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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Simultaneously Modulated the Use of Roadways by Golden Eagles During Winter Open

Joshua F. Layfield, Bryan Bedrosian, Anna D. Chalfoun, Robert Domenech, Stephen B. Lewis , et al. · 2025

Animals often face trade‐offs wherein foraging opportunities may coincide spatiotemporally with higher risk of mortality, especially within landscapes altered by humans. Resolving such trade‐offs can depend on intrinsic factors such as age…

816 Modified Burn Comb Device with Increased Interspace for Accurate Measurements of Burn Wound Progression Open

Andrea B. Fourcaudot, David T. Silliman, Brian Smith, Ping Chen, S. L. Rajasekhar Karna , et al. · 2025

Introduction One complication of burn injury is burn progression, a dynamic process that continues for 48-72 hours after burn injury. The rat burn comb model developed by Regas and Ehrlich (1992), and subsequent modifications, allows for t…

Finding Space for Activism Open

Bakhytzhan Kurmanov, Brian Smith, Caress Schenk · 2025

This article examines the reactions of young people and, more specifically, youth activists in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Specifically, we demonstrate how online involvement bleeds into the offline political…

Nuclear material attractiveness: an assessment of used-fuel assemblies Open

C.G. Bathke, Paul G. Edelmann, Kevin R. Hase, B.B. Ebbinghaus, B. Sleaford , et al. · 2024

An assessment of the attractiveness of material associated with thorium/uranium and uranium closed fuel cycles from a safeguards perspective Open

C.G. Bathke, Richard K. Wallace, Kevin R. Hase, B. Sleaford, B.B. Ebbinghaus , et al. · 2024

This paper reports the continued evaluation of the attractiveness of materials mixtures containing special nuclear materials (SNM) associated with various proposed nuclear fuel cycles. Specifically, this paper examines two closed fuel cycl…

Predicting the spatial distribution of wintering golden eagles to inform full annual cycle conservation in western North America Open

Zachary P. Wallace, Bryan Bedrosian, Jeffrey R. Dunk, David W. LaPlante, Brian Woodbridge , et al. · 2024

Wildlife conservation strategies focused on one season or population segment may fail to adequately protect populations, especially when a species’ habitat preferences vary among seasons, age-classes, geographic regions, or other factors. …

Ectoparasitism and Energy Infrastructure Limit Survival of Preadult Golden Eagles in the Southern Great Plains Open

Robert K. Murphy, Brian A. Millsap, Dale W. Stahlecker, Clint W. Boal, Brian Smith , et al. · 2023

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From Ascriptive to Participatory Citizenship: Social Conflict, Political Belonging, and the Liberal Nation-State Open

Maxim Alyukov, Svetlana Erpyleva, Juliette Colinas, Matvey Lomonosov, Brian Smith · 2023

Recent decades have witnessed waves of populism, diverse civil conflicts as well as political, economic, demographic, and environmental disruptions. While both scholars and the general public often talk about the 'crisis of citizenship', w…

Wildfire Impact on Indoor and Outdoor PAH Air Quality Open

Christine C. Ghetu, Diana Rohlman, Brian Smith, Richard P. Scott, Kaley A. Adams , et al. · 2022

Air quality impacts from wildfires are poorly understood, particularly indoors. As frequencies increase, it is important to optimize methodologies to understand and reduce chemical exposures from wildfires. Public health recommendations us…

Interpreting long‐distance movements of non‐migratory golden eagles: Prospecting and nomadism? Open

Sharon A. Poessel, Brian Woodbridge, Brian Smith, Robert K. Murphy, Bryan Bedrosian , et al. · 2022

Movements by animals can serve different functions and occur over a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Routine movement types, such as residency (localized movements) and migration, have been well studied. However, nonroutine movement…

Management of a common hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm after blunt trauma Open

Grace Martin Niziolek, Brian Smith, Jeremy W. Cannon, Jay A. Yelon · 2022

Demographic implications of lead poisoning for eagles across North America Open

Vincent A. Slabe, James T. Anderson, Brian A. Millsap, Jeffrey L. Cooper, Alan R. Harmata , et al. · 2022

Lead poisoning occurs worldwide in populations of predatory birds, but exposure rates and population impacts are known only from regional studies. We evaluated the lead exposure of 1210 bald and golden eagles from 38 US states across North…

Age‐specific survival rates, causes of death, and allowable take of golden eagles in the western United States Open

Brian A. Millsap, Guthrie S. Zimmerman, William L. Kendall, Joseph G. Barnes, Melissa A. Braham , et al. · 2022

In the United States, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibits take of golden eagles ( Aquila chrysaetos ) unless authorized by permit, and stipulates that all permitted take must be sustainable. Golden eagles are unintentionally…

Josiah Child, Interest Rates, and John Locke's “For a General Naturalization” Open

Brian Smith · 2021

Throughout the 1690s there were several high-profile parliamentary debates about lowering interest rates from 6 to 4 percent. Locke's involvement in these policy debates is significant. In this period, he circulated at least one important …

Phonologically Conditioned Allomorphy and UR Constraints Open

Brian Smith · 2021

Over the last decade there has been increasing interest in incivility in the workplace. Workplace incivility has been defined as low-level, ambiguous, negative behaviors which are rude and discourteous and display a lack of regard for othe…

