PROCEEDINGS 2020, THE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Nebraska Academy of Sciences

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Spring 2020

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Article

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PROCEEDINGS THE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1880-2020 Including the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science (NATS) Division, Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS), Affiliate and Affiliated Societies, 140th Anniversary Year, One Hundred-Thirtieth Annual Meeting.

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INVERSE KINEMATIC ANALYSIS AND CONTROL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR REMORA ROBOTIC ARM • PERFORMANCE METRIC EVALUATION AND PATH PLANNING FOR A 6-DOF 3-LEG PARALLEL ROBOT IN RRRS CONFIGURATION • DRAG REDUCTION/ENHANCEMENT USING FEMTOSECOND LASER SURFACE PROCESSING • USE OF FEMTOSECOND LASER SURFACE PROCESSING TO CREATE HIGH EMISSIVTY SURFACES • USING MULTISPECTRAL DRONE IMAGERY TO MEASURE CHANGES IN VEGETATION COVER IN THE NEBRASKA SANDHILLS: PATTERNS IN SPACE AND TIME • DISRUPTING INTER-LIMB COORDINATION THROUGH AN EXOSKELETON DEVICE • ASSESSING LIMB POSITION PERCEPTION WITH AND WITHOUT TACTILE STIMULATION • EXERCISE AND COLD-INDUCED PGC-1 MRNA ISOFORM-SPECIFIC RESPONSE • DIETARY NITRATE INTAKE IMPROVES VASCULAR FUNCTION AND WALKING • CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE • CHANGES IN MUSCULAR RESPONSE TO SUPERVISED EXERCISE THERAPY • EFFECT OF VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION ON BALANCE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: A PILOT STUDY • FUNCTIONAL AND COORDINATION OUTCOMES OF AN 8-WEEK INTERVENTION USING A 3D PRINTED PROSTHESIS: A CASE STUDY • 3D PRINTING OF ADVANCED CERAMIC MATERIALS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS • SPONTANEOUS CORTICAL ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH SENSORIMOTOR CORTICAL OSCILLATIONS • DECIPHERING THE WORKINGS OF THE RADIATION-PROTECTIVE ENZYME HUMAN MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE • THE EFFECT OF PLANTAR VIBROTACTILE STIMULATION ON THE LOCOMOTIVE ADAPTABILITY OF OLDER ADULTS WHEN NEGOTIATING MULTIPLE OBSTACLES • DEVELOPMENT OF GRAVITY-DRIVEN, COMPACT LIQUID DROP GENERATOR • DO EMOTIONAL FACTORS AFFECT TASK PERFORMANCE RELEVANT TO NASA MISSIONS? • THE EFFECTS OF TEAMWORK ON VERBAL OUTPUT IN INDIVIDUALS WHEN COMPLETING TASKS OF VARYING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EXERTION • QUASAR ACCRETION DISK VARIABILITY FROM SIMULATIONS AND SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY DATA • TESTING QUASAR OUTLOW MODELS USING THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY QUASAR CATALOG • CAN QUASAR OUTFLOWS BE ACCRETION DISK WINDS? • DETECTABILITY OF BINARY SELF-LENSING SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES • TURBULENCE DYNAMICS OF DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS OVER SLIP SURFACES • LIGHTWEIGHT, MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES FOR AEROSPACE THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS • MANIPULATING NONLINEAR ABSORBERS TO ENHANCE VIBRATION SUPPRESSION IN HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO WINGS • DESIGN OF SMART AUTONOMOUS AERIAL ROBOTIC VEHICLE • DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGH-POWER ROCKET AND VIDEO TELEMETRY PAYLOAD • NASA ROBOTIC MINING COMPETITION: LUNABOTICS • LUNAR SAMPLE CORING DEVICE • COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ELEMENTARY OUTREACH PROGRAM 2019-2020 • PIPELINE INTO THEORETICAL MATHEMATICS • COMPARING HOPF ALGEBRAS OF CHARACTERISTIC 0 AND OF CHARACTERISTIC P • A PSEUDO-METRIC ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS • ASSESSING THE VIRULENCE OF PYTHIUM TO PLANTS GROWN IN POTTING MIX OR CALCINED CLAY UNDER TWO TEMPERATURE REGIMES • TRANSMISSION OF PYTHIUM ULTIMUM FROM HYDROPONIC SUBSTRATES TO PLANT ROOTS • THE VIRULENCE OF PYTHIUM IRREGULARE AND PYTHIUM ULTIMUM AT VARYING TEMPERATURES • ENHANCING THE CURRICULUM: TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT • INVESTIGATION OF BIOTIC INFLUENCES ON THE FORMATION OF IRON OXIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING THROUGH NATIVE PRAIRIE RESTORATION • CLASSIFYING TOTALLY RAMIFIED GALOIS EXTENSIONS OF PRIME POWER ORDER OVER LOCAL FIELDS • IDENTIFYING ATTRACTORS IN A LARGE-SCALE DETERMINISTIC MODEL • DEVELOPMENT OF LOW COST 3D PRINTED ACETABULAR FRACTURE MODELS FOR SURGICAL PLANNING • EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE ON EXERCISE RESPONSE AND ADAPTATION • DESIGN OF MODULAR ROBOTICS PLATFORM USING THE COMPLIANT ROLLING-ELEMENT JOINT • DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LUNAR REGOLITH TESTBED • EFFECT OF ARCHITECTURE AND PROCESS ON THE ULTRASONIC MAPPING OF HYBRID ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED MATERIALS • EVALUATING THE INHIBITORY EFFECT OF PEAT MOSS ON PYTHIUM ULTIMUM • TULIPE: A YUMBO CEREMONIAL CENTER • CHINA'S THREE GORGES DAM: DEVELOPMENT, DISPLACEMENT, AND DEGREDATION • THE EFFECTS OF TOURISM ON LOCAL POPULATIONS • THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF BRITISH COLONALISM ON THE KHASMIR REGION • FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING AND VOLUNTARY BODY MODIFICATION • THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT COST OF AMERICAN LIFE • THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT DOCTRINE • EFFECT OF LOCAL COLD APPLICATION DURING EXERCISE ON GENE EXPRESSION RELATED TO MITOCHONDRIAL DEVELOPMENT • EFFECT OF LOCAL HEAT APPLICATION DURING EXERCISE ON GENE EXPRESSION RELATED TO MITOCHONDRIAL DEVELOPMENT • STEPPING FORWARD: QUANTIFYING THE ORTHOGONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GAIT AND BALANCE CONTROL IN OSCILLATING • BEE MYCHOTELS: A NOVEL MYCELIAL BUILDING MATERIAL USED TO AUGMENT SOLITARY BEE AND WASP POPULATION CONSERVATION • STUDY OF THE COMPOSITION OF VARIOUS WOOD EXTRACTS. • ENHANCED POOL BOILNG OF FC-72 ON FEMTOSECOND LASER SURFACE PROCESSED 6061 ALUMINUM SURFACES • DECOMPOSITION OF ETHANOL IN RED WINE BY POTASSIUM DICHROMATE IN SULFURIC ACID • THE SPECS ON SMART-NEST-BOX TECHNOLOGY: COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH • A MACHINE LEARNING (SVM) APPROACH FOR FAILURE PREDICTION IN SDN OVER WDM NETWORKS • CONSENSUS IN COOPERATIVE MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS AND SIMULATION IN ROS ENVIRONMENT • ESTABLISHING CONTROLLED DECOHERENCE IN QUANTUM COMPUTERS TO INVESTIGATE THE TRANSITION FROM QUANTUM TO CLASSICAL • PROTEIN RELATED TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PLAYS A ROLE IN ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION • EFFECT OF DISC1 AND DYSBINDIN KNOCKOUT IN NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION THE IMPACT OF HEARING LOSS ON THE NEURAL OSCILLATORY DYNAMICS OF VISUAL SELECTIVE ATTENTION IN CHILDREN • DEVELOPING AN INSOLE PRESSURE SENSOR FOR REHABILITATION APPLICATIONS • NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL QUANTIFICATION OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES OF COLLAGEN IN CHRONIC-UVA-EXPOSED SKIN • EVALUATING SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS OF ETHER-CONTAINING 1,3,4-TRISUBSTITUTED-1,2,3-TRIAZOLIUM SALTS • ACTIVATED CHARCOAL INTERACTIONS WITH PLAQUE FORMING BACTERIA • CRISPR SCREEN OF ACTIVELY AND LATENTLY INFECTED HIV CELL LINES • 1,2,3-TRIAZOLE-CONTAINING PHENANTHRIDINES: SYNTHESIS AND ANTIMICROBIAL EVALUATION • UTILIZING CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS TO DETERMINE U21 MECHANISM OF ACTION IN TOXOPLASMA GONDII • HETERODIMERIZATION OF SATB1 AND SATB2 PRIOR TO NUCLEAR TRANSPORT • AVIAN HUMORAL RESPONSES TO BUGGY CREEK VIRUS AND ITS ARTHROPOD VECTOR, THE SWALLOW BUG. • SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SWALLOW BUGS (OECIACUS VICARIUS) AND THEIR ENDEMIC ALPHAVIRUS, BUGGY CREEK VIRUS • VIRAL ANTIBODIES IN PLASMA, DNA DAMAGE, AND HEAVY METAL CONTENT, OF FEATHERS IN A POPULATION OF BARN SWALLOWS WITH PARTIAL ALBINISM • 5'UTR STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF ENTEROVIRUS D68 VIA SHAPE-MAP • EXPRESSION OF VIR-1 AND VAGO IN NORA VIRUS INFECTED DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER HEMOLYMPH • INVESTIGATION OF CURCUMIN AND ITS ANALOGS AS ADENOSINE RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR TREATING CHRONIC PAIN • ROLE OF DYSBINDIN, WAVE-2, AND API-1 IN THE STABILIZATION AND ORGANIZATION OF ACTIN IN NEURAL CELLS • IMPACT OF ACUTE EXERCISE ON MICRORNAS RELATED TO CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS • IDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED LONG NON-CODING RNAS IN MURINE MICROGLIA IN RESPONSE TO LPS • A NOVEL LONG NON-CODING RNA MODULATES INFLAMMATORY GENE EXPRESSION • CHARACTERIZATION AND IN VITRO ASSESSMENT OF A CNS TARGETED NANOFORMULATION OF DOLUTEGRAVIR • GENE EXPRESSION OF PRIMARY CORTICAL ASTROCYTES WHEN TREATED WITH DOLUTEGRAVIR ENCAPSULATED IN HUMAN HOLO-TRANSFERRIN NANOPARTICLES • EFFECT OF AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ON BLACK SWALLOWTAIL TERRITORIALITY • BUTTERFLY FLOWER VISITORS AT GLACIER CREEK PRESERVE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC CATALOG • PLASTICITY IN FEMALE MATING BEHAVIOR IN GREEN SWORDTAILS • EFFECT OF FOOD DEPRIVATION ON ANXIETY-LIKE BEHAVIOR IN MICE • EFFECT OF SELF-GROOMING BEHAVIOR ON CFOS IMMNUOREACTIVITY IN THE MOUSE MEDIAL AMYGDALA • MOLECULAR SUBCLONING, EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA TYPE 1 TO DECIPHER THE ROLE IN ANTIRETROVIRAL PHARMACOLOGY • STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF KAPOSI’S SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS PAN RNA • PERSISTER FORMATION IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS • USING SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE TO SCREEN FOR MAMMALIAN PROTEINS WITH INSULATOR PROPERTIES • CHARACTERIZATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS BIOFILMS • DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM TO SELECTIVELY RECRUIT AND STUDY CHROMATIN ARCHITECTURAL PROTEINS • RE-EXAMINATION OF FILAMENTATION REQUIREMENTS OF C. ALBICANS IN LOG AND POST DIAUXIC PHASE • PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROPHILIC POLYMER-LIPID • COMPLEXES OF PHYTOCHEMICALS COMBINATIONS • EFFECT OF DIETARY PROTEIN CONTENT ON THE RESPONSE TO OVER-MARKS AND ANDROGEN RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN MICE • THE ROLE OF SPERMINE IN CELL GROWTH, CELL MAINTENANCE, AND GENE EXPRESSION • MOONLIGHTING EFFECT OF REDUNDANT METHYLGLYOXAL DETOXIFYING PATHWAYS IN CRABTREE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE YEASTS • NANOPARTICLES FOR SIMULTANEOUS ASSESSMENT OF ROS AND RADIOSENSITIZATION OF BRAIN CANCER CELLS • NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL QUANTIFICATION OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES OF COLLAGEN IN CHRONIC-UVA-EXPOSED SKIN • MEASUREMENT OF CELL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES POST-CHEMOTHERAPY FOR THE PHYSICS OF CANCER • IDENTIFYING PROTEIN EXPRESSION CHANGES IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA INSULIN • STIMULATION AFFECTS OPA-1 MEDIATED MERCS IN HUMAN AND MURINE SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS • COLOCALIZATION OF HYPOTHETICAL CHAPERONE PROTEINS WITH DOTA WITHIN THE PATHOGENESIS OF COXIELLA BURNETII • CHAETOGASTER INTENSITY AND PREVALENCE AT THREE SITES IN PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA OVER FOUR YEARS. • ASSESSMENT OF TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS IN THE TRI-CITY AREA OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN 2019 • ANALYSIS OF DRUG BINDING TO GLYCOFORMS OF ALPHA1-ACID GLYCOPROTEIN BY HIGH-PERFORMANCE AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY • QUANTIFYING CHRONIC UVA-INDUCED SKIN DAMAGE IN SKH1 MICE USING PHASOR-FLIM IMAGING AND IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE • THE INFLUENCE OF HEAT ON APPETITE REGULATING HORMONES • USING BRED-CONSTRUCTED GENE KNOCKOUTS TO DETERMINE FUNCTIONS OF BACTERIOPHAGE GENES • VOLUTION OF A NUCLEAR rRNA INTRON IN PHYSCIA • EVALUATION OF A NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL BIOPSY FOR THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA • COMPACT STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS IN CELLULAR PRION PROTEIN CORRELATES WITH LOW SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MISFOLDING • ANALYSIS OF A PUTATIVE FRAMESHIFTING RNA STRUCTURE FROM THE FUNGUS AGARICUS BISPORUS (MUSHROOM) • A GENETICALLY ENCODED FLUORESCENT NITRIC OXIDE SENSOR • OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN YAK USING MITOCHONDRIA ALIGNMENTS • MICROBIOME CHARACTERIZATION OF AN EXTREMOPHILIC POPULATION OF WETSALTS TIGER BEETLE, CICINDELIDIA HAEMORRHAGICA FOUND IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK • UTILIZING CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS TO DETERMINE U21 MECHANISM OF ACTION IN TOXOPLASMA GONDII • DECREASED TRICARBOXYLIC ACID (TCA) CYCLE IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INCREASES SURVIVAL TO INNATE IMMUNITY • ROLE OF THE LRGAB OPERON IN PYRUVATE UTILIZATION IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS • UTILIZATION OF FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION TO IDENTIFY TARDIGRADE MICROBIOME • DEVELOPMENT OF A SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY TOOLBOX FOR THE STUDY OF ROOTMICROBE INTERACTIONS IN KITAAKE RICE • OPTIMIZATION OF A PCR-RFLP BASED SYSTEM OF GENOTYPING OF ACROPORA CERVICORNIS • B CELLS AND DENDRITIC CELLS RESPOND TO PEANUT: A COMPARISON OF 3-DAY AND 10-DAY INHALATION MOUSE MODELS • THE EFFECT OF SELECTIVE CARBON NUTRIENTS ON THE IN VITRO GROWTH OF GROWTH PLATE CARTILAGE • INFLUENCE OF PARKIN W402A MUTATION IN MITOCHONDRIA WITHIN MICE: A MORPHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC APPROACH • THE CHARACTERIZATION OF CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE II DEFICIENCY IN DEVELOPMENT OF ZEBRAFISH • NANOPORE SEQUENCING OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA FROM SAMPLES OF THE INVASIVE JAPANESE BEETLE POPILLIA JAPONICA • ENZYMATIC CHARACTERIZATION AND SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS OF A KEY • HEME SYNTHESIS ENZYME - 5-AMINOLAEVULINIC ACID DEHYDRATASE FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI • MEASURING