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Submissions from 2024

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Evidence That Aquaporin 11 (AQP11) in the Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) May Represent a Pseudogene, Christopher P. Cutler, Meghan Canicatti, and Esosa Omoregie

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Ectoparasite Load Generates Habitat-specific Variation in Colour Badge Intensity and Badge Size in Male Lizards, Katherine M. Roberts, Eric McElroy, and Lance D. McBrayer

Submissions from 2023

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Water balance and aquaporins, Christopher P. Cutler

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Length of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) impacts student learning and attitudinal outcomes: A study of the Malate dehydrogenase CUREs Community (MCC), Sue Ellen DeChenne-Peters, John Rakus, Amy D. Parente, Tamara L. Mans, Rebecca Eddy, Nicole Galport, Courtney Koletar, Joseph J. Provost, J. Ellis Bell, and Jessica K. Bell

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Hepatic Proteomic Assessment of Oral Ingestion of Titanium Dioxide Nano Fiber (TDNF) in Sprague Dawley Rats, Worlanyo E. Gato, Ji Wu, Isaac Appiah, Olivia Smith, and Haresh Rochani

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When Food Fights Back: Skull Morphology and Feeding Behavior of Centipede-Eating Snakes, Noah D. Gripshover, Patrick Hennessey, Lance D. McBrayer, Jesse M. Meik, Charles Matt Watson, and Christian Cox

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Individual Difference Correlates of Being Sexually Unrestricted Yet Declining an HIV Test, Nicholas S. Holtzman, Stephen W. Carden, Stacy W. Smallwood, Janice Steirn, and S. Mason Garrison

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Capsaicin-treated Bait is Ineffective in Deterring Non-target Mammals From Trap Disturbance During Invasive Lizard Control, Lance D. McBrayer, Daniel Haro, Michael Brennan, Bryan G. Falk, and Amy Yackel Adams

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Genetic Diversity of Florida Scrub Lizards (Sceloporus woodi/) Varies with Wildfire History, Katherine Miller, David Tevs, Lance D. McBrayer, Faith Loggins, Emma Simpson, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Aaron W. Schrey

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Impact of designed task-based interventions on K-8 preservice teachers’ knowledge and ability to solve measurement unit conversion problems, Ha Nguyen, Tuyin An, and Eryn Maher

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K-8 Preservice Teachers’ Statistical Thinking When Determining Best Measure of Center, Ha Nguyen, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, Gregory Chamblee, and Sharon Taylor

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Supporting Spatial Reasoning: Identifying Aspects of Length, Area, and Volume in Textbook Definitions, Eryn M. Stehr Maher and Jia He

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DNA Methylation and Counterdirectional Pigmentation Change following Immune Challenge in a Small Ectotherm, David Tevs, Justin A. Mukhalian, Emma Simpson, Christian L. Cox, Aaron Schrey, and Lance D. McBrayer

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Diverging Epigenetic Responses to Wildfire History in Two Sympatric Lizards, David Tevs, Emma Simpson, M. Ellesse Lauer, Daniella Ray, Lance D. McBrayer, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Aaron Schrey

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Stop, Then Go! Rapid Acceleration Offsets the Costs of Intermittent Locomotion When Turning in Florida Scrub Lizards, Cheyenne A. Walker and Lance D. McBrayer

Submissions from 2022

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New State and County Records of Introduced Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia, USA, Michael Brennan, Lance D. McBrayer, Joseph Carroll, Kenneth L. Krysko, and Amy Yackel Adams

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Biodiversity Between Buildings: Results of a Two-Year Vertebrate Survey on a University Campus, John D. Curlis, Rebecca Scott, Emily Evans, Michelle Cawthorn, Ray Chandler, James Henry Roberts, and Lance D. McBrayer

Equal or Equitable: Using the Five Practices to Adapt and Implement a Fair Sharing Task, Ha Nguyen and Eryn Stehr Maher

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Mathematics Learning, Teaching, and Equity in Policy and Programs: The Case of Secondary Mathematics Teacher Education in the United States, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, Hyunyi Jung, and Jill Newton

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Using Desmos to Support Visualizing and Interpreting Mean, Eryn M. Stehr Maher and Ha Nguyen

Small-scale Mentoring Pilot Program for Future K-8 Teachers to Support Math Identities, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, Ha Nguyen, T. An, and Gregory Chamblee

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Bayesian Methods for Geospatial Data Analysis, Wei Tu and Lili Yu

