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Bioregional Planning and Design

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bioregional Planning and Design

Mental Health in Our Changing Climate

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Mental Health in Our Changing Climate

Wildfire Risk, Resilience, and Adaptation in a Burning World

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wildfire Risk, Resilience, and Adaptation in a Burning World

Climate Change and Human Health

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Climate Change and Human Health

BtC Ch09 Lessons from California (2025 rev)

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

BtC Ch09 Lessons from California (2025 rev)

Adapting to Climate Change

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Adapting to Climate Change

Climate Change and Agriculture

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Climate Change and Agriculture

Adapting California’s Water Supply to a Changing Climate

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Adapting California’s Water Supply to a Changing Climate

UC Comments on NIH's Request for Information on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This comment letter responds to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) proposed changes to reporting outcomes from NIH peer review, which would replace overall impact scores and percentiles with three broad categories. UC recommends retaining scores and percentiles, with categories provided only as supplemental information, because eliminating detailed peer review results would reduce transparency, limit meaningful feedback to applicants, and undermine accountability and informed funding decisions.

Automated Vehicle Safety: Developing a Human-Autonomy Team Model – Findings from Driving Simulator Study

Wed, 7 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

To improve the safety of automated vehicles, this study developed a mathematical model to indicate the degree to which certain traffic conditions, driver characteristics, and behaviors of an automated driving system (ADS) affect the probability of a driver safely taking over control in a level 3 ADS to avoid a potential crash. (A level 3 ADS requires the driver to intervene when the ADS cannot safely handle a situation.) Experiments in which 50 participants used a driving simulator informed the model development. The presence of a warning signal from the ADS telling the driver to intervene significantly reduced collision probability, improved driver reaction time, and increased the safety margin between the study vehicle and the vehicle in front of it. Traffic complexity—the number of nearby vehicles—increased the probability of hard-braking, tailgating, and steering variability, and it increased the drivers’ perceived workload and distrust of automation. The absence of a driver...

An AI visual chatbot system for climate heat risk communication and decision-making in at-risk agricultural communities

Tue, 6 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Information on heat-related health risks that is based on meteorological data and forecasts is important for outdoor workers, farm managers, and many other stakeholders, but visualization and interpretation of climate data in a user-friendly way remains a challenge. This proof-of-concept research developed Sol, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to conveniently interpret and communicate heat stress risks through smartphones and other devices. Sol is integrated into iHeatApp, a wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) forecast visualization tool, to turn complex climate data into practical guidance with bilingual output in English and Spanish. The chatbot leverages an open source large language model (LLM) constrained by prompt engineering designs to reduce hallucinations and encourage domain-specific responses. The chatbot input may be either text or screenshot of the app's interface. Guided by our tutorial materials, we gathered farmworker feedback on the chatbot's ability to translate...

California Battery Swap Truck Forum Report

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

California Battery Swap Truck Forum Report

Task 5 Report: GHG Emissions Reductions from CRP Projects

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) requires transportation projects to demonstrate measurable reductions in transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but the impact of priced managed lanes and related roadway pricing projects on emissions can vary. Thus, there is a need for a transparent framework that can place evidence within a common statewide emissions metric. This report develops a screening framework to translate project-level GHG impact data from CRP-relevant projects in California into a wider statewide framework for emissions accounting. The preliminary framework separates the direct effects of a priced managed lane project on roadway travel demand from its indirect effects. In a case study analysis, the I-580 managed project lane is predicted to directly increase VMT and CO2 emissions through induced travel demand. However, reinvestment of the lane’s revenue in regional transit is projected to reduce VMT and CO2e emissions. In conclusion, a CRP GHG accounting...

Arab-American Hookah Smokers: Initiation, and Pros and Cons of Hookah Use

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Arab-American Hookah Smokers: Initiation, and Pros and Cons of Hookah Use

Trinuclear Heptamethine Dyes for Shortwave Infrared In Vivo Imaging.

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The term polymethine dye (PMD) has been intimately connected to the dinuclear scaffold-two heterocycles linked together by a polymethine chain of varying length. Dinuclear PMDs have been a successful scaffold for noninvasive in vivo imaging in the biologically advantageous near infrared (NIR) and shortwave infrared (SWIR) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Trinuclear PMDs, resulting from the addition of a third heterocycle into the polymethine chain, possess the same photophysical properties that make dinuclear dyes excellent fluorescent probes, but have yet to be investigated for in vivo imaging. Herein, we expand upon the dinuclear and trinuclear heptamethine dye scaffolds by taking advantage of the increased reactivity of a cyclopentenyl linker and synthesizing flavylium- and chromenylium-based SWIR-emitting fluorophores. The trinuclear scaffold instills the fluorophores with increased steric bulk, leading to beneficial photophysical properties in micelles and outperforming...

Comparison of effects of charcoal versus electric heating of waterpipe tobacco on carbon monoxide levels; cardiovascular measures; benzene, pyrene, and nicotine uptake; and subjective reactions

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Comparison of effects of charcoal versus electric heating of waterpipe tobacco on carbon monoxide levels; cardiovascular measures; benzene, pyrene, and nicotine uptake; and subjective reactions

Parking Policy Provides a Pretext for Anti-Muslim Discrimination

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Building a mosque in the US gives rise to opposition. Sometimes, opponents overtly depict Muslims as foreigners threatening American values. In other cases, new mosques are stalled for years or stopped altogether because of concerns about parking: Local officials and residents demand that mosques build more spaces, conduct additional costly parking studies, or attend further public hearings about parking.

Mosques are far from the only type of proposed development to face parking-related opposition. Our study isolated the role of religious prejudice by analyzing the opposition faced by 107 newly constructed American mosques, comparing each one to a nearby church built around the same time. We also examined public records of city council hearings and invited representatives from a sample of the mosques to tell us about

their experiences, whether or how parking came up, and the impacts of parking-related opposition.

UC Comments on the Education Department’s General Administrative Regulations

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This comment letter responds to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed revisions to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). UC supports the Department of Education's goals of updating regulations to better align them with other Departmental regulations and procedures. However, several provisions within the proposed rule raise concerns and have significant implications for extramural funding,sponsored programs, institutional cost recovery, multi-year awards, compliance,subrecipients, and award stability.

Majority Mobility - Issue 4

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Majority Mobility - Issue 4

A House Half-Built: Assessing the Progress of California’s Housing Initiatives