GRANULOCYTE ACTIVITY TO UNDERSTAND THE POSSIBLE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF AN ANTISCHISTOSOMAL COMPOUND • EXPLORING ANTI-SCHISTOSOMA ANALOG SA91 NOVEL UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA B VIRUS VACCINE IMMUNOGENS FOR USE AS UNIVERSAL VACCINES • CRYSTALLIZATION AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF PCNA-CAC1 FUSION COMPLEXES • STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF OAZ RNA IN CRASSOSTREA GIGAS • STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN OAZ1-PK RNA • PERSISTER FORMATION IN CLINICAL ISOLATES OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS • INVESTIGATION OF GENE SILENCING PROTEINS USING SINGLE MOLECULE MICROSCOPY • CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS • CHEMISTRY • ACETATE-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF CERIA NANOPARTICLES WITH OZONE • UTILIZING ALGINATE TO INCREASE THE BUFFERING CAPACITY OF SODIUM BICARBONATE TOOTHPASTE • NANOPARTICLE PALLADIUM HYDROGENATION CATALYSIS OF ALKYNES. THE VINYL REVERSAL AND HORIUTI-POLANYI MECHANISMS • ADJACENT PA01 BIOFILM COVERAGE USING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY • SYNTHESES OF HOMOALLYLIC ALLENE-CONTAINING ALCOHOLS BY SEQUENTIAL HYDRIDE REDUCTIONS • ANALYSIS OF DRUG-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS USING ULTRAFAST AFFINITY EXTRACTION • PROBING WEAK INTERACTIONS: STEREO- AND REGIOSELECTIVITY IN CAVITANDMEDIATED 2+2 PHOTOCYCLOADDITION REACTION • INHIBITION OF FOSB, AN EMZYME PRODUCED BY METHICILIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AREUS (MRSA) • DOCKING STUDIES OF THE INTERACTION OF TEIXOBACTIN ANALOGS WITH LIPID II-BOUND GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE • SYNTHESIS OF FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR SELECTIVE HYDROGEN SULFIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN LIVING CELLS • ANALYSIS OF THE METABOLIC EFFECTS OF DIABETES ON THE FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE OF GLYOXAL AND METHYLGLYOXAL-MODIFIED HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN • ELECTROPHILIC HALOCYCLIZATION REACTION IN AQUEOUS MEDIA: SUPRAMOLECULAR AND GREEN CHEMISTRY ASPECTS OF THE REACTION • THE REMINERALIZING EFFECTS OF SODIUM FLUORIDE TOOTHPASTES ON THE ENAMEL OF BOVINE TEETH • IMPACT OF GOLD SURFACES ON THE ATTACHMENT AND PROLIFERATION OF PA01 BIOFILMS • HEMP POTENCY TESTING WITH ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATROGRAPHY (UHPLC) • EVALUATION OF THE OVERALL BINDING OF ACETOHEXAMIDE AND TOLBUTAMIDE WITH METHYL GLYOXAL-MODIFIED HSA BY HIGH PERFORMANCE AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY • CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS • PHYSICS • IMPLEMENTING GLUCOSE-DERIVED CARBON NANODOTS IN NANOCRYSTALLINE INJECTION SOLAR CELLS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY • MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF IMPEDANCE-BASED CELL MIGRATION FOR PHYSICS OF CANCER • MICROFLUIDICS FOR THE PHYSICS OF CANCER USING SOFT LITHOGRAPHY • DESIGN OF A BENCHTOP FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR FOR BIOFILM STUDIES • SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR THE MAIN DETECTOR CONTROLS WEB PAGE AT THE STAR EXPERIMENT AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY • INTEGRATION OF CONTROLLED EVAPORATION MIXING (CEM) LIQUID DETECTOR FOR STGC AT STAR EXPERIMENT • ALICE DETECTOR • STARLIGHT: A MONTE CARLO SIMULATION PROGRAM FOR ULTRA-PERIPHERAL COLLISIONS MATTHEW ELLER • PHOTOPRODUCTION OF \ETA_{C} MESON IN ULTRAPERIPHERAL PB-PB COLLISIONS AT \SQRT{S_{NN}}=5.02 