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Evaluation Of Renergy On Finishing Steer Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, And Liver Abscess Prevalence And Severity, Sofia Suarez Lorences, Jeff Heldt, Pablo L. Loza, Galen E. Erickson

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

A feedlot study evaluated the effects of Renergy™ (Selko USA) and Rumensin® (Elanco Animal Health) on growth performance, carcass traits, and liver abscess severity in finishing beef cattle. Using a 2 × 2 factorial design, cattle were fed one of four diets: control (no additive), Renergy, Rumensin, or both additives combined. A significant interaction between Renergy and Rumensin was observed for feed conversion, with a tendency for interaction in dry matter intake (DMI). Cattle fed Renergy tended to have lower DMI and lower average daily gain, though DMI did not differ between cattle fed both additives and …

Evaluation Of Enteric Methane From Cattle Adapted Using Ramp Vs. A Traditional Forage Program Stepped Up To Different Finishing Diets, Jack T. Fort, Isaque F. Vicci, Josh R. Benton, Rebecca L. Mcdermott, Jim C. Macdonald, Maggie E. Youngers, Galen E. Erickson

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

A 93-day finishing experiment evaluated feeding RAMP (Cargill Corn Milling, Blair NE) during diet adaptation and finishing diet containing 20% Sweet Bran compared to a traditional adaptation program using forage with a finishing diet without Sweet Bran on methane and carbon dioxide production, animal performance and carcass characteristics in beef steers. Cattle were measured using a calorimetry emission barn to quantify the production of methane and carbon dioxide during step 1 of adaptation and 1 time during finishing diet. Feeding RAMP did not significantly reduce methane but did reduce the ratio of methane to carbon dioxide during …

Evaluation Of Enteric Methane From Cattle Adapted To The Same Finishing Diet Using Ramp Versus Forage, Jack T. Fort, Isaque F. Vicci, Josh R. Benton, Rebecca L. Mcdermott, Jim C. Macdonald, Maggie E. Youngers, Galen E. Erickson

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

A 139-day finishing experiment evaluating the effects of feeding RAMP (Cargill Corn Milling, Blair NE) during diet adaptation compared to a traditional forage program on methane and carbon dioxide emissions was done to corroborate a previous study (2025 Nebraska Beef Report, pp. 55-58). Cattle were measured using a calorimetry emission barn to quantify the production of methane and carbon dioxide during step 1 of adaptation and 1 time during a common finishing diet. Feeding RAMP had no statistical reduction in methane or carbon dioxide production during step 1. When cattle were fed the same finishing …

Health Indicators Worsened By Moderate-Intensity Heat Stress Are Only Partially Recovered By Ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation, Melanie R. White, Shelley A. Curry, Ashley A. Hahn, Jessica L. Petersen, Ty B. Schmidt, Dustin T. Yates

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

Heat stress throughout the summer and into the fall is a persistent hurdle for growing and finishing cattle in Nebraska. Minimizing the impact of heat on growth and well-being of cattle is critical to the productivity and profitability of beef production. This project aimed to evaluate the effect of an anti-inflammatory dietary supplement, ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA), on physiological indicators of stress during a 4-day moderate-intensity heat challenge. Heat stress elevated core body temperature and respiration rates as expected but did not impact circulating inflammatory biomarkers. Heart rate variability measurements indicative of adrenergic stress and …

Modulation Of Heat Stress Responses In Cattle Supplemented With Dietary Ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Shelley A. Curry, Melanie R. White, Ashley A. Hahn, Dustin T. Yates

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

Heat stress in beef cattle triggers physiological and metabolic disturbances that compromise performance, health, and welfare. In this study, Red Angus heifers exposed to heat stress for 5 days exhibited elevated body temperatures, increased heart and respiration rates, and altered hematological and acid–base parameters. A commercial ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) dietary supplement failed to improve heat stress-reduced ribeye area or red blood cell parameters but did resolve the reduction in blood chloride concentrations, which is consistent with restoration of electrolyte balance and hydration under heat stressed conditions. These results indicate that ω-3 PUFA supplementation offers some …

Inclusion Of Palm Oil Products In Finishing Diets On Ground Beef Quality And Retail Stability, Anna Kobza, Galen E. Erickson, Jim C. Macdonald, Mitch L. Norman, Josh R. Benton, Rebecca L. Mcdermott, Long Zou, Kyra L. Elliott, Anna G. Hilton, Chad A. Russell, Jessie C. Morrill

