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2019
Effective Writing Education: The Power and Value of Sentence-Combining Instruction for English Language Learners, Sarah Gervais
BioCUBES: Development of a Novel Assessment to Gauge Student Understanding of Core Concepts and Competencies in Introductory Molecular Biology, Colton Hageman
Characteristics and Trends of How Nebraska Farmers and Ranchers are Planning for Succession and Retirement, Molli Hagge
Practical Natural Language Generation from Knowledge Graphs, Henry Harrison, James Onnen, Lee Fitchett, John Harkendorff, and Joe Abolt
Trying to Get the Job: Hiring Implications of Using "I" Versus "We" for Female Applicants in Employment Interviews, Alexius Hartman, Abigail R. Riemer, and Sarah J. Gervais
Parent Engagement and Perceptions of Fairness in the Douglas County Child Welfare System: A FIRST Court Program Evaluation, Rebecca Human
An Examination of Awareness and Metacognition in Memory, Elizabeth Isaacson
The Implications of Breastfeeding for Young Children's Cognitive Development, Megan Jamison
Effect of a Site-Directed Mutagenesis at the NAD/NADH Binding Site on Malate Dehydrogenase Activity, Kayla Kester
Finding Motivators For Running for Office In Female Led, High-Population Districts, Elsa Knight
Commonground: A Collection of Short Stories to Explore the Universality of Neuroses, Brianna Knudson
Impacts of Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate and Timing on Production of Perennial Cool-Season Grasses, Seth A. Larsen
Student Motivation in Secondary-College Public Writing Partnerships, Tina Le
Catalysts of Growth: Practicing Hope and Failure in the Secondary English Classroom, Lucy Long
Basal Salt Deformation and Associated Penetrative Strain Captured in Analog Models, Matthew Mendoza
Web Application Usability: A Design Studio Retrospective, Nathan Minchow
“Equipped to Do All Legitimate Detective Work”: The Early Private Detectives of Los Angeles, Connor Mullin
Neural Basis of Gestational Stress Effect on Maternal Behavior in Rats, Jordan Murman
Quantifying the Mechanics of Plant Cell Wall Growth, Andrew Myers and Joseph Turner
Spreetail Business Analysis, Alex Nachreiner, Samuel C. Stevenson, Luke Schnacker, Jennifer Pitsch, Austin Hoffman, and Emily Murphy
Political Activism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Preserving the Land-Grant Mission, Katie Pallesen
Compression of Ultrashort Relativistic Electron Bunches via Magnetic Chicane and the Creation of a Chicane Map, Nathan W. Ray
Role of Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein in Pancreatic Cancer Associated Cachexia, Krishti Sabloak
Subjective Evaluation of Temperament in Beef Cattle: Does Training Improve the Reliability of the Assessment?, Jessica J. Schmidt, Jamie T. Parham, and Ron M. Lewis
Tempt-Trigger-Transfer Approach to Increase Switch-Activated Intentional Communication for a Child with Complex Communication Needs: A Single-Case Research Study, Margaret Schmidt
A Translation of Algorithms and Data Structures from Japanese to English, Dakota Seng
Critical Wedges and Penetrative Strain: How Does Penetrative Strain Alter the Concept of a Critical Wedge?, Nicole Smith
Interparental Control During Pregnancy Predicts Parental Control Directed Toward Infants, Jaime Stephenson
Examining the Effectiveness of Anti-Bullying Curriculum in Catholic Schools, Hannah M. Terrell
The Effects of Antibiotics on the Microbiota Through a Cross-Generational Study of D. magna, Sarah Tjards
The Effects of Students’ Race on Listeners’ Perception of Classical Music Performance, Autumn Urbigkit
Strategic Audit of Proxibid, Maxim van Klinken
Identifying Toxin-Producing Fungal Species and Relative Species Diversity in Plant Tissue, Zachary Van Roy
The Story of HBO: A Strategic Audit of the World’s Most Innovative Storyteller, Madeline Vavricek
Does Healthcare Education Adequately Prepare Clinicians for End of Life Conversations, Natalie von Oldenburg
Diurnal Corticosterone Variations Across Seasons in Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata), Jess Walker
2018
Strategic Audit: Wakely Consulting Group, Brooke Adams
Characterizing the Role of Glutaminolysis in Magnaporthe oryzae: Links Between Carbon Metabolism and Pathogenicity, Harriet Appeah
Nature Sounds and Performance on Attention Network Tasks, Aviva Atri Schuller
Ideographic Analysis of Matal v. Tam: Freedom of Speech, Property, and Reappropriation, Samuel Baue
Seasonal Changes in Glucose Levels in Ornate Box Turtles, Emily Bausback
Circle of Willis Functional Model for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Training, Conner J. Beyersdorf
Hydraulic Recruitment and Entrapment as a Mechanism of Sperm Transfer and Potential Cause of Spontaneous Male Death in the Dark Fishing Spider, Bridget Bickner
Self-Assembling Nanoluciferase Fragments as Probes for Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation, Camden Bilyeu and Tiffany Truong
Understanding and Mimicking the Mechanical Surface Properties of Oryzae Sativa Using PDMS Substrates, Nicholas A. Bohlim
INTUIT STRATEGIC AUDIT, Tara Brookhouser
"Postcards from The Land of the Rising Sun", Lauren Bydalek
The Effect of Multilingualism on Executive Function, Isabella Catalano
Evaluation of Chlorella Virus Gene Lineages to Determine Potential Host Range, Sean P. Cody
Professional Chamber Percussion Ensembles: Their Development and Importance in the Modern Percussion Community, Paige DeDecker
Splitting the Bill: Estimating Personal Consumption in Case of Wrongful Death, Kathleen Ellis
Proposal for New Design Studio Draft Process, Libby Gentry
Characteristics of Stroke Survivors that Predict Effectiveness of ICARE Intervention in Gait Rehabilitation, Maisie Habron
Examining the Relationship between Generativity and Socially Responsible Leadership, Morgan Heimes
An Evaluation of FIRST Court in the Douglas County Child Welfare System: Improvements in Caseworker-Attorney Relations, Hannah Hesson, Kelli Hauptman J.D., and Katherine Hazen M.A.
