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Submissions from 2012
Using Biocatalysis to Integrate Organic Chemistry into a Molecular Biology Laboratory Course, Mande Beers, Crystal Archer, Brent D. Feske, and Scott C. Mateer
Proper Connection of Graphs, Valentin Borozan, Shinya Fujita, Aydin Gerek, Colton Magnant, Yannis Manoussakis, Leandro Montero, and Zsolt Tuza
Cotorsion Pairs in C(R-Mod), Diego Bravo, Edgar E. Enochs, Alina Iacob, Overtoun M. G. Jenda, and Juan Rada
Linker Free, Silica Bound Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: Applications in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Jose Cabrera, Robin Padilla, Miriam Bru, Ronald Linder, Takeharu Kageyama, Kristina Wilckens, Shawna L. Balof, Hans-Joerg Schanz, Richard Dehn, Henrique J. Teles, Stephan Deuerlein, Kevin Muller, Frank Rominger, and Michael Limbach
A 171.4 W Diode-Side-Pumped Q-Switched 2 μm Tm: YAG Laser with a 10kHz Repetition Rate, Dong Cao, Shi-Feng Du, Qin-Jun Peng, Yong Bo, Jia-Lin Xu, Ya-Ding Guo, Jing-Yuan Zhang, Da-Fu Cui, and Zu-Yan Xu
Optimal Trees for Functions of Internal Distance, Alex Collins, Fedelis Mutiso, and Hua Wang
Structure of Colored Complete Graphs Free of Proper Cycles, Vincent E. Coll, Colton Magnant, and Kathleen Ryan
Lecture Hall Sequences, q-Series, and Asymmetric Partition Identities, Sylvie Corteel, Carla D. Savage, and Andrew Sills
Getting a Head Start: The Benefits of Starting Undergraduate Research as a Freshman, Stephen N. Crooke, C. Michele Davis McGibony, and Christine R. Whitlock
A General Synthesis of Bis-indolylpiperazine-2,5-diones, Stephen N. Crooke and Christine Whitlock
Characterization of Aquaporin 4 Protein Expression and Localization in Tissues of the Dogfish (Squalus acanthias), Christopher P. Cutler, Sheena Harmon, Jonathan Walsh, and Kia Burch
Aquaporin 4 is a Ubiquitously Expressed Isoform in the Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Shark, Christopher P. Cutler, Bryce MacIver, Gordon Cramb, and Mark L. Zeidel
Vivo-Morpholino Knockdown of Aquaporin 1 (AQP1) Protein Expression in American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) Gastrointestinal Tract, Christopher P. Cutler and Denyia Smith
Energy Flux Streamlines versus Acoustic Rays for Modeling Interaction with Rigid Boundaries: A Lloyds Mirror Experiment, Cleon E. Dean and James P. Braselton
A Ray Model of Sound Focusing with a Balloon Lens: An Experiment for High School Students, Cleon Dean and Kendez Parker
Structure of Planar Integral Self-Affine Tilings, Da-Wen Deng, Tao Jiang, and Sze-Man Ngai
A Bijection between Two Classes of Restricted Compositions, James D. Diffenderfer
Self-Replenishing Surfaces, T. Dikić, Weihua Ming, Rolf A.T.M van Benthem, A. C.C. Esteves, and Gijsbertus de With
Generalized Borcea-Voisin Construction, Jimmy Dillies
On Some Order 6 Non-Symplectic Automorphisms of Elliptic K3 Surfaces, Jimmy J. Dillies
Transforming Fabry-Pérot Resonances into a Tamm Mode, Maxim Durach and Anastasia Rusina
Approximate Mean-field Equations of Motion for Quasi-two-dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensates, Mark Edwards, Michael Krygier, Hadayat Seddiqi, Brandon Benton, and Charles W. Clark
Balance with Unbounded Complexes, Edgar E. Enochs, Sergio Estrada, and Alina Iacob
Gorenstein Projective and Flat Complexes over Noetherian Rings, Edgar E. Enochs, Sergio Estrada, and Alina Iacob
Distributing Vertices on Hamiltonian Cycles, Ralph J. Faudree, Ronald Gould, Michael S. Jacobson, and Colton Magnant
Claw-Free Graphs and Separating Independent Sets On 2-Factors, Ralph J. Faudree, Colton Magnant, Kenta Ozeki, and Kiyoshi Yoshimoto