Submissions from 2021

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Mechanisms Underlying Lack of Functional Compensation by Insect Grazers After Tadpole Declines in a Neotropical Stream, Thomas R. Barnum, J. Timothy Wootton, Rebecca J. Bixby, John M. Drake, David Murray-Stoker, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Amanda T. Rugenski, Therese C. Frauendorf, Scott Connelly, Susan Kilham, Matt R. Whiles, Karen R. Lips, and Catherine M. Pringle

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Impacts of Detritivore Diversity Loss on Instream Decomposition Are Greatest in the Tropics, Luz Boyero, Naiara López-Rojo, Alan M. Tonin, Javier Pérez, Francisco Correa-Araneda, Richard G. Pearson, Jaime Bosch, Ricardo J. Albariño, Sankarappan Anbalagan, Leon A. Barmuta, Ana Basaguren, Francis J. Burdon, Adriano Caliman, Marcos Callisto, Ian C. Campbell, Bradley J. Cardinale, J. Jesús Casas, Ana M. Chará-Serna, Eric Chauvet, Szymon Ciapała, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Aydeé Cornejo, Aaron M. Davis, Monika Degebrodt, Emerson S. Dias, María E. Díaz, Michael M. Douglas, Andrea C. Encalada, Ricardo Figueroa, Alexander S. Flecker, Tadeusz Fleituch, Erica A. García, Gabriela García, Pavel E. García, Mark O. Gessner, Jesús E. Gómez, Sergio Gómez, Jose F. Gonçalves Jr, Manuel A. S. Graça, Daniel C. Gwinn, Robert O. Hall Jr., Neusa Hamada, Cang Hui, Daichi Imazawa, Tomoya Iwata, Samuel K. Kariuki, Andrea Landeira-Dabarca, Kelsey A. Laymon, María Leal, Richard Marchant, Renato T. Martins, Frank O. Masese, Megan Maul, Brendan G. McKie, Adriana O. Medeiros, Charles M. M’ Erimba, Jen A. Middleton, Silvia Monroy, Timo Muotka, Junjiro N. Negishi, Alonso Ramírez, John S. Richardson, José Rincón, Juan Rubio-Ríos, Gisele M. dos Santos, Romain Sarremejane, Fran Sheldon, Augustine Sitati, Nathalie S. D. Tenkiano, Scott D. Tiegs, Janine R. Tolod, Michael Venarsky, Anne Watson, and Catherine M. Yule

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Latitude Dictates Plant Diversity Effects on Instream Decomposition, Luz Boyero, Javier Pérez, Naiara López-Rojo, Alan M. Tonin, Francisco Correa-Araneda, Richard G. Pearson, Jaime Bosch, Ricardo J. Albariño, Sankarappan Anbalagan, Leon A. Barmuta, Leah Beesley, Francis J. Burdon, Adriano Caliman, Marcos Callisto, Ian C. Campbell, Bradley J. Cardinale, J. Jesús Casas, Ana M. Chará-Serna, Szymon Ciapała, Eric Chauvet, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Aydeé Cornejo, Aaron M. Davis, Monika Degebrodt, Emerson S. Dias, María E. Díaz, Michael M. Douglas, Arturo Elosegi, Andrea C. Encalada, Elvira de Eyto, Ricardo Figueroa, Alexander S. Flecker, André Frainer, Juliana S. França, Erica A. García, Gabriela García, Pavel E. García, Mark O. Gessner, Paul S. Giller, Jesús E. Gómez, Sergio Gómez, José F. Gonçalves Jr., Manuel A. S. Graça, Robert O. Hall Jr., Neusa Hamada, Luiz U. Hepp, Cang Hui, Daichi Imazawa, Tomoya Iwata, Edson S. A. Junior, Samuel K. Kariuki, Andrea Landeira-Dabarca, María Leal, Kaisa Lehosmaa, Charles M. M’ Erimba, Richard Marchant, Renato T. Martins, Frank O. Masese, Megan Camden, Brendan G. McKie, Adriana O. Medeiros, Jen A. Middleton, Timo Muotka, Junjiro N. Negishi, Jesús Pozo, Alonso Ramírez, Renan S. Rezende, John S. Richardson, José Rincón, Juan Rubio-Ríos, Claudia Serrano, Angela R. Shaffer, Fran Sheldon, Christopher M. Swan, Nathalie S. D. Tenkiano, Scott D. Tiegs, Janine R. Tolod, Michael Vernasky, Anne Watson, Mourine J. Yegon, and Catherine M. Yule

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Submarine Groundwater Discharge as a Potential Driver of Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Populations in Georgia, John M. Carroll, Jacque L. Kelly, Laura M. Treible, and Thomas Bliss