Textual Analysis of Willa Cather’s Letters in R: Twenty Topic Models, Emma C. Himes
Orofacial and Hand Force Dynamics in Neurotypical Children, Elizabeth Hoffman
Identification of D-alanine Transaminase in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Effects of Mutations in Peptidoglycan Enzymes on Canonical and Non-Canonical Tuberculosis Drugs, Philion L. Hoff, Denise K. Zinniel, and Raúl G. Barletta
Community Needs Assessment - Food Insecurity in Lancaster County, Nebraska, Marta L. Jonson and Virginia Chaidez
Plant Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Repair: PvuII as a Model for Damage Induction, Emily Kahlandt
Strategic Audit of Sandhills Publishing Company, Eric Karl II
Deprecation of an Old System to a Newer System Using Kendo UI and C#, Marta Kodin
The Personality Traits of Protestors: Using the “Big Five” Model of Personality to Understand Political Protest Behavior, Conner Kozisek
“Marie” and “An Unusual Recourse”: English Translations of German Early Romantic Stories, Meghan Leadabrand
The Music of "Firefly" and "Serenity": The Development of Codes and Themes for a Better Understanding of Character, Laura Linder
Neorealism and Intersectionality in the Films of Kelly Reichardt, Ilze Lipins
Microstructure of Tungsten Oxide as a function of Controlled Parameters, Christopher Luth
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Spatial Working Memory and Exposure to Nature in Younger and Older Adults, Lalah McLaughlin
Stature, Body Mass, and BMI in High School American Football Players: Appropriate Determinants of Obesity Prevalence?, Alegra Mendez
A Strategic Audit on Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise Division, David Mikhayelyan
Acute TNFα exposure leads to Differential mRNA Expression and Protein Phosphorylation in Primary Follicles, Heidi B. Miller, Kelsey A. Timme, and Jennifer R. Wood
Phylogenetic analysis of SENSITIVE TO FREEZING2 protein activation patterns in diverse plant species, Jennifer A. Myers, Allison C. Barnes, and Rebecca L. Roston
Blood Ties: Hannibal and the Heteronormative Family, Lori Nevole
Lambda Tune: Improving Process Control Tuning Accessibility, Dominic Nguyen and Hunter Flodman
Investigating the Role of Intimate Partner Violence in Prenatal Depression within a Dyadic Framework, Gabriela R. Perez and Rebecca L. Brock
Strategic Audit of National Instruments, Melanie Powell
Internalizing Symptoms and Sleep Habits Predict Individual Differences in Response to Emotional Stimuli, Maggie Rempe
The Effect of Substrate Stiffness on VL-17A Proliferation and Protein Expression, Mary Rethwisch and Srivatsan Kidambi
Integrated Geophysical Analysis of the New Caledonia Trough with Implications for the Geologic History and Continental Status of Zealandia, Claire Richardson
Interplay Between the WhiB Proteins and Low Molecular Weight Thiols, Andrew L. Schacht
Identification of Sestrin2 Regulated Metabolites and Adipocytokines in 3T3-L1 Mouse White Adipocytes, Cameron Schaecher
Hand-Operable Microfluidic Devices for In-field Sample Collection and Analysis, Madison Schwenka
Music Education for Mental Health: Creating a Participatory Music After School Program, Nicole A. Shively
Museums: Missing the Mark in Digital Communications, Megan Simonsen
Designing an Experimental Setup for Testing Concrete to Steel Bond Transfer with and without Flexure, Tyler Sondag
The Jones Polynomial of the Generalized Half-Twist, Rebecca Sorsen
Mechanisms for Mental Health Status Differences Between Sexual Minorities and Heterosexuals, Grace Stallworth
Characterization of a Novel Mitochondrial Plasmid in Brassica, Mackenzie Strehle
A Lysine to Alanine Mutant in Escherichia coli PutA Remarkably Reduces Its PRODH Activity, Brandon Thelen
Self-Assembling Nanoluciferase Fragments as Probes for Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation, Tiffany Truong and Camden Vanderhoof Bilyeu
Sweeping Probe Data Assimilation: Time-Dependent Grid Interpolation for a Reaction-Diffusion Equation, Collin Victor
ICARE: Evaluating the Kinematic Effects of a Center of Pressure Driven Passive Foot Pedal, Brett Whorley
Identification and Characterization of Wbp1 in Magnaporthe oryzae, Elena Wickstrom
Why Nebraska? An Analysis of UNL's International Student Recruitment Touchpoints and Messages as Compared to Student Outcomes, Carolyn Willis