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Submissions from 2025
Alpine Tethys rift-related OIB-type magmatism preserved on Elba Island (Northern Apennines, Italy)., Federico Lucci, Borgi, John C. White, liotta, and zucchi
ARMADILLO_MB: A user-friendly multiplatform ExcelTM spreadsheet for least-squares major element mass balance regression analysis applied to magmatic systems, Federico Lucci and John C. White
Characterization of the Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus Species in an Exercise Facility in Central Kentucky, USA, Lilian Jeptoo Kiborus, Travis Altheide, and Jason W. Marion
Existence and Nonexistence of Positive Solutions for Fractional Boundary Value Problems with Lidstone-Inspired Fractional Conditions, Jeffrey Lyons, Jeffrey T. Neugebauer, and Aaron G. Wingo
Facile synthesis of tetraaryl phosphonium ionic liquids, Stephanie C. Jones, Devin J. Schwaibold, Grant Meadows, Brennan Shuler, Richard E. Sykora, Frank Rolf Fronczék, James H. Davis, and Benjamin Wicker
Garnet as a proxy for deciphering ploymetamorphic histories: an example from the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone of Iran., Mirmohammad Miri, Federico Lucci, Sepahi, maanijour, and John C. White
Leveraging Khanmigo Generative AI-Powered Tool for Personalized Tutoring to Learn Scientific Concepts, Nedim Slijepcevic and Ali Yaylali
Mixed ion-electron conducting LixAg alloy anode enabling stable Li plating/stripping in solid-state batteries via enhanced Li diffusion kinetic, Anran Cheng, Pei Gao, Ruxing Wang, Kangli Wang, and Kai Jiang
Patterns of late Holocene and historical extinctions on Madagascar, Laurie R. Godfrey, Zachary S. Klukkert, Brooke E. Crowley, Robin R. Dawson, Peterson Faina, Benjamin Z. Freed, Evon Hekkala, Cortni Borgerson, Harimanjaka A. M. Rasolonjatovo, Patricia C. Wright, and Stephen J. Burns
Reliability Analysis of In-person and Virtual Goniometric Measurements for Select Shoulder and Forearm Motions, Autumn Whitson, Tracy Cook, Lisa Middleton, Casey E. Humphrey, and Aaron D. Sciascia
The Greenhouse Effect: Using Student-Generated Agricultural Data to Warm Up Students for Data-Based Decision Making, Shonda Kuiper, Abhishek Chakraborty, Tyler George, Lisa W. Kay, Lawrence M. Lesser, Ginger Rowell, Dennis Pearl, Scott Crawford, and Anna Olsen
The petrology and geochemistry of the Montagna Grande-Monte Gibele trachytic shield volcano (Pantelleria, Italy)., John C. White, Ray Macdonald, Pierangelo Romano, Boguslaw Baginski, Silvio G. Rotolo, Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska, and Alessandra Cinquegrani
Thermobarometry applied to the long-lived Cordillera de San Buenaventura volcanic complex in central Andes. Part I: Supra-solidus phase equilibria modelling., Federico Lucci, Mirmohammad Miri, bustos, Arnosio, Becchio, John C. White, Viramonte, and Bardelli
Toward a Theoretical Model of Shared Leadership and Innovation in Family Business, Pamala J. Dillon, Leslie Blake-Davis, Eugene See, Mengjie Xu, Craig L. Pearce, and Charles C. Manz
Volcanic stratigraphy of the Paradise Mountain Caldera Complex, Davis Mountains, Texas, USA., John C. White, shannon rudine, don parker, gary henderson, and Kevin urbanczyk
Submissions from 2024
Alumni Support for NCAA Division I Reclassification, John F. R. Harter and Matthew Howell
A Signed Maximum Principle for Boundary Value Problems for Riemann-Liouville Fractional Differential Equations with Analogues of Neumann or Periodic Boundary Conditions, Paul W. Eloe, Yulong Li, and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
A window on the lithospheric mantle beneath the Eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Insights from pargasite-bearing mantle xenocrysts from the Holocene Ocotenco maar volcano., Federico Lucci, Mirmohammad Miri, Adel Saki, John C. White, Della Ventura, and Azizi
