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Submissions from 2018

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Parrots and Palms: Analyzing Data to Determine Best Management Strategies and Sustainable Harvest Levels, James P. Gibbs, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Adriana Bravo, and Ana L. Porzecanski

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Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of (2- (Pyridinyl)methylene)-1-tetralone Chalcones for Anticancer and Antimicrobial Activity, Maya Z. Gibson, Minh A. Nguyen, and Sarah K. Zingales

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Small Fish, Big Questions: Inquiry Kits for Teaching Evolution, Emily A. Kane, E. Dale Broder, Andrew C. Warnock, Courtney M. Butler, A. Lynne Judish, Lisa M. Angeloni, and Cameron K. Ghalambor

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Visualization of Mercury(II) Accumulation in Vivo Using Bioluminescence Imaging with a Highly Selective Probe, Bowen Ke, Hui Chen, Li Ma, Sarah Zingales, Deying Gong, Die Hu, Lupei Du, and Minyong Li

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Integration of Aerial Infrared Thermography and In Situ Radon-222 to Investigate Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA, Jacque L. Kelly, Henrietta Dulaiova, Craig R. Glenn, and Paul G. Lucey

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Forelimb Position Affects Facultative Bipedal Locomotion in Lizards, Chase T. Kinsey and Lance D. McBrayer

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Case Study: Value-Added Benefit of Distance-Based Instructional Coaching on Science Teachers’ Inquiry Instruction in Rural Schools, S. C. Lee, G. Nugent, G. M. Kunz, J. Houston, and Sue DeChenne-Peters

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Variation in Habitat Management Alters Risk Aversion Behavior in Lizards, Lance D. McBrayer and Seth E. Parker

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Habitat Management Alters Thermal Opportunity, Lauren K. Neel and Lance D. McBrayer

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Using School Choice to Connect to Mathematics Learning in a Statistics and Probability Course for K-8 Pre-service Teachers, Ha Nguyen and Heidi Eisenreich

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Fractions as Operators: Not Forgotten, Ha Nguyen, Heidi Eisenreich, Eryn M. Stehr, and Tuyin An

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Using Google Forms to Inform Teaching Practices, Ha Nguyen, Eryn M. Stehr, Heidi Eisenreich, and Tuyin An

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Predation and Cryptic Coloration in a Managed Landscape, Richard William Orton, Eric J. McElroy, and Lance D. McBrayer

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3-Hydroxy-2-(4- methylphenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one, Clifford W. Padgett, Will E. Lynch, Kirkland Sheriff, Raven Dean, and Sarah Zingales

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Unfinished Geographies: Women’s Roles in Shaping African American Historical Counter Narratives, Amy E. Potter and Matthew R. Cook

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Synthesis and Characterization of Two New Mixed-Valent Mn6 Complexes Derived from a Well-Explored 2‑Hydroxymethyl Pyridine Along with the Use of Newly Employed Carboxylate Ions, Michael A. Reagan, Eric T. Drew, Z. John Chang, Clifford W. Padgett, Jeffrey A. Orvis, and Arpita Saha

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A Computer Program for use with Pace and Compass Exercises, James Reichard

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Switching from a Traditional to a Computer-Based Format for Introductory Geoscience Lectures, James Reichard

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Teaching Stereo Viewing in the Classroom, James S. Reichard

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Epigenetic and Genetic Variation Among Three Separate Introductions of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Into Australia, Elizabeth L. Sheldon, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Aaron W. Schrey, and Simon C. Griffith

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Anatomy of STEM Teaching in American Universities: A Snapshot from a Large-Scale Observation Study, Marilyne Stains, Jordan Harshman, Megan Barker, Stephanie Chasteen, Renée S. Cole, Sue DeChenne-Peters, M. Kevin Eagan Jr., Joan M. Esson, Jennifer K. Knight, Frank A. Laski, Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, Christopher J. Lee, Stanley M. Lo, Lisa M. McDonnell, Timothy A. McKay, Nicole Michelotti, Michael S. Palmer, Kathryn M. Plank, Tamara M. Rodela, Erin R. Sanders, Natalie G. Schimpf, Patricia M. Schulte, Michelle K. Smith, MacKenzie Stetzer, Jackie Stewart, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Erin Vinson, Laura K. Weir, Paul J. Wendel, Lindsay B. Wheeler, and Anna M. Young

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Developing Consistent Meanings for Mathematical Connections, Exploration, and Reasoning, Eryn M. Stehr

Essential Aspects of Mathematics as a Practice in Research and Undergraduate Instruction, Eryn M. Stehr and T. An

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Selecting, Sequencing, and Connecting: Using Technology to Support Area Measurement Through Tasks, Strategies, and Discussion, Eryn M. Stehr, Jia He, and Ha Nguyen

Messy Lessons: Using Technology and Productive Discussion for Length Measurement, Eryn M. Stehr and Ha Nguyen