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The Exponentiated Half Logistic-Topp-Leone-G Power Series Class of Distributions: Model, Properties and Applications, Fastel Chipepa, Broderick O. Oluyede, Divine Wanduku, and Thatayaone Moakofi

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Aquaporin (AQP) Channels in the Spiny Dogfish, Squalus Acanthias II: Localization of AQP3, AQP4 and AQP15 in the Kidney, Christopher P. Cutler, Keith Kurt, Karen E. Campbell, and Tolulope Ojo

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Aquaporin (AQP) Channels in the Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthias I: Characterization of AQP3 and AQP15 Function and Expression, and Localization of the Proteins in Gill and Spiral Valve Intestine, Christopher P. Cutler, Debra Murray, Tolulope Ojo, Sheena Harmon, Bryce MacIver, Gordon Cramb, and Mark L. Zeidel

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Aquaporin Expression and Cholesterol Content in Eel Swimbladder Tissue, Victoria Drechsel, Gabriel Schneebauer, Birgit Fiechtner, Christopher P. Cutler, and Bernd Pelster

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Examining Sigmoid vs ReLu Activation Functions in Deep Learning, Mohammad Anwarul Islam, Hayden Wimmer, and Carl M. Rebman Jr

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Teacher Educators Learning with Prospective Teachers: Finding Relevant Mathematics in Our (Their) Lives, Lindsay M. Keazer and Eryn Stehr Maher

Chapter 7: “small change → BIG DIFFERENCE" = See it for yourself" – Step wise incorporation of active learning techniques in course design, Shainaz Landge and Kania Greer

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Escape Behaviour Varies With Distance From Safe Refuge, Eric McElroy and Lance D. McBrayer

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Exponentiated Half Logistic-Power Generalized Weibull-G Family of Distributions: Model, Properties and Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Fastel Chipepa, and Divine Wanduku

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The odd Weibull-Topp-Leone-G power series family of distributions: model, properties, and applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Fastel Chipepa, and Divine Wanduku

Building proof bridges interactively with Desmos, Eryn Stehr Maher and H. Nguyen

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Estimating White Noise Intensity Regions for Comparable Properties of a Class of Seirs Stochastic and Deterministic Epidemic Models, Divine Wanduku

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Finite- and multi-dimensional state representations and some fundamental asymptotic properties of a family of nonlinear multi-population models for HIV/AIDS with art treatment and distributed delays, Divine Wanduku

Submissions from 2020

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Diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific societies: Progress and opportunities in the Society for Freshwater Science, Erin F. Abernethy, Ivan Arismendi, Anna G. Boegehold, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Matthew R. Cover, Erin I. Larson, Eric K. Moody, Brooke E. Penaluna, Arial J. Shogren, Alex J. Webster, and M. Megan Woller-Skar

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Half Logistic Odd Weibull-Topp-Leone-G Family of Distributions: Model, Properties and Applications, Fastel Chipepa, Divine Wanduku, and Broderick O. Oluyede

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Trophic Basis of Production in Tropical Headwater Streams, Puerto Rico: An Assessment of the Importance of Allochthonous Resources in Fueling Food Webs, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Keysa G. Rosas-Rodriguez, and Alonso Ramírez

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Inferring Grandiose Narcissism From Text: LIWC Versus Machine Learning, Andrew D. Cutler, Stephen W. Carden, Hannah L. Dorough, and Nicholas S. Holtzman

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Rainfall interception and redistribution by a common North American understory and pasture forb, Eupatorium capillifolium (Lam. dogfennel), D. Alex Gordon, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, Brent A. Sellers, S. M. Moein Sadeghi, and John T. Van Stan II

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Evidence for an Established Population of Tegu Lizards (Salvator merianae) in Southeastern Georgia, USA, Daniel Haro, Lance D. McBrayer, John B. Jensen, James M. Gillis, Lea' R. Bonewell, Melia G. Nafus, Stephen E. Greiman, Robert N. Reed, and Amy Yackel Adams

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Whiteness as a Stumbling Block in Learning to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice, Frances K. Harper, Eryn Stehr Maher, and Hyunyi Jung

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Barnacle colonization on Spartina alterniflora in Georgia salt marshes, Heather Joesting, Michele Guidone, and Rachel Hines

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Conservation and Management Strategies Create Opportunities for Integrative Organismal Research, Lance D. McBrayer, Richard W. Orton, Chase T. Kinsey, and Lauren K. Neel

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Applied Functional Biology: Linking Ecological Morphology to Conservation and Management, Eric McElroy, Diego Sustaita, and Lance D. McBrayer

