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Submissions from 2010
Maximizing the Wiener Index, Andrew V. Sills and Hua Wang
Effect of Ontogeny on Escape Response and Locomotor Performance in Sceloporus woodi, Reed B. Stiller and Lance D. McBrayer
Lp Estimates for the Maximal Functions, Alexander M. Stokolos
Overcoming Obstacles: The Effect of Obstacle Size on Behavior, Intermittent Locomotion, and Jump Performance in Running Lizards, Derek B. Tucker and Lance D. McBrayer
Sag Structures on St. Catherines Island, Georgia: Implications for Barrier Island Hydrology and Coastal Water Resources, R. Kelly Vance, Gale A. Bishop, Fredrick J. Rich, Brian K. Meyer, and James S. Reichard
On Two Subtree Problems, Hua Wang
Questions Related to Subtree Order and their Elementary Solutions, Hua Wang
Trees in Phylogeny and Biochemistry, Hua Wang
Local and Regional Factors Influencing Aquatic Invertebrate Production, Matt Whiles, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Heidi Rantala, and Denise Walther
Asymptotic Behaviors of Positive Solutions of a Class of Nonlinear Elliptic Equations, Chunshan Zhao
Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with a Magnetic Potential, Shijun Zheng
Spectral Calculus for Differential Operators with Nonsmooth Coefficients, Shijun Zheng
A Full Row-Rank Matrix from Strip-Based Projection Model, Jiehua Zhu
Primary Spaces, Mackey’s Obstruction, and the Generalized Barycentric Decomposition, François Ziegler
Some Examples of Primary Spaces, François Ziegler
Submissions from 2009
Evolution of Field-based Education for Geology Majors Into Place-based Education for K-12 Teachers, Gale A. Bishop, R. Kelly Vance, Frederick J. Rich, Brian K. Meyer, Martha Schriver, Kenneth F. Clark, Edward J. Davis, Royce H. Hayes, Thomas R. Koballa Jr., and Terry Norton
Shallow Geophysical Investigation of Trail Ridge, Georgia, Thomas M. Brezina, Jose Pujol, Mervin J. Bartholomew, and Frederick J. Rich
Direct and Indirect Benefits of Service-Learning in Large Classrooms, J. Michelle Cawthorn
Insect Foraging of Owl Monkeys, J. Michelle Cawthorn, A. Kritter, and A. Lianguert
A Novel Approach to Reconstructing the Photoelectric Effect, William A. Coggins
Invited speaker, Society for Experimental Biology Annual International Meeting, Christopher P. Cutler
Energy flux streamlines vs. the alternatives for the visualization of energy coupling at and inside the surface of an ensonified fluid loaded elastic cylindrical shell with vacuum interior: Preliminary results, Cleon Dean and James P. Braselton
The energy flow for a spherical acoustic lens: ray and wave methods vs. experiment, Cleon Dean and James P. Braselton
Quaternary Evolution of an Incising Piedmont River: the Catawba River Near Charlotte, NC, John A. Diemer, Martha C. Eppes, Andy R. Bobyarchick, Frederick J. Rich, John B. Freyer, Joel Hardison, Anthony Layzell, Joe Smino, and Michael Wolfe
Depositional History of an Oxbow Lake: Duck Cove of the Catawba River, Charlotte, NC, John A. Diemer, Martha C. Eppes, Frederick J. Rich, Jordan Sedlock, and Sam Wright
A Geophysical, Stratigraphic and Palynological Investigation of the Central Depression on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, Shannon M. Ferguson, Jesse C. Delamater, Nicholas J. Wieclaw, R. Kelly Vance, Frederick J. Rich, and Gale A. Bishop
Conversion of Traditional Laboratories into Inquiry Based Laboratories, Delena Bell Gatch
Conversion of Traditional Laboratories into Inquiry Based Laboratories, Delena Bell Gatch
Improving Problem Solving Skills: Conversion from Structured to Guided Inquiry Laboratories, Delena Bell Gatch
Reflections on a Three Year Project, Restructuring Introductory Physics, Delena Bell Gatch
Future Prospects, James L. Higdon
Peculiar Star Formation in the Lindsay-Shapley Ring Galaxy, James L. Higdon
The Atomic and Molecular ISM in Ring Galaxies, James L. Higdon
The Atomic and Molecular ISM in Ring Galaxies, James L. Higdon
The Nature of a 500 kpc HI Plume in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, James L. Higdon
Direct Sums of DG-Injective Complexes, Alina Iacob
Homological Dimensions and Regular Rings, Alina Iacob
A Characterization of Regular Rings, Alina Iacob and Srikanth Iyengar
Interior-Point Method for Conic Linear Complementarity Problem, Goran Lesaja
Comparison of Deterministic and Stochastic Spatiotemporal Interpolation Methods for Ozone in the Conterminous U.S., Lixin Li, Xingyou Zhang, and Reinhard E. Piltner
The Impact of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) on Herpetofaunaspecies Diversity and Richness in Savanna Woodlands of Northern Tanzania, Nabil A. Nasseri, Lance D. McBrayer, T. Goodwin, and Bruce A. Schulte
Conformal Iterated Function Systems with Overlaps, Sze-Man Ngai
Spectral Asymptotics of Fractal Laplacians Defined by IFSs with Overlaps, Sze-Man Ngai
