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Submissions from 2019
Guassian Process Models for Quantitative and Qualitative Inputs, Steven Lucas and Erin R. Leatherman
Investigating the effects of M129V mutation on human prion protein wild-type and A117V variant, Yiyi Ma, May Zin Hlaing, Hanj Dao, et al.
Reducing Latency in LIGO Data Calibration, Ezra Moguel and Madeline Wade
Biophysical Characterization and Sequence Analysis of Core Variants of Rop in Escherichia coli, Ryan Nader, Tianqi Guo, Charu Jain, et al.
Development of Neural Networks for use in LIGO Low-Latency Gravitational-Wave Searches, Paul Neubauer, Madeline Wade, and Leslie Wade
Using Python to Study the Rydberg Excitation Blockade, Abigail Plone, Tom Yoda, and Aaron Reinhard
The Effects of Evolution in Sodium Salicylate on Gram Positive Bacillus Subtilis, Rodaba Rahim, Sumaya Ahmed, and Joan Slonczewski
Improving Fossil Leaf Characteristic Predictions, Grace Ryder
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptors as a Potential Druggable Target for PNS Myelination, Nell Simons, Ethan Bradley, and Sarah Petersen
Calibration Uncertainty of Advanced LIGO and its Effect on Search Sensitivity, Madeline Stover and Madeline Wade
Existence and Character of Solutions to the Erd}os-Straus Equation, Katerina Tang and Brian Jones
Effects of Maternal Stress During Pregnancy on Epidermal Composition in Offspring, Alice TIllman and Arianna Smith
Evaluating Chronic Prenatal Stress and High-Mobility Box Protein 1 (HMGB1) Expression in Trophoblast Cells: Implications for Preeclampsia?, Liana Valin and Arianna Smith
The Quantum Keyhole Problem, Mingchi Xu and Benjamin Schumacher
Studying Effect of State Mixing on Rydberg Excitation Blockade, Tom Yoda, Milo Eder, Abigail Plone, et al.
Submissions from 2018
Shift operators on directed infinite graphs, Aahan Agrawal, Astrid Berge, Seth Colbert-Pollack, et al.
Exploring a Novel Vinylogous Aldol Reaction to Stereoselctively Synthesize All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters, Yara Awwad and John E. Hofferberth
Ultracold Plasma Dynamics in a Radio Frequency Field, Fernanda Banic Viana Martins, James S. Keller, and Edward R. Grant
Growth Mechanisms of Escherichia coli and their Effect on Antibiotic Resistance, Julia Borys and Joan Slonczewski
Evaluation of Xenobiotic Transport of Xanthene Dyes in Adult Aedes aegypti, Ty Boyd and Matthew F. Rouhier
Synthesis of a Scaffold Molecule for Efficient Peptide Stapling and Conjugation, Shane Canfield and Dehua Pei
Cinnamoylation of Free Sugars, Clare Chou, Mackenzie Bruzzio, and Mo Hunsen
The Effect of Acute Stress on Voluntary Ethanol Consumption in BTBR T+tf/j Mice, Alejandra Colmenares and Hewlet McFarlane
Design and implementation of an optical system to study the Rydberg Excitation blockade, Milo Eder, Andrew Lesak, and Aaron Reinhard
Gene Discovery Efforts at Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research at Boston Children’s Hospital, Morgan Engmann
Solutions to the Erdös Straus Equation: Existence and Character, Anna Gerhardinger and Brian Jones
Eastern Bluebird Egg Color and Female Flight Ability, Meredith Glover, Sarah McPeek, and Jess Kotnour
The Impact of Shape on Nonconscious Processing of Facial and Variant Stimuli, Sabrina Halavi, Shayla Warren, Peyton Thomas, et al.
