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Submissions from 2015
Rocks and Residues: Rekindling the Past: Microscopy of Flint Flakes, Sean Deryck
Rocks and Residues: Rekindling the Past Microscopy of Flint Flakes, Sean Deryck and Bruce Hardy
Antibiotic Resistance in Aromatic Acid Evolved E. coli, Erick Ditmars
New Linear Codes from Quasi-twisted Codes, Derek Foret
Smoke without Fire: Reconstructing the Candelero, Jacob Griffith-Rosenberger
Smoke without Fire: Reconstructing the Candelero, Jacob Griffith-Rosenberger, Pat Urban, and Edward Schortman
Three Dimensional Deconvolution of a Confocal Microscope, William Kyle
Environmental Stress and RNAi Effect on Osmoregulation of the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti, Alexander S. McQuiston
Fluctuating Asymmetry as an Indicator of Reproductive Effort in the Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Lauren Michael
Fluctuating Asymmetry as an Indicator of Reproductive Effort in the Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Lauren Elisabeth Michael and Robert A. Mauck
RNA polymerase mutations and decarboxylase activity in acid-evolved strains of Escherichia coli, Stephanie Penix
Exploring the Effective Mass of Semiconductors Using Infrared Faraday Rotation, Haifeng Qiao
Presence of Harmful Cyanobacteria in Local Water Bodies, Alexandra Schaal
Role of Abaxial Trichome Density in Regulating Optical Properties and Photosynthesis in Glycine max, Jacob Scharfetter
Fitness of Potassium Benzoate Evolved Escherichia coli K-12 Under Various Permeant Acid Stresses, Zachary Scott
A River Runs Through It: Limnological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Kokosing in Knox County, Jennifer Seely
A River Runs Through It: Limnological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Kokosing in Knox County, Jennifer J. Seely and Kimmarie A. Murphy
Investigating Subfunctionalization of Xenopus laevis AHR1 Paralogs in a Tadpole Cell Line, Sean Smith
Convergent patterns of α- and β-functional diversity across tropical and temperate mountain forests, Kirstin Staiger
Dynamical Studies of Non-Abelian Gauge Fields: Cosmic Inflation and Reheating, Zach Weiner
Computational Efficiency of the Metropolis and Wang-Landau Algorithms, Hanning Wong
Submissions from 2014
Standing the Heat: The Influence of Increased Air Temperature on Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Sarah E. Adrianowycz
Growing From Sports-Related Adversity: Investigating the Role of Spirituality in the Resiliency Process of College Student Athletes, Edgar F. Arceo
Numerical Techniques of Integration for Volumes of Revolution, Robin Belton
Fabricating Atmospheric Chemical Sensors using Mesoporous Indium Tin-Doped Oxide (ITO) Photonic Crystals, Matthew Christopher
Constructing Linear Codes with Record Breaking Parameters, Nicholas Connolly
Is It Hot Enough Yet? Reconstructing Firing Temperatures for Prehistoric Honduran Ceramics through Re-Firing Experiments, Caroline Del Giudice
Bridging the Generation Gap: Tracking Movement of Functional Proteins Across Generations in Escherichia coli, Richard Dennis
Polar Aging of Escherichia coli under Neutral and Acidic Conditions, Elizabeth Eder
Progress Toward a Novel Synthesis of the C5 Methylated Cyclopenta[C]pyridine Substructure, Nat Fox
A Model of Carbohydrate and Protein Uptake in Manduca sexta, S. A. Frantz
Brownian Motion in the Complex Plane, Lila Greco
The Effects of high pH on acid adapted Escherichia coli, Issam Hamdallah
Kinetic Characterization of CHY4 and CHY5 in the Catabolism of Valine in Arabidopsis thaliana, Katherine C. Hoener
Effects of a thermal excursion on biomass yield and gas exchange traits in Glycine max, Hayley Howard
Generalizing the Four Numbers Problem to Planar Graphs, Sam Justice
Striving for Perfection: Multiple Roles and Well-Being, Kathryn Kadleck
Interactions between Thyroid Hormone and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) Signaling during Metamorphosis of Xenopus laevis, Megan M. Koenecke
Exploring Thermal Lens Spectrometry as an Analytical Tool, Kaicheng Li
GPU Acceleration of 3D lattice simulations, C. Ross Mauck
Nonlinear Physics at the End of Inflation, Eva Nesbit
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
Reheating the universe, Timothy R. Scully
Sticking with Neanderthals: Identifying Neanderthal Mastics and their Signatures, Joseph Walsh
Searching for and Characterizing Abundancy Outlaws, Zach Weiner
Submissions from 2013
Molecular characterization of Na+-coupled CCCs in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti, Daniel C. Akuma
