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Submissions from 2024

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Parental Care in Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica), Mira Allen and Iris Levin

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Drafting a Current Conditions Report on an Easement of the Brown Family Environmental Center, Ethan Ashbrook and Eric Holdener

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The Abundancy Index and Tri-perfect Numbers, Jimmy Baker and Judy Holdener

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NEW CODES OF EVEN LENGTH OVER Z4, M Belghith, G Idowu, T Nguyen, et al.

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Kinship, Culture, & Connections Mapping Places and People in 18th Century Ohio, Cooper Bertschi and Patrick Bottiger

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Forelimb-Hindlimb Correlation in Bird Species, Aishik Biswas, Ash Martinez, Aidan Cullen, et al.

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Photobleaching of Methylene Blue In Thermal Lenses, Ethan Blake and James Keller

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AHR Deficiency Does not Affect the Frequency of Developmental Deformities in Xenopus tropicalis Tadpoles, Keller Bueneman, Bo Huang, Jinghao Li, et al.

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Effects of Parental Care on Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Nestling Quality, Madeleine Campbell, Iris Levin, and Toshi Tsukenage

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Contemporary Sound Poetics, Chenxiao Cui and Orchid Tierney

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Toward Embedding Kinetic Reheating in Numerical Relativity, Eve Currens and Tom Giblin

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Expression and Purification of KAS III Proteins, Damaris Darkwah, Maria Peacock, and Kerry Rouhier

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Mother Nature in Ancient Civilization’s Agriculture, Natalya Delsante and Patrick Bottiger

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Modeling the Temperature Dependence of the Optical Properties of Molybdenum Disulfide Monolayers and Bilayers, Olivia Fairlamb, Frank C. Peiris, Thomas V. McKnight, et al.

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Exploring the World of Online Communication, Leah Fanello and Shauna de Long

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Characterizing Decoherence of Three-Body Entanglement Near Förster Resonance, Dominick Frost, Lily Gehres, Anyssa El Mhaïa, et al.

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Using Digital Holography to Trap Single Rubidium Atoms, Lily Gehres and Aaron Reinhard

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Green Burial Facilitates Prairie Restoration at Kokosing Nature Preserve, Grant Gerhardt and Lauren Schmitt

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The Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation for the Synthesis of γ-Alkanoyl-ε-caprolactone Monomers, Greyson Greischar and Yutan Getzler

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On Structural Transnormativity 10 Years Later, Theo Gillis Jacobs and Austin H. Johnson

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Feminist Pedagogy and the Trigger Warning, Will Johnson and Jessica Pruett

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Investigating the effects of 5-fluorouracil on tRNA substrates of the tRNA methyltransferase 10 (Trm10) in vitro using FAM-labeled primers, Hannah Joo, Olivia Roumaya, and Jane E. Jackman

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On the Ideology of the AI Boom: Critical Perspectives on OpenAI, Aidan Jordan and Alex Brostoff

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Characterization of an Organic Donor-Acceptor Charge Transfer Complex of Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene with 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone, Emma Kelley and Katie Mauck

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Age Elasticity in the NBA Examining the Effect of Age on Basketball Skill Development, Jackson Kennedy and Brad Hartlaub

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Preheating with Nontrivial Topologies, Christine Kessens and Tom Giblin

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Will I remember you? Anxiety, Memory and Brain Activation, Hollen Knoell, Blythe Karras, and Andrew D. Engell

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Economic Impacts of State Sponsored Development Subsidies, Zachary Kobban and Daniel Kolliner

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Verifying Methods for Placing Upper Limits on Gravitational Glints, Kuba Kopczuk, Les Wade, and Maddie Wade

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Introducing Density Functional Theory Into Our Spectroscopic Ellipsometery Lab, Sam Kovach and Frank Pieris

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Do Oscillons Decay?, Peter Krosniak, J'sun Gardner, and Tom Giblin

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Immunofluorescent analysis of FOG-3 in a C. elegans model of MEPAN Syndrome, Rosa Kwon and Peter Kropp

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Generating MTD Fusion Proteins for Inhibition of Protein-Protein Interactions, Ally Lavy, Sara Reitz, and Dehua Pei

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Investigating the Lavrentiev Phenomenon, Christophe Leblanc and Marie Snipes

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Precipitation Drives Trait Variation Across Southern African Savanna Grass Species, Adrian Lee, Annika Oosthuizen, Tshepiso Majelantle, et al.

