Vol. 91 No. 1 (2019): 94th Annual Meeting Abstracts

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v91i1

Published: 2019-03-20

Meeting Abstracts-Oral

Application of various shear stress calculation methods with respect to different bridge abutment lengths

Jun Seon Lee, Seung Ho Hong
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Prey Selection in the Queen snake, Regina septemvittata, in Streams of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, U.S.A.

Dan T Meyer, Elijah J Henderson, Zachary J Loughman
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Life History of an Imperiled Appalachian Crayfish Species, Cambarus callainus (Big Sandy Crayfish)

Christopher Vopal
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Identifying Habitat Utilization and Movement of a Federally Endangered Narrow Endemic Crayfish Species, Cambarus veteranus (Guyandotte River crayfish) via Radio Telemetry

Nicole Marie Sadecky, Zachary Loughman
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Rediscription and Circumscription of the Acuminate Crayfish, Cambarus acuminatus Faxon, 1884

Emmy M Delekta, Bronwyn W Williams, Zachary J Loughman
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Evaluating design criteria for high hazard dams in a changing climate

Aaron Read Sutton, Leslie Hopkinson
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Evolutionary Analysis of Monopyle (Gesneriaceae) from Panama

Chere Yasmin Davis, Jeremy Keene
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Deployment of E-Learning modules to foster entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students at WVU Tech

Kenan Hatipoglu, Yogendra Panta
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The Effects of Roundup and its Chemical Constituents on Learning and Long-Term Memory Consolidation in Lymnaea palustris

Aaron F Robinson, Colleen J Nolan, Carol Zygar Plautz
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Expression and purification of AtRALF1 from Escherichia coli

Benjamin T Lanham, Jonathan Gilkerson
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Towards a Revision of Diastema within Central America

Scott Wentz
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Stability Analysis of a Tumor-Free Equilibrium of a Tumor Growth Model in Response to a Combinatorial Anti-Nodal Antibody and Chemotherapy

Morgan Crow, Qing Wang
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Bioinformatics in the Sequencing Era

Jason Rafe Miller
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The Role of FTL_1228 in Erythrocyte Invasion by Francisella tularensis

Rhiannon Virginia Macom, Joseph Horzempa
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Immunostimulatory Activity of Dillapiole Isolated from Fennel Root

Elliot Collins, Deanna Schmitt, Joseph Horzempa
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Towards an analytical description of propane-air premixed combustion in gaseous and gaseous-dusty industrial applications

Furkan Kodakoglu, V'yacheslav Akkerman
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Effect of wall conditions and Lewis number on finger-shaped flame acceleration in channels

Furkan Kodakoglu, Mohammed AlKhabbaz, Olatunde Abidakun, V'yacheslav Akkerman
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Numerical simulations towards optimizing the burner design for efficient staged pressurized oxy-coal combustion.

Gideon Ozioma Udochukwu, Akkerman V’yacheslav
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Biologically Inspired Optimization Solutions for Homeostatic Maintenance

Weidong Liao, Anthony Ratledge
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An alternative approach to describe flame acceleration in micro-tubes due to wall friction.

Lateef Adewale Kareem
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Incidence of B. burgdorferi in tick populations of Upshur County, West Virginia

Michael T Winters, Melanie S Sal, Kimberly A. Bjorgo-Thorne
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Antimicrobial Activity Found in Appalachian Moss

June Braunlich, Jordge Lafantasie, Luke G. Huggins
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Validation of the antimicrobial activity of Nymphaea odorata extract.

Jada Michelle Voellinger, Joseph Horzempa
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Faculty Cohort on Teaching and Learning at WVU Tech.

Angela McCaskill, Yogen Panta, Kenan Hatipoglu, Sanish Rai
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Signal Intelligence (SIGINT)

Osman Guzide
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You are MORE than what you eat! The dietary basis to painted turtle spot and stripe color.

John Steffen
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Implementation of "E-Learning modules-entrepreneurial mindset in engineering" to Foster Teaching and Learning Environment at WVU Tech

Yogendra M Panta, Kenan Hatipoglu
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Range-wide conservation assessment and analysis of land use impact on Cambarus spicatus (Broad River Spiny Crayfish)

Riley W Aulick
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Conformation of the New Genus Pseudodiastema

Colton Ring Lake
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Defining broad scale habitat associates for an imperiled crayfish, Cambarus veteranus

Eric Tidmore, Zachary Loughman
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Aggregation patterns of sensory sensillae in the food canal and cibarium of the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans.

