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Submissions from 2017
Preparation of Bi2S3/Carbon Quantum Dots Hybrid Materials for Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties Under Ultraviolet–, Visible–and Near Infrared–Irradiations, Jingmin Wang, Xiang Zhang, Ji Wu, Hao Chen, Song Sun, Jun Bao, Shikuo Li, and Hong Bi
Anomalous Surface Doping Effect in Semiconductor Nanowires, Yuejian Wang, Wenge Yang, Guifu Zou, Ji Wu, Jeffery L. Coffer, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin, and Jianzhong Zhang
Reinvigorating Reverse Osmosis Membrane Technology for Stabilizing V2O5 Lithium Ion Battery Cathode, Ji Wu, Ian Byrd, Congrui Jin, Jianlin Li, Hao Chen, Anju Sharma, Tyler C. Camp, Ryan Bujol, and Hanlei Zhang
On Algorithms for Enumerating Subtrees of Hexagonal and Phenylene Chains, Yu Yang, Hongbo Liu, Hua Wang, Ansheng Deng, and Colton Magnant
Surface Roughness Affects the Running Speed of Tropical Canopy Ants, Stephen P. Yanoviak, Cheryl Silveri, Alyssa Y. Stark, John T. Van Stan, and Delphis F. Levia
Multiple Solutions With Constant Sign of a Dirichlet Problem for a Class of Elliptic Systems With Variable Exponent Growth, Li Yin, Jinghua Yao, Qihu Zhang, and Chunshan Zhao
On Stratified Bivariate Ranked Set Sampling with Optimal Allocation for Naïve and Ratio Estimators, Lili Yu, Hani M. Samawi, Daniel Linder, Arpita Chatterjee, Yisong Huang, and Robert L. Vogel
Genetic Structure of Pseudococcus microcirculus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Populations on Epiphytic Orchids of South Florida, Jennifer A. Zettler, K. Adams, Bridget Frederick, A. Gutting, Nicholas Ingebretsen, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, and Aaron W. Schrey
Design and Preparation of a Ternary Composite of Graphene Oxide/Carbon Dots/Polypyrrole for Supercapacitor Application: Importance and Unique Role of Carbon Dots, Xiang Zhang, Jingmin Wang, Jian Liu, Ji Wu, Hao Chen, and Hong Bi
Crystal Structure of 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-hydroxy-4H- chromen-4-one, Sarah K. Zingales and Clifford W. Padgett
Submissions from 2016
Molecular Response to Challenging Environmental Conditions in Spartina alterniflora: An Integrated Approach, Mariano Alvarez, Christy M. Foust, Marta Robertson, Malika Ainouche, Julie Ferreira de Carvalho, C. Meals, Veronica Preite, A. Salmon, Ashley Shayter, Aaron Schrey, Koen J.F. Verhoeven, and Christina L. Richards
Maximum Wiener Index of Trees With Given Segment Sequence, Eric Ould Dadah Andriantiana, Stephan G. Wagner, and Hua Wang
Targeting Antioxidant Pathways with Ferrocenylated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Supported Gold(I) Complexes in A549 Lung Cancer Cells, Jonathan Arambula; Rebecca McCall; K, J, Sidoran; Darren Magda; Nicholas Mitchell; Christopher W. Bielawski; Vincent M. Lynch; Jonathan L. Sessler; and Kuppuswamy Arumugam
The Wicked Problem of Global Food Security, Rebecca Boger, Rusty Low, and Amy E. Potter
Sustainable Resilience in Barbuda: Learning From the Past and Developing Strategies for the Future, Rebecca Boger, Sophia Perdikaris, Amy E. Potter, and Jennifer Adams
Applying Linear Controls to Chaotic Continuous Dynamical Systems, James P. Braselton and Yan Wu
Stabilizing the Lorenz Flows Using a Closed Loop Quotient Controller, James P. Braselton and Yan Wu
Teaching for Higher Levels of Thinking: Developing Quantitative and Analytical Skills in Environmental Science Courses, Adriana Bravo, Ana Porzecanski, Eleanor Sterling, Nora Bynum, J. Michelle Cawthorn, Denny S. Fernandez del Viso, Laurie Freeman, Stuart Ketcham, Timothy Leslie, John Mull, and Donna Vogler
Bird-Brained Foraging: Learn to Eat Like a Crow!, Brigette A. Brinton and Mary C. Curran
Asymmetric Membranes Containing Micron-Size Silicon for High Performance Lithium Ion Battery Anode, Ian Byrd and Ji Wu
