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Submissions from 2017
An Ecosystem Experiment to Test Recovery of Nitrogen Assimilation Functions in Restored Freshwater Wetlands, Heather Pacheco, Srila Chadalavda, and Siobhan Fennessy
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Paralog Function in Dioxin and Thyroid Hormone Response Pathways in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis, Naomi Pang, Rachel Schafer, Natalie Plick, et al.
Characterization of a Zebrafish Peripheral Myelin Mutant, Kristen Pitts and Sarah C. Petersen
Applications of Machine Learning in Low-latency LIGO Searches for Gravitational Waves, Kyle Rose, Donald Moffa, Madeline Wade, et al.
Examining the Flight Capabilities of Neanderthal Spears, Ryan Scheck and Bruce Hardy
Designing an AI to Determine Building Codes, Joey Schutz and James Skon
Characterization of FMRFamide Expression in the Enteric Nervous System of Manduca Sexta, Sabrina Serrano, Jonathan Palacios Alvarez, and Harry Itagaki
Linearized Gravity and its Effects on Oscillon Formation and Properties, Patrick Shaw and Tom Giblin
In Search of the t-DNA Insert: Genotyping Arabidopsis Thaliana Transgenic Plant Lines, Hanna Simmons and Kerry Rouhier
Artifacts in the Wake of a First-Order Phase Transition, Christian Solorio and Tom Giblin
Ellipsometry and X-Ray Reflectivity Analysis of Nanoporous Hafnia Films, R. Oliver VandenBerg and Frank Peiris
Men's and Women's Responses to Idealized Body Types, Ar'Reon Watson and Sarah K. Murnen
Architectural Planning: An Expert System Proof of Concept, Benjamin Weinberg and James P. Skon
Exploring the Potential of an Acid-Initiated Vinylogous Aldol Reaction to form All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters, Hanna Wendlandt, Madison Powers, Julia Noonan, et al.
Localization of Aedes aegypti Na-dependent aeCCC1 by affinity-purified antibodies to Malpighian Tubules and Hindgut, Samuel Wolf and Christopher M. Gillen
Effect of emrAB and mprA Mutants on Relative Fitness in Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenylhydrazone evolved Escherichia coli, Erintrude Wrona and Joan L. Slonczewski
Submissions from 2016
Evaluating Dye Compounds as Adulticides via Toxic Sugar Bait and Assessing the Role Sex Plays in Lethal Toxic Dosing, Leticia Osei Bonsu, Ngoc Le, and Matthew F. Rouhier
Agonist-specific Regulation of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Target Genes in a Xenopus laevis Cell Line, Kay Burrows, Nathan Huey, and Wade H. Powell
Recovering the Neutron Start Equation of State from a Binary Neutron Star Gravitational Wave Detection with LIGO, Matthew Carney and Leslie Wade
Modeling Corrections to the Fabry-Perot Cavity for the Calibration of Advanced LIGO Instruments, Theresa Chmiel and Madeline Wade
Tangloids and their Symmetries, Seth Colbert-Pollack and Carol S. Schumacher
Modeling Neuroinflammatory Pathways of Astrocytes, Microglia, and Neurons, Ellen Corcoran and Sheryl Hemkin
"Loved to Death": Tourism Case Studies in Baguio and Batad, Philippines, Hannah Echt and Sam Pack
Crossing Borders: Creating Games to Simulate Cultural Interaction for Anthropology Classrooms, Sydney Engelstein and Kimmarie Murphy
Convergent and Predictive Validity in Inspection Time Tasks with Emoji, David B. Faller and Tabitha W. Payne
Generation of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters Using a Novel, Acid-Initiated Vinylogous Aldol Reaction (VAR), Maddie Frischling and John Hofferberth
Mathematical Modeling of the Epistemology of Simple Physical Agents, Ian George and Benjamin Schumacher
Acid Resistance Mechanisms in Laboratory Evolved Escherichia coli, Jessie M. Griffith and Joan L. Slonczewski
Further Exploring the Polymerization Scope of (tBuSalAmEE)Al, Nicholas Gutsche and Yutan D. Y. L. Getzler
Staging Culture: Igorot "Photogra-feeing" in Baguio City, Philippines, Jon Funder Hansen and Sam Pack
Axiomatic Informational Thermodynamics, Austin Hulse
Gene Expression of Sodium-Dependent Cation-Chloride Cotransporters (aeCCC1-3) in Adult and Larval Tissue of Yellow Fever Mosquitos (Aedes aegypti), Taylor Jamil and Chris M. Gillen
Escherichia coli Lose Antibiotic Tolerance During Experimental Laboratory Evolution in Benzoate Stress, Karina Kunka and Joan L. Slonczewski
Self-Disclosure and Liking on Social Networking Sites, Emma L. McGorray and Patrick J. Ewell
The Effect of Isolated Facial Features on the Identity Sensitive N250r ERP, Sarah Mohr, Anxu Wang, and Andrew D. Engell
Comparison of the Three Methods for Creating n-Dimensional Hypervolumes, Cecina Babich Morrow, Benjamin Blonder, Brian Maitner, et al.
GABAa2 Subunit Agonism Improves Social Memory in BTBR T+tf/J Mice, Sarah Naguib and Hewlet G. McFarlane
Evaluation of Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) Organic Anion Transporters Through Microinjection of Sulfonate Group Dyes, Bryce T. Nicholls and Matthew F. Rouhier
Identifying the Source of β-Alanine Production in Arabidopsis thaliana by GC/MS, Morgan E. Perret and Kerry A. Rouhier
Psizing up the Universe: The Effects of the Gravitational Potential after Inflation, Caroline Popiel and Tom Giblin
Immunolocalization of Sodium-Dependent Cation Chloride Cotransporters in the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes Aegypti Larvae, Grace Riley and Chris Gillen
The Decay and Gravitational Effect of Non-Topological Structures After Inflation, Christian Solorio and Tom Giblin
Between Two Worlds: The Past, Present, and Future of Igorot Youths, Shaun Stewart and Sam Pack
Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in Benzoate-Evolved Escherichia coli, Anna C. Tancredi and Joan L. Slonczewski
Optimal and Minimal Bit Engines, Avery Tishue and Benjamin Schumacher
Localization of the Sodium Dependent Cation-Chloride Cotransporter in Aedes aegypti, Kenyatta Viel and Chris M. Gillen
Invisible Clothing? Complex Clothing Manufacture in the Middle Paleolithic, Clay Whiteheart and Bruce Hardy
Characterization of the Positive Integers with Adundancy Index of the Form (2x-1)/x, Yanqi Xu and Judy Holdener
Optimizing Gravitational Wave Searches for Intermediate Mass Black Hole Binaries, Jack R. Zellweger and Leslie E. Wade
Submissions from 2015
The Impact of Social Interactions and Age on the Reinforcing Properties of Cocaine in Rats, Lauren S. Bailey Ms
GABA Production Through Acid Resistance Mechanisms in Escherichia coli, Dominic W. Camperchioli and Sean P. Bush
GABA Production Through Acid Resistance Mechanisms in Escherichia coli, Dominic W. Camperchioli, Sean P. Bush, and Joan Slonczewski
Gravitational Perturbations in Lattice Simulations, Arthur Conover
Surface Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Ellipsometry for Biosensing, Eliana Crawford
Surface Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Ellipsometry for Biodetection, Eliana Crawford, Frank Peiris, and Laura Sagle
Comparing Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes in Restored Versus Natural Wetlands, James Currie
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