Corporate leverage during COVID-19, Tashin Huq, Tran Viet Dung, and M. Kabir Hassan
Developing Professional Prowess: A Strategic Journey from Studentship to Prosperous Employment, James Kirby Easterling, Kristen Wilson, and Julia Graham
Different but Synergistic Effects of Union and Manager Leadership on Member Job Satisfaction, Heungjung Jung, Ki-Jung Kim, and Inyong Shin
Diving into the Gap: Recognizing Gender Differences in an Online Learning Activity, Cynthia Harter and Diego Mendez-Carbajo
Does management experience matter An empirical investigation on the effects of management experience on SME firm growth in transition economies, Zhe Zhang, Justin T. Scott, John Allan Parnell, and Michael C. Osborne
Do Takeover Premiums Hurt Post-Acquisition Performance? – Marketing Capabilities Matter!, Daoqin Han, Yue Sun, Yuan Wen, Lixun Su, and Jiayuan Tan
Dretske’s Internal Maps: A Critical Component of Knowledge Management, Strategy, and AI, Theodore J. Randles, Lisa A. Gardner, and Zhe Zhang
Effective Methods for Teaching Business Education, James Blair, Marcel Robles, Faridah Awang, Kambiz Tabibzadeh, Weiling Zhuang, James Kirby Easterling, and Michael Fore
Effective Methods for Teaching Business Related Topics During and Post-Crisis, Kristen Wilson and Marcel Robles
Factors contributing to the use of references to diversity, inclusion, and gender issues in undergraduate economics courses: Findings from the sixth national “chalk and talk” survey, Laura J. Ahlstrom, Carlos J. Asarta, and Cynthia Harter
Faculty Networking Across Disciplines: Exploring a Transdisciplinary Networking Approach, James Blair, Lisa Kay, Allison Lee, and Cassie Bradley
Faith, Knowledge, and the Ausgang of Classical German Philosophy: Jacobi, Hegel, Feuerbach, Todd Gooch
How to Respond to Negative Online Reviews: Language Style Matters, Shu Zhang, Lixun Su, Weiling Zhuang, and Barry J. Babin
In Their Own Words: LGBTQIA plus Stigma in Secondary School, Erin Stevenson and Greg Sandman
Isokinetic strength and jumping abilities of teenage soccer players playing in different field positions, Michal Gorski, Adrian Wilk, Anna Pastuszak, Michal Starczewski, Bartlomiej Michalak, Michael Lane, and Krzysztof Busko
Key Factors of Corporate Expatriates' Cross-Cultural Adjustment – an Empirical Study, Allen D. Engle, Zsuzsanna Szeiner, Sylvia Molnár, and József Poór
On the structure of repeated-root polycyclic codes over local rings, Maryam Bajalan, Edgar Martinez-Moro, Reza Sobhani, Steve Szabo, and Guelsuem Goezde Yilmazguc
On the structure of repeated-root polycyclic codes over local rings, Maryam Bajalan, Edgar Martinez-Moro, Reza Sobhani, Steve Szabo, and Gulsum Gozde Yilmazguc
Open Educational Resources in Kentucky, Stephen G. Krueger, Todd Seguin, Colleen Deel, AJ Boston, Lidiya Grote, Bailey Lake, Katrina Salley, Stacy Scott, Kelly Smith, Maria Taylor, and Kathleen Richardson
Past, present, and future of international joint ventures, Dong Liu, Ning Fu, Guocai Wang, and Lixun Su
Pricing Profit Analysis: Creating Winning Pricing Strategies in the Sports Industry, James Blair
Single-crystal 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Montagna Grande-Monte Gibele Trachytic Shield Volcano, Pantelleria (Italy)., John C. White, Daniel Miggins, and Ray Macdonald
Sulfites and sulfates formed by weathering of early martian carbonates in a sulfur dioxide-bearing atmosphere, Vincent F. Chevrier, Carolina Gil Lozano, Erwin Dehouck, and Travis Altheide
The effect of ESG scores on bank stability: Islamic vs. conventional banks, Asaad Sendi, Hasanul Banna, M. Kabir Hassan, and Tahsin Imtiazul Huq
