University of Wyoming

The Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment model-observation intercomparison project (COMBLE-MIP) – Part 1: Model specification, observational constraints, and preliminary findings

Models struggle to represent the coupled microphysical, turbulent and radiative processes within widespread, long-lived marine cold-air outbreak (CAO) cloud fields, contributing to forecast and climate biases. Here we combine ground-based and satellite measurements to initialize...

Reclaiming Emotional Agency: Counseling as a Site of Affective and Structural Recovery

Emotional agency is often presumed in counseling, yet many clients, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, experience emotional life as fragmented, silenced, or socially illegible. This article introduces a conceptual framework positioning counseling as a site of affec...

Frequency-aware multi-tier machine learning framework for item-level highway construction cost estimation: an improvement on uniform models

Accurate pre-bid cost estimation remains a persistent challenge for state highway agencies, where conventional machine learning approaches apply a single model uniformly across all bid items regardless of their historical data support. This study introduces a three-tier machine l...

The Leisure of AI Agents on Moltbook?

Moltbook was launched as a platform made for Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents to have a “place to relax, let loose, and make friends.” Although agents engage in leisure-like behavior in this space, we argue that these expressions represent orchestrated and programmed performan...

Detailed experimental investigation of the aerodynamics and blade/tower interaction of a 1.5 MW wind turbine in a downwind configuration

Abstract. We present a detailed experimental investigation of the flow details of the blade/tower interaction on a 1.5 MW wind turbine operated in a downwind configuration. The study aims to address claims of shortcomings in the downwind turbine concept, such as impulsive blade l...

Late Miocene capybara in the Atacama Desert reveals a wetter climate and a transcontinental dispersal pathway

Abstract We report the oldest record of a capybara (Caviidae: Hydrochoerinae) in Chile, dated at ca. 8.8 Ma, which along with paleobotanical proxy records, indicates a markedly wetter late Miocene Atacama Desert. Today hyperarid, the Atacama contrasts sharply with the semiaquatic...

Pallas’s cat at the capital’s gates: persistence in a changing Mongolian landscape

Abstract Small carnivores, such as the Pallas’s cat ( Otocolobus manul ), play important ecological roles but remain poorly studied in many parts of their range, particularly in landscapes undergoing rapid human-induced change. We investigated Pallas’s cat occupancy and activity...

Host tissue stoichiometry links nutrient availability to parasite abundance in a piscivorous fish

Abstract Understanding how ecosystem nutrient availability influences parasites is challenging, especially for trophically transmitted parasites in hosts occupying higher trophic levels. Host tissue nutrient stoichiometry may elucidate these effects by indicating nutrient availab...

Mental Health Care Access in Rural Communities Amid the Expansion of Telehealth

Abstract Introduction Compared to metropolitan residents, rural residents face disparities in access to local mental health providers that are even larger than for other health care services. Telehealth appears to be a solution: patients should be able to more easily access provi...

Peer comparisons and the cost of pro-social behavior: Evidence from the lab

Behavioral nudges in the form of peer-comparison information have, in many cases, proven effective in promoting pro-social behavior. The most prominent example is the use of home energy reports in electricity markets. While there is evidence that peer comparisons can induce reduc...

Charting resilience at Rocky Mountain ski areas as winters shrink

Ski resorts across the western U.S. are challenged by global warming, with fewer days of sufficient natural snow during the season and more frequent weather conditions unsuitable for artificial snowmaking early in the season. While this applies to all ski resorts, the magnitude o...

Impact and interplay of ΛCDM analysis choices for LSST cosmic shear

We forecast cosmological parameter constraints for a cosmic shear analysis of the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), defining an analysis framework that can accurately recover the Λ CDM model in the presence of astrophysical and data-related systematics. Wh...

ODIN: Confirmation and 3D Reconstruction of Six Massive Protoclusters at Cosmic Noon

Abstract Protoclusters represent sites of accelerated galaxy formation and extreme astrophysical activity characteristic of dense environments. Identifying massive protoclusters and mapping their spatial structures are therefore crucial for understanding how large-scale environme...

“It’s Like You Are Stamped and Then You Never Get to Be Anything Else”: A Photovoice Exploration of Stigma, Oppression, and Substance Use

Grounded in community-based participatory research (CBPR) and an arts-based data collection process known as photovoice, this study analyzed narratives and photos conveying the harmful impact of various social systems on people with a history of substance use. Interviews were con...

Forest canopy decline under elevated CO 2 during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Uncertainty remains regarding the impact of rapid anthropogenic warming on forest ecosystem structure, biodiversity, and function. As an analog, we reconstruct forest canopy density and compositional change in Wyoming, USA, through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), an...

Still a soldier: Navigating military identity during incarceration

Incarcerated veterans are a unique segment of the prison population, but despite growing research, the voices of incarcerated veterans remain largely absent from literature. Drawing upon Narrative Identity Theory, this study examines how veterans construct and negotiate their mil...