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Threshold Conditions for a Family of Epidemic Dynamic Models for Malaria with Distributed Delays in a Non-Random Environment, Divine Wanduku

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Biomaterials Enabled Cell-Free Strategies for Endogenous Bone Regeneration, Xiaojing Wang, Guowei Wang, Sarah K. Zingales, and Baodong Zhao

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Deepening K-8 Pre Service Teachers' Understanding of Mathematics and Mathematical Feedback, James C. Willingham, Heidi Eisenreich, Casey Hawthorne, and William W. Deleeuw

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Investigating the Toxic Effects of 2-Aminoanthracene Ingestion in Pregnant Sprague Dawley Dams, Hannah K. Wilson, Steven A. Buckeridge, Wilson Yau, Elizabeth W. Howerth, and Worlanyo E. Gato

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Micron-Size Silicon Monoxide Asymmetric Membranes for Highly Stable Lithium Ion Battery Anode, Ji Wu, Congrui Jin, Nathan Johnson, Moses Kusi, and Jianlin Li

Submissions from 2017

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Examining the Hepatic Effects of In Utero Exposure to 2-Amionanthracene, Grant W. Barnett, Jessica A. Rasdall, Leah K. Bartel, Wilson Yau, and Worlanyo E. Gato

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Riparian Plant Litter Quality Increases With Latitude, Luz Boyero, Manuel A. S. Graça, Alan M. Tonin, Javier Pérez, Andrew J. Swafford, Verónica Ferreira, Andrea Landeira-Dabarca, Markos A. Alexandrou, Mark O. Gessner, Brendan G. McKie, Ricardo J. Albariño, Leon A. Barmuta, Marcos Castillo, Julián Chará, Eric Chauvet, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, David Dudgeon, Andrea C. Encalada, Ridcardo Figueroa, Alexander S. Flecker, Tadeusz Fleituch, André Frainer, José F. Gonçalves Jr., Julie E. Helson, Tomoya Iwata, Jude Mathooko, Charles M'Erimba, Catherine M. Pringle, Alonso Ramírez, Christopher M. Swan, Catherine M. Yule, and Richard G. Pearson

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Teaching Evolution Using Live Animals and Inquiry-Based, Self-Guided Kits, E. Dale Broder and Emily A. Kane

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Guano Core Evidence of Palaeoenvironmental Change and Woodland Indian Inhabitance in Fern Cave, Alabama, USA, from the Mid-Holocene to Present, Joshua W. Campbell, Matthew N. Waters, and Fredrick J. Rich

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CAHOST Facilitating the Johnson-Neyman Technique for Two-Way Interactions in Multiple Regression, Stephen W. Carden, Nicholas Holtzman, and Michael Strube

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Small-sample Reinforcement Learning: Improved Policies Using Synthetic Data, Stephen W. Carden and James Livsey

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Synthesis, Stereochemical Characterization, and Antimicrobial Evaluation of a Potential Non-Nephrotoxic 3'-c-acethydrazide Puromycin Analog, Josh Carter, Blair A. Weaver, Maria A. Chiacchio, Amy R. Messersmith, Will E. Lynch, Brent D. Feske, and Giuseppe Gumina

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Proper Distance in Edge-Colored Hypercubes, Eddie Cheng, Colton Magnant, and Dhruv Medarametla

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Recent Advancement of SiOx Based Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Tao Chen, Ji Wu, Qinglin Zhang, and Xin Su

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A Zariski-Local Notion of F-Total Acyclicity for Complexes of Sheaves, Lars Winther Christensen, Sergio Estrada, and Alina Iacob

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Investigating the Relationship between Instructors’ Use of Active Learning Strategies and Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Affective Changes in Introductory Biology: A Comparison of Two Active-Learning Environments, Lacy M. Cleveland, Jeffrey T. Olimpo, and Sue DeChenne-Peters

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Symplectic Meanders, Vincent E. Coll Jr., Matthew Hyatt, and Colton Magnant

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Water Balance and Aquaporin, Christopher P. Cutler

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Differentiability of Lq-Spectrum and Multifractal Decomposition by Using Infinite Graph-Directed IFSs, Guotai Deng and Sze-Man Ngai

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An Exploratory Study on the Influence of Video Clips on Pre Service Teachers' Learning of Fractions, Heidi Eisenreich and Andria Disney

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Fractions: Not Always a Two-Way Street, Heidi Eisenreich, Ha Nguyen, and Joy Darley

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Totally Acyclic Complexes, Sergio Estrada, Xianhui Fu, and Alina Iacob

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Gorenstein Injective Sheaves, Sergio Estrada and Alina Iacob

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Gorenstein Projective Precovers, Sergio Estrada, Alina Iacob, and Katelyn A. Coggins

