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Submissions from 2020
Peace in the Home is Peace in the Nation: Redemption after the Liberian Civil Wars, Stefanie Sevcik
Cultural geography: Local news fosters audience attachment to spaces and places in the digital era, Christina C. Smith
Degradation of transcriptional repressor ATF4 during long-term synaptic plasticity, Spencer G. Smith, Kathryn A. Haynes, and Ashok N. Hegde
The utility of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism, Ji Seun Sohn, Adrian Raine, and Soo Jung Lee
Interpersonal and Affective Facets and Items of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) in Predicting Child Sex Offending, Ji Seun Sohn, Napoleon C. Reyes, and Hyejin Kim
Aerial Adventure Environments: The Theory and Practice of the Challenge Course, Zip Line and Canopy Tour Industry, Elizabeth Speelman, Mark Wagstaff, Scott Jordan, and Kathy Haras
The Opportunistic Sermon: Theology, Praxis, and Jerry Falwell, Meridith I. Styer
The Cost and Benefits of Measuring Sustainability, Julia R. Sweeney
On ring extensions satisfying the star-hash property, Simplice Tchamna
Measuring What Students Know: SNAP’s Guidelines and Suggestions for Assessing Goal 1 Content in Psychology, Jennifer L.W. Thompson, Aaron S. Richmond, Barika Barboza, Jennifer Bradley, J. Noland White, and R. Eric Landrum
Measuring What Students Know: SNAP’s Guidelines and Suggestions for Assessing Goal 1 Content in Psychology, Jennifer L.W. Thompson, Aaron S. Richmond, Barika Barboza, Jennifer Bradley, J. Noland White, and R. Eric Landrum
Chandra Observations of High-energy X-Ray Sources Discovered by INTEGRAL, John A. Tomsick, Arash Bodaghee, Sylvain Chaty, Maïca Clavel, Francesca M. Fornasini, Jeremy Hare, Roman Krivonos, Farid Rahoui, and Jerome Rodriguez
Engaging the Big Band, Cliff Towner
Jazz Soiree, Cliff Towner
Side by Side, Cliff Towner
Wind Symphony Spring Concert, Cliff Towner
Wright State University Honor Band, Cliff Towner
Heartfelt Harmonies, Cliff Towner, Jennifer Flory, and Amanda Boundy
Seasonal shifts in the presence of pathogenic leptospires, Escherichia coli, and physicochemical properties in coastal rivers and streams of Puerto Rico, Zamara G. Truitt, Brennan Poon-Kwong, David S. Bachoon, and Ernesto Otero
A Simple and Environmentally Friendly Field Method for Fecal Analysis of Herbivore Diet, Marie Fidele Tuyisenge, Winnie Eckardt, Samuel Nshutiyayesu, and Melanie L. DeVore
Young Children's Theory of Mind Predicts More Sharing With Friends Over Time, Jennifer Vonk, Stephanie E. Jett, Theodore S. Tomeny, Sterett H. Mercer, and Julie Cwikla
Gu Hongming and the Chinese Religion of Good Citizenship: A Confucian Vision beyond Moral and Cultural Relativism, Huaiyu Wang
Ritual, Harmony and Freedom: Rediscovering the Modern Value of Confucianism, Huaiyu Wang
Relational embeddedness and disruptive innovations: The mediating role of absorptive capacity, Zhiwei Wang, Juan Ling, and Jay I. Chok
Relational embeddedness and disruptive innovations: The mediating role of absorptive capacity, Zhiwei Wang, Juan Ling, and Jay I. Chok
Manifest Mythology: Cinematic Distortions of Antebellum American Imperialism & Manhood, James H. Wellborn
Just Birth: Childbirth Advocacy and the Rhetoric of Feminist Health Justice, Jennifer Ellis West
Women in STEM, Laura Whitlock, Catrena Lisse, Ruth Eilers, and Robert F. Sumowski
Operations Management: A Supplementary Material for MGMT 3165, Jiaqin Yang
Logistic Optimization for Multi Depots Loading Capacitated Electric Vehicle Routing Problem from Low Carbon Perspective, Xiaoning Zhu, Rui Yan, Zhaoci Huang, Wenchao Wei, Jiaqin Yang, and Shamsiya Kudratova
Submissions from 2019
Temperature Affects Hatching Success of Cocoons in the Invasive Asian Earthworm Amynthas agrestis from the Southern Appalachians, James H. Blackmon, Melanie K. Taylor, Roberto Carrera-Martínez, Bruce A. Snyder, and Mac A. Callaham
Morphological features of sumac leaves (Rhus, anacardiaceae), from the latest early eocene flora of republic, washington, Soon Flynn, Melanie L. Devore, and Kathleen B. Pigg