Note on Semi-Linkage with Almost Prescribed Lengths in Large Graphs, Emily C. Chizmar, Colton Magnant, and Pouria Salehi Nowbandegani
Note on Vertex and Total Proper Connection Numbers, Emily C. Chizmar, Colton Magnant, and Pouria Salehi Nowbandegani
A Formula for the Partition Function That "Counts", Yuriy Choliy and Andrew V. Sills
Graph Linkedness With Prescribed Lengths, Vincent E. Coll Jr., Alexander Halperin, and Colton Magnant
Dimensions of the Boundary of a Graph-Directed Self-Similar Set With Overlaps, Guotai Deng, Chuntai Liu, and Sze-Man Ngai
Example of an Order 16 Non Symplectic Action on a K3 Surface, Jimmy J. Dillies
Fast Cycles Detecting in Non-Linear Discrete Systems, Dmitriy Dmitrishin, Elena Franzheva, and Alexander M. Stokolos
From Chaos to Order Through Mixing, Dmitriy Dmitrishin, I. M. Skrinnik, and Alexander M. Stokolos
On the Nature of Plasmon Drag Effect, Maxim Durach and Natalia Noginova
Mathematics Knowledge for Parenting (MKP): Workshops to Help Parents Make Sense of Mathematics, Heidi Eisenreich
Parent Workshops Focused on Mathematics Knowledge for Parenting (MKP): Shifting Beliefs About Learning Mathematics, Heidi Eisenreich and Janet Andreasen
Gorenstein Projective Resolvents, Edgar E. Enochs, Sergio Estrada, Alina Iacob, and Sinem Odabasi
Novel Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci for Distinguishing Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Roanoke Bass (Ambloplites cavifrons), and Their Hybrids, Jackman C. Eschenroeder and James Henry Roberts
Minimum Degree and Even Cycle Lengths, Ralph J. Faudree, Ronald Gould, Michael S. Jacobson, and Colton Magnant
Genetic and Epigenetic Differences Associated with Environmental Gradients in Replicate Populations of Two Salt Marsh Perennials, Christy M. Foust, Veronica Preite, Aaron W. Schrey, Koen J.F. Verhoeven, and Christina L. Richards
Investigating Susceptibility to Diabetes Using Features of the Adipose Tissue in Response to In Utero Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Exposure, Worlanyo E. Gato, Daniel A. Hunter, Shamaya L. Whitby, Christopher A. Mays, and Wilson Yau
Host Stress Hormones Alter Vector Preference, Feeding Success and Subsequent Productivity, Stephanie S. Gervasi, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Sarah C. Burgan, Aaron W. Schrey, Hassan K. Hassan, Thomas R. Unnasch, and Lynn Martin
Note on Superpatterns, Daniel Gray and Hua Wang
Synthetic Studies Toward 3’-C-puromycin Analogs, Giuseppe Gumina, Carolina Moracho, and Brent D. Feske
Pre-Service Teachers Acceptance of Number Concepts Instruction in Base 8, Katie Harshman and Heidi Eisenreich
A DNA Based Migration Modeling of the Lizards in Florida Scrub Habitat, Ray R. Hashemi, Azita A. Bahrami, Daniel Swain Jr., Aaron W. Schrey, and Nicholas R. Tyler
Gorenstein Injective Covers and Envelopes over Rings That Satisfy the Auslander Condition, Alina Iacob
The Use of Marine Aquaculture Solid Waste for Nursery Production of the Salt Marsh Plants Spartina alterniflora and Juncus roemerianus, Heather M. Joesting, R. Blaylock, P. Biber, and A. Ray
Investigating the Function of Leaf Inclination in the Sand Dune Herb Hydrocotyle bonariensis, Heather M. Joesting, John Counts, Joshua Grier, and Hannah Z. Reilly
Predissociation Measurements of Bond Dissociation Energies: VC, VN, and VS, Eric L. Johnson, Quincy C. Davis, and Michael D. Morse
A Dual Basis for Discrete Polynomial Blending, Scott N. Kersey
Invertibility of Submatrices of the Pascal Matrix and Birkhoff Interpolation, Scott N. Kersey
Rank of Submatrices of the Pascal Matrix, Scott N. Kersey
Abatement of Computational Issues Associated with Dark Modes in Optical Metamaterials, Matthew S. LePain and Maxim Durach
A Second Order Cone Formulation of Continuous CTA Model, Goran Lesaja, Jordi Castro, and Anna Oganian
