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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 …

Development Of A Shelf-Stable Proxy For Camera-Based Beef Grading Systems, Anna G. Hilton, Jessie C. Morrill

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

The American Meat Science Association's USDA Grading Committee recently expressed the need for a proxy device to verify that various camera grading systems produce consistent readings. To fulfill this need, we developed a proxy device made from 3D printed epoxy resin and other materials. The proxy was designed to have a known fat thickness and ribeye area. The proxy has a ribeye area of approximately 14 square inches and a fat thickness that ranges from 0.4 - 0.6 inches depending on the exact measurement location. The amount of marbling in the proxy can be adjusted incrementally and …

Prediction Of Intramuscular Fat Content Of Beef Longissimus Muscle, Kyra L. Elliott, Willy J. Horne, Bucky L. Gwartney, Jessie C. Morrill

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

In this study, we report the percentage of extractable intramuscular fat that is associated with beef longissimus muscle from a range of USDA marbling scores. The marbling scores were determined by two beef grading camera systems. We also assessed the utility of an open-source imaging software (ImageJ) for objectively quantifying the percentage of intramuscular fat, represented by pixels, in digital images of beef longissimus muscle.

Are Midwest Region Extension Professionals Prepared To Answer Food Safety Questions About Various Meat Products?, Esther Vanoverbeke, Byron D. Chaves

Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports

Summary with Implications

Forty-eight million consumers in the U.S. get a foodborne illness each year; 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. Approximately one-third of those illnesses are related to animal-based foods, including meat. With meat-like alternatives being more readily available, it is critical to ensure these foods are handled appropriately to reduce foodborne illnesses. This project evaluated the food safety knowledge of extension professionals related to plant-based products and meat alternatives. A survey was distributed via the North Central Region Extension Center to Extension professionals (N=52). Most respondents, 58%, neither agreed or disagreed that plant-based meats/meat alternatives are microbiologically riskier …

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

No abstract provided.

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

Undergraduate Catalog of Studies

No abstract provided.

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

School of Law Catalog of Studies

No abstract provided.

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

Graduate School Catalog of Studies

No abstract provided.

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.

Geoscience Mathematics Self-Efficacy Scale (Geomses) For Majors-Level Undergraduates: Psychometric Data, Michael Coe, Rory Mcfadden, Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Eric Baer

Science Education Resource Center (SERC)

Self-efficacy is often investigated as a key attitudinal component of academic persistence and performance, and self-efficacy surveys can serve in research models as efficient and non-threatening assessment tools to augment or substitute for achievement or performance measures. The Geoscience Mathematics Self-Efficacy Scale (GeoMSES) builds on prior work in measurement of self-efficacy for mathematics by focusing specifically on students’ capacity to apply mathematical skills to typical problems encountered in majors-level undergraduate geoscience courses or in professional geoscience settings. The scale was developed as part of program evaluation research for a set of learning modules designed to augment existing geoscience curricula. In …

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 …

Closing The Open Door: Curbing The Corporate Exploitation Of Tax Loopholes, Michael Fouladi

St. Thomas Law Review

Corporate America has long been the standard for business, serving as a beacon of hope to aspiring pioneers, entrepreneurs, liars, cheats, and frauds. With the rise of consumerism, citizens have become increasingly reliant on goods provided by corporations for their survival, as a result of local and familyowned businesses slowly disappearing due to acquisitions, takeovers, or bankruptcy filings. Subsequently, corporations today are more profitable, accounting for inflation, than ever before in American history. Ironically, however, corporate taxes are contributing less to the United States (U.S.) Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) than ever before. Through the current system of tax collection, revenue …

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? …

The Direct-Derivative Divide In Florida Shareholder Litigation, Itai Fiegenbaum

St. Thomas Law Review

This Article analyzes the evolving jurisprudence surrounding the classification of shareholder claims in Florida business entity litigation. Shareholder and member lawsuits take one of two forms: direct claims, which allege personal harm to the entity owner, and derivative claims, which seek redress on behalf of the entity. While both aim to deter insider misconduct and ensure accountability, the procedural posture and practical consequences of each are dramatically different. Direct claims allow shareholders immediate access to judicial relief. Derivative claims, by contrast, impose significant procedural hurdles that often preclude review on the merits. The proper classification of a claim is therefore …

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 …

"The Battle Will Not Be Over": 60 Years Of The Voting Rights Act, Annmarie Foy

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

Together, the panels at the Minnesota Law Review’s Vol.110 Symposium highlighted a pivotal moment in the trajectory of voting rights in the United States. As the Supreme Court undermines key provisions of the Federal VRA, and the executive branch exerts its might on restrictive measures, scholars and practitioners alike grapple with the implications for voting rights, election law, and democracy writ large. The Articles and Essays in this Issue document this volatile transformation in the law and offer a call to action to safeguard voting rights in the United States—through the Federal VRA, the Federal Constitution, State VRAs, and state …

Further Investigation Of The Effect Of Estrogen On Candida Albicans Filament Growth On Different Liquid Media, Authors

Biology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Exercise Science Bs, Kinesiology, Sport, And Recreation

Program Revisions/Additions

No abstract provided.

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 …

Bankruptcy As A National Security Risk, Jason Jia-Xi Wu

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

Defense contractors lie at the heart of the U.S. national security regime. Each year, over half of the federal defense budget is allocated to contracts outsourcing military operations, projects, and services to private companies. However, defense outsourcing carries a ticking time bomb: mounting private debt. Today, the defense industry is among the nation’s most indebted sectors, fueled largely by the rise of private equity. Over the past two decades, more than 1,500 defense contractors have been acquired by private equity firms through leveraged buyouts (LBOs)—high-risk takeovers funded almost entirely by debt. At any moment, this private debt time bomb could …

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 …

Article Iii And The Recess-Appointed Judge, Alexander Gouzoules

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

Roughly three hundred Article III judges have decided cases without life tenure, serving under short-term commissions issued through the Recess Appointments Clause. And yet the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on non-Article III adjudication holds that the Constitution strictly forbids judges without life tenure from exercising the judicial power of the United States.

This Article explores the tension between the nation’s long history of temporary federal judges commissioned through the President’s recess appointment power and the Court’s formalist approach to adjudication by bankruptcy judges, administrative agencies, and other tribunals without lifetime appointments. It uncovers unexamined evidence that early American presidents and judges …