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Patterns of macroinvertebrate production and energy flow in headwater streams of the Brazilian Savanna, José L. S. Mello, Daniel P. Abrahão, Wesley A. Saltarelli, Matt R. Whiles, Walter K. Dodds, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Vinicius Neres-Lima, Davi G.F. Cunha, and Juliano J. Corbi

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Acclimatization in the Physiological Performance of an Introduced Ectotherm, Lauren K. Neel, John David Curlis, Chase T. Kinsey, Christian Cox, and Lance D. McBrayer

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A New Generalized Log-Logistic Erlang Truncated Exponential Distribution with Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Hameed Abiodun Jimoh, Divine Wanduku, and Boikanyo Makubate

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The Exponentiated Generalized Power Series Class of Distributions: Theory, Properties and Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Baitshephi Mashabe, Adeniyi F. Fagbamigbe, Boikanyo Makubate, and Divine Wanduku

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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Genetic Diversity in a Fragmented and Transient Landscape, Richard W. Orton, Derek Tucker, John Scott Harrison, and Lance D. McBrayer

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Preface: Recent Advances in Tropical Lake Research, Alonso Ramírez, Margarita Caballero, Gabriela Vázquez, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud

Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions of Mean and Median, Eryn Stehr Maher, Gregory Chamblee, H. Nguyen, and C. Smith

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Navigating Complexities in Definitions of Length and Area, Eryn M. Stehr Maher and Jia He

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Wrack and ruin: Legacy hydrologic effects of hurricane-deposited wrack on hardwood-hammock coastal islands, John T. Van Stan II, Scott T. Allen, and Travis Swanson

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A nonlinear multi-population behavioral model to assess the roles of education campaigns, random supply of aids, and delayed ART treatment in HIV/AIDS epidemics, Divine Wanduku

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Lyapunov Functionals and Stochastic Stability Analyses for Highly Random Nonlinear Functional Epidemic Dynamical Systems with Multiple Distributed Delays, Divine Wanduku

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Modeling Highly Random Dynamical Infectious Systems, Divine Wanduku

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On the almost sure, and pth moment exponential convergence and stochastic exponential stabilities for nonlinear stochastic epidemic models, Divine Wanduku

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On the almost sure convergence of a stochastic process in a class of nonlinear multi-population behavioral models for HIV/AIDS with delayed ART treatment, Divine Wanduku

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The stationary distribution and stochastic persistence for a class of disease models: Case study- malaria, Divine Wanduku

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Modeling the Stochastic Dynamics of Influenza Epidemics with Vaccination Control, and the Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Model Parameters, Divine Wanduku, Charles C. Newman, Omotomilola Onaopemipo Jegede, and Broderick O. Oluyede

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Some asymptotic properties of SEIRS models withnonlinear incidence and random delays, Divine Wanduku and Broderick O. Oluyede

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Comparison of a Wood Sampler for Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment of Non-Wadeable Streams in the Southeastern Coastal Plain, Kelsey A. Wilbanks, Damon L. Mullis, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud

Submissions from 2019

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Exploration Using Without-Replacement Sampling of Actions Is Sometimes Inferior, Stephen W. Carden and S. Dalton Walker

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The Formation of Thickveins (Tkv) Gradient in Drosophila Wing Disc: A Theoretical Study, Zhan Chen

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AP Patterning in the Drosophila Wing Disc I: A Basic Model, Zhan Chen and Yuting Zou

A New County Record for Hemidactylus Turcicus, Albert K. Chung, Matthew Levendosky, Hannah E. Cohen, Brianna E. Hall, Scott C. Meyer, Jose A. Sanchez-Ruiz, Jessica Watts, and Lance D. McBrayer

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Exchange-Coupling Behavior in SrFe12O19/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Nanocomposites, Jiba Nath Dahal, Dipesh Neupane, and Sanjay R. Mishra

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Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of 4:1 Hard-Soft SrFe12O19-La1-xSrxMnO3 Nanocomposite Prepared by Auto-Combustion Method, Jiba Nath Dahal, Dipesh Neupane, and Sanjay R. Mishra

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Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Present at a State Conference, Heidi Eisenreich

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Early European Observations of Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation: A Synthesis and Evaluation of 19th Century Findings, Jan Friesen and John T. Van Stan II

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The Gamma Logistic Erlang Truncated Exponential Distribution with Applications, Hameed Jimoh, Broderick O. Oluyede, Divine Wanduku, and Boikanyo Makubate

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Mathematical Modeling Opportunities Reported by Secondary Mathematics Preservice Teachers and Instructors, Hyunyi Jung, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, and Jia He

