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Submissions from 2014
Developing Consistency in the Terminology and Display of Bar Graphs and Histograms, Patricia B. Humphrey, Sharon E. Taylor, and Kathleen Cage Mittag
Spontaneous Emission of Electric and Magnetic Dipoles in the Vicinity of Thin and Thick Metal, Rabia Hussain, David Keene, Natalia Noginova, and Maxim Durach
Discrete Fourier Restriction Associated with Schrödinger Equations, Yi Hu and Xiaochun Li
Gorenstein Injective Covers and Envelopes over Noetherian Rings, Alina Iacob and Edgar E. Enochs
Epistasis in Predator-Prey Relationships, Iuliia Inozemtseva and James P. Braselton
Resistive Flow in a Weakly Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensate, Fred Jendrzejewski, Stephen Eckel, Nicholas Murray, C. Lanier, Mark Edwards, Christopher J. Lobb, and Gretchen K. Campbell
Notes on the Origin of the Resinite-Rich “Pine Needle” Lithotype of the Cretaceous Cambria Coals, Weston County, Wyoming, Michelle N. Johnston, James C. Hower, and Fredrick J. Rich
An Overview of Phase I Analysis for Process Improvement and Monitoring, Allison L. Jones-Farmer, William H. Woodall, Stefan H. Steiner, and Charles W. Champ
Boundary Theory on the Hata Tree, Ka-Sing Lau and Sze-Man Ngai
Using Wavelet Analysis to Examine Bark Microrelief, David R. Legates, Delphis F. Levia, John T. Van Stan, and Victor M. Velasco Herrera
On the Boundary Blow-Up Solutions of p(x)-Laplacian Equations with Gradient Terms, Yuan Liang, Qihu Zhang, and Chunshan Zhao
Fast Inverse Distance Weighting-Based Spatiotemporal Interpolation: A Web-Based Application of Interpolating Daily Fine Particulate Matter PM2.5 in the Contiguous U.S. Using Parallel Programming and k-d Tree, Lixin Li, Travis Losser, Charles Yorke, and Reinhard E. Piltner
Odd Fibbinary Numbers and the Golden Ratio, Linus Lindroos, Andrew Sills, and Hua Wang
High Power Diode-Side-Pumped 1 112-nm Nd:YAG Laser Based on Master-Oscillator Power-Amplifier System, Biaolong Liu, Zhichao Wang, Feng Yang, Zhimin Wang, Yong Bo, Hongtao Yuan, Lei Yuan, Baoshan Wang, Jialin Xu, Yading Guo, Qinjun Peng, Jing-yuan Zhang, Da-fu Cui, and Zuyan Xu
Existence of Positive Solutions for p(x)-Laplacian Equations with a Singular Nonlinear Term, Jingjing Liu, Qihu Zhang, and Chunshan Zhao
Secular Damping of Stellar Bars in Spinning Dark Matter Halos, Stacy Long, Isaac Shlosman, and Clayton Heller
A Spatiotemporal Interpolation Method Using Radial Basis Functions for Geospatiotemporal Big Data, Travis Losser, Lixin Li, and Reinhard E. Piltner
Do Omnivorous Shrimp Influence Mayfly Nymphs in a Tropical Island Stream?, Nicholas A. Macías, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Jonathan W. Duggins, and Alonso Ramírez
Surveillance for Microbes and Range Expansion in House Sparrows, Lynn Martin, Courtney A.C. Coon, Andrea Lyn Liebl, and Aaron W. Schrey
Profile of Select Hepatic Insulin Signaling Pathway Genes in Response to 2-Aminoanthracene Dietary Ingestion, N. D. Mattis, Jacob W. Jay, Grant W. Barnett, J. J. Rosaldo, Elizabeth W. Howerth, J. C. Means, and Worlanyo E. Gato
