Oregon State University

When smoke signals economic loss: How wildfires harm Oregon wineries

Abstract Wildfire smoke poses a growing threat to wine-producing regions, yet its economic consequences remain less understood. We study the 2020 Oregon wildfire season and estimate its impacts on retail wine sales, prices, and tasting room operations. Exploiting cross-sectional...

Reading the forest through patents: A Europe-wide sector analysis

Innovation will shape how Europe's Forest sector responds to growing demand for low-carbon materials and bio-based products. However, the technological composition and geographical distribution of recent patenting activity in the sector remain insufficiently documented. This stud...

Impact of Pavement Roughness on User Costs and Carbon Emissions: A Review of Insights and Challenges

The use phase of the pavement life cycle assessment (LCA) contributes significantly to both economic and environmental burdens. However, its role is often overlooked when making decisions for pavement construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation. Pavement roughness is among the...

Delayed Neutron Precursor Data Uncertainty and Sensitivities in Microscopic Calculations

This paper presents an analysis of the uncertainty-weighted sensitivities of the delayed neutron precursor (DNP) group parameters, consisting of half-lives τk and yields νd,k, with their nuclear data. This analysis was conducted using the thermal fission of 235U from various data...

Microbial Degradation of Lignin Generates Iron-Binding Organic Ligands

Abstract The association of organic carbon (OC) with iron (Fe) minerals is a primary mechanism governing soil OC persistence, yet the molecular agents mediating Fe–OC binding remain poorly defined. In this study, we demonstrated that microbial degradation of lignin, one of the ma...

Programable extracellular matrix heterogeneity directs least-resistance migration in three dimensions

Abstract Cell migration through three-dimensional (3D) extracellular matrices (ECMs) is central to development, immune response, and cancer metastasis, yet how cells navigate mechanically heterogeneous environments remains poorly understood. Here we introduce a light-guided in si...

Unusual Switch of Cell Death Mode by Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) via Enhancing Endoplasmic Reticulum Peroxidation Induced by Lipophilic Iron Complex

Although ferroptosis is a programmed iron-dependent cell death, many lipophilic iron complexes fail to induce ferroptosis through iron overload. The underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here we found that a typical lipophilic iron complex 8-hydroxyquinoline (8HQ)-Fe(III) (1: 1,...

Lie superalgebras generated by reflections in Weyl groups of classical type

We consider the finite Weyl groups of classical type ( W ( A r ) for r ≥ 1 , W ( B r ) = W ( C r ) for r ≥ 2 , and W ( D r ) for r ≥ 4 ) as supergroups in which the reflections are of odd superdegree. Viewing the corresponding complex group algebras as Lie superalgebras via the g...

Experimental snowball earth viscosity drives the evolution of motile multicellularity

During the 70-million-year Cryogenian Snowball Earth glaciations, low ocean temperatures beneath global sea ice increased water viscosity over 3-fold. Unicellular eukaryotes in this environment would have faced severe constraints on movement and nutrient uptake, while nascent mul...

Age-specific genomic and transcriptomic variation reveals limited evidence for cis- regulatory interactions modulating aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A bstract The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a well-established model for studying the genetic basis of complex traits, and it is a powerful system for investigating mechanisms of aging. Here, we examine the genomic and transcriptomic factors contributing to increased...

Towards automatic household food waste measurement with the smart compost bin

Rising amounts of global food waste constitute an environmental, social, and economic disaster. Over 60% of food waste is generated by household consumers, yet we currently lack reliable means to quantify this waste. This lack of a robust household food waste measurement methodol...

Hydrogeochemical controls on drinking and irrigation water suitability of spring water in the Champawat District, Uttarakhand: insights from multivariate statistical analysis

ABSTRACT In the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, natural springs constitute the primary freshwater source for a large rural population. To investigate the spring water quality of the Lohawati catchment, 27 spring water samples (n = 27) were collected and analyzed to identify the...

Electrostatic charge model for dual-layer oxide thin-film transistors

A simple electrostatic two-equation model for dual-layer thin-film transistor (TFT) operation is developed. The model distributes electrostatic charge between the top and bottom semiconductor layers, and the resulting transfer and mobility curves accurately simulate experimental...

Generalized Nonlinear Bayesian Pulsar Timing with ENTERPRISE

Abstract We use the Bayesian methods in the ENTERPRISE package to examine the fully general parameterization of pulsar timing models in tandem with noise. We investigate four pulsars, PSRs J1600–3053, J2043+1711, J0740+6620, and J1640+2224, through the lens of Bayesian timing. We...

Cultural Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Sexual Assault Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women

There is a paucity of research on sexual assault among Hispanic college women. Existing studies indicate that Hispanic college women, relative to non-Hispanic White women, report similar mental health sequelae following a sexual assault; thus, factors that protect or increase the...

Reduced Longwave Absorption of Magnesium Sulfate Aerosol as an Alternative to Sulfuric Acid for Stratospheric Aerosol Injection

Abstract Aqueous sulfuric acid is the benchmark sulfate aerosol for stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), but /O aerosol absorbs strongly in the infrared, producing longwave warming that significantly offsets its shortwave cooling. Here, we evaluate magnesium sulfate () as a non...

Drought to deluge: Differential impacts of snow on mountain chickadee reproduction across the Sierra Nevada mountains

Changing climates are reshaping animal populations, but our understanding of how demographic trends are shaped by individual responses to local environmental conditions has historically been limited to long-term studies with restricted spatial scales. Participatory science (i.e....

A Parametric Computational Framework for Modeling and Seismic Design of Post‐Tensioned Mass Timber Rocking Walls

ABSTRACT Post‐tensioned cross‐laminated timber (PT‐CLT) rocking walls offer a compelling seismic system combining self‐centering behavior with energy dissipation. However, progress in their performance assessment and design has been limited by the lack of a comprehensive parametr...

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...

Effects of zinc deficiency and arsenic exposure on bone in growing female mice

Abstract Arsenic contamination in groundwater often co-exists in regions prone to zinc deficiency. The goal of this research was to evaluate the independent and combined effects of zinc status [adequate, marginally-deficient, severely-deficient (30, 6, and < 0.5 mg Zn/kg diet)] a...