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Submissions from 2024
Evidence That Aquaporin 11 (AQP11) in the Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) May Represent a Pseudogene, Christopher P. Cutler, Meghan Canicatti, and Esosa Omoregie
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
Water balance and aquaporins, Christopher P. Cutler
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
K-8 Preservice Teachers’ Statistical Thinking When Determining Best Measure of Center, Ha Nguyen, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, Gregory Chamblee, and Sharon Taylor
Supporting Spatial Reasoning: Identifying Aspects of Length, Area, and Volume in Textbook Definitions, Eryn M. Stehr Maher and Jia He
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bayesian Methods for Geospatial Data Analysis, Wei Tu and Lili Yu
Submissions from 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Aquaporin Expression and Cholesterol Content in Eel Swimbladder Tissue, Victoria Drechsel, Gabriel Schneebauer, Birgit Fiechtner, Christopher P. Cutler, and Bernd Pelster
Examining Sigmoid vs ReLu Activation Functions in Deep Learning, Mohammad Anwarul Islam, Hayden Wimmer, and Carl M. Rebman Jr
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
Escape Behaviour Varies With Distance From Safe Refuge, Eric McElroy and Lance D. McBrayer
Exponentiated Half Logistic-Power Generalized Weibull-G Family of Distributions: Model, Properties and Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Fastel Chipepa, and Divine Wanduku
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
Estimating White Noise Intensity Regions for Comparable Properties of a Class of Seirs Stochastic and Deterministic Epidemic Models, Divine Wanduku
Submissions from 2020
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
Half Logistic Odd Weibull-Topp-Leone-G Family of Distributions: Model, Properties and Applications, Fastel Chipepa, Divine Wanduku, and Broderick O. Oluyede
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
Inferring Grandiose Narcissism From Text: LIWC Versus Machine Learning, Andrew D. Cutler, Stephen W. Carden, Hannah L. Dorough, and Nicholas S. Holtzman
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
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
Whiteness as a Stumbling Block in Learning to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice, Frances K. Harper, Eryn Stehr Maher, and Hyunyi Jung
Barnacle colonization on Spartina alterniflora in Georgia salt marshes, Heather Joesting, Michele Guidone, and Rachel Hines
Conservation and Management Strategies Create Opportunities for Integrative Organismal Research, Lance D. McBrayer, Richard W. Orton, Chase T. Kinsey, and Lauren K. Neel
Applied Functional Biology: Linking Ecological Morphology to Conservation and Management, Eric McElroy, Diego Sustaita, and Lance D. McBrayer
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
Acclimatization in the Physiological Performance of an Introduced Ectotherm, Lauren K. Neel, John David Curlis, Chase T. Kinsey, Christian Cox, and Lance D. McBrayer
A New Generalized Log-Logistic Erlang Truncated Exponential Distribution with Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Hameed Abiodun Jimoh, Divine Wanduku, and Boikanyo Makubate
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
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
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
Navigating Complexities in Definitions of Length and Area, Eryn M. Stehr Maher and Jia He
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
Modeling Highly Random Dynamical Infectious Systems, Divine Wanduku
On the almost sure, and pth moment exponential convergence and stochastic exponential stabilities for nonlinear stochastic epidemic models, Divine Wanduku
The stationary distribution and stochastic persistence for a class of disease models: Case study- malaria, Divine Wanduku
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
Some asymptotic properties of SEIRS models withnonlinear incidence and random delays, Divine Wanduku and Broderick O. Oluyede
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
Exploration Using Without-Replacement Sampling of Actions Is Sometimes Inferior, Stephen W. Carden and S. Dalton Walker
The Formation of Thickveins (Tkv) Gradient in Drosophila Wing Disc: A Theoretical Study, Zhan Chen
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
Exchange-Coupling Behavior in SrFe12O19/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Nanocomposites, Jiba Nath Dahal, Dipesh Neupane, and Sanjay R. Mishra
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
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Present at a State Conference, Heidi Eisenreich
Early European Observations of Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation: A Synthesis and Evaluation of 19th Century Findings, Jan Friesen and John T. Van Stan II
The Gamma Logistic Erlang Truncated Exponential Distribution with Applications, Hameed Jimoh, Broderick O. Oluyede, Divine Wanduku, and Boikanyo Makubate
Mathematical Modeling Opportunities Reported by Secondary Mathematics Preservice Teachers and Instructors, Hyunyi Jung, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, and Jia He
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
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
Physical and Virtual Manipulation Framework Conceptions of Undergraduate Pre-Service Teachers, Enrique Ortiz, Heidi A. Eisenreich, and Laura Tapp
Resolving Tradeoffs Among Crypsis, Escape Behavior, and Microhabitat Use in Sexually Dichromatic Species, Richard William Orton and Lance D. McBrayer
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
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
Definitions and Meaning for Future Teachers in Spatial Measurement: Length, Area, and Volume, Eryn M. Stehr and Jia He
“Big Ideas” in Secondary Mathematics Education Programs, Eryn M. Stehr, Hyunyi Jung, and Jill Newton
Supporting Prospective Teachers’ Development of Relevant and Authentic Mathematics Stories, Eryn M. Stehr and Lindsay M. Keazer
Conceptualizing and Interpreting Mean and Median With Future Teachers, Eryn Stehr Maher, Ha Nguyen, Gregory Chamblee, and Sharon Taylor
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
The Stochastic Extinction and Stability Conditions for Nonlinear Malaria Epidemics, Divine Wanduku
Submissions from 2018
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
On Almost Everywhere Divergence of Bochner-Riesz Means on Compact Lie Groups, Xianghong Chen and Dashan Fan
Peripheral Wiener Index of Trees and Related Questions, Ya-Hong Chen, Hua Wang, and Xiao-Dong Zhang
A Multiscale Model for Heterogeneous Tumor Spheroid in Vitro, Zhan Chen and Yuting Zou
Examination of phenotypic plasticity in Hydrocotyle bonariensis in response to two soil types, Savannah D. Chiarello and Heather Joesting
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
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
Topological Properties of a Class of Self-Affine Tiles in R3, Guotai Deng, Chuntai Liu, and Sze-Man Ngai
Deepening Place Value Understanding in K-2 Through Explanation and Justification, Andria Disney and Heidi Eisenreich
“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