Quantitative Reasoning Learning Progression: The Matrix, Robert L. Mayes, Jennifer Forrester, Jennifer Schuttlefield Christus, Franziska Peterson, and Rachel Walker
The European Eel NCCβ Encodes for an Electroneutral NaCl Cotransporter That Is Not Sensitive to Thiazide Diuretics, Erika Moreno, Christopher P. Cutler, María Chávez-Canales, Norma Vázquez, and Gerardo Gamba
A Youtube Calculus Workbook (Part 2), Frédéric D. Mynard
Determinants of Incidence and Hessian Matrices Arising from the Vector Space Lattice, Saeed Nasseh, Alexandra Seceleanu, and Junzo Watanabe
Enantioselectivity and Enzyme- Substrate Docking Studies of a Ketoreductase from Sporobolomyces salmonicolor (SSCR) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (YOL151w), P. Nguyen, M. West, Brent D. Feske, and Clifford W. Padgett
Theoretical Properties of the Weighted Feller-Pareto Distributions, Oluseyi Odubote and Broderick O. Oluyede
A New Class of Generalized Dagum Distribution with Applications to Income and Lifetime Data, Broderick O. Oluyede, Shujiao Huang, and Mavis Pararai
Generalizations of the Inverse Weibull and Related Distributions with Applications, Broderick O. Oluyede and Tao Yang
Weighted Dagum and Related Distribution, Broderick O. Oluyede and Yuan Ye
A New Class of Generalized Inverse Weibull Distribution with Applications, Mavis Pararai, Gayan Warahena-Liyanage, and Broderick O. Oluyede
33 W quasi-continuous-wave narrow-band sodium D2a laser by sum-frequency generation in LBO, Wang Peng-Yuan, Xie Shi-Yong, Bo Yong, Wang Bao-Shan, Zuo Jun-Wei, Wang Zhi-Chao, Shen Yu, Zhang Feng-Feng, Wei Kai, Jin Kai, Xu Yi-Ting, Xu Jia-Lin, Peng Qin-Jun, Jing-Yuan Zhang, Lei Wen-Qiang, Cui Da-Fu, Zhang Yu-Dong, and Xu Zu-Yan
Connecting Transdisciplinary Scientists and Local Experts for Climate Change Research and Community-Based Adaptation in Barbuda, West Indies, Sophia Perdikaris, Katherine Hejtmanek, Rebecca Boger, Jennifer D. Adams, Amy E. Potter, and John Mussington
Review of Myths and Realities of Caribbean History by Basil A. Reid, Amy E. Potter
“A Tale of Mice and Men”: The WPA, the LSU Indian Room Museum, and the Emergence of Professional Archaeology in the U.S. South, Amy E. Potter, Dydia Delyser, and Rebecca Saunders
Matrices from Vegetable Oils, Cashew Nut Shell Liquid, and Other Relevant Systems for Biocomposite Applications, Rafael Quirino, Thomas Garrison, and Michael Kessler
Obituary for Dr. William Spackman (1919-2014), Fredrick J. Rich, Lynn A. Brant, Gareth D. Mitchell, and James C. Hower
Radiocarbon Dates and the Genesis of Phytogenic Near-Shore Sediments on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, USA, Fredrick J. Rich, Lee A. Newsom, Brian Meyer, and R. Kelly Vance
Aggression, Mate Choice, and Secondary Succession: The Rise and Fall of a Hybrid Zone, Travis R. Robbins, Lorelei E. Walker, Kelvin D. Gorospe, Stephen A. Karl, Aaron W. Schrey, Earl D. McCoy, and Henry R. Mushinsky
Standardized Methods for Sampling Fishes in Streams of Panama, James Henry Roberts and Paul L. Angermeier
Having Fun with your Own Molecular Models, Arpita Saha
Modeling Post-Translational Modification in Cobalt Nitrile Hydratase with a Metallopeptide from Anne Jones, Arpita Saha, Gerard Rowe, Lei Yang, Nancy Williams, Robert Holbrook, Sibrina Collins, and Karin Young