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A Copper(II) Tris-imidazolylphosphine Complex as a Structural and Functional Model of Flavonol 2,4-Dioxygenase, Will E. Lynch, Delana Gajdosik-Nivens, Brandon Quilian, Clifford W. Padgett, Nathan Peek, Anthony Petrillo, and John W. Stone PhD

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Chapter Seven - Structure-function relationships in the renal NaCl cotransporter (NCC), Erika Moreno, Paola de los Heros, Consuelo Plata, Christopher P. Cutler, Antonio Vega-Mateos, Norma Vázquez, and Gerardo Gamba

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Physical and Virtual Manipulation Framework Conceptions of Undergraduate Pre-Service Teachers, Enrique Ortiz, Heidi A. Eisenreich, and Laura Tapp

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Resolving Tradeoffs Among Crypsis, Escape Behavior, and Microhabitat Use in Sexually Dichromatic Species, Richard William Orton and Lance D. McBrayer

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Mite Load Predicts the Quality of Sexual Color and Locomotor Performance in a Sexually Dichromatic Lizard, Richard W. Orton, Chase T. Kinsey, and Lance D. McBrayer

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Improving Estimates of Built-Up Area from Night Time Light Across Globally Distributed Cities Through Hierarchical Modeling, Zutao Ouyang, Meimei Lin, Jiquan Chen, Peilei Fan, Song S. Qian, and Hogeun Park

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Definitions and Meaning for Future Teachers in Spatial Measurement: Length, Area, and Volume, Eryn M. Stehr and Jia He

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“Big Ideas” in Secondary Mathematics Education Programs, Eryn M. Stehr, Hyunyi Jung, and Jill Newton

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Supporting Prospective Teachers’ Development of Relevant and Authentic Mathematics Stories, Eryn M. Stehr and Lindsay M. Keazer

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Conceptualizing and Interpreting Mean and Median With Future Teachers, Eryn Stehr Maher, Ha Nguyen, Gregory Chamblee, and Sharon Taylor

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Global Patterns and Drivers of Ecosystem Functioning in Rivers and Riparian Zones, Scott D. Tiegs, David M. Costello, Mark W. Isken, Guy Woodward, Peter B. McIntyre, Mark O. Gessner, Eric Chauvet, Natalie A. Griffiths, Alexander S. Flecker, Vicenç Acuña, Ricardo J. Albariño, Daniel C. Allen, Cecilia Alonso, Patricio Andino, Clay Arango, Jukka Aroviita, Marcus V. M. Barbosa, Leon A. Barmuta, Colden V. Baxter, and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud

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The Stochastic Extinction and Stability Conditions for Nonlinear Malaria Epidemics, Divine Wanduku

Submissions from 2018

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Removal of a Potentially Hazardous Chemical, Tetrakis (Hydroxymethyl) Phosphonium Chloride from Water Using Biochar as a Medium of Adsorption, Simpo R. Akech, Olajumoke Harrison, and Arpita Saha

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On Almost Everywhere Divergence of Bochner-Riesz Means on Compact Lie Groups, Xianghong Chen and Dashan Fan

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Peripheral Wiener Index of Trees and Related Questions, Ya-Hong Chen, Hua Wang, and Xiao-Dong Zhang

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A Multiscale Model for Heterogeneous Tumor Spheroid in Vitro, Zhan Chen and Yuting Zou

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Examination of phenotypic plasticity in Hydrocotyle bonariensis in response to two soil types, Savannah D. Chiarello and Heather Joesting

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A High-Resolution Photoelectron Imaging and Theoretical Study of CP- and C2P, Joseph Czekner, Ling Fung Cheung, Eric L. Johnson, Ryan C. Fortenberry, and Lai-Sheng Wang

Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of exchange-coupled SrFe12O19 - x Wt.% -La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Nanocomposites via Autocombusiton Method, Jiba Dahal and S. R. Mishra

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Structural, Magnetic, and Mössbauer Studies of Transition Metal-Doped Gd2Fe16Ga0.5TM0.5 Intermetallic Compounds (TM = Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn), Jiba Dahal, K. S. Syed Ali, S. R. Mishra, and J. Alam

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Topological Properties of a Class of Self-Affine Tiles in R3, Guotai Deng, Chuntai Liu, and Sze-Man Ngai

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Deepening Place Value Understanding in K-2 Through Explanation and Justification, Andria Disney and Heidi Eisenreich

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“You’re Out of Your Place:” Black Mobility on Tybee Island, Georgia From Civil Rights to Orange Crush, Jeffrey R. Finney and Amy E. Potter