K-Rainbow Domatic Numbers, Shinya Fujita, Michitaka Furuya, and Colton Magnant
Proper Connection with Many Colors, Shinya Fujita, Aydin Gerek, and Colton Magnant
Extensions of Gallai–Ramsey results, Shinya Fujita and Colton Magnant
An Unexpected Stereochemical Insignificance Discovered in Acinetobacter baumannii Quorum Sensing, Amanda L. Garner, Sook Kyung Kim, Jie Zhu, Anjali Kumari Struss, Richard Watkins, Brent D. Feske, Gunnar F. Kaufmann, and Kim D. Janda
Keto Furanylidene Building Blocks from Silyl Ethers of Monoalkynylated β- Keto Carbonyls with Iron(III) Chloride Hexahydrate-Iodine, Brittany Garner, Kristina Deveaux, Laura Gessner, Julia Trossarello, Shuting Dai, James W. Morgan, and Karelle Aiken
Cycles, the Degree Distance, and the Wiener Index, Daniel Gray and Hua Wang
Trees with the Most Subtrees: An Algorithmic Approach, Daniel Gray, Hua Wang, Xiao-Dong Zhang, and Xiu-Mei Zhang
Transference of Weak Type Bounds of Multiparameter Ergodic and Geometric Maximal Operators, Paul Hagelstein and Alexander M. Stokolos
On Distance Between Graphs, Alexander Halperin, Colton Magnant, and Daniel M. Martin
Synoptic-scale Weather Patterns and Large Slab Avalanches at Mt. Shasta California, Cassandra Hansen and S. Jeffrey Underwood
Photoluminescence Properties of CaO:Ce3+, Na+, a Non-Garnet Yellow-Emitting Phosphor Under Blue Light Excitation, Zhendong Hao, Xia Zhang, Xiao-Jun Wang, and Jiahua Zhang
Contrasting Genetic Differentiation of a Poorly Dispersing Lizard in Connected and Fragmented Scrub Habitats, Stacy Heath, Aaron W. Schrey, Kyle G. Ashton, Earl D. McCoy, and Henry R. Mushinsky
Molecular Gas In The Cartwheel's "Over-Cooked" Ring, James L. Higdon and Sarah J.U. Higdon
Erratum: "Wheels of Fire. IV. Star Formation and the Neutral Interstellar Medium in the Ring Galaxy AM0644-741", James L. Higdon, Sarah J.U. Higdon, and Richard J. Rand
The Georgians Experience Astronomy Research in Schools (GEARS) High School Galaxy Unit, Sarah J.U. Higdon, James L. Higdon, and J. Aguilar
A Hemoglobin-Based Multifunctional Therapeutic: Polynitroxylated Pegylated Hemoglobin, Carleton C. J. Hsia and Li Ma
What Is a p-value?, Patricia B. Humphrey
What Is a p-Value?, Patricia B. Humphrey
VATdt: Visual Assessment of Cluster Tendency using Diagonal Tracing, Yingkang Hu
High-Degree Polynomial Models for CT Simulation, Yingkang Hu and Jiehua Zhu
The V-Flex, Triangle Orientation, and Catalan Numbers in Hexaflexagons, Ionut E. Iacob, T. Bruce McLean, and Hua Wang
The V-Flex, Triangle Orientation and Catalan Numbers in Hexaflexagons, Ionut E. Iacob, T. Bruce McLean, and Hua Wang
Application of the AMBUR R Package for Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Shoreline Change: Jekyll Island, Georgia, U.S.A., Chester W. Jackson, Clark R. Alexander, and David M. Bush
Documenting Beach Loss in Front of Seawalls in Puerto Rico: Pitfalls of Engineering a Small Island Nation Shore, Chester W. Jackson, David M. Bush, and William J. Neal
Theoretical Properties of the Length-Biased Inverse Weibull Distribution, Jing X. Kersey and Broderick O. Oluyede
Combined HPLC/HPSEC Study of Suwannee River Fulvic Acid Adsorptive Fractionation on -Al2O3, David I. Kreller, Mark A. Schlautman, and Samantha L. McGunigale
Chromatogram Handler: A Unique Computer Program That Efficiently Processes Data Generated in Liquid Chromatographic Investigations of Organic Ligand Adsorption on Mineral Surfaces, David I. Kreller, Stephen P. Young, Eladio A. Mendez, and Samantha L. McGunigale
Martin Boundary and Exit Space on the Sierpinski Gasket, Ka-Sing Lau and Sze-Man Ngai
Interior-Point Methods for Linear Complementarity Problems, Goran Lesaja
