University of Nevada, Reno

Mechanistic regulation of begging behavior due to experimental food supplementation across an urbanization gradient

Parent-offspring communication is fundamental to reproductive success, yet how ecological variation shapes nestling begging behavior, physiology, and parental provisioning remain understudied in free-living systems. We investigated these relationships in free-living northern hous...

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....

Long-term effects of regional shocks on new opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship

The dynamics of start-up activity are crucial for regional development. Does regional firm formation exhibit hysteresis, such that shocks, including temporary policy interventions, have permanent effects? We distinguish between entrepreneurs pulled by opportunity and those pushed...

Disclosure of HIV Positive Status and Network Characteristics Among a Cohort of People Living with HIV in Western Kenya

Disclosure of HIV serostatus is critical in managing the health and well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), yet the decision to disclose is shaped by complex interpersonal and contextual factors. The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of HIV status disclosur...

Craniometric evaluation of population affinity among South African subadults

Although standard craniometrics is typically regarded as the method of choice for estimating population affinity in adults, its application to subadults has received limited attention, despite potential population-specific signals demonstrated in cranial growth patterns. This stu...

Hydrogen corrosion mechanism and multi-field coupled constitutive model for wellbore cement sheath in salt cavern hydrogen storage

Salt cavern hydrogen storage is a key technology to meet the demand for large-scale hydrogen energy storage. The long-term performance evolution of the wellbore cement sheath in a simulated salt cavern hydrogen storage conditions (55°C, 20 MPa) is directly related to the safety a...

Farm ownership in the San Joaquin Valley highlights different capacities to adapt to changing groundwater regulations

California’s San Joaquin Valley is home to some of the nation’s most productive farmland. Yet, this agricultural productivity has been achieved through unsustainable groundwater use to support irrigation. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) seeks to address the nega...

NAST 2.0: Magnetic Field Effects and Marcus–Levich–Jortner Theory for Complex Open-Shell Systems

Abstract We present a new version of the nast software package for predicting the kinetics of unimolecular spin-dependent processes, including intersystem crossings, spin-forbidden reactions, and spin crossovers with nonadiabatic statistical theory. With substantial extensions an...

Bugs in the Bud: An Entomological Road Trip Through Cannabis Fields of the West

ABSTRACT Cannabis sativa L. (Cannabaceae) has undergone significant shifts in its cultivation and regulatory history in North America, evolving from a colonial fibre crop to a contemporary multipurpose plant grown for cannabinoids. Despite the recent expansion of legal Cannabis a...

Smartphone AI-Enabled Lateral Flow Immunoassay Platform Using Advanced Quantum Dots for Intelligent Quantitative Diagnostics

Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) are widely used in point-of-care diagnostics for their low cost and simplicity, but conventional formats rely on subjective visual readout and lack quantitative accuracy and sensitivity. Here, we present a smartphone-guided, artificial-intelligen...

Bridge jobs and retirement identities: Gendered life course approach to workforce exits among Early Boomers

Abstract Objectives The prevalence of bridge jobs, post-career work that bridges between career jobs and workforce exit, has obfuscated the isomorphic link between older adults’ role identities as retirees, named ‘retirement identities’, and their actual labor force status in way...

Thermal–Hydraulic Performance Analysis of Micro Pin‐Fin Heat Sinks With Different Fin Geometries: A Numerical Study

ABSTRACT Efficient thermal management is essential for maintaining the reliability and performance of modern microelectronic devices. This study presents a detailed numerical analysis of a three‐dimensional micro pin fin heat sink incorporating 55 fins arranged in a single channe...

Understanding Stress Levels in ICU Residents: The Role of Baseline Psychological State and Personal Characteristics

BACKGROUND: Intensive care unit (ICU) residents work in highly stressful environments characterized by clinical uncertainty and critically ill patients. During residency, physicians need to adapt to demanding workplace conditions while also navigating stressors related to their s...

Testing the utility of porcine and synthetic femora as nonhuman analogs in skeletal trauma research

Porcine and synthetic femora were subjected to concentrated 4-point bending, modified 4-point bending, and 3-point bending to generate diaphyseal fractures. Biomechanical data and fracture patterns were systematically evaluated and compared across different femur types and loadin...

Prevalence and factors associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms among the students in Bangladesh

Abstract Background: The prevalence of mental illness is increasing among all age groups worldwide. Students are more likely to develop mental disorders due to exam pressure and other education-related affairs. This study aims to evaluate prevalence and associated factors of depr...

Beyond the Bulk: Fraction-Specific Total Organic Carbon Profiling for Proactive Water Quality Management

Abstract Total organic carbon (TOC) is widely used to monitor water quality, but its value as a single metric is increasingly limited in water management. Bulk TOC does not distinguish organic fractions with different reactivities and associated risks, limiting its ability to pre...

C-PEAT's Global Peatland Carbon Database (v.2025)

Abstract. Field-based measurements are foundational to the study of short- and long-term peatland carbon dynamics. For decades, the scientific community has amassed hundreds of valuable empirical datasets in the form of peat core records from around the world. Those records typic...

Neuroimmune Phenotyping as the Next Frontier in Chronic Pain Medicine for Musculoskeletal Back Pain

Chronic low back pain encompasses heterogeneous mechanical, neuropathic, nociplastic, and myofascial presentations that may reflect distinct neuroimmune mechanisms. We synthesized evidence linking these phenotypes to measurable biological features and clinically relevant treatmen...

A Bayesian state-space model for estimating pup production in an asynchronous breeder: the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)

Abstract For wide-ranging or cryptic species, abundance estimation often relies on counts when individuals aggregate during breeding or migration. When these events are asynchronous, counts represent an unknown proportion of the focal component of the population. Grey seals (Hali...

Exchange-vibronic coupling, spin frustration, and choice of ground spin state in triangular organic triradicals

Organic and main-group triradicals have potential applications in molecular magnetism and quantum information science, but the factors that determine whether a triangular triradical adopts a high-spin quartet or spin-frustrated doublet ground state remain poorly understood. Here,...