Phenotypic Analysis of Methylmalonate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Knockout Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana, Rishi Choubey
Escherichia coli Mutant Strains Mediate Cellular Response to Benzoic Acid, Kaitlin Creamer
First-Order Phase Transitions with Cosmological Fluids, Ryan Darragh
Size-Frequency Distribution of Perennial Herbaceous Communities, Kelsey Dillon
Investigating the Subfunctionalization of Two Xenopus Laevis AHR1 Paralogs, Eric Engelbrecht
The Leaky Pipeline: The Effect of Personality and Goals on Female STEM Interest, Katherine M. Finnigan
Quantifying the Impact of Nocturnal Warming on Whole-Plant Water Use Efficiency in Glycine max, Molly Goolman
Physiological changes in the midgut during the growth of the larval Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta, Katie Goulder
Nitric oxide signaling in the larval salivary glands of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, Lyra Hall
Laboratory Evolution of Acid-Adapted Escherichia coli Strains, Amanda He
In the Mind of an Athlete: A Meta-analysis of the role of perfectionism and anxiety in athletes, Maureen Hirt
Exploring Magneto-Optical Properties of Novel Structures, Aidan Lee
Quasi-Bosonic Lattice Gas and Information Machines, Michael Morgan
New Linear Codes from Constacyclic Codes Mathematics, John M. Murphree
Reduction in Expression of Manduca sexta Midgut Transport Proteins KAAT1 and CAATCH1 by RNA Interference, Andrew L. Parmelee
Base Resistance in Escherichia coli Potential Stress Resistance Genes and Regulators, Ian Perrone
Evidence for a regulatory linkage between leaf water potential and mesophyll conductance, Rafael Contreras Rangel
Investigating the Maillard Reaction in Autoclaved Media and its Effect on Escherichia coli, Rachel J. Rhee
The Effects of a High Antioxidant Diet on Two Behavioral Measures in Aging Rats, Gina Rickert
Arboral Diversity in Sub-ecotypes of the Peruvian Amazon Blackwater Rainforest: Barcoding from Cambial Tissue, Helen Rogers
In the Fringes: Exploring Thin Films with a Prism Coupler, Glynis Schumacher
Classical Transitions for Tunable Potentials, Timothy R. Scully
The Relationships Between the Intracellular Steps in the LPS-stimulated Release of Nitric Oxide from Microglia, Robbie Sellers
Preliminary Study of Vertebrates by Motion-Activated Cameras at TRARC prior to Amazon Flooding of 2012, H. B. Stephens
Neanderthal String Theory: Investigating the Potential Role of Cordage through Experimental Archaeology Anthropology, Rhiannon Suggs
Calculus Analysis of Viking-era Icelandic Remains, Catherine Weitzel
Plasticity of pigmentation and thermoregulation of the harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica, in response to developmental temperature, Audrey E. White
Arthropod Distribution in a Tropical Floodplain Ecosystem, Noah Winters
Magnetic Force Microscopy with a diCP-II Atomic Force Microscope, Hanning Wong
Telenovelas: Assessing Intersectionality in Spanish Media, Melek Yildiz-Spinel
Submissions from 2012
Development of a Novel Synthesis of Natural Products Containing the Cyclopenta[c]pyridine Substructure, Snow Adler
Determining the Function of Xenopus laevis Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors AHR1α & AHR1β via Morpholino Knockdown, Myles Alderman
The behavioral and neurological effects of hypoxia during the embryonic development of domestic chicks (Gallus gallus), Andie Asimes
An Exploration of n-Trigonometric Functions: Generalizations of Sine and Cosine Mathematics, Alex Beckwith
Photoperiodic Regulation of Sexual Reproduction in Physcomitrella patens, Kiersten Bell
Characterization of Zn1-XCdXSe Non-Linear Response, Jimmy Chapman
Osteobiography of Gröf A-21 from Keldudalur, Iceland, Myra Eckenhoff
The Effects of Minority Group Labeling on Feelings of Empathy and Psychological Closeness, Daniel Glaser
The Effect of Non-Standard Laboratory Conditions on the Acid Resistance of Escherichia coli, M. Michael Harden
The effect of caffeine on learning and memory on three cognitive tasks in human subjects, Karen Huntsman
The Photoperiod Response Pathway in Physcomitrella Patens, Kate Lang
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
Genetic Requirements for E. coli Extreme Acid Survival both Aerobically and Anaerobically, Maria Narvaez
The Cosmological Origin of Primordial Magnetic Fields, Alexander New
The Heat is On: Temperature and an Incubating Seabird, C L. O'Connell
The Effects of Auditory Phonemes on Automatic Social Grouping, Daniel Rosenberg
The relationship between midgut growth and morphology and body size in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, A. Sanderlin
Angular Momentum of Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars, Luke Skon