Quantifying the Impact of Deciduous Forest Canopy Structure on Soil Respiration, David Han, Julia Unangst, and Andrew J. Kerkhoff
The Structure of Multi Perfect Numbers, Andrew Herbelin and Judy Holdener
Physcomitrella patens DET1-like genes may play a role in seasonal regulation of sexual reproduction, Hannah Hertz, Victoria Coneva, and Karen Hicks
Visualizing the Early Universe, Maria Huey and Tom Giblin
Model quantum resource theories, Austin Hulse and Benjamin Schumacher
Measuring physiological responses of Sphagnum magellanicum to abiotic environmental variation, Xiaoxuan Hu and Christopher P. Bickford
Flow cytometry as an alternative to growth curves in competition experiments, Miriam Hyman and Joan Slonczewski
Diversity in avian locomotive investment and the impact on life history traits, Jess L. Kotnour
Manganese transporters and their effect on proliferation of Streptococcus sanguinis in a rabbit model, Karina Kunka and Todd Kitten
A petrel mother’s dilemma: when self-care conflicts with offspring investment, Jesseca Kusher, Robert Mauck, and Charles E. Huntington
Generalization of a Linear Code Search Algorithm, Jonathan Lambrinos, Oliver VandenBery, and Noah (Nuh) Aydin
Implementation and setup of computer control system to study state-mixing impacts on the Rydberg excitation blockade, Andrew Lesak, Milo Eder, and Aaron Reinhard
Investigating Zirconia Thin Films, Vincent Lewis and Frank Peiris
A Diastereoconvergent Acid-Initiated Vinylogous Aldol Reaction to Form All Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters, Arthur Lian and John E. Hofferberth
The innate immune response to flagellin fragment in Arabidopsis root, Haofan Li
Touchscreen based Progressive Ratio Responding for Motivational Assessment of Mice, Deveren Manley II, Michael Noback, Gongliang Zhang, et al.
Progress towards the synthesis of Vinylogous Aldol Reaction substrates with functionalized tethers, Yiyi Ma and John E. Hofferberth
Progress towards the synthesis of Vinylogous Aldol Reaction substrates with functionalized tethers, Yiyi Ma and John E. Hofferberth
Eastern Bluebird Flight Maneuverability, Nyota Mbuyu and Natalie Wright
Sexually dimorphic flight in Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis), Sarah McPeek, Andrew J. Bobick, Jess L. Kotnour, et al.
On the Schrödinger Picture of Dark Matter, Maggie Murphree and Tom Giblin
Generation of Primordial Black Holes in Hybrid Inflation, Rachel Nguyen and Tom Giblin
Implementation of the Causal Spectral Decomposition Representation for the Neutron Star Equation of State, Devon Nothard and Leslie Wade
Laakso Space Coloring and Visualization, Preston Pennington, James Skon, and Marie Snipes
Phylogenetic Analysis of the Relationship between Leaf Morphology and Phenology, Evan Perkins, Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Dana Royer, et al.
Simulating the Dynamics of Galactic-Scale Dark Matter, Gwyneth Phillips and Tom Giblin
Perfect and Deficient Perfect Numbers, Emily Rachfal and Judy Holdener
Metabolic tracing and quantification of β-alanine in lettuce, tomato, wheat, and corn, Peter Reinhart
Applications of Machine Learning in Low-latency LIGO Searches for Gravitational Waves, Kyle Rose, Madeline Wade, and Leslie Wade
Examination of expression patterns of Cycling DOF Factors-like genes in Physcomitrella patens, Shawn Ruiz, Alex Freidinger, and Karen Hicks
Phylogenetic analysis of cycling DOF Factors suggests candidate genes that may regulate seasonal sexual reproduction in the moss Physcomitrella patens, Shawn Ruiz, Alex Freidinger, and Karen Hicks
Benzoate Evolved Escherichia coli Δslp-gadX Mutants Outcompete Ancestral Strain in Anaerobic Conditions, Sam Schaffner and Joan Slonczewski
Dark Energy in the Axiverse, Patrick Shaw and Tom Giblin
Exploring Applications of Augmented Reality, Thomas Stanton
A Search for Intermediate Mass Black Holes, Georgia Stolle-McAllister
Calibration Error of Advanced LIGO and its Effect on Parameter Estimation, Madeline Stover and Madeline Wade
Green Procedures for the Synthesis of Thioglycosides, Esei Teclemariam, Andrea Ludwig, and Grant Hall
An Intersectional Analysis of Implicit and Explicit Gender-Career Evaluations Among Adults, Sydney Telaak and Dana Krieg
The Effect of Isolated Facial Features on the Identity Sensitive N250r Event-Related Potential: A Second Look into Previous Findings, Peyton Thomas, Louise Yang, Shayla Warren, et al.
