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Finishing Location Influences The Color Stability Of Steaks From Grass-Finished Bison Bulls, Garrett Weldy, Christina Bakker, Judson Grubbs, Keith Underwood, Carter Kruse, Ana Paula Salim, Surendranath Suman, Amanda Blair

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Observing Ph Of Grass-Fed Bison Heifer Gastrointestinal Tracts Postmortem, Ekaterina Lopez-Bondarchuk, Madison Higbee, Kallen Kafka, Ava Graham, Phillip Urso

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Dietary Tribasic Copper Chloride Level And Duration In Growing-Finishing Pigs, Courtney L. Pohlen, Angel Martinez, Rafe Q. Royall

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Weaning Acclimation Impacts Feeding Behavior, Thermoregulation, And Growth Performance Of Piglets, Elle Ploger, Katlyn M. Mcclellan, Eric M. Weaver

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Blood Hemoglobin As A Predictor Of Removal Risk And Reproductive Performance In Prolific Sows, Katlyn M. Mcclellan, Sydney N. Aldrich, Courtney L. Pohlen, Robert Harrel, Eric M. Weaver

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Feeding The Prolific Sow For Success: Late Gestation Phase Feeding Improves Farrowing Duration, Micronutrient Status, And Reproductive Performance, Katlyn M. Mcclellan, Jesus Acosta, Sara Hough, Jon Bergstrom, Mark Weaver, Rebecca Robbins, Eric M. Weaver

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Effects Of High Dietary Soybean Meal On The Gut Microbiome Of Finishing Pigs, Angel Martinez, Courtney L. Pohlen, Joseph G. Halbur, Eric M. Weaver, Rafe Q. Royall, Benoit St-Pierre

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Zinc And Fostering On Sow And Piglet Immune States, Jessica Lira-Silva, Eric M. Weaver

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Strategic Use Of Growth Promotant Levels Of Dietary Zinc And Copper During Nursery Periods And Its Effects On Pig Growth Performance Until Mark, Jessica Lira-Silva, Carter Ross, Joseph G. Halibur, Eric M. Weaver

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Differentiating Nutritional Value (Energy And Amino Acids) Of Soybean Meal (Sbm) From Various Origins Fed To Swine, Bree A. Koepke, Alejandra Forero-Salamanca, Aryeri S. Barsdales-Castellanos, Andres F. Bolivar-Sierra, Crystal L. Levesque, Jorge Y. Perez-Palencia

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Nutrient Restriction During Mid-Gestation On Beef Cow Metabolism And Composition, Sydni Lammers, Logan Vandermark, Ira Parsons, Hector Menedez, Jameson Brennan, Zachary Smith, Kenneth Olson, Amanda Blair

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Kernel Processing High Moisture Ear Corn On Growth Performance And Carcass Characteristics In Finishing Steers, Reanna Byrnes-Schoen, Federico Poversich, Warren Rusche, Zachary Smith

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Increasing Potency Of A Steroidal Implant In Beef Steers On Growth Performance, And Carcass Traits From Wean To Finish, Weston Peschel, Federico Podversich, Warren Rusche, Zachary Smith

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Estimation And Application Of A Performance-Derived Maintenance Energy Coefficient For Beef × Dairy Feedlot Cattle, Nathan Rehder, Federico Podversich, Michael Galyean, Zachary Smith

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Hammer-Milled Rye And Inter-Planted Corn And Forage Sorghum Blends As Alternatives To Corn-Based Ingredients For Growing Beef Steer Diets., Sean Robinson, Peter Sexton, Brad Rops, Scott Bird, Warren Rusche, Zachary Smith

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Partial Replacement Of Distillers’ Grains With Heat-Treated Full-Fat Soybeans On Growth And Carcass Characteristics In Finishing Beef Steers, Sean Robinson, Warren Rusche, Federico Podversich, Justin Delver, Zachary Smith

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Steam Flaked Corn On Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, And Gastrointestinal Health In Feedlot Lambs, Reanna Byrnes-Schoen, Federico Podversich, Warren Rusche, Zachary Smith

Animal Science Research Report 2026

No abstract provided.

