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Submissions from 2015

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Rocks and Residues: Rekindling the Past: Microscopy of Flint Flakes, Sean Deryck

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Rocks and Residues: Rekindling the Past Microscopy of Flint Flakes, Sean Deryck and Bruce Hardy

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Antibiotic Resistance in Aromatic Acid Evolved E. coli, Erick Ditmars

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New Linear Codes from Quasi-twisted Codes, Derek Foret

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Smoke without Fire: Reconstructing the Candelero, Jacob Griffith-Rosenberger

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Smoke without Fire: Reconstructing the Candelero, Jacob Griffith-Rosenberger, Pat Urban, and Edward Schortman

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Three Dimensional Deconvolution of a Confocal Microscope, William Kyle

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Environmental Stress and RNAi Effect on Osmoregulation of the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti, Alexander S. McQuiston

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Fluctuating Asymmetry as an Indicator of Reproductive Effort in the Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Lauren Michael

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Fluctuating Asymmetry as an Indicator of Reproductive Effort in the Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Lauren Elisabeth Michael and Robert A. Mauck

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RNA polymerase mutations and decarboxylase activity in acid-evolved strains of Escherichia coli, Stephanie Penix

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Exploring the Effective Mass of Semiconductors Using Infrared Faraday Rotation, Haifeng Qiao

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Presence of Harmful Cyanobacteria in Local Water Bodies, Alexandra Schaal

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Role of Abaxial Trichome Density in Regulating Optical Properties and Photosynthesis in Glycine max, Jacob Scharfetter

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Fitness of Potassium Benzoate Evolved Escherichia coli K-12 Under Various Permeant Acid Stresses, Zachary Scott

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A River Runs Through It: Limnological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Kokosing in Knox County, Jennifer Seely

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A River Runs Through It: Limnological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Kokosing in Knox County, Jennifer J. Seely and Kimmarie A. Murphy

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Investigating Subfunctionalization of Xenopus laevis AHR1 Paralogs in a Tadpole Cell Line, Sean Smith

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Molecular and evolutionary assessment of seasonal reproduction and circadian regulation using the bryophyte Physcomitrella patens, Maria Sorkin

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Convergent patterns of α- and β-functional diversity across tropical and temperate mountain forests, Kirstin Staiger

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Dynamical Studies of Non-Abelian Gauge Fields: Cosmic Inflation and Reheating, Zach Weiner

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Computational Efficiency of the Metropolis and Wang-Landau Algorithms, Hanning Wong

Submissions from 2014

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Standing the Heat: The Influence of Increased Air Temperature on Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Sarah E. Adrianowycz

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Growing From Sports-Related Adversity: Investigating the Role of Spirituality in the Resiliency Process of College Student Athletes, Edgar F. Arceo

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Numerical Techniques of Integration for Volumes of Revolution, Robin Belton

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Fabricating Atmospheric Chemical Sensors using Mesoporous Indium Tin-Doped Oxide (ITO) Photonic Crystals, Matthew Christopher

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Constructing Linear Codes with Record Breaking Parameters, Nicholas Connolly

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Is It Hot Enough Yet? Reconstructing Firing Temperatures for Prehistoric Honduran Ceramics through Re-Firing Experiments, Caroline Del Giudice

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Bridging the Generation Gap: Tracking Movement of Functional Proteins Across Generations in Escherichia coli, Richard Dennis

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Polar Aging of Escherichia coli under Neutral and Acidic Conditions, Elizabeth Eder

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Progress Toward a Novel Synthesis of the C5 Methylated Cyclopenta[C]pyridine Substructure, Nat Fox

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A Model of Carbohydrate and Protein Uptake in Manduca sexta, S. A. Frantz

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Brownian Motion in the Complex Plane, Lila Greco

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The Effects of high pH on acid adapted Escherichia coli, Issam Hamdallah

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Kinetic Characterization of CHY4 and CHY5 in the Catabolism of Valine in Arabidopsis thaliana, Katherine C. Hoener

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Effects of a thermal excursion on biomass yield and gas exchange traits in Glycine max, Hayley Howard

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Generalizing the Four Numbers Problem to Planar Graphs, Sam Justice

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Striving for Perfection: Multiple Roles and Well-Being, Kathryn Kadleck

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Interactions between Thyroid Hormone and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) Signaling during Metamorphosis of Xenopus laevis, Megan M. Koenecke

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Exploring Thermal Lens Spectrometry as an Analytical Tool, Kaicheng Li

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GPU Acceleration of 3D lattice simulations, C. Ross Mauck

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Toward Defining the Scope and Limitations of the Tandem Enamine-enal Cycloaddition/Pyridine Formation Approach to the Synthesis of the Cyclopenta[C]pyridine Substructure, Camelia Milnes

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Nonlinear Physics at the End of Inflation, Eva Nesbit

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The Interaction of Striatal Dopamine on Glutamate-Mediated Repetitive Self-Grooming Behavior in the BTBR T+tf/J Mouse Model for Autism, Olubusola O. Olukoya

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Reheating the universe, Timothy R. Scully

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Sticking with Neanderthals: Identifying Neanderthal Mastics and their Signatures, Joseph Walsh

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Searching for and Characterizing Abundancy Outlaws, Zach Weiner

Submissions from 2013

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Molecular characterization of Na+-coupled CCCs in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti, Daniel C. Akuma

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Fitting and Assessing Statistical Models for Well Water Samples and Health-Related Quality of Life Variables in Coal Mining Regions of West Virginia, Grant Carney

