vasquez, madelynn k. stock, emma k. terrell, kaziah j. ramirez, julian kyndt, john a.
Cleomella serrulata is a native flowering plant found in North America. Even though this plant is of ecological and native medicinal importance, very little is known about the genomic makeup of Cleomella and the Cleomaceae family at large. Here, we report the complete chloroplast genome of Cleomella serrulata and provide an evolutionary comparison ...
Paysen, Joseph W Geluso, Keith Fogell, Daniel D
The Diamond-backed Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer) is a fairly large-bodied (≤2100g), semi-aquatic snake associated with wetlands throughout the south-central United States. Distribution of this species closely aligns with river floodplains in parts of its distribution, including the Missouri River floodplain as far north as Holt County, Missouri. H...
Messbarger, Nicole Carlson, Darby Geluso, Keith Shaffer, Julie
Ticks carry and transmit disease pathogens that cause many human illnesses. Many of these diseases in humans are accompanied by a wide variety of symptoms making tick-borne illnesses often difficult to diagnose. The rate of reported tick-borne illnesses in humans has increased during the past decades in the United States, alongside a rise in concer...
Duan, Jiaming
Advisors: Derek Heeren and Daran Rudnick Maize, accounting for over 95% of national grain production in the United States, is highly sensitive to water and nitrogen (N) inputs. Conventional agricultural practices often lead to excessive application, causing groundwater contamination through nitrate leaching. Therefore, there is a demand for integra...
Ahmed, Ishita
This dissertation focuses on the labor market or educational outcomes using applied microeconomic methods. Chapter 1 investigates the impact of waiting an additional year to start kindergarten on the socioeconomic achievement gap in Nebraska using longitudinal administrative data from the Nebraska Department of Education. I utilize fuzzy regression...
Lowe, Taylor Bailey, Sarah M Fogell, Dan D Geluso, Keith
Red-bellied Snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata) are a distinctive, small species that live in moist woodlands throughout much of eastern North America. In the Great Plains, isolated populations exist in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska. In Nebraska, the only known extant population occurs in wooded riparian habitats along the Big Bend Reach of th...
Rahman, Farzana I.
In this study, I assessed the groundwater quality of drinking water from domestic wells within the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District (UBB NRD), in southeastern Nebraska. Rural residents in the UBB NRD obtain drinking water from domestic wells that terminate in the High Plains Aquifer, one of the most important groundwater resources in the U...
Schleining, Grace
Drought is a sociological phenomenon. It is a well-known occurrence across the midwestern United States; the drying out of the soil, the failing of crops, and the constant dryness and heat... this is all drought. Inspired by my earliest memory of this climate phenomenon, my research question: Can we identify negative effects of drought on rural Neb...
Morrison, Hannah
Across the United States, school boards are being inundated with requests to ban books. While these conversations are often localized, what the rise in censorship across the country suggests is that there is a fierce movement behind censoring young adult literature. What is frequently erased in these campaigns are stories of people of color and que...
Gilmore, Troy E
What is groundwater? Groundwater is water that fills and moves between spaces in underground rocks, gravel, sand, or other materials.