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

Rising costs and availability of supplemental fats have increased interest in alternative fat sources in feedlot finishing diets, including palm oils. This experiment evaluated how refined, bleached, and deodorized (RBD) palm oil products included in the diet of feedlot finishing steers affect beef fat color and ground beef shelf-life. Steers were fed diets with no supplemental fat (No Oil), corn oil (Corn Oil), whole palm (Whole Palm), palm stearin (Stearin), or palm olein (Olein) at 4% dietary DM. Subcutaneous fat from cattle fed corn oil was more yellow than that from No Oil or palm oils. Ground …

2026 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

The 2026 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report brings together applied research, emerging technologies, and management insights that directly address the evolving challenges and opportunities facing today’s beef industry. This year’s collection includes 36 articles that span the full beef production system, from cow/calf and forage management to feedlot nutrition, animal health, behavior, meat quality, and sustainability, providing science-based guidance grounded in real-world production contexts.

Cow/Calf Nutrition, Reproduction, and Management

This section highlights management strategies that influence reproductive success and long-term herd performance. Articles focus on late-gestation heifer nutrition and practical applications of artificial insemination to support efficient, productive cow/calf systems.

Forage, …

A Case Of Primary Gastric Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma With Tumor Lysis Syndrome And The Warburg Effect, Sarah Barnhardt, Brooke Escoe, Mary Carter

South Atlantic Division GME Research Day 2025

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Undergraduate Catalog Of Studies, 2025-2026, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Undergraduate Catalog of Studies

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Law Catalog Of Studies, 2025-2026, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

School of Law Catalog of Studies

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Graduate Catalog Of Studies, 2025-2026, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Graduate School Catalog of Studies

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Bringing Pandemic Science To The Classroom: Building Public Health Capacity At A Rural Kentucky High School, Sahar Alameh, Anna G. Hoover, James W. Keck, Scott M. Berry, Sagan Goodpaster, Savannah Tucker, Ashley Goodin

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Faculty Publications

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a multidisciplinary team at the University of Kentucky developed an interdisciplinary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and environmental health unit—the Wastewater Assessment for Coronavirus in Kentucky: Implementing Enhanced Surveillance Technology (WACKIEST) Unit—for high school students in summer 2022. This case study outlines the WACKIEST Unit, which focused on wastewater surveillance and COVID-19, the obstacles faced during development and recruitment, and implementation of the WACKIEST Unit in conjunction with a rural wastewater surveillance initiative. The unit was implemented in spring 2023 at a rural high school in Kentucky, spanning 12 days and engaging 190 students. …

Faculty Handbook, 2025-2026, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Faculty Handbook

No abstract provided.

Lived Experiences Of Black Girls In The City Of Richmond, Va, Nakeina E. Douglas-Glenn, Yali Pang, Charity Scott, Morgan Woodle, Craig Dearfield, Mariam Ai-Khafaji, T'Niyah Baylor, Faith Holmes, Jin Dorjderem, Rise

Research Institute for Social Equity

The VCU Research Institute for Social Equity (RISE) partnered with Girls For A Change (GFAC), a nonprofit youth development organization, to explore the lived experiences of Black girls in Richmond, Virginia. The report offers a comprehensive understanding of the lives of Black girls by working closely with them and their communities, including their guardians/parents and Black emerging adult women. The voices of Black girls and emerging adult Black women were heard directly through surveys and focus groups, and their parents and guardians provided further insights through interviews. This approach allows us to understand their lived experiences, individual strengths, and community …

The Budget, Fiscal Year 2026-2027, Tennessee. Department Of Finance And Administration

Budget Volume 1

This document is the final budget for the coming fiscal year.

Beyond Likes And Reposts: Social Media's Role In Warfare, Britney Arteaga

St. Thomas Law Review

Social media has become a double-edged sword in our current digital era, bringing both serious advantages and disadvantages to the forefront of domestic and international discussions. Social media has become a weapon in political, cultural, and even military conflicts due to the spread of unregulated content, despite it enabling people to interact, share information, and voice their opinions. Social media has facilitated the spread of hate speech, propaganda, and false information, which in turn distorts realities and shapes narratives and opinions. Social media's effect on both a domestic and global scale have been catastrophic, ranging from promoting violence to further …

Platforms, Power, And The Public Square: The Debate On Editorial Rights In The Age Of Social Media, Donovan Smith