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Gorenstein Flat and Projective (Pre)Covers, Sergio Estrada, Alina Iacob, and Sinem Odabasi

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Examining the Structure-Activity Relationship of Benzopyran Based Inhibitors of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 Pathway, Jalisa Ferguson, Zeus A. De los Santos, Narra Devi, Sarah Zingales, Erwin Van Meir, and Binghe Wang

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Design and Synthesis of Benzopyran-Based Inhibitors of the Hypoxia- Inducible Factor-1 Pathway with Improved Water Solubility, Jalisa H. Ferguson, Zeus De los Santos, Saroja N. Devi, Stefan Kaluz, Erwin G. Van Meir, Sarah K. Zingales, and Binghe Wang

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Diabetes in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana: An Assessment of Prevalence, Risk Factors, Nutritional Practices and Lifestyle Changes, Worlanyo E. Gato, Samuel Acquah, Bettye A. Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, and Blessed K. Boakye

World Diabetes Day: Diabetes-Free Africa and the Role of Women, Worlanyo E. Gato, Bettye A. Apenteng, and Samuel T. Opoku

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Assessment of the Short-Term Toxicity Study of TiO2 Nano Fiber in Sprague Dawley Rats, Worlanyo E. Gato, Daniel A. Hunter, Ian Byrd, Christopher A. Mays, Wilson Yau, and Ji Wu

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Examining the Link Between the Human Microbiome and Antisocial Behavior: Why Criminologist Should Care About Biochemistry, Too, Worlanyo E. Gato, Chad Posick, Ashley Williams, and Christopher Mays

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Non-Inferiority Test Based on Transformations for Non-Normal Distributions, Santu Ghosh, Arpita Chatterjee, and Samiran Ghosh

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Placing Specified Vertices at Precise Locations on a Hamiltonian Cycle, Ronald Gould, Colton Magnant, and Pouria Salehi Nowbandegani

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Observed Compression of in Situ Tree Stems During Freezing, Ethan D. Gutmann, John T. Van Stan, Jan Friesen, Doug P. Aubrey, and Jessica D. Lundquist

An Ecological-Based Genetic Investigation Using Association Analysis Approach BIOCOMP’16, Ray R. Hashemi, Azita Bahrami, J. A. Young, and Aaron W. Schrey

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Nature of Mathematical Modeling Tasks for Secondary Mathematics Preservice Teachers, Jia He, Eryn M. Stehr, and Hyunyi Jung

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Parts and Subword Patterns in Compositions, Brian Hopkins, Mark Shattuck, Andrew V. Sills, Thotsaporn Thanatipanonda, and Hua Wang

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On Two Conjectures About the Proper Connection Number of Graphs, Fei Huang, Xueliang Li, Zhongmei Qin, Colton Magnant, and Kenta Ozeki

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Gorenstein Injective Envelopes and Covers Over Two Sided Noetherian Rings, Alina Iacob

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Conceptions of Modeling Reported by Instructors in Teacher Preparation Programs, Hyunyi Jung, Eryn M. Stehr, and Jia He

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Ghost Series and a Motivated Proof of the Andrews–Bressoud Identities, Shashank Kanade, James Lepowsky, Matthew C. Russell, and Andrew Sills

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Forbidden Properly Edge-Colored Subgraphs that Force Large Highly Connected Monochromatic Subgraphs, Robert Katic, Colton Magnant, and Pouria Salehi Nowbandegani

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Epigenetic Potential as a Mechanism of Phenotypic Plasticity in Vertebrate Range Expansions, Holly J. Kilvitis, Haley Hanson, Aaron W. Schrey, and Lynn B. Martin

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Impacts of Nitrogen Fertilization and Conservation Tillage on the Agricultural Soils of the United States: A Review, Meimei Lin

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Hodge Theory on Transversely Symplectic Foliations, Yi Lin

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Construction of a Full Row-Rank Matrix System for Multiple Scanning Directions in Computed Tomography, Xiezhang Li, James D. Diffenderfer, and Jiehua Zhu

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Assessment of the Link Between In Utero Exposure to 2-Aminoanthracene (2AA) and Type-1 Diabetes (T1D), Christopher A. Mays, Daniel A. Hunter, Wilson Yau, and Worlanyo E. Gato

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Landscape Genetics of a Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Metapopulation in an Undeveloped Coastal Island System, Nancy D. Moncrief, James Henry Roberts, Eric M. Hallerman, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, John H. Porter, and Raymond D. Dueser

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Co-Characterization of Symplectic and Contact Embeddings and Lagrangian Rigidity, Stefan Müller

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Geometric Aspects of Representation Theory for DG Algebras: Answering a Question of Vasconcelos, Saeed Nasseh and Sean Sather-Wagstaff

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Vanishing of Ext and Tor Over Fiber Products, Saeed Nasseh and Sean Sather-Wagstaff