Emily Setser, Austin Humbert, James Joy, Rita Rio
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Investigating the physicochemical niche of the macrophyte Podostemum ceratophyllum Michx. (Hornleaf riverweed)

Samuel Canfield, James Wood
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Meeting Abstracts-Poster

The ability of VBNC F. tularensis to replicate within THP-1 cells.

Carly Cunningham, Stuart Cantlay, Joseph Horzempa
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Spirituality And Self-Compassion Among College Students

Emily Rose Griffith
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Preparation of functionalized polystyrene foams for arsenic removal

Hollee Winders, Jordan Mader
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A Reassessment of the Crayfishes of Pennsylvania's Lake Erie Basin with an Emphasis on Zoogeography, Taxonomy, and Conservation.

Patrick Francis Allison Jr., Tanya Khan, David Lieb, Zachary Loughman
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Conservation and Distribution of Creaserinus fodiens (Digger Crayfish) in Pennsylvania.

Tanya N. Khan
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Determination of the Feeding Schedule to Achieve Growth Optimization in Juvenile Snakes: A Case Study

Colleen Hoselton, Zachary Loughman
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Substrate Specificity of Wood-Decay Fungi Native to the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia

Hunter L Palmer, Allison C Beverlin, Laura S Robertson
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Assessing Intraobserver and Interobserver Error in Osteometric Analysis of Skeletal Remains.

Travis Michael Harding, Amanda Smith, Krystal Starcher, Daria Seccurro, Kristy Henson
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Assessing accuracy of 3D scanning on fingerprint identification

Amanda Dawn Smith, Kristy Henson
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Role of Francisella lipoprotein A (FlpA) in Francisella tularensis susceptibility to resazomycins

Morgan Rice, Noah Teaff, Donald Primerano, James Denvir, Deanna Schmitt
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Determination of impairment of Lambert’s Run Stream.

Cierra Reillye Kendall, Mark Flood, John Ciesla, Jim Nedrow, Mike Murphey
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Lipoprotein sorting as a potential target of resazomycins, a novel family of antibiotics

Isaiah Michael Selmon-Miller
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Screening of Natural Product Library for the Discovery of Novel Antibiotics that target Monocytic Leukemia Cells.

Kayla Michelle Hancher, Deanna Schmitt, Joseph Horzempa
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Hickman Run, Fairmont, WV stream quality assessment

Emily Jordan, Mark Flood, Mike Bragg, Stephanie DeGroot
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The effect of caffeine concentrations on the learning and memory retention of gold fish.

Hailey Anne McDonough
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Effect of Oxygen Concentration on Susceptibility of Neisseria Species to Resazomycins

Jaclyn Kitts
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Osteological analysis of 3D printed skeletal remains.

Krystal Denise Starcher, Kristy Henson
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Containment of a Cryptosporidium serpentis outbreak in a snake collection - A case study

Sarah Jane Johanson, Kinsey Guthrie, Zachary Loughman
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Migrating Data from Excel to the Web Using a LAMP Stack

Emily Bei Foote, Jason Rafe Miller
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Cloud Computing and Docker Containerization: A Survey

Weidong Liao, Jesse Draper
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System Administration and Database Administration in Cloud Computing Era

Weidong Liao, Annus Ashiq, Osman Guzide
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Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning with Tensorflow

Weidong Liao, Parker Anthony, Levi Parrett, Osman Guzide
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4G and 5G Architecture Contrast

Osman Guzide
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Francisella tularensis expressing TC3D Leader Peptide and Promotor from tdtomato Enhances Fluorescence

Kristen Haggerty, Stuart Cantlay, Joseph Horzempa
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Bioinformatics Software for the Detection of Allele-specific Gene Expression

Jason Rafe Miller, Grayson Grzadzielewski, Eric Sprecher, Karina Stensland Hornslien, Paul E Grini
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Dry and Ash Free Dry Mass to Length Relationships and Salinity Stress Response of Rock Crayfish (Cambarus carinirostris) and Allegheny Crayfish (Faxonius obscurus)

Addie Shanor, James Wood, Zachary Loughman
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Alteration in MAPK/ERK and Akt signaling following exposure to sublethal silver nanoparticles in cultured adult neural stem cells

Nadja Spitzer
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Exploring Diastereomeric Pure Reduction Chemistry on Ketoester Amino Acid

Tyler Goins, Mark Corvin, Young Kim
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Progress on C-1 Diversification of Natural Product Synthesis from Commercially Available Amino Acids

Ryan Nelson, Alyssa Hunt, Young Kim
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Temporal variability in extractable manganese concentrations in air-dry and field-moist soil.

