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Submissions from 2012

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Preliminary Analysis of Dental Calculus from Viking Age Iceland: Implications for Reconstructing Diet and Lifeways, Hannah Smith

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Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion, Sally Steuterman

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Co-exposure to AhR and TR Agonists Enhances the Expression of Thyroid Hormone- and Dioxin-Responsive Genes in Xenopus laevis, Justin Taft

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The Cloning and Expression of β-Hydroxyisobutyryl Coenzyme A Hydrolase from Arabidopsis thaliana, Scott Watters

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Visualization of Cell Morphology and Cytoplasmic pH of Escherichia coli Biofilms Using Fluorescence Microscopy, Anna Yie

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Telenovelas: Ethnic and Gender Representations in Spanish Media in the U.S., Melek Yildiz-Spinel

Submissions from 2011

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

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Probing the Second-Harmonic in ZnCdSe Thin Films, Ian Bakk

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Fabricating Faraday Rotators Using Mesoporous Films, Andrew Chevalier

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Modeling Cosmic Bubble Collisions, Hillary Child

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Mental Toughness and Anxiety in Varsity Collegiate Athletes and Non-Athletes, Julia Cohen

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Changes in midgut morphology during the growth of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, Katheryn Connell

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Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and Lattice Simulations, Jennings Deskins

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Visual Attention and Sequential Patterns: Mental Processing Speed, Implicit, and Explicit Learning, Clifford Eberhardt

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Application of Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Calculations to Determine Reaction Pathway, Andrew Ebner

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Quantum Entanglement at Kenyon College: Constructing an Entanglement Apparatus for the Undergraduate Laboratory, Robert Fine

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Exploring the Utility of Ionic Hydrogenation in the Synthesis of Iridoid Natural Products, Clara Fischman

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The Tol-Pal trans-envelope complex is important for acid survival of Escherichia Coli, Gian M. Garduque

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"Sexualized" Clothing in Girls' Magazines Across Time, Kaitlin Graff

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The Effect of Diet on Ontogenetic Scaling of Metabolic Rate in Manduca sexta, Kate Haller

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Dynamics of a 2-hectare temperate forest plot over a five-year period, Nina Hamilton

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Is sperm motility correlated with red spawning coloration in Redside Dace?, Kelly Heilman

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Characterizing the Transcriptomic Response of a Xenopus laevis Cell line Initiated by Two Structurally Distinct Ligands of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, Nathan Huey

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Big Game or Small Plants? Assessing The Role of Plants in the Neanderthal Diet via Microscopic Residue Analysis of Flint Tools, Nick Lehn

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4-OH-Tamoxifen is not an agonist of the frog aryl hydrocarbon receptor, Amanda Maxfield

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Investigation of Single-Cell pH Homeostasis Using Fluorescence Ratio Imaging Microscopy, J. Patrick Mershon

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Minimal Length Scale and Its Effect on Hawking Radiation, Patrick Meyers

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A Geometric Representation of the Abundancy Index Mathematics, Kate Moore

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Modeling Manduca sexta Gut Digestion and Absorption as a Plug Flow Reactor, Stephen Raithel

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The Role of Methylmalonate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase in Valine and Propionyl-CoA Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana, Ian Richardson

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Anaerobic Regulators Affect Anoxic Extreme-Acid Survival of E. coli, Daniel Riggins

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Expression and Characterization of the CYP1 subfamily from Xenopus laevis, Andy Schwartz

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Dynamic Light Scattering from Colloidal Spheres and Proteins in Femtoliter Volumes, David A. T. Somers

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Getting the house in order: Burrow establishment and incubation activity in a long-lived seabird (2011, Graham Sorenson

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The effects of potential climate change-related river water temperature shifts on the reproductive success of the redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus), August Steigmeyer

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Crying Wolf or Sobbing Swine: Examining Post-H1N1 Perceptions of Risk and Threat of a Future Influenza Epidemic, Julian Tancredi

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Gender, Stress, Coping, and Health Behaviors, Alyssa Van Denburg

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Effect of strain and diet on Manduca sexta midgut mass, Allison Vela-Mendoza

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Relative expression of basic metabolic genes in the anterior midgut of Manduca sexta, Kelly Wahl

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Quantifying soil carbon sequestration rates, a critical ecosystem service, from measures of wetland condition in freshwater wetlands of Ohio, Sally Wilson

Submissions from 2010

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Food Accessibility and Pricing In a Rural Setting, Jonah Auteri

A functional comparison of photoperiodically-regulated genes in Physcomitrella patens and flowering plants, Sarah Cook

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Defensive Behavior of Rats in Response to 22-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations, Rachel Cooper

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Mapping of photoperiod-sensitive suppressor of elf3 21, Brittany Currey

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Variability in Measurements of Manduca sexta Midgut Gene Expression, Kyle Davis

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The Role of Multidrug Resistance Efflux Pumps in pH Homeostasis in Escherichia Coli, Kari N. W. Deininger

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Modeling the Manduca Sexta Midgut Mathematics, Jennifer Garbett

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Harmonic Measure Distribution Functions in Complex Domains Mathematics, Kevin Gerstle

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Comparing Classical and Alternative Methods of Regression in the Context of Metabolic Scaling Mathematics, Nathan Huey

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pH Dependent cAMP Levels Correspond to Acid Resistance in Escherichia Coli, Shanté Jackson