Effects of Testosterone on Bite Force and Locomotor Performance in the Six-Lined Racerunner, Jennifer L. O'Conner, Lance D. McBrayer, and David C. Rostal
Characterization and Dispersive Ordering of the Cauchy, Gauss and Logistic Laws, Broderick O. Oluyede
Exponential Approximations of Equilibrium and Residual Life Distribution Functions, Broderick O. Oluyede
On Mean Advantage Over Inferiors Ordering and Weighted Distributions, Broderick O. Oluyede
Some Results on Length-Biased Exponential Approximations and Current Duration Sampling, Broderick O. Oluyede
Ray Model of Sound Focusing with a Balloon Lens, Kendez C. Parker and Cleon Dean
Solving Plate Bending Problems with Discretized Cauchy Integrals, Reinhard Piltner and Lixin Li
Calculus on the Table, Marshall Ransom
Calculus Within a Conference, Marshall Ransom
When is a Derivative Not Continuous?, Marshall Ransom
Review of AP Calculus Exam Grading, Marshall R. Ransom
Review of AP Calculus Exam Grading, Marshall R. Ransom
Paleoecology and Ancient Depositional Systems of St. Catherines Island, as Interpreted Using Palynology and Radiocarbon Chronology, Frederick J. Rich and Robert Klaas Booth
A New Look at the Partition Identities of Göllnitz, Andrew V. Sills
A New Look at the Partition Identities of Göllnitz, Andrew V. Sills
Computer Algebra and Rademacher-Type Partition Formulas, Andrew V. Sills
On the Rogers-Selberg Identities and Gordon’s Theorem, Andrew V. Sills
A Generalization of the Euler-Glaisher Partition Bijection, Andrew V. Sills, James Sellers, and Gary Mullen
On Multidimensional Extension of Dini Test, Alexander M. Stokolos
On Multidimensional Extension of Dini Test, Alexander M. Stokolos
Integrating Ground Penetrating Radar and Traditional Stratigraphic Study in an Undergraduate Field Methods Course, Robert K. Vance, Charles H. Trupe, and Frederick J. Rich
Graph Theory Problems with Elementary Solutions, Hua Wang
Mathematics in Biology, Hua Wang
On a Distribution Problem of Ahlswede and Katona, Hua Wang
‘Semi-Regular Trees’ and Their Applications, Hua Wang
The ‘Semi-Regular Property’ of Extremal Tree Structures, Hua Wang
Sources and Consequences of Intraspecific Variation in the Movement Patterns of the Ambush Foraging Lizard Sceloporus woodi, S. Williams and Lance D. McBrayer
Asymptotic Behaviors of Solutions to a Class of N-Laplacian Neumann Problems, Chunshan Zhao
Asymptotic Behaviors of Solutions to a Class of Quasilinear Elliptic Equations with Large Diffusion, Chunshan Zhao
Spectral Calculus for Differential Operators with Nonsmooth Coefficients, Shijun Zheng
Spectral Calculus for Schrödinger Operators, Shijun Zheng
Spectral Multipliers for Schrödinger Operators, Shijun Zheng
Strichartz Estimates for Schrödinger Equation with a Magnetic Potential, Shijun Zheng
A Linear System of Strip-Based Projection Model in Discrete Tomography, Jiehua Zhu
Elements of Differential Geometry I, II, III, IV, V, François Ziegler
Submissions from 2008
Note on the CUSUM Charts for Uys and Lombard, Charles W. Champ
Oral Presentation at the 8th International Congress on the Biology of Fish Bi-annual Meeting, Christopher P. Cutler
An Introduction to Service-Learning: Highlighting Service-Learning Models on a College Campus, Phyllis S. Dallas, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Daniel C. Fisher, B. Frigo, Helen W. Bland, D. Hensley, Lisa Leege, Mondi Mason, and Stephanie R. Sipe
An improved method of visualizing the energy flow: the Rayleigh wave, Cleon Dean and James P. Braselton
The energy flow for a spherical acoustic lens: ray vs. wave methods, Cleon E. Dean and James P. Braselton
Inquiry Based Introductory Physics Laboratories, Delena Bell Gatch
Seasonal Changes in Locomotor Performance and Bite Force in a Non-Territorial Lizard, T. Gowan and Lance D. McBrayer
The Nature of NGC 1097’s Optical Jets, James L. Higdon
Unveiling Invisible Galaxies in the Early Universe, James L. Higdon
DG-Injective Covers, #-Injective Covers, Alina Iacob
Gorenstein Flat Dimension for Complexes, Alina Iacob
Some Topics in Gorenstein Homological Algebra, Alina Iacob
Multi-hierarchical Document-centric XML, Ionut E. Iacob
Constrained L2 Degree Reduction by Spline Functions, Scott N. Kersey
Service Learning in Large Classes: A Good Time Investment for Students and Faculty?, Lisa M. Leege and J. Michelle Cawthorn
Kernel Functions and Interior-Point Algorithms for Sufficient Linear Complementarity Problems, Goran Lesaja
Kernel Functions and Interior-Point Methods for Conic Linear Complementarity Problems, Goran Lesaja
A Linear System Generated by the Strip-Based Projection Model for Discrete Tomography, Xiezhang Li, Jiehua Zhu, and Ge Wang
System Analysis and Reconstruction Algorithm for the Strip-Based Projection Model in Discrete Tomography, Xiezhang Li, Jiehua Zhu, Yangbo Ye, and Ge Wang
Evidence for the Role of Foraging Behavior in Shaping the Evolutionary History of Lizards, Lance D. McBrayer
Analysis on Fractals Defined by Iterated Function Systems with Overlaps, Sze-Man Ngai