Propensity Score Based Conditional Group Swapping for Disclosure Limitation of Strata-Defining Variables, Goran Lesaja and Anna Oganian
Improved Full-Newton-Step Infeasible Interior-Point Method for Linear Complementarity Problems, Goran Lesaja and Mustafa Ozen
Spatiotemporal Interpolation Methods for the Application of Estimating Population Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter in the Contiguous U.S. and a Real-Time Web Application, Lixin Li, Xiaolu Zhou, Marc Kalo, and Reinhard E. Piltner
Lefschetz Contact Manifolds and Odd Dimensional Symplectic Geometry, Yi Lin
Equivariant Formality of Transversely Symplectic Foliations and Frobenius Manifolds, Yi Lin and Xiangdong Yang
Connectedness of a Class of Two-Dimensional Self-Affine Tiles Associated with Triangular Matrices, Jingcheng Liu, Sze-Man Ngai, and Juan Tao
Directed Proper Connection of Graphs, Colton Magnant, Patrick R. Morley, Sarabeth A. Porter, Pouria Salehi Nowbandegani, and Hua Wang
Mathematical Writing Assignment for Deeper Understanding and Process Writing, Colton Magnant, Saeed Nasseh, and Teresa Flateby
Monochromatic Connectivity in Monochromatic-Star-Free Graphs, Colton Magnant and Pouria Salehi Nowbandegani
Path Partitions of Almost Regular Graphs, Colton Magnant, Hua Wang, and Shuai Yuan
Research and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of E-Learning in the Case of Linear Programming, Ljiljana Miletić and Goran Lesaja
Alteration of Soil Chitinolytic Bacterial and Ammonia Oxidizing Archaeal Community Diversity by Rainwater Redistribution in an Epiphyte-laden Quercus Virginiana Canopy, L. Dean Moore, John T. Van Stan, Trent E. Gay, Carl L. Rosier, and Tiehang Wu
The European Eel NCCβ Gene Encodes a Thiazide-Resistant Na-Cl Cotransporter, Erika Moreno, Consuelo Plata, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gama, Eduardo R. Argaiz, Norma Vázquez, Karla Leyva, Carmen Y. Hernández-Carballo, León Islas, Christopher P. Cutler, Diana Pacheco-Alvarez, Adriana Mercado, Raquel Cariño-Cortés, and Gerardo Gamba
Topological Contact Dynamics III: Uniqueness of the Topological Hamiltonian and C0-Rigidity of the Geodesic Flow, Stefan Müller and Peter Spaeth
Extension Groups for DG Modules, Saeed Nasseh and Sean Sather-Wagstaff
Infinite Iterated Function Systems With Overlaps, Sze-Man Ngai and Ji-Xi Tong
A New Class of Generalized Log-Logistic Weibull Distribution: Theory, Properties and Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Gomolemo Basele, Shujiao Huang, and Boikanyo Makubate
Beta Linear Failure Rate Geometric Distribution with Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Ibrahim Elbatal, and Shujiao Huang
The Log-Logistic Weibull Distribution with Applications to Lifetime Data, Broderick O. Oluyede, Susan Foya, Gayan Warahena-Liyanage, and Shujiao Huang
The McDonald Log-Logistic Distribution with Applications to Lifetime and Pricing Data, Broderick O. Oluyede and Shujiao Huang
Dagum-Poisson Distribution: Model, Properties and Application, Broderick O. Oluyede, Galelhakanelwe Motsewabagale, Shujiao Huang, Gayan Warahena-Liyanage, and Marvis Pararai
A New Compound Class of Log-Logistic Weibull Poisson Distribution: Properties and Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Gayan Warahena-Liyanage, and Mavis Pararai
The Beta Lindley-Poisson Distribution with Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede, Gayan Warahena-Liyanage, and Mavis Pararai
A New Class of Generalized Power Lindley Distribution with Applications to Lifetime Data, Broderick O. Oluyede, Tiantian Yang, and Boikanyo Makubate
A mailman analogy: Retaining student learning gains in alkane nomenclature, Jessica Orvis, Diana Sturges, Shannon Rhodes, Ki-Jana R. White, Trent W. Maurer, and Shainaz Landge
Exponentiated Power Lindley Poisson Distribution: Properties and Applications, Mavis Pararai, Gayan Warahena-Liyanage, and Broderick O. Oluyede