French schwa and gradient cumulativity Open

Brian Smith, Joe Pater · 2020

We explore the interaction of two phonological factors that condition schwa–zero alternations in French: schwa is more likely after two consonants than a singleton; and schwa is more likely between stressed syllables than elsewhere. Using …

Comparative Analysis of the Host Response in a Rat Model of Deep-Partial and Full-Thickness Burn Wounds With Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection Open

Alan J. Weaver, Kenneth S. Brandenburg, Brian Smith, Kai P. Leung · 2020

Burn wound injury affects soldiers and civilians alike, often resulting in a dynamic, but un-orchestrated, host response that can lead to infection, scarring, and potentially death. To mitigate these factors, it is important to have a clin…

Shetland and her German merchants, c. 1450–1710 Open

Brian Smith · 2020

From around 1450 to 1712 merchants from North German towns, especially Bremen and Hamburg, took ships to the Shetland Islands. They broke the rules of the Hanse with a view to buying fish from the Shetlanders, and gave them goods in exchan…

Burn-induced reductions in mitochondrial abundance and efficiency are more pronounced with small volumes of colloids in swine Open

Tony Chao, Belinda I. Gómez, Tiffany C. Heard, Brian Smith, Michael A. Dubick , et al. · 2019

Severe burn injury results in systemic disruption of metabolic regulations and impaired cardiac function. Restoration of hemodynamic homeostasis utilizing intravenous (IV) fluids is critical for acute care of the burn victim. However, the …

A passive sampling model to predict PAHs in butter clams (Saxidomus giganteus), a traditional food source for Native American tribes of the Salish Sea Region Open

D. James Minick, L. Blair Paulik, Brian Smith, Richard P. Scott, Molly L. Kile , et al. · 2019

Discovery of common chemical exposures across three continents using silicone wristbands Open

Holly M. Dixon, Georgina Armstrong, Michael Barton, Alan J. Bergmann, Melissa L. Bondy , et al. · 2019

To assess differences and trends in personal chemical exposure, volunteers from 14 communities in Africa (Senegal, South Africa), North America (United States (U.S.)) and South America (Peru) wore 262 silicone wristbands. We analysed wrist…

One Body of People Open

Brian Smith · 2018

The purpose of this paper is to challenge the wide-spread belief that Locke advocated for the disposition of native peoples’ land due to their savagery or because they used land wastefully and inefficiently. These represent two sides of …

Environmental and individual PAH exposures near rural natural gas extraction Open

L. Blair Paulik, Kevin A. Hobbie, Diana Rohlman, Brian Smith, Richard P. Scott , et al. · 2018

Natural gas extraction (NGE) has expanded rapidly in the United States in recent years. Despite concerns, there is little information about the effects of NGE on air quality or personal exposures of people living or working nearby. Recent …

Patterns of Spatial Distribution of Golden Eagles Across North America: How Do They Fit into Existing Landscape-scale Mapping Systems? Open

Jessi L. Brown, Bryan Bedrosian, Douglas A. Bell, Melissa A. Braham, Jeff Cooper , et al. · 2017

Conserving wide-ranging animals requires knowledge about their year-round movements and resource use. Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) exhibit a wide range of movement patterns across North America. We combined tracking data from 571 Gold…

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Jonathan Ardila Morales, Charith Premawardhana, Leanne Zacharias, Mabel Kwan, E Bertrand , et al. · 2016

Emissions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Natural Gas Extraction into Air Open

L. Blair Paulik, Carey E. Donald, Brian Smith, Lane G. Tidwell, Kevin A. Hobbie , et al. · 2016

Natural gas extraction, often referred to as "fracking", has increased rapidly in the United States in recent years. To address potential health impacts, passive air samplers were deployed in a rural community heavily affected by the natur…

PAH and OPAH Flux during the Deepwater Horizon Incident Open

Lane G. Tidwell, Sarah Allan, Steven G. O’Connell, Kevin A. Hobbie, Brian Smith , et al. · 2016

Passive sampling devices were used to measure air vapor and water dissolved phase concentrations of 33 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 22 oxygenated PAHs (OPAHs) at four Gulf of Mexico coastal sites prior to, during and after s…

Retraction of “Impact of Natural Gas Extraction on PAH Levels in Ambient Air” Open

L. Blair Paulik, Carey E. Donald, Brian Smith, Lane G. Tidwell, Kevin A. Hobbie , et al. · 2016

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVRetractionNEXTORIGINAL ARTICLEThis notice is a retraction.Retraction of “Impact of Natural Gas Extraction on PAH Levels in Ambient Air”L. Blair Paulik, Carey E. Donald, Brian W. Smith, Lane G. Tidwell, Kevi…

Transport stability of pesticides and PAHs sequestered in polyethylene passive sampling devices Open

Carey E. Donald, Marc R. Elie, Brian Smith, Peter D. Hoffman, Kim A. Anderson · 2016

Behaviour and nesting ecology of Appalachian Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) Open

Brian Smith, Andrew N. Tri, Chris A. Dobony, John W. Edwards, Petra Bohall Wood · 2015

The substantial decline of Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) in the southern Appalachian Mountains has been attributed in part to poor recruitment with possible links to nesting ecology. However, despite extensive research, the incubation ec…

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