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Development Of A Low-Cost, Open Source Miniature Rotary Cell Culture System To Simulate Microgravity Within An Irradiated Environment, Elizabeth Vargis, Jr Dennison

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A major challenge for astronauts in long-duration space travel is combatting the hazardous spaceflight environment caused by microgravity and increased levels of ionizing radiation. Microgravity damages cellular DNA by increasing the production of harmful reactive oxygen species, while ionizing radiation damages DNA by creating double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) breaks. Cellular damage due to microgravity and radiation has been investigated using ground-based models, but most models consider microgravity and ionizing radiation alone, or asynchronously. Synchronous modeling better mimics spaceflight conditions and can be used to understand the combined effects of microgravity and ionizing radiation. However, commercially available devices to model microgravity and …

Data Set For An Empirical Analysis Of Search Engines’ Response To Web Search Queries Associated With The Classroom Setting, Oghenemaro Anuyah, Ashlee Milton, Michael Green, Maria Soledad Pera

Computer Science Faculty Scripts and Data

This archive contains queries that capture information in different search contexts. The first file includes those written by children between the 3rd - 6th grade levels, while performing search tasks. We collected and archived this data between the April 2017 -- December 2018, based on Boise State University's IRB approval. We also include simulated queries we extracted from children's reviews. Additional columns in this dataset are children's grade levels, the query source, and the query type (i.e., if it is a keyword, phrase, or question query). The other files are comprised of queries that are meant to lead to the …

Supplemental Material For Cotterill Et Al. 2020: Parsing The Effects Of Demography, Climate, And Management On Recurrent Brucellosis Outbreaks In Elk. Journal Of Applied Ecology., Gavin G. Coterill, Johan T. Du Toit, Paul C. Cross

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Zoonotic pathogens can harm human health and wellbeing directly or by impacting livestock. Pathogens that spillover from wildlife can also impair conservation efforts if humans perceive wildlife as pests. Brucellosis, caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus, circulates in elk and bison herds of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and poses a risk to cattle and humans. Our goal was to understand the relative effects of climatic drivers, host demography, and management control programs on disease dynamics.

Synthesis and applications: Positive serostatus is often weakly correlated with infectiousness but is nevertheless used to make management decisions including lethal removal in wildlife disease …

Crustal Density Variation Of The Eastern U.S., Henglei Zhang, Dhananjay Ravat, Anthony R. Lowry

Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Data

EarthScope’s USArray Transportable Array (TA) has shortcomings for the purpose of interpreting geologic features of wavelengths less than the 70 km TA station spacing, but these can be overcome by using higher spatial resolution gravity data. In this study, we exploit USArray receiver functions to reduce non-uniqueness in the interpretation of gravity anomalies. We model gravity anomalies from previously-derived density variations of sedimentary basins, crustal Vp/Vs variation, Moho variation, and upper mantle density variation derived from body-wave imaging informed by surface wave tomography to estimate Vp/Vs. Although average densities and density contrasts for these seismic variations can be derived, …

Meps Data Assimilation System, Robert W. Schunk, Larry Gardner

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For the current funding opportunity we propose to develop a master system that will enhance the user interface to the MEPS model and enable the scientific community to efficiently use the model. Furthermore, we will build and automate validation tools and improve the efficiency and robustness of the MEPS ensemble averaging scheme. Finally, we will explore the nest step toward a major advancement in MEPS b significantly improving the spatial resolution of one of the data assimilation models to explore meso- and small-scale features.

Isotope Summary Data, Andrew Kulmatiski

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Data includes deuterium tracer uptake data from plant species at the US Sheep Experiment Station.

