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Submissions from 2013
Fitting a Piecewise Exponential Model for the Reliability of Repairable Systems Using Hierarchical Bayesian Approaches, Arpita Chatterjee
Physical Properties of Vanillin-tetraphenylporhyrin and Its Potential Applications in Photodynamic Therapy, William A. Coggins
Aquatic Invertebrates as Indicators of Ecosystem Recovery, José Checo Colón-Gaud
Invertebrate Community Response to Natural Disturbances in Freshwater Ecosystems, José Checo Colón-Gaud
Succeeding in the US Classroom, José Checo Colón-Gaud
SFS Instars: A Mentoring Program to Increase Diversity in the Next Generation of Freshwater Scientists, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Judy Li, Patina K. Mendez, Tamara D. Sluss, Marcelo Ardon-Sayao, and Krista A. Capps
Microbial Diversity on Leaves of Quercus Prinus during Different Stages of Breakdown, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, G. Pittman, and J. Scott Harrison
Energy Flux Streamlines Versus Acoustic Rays for Modeling Interaction With Rigid Boundaries: Near Field of Sound From a Circular Loudspeaker, Cleon Dean and James Braselton
Gorenstein Injective Envelopes, Edgar Enochs and Alina Iacob
Academic Assessment Workshop, Teresa Flateby, Delena Bell Gatch, Melissa Garno, and LeVon Wilson
Genetic and Epigenetic Population Structure in Spartina alterniflora, Christy M. Foust, Aaron W. Schrey, and Christina L. Richards
Are Roads a Barrier to Gene Flow in a Sand Burrowing Lizard, the Florida Sand Skink, Plestiodon Reynoldsi?, A. Fox, Aaron W. Schrey, E. McCoy, and H. Mushinsky
Leaf Litter Decomposition and Macroinvertebrate Communities of a 6th Order Blackwater River in the Southeastern Coastal Plain, K. Franks, T. Goehrig, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Evaluation of an Instrumental Method to Reduce Error in Canopy Water Storage Estimates via Mechanical Displacement, Jan Friesen, John T. Van Stan, Kael Martin, Matthew T. Jarvis, Jessica D. Lundquist, and Delphis F. Levia
Creative Exercises, Delena Bell Gatch
Creative Exercises in Introductory Physics, Delena Bell Gatch
Reflections on Teaching, Delena Bell Gatch
Designing Courses for Significant Learning: How to Excel at Teaching and Learning, Delena Bell Gatch, Michelle Cawthorn, and Joy Darley
Effects of an Intensive New Faculty Workshop on Teaching, Delena Bell Gatch, Michelle Cawthorn, and Joy W. Darley
Effects on Teaching of an Intensive Summer New Faculty Workshop, Delena Bell Gatch, Michelle Cawthorn, and Joy W. Darley
What You Should Know: Transitioning to College Science Courses, Delena Bell Gatch, James Lobue, and Michelle Cawthorn
Breaking it Down: Shredder Influence on Microbial Diversity during Leaf Breakdown, S. Harper, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, J. Harrison, and Tiehang Wu
Submillimeter Array Observations of Molecular Gas in the Cartwheel, James L. Higdon
ZEUS-2 Goes to Chile, James L. Higdon
Gorenstein Injective Covers and Envelopes, Alina Iacob
Gorenstein Injective Envelopes, Alina Iacob
Gorenstein Injective Envelopes and Covers, Alina Iacob
Gorenstein Injective Envelopes over Noetherian Rings, Alina Iacob
Shrimp Biofloc Solids as an Alternative to Commercial Fertilizer in Coastal Salt Marsh Plant Nursery Production, Heather M. Joesting, P. Biber, and R. Blaylock
Using Salt Marsh Plants in the Phytoremediation of Liquid Effluent in Enhanced Marine Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, Heather M. Joesting, P. Biber, R. Blaylock, and D. Drennan
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Community Responses to Drought Conditions in a Coastal Plains Floodplain, Erica Johnson and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Consumer-Resource Linkages during Seasonal Flooding in a Coastal Plains Floodplain (Altamaha River, Georgia), Erica Johnson and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Dual Bases in Subspaces, Scott N. Kersey
Is There an Epigenetic Basis to Avian Immunity?, Holly J. Kilvitis, M. Boruta, Aaron W. Schrey, Christina L. Richards, and Lynn Martin
