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2019

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Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata) Immune Response to Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in Summer versus Winter Months, Sarah French

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Effective Writing Education: The Power and Value of Sentence-Combining Instruction for English Language Learners, Sarah Gervais

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BioCUBES: Development of a Novel Assessment to Gauge Student Understanding of Core Concepts and Competencies in Introductory Molecular Biology, Colton Hageman

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Characteristics and Trends of How Nebraska Farmers and Ranchers are Planning for Succession and Retirement, Molli Hagge

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A Computational Methodology and Software Tool for Estimating Information Exchange Performance of Engineered Cell-to-cell Molecular Communications, Colton Harper

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Practical Natural Language Generation from Knowledge Graphs, Henry Harrison, James Onnen, Lee Fitchett, John Harkendorff, and Joe Abolt

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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

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Parent Engagement and Perceptions of Fairness in the Douglas County Child Welfare System: A FIRST Court Program Evaluation, Rebecca Human

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An Examination of Awareness and Metacognition in Memory, Elizabeth Isaacson

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The Implications of Breastfeeding for Young Children's Cognitive Development, Megan Jamison

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Effect of a Site-Directed Mutagenesis at the NAD/NADH Binding Site on Malate Dehydrogenase Activity, Kayla Kester

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Finding Motivators For Running for Office In Female Led, High-Population Districts, Elsa Knight

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Commonground: A Collection of Short Stories to Explore the Universality of Neuroses, Brianna Knudson

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Impacts of Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate and Timing on Production of Perennial Cool-Season Grasses, Seth A. Larsen

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Student Motivation in Secondary-College Public Writing Partnerships, Tina Le

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The Relationship Between Parental Play Behaviors and Language Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children At-Risk for Later-School Readiness: A Correlational Analysis, Emma Loberg

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Catalysts of Growth: Practicing Hope and Failure in the Secondary English Classroom, Lucy Long

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Basal Salt Deformation and Associated Penetrative Strain Captured in Analog Models, Matthew Mendoza

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Web Application Usability: A Design Studio Retrospective, Nathan Minchow

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“Equipped to Do All Legitimate Detective Work”: The Early Private Detectives of Los Angeles, Connor Mullin

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Neural Basis of Gestational Stress Effect on Maternal Behavior in Rats, Jordan Murman

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Quantifying the Mechanics of Plant Cell Wall Growth, Andrew Myers and Joseph Turner

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Spreetail Business Analysis, Alex Nachreiner, Samuel C. Stevenson, Luke Schnacker, Jennifer Pitsch, Austin Hoffman, and Emily Murphy

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Political Activism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Preserving the Land-Grant Mission, Katie Pallesen

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Compression of Ultrashort Relativistic Electron Bunches via Magnetic Chicane and the Creation of a Chicane Map, Nathan W. Ray

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Role of Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein in Pancreatic Cancer Associated Cachexia, Krishti Sabloak

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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

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Tempt-Trigger-Transfer Approach to Increase Switch-Activated Intentional Communication for a Child with Complex Communication Needs: A Single-Case Research Study, Margaret Schmidt

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A Translation of Algorithms and Data Structures from Japanese to English, Dakota Seng

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Critical Wedges and Penetrative Strain: How Does Penetrative Strain Alter the Concept of a Critical Wedge?, Nicole Smith

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Interparental Control During Pregnancy Predicts Parental Control Directed Toward Infants, Jaime Stephenson

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Examining the Effectiveness of Anti-Bullying Curriculum in Catholic Schools, Hannah M. Terrell

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The Effects of Antibiotics on the Microbiota Through a Cross-Generational Study of D. magna, Sarah Tjards

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The Effects of Students’ Race on Listeners’ Perception of Classical Music Performance, Autumn Urbigkit

Strategic Audit of Proxibid, Maxim van Klinken

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Identifying Toxin-Producing Fungal Species and Relative Species Diversity in Plant Tissue, Zachary Van Roy

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The Story of HBO: A Strategic Audit of the World’s Most Innovative Storyteller, Madeline Vavricek

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Does Healthcare Education Adequately Prepare Clinicians for End of Life Conversations, Natalie von Oldenburg

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Diurnal Corticosterone Variations Across Seasons in Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata), Jess Walker

2018

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Strategic Audit: Wakely Consulting Group, Brooke Adams

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Characterizing the Role of Glutaminolysis in Magnaporthe oryzae: Links Between Carbon Metabolism and Pathogenicity, Harriet Appeah

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Nature Sounds and Performance on Attention Network Tasks, Aviva Atri Schuller

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Ideographic Analysis of Matal v. Tam: Freedom of Speech, Property, and Reappropriation, Samuel Baue

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Seasonal Changes in Glucose Levels in Ornate Box Turtles, Emily Bausback

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Circle of Willis Functional Model for Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Training, Conner J. Beyersdorf

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Hydraulic Recruitment and Entrapment as a Mechanism of Sperm Transfer and Potential Cause of Spontaneous Male Death in the Dark Fishing Spider, Bridget Bickner

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Self-Assembling Nanoluciferase Fragments as Probes for Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation, Camden Bilyeu and Tiffany Truong

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Understanding and Mimicking the Mechanical Surface Properties of Oryzae Sativa Using PDMS Substrates, Nicholas A. Bohlim

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INTUIT STRATEGIC AUDIT, Tara Brookhouser

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"Postcards from The Land of the Rising Sun", Lauren Bydalek

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The Effect of Multilingualism on Executive Function, Isabella Catalano

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Evaluation of Chlorella Virus Gene Lineages to Determine Potential Host Range, Sean P. Cody

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How Toxic Masculinity Hurts Trans Women: A Qualitative Analysis of the Constructions of Masculinity and Femininity and Their Relation to Violence within Brazilian Culture, Sadie Counts

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Professional Chamber Percussion Ensembles: Their Development and Importance in the Modern Percussion Community, Paige DeDecker

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Splitting the Bill: Estimating Personal Consumption in Case of Wrongful Death, Kathleen Ellis

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Proposal for New Design Studio Draft Process, Libby Gentry

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Characteristics of Stroke Survivors that Predict Effectiveness of ICARE Intervention in Gait Rehabilitation, Maisie Habron

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Examining the Relationship between Generativity and Socially Responsible Leadership, Morgan Heimes

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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.