Daniel Cameron, David O'Dell
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Localization of the key cell division determinant FtsZ in Francisella tularensis.

Stuart Cantlay, Joseph Horzempa
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YAN KANG, The Linsly School, Wheeling, WV, 26003. Ovipositing Seventeen-Year Cicadas (Magicicada septendecim) prefer certain tree species, branch diameters and branch surface positions in a planted campus savanna habitat.

Yan Peter Kang
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The NSF S-STEM Scholarship Program at Shepherd

Qing Wang, Weidong Liao
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Pollinator Gardens and Generated Insect Activity

Katherine Cutlip
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HAOCHEN BAI, The Linsly School, Wheeling, WV, 26003. Evaluation of allelopathic effects of suspensions of black walnut (Juglans nigra), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), and slender speedwell (Veronica filiformis) on seedlings of five species of garden plants (carrot, dandelion, lettuce, collard green and kale).

Haochen Harry BAI
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JIAXUAN HU, The Linsly School, Wheeling, WV, 26003. Waste motor oil inhibits Pandorina algae growth but has little effect on Chlorella and Chlamydomonas algal cultures.

Jiaxuan Lydia Hu
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YUNHAN LEI, The Linsly School, Wheeling, WV, 26003. Pre-germination inoculation with 11 species of endomycorrhizal fungi slightly improves early growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) seeds but not that of radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) or beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).

Yunhan Eve Lei
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Effects of Sargassum amendment in soil health parameters in a West Virginia agricultural soil

Sommer Dilly, Aida Jimenez Esquilin
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An ecological assessment of six major streams in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle

Garrett William Hoover
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SARAH MUNORU, The Linsly School, Wheeling, WV, 26003. Effects of glyphosate on symbiotic soil microbes Rhizobium leguminosarum, Streptomyces griseus, Chaetomium globosum and Phycomyces blackesleeanus grown in culture.

Sarah Munoru
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Progressive and Severe Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Thu Nguyen
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Developing Software to Automate the Parameter Calibration of a Cancer Model

Brian Crutchley, Qing Wang
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Findings from the first two years of the First2 Network.

Sue Ann Heatherly, Sarah Starcovic, Rebecca Rutherford, Erica Harvey, Kathryn Williamson, Joanna Burt-Kinderman, Sarah Riley, Caitlin Howley
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Developing Virtual Reality Software to Graph 3-D Curves with Applications in College Level Mathematics Education.

Brian Crutchley, Melvin Louis Bowers, Parker Anthony, Jason Rafe Miller
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Utilizing the Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain as a novel vaccine platform against the Ebola Virus

Gage Michael Pyles, Joseph Horzempa
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The Role of FTL_1229 during Erythrocyte Invasion by Francisella tularensis

Jennifer Rose Myers, Joseph Horzempa
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Differential Expression of Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 in a High Fat diet versus a Low Fat diet.

Heather Price, Elizabeth Walters, James William Walters
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Enhanced in vivo zebrafish larvae imaging using a novel micro-fluidic mounting technique.

Syed Ali, James William Walters
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Population Density of Crayfish between Two Macro habitats

Whitney Dotson, Elizabeth Walters, James William Walters
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Sequencing of an npc1L1 mutation in larval zebrafish.

James William Walters, Jordan Smith
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. Deficiency in beta2 adrenergic receptor in mice leads to decreased Chlamydia muridarum shedding in genital tract.

Amber Hartwell, Tesfaye Belay
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The Relationship Between Alocohol Consumption and Myers-Briggs Personality Types.

Amanda Casto
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Cold-induced stress alters the dynamics of T helper 1 and T helper 2 cytokine production in a mouse model during Chlamydia muridarum genital infection.

Gezelle Brown, Tesfaye Belay
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. Evaluation of Chlamydia muridarum lung infection in beta-2 adrenergic receptor knock out in a male mouse model.

Kiersten Phillips, Tesfaye Belay
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Comparison of microbial respiration and carbon loss in the upper Ohio River and selected tributaries in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia

Emma McClelland, James Wood
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E. coli in the Ohio River and its Tributaries

Emily Taylor Huff, James Wood
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Designing a micro-fluidic chamber for in vivo imaging of larval zebrafish.

Jesse Reed Orell, Dakota Parnell, James William Walters
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Using digitized Native American skeletal remains to conduct osteological analyses.