St. Thomas Law Review

Social media has taken a hold on society and continues to tighten its grip; its influence is undeniable. Today, billions of people all over the world use social media for news, weather updates, communication, commerce, and self-expression every day. With the increasing dependence on social media, it is essential that the civil liberties and fundamental rights of social media users remain protected. Over the last decade, censorship of users and content on social media has become a key political talking point, especially when coupled with concurring events like elections and global pandemics. But is any of this censorship even allowed? …

Mapping Environmental Justice, Dave Owen, Gaby Salazar Kitner

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

For decades, environmental justice activists have struggled to find legal fixes for the environmental burdens that poor communities and people of color often face. In recent years, government agencies, academic researchers, and activists have developed an innovative new approach: computer-based environmental justice mapping (EJ-mapping) applications. Dozens of these applications have emerged, and, in some circles, enthusiasm is widespread. The applicationsÊ proponents argue that they can be "game changers" for environmental justice, and the applications now help determine regulatory obligations and distribute billions of dollars in funding. But the emergence of EJ-mapping also raises questions about whether computer-driven decisions can achieve …

The Moral Complacency Of Federal Indian Law, Daniel B. Rice

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

For all its association with historical tragedy, federal Indian law remains thoroughly amoral. The field draws little distinction between horrific and laudable traditions. In sharp contrast with the Court's equality doctrines, Indian law continues to rest on explicit structural subordination. Its core precepts treat acts of historical treachery and cultural annihilation as legally generative in the present. This Article identifies Indian law's moral vacuity as an unexplained and unjustified aberration. It urges the Court to speak and theorize about Indian law in a register befitting the subject's moral gravity.

In recent years, Justice Gorsuch has shown that Indian law's moral …

West Nile Virus Transmission Suitability Modeling For Culex Pipiens Via Temperature And Humidity, Hunter Jones, David Brett-Major, Joseph R. Fauver, Yeongjin Gwon, Jesse E. Bell

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

West Nile Virus (WNV) is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the United States, yet predicting its transmission remains a significant challenge for public health officials. Many studies use correlative statistical models to predict disease cases using temperature and humidity, but accessible mechanistic approaches that simulate mosquito behavior traits can capture more of the transmission process. This study adapts an existing R-language package, the Mosquito-borne Viral Suitability Estimator (MVSE), which was created to model Aedes aegypti mosquito transmission of dengue, and tunes it to Culex pipiens transmission of WNV. Equations for mortality, biting rate, and incubation period were updated, …

Factors Affecting Detection And Quantification Of Schistosoma Haematobium Eggs In Pooled Urine Samples, Abraham Degarege, Bruno Levecke, Christopher R. Bilder, David Brett-Major, Abebe Animut, Yohannes Negash, M. Jana Broadhurst, Tzeyu L. Michaud, Berhanu Erko

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: Building on our previous work showing that pooled urine testing can rapidly detect Schistosoma haematobium infections but has limited sensitivity in low-intensity settings or with large pool sizes, this study evaluated how urine volume, pool size, infection intensity, and diagnostic method affect the detection and quantification of S. haematobium eggs in pooled samples.

METHODS: Between July 2022 and April 2023, 2,134 urine samples from school-age children living in three regional states of Ethiopia were individually examined by deploying urine filtration microscopy (UFM). Subsequently, 5, 10, 20 and 40 individual samples were strategically pooled and examined by deploying UFM and …

The Crisis In U.S. Cancer Care: Law, Markets, And Privatization, Daniel G. Aaron

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Cancer is surging among youth and young adults in the United States, yet, instead of public regulation addressing its root causes, we have outsourced the management of cancer to the private sector. A suite of laws, embodying faith that corporations will cure cancer, has subsidized the cancer biomedical enterprise and transformed quasi-public institutions into marketized, profit-seeking entities. These changes, across patent law, healthcare law, innovation law, and Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) law, have privatized cancer.