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Textual Analysis of Willa Cather’s Letters in R: Twenty Topic Models, Emma C. Himes

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Orofacial and Hand Force Dynamics in Neurotypical Children, Elizabeth Hoffman

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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

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Community Needs Assessment - Food Insecurity in Lancaster County, Nebraska, Marta L. Jonson and Virginia Chaidez

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Plant Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Repair: PvuII as a Model for Damage Induction, Emily Kahlandt

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Strategic Audit of Sandhills Publishing Company, Eric Karl II

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Deprecation of an Old System to a Newer System Using Kendo UI and C#, Marta Kodin

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The Personality Traits of Protestors: Using the “Big Five” Model of Personality to Understand Political Protest Behavior, Conner Kozisek

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“Marie” and “An Unusual Recourse”: English Translations of German Early Romantic Stories, Meghan Leadabrand

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The Music of "Firefly" and "Serenity": The Development of Codes and Themes for a Better Understanding of Character, Laura Linder

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Neorealism and Intersectionality in the Films of Kelly Reichardt, Ilze Lipins

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Microstructure of Tungsten Oxide as a function of Controlled Parameters, Christopher Luth

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An Analysis of the Relationship Between Spatial Working Memory and Exposure to Nature in Younger and Older Adults, Lalah McLaughlin

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Stature, Body Mass, and BMI in High School American Football Players: Appropriate Determinants of Obesity Prevalence?, Alegra Mendez

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A Strategic Audit on Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise Division, David Mikhayelyan

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Acute TNFα exposure leads to Differential mRNA Expression and Protein Phosphorylation in Primary Follicles, Heidi B. Miller, Kelsey A. Timme, and Jennifer R. Wood

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Phylogenetic analysis of SENSITIVE TO FREEZING2 protein activation patterns in diverse plant species, Jennifer A. Myers, Allison C. Barnes, and Rebecca L. Roston

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Blood Ties: Hannibal and the Heteronormative Family, Lori Nevole

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Lambda Tune: Improving Process Control Tuning Accessibility, Dominic Nguyen and Hunter Flodman

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Investigating the Role of Intimate Partner Violence in Prenatal Depression within a Dyadic Framework, Gabriela R. Perez and Rebecca L. Brock

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Analysis of Interactions Between Platinum-Containing Drugs and Human Serum Albumin by Using Immunoextraction and Microcolumns, Jeff Post

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Strategic Audit of National Instruments, Melanie Powell

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Internalizing Symptoms and Sleep Habits Predict Individual Differences in Response to Emotional Stimuli, Maggie Rempe

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The Effect of Substrate Stiffness on VL-17A Proliferation and Protein Expression, Mary Rethwisch and Srivatsan Kidambi

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Integrated Geophysical Analysis of the New Caledonia Trough with Implications for the Geologic History and Continental Status of Zealandia, Claire Richardson

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Application and Evaluation of the Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Method to Identify Moraxella bovoculi and Moraxella bovis Isolates from Cattle, Kara Robbins

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Interplay Between the WhiB Proteins and Low Molecular Weight Thiols, Andrew L. Schacht

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Identification of Sestrin2 Regulated Metabolites and Adipocytokines in 3T3-L1 Mouse White Adipocytes, Cameron Schaecher

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Hand-Operable Microfluidic Devices for In-field Sample Collection and Analysis, Madison Schwenka

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Music Education for Mental Health: Creating a Participatory Music After School Program, Nicole A. Shively

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Museums: Missing the Mark in Digital Communications, Megan Simonsen

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Designing an Experimental Setup for Testing Concrete to Steel Bond Transfer with and without Flexure, Tyler Sondag

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The Jones Polynomial of the Generalized Half-Twist, Rebecca Sorsen

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Mechanisms for Mental Health Status Differences Between Sexual Minorities and Heterosexuals, Grace Stallworth

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Characterization of a Novel Mitochondrial Plasmid in Brassica, Mackenzie Strehle

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A Lysine to Alanine Mutant in Escherichia coli PutA Remarkably Reduces Its PRODH Activity, Brandon Thelen

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Self-Assembling Nanoluciferase Fragments as Probes for Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation, Tiffany Truong and Camden Vanderhoof Bilyeu

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Sweeping Probe Data Assimilation: Time-Dependent Grid Interpolation for a Reaction-Diffusion Equation, Collin Victor

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ICARE: Evaluating the Kinematic Effects of a Center of Pressure Driven Passive Foot Pedal, Brett Whorley

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Identification and Characterization of Wbp1 in Magnaporthe oryzae, Elena Wickstrom

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Why Nebraska? An Analysis of UNL's International Student Recruitment Touchpoints and Messages as Compared to Student Outcomes, Carolyn Willis