The Effects of Multiple Obstacles on the Locomotor Behavior and Performance of a Terrestrial Lizard (Sceloporus woodi), Seth E. Parker and Lance D. McBrayer
Targeted Delivery of Drugs to Colon, Anil K. Philip and Sarah K. Zingales
“She Goes into Character as the Lady of the House”: Tour Guides, Performance and the Southern Plantation, Amy E. Potter
A Generalized Class of Exponentiated Modified Weibull Distribution with Applications, Shusen Pu, Broderick O. Oluyede, Yuqi Qui, and Daniel F. Linder
Fire Increases Genetic Diversity of Populations of Six-Lined Racerunner, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Bridget M. Frederick, David W. Dukes, Andrea L. Liebl, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Aaron W. Schrey
A Biography of Alfred Traverse, James B. Riding, William G. Chaloner, Martin B. Farley, Frederick J. Rich, and Paul K. Strother
A Long-Term Study of Ecological Impacts of River Channelization on the Population of an Endangered Fish: Lessons Learned for Assessment and Restoration, James Henry Roberts, Gregory B. Anderson, and Paul L. Angermeier
Population Viability Analysis for Endangered Roanoke Logperch, James Henry Roberts, Paul L. Angermeier, and Gregory B. Anderson
Extensive Dispersal of Endangered Roanoke Logperch Inferred Using Genetic Marker Data, James Henry Roberts, Paul L. Angermeier, and Eric M. Hallerman
Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Microbial Community Structure Within the Proximal Area of Tree Boles: Possible Influence of Stemflow, Carl L. Rosier, Delphis F. Levia, John T. Van Stan, A. Aufdenkampe, and Jinjun Kan
The Importance of Considering Rainfall Partitioning in Afforestation Initiatives in Semiarid Climates: a Comparison of Common Planted Tree Species in Tehran, Iran, Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi, Pedram Attarod, John T. Van Stan, and Thomas G. Pypker
Consequences of Secondary Calibrations on Divergence Time Estimates, John J. Schenk
Repeated Habitat Disturbances by Fire Decrease Local Effective Population Size, Aaron W. Schrey, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Earl D. McCoy, and Henry R. Mushinsky
Epigenetic Response to Habitat Change: Changes Variation in DNA Methylation Frequencies and Generational Transmission Vary with Invasion Status, Aaron W. Schrey, Travis R. Robbins, Jacob D. Lee, David W. Dukes, Alexandria K. Ragsdale, Christopher J. Thawley, and Tracy Langkilde
Properties of the Markov-Dependent Attribute Control Chart with Estimated Parameters, Deborah K. Shepherd, Charles W. Champ, and Steven E. Rigdon
Eccentricity Sum in Trees, Heather Smith, Laszlo A. Szekely, and Hua Wang
Bond Dissociation Energies of Diatomic Transition Metal Selenides: TiSe, ZrSe, HfSe, VSe, NbSe, and TaSe, Jason J. Sorensen, Thomas D. Persinger, Andrew Sevy, Jordan A. Franchina, Eric L. Johnson, and Michael D. Morse
Problems Related to Graph Indices in Trees, Laszlo A. Szekely, Stephen Wagner, and Hua Wang
Spatial Variations in the Associations of Birth Weight with Ambient Air Pollution: A Retrospective Study in Georgia, USA, Jun Tu, Wei Tu, and Stuart H. Tedders
Use of Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) to Identify Interactive Meteorological Conditions Affecting Relative Throughfall, John T. Van Stan, Trent E. Gay, and Elliot S. Lewis
Modeling Rainfall Interception Loss for an Epiphyte-Laden Quercus virginiana Forest Using Reformulated Static- and Variable-Storage Gash Analytical Models, John T. Van Stan, Ethan D. Gutmann, Elliot S. Lewis, and Trent E. Gay
Impact of Interacting Bark Structure and Rainfall Conditions on Stemflow Variability in a Temperate Beech-oak Forest, Central Germany, John T. Van Stan, Elliot S. Lewis, Anke Hildebrandt, Corinna Rebmann, and Jan Friesen
On the Local and Global Means of Subtree Orders, Stephen Wagner and Hua Wang
