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Submissions from 2008

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YagU: an Acid-Resistance Protein of the Escherichia Coli Inner Membrane, Devon Fitzgerald

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The relationship between body surface area and morphological midgut growth of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, Anna Frutiger

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Cloning and Characterization of LmaPBP from the Cockroach, Rhypharobia (Leucophaea) maderae, Allison Goldsmith

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Abundancy Spiral – Exploring Diagonal Patterns, Ziyue Guo

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Don’t count your chicks before they hatch:An experimental manipulation of incubation effort in Leach’s storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), L. J. Harnn

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Expectant mothers' attitudes toward parent-infant Kangaroo Care as related to breastfeeding beliefs, social support, and opinions about birth options, Arianna Herman

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Mapping Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Land Use in the Face of Anthropogenic Activity, Jennifer Howard

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Sporophyte Induction in Response to Photoperiod in Physcomitrella patens, Basil Kahwash

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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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A Meta Analysis of Taijin-Kyofusho Symptomatology and Social Phobia Disorder, Dan Lakin

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A Model for Crystallization with Laser Tweezers, Robert Long

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Determining the Phonon Characteristics of BexZn1-xTe Alloy, Nirajan Mandal

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The Effect of Multidentate Ligands on Zinc Oxide Crystal Growth, Kat Meagley

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Biological Implications of Metabolic Scaling in Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta), Sasha Minium

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Sports Media and Athletes as Male Role Models, Daniel Prager

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The Form of Perfect and Multiperfect Numbers, Kaitlin Rafferty

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Parental Feeding in Leach’s Storm Petrels, Dustin Schneider

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Gender role and anxiety: a meta analysis, Rita Seabrook

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Growth rates of Manduca sexta on artificial and natural diets, Pratima Shanbhag

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Determining Whether Increased Fronto-parietal and Interhemispheric Coherence is a Phenotype of Epilepsy, Nathan Spagnola

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Controlled Formation of Arrays of Zinc Oxide Nanorods, Emily Staudenmaier

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Novel Biodiesel Reactor Utilizes Stainless Steel Yarn To Provide High Surface to Volume Ratio For Biphasic Reaction, Phan Truong

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Computational Molecular Modeling of Alzheimer’s Drug Derivatives, Cathy Ulman

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The Characterization of Residues on Pounding Tools: An Avenue For Identification in the Archaeological Record, Rebecca Warren

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Statistical modeling of real time PCR data for membrane transporter expression in Manduca sexta larvae, Kathleen Woods

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Thermal Lens Spectroscopy and Its Applications, Yinan Yu

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Messages to CosmoGirls about Identity and Appearance: Comparisons of Adult and Teen Magazine Content, Lauren Zurbrugg

Submissions from 2007

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A Direct Nanoscale Investigation of ZnO Surfaces During Crystal Growth, David Black

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Modeling Caterpillars, Jim Boston

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Heritability of telomere length in a wild population of Savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis), Sara Brinda

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Assortative mating by foot color in the black guillemot (Cepphus grylle ), Elizabeth Carlton

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pH dependent gene expression in Bacillus subtilis, Sarah Cleeton

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The Abundancy Index: Tracking Down Outlaws, Laura Czarnecki

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Cahn-Hilliard Simulation, Pushkar Dahal

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Expression and characterization of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter, masBSC, in Sf9 cells, Ann Downer

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The Role of Trust in the Consumer's Choice to Buy Locally, Megan Duffy

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Nutritional Assessment of Preschoolers in Rural Ohio: Biological Investigations into Dietary Implications of Economically Disadvantaged Children, Allegra Fety

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Investigating Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) body condition over the incubation period, Stuart Fety

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Determinants and variation of the sex ratio in the Eastern Bluebird, Siala sialis, Hilary Franke

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The morphological growth of the midgut of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sextain relation to body surface area, Anna Frutiger

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Early Childhood Education and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children: A Meta-Analytic Review, Elisa Garcia

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The Effect of Athletic Participation on Self-Esteem: A Meta-Analysis, Tom Geiger

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Memories of Food and Season Extension Among Elderly in Ohio, Anne Gianakos

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Cloning and Characterization of Lma PBP from the Cockroach, Rhypharobia (Leucophaea) maderae, Allison Goldsmith

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Living on the Edge: Residential Structures in and Around El Cafetal, El Paraíso Valley, Honduras Anthropology, Thomas Gonyea

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Computational Modeling of Astrocytic Glutamate Input to Neurons, Elizabeth Hansen

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The Effects of 22-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalization Duration on Defensive Behavior in Rats, Christian Hinderer

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Sequence Determinants of Ligand Binding Affinity in the Xenopus laevis Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, Sarah Holzman

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The effects of Alliaria petiolata and fertilization on the growth and survivorship of Quercus alba and Acer saccharum seedlings, Amy Kessler

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The Effect of Alliaria petiolata and Fertilization on Photosynthetic Rates in Acer saccharum and Quercus alba, Kaleb Keyserling

