Let k be a field of positive characteristic. Building on the work of [Smo18], we define a new class of k-algebras, called diagonally F -regular algebras, for which the so-called Uniform Symbolic Topology Property (USTP) holds effectively. We show that this class contains all essentially smooth k-algebras. We also show that this class contains certain singular algebras, such as the affine cone over P r k × P s k , when k is perfect. By reduction to positive characteristic, it follows that USTP holds effectively for the affine cone over P r C × P s C and more generally for complex varieties of diagonal F -regular type.holds for our choice of t. Following [Smo18], we will construct t using the so-called diagonal Cartier algebras. Namely, we setwhere D (n) is the n-th diagonal Cartier algebra; see Definition 3.1. Then Proposition 3.4(c) demonstrates that containment (2 ′ ) holds for any reduced k-algebra essentially of finite type, while (1 ′ ) holds whenever D (n) is F -regular. When this is the case for all n, we say our ring is diagonally F -regular as a k-algebra. This sketches the proof of our main theorem:1 If k is perfect, then essentially smooth k-algebras are the same as regular k-algebras essentially of finite type. 2 Also known as "Cartesian products," as in [Har77, Ch. II, Exc. 5.11]. 3 Ein-Lazarsfeld-Smith's original argument uses multiplier ideals, which are only known to exist in characteristic 0. Their argument was adapted to positive characteristic rings by N. Hara [Har05] and to mixedcharacteristic rings by L. Ma and K. Schwede [MS17]. Hara and Ma-Schwede achieved this by using positive characteristic and mixed characteristic analogs of multiplier ideals, respectively. * R, R). More generally, given a finite R-module M we may define a Cartier algebra C M over R as R in degree zero and as C e,M := Hom R (F e * M, M) in higher degrees. The ring multiplication of C M is defined by the rule ϕ e · ϕ d := ϕ e • F e * ϕ d for all ϕ e ∈ C e,M , ϕ d ∈ C d,M . Furthermore, the left R-module structure of C M is the usual one given by post-multiplication,whereas the right R-module structure is given by pre-multiplication by elements of F e * R. More precisely, if ϕ ∈ C e,M and r ∈ R, then (ϕ · r)(−) = ϕ(F e * r · −) It is worth mentioning we are primarily concerned with Cartier subalgebras of C R in this work.Definition 2.2 (Cartier Modules). Given a ring R and a Cartier R-algebra C, we define a Cartier C-module to be a finite R-module M equipped with a homomorphism C − → C M of Cartier R-algebras. This is the same as saying M is a left C-module with coherent underlying R-module structure [BS16, Lemma 5.2]. A morphism of Cartier C-modules is defined to be a morphism of left C-modules.Let R be a ring and C a Cartier R-algebra. Under the assumption R is essentially of finite type over k, Blickle and Stäbler constructed a covariant functor τ = τ(−, C) : left-C-mod − → R-mod, from the category of Cartier C-modules to the category of R-modules. This functor is an additive subfunctor of the forgetful functor between ...