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Submissions from 2014
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
Disconnected Colors in Generalized Gallai-Colorings, Shinya Fujita, András Gyárfás, Colton Magnant, and Ákos Seress
Forbidden Rainbow Subgraphs that Force Large Highly Connected Monochromatic Subgraphs, Shinya Fujita and Colton Magnant
Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations for Bose-Einstein Condensates, Luigi Galati and Shijun Zheng
Sexual Dimorphism in the Alligator Lizard Gerrhonotus infernalis (Sauria: Anguidae): Implications for Sexual Selection, Margarita García-Bastida, David Lazcano, Lance D. McBrayer, and Roberto Mercado-Hernández
Perception or Reality of Body Weight: Which Matters to the Depressive Symptoms, Jaynie L. Gaskin, Adam J. Pulver, Kiswana Branch, Ahmed Kabore, Tabitha James, and Jian Zhang
Lahaina Groundwater Tracer Study – Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, Craig R. Glenn, Robert B. Whittier, Meghan L. Dailer, Henrieta Dulaiova, Aly I. El-Kadi, Joseph Fackrell, Jacque L. Kelly, Christine A. Waters, and Jeff Sevadjian
Work-in-Progress: The Impact of MatLab Marina - A Virtual Learning Environment on Student Learning in a Computing for Engineers Course, Priya T. Goeser, Wayne M. Johnson, S. L. Bernadin, and Delana A. Gajdosik-Nivens
Determining Socioeconomic Drivers of Urban Forest Fragmentation With Historical Remote Sensing Images, Chongfeng Gong, Shixiao Yu, Heather M. Joesting, and Jiquan Chen
Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Csp3-H Functionalization of Methyl Azaarenes with α-Trifluoromethyl Carbonyl Compounds, Vincent B. Graves and Abid Shaikh
They Just Don’t Make Storms Like This One Anymore: Analyzing the 1959 Record Snowfall Season at Mt. Shasta CA, Cassandra Hansen, Michael L. Kaplan, Scott A. Mensing, S. Jeffrey Underwood, John M. Lewis, K. C. King, and Jake E. Haugland
Salt Marsh Elevation and Habitat Mapping Using Hyperspectral and LIDAR Data, Christine M. Hladik, Merryl Alber, and John F. Schalles
Exponential Kleisli Monoids as Eilenberg-Moore Algebras, Dirk Hofmann, Frédéric Mynard, and Gavin J. Seal
Polynitroxylated Pegylated Hemoglobin (PNPH) A Nanomedicine for Critical Care and Transfusion, Carleton J. C. Hsia, Frances M. Thompson, Dong Wang, and Li Ma
Exponentiated Kumaraswamy-Dagum Distribution with Applications to Income and Lifetime Data, Shujiao Huang and Broderick O. Oluyede
Discrete Fourier Restriction Associated with KdV Equations, Yi Hu and Xiaochun Li
Temporal Variation in End-member Chemistry and its Influence on Runoff Mixing Patterns in a Forested, Piedmont Catchment, Sherman Inamdar, Gurbir Dhillon, Shatrughan Singh, Sudarshan Dutta, Delphis F. Levia, Durelle Scott, Myron J. Mitchell, John T. Van Stan II, and Patrick McHale
Spatio-temporal Analysis of Shoreline Change of the Georgia Coast 1857 to 2006, Chester W. Jackson, David M. Bush, and Clark R. Alexander
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Community Responses to Drought Conditions in a Coastal Plains Floodplain, Erica L. Johnson and Jose Checo Colón-Gaud
Re-examination of the Interstate-5 Dust Storm of November 1991: Alternate Interpretation of Governing Dynamics, Michael L. Kaplan, Ramesh K. Vellore, John M. Lewis, S. Jeffrey Underwood, Patricia M. Pauley, Jonathan E. Martin, and R. Krishnan
Polar Jet Interactions in Southern Plains Dust Storms, Michael L. Kaplan, Ramesh K. Vellore, John M. Lewis, S. Jeffrey Underwood, Patricia M. Pauley, Jonathan E. Martin, Robert M. Rabin, and R. Krishnan