Five Slides About Magnetic Susceptibility, Arpita Saha, Gerard Rowe, Karl Young, and Robert Holbrook
Exploring Post-Translational Modification with DFT, Arpita Saha, Karin Young, Lei Yang, Robert Holbrook, and Sibrina Collins
The Role of Ecologocial Epigenetics in Integrative Biology, Aaron W. Schrey, Joshua Banta, Holly J. Kilvitis, and Christina L. Richards
Range Expansion of Kenyan House Sparrows (Passer domesticus): Evidence of Genetic Admixture and Human-Mediated Dispersal, Aaron W. Schrey, Andrea L. Liebl, Christina L. Richards, and Lynn Martin
Comparison of laser induced thermal fracture between polycrystalline ceramic and crystal Nd:YAG, Yu Shen, Wen-bin Liu, Nan Zong, Jiang Li, Yong Bo, Xi-qi Feng, Fang-qin Li, Yu-bai Pan, Ya-ding Guo, Peng-yuan Wang, Wei Tu, Qin-jun Peng, Jing-yuan Zhang, Wenqiang Lei, Da-fu Cui, and Zu-yan Xu
Weighted Inverse Weibull Distribution: Statistical Properties and Applications, Valeriia Sherina and Broderick O. Oluyede
Poultry Fat FAME Biodiesel Blends Characteristics and Performance in an IDI Engine for APU Applications, Valentin Soloiu, Henry Ochieng, Martin Muinos, Alejandro Rivero-Castillo, James M. Lobue, Gustavo Molina, Brian Vlcek, and Spencer Harp
Invited Research Highlight Contribution, John Stone and J. Crowe
Silicon-Based Nanomaterials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Review, Xin Su, Qingliu Wu, Juchuan Li, Xingcheng Xiao, Amber Lott, Wenquan Lu, Brian W. Sheldon, and Ji Wu
Extremal Values of Ratios: Distance Problems vs. Subtree Problems in Trees II, Laszlo A. Szekely and Hua Wang
Electrospun SnO2/TiO2 Composite Nanofibers for Lithium Ion Batteries, Toan Tran, Kathleen McCormac, Jianlin Li, Ji Wu, and Zhonghe Bi
Structural Geology of the Linville Falls Shear Zone along the Western Margin of the Grandfather Mountain Window, Northwestern North Carolina, Charles H. Trupe
Population Structure of the Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus woodi) in an Anthropogenically Fragmented Forest, Derek B. Tucker, Lance D. McBrayer, and J. Scott Harrison
Estimating Neighbourhood-Level Socio-Economic Effect on Preterm Births Using a Multilevel Approach: A Case Study in Georgia, USA, Wei Tu, Jun Tu, and Stuart H. Tedders
Synthetic Lethality as a Promising Approach for Targeted Cancer Prevention, Wei Tu, Hua Wang, and Guang Peng
Meteorological Influences on Stemflow Generation Across Diameter Size Classes of Two Morphologically Distinct Deciduous Species, John T. Van Stan, Jarrad H. Van Stan, and Delphis F. Levia
Indistinguishable Trees and Graphs, Stephan G. Wagner and Hua Wang
Prescribed Fire and Oak Sapling Physiology, Demography and Folivore Damage in an Ozark Woodland, D. Alexander Wait and Doug P. Aubrey
Functions on Adjacent Vertex Degrees of Trees with Given Degree Sequence, Hua Wang
The Distances between Internal Vertices and Leaves of a Tree, Hua Wang
Generalization of Fibonacci Sequences: Combinatorial Identities and Tilings, Hua Wang and Joshua Klingel
Semiconducting Silicon Nanowire Array Fabrication for High Throughput Screening in the Biosciences, Ji Wu