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Developmental phenotypes in frogs lacking the aryl hydrocarbon receptor?, Jinghao Li, Rachel Strout, Marko E. Horb, et al.

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Sexual dimorphism in flight muscle size in birds, Valeriia Lukianova, Ash Martinez, Aishik Biswas, et al.

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Web Portal for an Open-Source Managed Wi-Fi Solution, Advaitha Manigandan and James Skon

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Tracking FOG-1 Expression as an Indicator of Spermatogenesis Termination, Elizabeth Manning

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Bird Flight Style in Sexual Dimorphism, Ashley Martinez, Valeriia Lukianova, Aishik Biswas, et al.

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PACMANN: using machine learning to identify pulsars, Teddy Masters, Quinn Curren, Madeline Wade, et al.

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Calculating Empirical Sensitivity Metrics for Computer Experiments with Constrained Input Spaces, Andrew Mayer

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Knife Edge, Motor Calibration, and Beam Imaging, Anyssa El Mhaïa and Aaron Reinhard

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Relativistic Fluids and Primordial Black Holes, Amanda Miller and Tom Giblin

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Examining Neanderthal Weaving through Experimental Archaeology, Kylie Mullaly and Bruce Hardy

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Fluorescence Lifetime Measurement in the Frequency Domain, Nushin Nawar and James Keller

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Amplification of Circular Dichroism Signal Through Fluorescence Detection, Tasnim Islam Orco and James Keller

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Functional Characterization of β-Ketoacyl-ACP Synthase (KASIII) Proteins from Pesticide-Producing Plant Organs, Maria Peacock, Damaris Darkwah, and Kerry A. Rouhier

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Design of an Experimental Upgrade for Improved Electric Field Control in Pursuit of Optical Tweezers, Calista Pearlstone and Aaron Reinhard

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Exploring the quality of PtSe2 thin films using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and X-Ray Reflectivity, Owen Peterson, Hatim Saeed, and Frank Peiris

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Simulating Palatini Higgs Inflation, Wyatt Phillips and Tom Giblin

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Establishing a controlled polymerization protocol for 𝛾-acyloxy-𝜀-caprolactones, Tapiwa Gono Phiri and Yutan Getzler

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Monomers for Degradable Polymers via Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation, Jenna Ray and Yutan Getzler

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Queer Community Online: Minority Stress and Mental Health, Benji Rothman, Julia Sobel, and Sarah K. Murnen

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Codes, Narratives, and Dramatic Types: Debate Performance During a Time of Political Polarization, Caroline Russell and Celso Villegas

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Magneto-Optical Kerr-Effect to Study Magnetic Semiconductors, Dilara Sen and Frank Peiris

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The Baly Digital Gallery, Braeden Singleton and Brad Hoestetler

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Constraining LIGO Measurements of Neutron Star Equations of State Using a Machine Learning Algorithm, Josephine Smith, Madeline Wade, and Leslie Wade

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Ecosystem Services Provided by Beneficial Insects throughout their Life Cycles, Harrison Solomon and Lauren Schmitt

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Town Music in Electoral Saxony c.1550-c.1685: Determining Possible Pathways of Acquisition, Yueqi Song and Dane Heuchemer

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Characterizing Germline Defects in C. elegans mecr-1 mutants, Katherine Spilsbury and Peter Kropp

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The Presence and Meaning of Military Iconography on Coinage in 12th Century Byzantium, Sonia E. Suben and Brad Hostetler

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Lifeways under the Microscope: Preliminary Findings from Dental Calculus Analysis in Medieval Iceland, Frances Szaraz and Kimmarie Murphy

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Developing and Refining Machine Learning Algorithms for LIGO's TITANFALL Pipeline, Josh Temple, David Chintala, and Madeline Wade

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Investigating Diketopyrrolopyrrole Derivatives for Charge Transfer Complexation with DDQ, Izzy Thompson and Katie Mauck

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Elementary Constructions of Best Known Quantum Codes, Long Tran, Trang Nguyen, and Nuh Aydin

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The Three Sisters: A Living Archive of Indigenous Knowledge, Jackson Twaddle and Patrick Bottiger

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The Rise of Ethnic Tourism in Vietnam: Staged Authenticity at Pa Vi Village, Ha Giang, Ngoc-Ha Vu

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Layered Traumas: The First World War Refugee Crisis and Holocaust Survivor Testimonies, Annastasia Rose Winston and Eliza Ablovatski

