Michigan State University

Tree Species Classification in a Madagascar Tropical Dry Forest Using Multi-Temporal UAV Multispectral Imagery and Machine Learning

Accurate tree species mapping in tropical dry forests remains challenging because strong seasonal phenological variation and spectral overlap can limit discrimination from single-date imagery. This study evaluated the integration of wet- and dry-season unoccupied aerial vehicle (...

BR-bodies link RNA homeostasis to stress tolerance and intracellular fitness in Brucella

ABSTRACT Bacterial gene expression depends on the coordinated regulation of RNA synthesis, processing, and decay. The conserved RNA degradosome scaffold, ribonuclease E (RNase E), assembles into phase-separated bacterial ribonucleoprotein bodies (BR-bodies) through its C-terminal...

Combined lactate- and phosphate-dependent cytoplasmic acidification is associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth arrest at acidic pH

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) cultured in minimal medium at acidic pH arrests growth when provided specific single carbon sources, including glycerol, propionate, and lactate, a phenomenon we refer to as acid growth arrest. To define the mechanisms of acid growth arrest on lac...

Gramsci e il “ritorno allo Statuto albertino”

La proposta di Gramsci di un’assemblea costituente risale ai suoi primi anni di attività come giornalista. Tuttavia, la sua concezione di cosa sarebbe stata tale assemblea si evolve nel tempo, adattandosi al mutevole panorama storico-politico e al suo status personale. Nel period...

Large language models unlock the ecology of species interactions

Species interactions shape population dynamics, geographic distributions, evolutionary trajectories, and responses to environmental change. Yet data on these interactions remain scarce across broad spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scales because they are difficult to collect in t...

To describe or to tell? Differential impact of short-video narrative forms on impulsive travel intention

Impulsive travel is increasingly prevalent in short video marketing. Drawing on Narrative Transportation Theory, this study examines how narrative forms in tourism short videos influence impulsive travel intention by comparing landscape-descriptive and story-narrative formats. Fo...

National Summary of Pre-Employment Transition Services for Youth and Young Adults With Disabilities

Despite policy efforts to provide increased preparation and work experiences prior to school exit, individuals with disabilities continue to experience poor rates of workforce participation compared to their peers without disabilities. It has been over a decade since the passing...

Soil-plant-animal properties and microbial reassembly distinguish cattle oral disease prevalence across converted Amazon pasture systems

Forest-to-pasture conversion can alter soil properties, forage composition, and microbial communities, but whether these changes are associated with bovine periodontitis remains unclear. We compared eight pasture systems in the Western Brazilian Amazon classified by high or low h...

AIMNet2-rxn: A machine-learned potential for generalized reaction modeling on a millions-of-pathways scale

Mechanistic modeling of chemical transformations offers a compelling basis for understanding reactivity and allows for prediction of reaction outcomes before attempting experiments. Despite progress in machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs), we demonstrate that available...

Glocally situated advocacy for transformative language education

Abstract Language ideologies have been widely examined in applied linguistics, yet less attention has been paid to how ideological awareness informs advocacy and transformative action in language education. This introductory article frames the contributions to this special issue...

Disparities in park access and use among residents impacted by the Flint water crisis

Abstract Parks confer well-documented benefits for human health and well-being. However, access and use remain inequitably distributed across urban populations, particularly in cities affected by environmental injustice. In Flint, Michigan, we collected survey data among 385 resi...

Tensor completion for low CP-rank tensors via nonuniform random sampling

Abstract We propose a non-uniform sampling and reconstruction framework for tensor completion capable of producing methods with provable sampling advantages beyond prior work. In particular, two new methods for low CP-rank tensor completion - one using adaptive sampling and one u...

A multiomic atlas reveals distinct immune landscapes in preterm and term chronic placental inflammation

Chronic placental inflammation (CPI), an umbrella term encompassing chronic chorioamnionitis, chronic villitis, and chronic deciduitis, is associated with preterm birth (PTB), yet its cellular and molecular determinants across gestation remain poorly defined. Here, we constructed...

The Process of Customization in Shoulder Arthroplasty: Advancements in 3D Design and Manufacturing

Three-dimensional (3D) printing has emerged as a powerful tool in joint replacement surgeries, enabling the creation of custom implants that address complex anatomical deformities. In shoulder arthroplasty, particularly in cases involving severe glenoid bone loss or fracture, cus...

A dialogue on Open Research and qualitative scholarship in SLA

Abstract This critical dialogue examines how Open Research (OR) principles intersect with qualitative epistemologies in second language acquisition. Drawing on our distinct positionalities—Author 1 as a quantitatively trained psycholinguist and Author 2 as a qualitative critical...

Organizational Factors Impacting Implementation of Evidence-based Practices for Autistic Youth: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Virginia’s Community Mental Health System

Abstract Despite elevated rates of co-occurring mental health needs among autistic youth, availability of and access to mental and behavioral health evidence-based practices (EBPs) remain limited in U.S. community-based settings. Further, community-based service systems are compl...

Land-change trajectories of brazilian amazon wetlands across tenure regimes

Brazilian Amazon wetlands regulate carbon, hydrology, and biodiversity at continental scales, yet their vulnerability to land use and land cover change (LULCC) remains poorly understood. Here, we integrate open access datasets to evaluate wetland transformation across the Brazili...

Advances in 3D Bioprinting for Breast Cancer Modeling: Tumor Microenvironment, Metastasis, and Drug Screening

The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex and heterogeneous milieu encompassing biological and biochemical events and diverse physical, chemical, and mechanical interactions between tumor and stromal cells. This heterogeneity plays a pivotal role in regulating tumor progressi...

AMReX-Codes/pyamrex: 26.10

Dependencies AMReX: 26.10 pybind11: 3.0.4 Python: 3.11 - 3.14 What's Changed Fix Sphinx Stubs & Autogen by @ax3l in https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/pyamrex/pull/618 PODVector from_array by @ax3l in https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/pyamrex/pull/580 Release: pyAMReX 26.10 by @EZoni in...

How content sophistication shapes climate discourse on YouTube

We analyze 3163 climate-related YouTube videos posted between 2006 and 2021. More sophisticated videos—those with higher production quality, richer descriptions, longer duration, and specialized terminology—draw climate-related comments that lean toward explicit position-taking a...