Programmable Transdermal Clonidine Delivery Through Voltage-Gated Carbon Nanotube Membranes, Ji Wu, Caroline Strasinger, Kalpana Paudel, Dana Hammell, Raghotham Pinninti, Bruce Hinds, and Audra Stinchcomb
Electrospun Silicon/Carbon/Titanium Oxide Composite Nanofibers for Lithium Ion Batteries, Qingliu Wu, Toan Tran, Wenquan Lu, and Ji Wu
Bacterial Community in the Biofilm of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) PreBiofilter in Bench-Scale Pilot Plants for Surface Water Pretreatment, Tiehang Wu, George Yuzhu Fu, Michael Sabula, and Tommy Brown
Discretization of Fractional Order Differentiator over Paley-Wiener Space, Yan Wu
Multiscale Geometric Modeling of Macromolecules I: Cartesian Representation, Kelin Xia, Xin Feng, Zhan Chen, Yiying Tong, and Guo-Wei Wei
Localized Quantum States, Francois Ziegler
Symplectic Mackey Theory, Francois Ziegler
Submissions from 2013
Greedy Trees, Subtrees and Antichains, Eric Ould Dadah Andriantiana, Stephan G. Wagner, and Hua Wang
Numerical Studies of the Generalized l₁ Greedy Algorithm for Sparse Signals, Fangjun Arroyo, Edward Arroyo, Xiezhang Li, and Jiehua Zhu
Use of Stable Isotope Ratios to Characterize Potential Shifts in the Isotopic Niches of Algal-Grazing Insect Following and Amphibian Decline in a Neotropical Stream, Thomas R. Barnum, Piet Verburg, Susan S. Kilham, Matt R. Whiles, Karen R. Lips, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, and Catherine M. Pringle
Demonstrating Rational Drug Design Using Free Docking Software, Elizabeth A. Bartholomew, Stephen J. Savioli, Maya M. West, Brent D. Feske, Mitch H. Weiland, and Clifford W. Padgett
Pleistocene Shorelines and Coastal Rivers: Sensitive Potential Indicators of Quaternary Tectonism along the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Mervin J. Bartholomew and Fredrick J. Rich
Spectral Modulation through Controlling Anions in Nanocaged Phosphors, Hongyu Bian, Yuxue Liu, Duanting Yan, Hancheng Zhu, Chunguang Liu, Changshan Xu, Yichun Liu, Hong Zhang, and Xiao-Jun Wang
On the Scientific Work of Konstantin Ilyich Oskolkov, Dmitriy Bilyk, Laura De Carli, Alexander Petukhov, Alexander M. Stokolos, and Brett D. Wick
Internal Recycling of Respired CO2 May Be Important for Plant Functioning under Changing Climate Regimes, Jasper Bloeman, Mary Anne McGuire, Doug P. Aubrey, Robert O. Teskey, and Kathy Steppe
Transpiration and Assimilation of Xylem-transported CO2 Are Closely Linked, Jasper Bloeman, Mary Anne McGuire, Doug P. Aubrey, Robert O. Teskey, and Kathy Steppe
Transport of Root-derived CO2 via the Transpiration Stream Affects Aboveground Carbon Assimilation and CO2 Efflux in Trees, Jasper Bloeman, Mary Anne McGuire, Doug P. Aubrey, Robert O. Teskey, and Kathy Steppe
Comparing the Effects of Interactive and Noninteractive Complementary Nutrients on Growth in a Chemostat, James P. Braselton, Martha L. Abell, and Lorraine Braselton
Comparing the Effects of Interactive and Noninteractive Complementary Nutrients on Growth in a Chemostat, James P. Braselton, Martha L. Abell, and Lorraine Braselton
Rock-Paper-Scissors in the Chemostat, James P. Braselton, Martha L. Abell, and Lorraine Braselton