Aluminum Secondary Electron Yield, Jr Dennison, Phillip Lundgreen

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Accurate modeling of spacecraft charging is essential to mitigate well-known and all-too-common deleterious and costly effects on spacecraft resulting from charging induced by interactions with the space plasma environment. This paper addresses how limited availability of electron emission and transport properties of spacecraft materials—in particular secondary electron yields—and the wide range measured for such properties pose a critical issue for modeling spacecraft charging. It describes a materials charging database being developed, which when used in concert with the strategies outlined herein for best practices for establishing optimized materials properties for spacecraft charging models and specific mission requirements and how these …

Practice Problem Worksheets For Freshman Chemistry I (Openstax Chemistry 2nd Edition), Suzanne Ellenberger, Wenjian Du, Sara Blankenship, Ana West, Rupa Gokal, Joel Caughran

Chemistry Ancillary Materials

This set of practice problem worksheets for Freshman Chemistry I was created under a Round Thirteen Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. These materials are made to supplement OpenStax Chemistry (https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-2e).

Topics covered include:

• Atoms, Molecules, and Ions;
• Gases;
• Compounds;
• Solutions and Colloids;
• Stoichiometry

Molecular Modeling Labs For Freshman Chemistry I, Suzanne Ellenberger, Sara Blankenship, Ana West, Rupa Gokal, Daphne Norton, Nick Nguyen, Cynthia Tope

Chemistry Ancillary Materials

This set of laboratory exercises for Freshman Chemistry I was created under a Round Thirteen Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. The exercises are intended for the AMPAC and Agui chemistry software program, and topics covered include Physical Properties, VSEPR, and a molecular modeling activity.

Class Notes And Worksheets For Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Bikash Das, Hashim Saber

Mathematics Ancillary Materials

This set of Calculus 1 Lecture Notes and Worksheets was created under a Round Thirteen Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. These materials were created to supplement the Lyrix version of Calculus: Early Transcendentals (https://lyryx.com/calculus-early-transcendentals/).

Topics covered include:

• Limits;
• Derivatives;
• Differentiation;
• Differentials;
• Integrals and Integration.

Python Practice Assignments For Computer Science I, Hyrum Carroll, Hillary Fleenor

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

This set of practice assignments for Computer Science 1 were created under a Round Twelve Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision.

The assignments use the Python coding language and the repl.it coding platform and cover the following topics:

• Modules;
• Functions;
• Selections;
• Loops;
• Strings;
• Lists;
• Files;
• Dictionaries.

Data From: Cavitation Clusters In Lipid Systems – The Generation Of A Bifurcated Streamer And The Dual Collapse Of A Bubble Cluster, Silvana Martini, Peter Birkin, Tadd T. Truscott

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Over the past decade several studies have reported the use of high intensity ultrasound (HIU) to induce the crystallization of lipids. The effect that HIU has on lipid crystallization is usually attributed to the generation of cavities but acoustic cavitation has never been fully explored in lipids. The dynamics of a particular cavitation cluster next to a piston like emitter in an oil, was investigated in this study. The lipid systems, which are important in food processing, are studied with high-speed camera imaging, laser scattering and pressure measurements. A sequence of stable clusters were noted. In addition, a bifurcated streamer …

Internet Of Things (Open Course), Rebecca Rutherfoord, Susan Vandeven, Guangzhi Zheng, Hossain Shahriar, Xin Tian

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

This open course for Internet of Things was created through a Round 13 Affordable Materials Grant.

Python Script For Homogeneous Aqueous Chemical Reaction Analysis And Associated Data Related To Radiolysis Simulations, Peter James Doyle, David Bartels

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Nuclear Engineering

No abstract provided.

American Bittern (Botaurus Lentiginosus), Jennifer Smetzer, Toni Lyn Morelli

Second Century Stewardship Refugia Products

No abstract provided.

Configuration Files And Input Data Used For Radar Simulations Described In "The Cloud Resolving Model Radar Simulator (Cr-Sim) Version 3.2: Description And Applications Of A Virtual Observatory", Mariko Oue, Toshihisa Matsui, Pavlos Kollias

SoMAS Research Data

Ground-based observatories use multi-sensor observations to characterize cloud and precipitation properties. A challenge is how to design strategies to best use these observations to understand the atmosphere and evaluate atmospheric numerical prediction models. We have developed the Cloud resolving model Radar SIMulator (CR-SIM), which uses output from high-resolution atmospheric models to emulate multi-wavelength, zenith-pointing, and scanning radar observables and multi-sensor (multi-radar and radar-lidar) integrated products. Here, we publish configuration files used for radar simulations using CR-SIM and atmospheric simulation outputs from the Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model, which were used as inputs for the radar simulations.