Full Newton-Step Interior-Point Method for Linear Complementarity Problems, Goran Lesaja, Antre M. Drummer, and Ljiljana Miletić
Interior-Point Methods for Cartesian P *(κ) -Linear Complementarity Problems over Symmetric Cones Based on the Eligible Kernel Functions, Goran Lesaja, G. Q. Wang, and D. T. Zhu
Investigation of Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity in KBe2BO3F2 by Z-Scan, Fang-Qin Li, Nan Zong, Feng-Feng Zhang, Jing Yang, Feng Yang, Qin-Jun Peng, Da-Fu Cui, Jing-Yuan Zhang, Xiao-Yang Wang, Chuang-Tian Chen, and Zu-Yan Xu
Estimating Population Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter in the Conterminous U.S. Using Shape Function-Based Spatiotemporal Interpolation Method: A County Level Analysis, Lixin Li, Xingyou Zhang, James B. Holt, Jie Tian, and Reinhard Piltner
Compact Diode-Directly-Pumped Passively Mode-Locked TEMoo Nd: GdVO4 Laser at 1341 nm Using a Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror, Ke Liu, Fang-Qin Li, Y. Liu, Dong Cao, Yong Bo, Qin-Jun Peng, Da-Fu Cui, Jing-Yuan Zhang, and Zu-Yan Xu
Single-Phased White-Emitting 12CaO·7Al2O3:Ce3+, Dy3+ Phosphors with Suitable Electrical Conductivity for Field Emission Displays, Xiuling Liu, Yuxue Liu, Duanting Yan, Hancheng Zhu, Chunguang Liu, Changshan Xu, Yichun Liu, and Xiao-Jun Wang
Crystal Structure and Luminescence Properties of Lu3+ and Mg2+ Incorporated Silicate Garnet [Ca3-(x+0.06)LuxCe0.06](Sc2-yMgy)Si3O12, Yongfu Liu, Xia Zhang, Zhendong Hao, Yongshi Luo, Xiao-Jun Wang, and Jiahua Zhang
The Convergence of Two Algorithms for Compressed Sensing Based Tomography, Xiezhang Li and Jiehua Zhu
A New Dual-Emission Phosphor Ca4Si2O7F2:Ce3+, Mn2+ with Energy Transfer for Near-UV LEDs, Wei Lü, Yongshi Luo, Zhendong Hao, Xia Zhang, Xiao-Jun Wang, and Jiahua Zhang
Spectral Tuning and Energy Transfer in a Potential Fluorescent Lamp Phosphor BaMg2Al6Si9O30:Eu2+, Wei Lü, Yongshi Luo, Zhendong Hao, Xia Zhang, Xiao-Jun Wang, and Jiahua Zhang
Luminescence Investigation and Thermal Stability Study of Eu2+ and Eu2+-Mn2+ Codoped (Ba,Sr)Mg2Al6Si9O30 Phosphor, Wei Lü, Xia Zhang, Ying Wang, Zhendong Hao, Yongfu Liu, Xiao-Jun Wang, and Jiahua Zhang
Partitioning Graphs Into Paths or Cycles of Prescribed Lengths, Colton Magnant and Kenta Ozeki
Polynitroxyl Albumin and Albumin Therapy After Pediatric Asphyxial Cardia Arrest: Effects on Cerebral Blood Flow and Neurologic Outcome, Mioara D. Manole, Patrick M. Kochanek, Lesley M. Foley, T. Kevin Hitchens, Hülya Bayır, Henry Alexander, Robert Garman, Li Ma, Carleton J. C. Hsia, Chien Ho, and Robert S. B. Clark
Students’ Academic Motivations in Allied Health Classes, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Bell Gatch, Padmini Shankar, and Diana Sturges
The Correlation Between Locomotor Performance and Hindlimb Kinematics During Burst Locomotion in the Florida Scrub Lizard, Sceloporus woodi, Eric J. McElroy, Kristen L. Archambeau, and Lance D. McBrayer
Sequential Analyses of Foraging Behavior and Attack Speed in Ambush and Widely Foraging Lizards, Eric J. McElroy, Lance D. McBrayer, Steven C. Williams, Roger A. Anderson, and Steven M. Reilly
On a Pair of Identities from Ramanujan's Lost Notebook, James McLaughlin and Andrew Sills
A Convergence-Theoretic Viewpoint on the Arzelà-Ascoli Theorem, Frédéric D. Mynard
Contemporary Mathematics: Recent Advances in Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, Andrea R. Nahmod, Christopher D. Sogge, Xiaoyi Zhang, and Shijun Zheng
Singularity and L2-Dimension of Self-Similar Measures, Sze-Man Ngai
Polynomials Non-Negative on Strips and Half-Strips, Ha Nguyen and Victoria Powers
