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Custom Hydroponic Lid Design, Noah Langenfeld

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This data set contains files necessary to recreate a custom hydroponic lid for a two-gallon bucket. Additional component descriptions are available online at cea.usu.edu.

Data Repository For "The Influence Of Hydrologic And Salinity Conditions On Drought-Tolerant Great Salt Lake Wetland Plant Species" By Samantha Kurkowski And Karin Kettenring, Samantha Kurkowski

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This greenhouse experiment investigated the effects of salinity (3 levels) and hydrologic condition (5 levels),  on the cover and biomass of a single mix of 11 native drought- and salt-tolerant species.

Ground To Roof Snow Load Ratio (Gr) Data Release, Brennan Bean, Cooper Nelson, Jesse Wheeler, Scout Jarman, Salam Adil Al-Rubaye, Marc Maguire

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This data release provides historical ground-to-roof snow load ratio (GR) datasets used for snow load research and model development. The release includes original referenced datasets, cleaned country specific datasets, and a master dataset that combines Canadian and United States datasets into a standardized format for research and engineering applications.

Impacts Of Structural Design On Oyster Survival And Predation In Restored Oyster Reefs, Jaden E. Akers, Nigel Temple, J. Marcus Drymon, Just Cebrian, J. Patrick Broussard, Ashleigh Robbins, Eric Sparks

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Restoration efforts are critical to ensure healthy oyster populations and the ecosystem services they provide. However, restoration is expensive and outcomes are mixed due, in part, to oyster predation on contemporary structures. Here we assess the effects of reef structural design elements on predator behavior and oyster survival using a paired field and laboratory mesocosm experimental approach. Experimental reefs (n=128) were constructed out of formed concrete and varied in structural features including vertical relief (short vs. tall), continuity (e.g., gapped or continuous), position in the water column (on-bottom or elevated), and slope. Each of the 8 designs was replicated eight …

Global, Regional, And National Burden Of Hiv/Aids, 1990–2023, With The Estimated Burden Attributable To Intimate Partner Violence And Forecasted Impacts Of Funding Cuts Through 2030: Results From The Global Burden Of Disease Study 2023, Austin Carter, Meixin Zhang, Bricia G. Trejo, Megan Verma, Edmond D. Brewer, Dylan Lasher, Jiawei He, Regina Mae Villanueva Dominguez, Amanda Movo, Jianing Ma, Olivia Angelino, Hans J. Elliott, Carolyn M. Shyong, Ian E. Cogswell, Abdullah, Hasan Aalruz, Mulatu Abageda, Ukachukwu O. Abaraogu, Qamar Abbas, Samar Abd Elhafeez, Ashraf Nabiel Abdalla, Emad M. Abdallah, Reda Abdel-Hameed, Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Wakgari Mosisa Abdisa, Meriem Abdoun, Arman Abdous, Zahir Vally

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Background Despite a general improvement in the HIV burden over the past two decades, gendered social determinants including intimate partner violence (IPV) continue to affect women's vulnerability to HIV, which could be further exacerbated as resources dwindle over the coming years. Our study aimed to quantify recent trends in the HIV burden, the magnitude of the HIV burden associated with IPV, and the potential impact of declining financial support globally. Methods Using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2023 framework, we estimated annual HIV incidence, prevalence, and mortality for 204 countries and territories from 1990 …

Aqqd: Annotated Quranic Qira’At Dataset, Linda Smail, Mohammed Lataifeh, Md Sohazur Islam Sozib, Arthur Diniz De Souza

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AQQD (Annotated Quranic Qira'at Dataset) is an open audio dataset of Quranic recitations annotated across canonical Qira'at styles. The dataset is designed to support research in machine learning, speech and audio processing, computational linguistics, and Quranic studies. The current release contains 24,183 WAV audio files from 309 reciters and covers 70 selected Quranic Surahs segmented into representative verses and phonetic variation points. Of these, 23,111 recordings were collected from publicly available sources, including official reciter websites, the Midad repository, MP3Quran, and verified YouTube channels, while an additional controlled subset of 1,072 recordings was obtained from a single reciter recorded as …

Melatonin-Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles Enhance Salinity Tolerance In Brassica Juncea By Modulating Antioxidant Defence And Growth Physiology, Mohini Yadav, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Vikash Kumar, Ankita Singh, Faheem Ahmad, Saurabh C. Saxena