Integration Of Robotic Arm And Conveyor With Programmable Logic Controller, Drake A. Small

Master's Theses

To meet new curriculum demands brought on by Cal Poly's upcoming switch to semesters, a new, cross-disciplinary lab module was developed for EE 435 (Industrial Power Control and Automation). The module emphasizes career-applicable skills, preparing students for the field of controls engineering within the manufacturing industry. These skills include robotic control, computer networking and configuration, and embedded systems. The work focused on integrating a collaborative robot arm to pick-and-place boxes on a conveyor. A myCobot 320 Pi and an Ultimation Powered Roller MDR Conveyor were integrated with the existing PLC system using Modbus RTU and EtherNet/IP communication protocols, respectively. A …

A History Of The Underground Comix Scene: The Seriousness Of An Unserious Genre, Harris Darcie Shugart

Master's Theses

The Underground Comix Scene of the 1960s and 1970s was born out of an age of censorship. The Comics Code Authority, a regulatory body created by the Comics Magazine Association of America in 1954, established guidelines requiring publishing houses to self-regulate following a recommendation from the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1953. Comix with an X, for their X-rated nature, represent an emerging counter-culture in the latter half of the 1960s and the 1970s, with an epicenter of San Francisco. These comix and their artists were not interested in obtaining the looming ‘Seal of Approval’ from the …

There Be A Dragon, Audreanna Elliott

ETDs from 2020-2029

There Be a Dragon is set in a roughly medieval era world named Aleovion. Evren is the protagonist of the story, a young woman freshly seventeen on the cusp of what should be amazing things. She’s in her last year of schooling and will be on her way to escaping the misery her school has brought her, and on top of that, this is the year she should finally ‘manifest’. Evren’s a part of a sect of beings in this world called ‘Embodied’, people whose ancestry is touched by a mystical creature. This allows them to act as conduits for …

University Of Nebraska At Omaha Division Of Biomechanics And Research Development Annual Report 2023-2025, Uno Biomechanics

Biomechanics Annual Report

This report contains:

A letter from the Director: Dr. Nick Stergiou

Highlights articles

Center for Cardiovascular Research in Biomechanics (CRiB) articles

The Center for Research in Human Movement Variability (MOVCENTR) articles

People of UNO Biomechanics

Student Centered articles

Education Initiative articles

Resource Assessment Report No. 8: Pilbara Prawn Resource - 2024 Assessment, Inigo Koefoed, Rachel Marks, Scott Evans, Sharon Wilkin, Jason How

Resource Assessment Reports

The Pilbara Prawn Resource (Resource) is accessed by three managed commercial fisheries; the Exmouth Gulf Prawn Managed Fishery (EGPMF), the Onslow Prawn Managed Fishery (OPMF) and the Nickol Bay Prawn Managed Fishery (NBPMF). All three fisheries are managed under effort controls, with the EGPMF and OPMF targeting brown tiger prawns (BTP; Penaeus esculentus), western king prawns (WKP; Penaeus latisulcatus), blue endeavour prawns (BEP; Metapenaeus endeavouri), and lesser quantities of banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis). The NBPMF primarily targets banana prawns while also catching BTP, WKP, and BEP in lower numbers. These fisheries are situated adjacent to one another along the Pilbara …

Rethinking Pakistan Studies: The Grounds Of Regional Knowledge After South Asia, Zoya Sameen

FAS Pakistan

This article rethinks Pakistan Studies as both a pedagogical project and a field of knowledge by examining the limits of history as a tool of legitimation. It argues that in the public sphere, history often serves to authorize the present, and shows how Pakistan Studies has historically operated within this framework. At the same time, the article suggests that this condition opens up another possibility: to understand history not as passive inheritance but as an active demand upon the present. Seen in this light, Pakistan Studies emerges not as a stable body of knowledge but as a series of shifting …

Lingo4 Coordinates Ilc3-Intrinsic Il-22 Production And Microbiota-Mediated Ilc3 Homeostasis, José L Fachi, Tihana Trsan, Cristiane Sécca, Sarah De Oliveira, Vinícius R Rodovalho, Patrick Fernandes Rodrigues, Wandy L Beatty, Raki Sudan, Shitong Wu, Bishan Bhattarai, Santosh K Panda, Marina Cella, Susan Gilfillan, Marco Colonna

2020-Current year OA Pubs

LINGO4 is a leucine-rich repeat and immunoglobulin-like domain-containing transmembrane protein encoded immediately adjacent to Rorc, the gene for RORγt, raising the possibility that it contributes to the biology of RORγt+ lymphocytes. However, its impact on these cells and resistance to enteric infections has remained unknown. Here, we identify LINGO4 as a critical regulator of group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s). Lingo4-/- ILC3s exhibit a profound, cell-intrinsic defect in IL-22 production linked to impaired STAT3 activation, mitochondrial dysfunction, elevated ROS, and increased apoptosis. In vivo, Lingo4 deficiency also drives a dysbiotic gut microbiota, resulting in an additional, microbiota-dependent loss of ILC3s. …