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“The Bored Youth” in Twentieth-Century World Literature, Er Yue and Jesse Matz

Submissions from 2023

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The Pandemic Nursing Project and Capturing Emotional Labor via Focus Groups, Cade Apton and Marci Cottingham

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Adapting Hybridization Chain Reaction to Lumbriculus variegatus, Zachary L. Baker, Seryne H. Rafique, and Kathy M. Gillen

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Testing the Schrodinger Approximation for Nonlinear Cosmology Models, Adam Blum, Wyatt Phillips, and Tom Giblin

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Hoskins Frame Summer Science Writing Scholars 2023, Sam Bowden, Tara Cerny, and Sara Carmichael

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Constraining LIGO Measurements of Neutron Star Equations of State with a Machine Learning Algorithm, Isabel Braun and Leslie Wade

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Surface Microtextures of mineral grains collected from supraglacial ice in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, Will Bryant, Jordan Schisler, Ruth Heindel, et al.

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A Statistical Strategy for the CHSH Quantum Game, Peter Burton, Phillip Diamond, Rachel Hill, et al.

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Targeted Drug Screen to Restore Fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans Model of MEPAN Syndrome, Cindy Chen and Peter Kropp

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All Eyes on Georgia: How Voters Turned Georgia Blue, Julián A. Clivillés Morales and Celso M. Villegas

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Intermolecular interactions and charge transfer in rylene diimide donor-acceptor complexes, Katherine Coffin, Alyssa Perez, and Katie Mauck

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Evaluation of OAT1 and OATP1 in A. Aegypti through coinjection of dyes with Probenecid, Naringin, Logan Coleman and Matthew F. Rouhier

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Aedes aegypti OATP1 Expression in Xenopus Oocytes, Sam Connors, Matthew F. Rouhier, and Christopher M. Gillen

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Layered Traumas: The First World War Refugee Crisis and Holocaust Survivor Testimonies, Nika Cooper and Eliza Ablovatski

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Male House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) Display Lower Wingbeat Frequencies than Females, Elizabeth Cramer, Olivia Rataezyk, and Natalie Wright

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Labanotation of Appalachian Folk Dance: Texas Star, Eve Currens and Julie Brodie

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Modeling Calcium Waves and Oscillations in Coupled Astrocytes, Ronan Daly and Sheryl Hemkin

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Spinning Like a Viking: Experimental Archaeology with Textiles, Zoe DeLay and Kimmarie Murphy

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Comparative Regression Modeling of Inequality at DAACS Documented Sites of Enslavement, Casey Flueckiger, Khadene Harris, and Brad Hartlaub

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The Election of 1888 and the Wool Tariff: Evaluating the Influence of Elections on the Behavior of Politicians and Voters, Eli France and Keith Harris

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Walking on Air: The Iconic Marketing Legacy of Air Jordans, Eli France and Alex Novikoff

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Characterizing Decoherence of Three-Body Entanglement Near Förster Resonance, Dominick Frost, Gabriella Pesticci, Lucy Shamel, et al.

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An Exploration of Microbial Communities of the Nitrogen Cycle across Wetlands and Farmlands, Audrey Gibson, Joan Slonczewski, Zachary Slimak, et al.

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The Role of E-Selectin in Cerebral Microvascular Hemodynamics in Aging Sickle Cell Mice, Rowan Goldin, Jahnavi Gollumadi, and Hyacinth I. Hyacinth

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Fatigue & Recovery: A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach, Vaughn Hajra and Brad Hartlaub

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Developing strategies to reprogram pro-regenerative human astrocytes using pharmacological and transcriptional approaches, Yana Honcharuk, Ridim Mote, and Mayssa H. Mokalled

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Phenotypic Characterization of ahr-/- Xenopus tropicalis: Histopathology and Target Gene Expression, Isaac Johnson, Arianna Smith, and Wade H. Powell

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Identifying the presence of OCT and OCTN in Aedes aegypti, Subin Kim and Matthew F. Rouhier

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Investigating the Optical Properties of PdCdTe, Fe3Si, and FeGe2 using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Sam Kovach and Frank Peiris

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Self-representation through Greek Quotation in Cicero’s Letters, Sara Landon and Michael Barich

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Understanding protein structure through a structure-function study of 3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase from Arabidopsis thaliana, Ally Lavy, Makarios McCune, and Kerry A. Rouhier