Rock-Paper-Scissors in the Chemostat, James P. Braselton, Martha L. Abell, and Lorraine Braselton
Polynitroxylated-Pegylated Hemoglobin Attenuates Fluid Requirements and Brain Edema in Combined Traumatic Brain Injury Plus Hemorrhagic Shock in Mice, Erik C. Brockman, Hülya Bayır, Brian Blasiole, Steven L. Shein, Ericka L. Fink, C. Edward Dixon, Robert S. B. Clark, Vincent A. Vagni, Li Ma, Carleton J. C. Hsia, Samuel A. Tisherman, and Patrick M. Kochanek
Rock-Dwelling Lizards Exhibit Less Sensitivity of Sprint Speed to Increases in Substrate Rugosity, Clint E. Collins, Jessica D. Self, Roger A. Anderson, and Lance D. McBrayer
Optimal Nitrogen Application Rates for Three Intensively-managed Hardwood Tree Species in the Southeastern USA, David R. Coyle, Doug P. Aubrey, Jacek P. Siry, Roberto R. Volfovicz-Leon, and Mark D. Coleman
Immunohistochemical Localization of Multiple Aquaporins in Eel (Anguilla rostrata) Kidney, Christopher P. Cutler, Shelbe Harry, Taylor Phelps, Jordan Garrett, and Daniel Ogden
Color Tuning of (K1−x,Nax)SrPO4:0.005Eu2+, yTb3+ Blue-Emitting Phosphors via Crystal Field Modulation and Energy Transfer, Pengpeng Dai, Xintong Zhang, Lulu Bian, Shan Lu, Yichun Liu, and Xiao-Jun Wang
Energy Flux Streamlines versus Acoustic Rays for Modeling Interaction with Rigid Boundaries: Near Field of Sound from a Circular Loudspeaker, Cleon Dean and James P. Braselton
Recent Advances in Harmonic Analysis and Applications: In Honor of Konstantin Oskolkov, Laura De Carli, Dmitriy Bilyk, Alexander Petukhov, Alexander M. Stokolos, and Brett D. Wick
Teaching Qualitative Research: Experiential Learning in Group-Based Interviews and Coding Assignments, Dydia DeLyser, Amy E. Potter, James Chaney, Stephanie Crider, Ian Debnam, Gentry Hanks, Corey David Hotard, E. Arnold Modlin, Martin Pfeiffer, and Jörn Seemann
Evolution of High Tooth Replacement Rates in Sauropod Dinosaurs, Michael D. D'Emic, John A. Whitlock, Kathlyn M. Smith, Daniel C. Fisher, and Jeffrey A. Wilson
Separation Conditions for Iterated Function Systems with Overlaps, Qi-Rong Deng, Ka-Sing Lau, and Sze-Man Ngai
Modified Network Flow Algorithm in Modeling Financial Distribution, Nathan Dunn, Mary Elizabeth Edwards, Rui Sun, and Hua Wang
Teaching Online on a Budget, Michelle Everson, Patricia B. Humphrey, Dick Jardine, Dave Rausch, Sue Schou, and Gunnar Stefansson
Pancyclicity of 4-Connected {Claw, Generalized Bull}-Free Graphs, Michael Ferrara, Silke Gehrke, Ronald Gould, Colton Magnant, and Jeffrey Powell
Conditions for Families of Disjoint K-Connected Subgraphs in a Graph, Michael Ferrara, Colton Magnant, and Paul Wenger
Synthetic Strategy toward γ-Keto Nitriles and Their Biocatalytic Conversion to Asymmetric γ-Lactones, Sarah E. Franz, Richard R. Watkins, Laura A. Wright, Blair A. Weaver, Ramon C. Hartage, Ion Ghiviriga, Giuseppe Gumina, and Brent D. Feske
Energy Flow and the Trophic Basis of Macroinvertebrate and Amphibian Production in a Neotropical Stream Food Web, Therese C. Frauendorf, Jose Checo Colón-Gaud, Matt R. Whiles, Thomas R. Barnum, Karen R. Lips, Cathy M. Pringle, and Susan S. Kilham