Activation Of The Human Β3 Gabaa Receptor By Combinations Of Receptor Protonation With Chemical Agonists And Gain-Of-Function Mutations, Allison L Germann, Spencer R Pierce, Joe Henry Steinbach, Gustav Akk

2020-Current year OA Pubs

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Human Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models: Innovation, Ethics, And Policy, Alfonso Martinez Arias, Thorold Theunissen, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The aim of this White Paper is to establish a foundational framework for research, technological development, and regulation in the emerging field of stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs). These models, generated from Pluripotent Stem Cells, are designed to recapitulate essential events in early stages of human development. They have the potential to illuminate the early stages of embryo development and implantation and hold promise as an avenue to address global health challenges, including infertility and pregnancy loss, congenital, neonatal and adult conditions, and the need for organ transplants. While SCBEMs are not a substitute for human embryos, their tractability for …

Noninvasive Enrichment Of Circulating Tumor Biomarkers In A Mouse Model Of Diffuse Midline Glioma Using Focused Ultrasound, Dingyue Zhang, Yimei Yue, Yan Gong, Leqi Yang, Kevin Xu, Jinyun Yuan, Hong Chen

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Diagnosing diffuse midline glioma (DMG) through invasive tissue biopsies is challenging due to the tumor's eloquent location at the pons. Liquid biopsies offer a promising noninvasive alternative; however, their limited detection sensitivity and lack of information on the source of biomarkers pose great challenges. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of using focused ultrasound (FUS) with microbubbles to enrich circulating DMG tumor biomarkers in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) using a mouse model.

METHODS: Murine DMG cells, transfected with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) and firefly luciferase (Fluc) genes, were orthotopically injected into the mouse brain. …

Quantitative Assessment Of Cardiac Phosphocreatine Metabolism Under Physiological And Pharmacological Stress Using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qi Huang, Caleb Berberet, Ryan Wahidi, Todd Pavek, Cihat Eldeniz, Liya Dai, Rong Guo, Yang Yang, Scott Bugenhagen, Linda R Peterson, Thomas H Schindler, Pamela K Woodard, Jie Zheng

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Phosphocreatine (PCr) exhibits a distinct chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) resonance at ∼2.5 ppm with slower exchange kinetics and lower pH sensitivity than creatine. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility of quantifying myocardial PCr-dominated concentration ([PCr]

METHODS: Phantoms with varied concentrations of PCr and Cr were scanned to characterize PCr CEST signals under physiological conditions. Experiments were conducted at both room temperature and 37 °C with full Z-spectra acquisition. For the study in vivo, CEST imaging was performed in normal canines (n = 13), at rest and after regadenoson vasodilation, and during dobutamine stress (n = 5). In addition, …

Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling Of Decalcified Murine Musculoskeletal Samples Via Xenium Prime 5k, Lindsey Lammlin, Huong X Tran, Aanya Mohan, Michael D Newton, Scarlet C Howser, Stephen J Redding, Christina A Capobianco, Kurt D Hankenson, Alexander J Knights, Tristan Maerz

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Successful generation of high-quality spatial transcriptomics data from murine musculoskeletal tissues has been impeded by the challenge of preserving RNA integrity through the harsh tissue processing steps required for histological sectioning. In particular, the need to thoroughly fix and decalcify mineralized tissues has proven problematic. We detail a comprehensive sample processing pipeline for 3 common murine musculoskeletal tissue samples, enabling high-quality transcript detection via imaging-based spatial transcriptomics using the Xenium Prime 5K platform from 10x Genomics. Our protocol outlines methodological details for transcardiac perfusion, fixation, decalcification, paraffin processing, and a sample co-embedding strategy facilitating anatomically consistent and simultaneous sectioning of …

Neural Plasticity Across Hormonal States In Females: From Modulator To Dynamic Regulator, Takahiro Sasaki, Christine Nwaigwe, Sayaka Inoue

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Ovarian sex steroid hormones play a critical role in regulating fertility. In addition, these hormones influence behavior and mood across the lifespan in females. Converging evidence from rodent studies and human neuroimaging shows that ovarian hormones dynamically regulate neuronal excitability, synaptic efficacy, and structural remodeling across menstrual/estrous cycles, puberty, and reproductive aging. Estrogen and progesterone reorganize network dynamics and gate plasticity eligibility rather than uniformly scaling synaptic strength, with additional contributions from glia, the extracellular matrix, and neurosteroid signaling. Here we synthesize recent cross-scale advances that link structural and functional changes to cellular and circuit mechanisms, and relate these dynamics …