University of New England

Are Socioeconomic Status and Time in Preschool Mediators of Shared Environment Variance in Reading Ability?

While socioeconomic status (SES), time in preschool (TiP) and their interaction are related to reading ability, the results have been mixed. This study assessed whether the shared environment mediated these associations using a longitudinal behavior genetic design. Further, this...

Estimating the Heritability of Intelligence with a Nuclear Twin Family Design

Intelligence, and the favorable life outcomes with which it is associated, are not shared equally between individuals or groups. In an endeavor to better understand the inequality, behavioral genetics (BG) have employed the classical twin design (CTD) to apportion the variability...

Ancient terrestrial forests reborn as modern marine ecosystems under shifting sea levels

Abstract Sea-level rise and coastal erosion can submerge terrestrial carbon-rich landscapes, yet the ecological fate and climate significance of such relict coastal carbon deposits remain largely unknown. We report the discovery of submerged tropical peat reefs in the shallow coa...

Co-creating and testing a bibliotherapy e-storybook for children coping with parental complex post-traumatic stress disorder

The e-storybook was perceived as a useful bibliotherapy tool to support child and family outcomes and to facilitate meaningful conversations about family experiences.

Rural Emerging Adults’ Adjustment Experiences Post-Cumulative Extreme Weather Events

This project contains survey questions and analysis files for a paper by Natasha Searles, which constitutes part of her PhD project. The data analysis is conducted in jamovi.

RNA degradation by ribonuclease T2 is required for phosphate homeostasis in S. cerevisiae

Phosphate is a critical building block for key biomolecules including ATP, DNA, RNA, and phospholipids. Consequently, cells monitor phosphate levels and acquire phosphate when intracellular levels become low. Here we demonstrate an unanticipated connection between the enzymatic a...

Future northeastern U.S. forests: Seedling survival and growth is shaped by species-specific responses to climate, canopy openness and soil quality

Seedling regeneration in temperate forests is influenced by both climatic conditions and the microenvironment, but the interacting effects of soil type, canopy openness, and species identity remain poorly understood. We examined how interactions among climate, soil type, canopy o...

The Open-Shell Organic Systems Database: Diverse CCSD(T)/CBS Reaction Energies for Assessing Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning Methods

Abstract We present the Open-Shell Organic Systems (OSOS) database, a diverse benchmark set comprising 9934 atomization, isomerization, and H-abstraction energies computed at the CCSD(T)/CBS limit via W1-F12 theory. Historically, large-scale data sets (e.g., QM9 and ANI-1x) have...

A Novel Spray-on Dressing is Comparable to Silver Impregnated Foam Dressing in Controlling MRSA Infection and Promoting Healing

Abstract Burn injuries disrupt the skin barrier, increasing susceptibility to infection, delaying healing, and can potentially becoming life-threatening. Wound dressings mitigate this risk by protecting the wound from environmental pathogens. This study evaluated a novel antimicr...