Evaluation of Composts from Agricultural Wastes with Fish Pond Sediment as Bulking Agent to Improve Compost Quality, Tanmoy Karak, Pradip Bhattacharyya, Ranjit K. Paul, Tapati Das, and Subhrajit Saha
High-Resolution Aerial Infrared Mapping of Groundwater Discharge to the Coastal Ocean, Jacque L. Kelly, Craig R. Glenn, and Paul G. Lucey
Dual Basis Functions in Inner Product Spaces, Scott N. Kersey
Ecological Epigenetics, Holly J. Kilvitis, Mariano Alvarez, Christy M. Foust, Aaron W. Schrey, Marta Robertson, and Christina L. Richards
Some Applications of Equimeasurable Rearrangements, Anatolii A. Korenovskii and Alexander M. Stokolos
Approach to Investigation of Dissolved Organic Matter Adsorptive Fractionation and Competitive Displacement on Minerals, David I. Kreller, Samantha L. McGunigale, Eladio A. Mendez, and Lawrence G. Wolfe
Stereoselective Synthesis of α-Fluoro-β-Trifluromethyl-α-β- Unsaturated Esters by Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Coupling, Shainaz M. Landge and Béla Török
Multiple Solutions of a p(x)-Laplacian Equation Involving Critical Nonlinearities, Yuan Liang, Xianbin Wu, Qihu Zhang, and Chunshan Zhao
Patterns of DNA Methylation Throughout a Range Expansion of an Introduced Songbird, Andrea L. Liebl, Aaron W. Schrey, Christina L. Richards, and Lynn Martin
Polarization-Dependent Third-order Optical Nonlinearity of BaAlBO3F2 Crystal, Fang-Qin Li, Nan Zong, Yin-Chao Yue, Feng Yang, Qin-Jun Peng, Da-Fu Cui, Jing-Yuan Zhang, Zhang-Gui Hu, and Zu-Yan Xu
Genetic and Morphometric Divergence of an Invasive Bird: The Introduced House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Brazil, Marcos R. Lima, Regina H. F. Macedo, Thaís L. F. Martins, Aaron W. Schrey, Lynn Martin, and Staffan Bensch
Fast, Optically Controlled Kerr Phase Shifter for Digital Signal Processing, R. B. Li, Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, Marvin G. Payne, J. C. Bienfang, and Z. H. Levine
A Multiphase Strategy for Realizing Green Cathodoluminescence in 12CaO·7Al2O3–CaCeAl3O7:Ce3+,Tb3+ Conductive Phosphor, Xiuling Liu, Yuxue Liu, Duanting Yan, Hancheng Zhu, Chunguang Liu, Weizhen Liu, Changshan Xu, Yichun Liu, Hong Zhang, and Xiao-Jun Wang
Luminescence and Energy Transfer in Ca3Sc2Si3O12:Ce3+,Mn2+ White LED Phosphors, Yongfu Liu, Xia Zhang, Zhendong Hao, Yongshi Luo, Xiao-Jun Wang, Li Ma, and Jiahua Zhang
Effects of Encaged Anions on the Optical and EPR Spectroscopies of RE Doped C12A7, Y. X. Liu, Li Ma, D. T. Yan, H. C. Zhu, X. L. Liu, H. Y. Bian, and Xiao-Jun Wang
Frequency Up-Conversion Imaging with 60 dB Gain Using Picosecond Optical Parametric Amplifier, Xiaoqing Li, Jing Yang, Xinzhi Sheng, Jing-Yuan Zhang, Da-Fu Cui, Qin-Jun Peng, and Zu-Yan Xu
New Yellow Ba0.93Eu0.07Al2O4, Xufan Li, John D. Budai, Feng Liu, Jane Y. Howe, Jiahua Zhang, Xiao-Jun Wang, Zhanjun Gu, Chengjun Sun, Richard S. Meltzer, and Zhengwei Pan
Polynitroxylated Hemoglobin as a Multifunctional Therapeutic for Critical Care and Transfusion Medicine, Li Ma and Carleton J. C. Hsia
Development and Testing of a Snow Interceptometer to Quantify Canopy Water Storage and Interception Processes in the Rain/Snow Transition Zone of the North Cascades, Washington, USA, Kael Martin, John T. Van Stan, Susan E. Dickerson-Lange, James A. Lutz, Jeffrey W. Berman, Rolf Gersonde, and Jessica D. Lundquist
A Comparison of Student Academic Motivations across Three Course Disciplines, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Bell Gatch, Padmini Shankar, and Diana Sturges
