Heifer Pregnancy Evaluations and Semen Quality Traits in Angus Bulls.

Abstract Heifer pregnancy (HP) outcomes are typically analyzed as binary response of the female. However, pregnancy success may also be influenced by the service sire through fertilization ability and early embryo viability. This contribution is usually modelled as a service sire...

258. Evaluating Insulin Resistance and Sensitivity Values in Beef Steers from Birth to Weaning.

Abstract Although insulin status is known to affect growth and metabolic performance, it is unclear whether maternal insulin status directly affects calf insulin status at birth. Insulin resistance has been evaluated for animal performance in the feedlot but has limited research...

PS1-19. Effects of CIDR-induced Vaginitis and/or Estrus Expression on Ex Vivo Semen Performance When Exposed to Vaginal Fluid.

Abstract Estrus synchronization protocols using CIDR can induce vaginitis in a substantial proportion of treated females, potentially altering the vaginal environment encountered by sperm at artificial insemination. Our objective was to determine whether vaginal fluid from cows e...

Plant viral suppressors HcPro and P19 inhibit CRISPR-Cas13-mediated transcript interference

Abstract RNA plays a central role in cellular dynamics, mediating the formation of proteins from genetic information. Thus, there is great interest in technologies that can alter RNA content of a cell to achieve desired outcomes. RNA targeting CRISPR‒Cas13 enables precise, sequen...

Early‐life stage phenomic prediction of field agronomic traits across breeding cycles in intermediate wheatgrass

Abstract Perennial grains represent a promising frontier for sustainable agriculture, but breeding progress is constrained by the accessibility of genotyping and the difficulty of evaluating complex traits expressed for multiple years after establishment across heterogeneous envi...

The Conway-Wales lattice and the Rudvalis and Tits groups

We construct the Conway-Wales lattice from a self-dual even code C over ℤ4 whose binary layers interweave the Hamming codes ℋ7 and ℋ8. Explicit signed symmetries lift every automorphism of the binary residue, and the full signed code group is the coordinate-frame stabilizer of th...

Relational Conditions and Leadership Practices in Cultivating a Culture of Feedback: A Phenomenological Study of School Principals

Cultivating a culture of feedback between teachers and principals is essential to professional learning, school improvement, and teacher retention. While leadership research often focuses on how principals evaluate teachers, less attention has been given to how principals seek, r...

Boston’s Washington Gardens: a place of respectable and innocent amusement, 1814–1827

London’s pleasure gardens of Vauxhall, Cremorne, and Ranelagh were widely admired and copied throughout the world. The larger nineteenth-century American cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and New Orleans all had several, if not many, pleasure gardens. In co...