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Soil salinity is a major abiotic stress that severely limits plant growth and productivity by inducing osmotic stress, oxidative damage, and ionic imbalances. The present study evaluated the potential of melatonin-mediated silver nanoparticles (Mel AgNPs) to enhance salinity stress tolerance in Brassica juncea. Pot experiments were conducted using 21-day-old plants exposed to salinity stress and treated with Mel AgNPs at different concentrations (50 and 100 mg L⁻¹) through both root application and foliar spray. Morphological, physiological, and biochemical responses were assessed 48 h after nanoparticle exposure. Salinity stress markedly increased lipid peroxidation and hydrogen peroxide accumulation while suppressing antioxidant defence. …

Novel Ultrasonic Shearing For Monodisperse And Size-Controllable Nanobubble Manufacturing In Therapeutic Delivery Systems, Margaret G. Nanfria, Pedram Sotoudehbagha, Elayaraja Kolanthai, Abhijith Rangavajjula, Sun Latt, Andres Alayon Mata, Sudipta Seal, Melanie Coathup, Mehdi Razavi

Research Data and Datasets

This dataset corresponds to the original data for the manuscript titled Nanobubbles for Novel Ultrasonic Shearing for Monodisperse and Size-Controllable Nanobubble Manufacturing in Therapeutic Delivery Systems.

Students’ Perceptions At The University Of Puerto Rico Secondary School Regarding Cellphone Use In The School Environmen, Nicolás Ramos, Nydiaam Vilanova

IALS Journal

This mixed-methods study investigates students’ perceptions of cellphone use at the University of Puerto Rico Secondary School. Data were collected from 133 students through a structured electronic survey examining phone ownership, usage patterns, emotional responses, parental regulation, and opinions regarding cellphone restrictions in schools. Results indicate that most students perceive their cellphone use as appropriate, recognize both educational and social benefits, and oppose complete bans while supporting responsible use and guided autonomy. The findings suggest that schools should emphasize digital citizenship, self-regulation, and balanced technology use rather than punitive restrictions.

Infant Hippocampal And Amygdala Volume In An Observational Follow-Up From A Randomized Clinical Trial For Maternal Prenatal Depression, Catherine H. Demers, Benjamin L. Hankin, Lillybelle K. Deer, Robert J. Gallop, Mercedes Hoeflich Haase, M. Camille Hoffman, Martin A. Styner, Nancy K. Grote, Elysia Poggi Davis

Psychology: Data Sets

Prenatal maternal depression may have intergenerational effects on offspring brain development, with potential socioemotional consequences. In an observational follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of a prenatal depression intervention (the CARE Project; ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03011801), brain development and subsequent negative emotionality were examined among 109 infants born to mothers randomized during pregnancy to brief interpersonal psychotherapy or enhanced usual care. These data include MRI-derived hippocampal and amygdala volumes at approximately 6 weeks of age and a laboratory-based assessment of infant negative emotionality at 6 months.

Resulting Publication: Infant hippocampal and amygdala volume in an observational follow-up from a randomized clinical trial …

Data Linking And Reproducibility Are Underrepresented In Undergraduate Social-Ecological Data Science Training, Carolyn Koehn, Kelly Hopping, Trevor Caughlin, Rebecca Som Castellano, Jodi Brandt

Human Environment Systems Datasets

Environmental research is essential for solving humanity’s sustainability challenges. The era of open data has arrived, with public environmental data proliferating year after year, but the era of open data use has not. Students often lack training to harness ecological and social data, an issue exacerbated by both rising education costs and increasing time pressures on faculty that limit their ability to develop new curricula. Open educational resources for environmental data science can address these challenges. However, it is unclear which data skills are included in existing published teaching materials and whether they adequately prepare students for real-world applications. To …

"Unmuted America": Oer Assignment And Syllabi For Law/Pol 313 Racial Politics, Camara Silver

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Professor Camara Silver created an open syllabus for LAW/POL 313 Racial Politics that includes Unmuted America: Power at Full Volume, a modular political science assignment series. The syllabus and assignment were created as part of an OER course conversion initiative during Spring 2026. The series asks students to examine how power is organized, narrated, defended, and challenged in American public life. Each version uses a two-part structure: “Volume Up,” in which students examine the historical roots, institutional foundations, and present-day structure of a major political issue, and “Volume Down,” in which students analyze a specific case study, source base, …

Polymer Precipitation Influences Membrane Mechanical Properties Of Small Extracellular Vesicles (Sevs), Bianca Mercado Velez, Eduardo Barbieri, Taravat Sarvari, Erico Freitas, Paul Goetsch, Caryn Heldt

Michigan Tech Research Data

Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are promising biomarkers and therapeutic delivery vehicles for disease diagnosis and treatment. However, standardizing isolation and characterization techniques is essential, as different isolation methods can alter the biophysical properties of the sEVs. In this study, we compared the physicochemical properties of HEK-293-derived sEVs isolated by polymer precipitation (PP) and sucrose cushion ultracentrifugation (UC). Using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and chemical force microscopy (CFM), we measured the morphology, adhesion, Young’s modulus, and lipid membrane tethering events to understand how the choice of isolation method influences the sEV properties. AFM topographic images revealed the presence of polymeric residues …