Contrasting Pollination Systems of Wild Unction and Devil's Potato Root (Apocynaceae) on San Salvador: Preliminary Observations and Analyses, Suzanne Koptur, Tatyana Livshultz, Gretchen Ionta, and Ching Wen Tan
Myriapoda of Canada, David W. Langor, Jeremy R. Dewaard, and Bruce A. Snyder
Nomenclatural novelties in Miconia (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), Fabián A. Michelangeli, Renato Goldenberg, Frank Almeda, Walter S. Judd, Eldis R. Bécquer, Gilberto Ocampo, Gretchen M. Ionta, J. Dan Skean, Lucas C. Majure, and Darin S. Penneys
The diversity and evolution of pollination systems in large plant clades: Apocynaceae as a case study, Jeff Ollerton, Sigrid Liede-Schumann, Mary E. Endress, Ulrich Meve, André Rodrigo Rech, Adam Shuttleworth, Héctor A. Keller, Mark Fishbein, Leonardo O. Alvarado-Cárdenas, Felipe W. Amorim, Peter Bernhardt, Ferhat Celep, Yolanda Chirango, Fidel Chiriboga-Arroyo, Laure Civeyrel, Andrea Cocucci, Louise Cranmer, Suzanne Koptur, and Gretchen Ionta
The chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of the green algae Pediastrum duplex isolated from Central Georgia (USA), Grayson C.R. Proulex, Blia Lor, Kalina M. Manoylov, and A. Bruce Cahoon
Soil fauna and their potential responses to warmer soils, Bruce A. Snyder and Mac A. Callaham
The impact of retailers’ sustainability and price on consumers’ responses in different cultural contexts, Mertcan Tascioglu, Jacqueline Eastman, Dora Bock, Karl Manrodt, and C. David Shepherd
Algal Community Dynamics Within the Savannah River Estuary, Georgia Under Anthropogenic Stress, Alyssa H. Thomson and Kalina M. Manoylov
Periodical cicada emergence resource pulse tracks forest expansion in a Tallgrass prairie landscape, Matt R. Whiles, Bruce A. Snyder, Brent L. Brock, Sophia Bonjour, Mac A. Callaham, Clinton K. Meyer, and Alex Bell
Submissions from 2018
Phenotypic plasticity in diatoms: Janus cells in four Gomphonema taxa, Jelena Z. Andrejić, Sarah A. Spaulding, Kalina M. Manoylov, and Mark B. Edlund
Urea hydrolysis and calcium carbonate precipitation in gypsum-amended broiler litter, Christopher D. Burt, Miguel L. Cabrera, Michael J. Rothrock, and D. E. Kissel
Persistence of bacterial pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes, and enterococci in tidal creek tributaries, Chance E. Jones, Anthony Maddox, Dorset Hurley, and Andrei L. Barkovskii
Taxonomic studies in the miconieae (Melastomataceae). XIV. Species of Miconia section Sagraea that occur in the greater antilles and additionally in the lesser antilles and/or continental regions, Walter S. Judd, Gretchen M. Ionta, and Lucas C. Majure
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Miconia crenata and related species (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) in the Greater Antilles, Walter S. Judd, Gretchen M. Ionta, Lucas C. Majure, and Fabián A. Michelangeli
Detection of brucella suis, campylobacter jejuni, and Escherichia coli strains in feral pig (sus scrofa) communities of Georgia, Jyoti K. Lama and Dave S. Bachoon
Trochodendraceous fruits and foliage in the miocene of western North America, Steven R. Manchester, Kathleen B. Pigg, and Melanie L. Devore
Newly recognized diversity in Trochodendraceae from the Eocene of Western North America, Steven R. Manchester, Kathleen B. Pigg, Zlatko Kvaček, Melanie L. Devore, and Richard M. Dillhoff
Water conservation behavior: is what we say what we do?, Janna M. Parker, Doreen Sams, Amit Poddar, and Kalina Manoylov
Paleoallium billgenseli gen. et sp. nov.: Fossil monocot remains from the latest early Eocene Republic Flora, northeastern Washington State, USA, Kathleen B. Pigg, Finley A. Bryan, and Melanie L. DeVore
Achieving integration: A dual pathway model of supply chain orientation and organizational identification, Jessica L. Robinson, Karl Manrodt, Monique Lynn Murfield, Christopher A. Boone, and Paige Rutner
Recognition of Miconia sect. Sagraeoides (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) and associated nomenclatural changes, J. Dan Skean, Walter S. Judd, Lucas C. Majure, and Gretchen M. Ionta
Macroscopic observation of soil nitrification kinetics impacted by copper nanoparticles: Implications for micronutrient nanofertilizer, Allison Rick Vandevoort and Yuji Arai
