University of Georgia

Maladaptive personality traits and their relations with online behavior: an instagram-based study

Abstract Background The widespread use of social media has exposed individuals to harmful online behaviors. Previous studies on personality traits associated with these behaviors have mainly focused on normative traits from the Five-Factor Model (FFM), overlooking maladaptive var...

Incentives and motivational crowding to address chronic wasting disease: An experiment with Alberta hunters

Abstract Behavioral interventions, for example, through the use of incentives and information, are widely used by policymakers to induce welfare‐improving behavior. When these interventions are used in specific contexts such as environmental conservation, individual knowledge, ex...

Phylogenetic insights into SARS-CoV-2 introductions and spread in Georgia

Abstract The spread of successive novel COVID-19 variants presented a challenge for outbreak surveillance, epidemiology, and emergency responses. Monitoring the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants is essential to allocate limited public health resources and optimize contr...

Inverse scattering in biological samples via beam propagation

Multiple scattering limits optical imaging in thick biological samples by scrambling sample-specific information. Physics-based inverse-scattering methods aim to computationally recover this information, often using non-convex optimization to reconstruct the scatter-corrected sam...

Co-option of ancestral stem regulators drove recurrent evolution of underground storage organs

Geophytes are plants that produce underground storage organs such as tubers, rhizomes, and bulbs, to facilitate asexual reproduction and withstand a myriad of environmental challenges. While the potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) serves as the primary model for studying tuberization,...

Rational Designof a Dual Mutant Degrading Enzymewith Improved Catalytic Efficiency and Acid Tolerance for Four Aflatoxins

Abstract Aflatoxins are major contaminants in raw food materials and their products. Developing enzymes that efficiently degrade multiple aflatoxins under acidic conditions has great practical value. In this study, the aflatoxin-degrading enzyme ADPPIII from Aspergillus terreus w...

Plastic polymer classification with shortwave infrared reflectance: Opportunities and limitations for remote sensing of marine debris

Marine plastic debris or litter poses urgent environmental, economic, and human health challenges, yet tools for polymer-specific detection with reflectance measurements remain limited. To advance optical classification capabilities, the newly curated and comprehensive MArine Deb...

The Role of Macrophages in the Immune Response to Peritoneal Infection with Dirofilaria immitis Larvae in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

The host cellular mechanisms determining whether Dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm) larvae establish infection remain poorly understood. The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), a naturally nonpermissive host, mounts a rapid macrophage-dominated peritoneal cellular respo...

CLASPP: A unified model for predicting post-translational modifications

Abstract Post-Translational Modifications (PTMs) are a fundamental mechanism for regulating cellular pathways and increasing the functional diversity of the proteome. Accurately predicting the PTM types that are likely to occur at a given site in the primary sequence is a key cha...

Primary Care Clinical Rotations Are Associated with Shifts in Senior Veterinary Students’ Perceptions of Scope, Complexity, and Career Alignment

The study objective was to evaluate changes in senior veterinary students' perceptions of companion animal primary care and career preferences following a primary care clinical rotation. A multi-institutional survey was administered to veterinary students at 10 US colleges of vet...

Practitioner's Pulse: A Content Analysis Approach for Examining Prevalent Topics in HRD Practitioner Periodicals

ABSTRACT This article presents a methodological approach for analyzing Human Resource Development (HRD) practitioner perspectives through a content analysis (CA) of periodicals. While CA has been applied to academic literature, its application to practitioner periodicals represen...

Using a systematic review of youth and environmental youth participatory action research outcomes to create a modified implementation capacity framework

While youth participatory action research (YPAR), a youth-adult partnered or youth-led approach to knowledge generation and social change, has burgeoned over the last decade, challenges remain related to capacity for its implementation. Yet, the field lacks a YPAR implementation...

A triple-responsive smart controlled-release system for antifungal volatiles: toward sustainable agriculture via pathogen-targeted control and crop growth promotion

Fungal contamination causes substantial global food loss and waste. Among these, tomato gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea is particularly severe, leading to a global reduction in tomato yield of 10–50%. Meanwhile, the overuse of conventional chemical fungicides has triggered a...

Targeting Oncogenic KRAS Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Oligomers Attached to Cell-Penetrating Peptides

Approximately 30% of tumors contain an activating mutation in the oncogene KRAS, leading to increased cell proliferation that often promotes non-small cell lung cancers, colorectal adenocarcinomas, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), and other cancers. Among the most common...

I2O2: High level theoretical studies and a benchmark of DFT functionals

Increasing iodine emissions over recent years have led to new interest in atmospheric iodine chemistry. The primary species involved include iodine oxides and oxyacids-precursors to atmospheric particle formation. Four isomers of the simplest iodine oxide belonging to the I2Ox fa...

Energeticsof Formation and Fragmentation of Carbon-CenteredRadicals α- to Nitrogen and Oxygen in N , N , O -Trimethylhydroxylamine in Comparisonto Trimethylamine and Dimethyl Ether: Implications for Medicinal andSynthetic Chemistry

Abstract α–C–H bond dissociation energies (BDEs) have been computed for N,N,O-trimethylhydroxylamine, trimethylamine, and dimethyl ether, leading to the conclusion that there is no advantage to hydrogen abstraction from trisubstituted hydroxylamines over the corresponding tertiar...

When choice matters: Effects on interest and performance across mathematical problem types

Background Given the decline in students’ interest in mathematics during secondary school, autonomy-supportive interventions such as choice may help counteract this trend. Aims This study investigates the effects of within-context choice on task-specific interest and performance...

Towards standoff concealed object detection using false-color near-infrared imaging and deep learning: A preliminary study on detecting the presence of metal and PVC pipes under clothing

Detecting concealed hazardous objects beneath clothing is crucial for security; however, existing sensing modalities may pose safety, privacy, or operational limitations. Millimeter wave (MMW) and terahertz (THz) imaging systems are effective at close range, but suffer from reduc...

A dual-pathway toward livelihood resilience in China’s Giant Panda National Park communities

Globally, communities in and around protected areas often confront livelihood disruptions driven by conservation and development pressures, making resilience essential to effective governance. This study examines two pathways to livelihood resilience in communities within and at...

Supplementation with Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Larvae Grown on Deoxynivalenol-Contaminated Substrate Improves Growth and Gut Integrity in Broilers

Deoxynivalenol (DON), a Fusarium mycotoxin frequently detected in poultry feeds, impairs broiler health by damaging gut integrity, altering immune response, and compromising growth performance. Insect-derived proteins, such as those from yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) larvae...