Climate-Responsive Design For Sustainable Construction: Passive Strategies In Domestic Architecture Supporting Sustainability, Nahed Chakouf

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This study explores climate-responsive design in domestic architecture, focusing on the application and effectiveness of passive strategies across various climatic regions, including the UK, hot-arid, tropical, and cold climates. A qualitative comparative case study method was used to explore different passive design strategies, integration of sustainability, procurement, the coordination of stakeholders, and compliance with regulations in residential architectural projects under varying climate conditions. Drawing from a combination of historical case studies and original architectural projects, the research evaluates how spatial configuration, material selection, solar orientation, shading, ventilation, and insulation are optimized to achieve thermal comfort and energy efficiency. In temperate …

P-Value Visualizer, Manish Rami

Software

An interactive tool demonstrating what a user set p-value indicates with regards to probability.

Effect Size & Distributional Overlap Visualizer, Manish Rami

Software

An interactive tool comparing a control group and a treatment group, both with standard scores (M = 100, SD = 15). Cohen's d is expressed in standard deviation units. The three shaded regions show what each group's distribution looks like and how much they overlap. You can either use the preset buttons for effect sizes (SLP benchmarks) or the slider to change the values of Cohen's d to examine the distributions.

Correlation Visualizer, Manish Rami

Software

An interactive tool to understand correlations. The tool uses an example relationship between phonological awareness (CTOPP-2) and reading fluency. Both measures use standard scores (M = 100, SD = 15). Viewers can adjust r to explore how the strength and direction of correlation affects the scatter pattern and shared variance. Use the slider for r to see corresponding changes in the plot and the values of r and effect size.

Dollar$ And $Ense Newsletter Summer 2026, Nova Southeastern University

Dollars & Sense Newsletter

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High-Resolution Lidar Observations For Coupled Effects Of Dry-Air Entrainment And Haze-Cloud Interactions On Cloud Vertical Structure, Jae Min Yeom, Suryadev Pratap Singh, Fan Yang, Hamed Fahandezh Sadi, Jesse Anderson, Yong Meng Sua, Manikandan Rajagopal, Steven Krueger, Will Cantrell, Raymond Shaw

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Clouds act as crucial regulators of the Earth's radiation budget by reflecting shortwave solar radiation and absorbing longwave thermal emission. However, they continue to represent a major source of uncertainty in the climate models due to the subgrid-scale processes of cloud microphysics. A particularly complex mechanism is dry-air entrainment at cloud boundaries, which alters local supersaturation levels and drives droplet activation-deactivation cycles. Despite its significance, capturing these fast, small-scale processes remains an ongoing challenge.

In-situ airborne instruments provide only localized, intermittent spatial sampling along flight paths, whereas traditional ground-based remote sensing techniques lack the fine spatial resolution necessary to observe …

Dataset To Analyzing Energy Use In 2 & 3d Imaging Systems And Workflows, Michael J. Bennett

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Analyzing Energy Use in 2D & 3D Imaging Systems and Workflows Dataset

CONTENTS: Z-WaveReportingProfiles; SessionInput; DroneFlights; SessionsComputed; Types; ByType; GrossSummaryUnweighted; WeightingSummary; Raw Sampling History Data

Interactive Distribution Visualizer, Manish Rami

Software

An interactive tool visualizing types of distribution. Viewers can morph between a bell curve, box plot, and cumulative frequency curve.

Reliability Vs. Validity Visualizer, Manish Rami

Software

A visualization tool to demonstrate the concepts of reliability and validity.

Each target represents repeated measurements of the same person or construct. The crosshair (✛) marks the true score. Reliability = how tightly shots cluster together. Validity = whether shots center on the true score. Click any panel for a clinical SLP example. Also see notes below the plots.