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Examining the Prevalence of the Heterosexual Script in Children's Television Media, Alexandra Kirsch

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Identification and Characterization of CYP1 Gene family Enzymes in Xenopus laevis, Chad M. Kurylo

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Differential aminopeptidaseexpression in Manduca sexta larvae based on life stage and dietary protein concentration, Emily Lewandowski

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Finding an Upper Bound on the Angular Momentum of a Neutron Star, Ben Lucas

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Measurement of cytoplasmic pH of Escherichia coli with fluorescence ratio imaging microscopy, Kotiba Malek

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The Role of Conformity to the Superwoman Ideal in the Relationship between Personality and Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Adolescents, Lauren Metzger

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Specific residues of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor from the frog Xenopus laevis confer low responsiveness to TCDD and FICZ, Cami Odio

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Seeding the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe: Cosmological Perturbations from Staggered Inflation, Evan Pease

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Dispelling the Meat-Dominated Myth: Alternative Food Sources in the Neanderthal Diet, Kushal Rao

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Measuring Solvent Content of Biological Crystals Using Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching, Matthew Siewny

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Time-Dependent Growth of Zinc Oxide Crystals, Abigail Van Wassen

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Supernovae and Cosmic Anisotropy, Carolyn Watts

Submissions from 2009

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The Search for New Quinary Quasi-Cyclic Codes, Ryan Ackerman

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Investigation of pH Stress Effects on Sporulation and Germination Efficiency in Bacillus subtilis, Haley Adcox

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Ecosystem Services as Functions of Wetland Restoration Practice in Ohio Watersheds, Claire Anderson

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Investigation of rocgenes in pH regulation of Bacillus subtilis, Erin I. Armentrout

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Shape Control of Zinc Oxide Crystals with Succinate Derivatives, Elizabeth Bailey

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Modeling Autistic-Like Behavior In The BTBR T+Tf/J Mouse: Testing Juvenile Play Behaviors In Females, Audrey Bebensee

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Functional characterization of SCP1 in Procambarus clarkii using RNA interference, Robert Carpenter

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Motives for Visiting “Pro-Ana/Mia” Web sites, Kelsey Chapman

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Mapping of photoperiod-sensitive suppressor of elf3 21, Brittany Currey

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Modeling Diffusion of Nano-meter Sized Colloids in Confined Spaces, Johnathan Edwards

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Hydrogen (H2) Production with Carbohydrate Supplementation and pH Stress of Escherichia coli, Khalid C. Eldahan

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Development of the Positive and Negative Athletic Contexts for Healthy Eating (PANACHE), Nora Erickson

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Triangular and Polygonal Triples, Daniel Franz

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Metabolism, Microvilli, and the Manduca sexta Midgut: A Mathematical Model, Jennifer Garbett

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The Effect of Alcohols on the Anisotropic Etching of Silicon, Mary Clare Higgins-Luthman

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Development of an EROD Assay to Characterize the Induction of CYP1A Activity in Xenopus laevis Cells, Daniel V. Iwamoto

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Unraveling Entanglement: Correlation and Sharability within Quantum Mechanics and Beyond, Peter Johnson

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An Examination of the Relative Salience of Internal and External Instrumental Occasion Setters, Katerina Karaivanova

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Accessing the Cyclopenta[c]pyridine Structure: Development of an Enamine/Enal Cycloaddition Pyridine Formation Methodology, Ben Kester

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Gene Expression in Fourth and Fifth Instar Manduca sexta, Robert Long

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The metabolic scaling exponent and respiratory quotient of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, Arianne Messerman

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Athletes and Problematic Eating: A meta-analysis, Lauren Metzger

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Synthesizing and Characterizing Mesoporous Mirrors, Patrick Meyers

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Finding the Metric Center, Hannah Ross

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Animal Assisted Therapy and Animal-human Interaction: Social Animals’ Effects on Depression and Anxiety in College Students, Maya Schell

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Functional Differences in Paralogous Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors (AHRs) of Xenopus laevis, Kelly Schorling

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Modeling Growth and Metabolism in Manduca sexta Larvae: Variation Across Individuals and Instars, Katie Sears

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Towards the Expression of the Pheromone-Binding Protein from the Cockroach Leucophaea maderae, Maggie Taylor

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The relationship between body surface area and morphological midgut growth of the tobacco hawkmoth, Manduca sexta, Nikolas Tun

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Carbon Dynamics of a Restored Temperate Wetland in Ohio and the Effects of Nitrogen Loading on Carbon Dioxide Efflux, Kanmani Venkateswaran

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Modeling caterpillar growth and behavior under inducible plant defense, Dhruv Vig

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Food Preferences of Kenyon Students: the Ideal Meal and the Real Meal, Laura Yakas

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Effect of body size on Manduca sexta midgut gene expression, Aaron Yeoh

Submissions from 2008

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The Effect of Diet on Scaling of Nitrogen Assimilation in Manduca sexta, Ryan Bash

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Progress Toward the Synthesis of Two Novel Fluorophore Appended Cationic Steroid Antibiotics, James Beckett

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Permeant Acid-Dependent Gene Expression in Bacillus subtilis, Rebecca Cleeton

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Controling the Shape of ZnO crystals in aqueous solution: Does pH alter the effects of growth modifiers?, LaDean Cooley

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Don't put all your eggs in one basket: Growth, self-maintenance and fledgling survival in Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) chicks raised in experimentally manipulated broods, Priscilla Erickson