TEV AT ALICE • CONSTRAINTS ON THE GEOMETRY OF QUARSAR SPECTRA • THE IMPACT OF AN INCREASED PERCENTAGE OF RAINFALL DURING HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENTS ON RECHARGE AND CROP PRODUCTION IN A REGION OF NEBRASKA • GROUNDWATER DECLINES IN THE SAND HILLS IN THE VICINITY OF AINSWORTH, NEBRASKA • IMPACT OF JOINT REACTIVATION ON RESERVOIR QUALITY: A CASE STUDY FROM SATANKA-INGLESIDE FORMATION, CARTER-LAKE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO • EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL GEOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE IMMINENT CASCADIA MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKE • INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OVER THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE THE HUMBOLDT FAULT: AN OBLIQUE SLIP STRUCTURE IN PENNSYLVANIAN LIMESTONE • INVESTIGATING ON CONTRADICTORY PATTERN OF SEAMOUNTS NEAR SIERRA LEONE RISE • CHOOSING THE BEST LOCATION FOR A GRAVITY BASE STATION • MAPPING SUBSURFACE FAULT SYSTEM USING A DRONE-BASED MAGNETIC FIELD SURVEYING SYSTEM • CANADIAN ARCTIC MARINE DIATOM BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS TO ILLUMINATE THE ‘DARK AGES’ OF EARLY DIATOM MORPHOLOGIES, EVOLUTION AND RADIATION • INVESTIGATING THE ONSET OF THE CAMPANIAN–MAASTRICHTIAN PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC EVENTS AT DSDP HOLE 525A USING CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL AS A TEMPERATURE PROXY • CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND SPECIES DIVERSITY IN THE PALEOZOIC UPLIFT OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS • NEW RADIOCARBON DATES FROM ISOLATED CANYON FILLS ON THE CAMPUS OF CHADRON STATE COLLEGE, CHADRON, NEBRASKA • MIOCENE GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION OF BIOMES IN NORTH AMERICA FROM STABLE ISOTOPES IN LARGE HERBIVORES • PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF ECUADORIAN LAGUNAS FONDOCOCHA AND PIÑAN TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL STRESSORS OVER THE LAST TWO MILLENNIA • APPLICATIONS OF PXRF IN ANALYZING GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES IN A SUITE OF MARS 2020 MISSION ANALOG ROCKS • DISSOLUTION OF BEDROCK APATITE (Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)) AS A SOURCE FOR PHOSPHORUS TO AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS OF THE LOCH VALE WATERSHED, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO • THE CONTRADICTIONS IN TECTONIC MODELS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO • SURFICIAL FRACTURES IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHWESTERN USA: THE ROLES OF THERMAL CYCLES, RAINSTORMS, GRANULAR DISINTEGRATION, AND ITERATIVE CRACKING • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES • COMPARISIONS OF STOMATAL DENSITIES IN CENTURY-OLD AND CURRENT EASTERN NEBRASKA PLANT LEAVES • PHYLOGENETIC PLACEMENT OF MONOCHILUS (LAMIACEAE) WITHIN THE SUBFAMILY AJUGOIDEAE • USE OF SNAILS AS INDICATORS OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH • REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY OF WATER-POLLINATED STUCKENIA PECTINATA • INNOVATION OF CANNABIS EDUCATION • IMPLEMENTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS: A LOOK AT TRANSFORMATIONAL COACHING • STUDENT REFLECTIONS HELP BOTH STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS SEE GAINS IN LEARNING • DIY ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY DRY LAB: HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY MODELS TO ENHANCE YOUR GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY OR PHYSIOLOGY