Life Cycle Of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Systems Enable Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage: A Review, Nabeel Al-Qirim, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Hussam Al Hamadi, Akm Ahasan Habib, Shayla Islam

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The lithium-ion battery (LIB) is the primary component of electric vehicles (EVs), and its environmental consequences are significant for the eventual widespread adoption of EVs. Recycling used LIBs protects the environment and allows for the reuse of valuable materials. To achieve the goal of a circular economy, LIB recycling processes that conserve environmentally friendly resources and maintain sustainability need to be developed. The critical technology for achieving global climate goals is carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), which makes it possible to significantly lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across power and industrial systems. The LIB recycling and CCUS are becoming …

Plant-Dominant Low-Protein Diet Versus Standard Care In Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3–5: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol, Joelle Abi Kharma, Rana Sultan, Rana Rizk, Dalya Haroun, Hala Kilani, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Jessica Gubbels, Kathelijne Bessems

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Background The plant-dominant low-protein diet (PLADO), providing 0.6-0.8 g/kg/d of protein with ≥50% derived from plant sources, may improve acid–base balance and metabolic outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, concerns remain regarding safety and feasibility, and experimental evidence is limited. Objective This protocol describes a randomized controlled trial (RCT), designed to evaluate the efficacy, nutritional and biochemical safety, implementation feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of PLADO compared with the standard renal diet in adults with CKD stages 3-5. Methods This unblinded, parallel-group RCT will enroll 48 adults with CKD stages 3-5 in a medical center in Lebanon and randomize participants 1:1 …

R Code And Supporting Data For "Fast And Slow Water Handling Strategies Explain Pinyon Pine Decline And Juniper Expansion", Andrew Kulmatiski, Muhammad Faraz Rehman

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This repository contains the datasets, R scripts, HYDRUS-1D model files, weather data, and supporting materials used for the M.S. thesis, "Fast and Slow Water Handling Strategies Explain Pinyon Pine Decline and Juniper Expansion." The study investigated root water uptake and water-use strategies of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) and Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) using stable isotope tracer experiments, soil water flow modeling, leaf water potential measurements, stomatal conductance measurements, and environmental data collected across an aridity gradient in southern Utah, USA.

Parental Effects In Fall Webworm, Emma Sellers, Mykaela Tanino-Springsteen, Mayra Vidal, Dhaval Vyas, Gina Wimp, Mariana Abarca, Mattheau Comerford, Shannon Murphy

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The environment or experiences of a parent generation can impact the fitness of the next generation, a phenomenon known as parental effects. While a high-quality diet can directly benefit an individual and a low-quality diet can reduce fitness, a parental effect occurs only when there is a transgenerational response to these stimuli that manifests in the individual’s offspring. In dietary generalists, a parental effect could play an important role for offspring performance if the species experiences considerable variation in quality across host plants; positive parental effects may result from host matching between parents and offspring on high-quality host plants, whereas …

Dataset For Re-Assessing The Status Of High Desert Bird Populations Of The Morley Nelson Birds Of Prey National Conservation Area After 30 Years Of Change, Madeline C. Aberg, Jeremy Halka, Joseph M. Weldon, Robert A. Miller, Jay D. Carlisle

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Bird populations across North America are in decline. In sagebrush and other shrubsteppe habitats, habitat loss and other human pressures threaten bird communities. Our study assessed the status of a bird community at the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, a high desert site in southwestern Idaho, USA. Between 29 May and 14 June 2022, and 31 May and 19 June 2023, we conducted avian point count surveys at historical points that were surveyed two or more years from 1992–1995. We assessed changes in bird species detections, vegetation, and fire history between survey periods, as well …

The Role Of Chatgpt In Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review Of Applications, Perceptions And Ethical Implications, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Shiyu Hu, Ons Al-Shamaileh, Ramy Hammady, Nishara Nizamuddin

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Purpose – This study aims to systematically review the emerging literature on ChatGPT in higher education, focusing on its applications, impacts and ethical implications from the perspectives of students and academic staff. By synthesising evidence across disciplines and geographical contexts, the review identifies key benefits such as enhanced learning efficiency and artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, alongside challenges including academic integrity risks and unequal access. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive, student-centred understanding of ChatGPT’s role in higher education and to offer actionable insights for policy, practice and future research. Design/methodology/approach – This study adopts a systematic literature review (SLR) …

Synthetic-Chicken-Fillets, Chirantan Sen Mukherjee, Seung-Chul Yoon, William J. Beksi

Agriculture

This Synthetic-Chicken-Fillets dataset contains 1,000 synthetic 3D meshes designed to capture the natural variance and size diversity of real broiler fillets. The collection was developed to test automated woody breast detection algorithms within a physics-based simulation environment. We utilized a seed dataset of 2D depth maps derived from 40 real-world RGBD point cloud scans. These real depth maps were fed into a few-shot transfer learning pipeline using a generative adversarial network architecture. The resulting generated depth maps were reconstructed back into 3D meshes. The length and thickness of each mesh were randomly scaled based on physical measurements of real broiler …

Daniels Distinction Portfolio By Adrian Minde Hunshammer, Adrian Minde Hunshammer

Finance: Undergraduate Distinction Portfolios

A Daniels Distinction Portfolio of experiential education by Adrian Hunshammer.