Rocketry And Observability Predictions For Cubesat, Juliano A. Everett

Publications and Research

Estimating the visibility of Sunlight reflected by the holographic retro-reflector of Cubesat Alpha, and to convert this to star apparent magnitude to learn more about the visibility of these sails through reflected sunlight, to in turn determine if glints of these holograms are visible by terrestrial observers.

Bulk Spectrum And K-Theory For Infinite-Area Topological Quasicrystals [Dataset], Terry A. Loring

Math and Statistics Datasets

Archived here are files, data and program files, that are supplementary the following article, expected to be published in 2019:

* Terry A. Loring. Bulk Spectrum and K-theory for Infinite-Area Topological Quascrystal. Journal of Mathematical Physics, (2019 est.).

The files, in Matlab format, allow the user to create approximate eigenvalues for a topological Hamilontian on a round patch of a quasicrystal. The data files describe pathes of the Ammann-Bennkeer tiling. One of the data files is really large. Read the file README.txt first (available via the main download button), so see if you can avoid downloading the largest file.

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Optical Gas Imaging Survey Of Oil And Gas Wells In The Uinta Basin, Utah, Seth Lyman, Trang Tran, Marc L. Mansfield

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This is a dataset of oil and gas well pads which were surveyed for hydrocarbon emissions with an optical gas imaging camera deployed from the ground at pad edges. The data are described thoroughly in a peer-reviewed paper: Lyman S., Tran, T., Mansfield, M. Ravikumar, A., 2019. Aerial and Ground-Based Optical Gas Imaging Survey of Uinta Basin Oil and Gas Wells.

These are example videos collected during a hydrocarbon emissions survey of oil and gas well pads in Utah.

ExampleGroundVideo.mp4 is a video created with an optical gas imaging camera of an emission plume from well pad equipment. The video …

Open/Closed Boundary And Energy Cutoff Latitude Data For Papers 1 And 2, David Alan Smith

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Abstract for Paper 1: The open-closed boundary (OCB) defines a region of significant transformation in Earth's protective magnetic shield. Principle among these changes is the transition of magnetic field lines from having two foot points, one in each hemisphere, to one foot point at Earth, the other mapping to the solar wind (SW). Charged particles in the SW are able to follow these open field lines into Earth's upper atmosphere. The OCB also defines the polar cap boundary (PCB). Being able to identify and track the OCB allows study of several components of the geomagnetic system. Among them are the …

Ethical Hacking For Effective Defense (Modules, Labs, And Lectures), Hossain Shahriar

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

Summer 2019 Update: Through a Round Twelve ALG Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision, five new modules have been added to this collection:

• Enumeration with Sparta
• Enumeration with Inguma
• Hacking Web Servers with Dirbuster
• Hacking Web Servers with Skipfish
• Hacking Wireless and IoT with Bluehydra

The following set of materials is used in the Textbook Transformation Grants implementation of Ethical Hacking for Effective Defense:

https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/compsci-collections/8/

Topics include:

• TCP/IP Level Attacks
• Port Scanning
• DDoS
• Footprinting and Social Engineering
• Enumeration
• Programming for Security Professionals
• Operating System Vulnerabilities
• Embedded System Security
• Hacking Web Servers
• Hacking Wireless Networks
• Cryptography
• Protecting Networks with …

Data Supporting The Paper "Aerosol Mediated Glaciation Of Mixed-Phase Clouds: Steady-State Laboratory Measurements", N. Desai, K. K. Chandrakar, G. Kinney, W. Cantrell, R. A. Shaw

Department of Physics Publications

No abstract provided.