Full NT-Step Feasible Interior-Point Methods for P*(κ)-Linear Complementarity Problems over Symmetric Cones, Goran Lesaja
Improved Full NT-Step Feasible Interior-Point Methods for P*(κ)-Linear Complementarity Problems over Symmetric Cones, Goran Lesaja
Epigenetic Variation: A Mechanism to Overcome Reduced Diversity in Novel Environments?, Andrea Lyn Liebl, Aaron W. Schrey, Christina L. Richards, and Lynn Martin
An Iterative Algorithm For Solving Underdetermined Linear Systems In Computed Tomography, Xiezhang Li
An Iterative Algorithm For Solving Underdetermined Linear Systems In Computed Tomography, Xiezhang Li
Iterative Algorithm for Medical Reconstruction in CT, Xiezhang Li
Lessons Learned From Scholars Lost, James Lobue, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Joy Darley, Marlynn Griffin, and Brian Koehler
Population Differentiation of an Invasive Crayfish Cherax Quadricarinatus on the Island of Puerto Rico, N. Macias and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Abundance, Distribution, and Genetic Variation of the Non-Native Red Claw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) on the Island of Puerto Rico, Nicholas Macias and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Mechanisms of Range Expansion in One of the World's Most Common Urban Birds, the House Sparrow, Lynn Martin, Courtney A. C. Coon, A. Brace, Aaron W. Schrey, Christina L. Richards, and Andrea Lyn Liebl
From Foraging to Functional Morphology: The Integrative Ecology of the Florida Scrub Lizard, Lance D. McBrayer
Linking Patterns of Locomotor Behavior & Performance to Predator Avoidance and the Ecology of a Small Reptile, Lance D. McBrayer
Abundance and Diversity of Adult Flying Insects in Two Altamaha River Floodplains with Differing Hydrology, Damon Mullis and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Laplace Operators Defined by Fractal Measures, Sze-Man Ngai
Are Word Problems “Problems” for Pre-Service K-8 Teachers?, Ha Nguyen, Joy W. Darley, and Sharon Taylor
Proximity of Weighted and Lindley Models with Estimation from Censored Samples, Broderick O. Oluyede and Mutiso Fedelis
Weighted Dagum-Weibull and Related Distributions with Applications to Lifetime Data, Broderick O. Oluyede and Benson Kimitei
Estimation of Weighted Generalized Beta Distribution of the Second Kind with Applications to United States Family Income Data, Broderick O. Oluyede, Yuan Ye, and Marvis Pararai
Sustainable Resilience: Past, Present and Future Case Study of Human Ecodynamics From Barbuda, WI, Sophia Perdikaris, Rebecca Boger, Amy E. Potter, Katherine Hejtmanek, and Jennifer D. Adams
Constructing Harmonic and Biharmonic Functions for Plane Deformations in a Snake Segmentation Tool, Reinhard Piltner and Lixin Li
Qualitative Mental Mapping: Methodological Considerations for Migration Studies, Amy E. Potter
“This Is How It Was and These Are the Facts”: Docent Agency and Slavery in Louisiana Plantation Tours, Amy E. Potter
Using Online Resources in Interactive and Meaningful Ways Through Her ‘Geography Matters’ Units, Amy E. Potter
Utilizing Creative Exercises in High School and College Physics Courses, Krystal Ramos and Delena Bell Gatch
Solving AP Calculus Problems: A Hands-on Session, Marshall Ransom
Review of AP Calculus Exam Grading, Marshall R. Ransom
What Works for Me with STEM Students, Marshall R. Ransom
Providing Context via Guided Inquiry and Service Learning. Vision and Change in Biology Undergradaute Education: Chronicling Change, L. Regassa and Stephen Vives
Epigenetic Mechanisms of Phenotypic Plasticity, Christina L. Richards, Martyna Boruta, Oliver Bossdorf, Courtney A.C. Coon, Christy M. Foust, Randall A. Hughes, Holly J. Kilvitis, Andrea Lyn Liebl, Adrienne B. Nicotra, Massimo Pigliucci, Marta Robertson, and Aaron W. Schrey
Fire Ant Invasion Status Accounts for Variation in DNA Methylation of Lizard Populations, Travis R. Robbins, Aaron W. Schrey, Christina L. Richards, and T. Langkilde