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Structure of Irreducible Homomorphisms to/from Free Modules, Saeed Nasseh and Ryo Takahashi

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On Gorenstein Fiber Products and Applications, Saeed Nasseh, Ryo Takahashi, and Keller VandeBogert

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The Gamma-Generalized Inverse Weibull Distribution with Applications to Pricing and Lifetime Data, Broderick O. Oluyede, Boikanyo Makubate, Divine Wanduku, Ibrahim Elbatal, and Valeriia Sherina

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Review of The Migration of People From the Caribbean to the Bahamas by Keith L. Tinker, Amy E. Potter

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Antigua and Barbuda, Amy E. Potter, Sean Chenoweth, and Mick Day

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Commemorating the Enslaved Along Louisiana’s River Road, Amy E. Potter, Stephen P. Hanna, and Perry L. Carter

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Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, Amy E. Potter, E. Arnold Modlin, and Phillip P. Schmutz

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The Absorption and Evaporation of Water Vapor by Epiphytes in an Old-growth Douglas-fir Forest During the Seasonal Summer Dry Season: Implications for the Canopy Energy Budget, Thomas G. Pypker, Michael Unsworth, John T. Van Stan, and Barbara J. Bond

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Natural Epigenetic Variation Within and Among Six Subspecies of the House Sparrow Passer domesticus, Sepand Riyahi, Roser Vilatersana, Aaron W. Schrey, Hassan Ghorbani Node, Mansour Alibadian, and Juan Carlos Senar

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Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Spartina alterniflora Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Marta Robertson, Aaron W. Schrey, Ashley Shayter, Christina J. Moss, and Christina L. Richards

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Canopy Hydrometeorological Dynamics Across a Chronosequence of a Globally Invasive Species, Ailanthus Altissima (Mill., Tree of Heaven), Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, John T. Van Stan, Thomas G. Pypker, and Jan Friesen

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More Efficient Logistic Analysis Using Moving Extreme Ranked Set Sampling, Hani M. Samawi, Haresh Rochani, Daniel F. Linder, and Arpita Chatterjee

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Bond Dissociation Energies of TiSi, ZrSi, HfSi, VSi, NbSi, and TaSi, Andrew Sevy, Jason J. Sorensen, Thomas D. Persinger, Jordan A. Franchina, Eric L. Johnson, and Michael D. Morse

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Using Early Introduction to Research to Increase STEM Majors: A Tale of Two Colleges, One Small Highly Selective Private and One Non-Selective Regional Public, George C. Shields, Delana A. Gajdosik-Nivens, and Traci Ness

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Do Storm Synoptic Patterns Affect Biogeochemical Fluxes From Temperate Deciduous Forest Canopies?, Courtney M. Siegbert, Delphis F. Levia, Daniel Leathers, John T. Van Stan, and Myron J. Mitchell

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Genetic Evidence of Isolation by Distance and Impact of Impoundments Among Channel Catfish, V. Alex Sotola, Aaron W. Schrey, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Gregory W. Whitledge, Les Frankland, Eric K. Bollinger, and Robert E. Colombo

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Synthesis, Characterization, Computational Study, and Biological Relevance of a Family of Isostructural, Mononuclear Ln (Ln = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) Complexes Containing Pyridoxine, an Essential Ingredient of Vitamin B6 Enzyme, Caitlyn E. Stouder, Khairi J. Warren, Olivia F. Perdue, Amanda L. Stewart, Clifford W. Padgett, Allison J. Amonette, and Arpita Saha

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Molecular and Optical Properties of Tree-derived Dissolved Organic Matter in Throughfall and Stemflow From Live Oaks and Eastern Red Cedar, Aron Stubbins, Leticia M. Silva, Thorsten Dittmar, and John T. Van Stan

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Reproductive and Recruitment Dynamics of Clionaid Sponges on Oyster Reefs in North Carolina, Amber D. Stubler, Heather Robertson, Henry J. Styron, John M. Carroll, and Christopher M. Finelli

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Hydrology, John T. Van Stan

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Effects of Phenology and Meteorological Disturbance on Litter Rainfall Interception for a Pinus Elliottii Stand in the Southeastern US, John T. Van Stan, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, Michael Dribble, and Zachary Norman

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Edge-to-Stem Variability in Wet-Canopy Evaporation From an Urban Tree Row, John T. Van Stan, Zachary Norman, Adrian Meghoo, Jan Friesen, Anke Hildebrandt, Jean-François Côté, S. Jeffrey Underwood, and Gustavo O. Maldonado

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Complete Global Analysis of a Two-Scale Network SIRS Epidemic Dynamic Model with Distributed Delay and Random Perturbations, Divine Wanduku

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Global Analysis of a Stochastic Two-Scale Network Human Epidemic Dynamic Model with Varying Immunity Period, Divine Wanduku and G. S. Ladde