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Phenotypic Analysis of Methylmalonate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Knockout Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana, Rishi Choubey

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Escherichia coli Mutant Strains Mediate Cellular Response to Benzoic Acid, Kaitlin Creamer

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First-Order Phase Transitions with Cosmological Fluids, Ryan Darragh

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Size-Frequency Distribution of Perennial Herbaceous Communities, Kelsey Dillon

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Face-specific Inhibition of Crystal Growth with Bidentate Ligands:A Lack of Kinetic Competition Between Succinate and Tartrate, Dan Druffel

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Investigating the Subfunctionalization of Two Xenopus Laevis AHR1 Paralogs, Eric Engelbrecht

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The Leaky Pipeline: The Effect of Personality and Goals on Female STEM Interest, Katherine M. Finnigan

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Quantifying the Impact of Nocturnal Warming on Whole-Plant Water Use Efficiency in Glycine max, Molly Goolman

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Physiological changes in the midgut during the growth of the larval Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta, Katie Goulder

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Nitric oxide signaling in the larval salivary glands of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, Lyra Hall

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Laboratory Evolution of Acid-Adapted Escherichia coli Strains, Amanda He

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In the Mind of an Athlete: A Meta-analysis of the role of perfectionism and anxiety in athletes, Maureen Hirt

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Exploring Magneto-Optical Properties of Novel Structures, Aidan Lee

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Quasi-Bosonic Lattice Gas and Information Machines, Michael Morgan

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New Linear Codes from Constacyclic Codes Mathematics, John M. Murphree

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Reduction in Expression of Manduca sexta Midgut Transport Proteins KAAT1 and CAATCH1 by RNA Interference, Andrew L. Parmelee

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Base Resistance in Escherichia coli Potential Stress Resistance Genes and Regulators, Ian Perrone

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Evidence for a regulatory linkage between leaf water potential and mesophyll conductance, Rafael Contreras Rangel

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Investigating the Maillard Reaction in Autoclaved Media and its Effect on Escherichia coli, Rachel J. Rhee

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The Effects of a High Antioxidant Diet on Two Behavioral Measures in Aging Rats, Gina Rickert

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Arboral Diversity in Sub-ecotypes of the Peruvian Amazon Blackwater Rainforest: Barcoding from Cambial Tissue, Helen Rogers

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In the Fringes: Exploring Thin Films with a Prism Coupler, Glynis Schumacher

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Classical Transitions for Tunable Potentials, Timothy R. Scully

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The Relationships Between the Intracellular Steps in the LPS-stimulated Release of Nitric Oxide from Microglia, Robbie Sellers

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Sequence Characterization and Dioxin-Responsiveness of an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) from the Salamander, Ambystoma mexicanum, Jenny Shoots

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Preliminary Study of Vertebrates by Motion-Activated Cameras at TRARC prior to Amazon Flooding of 2012, H. B. Stephens

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Neanderthal String Theory: Investigating the Potential Role of Cordage through Experimental Archaeology Anthropology, Rhiannon Suggs

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Calculus Analysis of Viking-era Icelandic Remains, Catherine Weitzel

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Plasticity of pigmentation and thermoregulation of the harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica, in response to developmental temperature, Audrey E. White

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Arthropod Distribution in a Tropical Floodplain Ecosystem, Noah Winters

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Magnetic Force Microscopy with a diCP-II Atomic Force Microscope, Hanning Wong

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Telenovelas: Assessing Intersectionality in Spanish Media, Melek Yildiz-Spinel

Submissions from 2012

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Development of a Novel Synthesis of Natural Products Containing the Cyclopenta[c]pyridine Substructure, Snow Adler

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Determining the Function of Xenopus laevis Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors AHR1α & AHR1β via Morpholino Knockdown, Myles Alderman

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The behavioral and neurological effects of hypoxia during the embryonic development of domestic chicks (Gallus gallus), Andie Asimes

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An Exploration of n-Trigonometric Functions: Generalizations of Sine and Cosine Mathematics, Alex Beckwith

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Photoperiodic Regulation of Sexual Reproduction in Physcomitrella patens, Kiersten Bell

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Characterization of Zn1-XCdXSe Non-Linear Response, Jimmy Chapman

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Osteobiography of Gröf A-21 from Keldudalur, Iceland, Myra Eckenhoff

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The Effects of Minority Group Labeling on Feelings of Empathy and Psychological Closeness, Daniel Glaser

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The Effect of Non-Standard Laboratory Conditions on the Acid Resistance of Escherichia coli, M. Michael Harden

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The effect of caffeine on learning and memory on three cognitive tasks in human subjects, Karen Huntsman

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The Photoperiod Response Pathway in Physcomitrella Patens, Kate Lang

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Inhibition of Amphetamine-Induced Locomotor Hyperactivity by D1 and D2 Dopamine Receptor Antagonists in the C57BL/6J and BTBR T+tf/J Mouse Strains Neuroscience, Kendra Lechtenberg

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Genetic Requirements for E. coli Extreme Acid Survival both Aerobically and Anaerobically, Maria Narvaez

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The Cosmological Origin of Primordial Magnetic Fields, Alexander New

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The Heat is On: Temperature and an Incubating Seabird, C L. O'Connell

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The anatomy, physiology, and immunoreactivity of the cells of the enteric nervous system of larval Manduca sexta, Emily Rose

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The Effects of Auditory Phonemes on Automatic Social Grouping, Daniel Rosenberg

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The relationship between midgut growth and morphology and body size in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, A. Sanderlin

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Angular Momentum of Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars, Luke Skon