Assessment of Fish Assemblage Utilization of Floodplain Hábitat throughout Flood Pulse Event in Georgia's Altamaha River, K. Robillard, Stephen Vives, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Assessment of Fish Assemblage Utilization of Floodplain Hábitat throughout Flood Pulse Event in Georgia’s Altamaha River, K. Robillard, Stephen Vives, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Carbon Storage In Traditional Grassland-Orchard Agroforestry Systems In Central Europe: A Potential That Needs To Be Considered, Subhrajit Saha
Conservation Genetics of Florida Scrub Reptiles and Ecological Epigenetics in Invasion Biology, Aaron W. Schrey
Ecological Epigenetics: Beyond MS-AFLP, Aaron W. Schrey, Mariano Alvarez, Christy M. Foust, Holly J. Kilvitis, Andrea L. Liebl, Lynn Martin, Christina L. Richards, and Marta Robertson
The Effect of Distance and Season on the Giving Up Density (GUD) of Oldfield Mice, Peromyscus polionotus, F. Sesay, S. Matike-Tita, S. Riera, M. Meagley, K. Edwards, K. Heying, C. Reinert, C. Lumpkin, and J. Michelle Cawthorn
Rademacher's Infinite Partial Fractions Conjecture Is (Almost Certainly) False, Andrew V. Sills and Doron Zeilberger
Developing and Assessing Process Skills in Conservation Biology and Other Integrative Fields, Eleanor Sterling, Ana L. Porzecanski, Nora Bynum, Adriana Bravo, Barbara J. Abraham, Romi L. Burks, J. Michelle Cawthorn, John A. Cigliano, Liliana M. Davalos, Denny S. Fernandez del Viso, Laurie J. Freeman, Carole S. Griffiths, Martha J. Groom, Stuart R. Ketcham, Tom A. Langen, Timothy W. Leslie, Joshua M. Linder, John F. Mull, Douglas E. Ruby, David L. Stokes, Terry A. Theodose, Donna W. Vogler, and Kate M. Hanson
Fourier Analysis and Nonlinear Dynamics, Alexander M. Stokolos
Harmonic Analysis and Nonlinear Dynamics, Alexander M. Stokolos
On Maximal Operators Associated to Bases of Some Convex Sets, Alexander M. Stokolos
The Power and Weakness of Trigonometric Sums, Alexander M. Stokolos
Forest Ecohydrology: Past Research & Future Directions for Precipitation Partitioning on the Coast, John T. Van Stan
Urban Forest Design: An Example of Stem Education in Action, John T. Van Stan
Differential Stemflow Generation Due to Crown Structural Interactions with Wind-driven Rainfall, John T. Van Stan, Courtney M. Siegert, Delphis F. Levia, and Carrie E. Scheick
Comparison of Tillandsia Usneoides (Spanish Moss) Water and Leachate Dynamics Between Urban and Pristine Barrier Island Maritime Oak Forests, John T. Van Stan, Aron Stubbins, Thais Bittar, James S. Reichard, K. Wright, and R. B. Jenkins
Macroinvertebrates Associated with Beaver Dams in a Southeastern Coastal Plain River System, D. Vickers, Damon Mullis, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Aquatic Invertebrates Associated with Beaver Dams in a Southeastern Coastal Plain River System, Donald Vickers, Damon Mullis, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Student Interpretation of Conservation Data: Does Their Reach Exceed their Grasp, Donna Vogler, Eleanor Sterling, Ana Porzecanski, Adriana Bravo, Nora Bynum, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Laurie Freeman, Stuart Ketcham, Timothy Leslie, John Mull, and Terry Theodose
Do Right-Pawed Dogs Have Right-Handed Owners and Vice Versa?, S. Wade and J. Michelle Cawthorn
Analytic Graph Theory: Questions on Densities and Characterization, Hua Wang
Characterizing/Distinguishing Trees through Density, Hua Wang
Colonel Blotto’s Winning Ways, Hua Wang
Counting Ways and Ways of Counting, Hua Wang
Densities and Characterization of Graphs, Hua Wang
Density, Construction, Indistinguishable Graphs and Trees, Hua Wang
Distances vs. Substructures: "Ratio Test", Hua Wang
Enumeration and Construction: Dense, Sparse, and Indistinguishable Graphs, Hua Wang
Extremal Values of Ratios: Distances vs. Number of Subtrees in Trees, Hua Wang
Mathematical Model of Dynamic Protein Interactions Regulating Protein Stability in Tumor Suppression, Hua Wang
Seaweed Algebra and Meanders, Hua Wang
Theories and Applications of Graphs, Hua Wang
Winding Up and Down in Meanders, Hua Wang, Vincent Coll, and Colton Magnant
Inference for Linear Regression with Autocorrelation, Tharanga Wickramarachchi
On Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations with Magnetic Fields, Shijun Zheng
The Inner Beauty of Randomness, Shijun Zheng