Controlling The Stereodynamics Of Cold Molecular Collisions, Balakrishnan Naduvalath, J. F. E. Croft, Meng Huang, Hua Guo

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research

We report numerically-exact quantum scattering calculations for low-energy collisions of quantum-state prepared HD with H2. Excellent agreement is obtained with recent measurements of Perreault et al. for the angular distribution of scattered HD at a collision energy of 1 K. By state-preparation of the HD molecules, control of the angular distribution of scattered HD was demonstrated. The stereo-dynamic control is achieved by the ability to choose a single or a coherent superposition of quantum states. We present a first-principles simulation of the experiment which enables us to attribute the main features of the observed angular distribution to a single L …

Tdim Ionospheric Model Tec Maps Of The High-Latitude Northern Hemisphere, Used In The Paper Titled "Hemispherical Shifted Symmetry In Polar Cap F-Region Patch Occurrence: A Survey Of Gps Tec Data From 2015 To 2018", Michael David, Jan J. Sojka

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TDIM ionospheric model was run for the year 2018 at 10-day intervals and 2-hr intervals in UT.

Elemental And Oxidized Mercury In Ambient Air At Rocky Flats, Colorado, Seth Lyman, Lynne Gratz

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This is a dataset of elemental and oxidized mercury in the ambient atmosphere at latitude 39.912799 and longitude -105.188587. This is the locations of the Rocky Flats North air quality monitoring station, operated by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. We collected these measurements using a dual-channel atmospheric mercury speciation instrument.

Mapping In The Humanities: Gis Lessons For Poets, Historians, And Scientists, Emily W. Fairey

Open Educational Resources

User-friendly Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is the common thread of this collection of presentations, and activities with full lesson plans. The first section of the site contains an overview of cartography, the art of creating maps, and then looks at historical mapping platforms like Hypercities and Donald Rumsey Historical Mapping Project. In the next section Google Earth Desktop Pro is introduced, with lessons and activities on the basics of GE such as pins, paths, and kml files, as well as a more complex activity on "georeferencing" an historic map over Google Earth imagery. The final section deals with ARCGIS Online …

Software For Conformal Boundary Operators, T-Curvatures, And Conformal Fractional Laplacians Of Odd Order, Lawrence Peterson

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The author has developed some new computer software and has used it, together with Mathematica and John M. Lee's Ricci software package, to construct and verify many of the symbolic formulae in the article "Conformal boundary operators, T-curvatures, and conformal fractional Laplacians of odd order," by the author and A. Rod Gover. This software is posted here, along with the Ricci package.

The author has also prepared a special guidelines file describing the new software. This guidelines file briefly describes Mathematica and Ricci as well. One should read Section 3 of the guidelines file before saving the main software file …

Model Data For Jgr Paper "The Role Of Mjo Propagation, Lifetime And Intensity On Modulating The Temporal Evolution Of The Mjo Extratropical Response", Cheng Zheng, Edmund Kar Man Chang

SoMAS Research Data

These data represent a selection of the idealized model data analyzed and presented in the paper "The role of MJO propagation, lifetime and intensity on modulating the temporal evolution of the MJO extratropical response" published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres. Data description: The directory "ensemble_mean" contains the data using ensemble mean of 1000 model members with different initial conditions. First 10 members of the 1000 members are stored in the "individual_member" folder. The data of experiments conducted by the stationary wave model are stored in the "stationary_wave_model" folder. The description of each experiment settings (different heating) can be …

Specification-Based Grading Resources For Openstax College Physics (Ggc), Edward Forringer

Physics and Astronomy Ancillary Materials

This collection of ancillary materials for Introductory Biology was created under a Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. Included are the following resources to assist a faculty member in implementing specification grading in an introductory physics course using OpenStax College Physics:

• Specification Grading Guide
• Specification Documents
• Quizzes
• Practice Final Exam

Author's Description:

"Rather than grading each assignment with partial credit and then taking a weighted average of your assignments to find a grade, this course uses a set of course expectations called “specifications” (spec for short). Each spec has an associated quiz. Some specifications are designated “critical.” …

Modifying Glassy Carbon Electrodes With Graphene Oxide Derivatives To Control Conductivity, Gina Mancini-Samuelson, Alexandra Schmeltzer

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.