LAB • CONCEPT MAPS IN SCIENCE COURSES. YES OR NO? • DOES BLENDING OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSE CONTENT AND RESEARCH OPTIMIZES ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING? • BIOMECHANICAL MODELING OF THE RESULTANT FORCES INDUCED UPON THE A2 AND A4 PULLEYS WHILE CLIMBING • COMPUTER MODEL INVESTIGATING PLEURAL EFFUSION AND ITS EFFECT ON INSPIRATORY CAPACITY AND LING FUNCTION IN AFFECTED PATIENTS • PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR HIGH-RISK CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE • A COMPUTER SIMULATION OF ALCOHOL METABOLISM IN MALES AND FEMALES • INVESTIGATING PAIN MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR FIBROMYALGIA USING A COMPUTER SIMULATION • A COMPUTER SIMULATION ON THE ON THE ACCUMULATION OF BETA-OXIDATION BYPRODUCTS IN MCAD DEFICIENCY • COMPUTER STIMULATION OF THE CORONAVIRUS SPREAD IN POPULATION • INVESTIGATION OF THE CHANGE IN CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW FROM CAFFEINE INTAKE USING COMPUTER MODELING • INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF PAINKILLERS ON LIVER FUNCTION USING A COMPUTER MODEL • THE LYSOGENIC CYCLE OF A BACTERIOPHAGE • EXPLORING THE NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION OF RAG1 • SD PRO'S SUCCESS IN PREVENTING MICROBIAL GROWTH • REPLICATION OF MAIZE CHLOROTIC MOTTLE VIRUS IN YEAST • AEROBIC EXERCISE AND ITS EFFECT ON REACTION RATE • RESTING HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV) IN MALE VS. FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS • EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TONGUE RETRACTION RATE AND RELATIVE PREY MASS DURING TONGUE PREHENSION IN FROGS • UPTAKE OF GENETIC COUNSELING AND OF GERMLINE GENETICE TESTING FOR PATIENTS WITH PACREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA • ARTHROBACTER AURESCENS TC1 (AATC1) • ARTHROBACTER AURESCENS TC1 BIOFILM GROWTH KINETICS FOR A GLUCOSE-BASED MINIMA MEDIA INCLUDING ATRAZINE • DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR THE 16S RIBOSOMAL GENE OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI • THE EFFECT OF PRAIRIE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DIVERSITY • EFFECTS OF HIGH AND LOW ENERGY DIETS ON RUMINATION TIME IN BEEF CATTLE • TAIL FLAGGING AS A POSSIBLE ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOR IN SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS • EXPRESSION OF AP2III-3 AFFECTS STAGE CONVERSION IN TOXOPLASMA GONDII • EVALUATION OF INTERNAL CORE TEMPERATURE WHEN EXERCISING IN COMPARISON TO BMI • ALTERING THE STANDARD COSMOLOGY MODEL TO INCLUDE DARK MATTER DECAY • PROTOTYPE READOUT SYSTEM SOFTWARE FOR THE STAR INTERLOCK SAFETY SYSTEM AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY. • USING 3D PRINTED DEVICES TO ELUTE AND CONCENTRATE MESOPLASM FLORUM DNA MOLECULES. • ANALYZING LINEAR UNMIXING OF ENDOGENOUS FLUORESCENCE AND THE METABOLIC REDOX RATIO OF IN VIVO MICE. • COLLISIONS AT STAR • DEVELOPING AN ASSAY TO QUANTITATE SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS FROM BIOLOGICAL TISSUES. • GLYPHOSATE DETERMINATION IN SOIL SAMPLES USING LC-MS. • CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION OF ALKENES VS. ALKYNES WITH NANOPARTICLE PALLADIUM. • A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF A ZINC PHTHALOCYANINE • BENZOPERYLENETRIIMIDE CONJUJUGATE FOR SOLVENT DEPENDENT ULTRAFAST • ENERGY VS. ELECTRON TRANSFER. • CHARACTERIZATION OF ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS. • NANOPARTICAL PALLADIUM CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION OF CYCLOPROPANE.