Hybrid Microdata via Model-Based Clustering, Anna Oganian and Josep Domingo-Ferrer
Performance and Three-Dimensional Kinematics of Bipedal Lizards During Obstacle Negotiation, Jeffrey P. Olberding, Lance D. McBrayer, and Timothy E. Higham
Ray Model of Sound Focusing with a Balloon Lens, Kendez Parker and Cleon Dean
Interpreting Seasonality from Modern and Archaeology Fishes on the Georgia Coast, Elizabeth J. Reitz, Bruce M. Saul, J. W. Moak, Gwendolyn Denise Carroll, and Charles W. Lambert
Invasion of Diverse Habitats by Few Japanese Knotweed Genotypes Is Correlated with Epigenetic Differentiation, Christina L. Richards, Aaron W. Schrey, and Massimo Pigliucci
Greedy Trees, Caterpillars, and Wiener-Type Graph Invariants, Nina S. Schmuck, Stephan G. Wagner, and Hua Wang
Greedy Trees, Caterpillars, and Wiener-Type Graph Invariants, Nina S. Schmuck, Stephen G. Wagner, and Hua Wang
Within-Genotype Epigenetic Variation Underlies the Phenotypic Plasticity That Allows for a Broad Niche Width, Aaron W. Schrey and Christina L. Richards
Metric Theory of Gravity with Torsion in an Extra Dimension, Karthik H. Shankar, Anand Balaraman, and Kameshwar C. Wali
Using Runs Rules to Monitor an Attribute Chart for a Markov Process, Deborah K. Shepherd, Steve E. Rigdon, and Charles W. Champ
Theoretical Properties of the Weighted Generalized Rayleigh and Related Distributions, Xueheng Shi, Broderick O. Oluyede, and Marvis Pararai
On the Maximal Wiener Index and Related Questions, Andrew Sills and Hua Wang
Formulæ for the Number of Partitions of n into at Most m Parts (Using the Quazi-Polynomial Ansatz), Andrew Sills and Doron Zeilberger
Utilizing a Multifaceted Approach to Assess the Current Distribution and Conservation Status of an Uncommon Species: The Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) in Florida, S. Smiley, E. McCoy, Aaron W. Schrey, and H. Mushinsky
Performance of JP-8 in a Small Bore Indirect Injection Diesel Engine for APU Applications, Valentin Soloiu, April Covington, Jeffrey Lewis, and James M. LoBue
2- Bromophenyl Salicylate, Donovan Thompson, Sierra Mitchell, Kevin Clarke, Kerry Sarden, and Karelle Aiken
Hydration of 5-Oxo-1-Alkynes by a One-Pot Oxy-Iodination/Reduction Sequence: Synthesis of Methyl Ketones with Anchimeric Assistance, Julia Trossarello, Adegboyego Egunjobi, Whitney J. Morgan, Rayaj Ahamed, and Karelle Aiken
Overcoming Obstacles: The Effect of Obstacles on Locomotor Performance and Behavior, Derek B. Tucker and Lance D. McBrayer
Spatial Variations in the Associations of Birth Weight with Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Behavioral Factors in Georgia, USA, Jun Tu, Wei Tu, and Stuart H. Tedders
Assessing Urban Environmental Management Practice with a Scalar Approach: The Case of Shanghai, Wei Tu
Urban Environmental Management in Shanghai: A Multi-Scale Perspective, Wei Tu, Daniel Z. Sui, and Weichun Ma
The Effects of Phenoseason and Storm Characteristics on Throughfall Solute Washoff and Leaching Dynamics from a Temperate Deciduous Forest Canopy, John T. Van Stan, Delphis F. Levia, Sherman Inamdar, Michelle Lepori-Bui, and Myron J. Mitchell
60 W Yellow Laser at 561 nm by Intracavity Frequency Doubling of a Diode-Pumped Q-Switched Nd: YAG Laser, Zhichao Wang, Qinjun Peng, Yong Bo, Shiyong Xie, Chaoyang Li, Yiting Xu, Feng Yang, Jialin Xu, Jing-Yuan Zhang, Dafu Cui, and Zuyan Xu
Multiwavelength Green-Yellow Laser Based on a Nd:YAG Laser with Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in a LBO Crystal, Zhi-Chao Wang, Feng Yang, Shiyong Xie, Yiting Xu, Jialin Xu, Yong Bo, Qinjun Peng, Jing-Yuan Zhang, Da-fu Cui, and Zuyan Xu