Submissions from 2017
Flue-gas desulfurization gypsum effects on urea-degrading bacteria and ammonia volatilization from broiler litter, Christopher D. Burt, Miguel L. Cabrera, Michael J. Rothrock, and D. E. Kissel
Phytoremediation Potential of Helianthus annuus and Hydrangea paniculata in Copper and Lead-Contaminated Soil, Jenna Forte and Samuel Mutiti
Impact of roadside ditch dredging on bacterial communities and biological contamination of a tidal creek, Chance E. Jones and Andrei L. Barkovskii
Miconia vincentiana (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a curious endemic to St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles, Walter S. Judd and Gretchen M. Ionta
Diatom teratologies as biomarkers of contamination: Are all deformities ecologically meaningful?, Isabelle Lavoie, Paul B. Hamilton, Soizic Morin, Sandra Kim Tiam, Maria Kahlert, Sara Gonçalves, Elisa Falasco, Claude Fortin, Brigitte Gontero, David Heudre, Mila Kojadinovic-Sirinelli, Kalina Manoylov, Lalit K. Pandey, and Jonathan C. Taylor
Using GIS and remote sensing to explore the influence of physical environmental factors and historical land use on bushland structure, Christine M. Mutiti, Kimberly E. Medley, and Samuel Mutiti
Application of hydrogeophysical techniques to study the distribution of a burrowing crayfish in a wetland, Sarah C. Sweat, Samuel Mutiti, and Christopher E. Skelton
Applying the process of backward design in revising an environmental science program, Caralyn B. Zehnder, Kalina Manoylov, Christine Mutiti, Samuel Mutiti, and Allison R. VandeVoort
Submissions from 2016
Biotic processes in the Okanagan Highlands floras: Possible evidence of hybridization in plants adapting to a temperate forest, Melanie L. DeVore and Kathleen B. Pigg
A review of paleobotanical studies of the early eocene Okanagan (Okanogan) highlands floras of British columbia, Canada, and Washington, USA, David R. Greenwood, Kathleen B. Pigg, James F. Basinger, and Melanie L. DeVore
Eocene paleontology and geology of western north America, David R. Greenwood, Kathleen B. Pigg, and Melanie L. DeVore
Algal community membership of estuarine mudflats from the Savannah River, United States, Kalina M. Manoylov, Yenkang Ellen France, Abeselom Geletu, and Joseph N. Dominy
A review of the plants of the Princeton chert (Eocene, British Columbia, Canada), Kathleen B. Pigg and Melanie L. Devore
Vested outsourcing: Five rules that will transform outsourcing, Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, and Karl Manrodt
Submissions from 2015
Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy: Harnessing the Potential of Sourcing Business Models for Modern Procurement, Bonnie Keith, Kate Vitasek, Karl Manrodt, and Jeanne Kling
The impact of relationship history on negotiation strategy expectations: A theoretical framework, Stephanie P. Thomas, Karl B. Manrodt, and Jacqueline K. Eastman
Submissions from 2014
Fate of halogenated aromatic compounds in soils and sediments, Peter Adriaens, Andrei L. Barkovskii, and Iris D. Albrecht
Nuphar Carlquistii sp. Nov. (Nymphaeaceae): A water lily from the latest early eocene, republic, washington, Melanie L. Devore, Witt Taylor, and Kathleen B. Pigg
A vascular flora of the Eckerd College Palm Hammock Nature Area: A dredge and fill site in Pinellas County, Florida, Deborah R. Hilbert and Gretchen M. Ionta
Detection of Helicobacter pylori in the coastal waters of Georgia, Puerto Rico and Trinidad, Chelsea B. Holman, D. S. Bachoon, Ernesto Otero, and Adesh Ramsubhag
Taxonomic identification of algae (morphological and molecular): species concepts, methodologies, and their implications for ecological bioassessment, Kalina M. Manoylov
Calothrix-An evaluation of fresh water species in United States rivers and streams, their distribution and preliminary ecological findings, Barbara E. Rinkel and Kalina M. Manoylov
New method using growth dynamics to quantify microbial contamination of kaolinite slurries, Christopher W. Smith, Christopher M. Babb, Sara J. Snapp, Glenda B. Kohlhagen, and Andrei L. Barkovskii