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Benchmarking the New Miller Observatory Site, Joey Konieczny

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Responsiveness of a Xenopus laevis cell line to aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands TCDD and FICZ, Leo Laub

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The Electrostatics of a Colloidal Particle Near Two Plates, Thomas Linz

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Investigating the Optical Properties of Doped Amorphous Glasses, Nirajan Mandal

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Three Variants of Sarcoplasmic Calcium-Binding Protein DNA Found in Axial and Cardiac Tissues of Procambarus clarkii, Michael Northcutt

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The Binding of Carboxylates to ZnO Surfaces, Andrew Pohlman

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Interspecific examination of the relationship between metabolic rate and body weight: Selective pressure on metabolic scaling exponents in Manduca sexta larvae, Rex Rodriguez

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Food Choice and its Effects on Nutritional Status: Assessment of Children at a Rural Ohio Head Start, Kate Sanders

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Affect and Cognitive Failures: A Comparison of Positive and Negative Mood Factors, Michael Schnapp

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Media Influences on Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Carlin Shoemaker

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Foot Color, Antioxidant Concentrations, and Catalse Activity in Breeding Black Guillemots (Cepphus Grylle), Shaina Stewart

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The effect of the invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on levels of herbivory in white oak and sugar maple seedlings, Ellen Thompson

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The Effects of Cold Acclimation on Calmodulin in the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, Lexie White

Submissions from 2006

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Coding Theory and Democracy - Part II, Tsvetan Asamov

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GABA, Drug Effects, Anxiety, and 22-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats, Thomas Au

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Simulating Colloidal Interactions, Gilad Barlev

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Synthesis of Natural Products Iridodial and Actinidine and a Novel Pyridine Synthesis, Joel Beckett

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The Allometric Scaling Relationship between Metabolic Rate and Body Size in Manduca Sexta, Andy Boylan

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Effects of Religion upon Environmental Concern: A Study of Attitudes and Behaviors, Emily Burns

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Imine Reduction and Condensation, Jingwan Chen

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Experimental Investigations of Mesoamerican Obsidian Use, John Compton

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Methodology: Hydroboration Animation to Yield Alkylamines, Elena Fernandez

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Studying Classical Entanglement, Ariel Helfer

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Establishment of Microbially-Mediated Functions in Created Wetlands: A Comparative and Mechanistic Study to Provide Guidance for Wetland Restoration, Ellen Herbert

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Site Layout and Style: A Comparative Study in the South East Mesoamerican Zone, Erlend Johnson

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Determining Functional Differences Between Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor Paralogs in Xenopus Laevis, Elizabeth King

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The Effect of Multiple Morphine Exposures on State Dependent Learning in Rats, Ryan Lacy

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Partial Differential Equations on Random Grids, Maxim Lavrentovich

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Characterizing the Functional Diversity of a Secondary Forest Community, Alexandra Lodge

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Eating Where You Live: The Potential for a Local, Seasonal Diet in Knox County, Ohio, Megan Maurer

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Modeling the Metabolic Scaling for Manduca sexta, Agnese Melbarde

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The Development of the Athletic Body Experience (ABE) Questionaire, Jessie Menzel

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Fair Weather Food: The Effect of Weather Variation on Total Plasma Antioxidant Levels of Leach's Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma Leucorhoa), Melina Moe

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The Effect of Cold Acclimation on Gene Expression in the Crayfish, Procambarus clarcii, Margaret Niehaus-Sauter

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Tunable Photonic Crystals, Joseph Rodriguez

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Hydrogenases and pH Stress Response in E. coli, Piero Sanfilippo

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Expression Analysis of TCDD-responsive genes in Xenopus laevis Embryos, Diana Spahlinger

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The Search for Abundancy Outlaws, William Stanton

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Characterization of the Pheromone Binding Protein PBPLma, Amy Thurber

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The Parent Trap: Breeding Black Guillemots (Cepphus grylle) in Better Body Condition Have Higher Levels of Lipid Peroxidation, Emily Vaughn

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Examining the Conspecific Audience Effect on 22-kHz Ultrasonic Distress Vocalizations in Rats, Keenan Vinion

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Inner Beauty in a monomorphic Species: Immune Quality Influences Mate-choice in Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Jennifer Zangmeister

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Characterization of an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor (AHRR) from the Frog Xenopus laevis, Anna Zimmermann

Submissions from 2005

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Laser Depletion Grating Study of the Photodissociation of Chlorine Dioxide (OClO), Katherine Coens

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The Effect of Methylphenidate on 22 kHz and 50 kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats, Lara Cox

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Two-Choice Drug Discrimination Using Morphine on the Sand Maze, Mike Dash

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Use of ORAM in Wetland Quality and Land Use Assessment, Elizabeth Deimeke

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Creation and Characterization of Entangled Photons via Second Harmonic Generation of Infrared Diodes, Mark Geiger

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Microarray Time Course: Gene Expression in Escherichia coli in Response to Acid pH Shift, Geetha Kannan

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Locality in a Quantum World, Lee Kennard