Destination Area: Global Systems Science (GSS)
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GSS fosters transdisciplinary study of the dynamic interplay between natural and social systems. Faculty in this area collaborate to discover creative solutions to critical social problems emergent from human activity and environmental change, in areas such as freshwater and coastal water systems, rural environments, infectious disease, and food production and safety. Work in this area also embraces equity in the human condition by seeking the equitable distribution and availability of physical safety and well-being, psychological well-being, respect for human dignity, and access to crucial material and social resources throughout the world’s diverse communities.
Recent Submissions
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Characterizing the impact of climatic and price anomalies on agrosystems in the northwest United States
(2020-01-15)We present an analysis of the sensitivity of three key crops (alfalfa, barley and winter wheat) produced in the northwestern United States to climatic and agricultural market anomalies using widely used standardized indices. ... -
Finding What Is Inaccessible: Antimicrobial Resistance Language Use among the One Health Domains
(MDPI, 2021-04-03)The success of a One Health approach to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires effective data sharing across the three One Health domains (human, animal, and environment). To investigate if there are differences ... -
La Crosse Virus Shows Strain-Specific Differences in Pathogenesis
(MDPI, 2021-03-29)La Crosse virus (LACV) is the leading cause of pediatric viral encephalitis in North America, and is an important public health pathogen. Historically, studies involving LACV pathogenesis have focused on lineage I strains, ... -
Combined effects of composting and antibiotic administration on cattle manure–borne antibiotic resistance genes
(2021-04-01)Background Research is needed to delineate the relative and combined effects of different antibiotic administration and manure management practices in either amplifying or attenuating the potential for ... -
The rise and fall of global health issues: an arenas model applied to the COVID-19 pandemic shock
(2021-03-29)Background The global health agenda is ill-defined as an analytical construct, complicating attempts by scholars and proponents to make claims about the agenda status of issues. We draw on Kingdon’s ... -
How Perceptions of Trust, Risk, Tap Water Quality, and Salience Characterize Drinking Water Choices
(MDPI, 2021-03-18)Provision of safe drinking water by water utilities is challenged by disturbances to water quality that have become increasingly frequent due to global changes and anthropogenic impacts. Many water utilities are turning ... -
What is the impact of human wastewater biosolids (sewage sludge) application on long-term soil carbon sequestration rates? A systematic review protocol
(2021-03-19)Background Human wastewater biosolids, hereafter referred to as biosolids, are produced in significant quantities around the world and often applied to an extensive land mass including agricultural fields, ... -
Comparison of short-term streamflow forecasting using stochastic time series, neural networks, process-based, and Bayesian models
(2020-04)Streamflow forecasts are essential for water resources management. Although there are many methods for forecasting streamflow, real-time forecasts remain challenging. This study evaluates streamflow forecasts using a ... -
Microbiome convergence following sanitizer treatment and identification of sanitizer resistant species from spinach and lettuce rinse water
(2020-04-02)Fresh produce, as a known or suspected source of multiple foodbome outbreaks, harbors large populations of diverse microorganisms, which are partially released into wash water during processing. However, the dynamics of ... -
Salmonella inactivation and cross-contamination on cherry and grape tomatoes under simulated wash conditions
(2020-05)Washing in chlorinated water is widely practiced for commercial fresh produce processing. While known as an effective tool for mitigating food safety risks, chlorine washing could also represent an opportunity for spreading ... -
The new Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 diagnostic tool clarifies the taxonomic position and geographic distribution of the North American malaria vector Anopheles punctipennis
(2021-03-10)Background The malaria mosquito Anopheles punctipennis, a widely distributed species in North America, is capable of transmitting human malaria and is actively involved in the transmission of the ungulate ... -
Quantification of the Tradeoff between Test Sensitivity and Test Frequency in a COVID-19 Epidemic—A Multi-Scale Modeling Approach
(MDPI, 2021-03-11)Control strategies that employ real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for the diagnosis and surveillance of COVID-19 epidemic are inefficient in fighting the epidemic due to high cost, delays in obtaining ... -
Landslide Susceptibility Analysis: A Logistic Regression Model Case Study in Coonoor, India
(MDPI, 2021-03-05)Landslides are a common geologic hazard that disrupts the social and economic balance of the affected society. Therefore, identifying zones prone to landslides is necessary for safe living and the minimal disruption of ... -
Proteomic Discovery of VEEV E2-Host Partner Interactions Identifies GRP78 Inhibitor HA15 as a Potential Therapeutic for Alphavirus Infections
(MDPI, 2021-03-02)Alphaviruses are a genus of the Togaviridae family and are widely distributed across the globe. Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) and eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV), cause encephalitis and ... -
Correlation of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes in Irrigation Water to Environmental Factors, Fecal Indicators, and Bacterial Communities
(2021-01-08)Outbreaks of foodborne illnesses linked to fresh fruits and vegetables have been key drivers behind a wide breadth of research aiming to fill data gaps in our understanding of the total ecology of agricultural water sources ... -
Watershed studies at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Building on a long legacy of research with new approaches and sources of data
(2021-01)The Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF) was established in 1955 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service out of concerns about the effects of logging increasing flooding and erosion. To address this issue, ... -
Understanding the relationship between land use and land cover and malaria in Nepal
(PAGEPress, 2020-07-11)Malaria is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally. Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) change have been found to affect the transmission of malaria in other regions, but no study has examined such relationships in ... -
Spatial scale and structure of complex life cycle trematode parasite communities in streams
(PLOS, 2020-11-24)By considering the role of site-level factors and dispersal, metacommunity concepts have advanced our understanding of the processes that structure ecological communities. In dendritic systems, like streams and rivers, ... -
Survival of MS2 and Φ6 viruses in droplets as a function of relative humidity, pH, and salt, protein, and surfactant concentrations
(PLOS, 2020-12-08)The survival of viruses in droplets is known to depend on droplets’ chemical composition, which may vary in respiratory fluid between individuals and over the course of disease. This relationship is also important for ... -
Projected climate and land use changes drive plant community composition in agricultural wetlands
(2020-07)Playa wetlands in the Great Plains, USA support a wide variety of plant species not found elsewhere in this agriculturally-dominated region due to the ephemeral presence of standing water and hydric soils within playas. ...
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