Macroscopic assessment of nanosilver toxicity to soil denitrification kinetics, Allison Rick VandeVoort, Horace Skipper, and Yuji Arai
Diatom milking? A review and new approaches, Vandana Vinayak, Kalina M. Manoylov, Hélène Gateau, Vincent Blanckaert, Josiane Hérault, Gaëlle Pencréac'H, Justine Marchand, Richard Gordon, and Benoît Schoefs
Detection of human-derived fecal contamination in Puerto Rico using carbamazepine, HF183 Bacteroides, and fecal indicator bacteria, Christina Wade, Ernesto Otero, Brennan Poon-Kwong, Ralph Rozier, and Dave Bachoon
Submissions from 2013
Evaluating the input and source of faecal contamination in the cattle farming and forested regions of the Oconee watershed, Christopher Burt and Dave S. Bachoon
The impact of cattle farming best management practices on surface water nutrient concentrations, faecal bacteria and algal dominance in the Lake Oconee watershed, Christopher Burt, Dave S. Bachoon, Kalina Manoylov, and Marka Smith
Paleobotanical evidence for the origins of temperate hardwoods, Melanie L. Devore and Kathleen B. Piggy
The Eocene Thomas Ranch Flora, Allenby Formation, Princeton, British Columbia, Canada, Richard M. Dillhoff, Thomas A. Dillhoff, David R. Greenwood, Melanie L. DeVore, and Kathleen B. Pigg
Sustaining abundance and distributional patterns of benthic diatoms from streams in Kentucky, USA, K. M. Manoylov, R. J. Stevenson, and Y. K. Wang
Recovery assessment of hydrologically related aquatic habitats using diatom community responses, R. C. Moseley, K. M. Manoylov, and S. Mutiti
Molecular detection of atrazine catabolism gene atzA in coastal waters of Georgia, Puerto Rico and Trinidad, Samendra P. Sherchan, D. S. Bachoon, Ernesto Otero, and Adesh Ramsubhag
Algal extremophile community persistence from hot springs national park (Arkansas, U.S.A.), Th Smith, K. Manoylov, and A. Packard
Detection of verotoxin producing Escherichia coli in marine environments of the Caribbean, Trisha J. Walker, D. S. Bachoon, Ernesto Otero, and Adesh Ramsubhag
Submissions from 2012
Persistence and profiles of tetracycline resistance genes in swine farms and impact of operational practices on their occurrence in farms' vicinities, Andrei L. Barkovskii and Candace Bridges
Environmental factors responsible for the incidence of antibiotic resistance genes in pristine Crassostrea virginica reefs, Andrei L. Barkovskii, Michael Thomas, Dorset Hurley, and Clifford Teems
Algal community composition from kaolin recovery ponds located in middle Georgia, Joseph N. Dominy and Kalina M. Manoylov
Submissions from 2011
Prunus and Oemleria (rosaceae) flowers from the late early Eocene Republic flora of Northeastern Washington State, U.S.A, John C. Benedict, Melanie L. DeVore, and Kathleen B. Pigg
The potential indicator value of rare taxa richness in diatom-based stream bioassessment, Nadezhda D. Gillett, Yangdong Pan, Kalina M. Manoylov, Rosalina Stancheva, and Christine L. Weilhoefer
The role of live diatoms in bioassessment: A large-scale study of Western US Streams, Nadezhda D. Gillett, Yangdong Pan, Kalina M. Manoylov, and R. Jan Stevenson
Evaluation of physical, chemical and microbiological parameters of water quality in the Harris Neck estuarine marshes along the Georgia coast, Shanu Markand, Dave S. Bachoon, Lisa Gentit, Samendra Sherchan, and Keith Gates
Palynoflora of the late Paleocene silicified shale at Almont, North Dakota, USA, Reinhard Zetter, Michael J. Farabee, Kathleen B. Pigg, Steven R. Manchester, Melanie L. DeVore, and Michael D. Nowak
Submissions from 2010
Assessment of non-point sources of fecal pollution in coastal waters of Puerto Rico and Trinidad, Dave S. Bachoon, Shanu Markand, Ernesto Otero, Garvin Perry, and Adash Ramsubaugh
Comparison of four polymerase chain reactionmethods for the rapid detection of human fecal pollution in marine and inland waters, Dave S. Bachoon, Cortney M. Miller, Christen P. Green, and Ernesto Otero
The occurrence, spatial and temporal distribution, and environmental routes of tetracycline resistance and integrase genes in Crassostrea virginica beds, Andrei L. Barkovskii, Christen Green, and Dorset Hurley