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of US History, John P. Bowes
The takeover Tango: Unraveling the impact of state-owned enterprise acquisitions on American competitors, Hassan T. I. Huq, M. Kabir Hassan, Reza Houston, and M. Sydul Karim
Use of Visual Prompts as a Pedagogical Strategy to Reduce Digital Distraction in College Classes, Jiyeon Park and Min Wook Ok
Utilizing Gain and Loss Message Framing for Consumers: A Machiavellian Perspective, Prachi Gala, James Blair, and Matthew Lunde
Submissions from 2023
A Low‐Cost Programmable Reversing Flow Column Apparatus for Investigating Mixing Zones, Reid E. Buskirk, Peter S. K. Knappett, M. Bayani Cardenas, Saugata Datta, Walter S. Borowski, and Itza Mendoza-Sanchez
Artificial Intelligence and bioinformatics applications in precision medicine and future implications, Ni Wang and Qiang He
A Ten-Step Approach to Refreshing Strategic Plans Within Higher Education, James Kirby Easterling and Kristen B. Wilson
Attempted predation of live-captured Neotoma Magister (Allegheny woodrat) by Strix varia (barred owl) and buteo jamaicensis (red-tailed hawk) in Kentucky, Makayla E. Beckner, Karen E. Powers, and Luke E. Dodd
Bacterial lipopolysaccharide hyperpolarizes the membrane potential and is antagonized by the K2p channel blocker doxapram, Rachael M. Vacassenno, Christine N. Haddad, and Robin L. Cooper
Ethics, Crisis Communication, and Gucci’s Blackface Sweater, Ginny Whitehouse
Extreme Differentiation along Multiple Liquid Lines of Descent in Strongly Peralkaline Magma Series at Pantelleria (Italy), John C. White, Ray Macdonald, Bogusław Bagiński, and Katarzyna M. Liszewska
Extreme differentiation along multiple liquid lines of descent in strongly peralkaline magma series at Pantelleria (Italy)., John C. White, Ray Macdonald, Boguslaw Baginski, and Katarzyna M. Liszewska
Functional Headings’ Effects on Selective Attention and Reading Processes, Hung-Tao M. Chen, Megan S. Thomas, and Katelyn L. McClure
Illegal Wildlife Trades and Ecological Consequences: A Case Study of the Bird Market in Fereydunkenar, Iran, Seyed Ahmad Mir Mohamad Tabar, Nigel South, Avi Brisman, and Mohsen Noghani
Inter- and intra-specific dietary overlap in predacious bi-phasic salamanders, Jacob M. Hutton, Stephen C. Richter, and Steven J. Price
Kentucky’s New Education Landscape, Shannon Clinton
Knowledge Requirements Fulfillment Analysis, Theodore J. Randles, Lisa A. Gardner, and Zhe Zhang
Meal Preparation and Cooking Group Participation in Mental Health: A Community Transition, Alison Garcia and Christine Privott
Measuring Gatekeeper Instructor Comfort to Inform Suicide Prevention Train-The-Trainer Recruitment & Training in Agricultural Communities, Carolyn Oldham, Kristie Guffey, Kim Link, Shannon Sampson, Tyler McQueen, and Anna Stanton
Measuring Internalizing Psychopathology Using the MMPI-3: An Examination of Convergent, Discriminant, and Incremental Validity, Andrew J. Kremyar and Dustin B. Wygant
Occupation-Based Practice & the Impact of Interprofessional & Intraprofessional Collaboration in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Stedmon Hopkins, Leah Shea Simpkins, and Dana Howell
Panikkar on Mysticism as a Middle Way between Contemplation and Action, Abraham Velez de Cea
Preparing New Graduate Nurses for Patient Rescue An Experimental Quantitative Study, Heather Norris DNP, RN; Keri New DNP, RN; Bethany Miller PhD; Margaret Kramer MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Julia Fultz MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Charity Arthur MSN, RN; Brittany Smoot MSN, RN; and Allison Rogers, MSN, RN, CEN, NPD-BC
Programming Change Among Nonprofit Human Service Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Yinglin Ma and Erynn E. Beaton