Melissa Guydish
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Initial testing and adaptation of a new method for measuring oxygen evolution from mixed metal oxides.

Sarah Ann Starcovic, Isaac Boyce, Kaylee Andersen, Lindsey LaNeve, Ashley Ruza, Allison Moore, Erica Harvey
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Modeling detergent applications using molecular dynamics

Rebecca Rutherford, Jack Johnston, Erica Harvey, Blake Mertz
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Defining the Characteristics of a West Virginia First Generation and Rural STEM Student

Roxann Humbert
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Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulation of a staged pressurized oxy-coal combustion (SPOC)

Gideon Ozioma Udochukwu, Akkerman V’yacheslav
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Ucp1 and metabolism-related gene expression response to high fat diets in brown adipose tissue of TALLYHO/JngJ vs. C57BL/6J mice

Kristiana Sklioutovskaya-Lopez, Jacaline Parkman, Jung Han Kim
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Modeling the effect of a combinatorial anti-CTLA antibody and radiation therapy on metastatic melanoma

Jean-Emmanuel Kouadio, Qing Wang
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Fatal and Behavioral Effects that Household Cleaners Pose to Pets

Steven Snedegar, Heather Arnett
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Apoptosis through MMR repair in response to alcohol induced DNA damage.

Bruce Anthony, Madison Manly
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Effects of Sargassum amendment in soil health parameters in a West Virginia agricultural soil

Sommer Dilly, Aida Jimenez Esquilin
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Neuroprotective effects of creatine treatment on the differentiation of E14 rat cortical stem cells and expression of GABA-ergic neurons.

Bruce Anthony, Nicholas Casingal
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Lyme disease distribution in Appalachia, 2010 - 2017

Nora Linzy Wilson, Kim Bjorgo-Thorne
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Lyme disease and tick (Acari: Ixodidae) monitoring in Upshur County, WV

Mason N Benchoff, Lukas Z Samargo, Melanie S Sal, Kim Bjorgo-Thorne
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THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS ALCOHOL DOSAGES ON NEURAL VESICLE PACKAGING AND GABA RECEPTORS.

Bruce Anthony, Thomas McIntosh
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NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF CREATINE TREATMENT ON THE DIFFERENTIATION OF E14 RAT CORTISOL STEM CELLS AND EXPRESSION OF GABA-ERGIC NEURONS

Bruce Anthony, NICHOLAS CASINGAL
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The Determination of the Expression of Amino Acid Glutamate Transporters: 2 and 3, in the Presence of Plague Severities in Alzheimer’s Disease

Bruce Anthony, Caitlin E Murphy
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ISCHEMIC STROKE INDUCTION BY GLUTAMATE EXCITOTOXICITY

Cristal Anthony, Charles B Anthony
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Defining the Characteristics of a West Virginia First Generation and Rural STEM Student

Marjorie Darrah, Roxann Humbert
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Connecting the ticks- highways as potential corridors for Lyme transmission

Ebonie T Hicks, Kimberly A Bjorgo-Thorne
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Creating Python Algorithms to Mimic R Functions from the R Stats Package

Luisely Doza, Jason Rafe Miller
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Determining the role of the pilD gene in Francisella tularensis susceptibility to resazomycins.

Jacob Pancake, Deanna Schmitt
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Whitebark Pine Extracts Augments Immune Responses that Diminish Bacterial Infection

MacKenzie Lynn Jacobs
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Ecology of Nerodia sipeodon (Common Watersnake) in North Fork Creek, Ohio County, West Virginia. Elijah Henderson, Dan Meyer and Zachary Loughman, West Liberty University, Dept. of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, West Liberty, WV

Eli JAcob Henderson
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Expressional changes in amino acid glutamate transporters: 2 and 3, in the presence of plague severities in Alzheimer’s disease

Bruce Anthony, Caitlin Murphy
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A Description of Broadband Hisses produced by Princisia vanWaerbecki.

Ruth A. Conley, Elisha Pidcock, sherice george
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Analyzing and Observing Trends in Water Chemistry Data of the Upper Ohio River Watershed

Haley Miller, James Wood
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Gene Expression of the Reactive Oxygen Species Gene SLC25A33 to a High Fat and Cholesterol Dietary Challenge in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Larvae.

Stephanie Bryant, Elizabeth Walters, James William Walters
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The effect of various alcohol dosages on neural vesicle packaging and GABA receptor expression

Bruce Anthony, Thomas McIntosh
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