Curiosities in the Core of Spiral Wave: Chimeras Synchronization in the Brain and Heart, Natalie Twitchell and Sheryl Hemkin
Induction of Krüppel-like transcription factor 9 by thyroid hormone and a dioxin-like compound – Identification of regulatory DNA sequences, Weichen Zhao and Wade H. Powell
Submissions from 2017
Expression and activity of cation cotransporters in yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) in different salinities, David Anderson and Christopher M. Gillen
Macroevolution of dimensionless life histories in amniotes, Cecina Babich Morrow, Andrew J. Kerkhoff, and Morgan Ernest
The Synthesis of BMPCL (Hedrick REP Inimer/ATRP Initiator), Jenna Bouquot and Yutan D. Y. L. Getzler
The Effects of Jasmonate Derivatives of Escherichia coli Growth, Carter U. Brzezinski, Joan Slonczewski, and Mo Hunsen
Age Group Differences in the Experience of Gendered Microaggressions among Women, Sarah Campbell and Sarah Murnen
Recovering the Neutron Star Equation of State from a Simulated Binary Neutron Star Gravitational-wave Detection with LIGO, Matt F. Carney, Burke S. Irwin, and Leslie Wade
Recovery of Microbial Functional Diversity in Restored Wetlands, Srila Chadalavada, Heather Pacheco, and Siobhan Fennessy
Objectification in Asian Skin Whitening Commercials: A Content Analysis, Alejandra Colmenares and Irene Lopez
Characterizing the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) within the order Anura, Reed Crocker, Hannah Hertz, Alula Hunsen, et al.
Expression and Evolution of the cation-coupled cotransporters in Aedes aegypti Larvae, Adrienne DeBrosse and Christopher M. Gillen
Identifying Dietary Microfossils from Dental Calculus in the Keldudalur Cemetery, Skagafjördur, Iceland, Sean Deryck and Kimmarie A. Murphy
Getting Angry? Counting Sheep? Could Video Games Make You Lose Sleep? Relations Between Game Play, Sleep Deprivation, and Aggression, Benjamin Douglas and Patrick E. Ewell
Effects of hepA, rfaY, and scpC Genes on Benzoate Tolerance and Antibiotic Resistance in Benzoate Evolved Escherichia coli, Morgan L. Engmann and Joan L. Slonczewski
Neanderthals: The First Spear Throwers?, Andrea M. Evans and Bruce Hardy
Tangloids: A Mathematical Exploration into Children's Toys, Michael Grace Fisher and Carol Schumacher
Evaluation of Triarylmethyl Dyes for Xenobiotic Transport Assay in the Mosquito A. aegypti, Coire F. Gavin-Hanner and Matthew F. Rouhier
Temperature Dependent Dielectric Functions of Topological Insulators, Ellie Holmgren and Frank Peiris
Visualising Equation of State Constraints given Gravitational-wave Observations of Binary Neutron Star Systems, Burke S. Irwin, Matthew F. Carney, and Leslie E. Wade
Testing a Candidate Muscle Gene, tcf15, in a Neural Patterning Mutant, stl159, in Danio rerio, Woo Jeon and Sarah C. Petersen
An Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Sequence from the Caecilian Gymnopis multiplicata Suggests Low Dioxin Affinity is Common to All Amphibian Orders, Sarah Kazzaz and Wade Powell
Climate Change Velocity: Past, Present, and Predicted, Erin Keleske and Drew Kerkhoff
New Linear Codes over Non-Prime Fields, Jonathan Lambrinos, Ghada Bakbouk, and Nuh Aydin
Raman Spectroscopy of Thin Films, Vincent Lewis and Frank Peiris
The Influence of slp-gadX Mutation in Benzoate Resistance of Eschrichia coli, Haofan Li and Joan L. Slonczewski
Skin Whitening Soap Opera's: Themes of Female Empowerment Used as Method of Advertising, Madeline Maldonado and Irene López
Microwave Spectroscopy of Ultracold Molecular Plasma, Fernanda B. V. Martins and James Keller
Using Artificial Neural Networks for Gravitational-Wave Glitch Identification in Advanced LIGO, Donald A. Moffa, Kyle Rose, Leslie Wade, et al.
Describing Dark Matter as a Wave Function, Maggie Murphree and Tom Giblin
Structural and Optical Properties of Perovskite Thin Films, Ryan Muzzio, Frank Peiris, and Aidan Lee
Exploring Dark Matter as a Scalar Field, Rachel Nguyen and Tom Giblin