College of Letters & Science: Recent submissions
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Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
(The Royal Society, 2023-07)Particle dynamics and multi-agent systems provide accurate dynamical models for studying and forecasting the behaviour of complex interacting systems. They often take the form of a high-dimensional system of differential ... -
Facilitation strength across environmental and beneficiary trait gradients in stream communities
(Wiley, 2023-08)Ecosystem engineers modify habitats in ways that facilitate other community members by ameliorating harsh conditions. The strength of such facilitation is predicted to be influenced by both beneficiary traits and abiotic ... -
Homo medialiteratus and the media literacy proxy war: mapping the U.S. response to digital dismisinfo
(Informa UK Limited, 2023-07)This article presents findings from a visual network analysis study mapping the collective response to digital disinformation and misinformation, or digital dismisinfo, in the United States. Inspired by the digital ... -
Structural insights into redox signal transduction mechanisms in the control of nitrogen fixation by the NifLA system
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023-07)NifL is a conformationally dynamic flavoprotein responsible for regulating the activity of the σ54-dependent activator NifA to control the transcription of nitrogen fixation (nif) genes in response to intracellular oxygen, ... -
Base-Catalyzed Phenol-Mannich Condensation of Preformed Cesium Iminodiacetate. The Direct Synthesis of Calcein Blue AM and Related Acyloxymethyl Esters
(American Chemical Society, 2023-08)A rapid and highly practical one-flask procedure for the positionally selective preparation of (acyloxy)methyl N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)iminodiacetate and related diesters from iminodiacetic acid and phenols is described. The ... -
Hydrogen-Type Binding Sites in Carbonaceous Electrodes for Rapid Lithium Insertion
(American Chemical Society, 2023-08)Direct pyrolysis of coronene at 800 °C produces low-surface-area, nanocrystalline graphitic carbon containing a uniquely high content of a class of lithium binding sites referred to herein as “hydrogen-type” sites. ... -
Confident detection of doubly ionized thorium in the extreme Ap star CPD-62° 2717
(Oxford University Press, 2023-05)Despite the Universe containing primordial thorium (Th) of sufficient abundance to appear in stellar spectra, detection of Th has to date been tentative and based on just a few weak and blended lines. Here, we present ... -
The Role of Magnetic Shear in Reconnection-Driven Flare Energy Release
(Cornell University, 2023-08)Using observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory's Atmosphere Imaging Assembly and the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, we present novel measurements of the shear of post-reconnection flare loops (PRFLs) ... -
Romance Lands and Conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
(Montana State University, 2023)To fully grasp the significance of this story we explore the history of the West, the development of Yellowstone National Park, something about the discipline of conservation biology and related policy sciences, Grizzly ... -
Estimating contact network properties by integrating multiple data sources associated with infectious diseases
(Wiley, 2023-07)To effectively mitigate the spread of communicable diseases, it is necessary to understand the interactions that enable disease transmission among individuals in a population; we refer to the set of these interactions as ... -
Evaluating the importance of individual heterogeneity in reproduction to Weddell seal population dynamics using integral projection models
(Wiley, 2023-07)Identifying and accounting for unobserved individual heterogeneity in vital rates in demographic models is important for estimating population-level vital rates and identifying diverse life-history strategies, but much ... -
Chthonic severance: dinosaur eggs of the Mesozoic, the significance of partially buried eggs and contact incubation precursors
(The Royal Society, 2023-07)For most dinosaurs, clutches consisted of a single layer of spherical to sub-spherical, highly porous eggs that were probably fully buried. Both eggs and clutch form change drastically with pennaraptoran theropods, the ... -
Origins of the Evil Eye: M64's Stellar Halo Reveals the Recent Accretion of an SMC-mass Satellite
(American Astronomical Society, 2023-06)M64, often called the "Evil Eye" galaxy, is unique among local galaxies. Beyond its dramatic, dusty nucleus, it also hosts an outer gas disk that counter-rotates relative to its stars. The mass of this outer disk is ... -
Spawning Locations of Pallid Sturgeon in the Missouri River Corroborate the Mechanism for Recruitment Failure
(MDPI, 2023-05)Conservation propagation of pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) upstream of Fort Peck Reservoir, MT, USA, has successfully recruited a new generation of spawning-capable pallid sturgeon where there would otherwise be ... -
JWST’s PEARLS: TN J1338–1942 – I. Extreme jet-triggered star formation in a z = 4.11 luminous radio galaxy
(Oxford University Press, 2023-04)We present the first JWST observations of the z = 4.11 luminous radio galaxy TN J1338–1942, obtained as part of the ‘Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science’ (‘PEARLS’) project. Our NIRCam observations, ... -
First observations of Weddell seals foraging in sponges in Erebus Bay, Antarctica
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023-05)Attaching cameras to marine mammals allows for first-hand observation of underwater behaviours that may otherwise go unseen. While studying the foraging behaviour of 26 lactating Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in ... -
Density-related reproductive costs and natal conditions predict male life history in a highly polygynous mammal
(Elsevier BV, 2023-06)Polygynous males allocate substantial resources to sexual traits and behaviours to improve their chances of winning competitions for mates often at the cost of body maintenance. However, the degree to which males experience ... -
Association of racism and substance use treatment with belief in the myth of an American Indian/Alaska Native biological vulnerability to alcohol problems
(American Psychological Association, 2023-06)Objectives: Belief in an American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) specific biological vulnerability (BV) to alcohol problems is associated with worse alcohol outcomes among AIANs. Despite a notable lack of evidence that ... -
Public Water System Governance in Rural Montana, USA: A ‘Slow drip’ on Community Resilience
(Informa UK Limited, 2023-05)Recent waves of U.S. federal waterworks investments aim to repair material as well as socioeconomic deficits. Yet a growing recognition of the central role of local capacity in successful water resources and infrastructure ... -
Using High‐Resolution Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning to Track Dynamic Seasonality in Small Water Bodies
(American Geophysical Union, 2023-04)Small water bodies (i.e., ponds; <0.01 km2) play an important role in Earth System processes, including carbon cycling and emissions of methane. Detection and monitoring of ponds using satellite imagery has been extremely ...
