University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Geosynthetic Applications and Design Methods for Paved and Unpaved Road Systems in Minnesota: Review of Current Practice

Geosynthetics are widely used in pavement systems in multiple applications, including base and subgrade stabilization, reduction of layer intermixing and moisture, and mitigation of shrink/swell-related distresses. However, the current geosynthetic classification system and guide...

Single-cell profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in diverse men with prostate cancer reveals a fatal disease-associated immune signature

Abstract Alterations in peripheral immunity may contribute to fatal prostate cancer and the excessive disease burden among African American (AA) men. Thus, we investigated peripheral immunity in prostate cancer patients in association with disease outcome and AA descent. We perfo...

Effects of insoluble surfactants on breaking waves: regular and spilling regimes

We investigate the influence of insoluble surfactants on the spatio-temporal evolution of breaking waves, focusing on both regular and spilling regimes. Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations are conducted using an interface-tracking/level-set method that incorporates sur...

The Commodification of Doctoral Student Agency in STEM Lab Supervision: A Phenomenologically Directed Study

Higher education research on STEM lab supervision has often addressed the dynamics of doctoral agency through three parallel strands of scholarship: the restriction of research judgment, the redefinition of scholarly self-understanding, and the redirection of agency toward produc...

Enhancing social-emotional learning and behavioural regulation in underserved children: a controlled mixed-methods study of a synchronous online yoga programme

Systemic disparities in mental health and social-emotional learning (SEL) resources disproportionately affect children in low-income, racially marginalized communities, contributing to lower SEL outcomes. Although yoga and meditation strengthen coping and regulation, these practi...

Effects of Molasses-Based Liquid Feeds Containing Conventional Urea or Commercial Fat-Coated Urea Product on In Vitro Rumen Fermentation, Gas Kinetics, and Substrate Degradability

This study evaluated molasses-based liquid feeds containing conventional urea or a commercial fat-coated urea product marketed as slow-release urea (SRU). The effects on in vitro gas-production kinetics, rumen fermentation, and substrate degradability were examined. Treatments fo...

How Healthy Are Community Health Workers: Findings from a Chicago-Area Survey

Community health workers (CHWs) are a growing and essential component of the U.S. healthcare workforce, yet little is known about their own health and well-being. The CHWs Our Work + Our Health Pilot Study administered a cross-sectional survey to a convenience sample of CHWs livi...

Unconventional BiocatalyticStrategies Orchestratethe Synthesis of the Nucleoside Analog Sinefungin

Abstract Sinefungin is a potent nucleoside antimetabolite of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM). Since its discovery in the 1970s, sinefungin has generated significant scientific interest owing to its role as a bioisostere of SAM and its broad range of biological activities. Despite cons...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa-derived volatile organic compounds modulate AhR signaling to dysregulate airway mucus homeostasis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa frequently infects chronically diseased lungs and exacerbates airway mucus hypersecretion and failure in clearance. P. aeruginosa is metabolically versatile and secretes multiple volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which have been scrutinized as potential bi...

Optical isolation and circulation using quantum frequency conversion on a chip

Breaking electromagnetic reciprocity enables directional control of light and is essential for both classical and quantum photonic systems. However, realizing integrated optical nonreciprocity that simultaneously combines low loss, broad bandwidth, and compatibility with quantum...

Economic Incentives for Agrivoltaics Systems with Commodity Crops in the Midwestern United States

Abstract Declining costs of photovoltaic (PV) technology and rising market and policy incentives are leading to the growing deployment of PV on cropland in the US Midwest, leading to concerns about the displacement of food and feed crop production. Agrivoltaic (AV) technology ena...

Randomized controlled trial of GenAI coach feedback efficacy, acceptability and mechanisms in anxiety worry logs

Abstract Anxiety disorders are prevalent worldwide, yet access to evidence-based interventions remains limited. Digital worry-log interventions are scalable, but unguided use may limit engagement and efficacy, while human-delivered feedback may improve outcomes, yet is labor-inte...

Synergies and trade-offs for reaching global biodiversity and climate commitments

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework strives to expand high-quality protected areas globally, yet faces economic constraints, climate change and human pressures. This requires integrating biological and socio-economic complexity while ensuring equity. We explore mul...

How leadership shapes workplace outcomes for differently-abled employees: a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis

Abstract Leadership constitutes a critical determinant of organizational success, as it facilitates the optimal utilization of organizational resources in the pursuit of institutional mission and vision. Differently-abled employees represent a valuable segment of the workforce an...

The (research) Body Is Not an Apology: an onto-epistemological refusal of body shame in academia

Academia teaches us to hate our bodies, to acknowledge the fleshy organ encased behind bone and swimming in blood, while demonizing the skin that protects. We apologize for its existence: designing studies that minimize the presence of being, generating data but hiding the body t...

CantataS: a Community-aware agent-based citation Simulator

Early preprint describing CantataS, a generative agent-based model of citation dynamics that builds upon the PyABM, SASCA, SASCA-s, SASCA-ReS, and SASCA-ReSA models. This preprint is likely to be updated several times as more data is generated through simulations under the Cantat...

Review of Particle Physics *

The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous editions, plus 3,200 new measurements from 903 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons and the recently discovered Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, mesons, and b...

Applicability of handheld laser scanning for nonmetric skeletal assessment in biological profile estimation: a preliminary two-case study

BACKGROUND: In forensic anthropology, skeletal materials are commonly assessed through morphological characteristics to estimate components of the biological profile. While traditional analyses relied on physical examination of skeletal remains, digital methodologies offer the po...

Assessing double‐crop soybean management practices in central Illinois

Plain Language Summary Winter wheat–soybean double‐cropping is becoming more common in central Illinois, but soybean planting after wheat often does not occur until late June to early July. Late planting means soybean has less time to grow, which can lead to shorter plants, fewer...

How We Simulate Nanopores

Nanopore technology has revolutionized single-molecule science by enabling ultrasensitive characterization of biomolecular structure and interactions via accessible, physics-based tabletop measurements. In a typical experiment, the chemical structure of a biomolecule is determine...