University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Mechanisms of Water-Lock Removal by a Nanoemulsion/Mud Acid Composite System in Low-Permeability Sandstone Reservoirs: Insights from Pore-Scale Characterization in the MB Block

Abstract Water-lock damage in low-permeability sandstone reservoirs is primarily caused by small pore-throat structures, strong capillary forces, and hydrophilic rock surfaces. Conventional treatment methods mainly target either fluid-interface modification or pore blockage probl...

After Petrarch, Before Policy: Women’s Media of Care in Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia to Amphilanthus (c. 1621) has long been celebrated traditionally as the first protracted English sonnet sequence authored by a woman and as an interior revoicing of Petrarchi...

Forecasting Marsh Resilience in the Plum Island Estuary: Integrating Uncertainty to Inform Coastal Management

Abstract Salt marshes provide critical ecosystem services yet face increasing threats from accelerated relative sea-level rise (SLR). The long-term persistence of these habitats depends on their ability to vertically accrete and laterally migrate into adjacent uplands. Predicting...

Assessing Water Dynamics at Lunar Gravity

Because future plant cultivation on the Moon will require lunar-gravity specific water management, we examined the behavior of water, a glycerol and saline solution under lunar gravity conditions during a flight experiment on Blue Origin’s New Shephard 29 mission. This mission si...

Self-sustained carbon capture and utilization: Techno-economic insights for CO2 to C2H4 deployment at scale

Ethylene (C 2 H 4 ), a crucial building block in the petrochemical industry, is traditionally produced through energy-intensive thermal cracking of hydrocarbons, emitting about 1.5–3 tons of CO 2 per ton of C 2 H 4 . The proposed tandem electrochemical architecture represents a t...

Scorecards, not sit-ins: repertoires of alignment as rivals to contentious tactics in social movements

Classic accounts of contentious repertoires explain change through disruption. This article introduces the concept, repertoires of alignment, to be understood as a distinct, complementary toolkit that wins by converting movement claims into targets’ imperatives. Using semi-struct...

Fabrication and Characterization of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile/Polyaniline–Graphene Oxide Nanoscroll Nanofiber Composite for Potential Glucose Sensing Applications

Wearable sweat biosensors require electrode materials with high surface area, conductivity and mechanical compliance, yet chemically polymerized polyaniline forms dense, low-surface-area films with limited flexibility. In this work, flexible free-standing nanofiber mats were fabr...

Nonlinear evaluation of multisyllabic word productions of Persian-speaking children’s phonologies in the context of social communication disorder intervention

This study examined phonological skills in three Persian-speaking boys with social communication disorder (SCD; ages 3;7-5;1) across twelve sessions of a narrative-based intervention, with a focus on multisyllabic word production. Using a nonlinear phonological framework, perform...

Generative Latent Space Modeling of Stamping Sound for Anomaly Detection and Predictive Maintenance

Abstract Operational condition monitoring for predictive maintenance is crucial to enable early detection of abnormal behavior and prevention of costly downtime. In industry settings, normal operation data are abundant, whereas abnormal or failure data are rarely available, limit...

Reticulated adaptive radiation and phylogenomic diversity loss in the Hawaiian honeycreepers

The Hawaiian honeycreepers, one of the world’s most iconic adaptive radiations, are facing a human-mediated extinction crisis. More than 60 Hawaiian honeycreepers (Fringillidae: Carduelinae: Drepanidini) evolved from a single rosefinch-like ancestor that colonized the Hawaiian Is...