The market failures I describe in U.S. cancer care raise larger questions about who we entrust with managing critical social problems. This …

Is Labor Preemption Good For Labor?, Benjamin I. Sachs, John Fry

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Labor law has long been the exclusive province of the federal government with state and local policies choked off by the operation of preemption doctrine. But the longstanding rules of labor preemption have been destabilized by recent attacks emanating from both the executive and judicial branches. This Article addresses the question of whether labor preemption is good or bad for union organizing. It aims thereby to enable a wide range of actors·including executive branch officials, congressional representatives, labor movement organizations, and employers·to decide whether federal labor preemption is worth preserving. To this end, the Article illustrates what states and cities …

Preventing Harm At The Source: The Case For Regulatory Justice, Keith Ellison

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

What if the key to reducing crime in our communities was not more prosecution, but smarter regulation? I argue in this Article that consumer law is an underused and powerful addition to traditional criminal law in combating crime. Drawing on six cases brought by my office over the last seven years, I show how consumer protection statutes and civil common law doctrines can be used to hold manufacturers, distributors, and retailers responsible for practices that facilitate criminal harm, like gun violence, car theft, and drug misuse. While not a substitute for all criminal enforcement, this “regulatory justice” approach shifts moral …

Dismantling Disability Segregation, Seth E. Packrone

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Over fifty years ago, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) promised that students with disabilities would attend school alongside their nondisabled peers in the least restrictive environment. Yet today this pro-inclusion educational vision remains unrealized. School districts nationwide continue to place many students with disabilities in segregated educational settings, including disability-only public schools. These schools frequently function as stops along the school-to-prison pipeline or as dumping grounds for low-income students of color who have disabilities that affect their behavior.

Congress originally intended for the IDEA to dismantle this type of disability segregation, but courts have made a series of …

Faith Investors, Amelia Miazad

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

It is the best of times for advocates of religious liberty and the worst of times for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investors. Over the past few decades, the Supreme Court has expanded protections for religious individuals, organizations, and corporations by interpreting the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses evermore expansively. Meanwhile, for ESG investors, times are grim. Conservative lawmakers have vowed to “eradicate this evil pollutant from our markets” and are making good on their promise with a wave of legislation, investigations, and congressional hearings—aimed at preventing investors from incorporating environmental and social issues into investment decisions. The Securities and Exchange …

State Vras And The State Of The Vra, Michael Pernick, Adam Harper

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

For decades, changes in the interpretation and application of federal election law have limited the reach of hard-won protections for voters of color enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (the federal VRA). United States Supreme Court opinions, including Shelby County v. Holder, Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Louisiana v. Callais, have rendered the core provisions of the federal VRA wholly ineffective. Against this backdrop, State Voting Rights Acts (SVRAs) have emerged as a necessary and urgent response to protect the right to vote—not merely filling the gaps left by federal retrenchment, but building the durable, …

The Poly Problem In Zoning: Redefining "Family" For A Changing Society, Aric Short, Tanya Pierce

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Single-family zoning has long dictated not only where people may live but also with whom. Although extensively critiqued for perpetuating racial and economic exclusion, these laws also privilege relationships defined by blood, marriage, or adoption and marginalize nontraditional families. This Article focuses on a particularly overlooked group: polyamorous families who often face legal uncertainty, social exclusion, and housing discrimination due to restrictive zoning definitions of “family.”

As polyamory gains cultural visibility and increasing legal recognition—through West 49th Street, LLC v. O’Neill and municipal reforms in cities like Somerville and Cambridge—now is the time to examine zoning's role in reinforcing outdated …

Waging The Battle For Society's Soul: The Constitutionality Of Juvenile Transfer Legislation In The Wake Of Jones V. Mississippi, Logan Knutson

Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present)

Trying juvenile defendants as adults is a cruel, yet enduring practice in U.S. criminal law. If convicted, these youthful offenders face brutal conditions in adult prison and a lifelong stigma. Although these devastating consequences of conviction are readily apparent, juvenile transfer is insidious even absent a prison sentence or criminal record.

State-level legislation that mandates or creates a presumption for subjecting juveniles to any degree of proceedings in adult court disregards their unique capacity for rehabilitation—a characteristic of youth that both modern neuroscience and the U.S. Supreme Court have recognized for decades. In the context of sentencing juveniles to life …

Equity In Place, Segregation, And The Phillips Neighborhood, Myron W. Orfield

Articles

This Article describes an existential legal and factual conflict about residential segregation. It is centered in a neighborhood a few blocks north of where George Floyd—and more recently Renee Good—were murdered. Five years before Floyd’s murder, the conflict reached a breaking point, resulting in three lawsuits. One involved federal civil rights and two involved state civil rights claims that housing policy was causing deeper residential and educational segregation. Much of this debate was summarized in a series of articles in the journal Housing Policy Debate before the lawsuits were filed.

On one side were proponents of greater residential and educational …