Religious Commitment and Intent to Die by Suicide during the Pandemic, Karen Mason, Melinda Moore, Jerry K. Palmer, and Zihan Yang
Self-dual association schemes, fusions of Hamming schemes, and partial geometric designs, Bangteng Xu
Sunburn Frequency and Sun Protection Attitudes among Ocean Lifeguards at Florida Beaches, Samuel A. Hayworth, D. Gary Brown, and Jason W. Marion
Teaching methods and materials in undergraduate economics courses: School, instructor, and department effects, Laura J. Ahlstrom, Cynthia Harter, and Carlos J. Asarta
Therapeutic dosing and targeting efficacy of Pt-Mal-LHRH towards triple negative breast cancer, Margaret Ndinguri, Lisa Middleton, Jason Unrine, Shu Lui, Joseph Rollins, Emma Nienaber, Cassidy Spease, Aggie Williams, and Lindsey Cormier
Understanding and optimising support resources to facilitate CALD student and supervisor allied health fieldwork experiences, Fiona J. Newton, Den-Ching A. Lee, and Sara Brito
Units and linear independence, Sergio R. Lopez-Permouth, Jeremy Moore, Nick Pilewski, and Steve Szabo
Submissions from 2022
Abundance of Songbirds in Eastern Hemlock Stands Following Chemical Treatments for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Natalie M. Bekins and David R. Brown
Academic Women and Their Children: Parenting During COVID-19 and the Impact on Scholarly Productivity, Sara Bender, Kristina S. Brown, Deanna L. Hensley Kasitz, and Olga Vega
A convergence of crises: COVID-19, climate change and bunkerization, Anita Lam, Nigel South, and Avi Brisman
A Plague of Their Own: Injury Incidence Remains Elevated in the 2021 Major League Baseball Season Compared to Pre-COVID-19 Seasons, Brooks N. Platt, Breanna M. Sullivan, Shawn Dripchak, Timothy L. Uhl, Aaron D. Sciascia, W. Ben Kibler, and Austin V. Stone
A Review of Camera-Trapping Methodology for Eastern Spotted Skunks, Casey G. Dukes, David S. Jachowski, Stephen N. Harris, Luke E. Dodd, Andrew J. Edelman, Summer H. LaRose, Robert C. Lonsinger, Blake D. Sasse, and Maximilian L. Allen
Contrasting Styles of Inter-Caldera Volcanism in a Peralkaline System: Case Studies from Pantelleria (Sicily Channel, Italy), Pierangelo Romano, John C. White, Silvio G. Rotolo, Nina J. Jordan, Rosolino Cirrincione, Giovanni De Giorgio, Patrizia Fiannacca, and Epifanio Vaccaro
Current Views of Scapular Dyskinesis and its Possible Clinical Relevance, Aaron D. Sciascia and W. Ben Kibler
Differentiating Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorders in Forensic Settings, Jaime L. Anderson, Danielle Burchett, David M. Glassmire, Dustin Wygant, Jan H. Kamphuis, Wineke Smid, and Martin Sellbom
Eco-Crimes and Ecocide at Sea: Toward a New Blue Criminology, Ascensión García Ruiz, Nigel South, and Avi Brisman
Effect of Forearm Position on Glenohumeral External Rotation Measurements in Baseball Players, W. Ben Kibler, Aaron D. Sciascia, and Kevin E. Wilk
Fundamental Neutron Physics at Spallation Sources, Nadia Fomin, Jason Fry, Robert W. Pattie Jr., and Geoffrey L. Greene
Fundamental Neutron Physics at Spallation Sources, Nadia Fomin, Jason Fry, Robert W. Pattie Jr., and Geoffrey L. Greene
Glenoid Labral Injuries Are More Common Posteriorly Than Superiorly and Are Combined Across Multiple Areas of the Glenoid, W. Ben Kibler, William J. Grantham, John Stuart Mattison Pike, and Aaron D. Sciascia
Green’s Functions for a Fractional Boundary Value Problem with Three Terms, Paul W. Eloe and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Handwriting without Tears® via Telehealth Delivery: A Case Study of Feasibility and Effectiveness for Handwriting and Spelling Outcomes, Laura Bray and Camille Skubik-Peplaski PhD
Immunity to Environmental Crime, Harm and Violence: An Ongoing Pandemic and a Possible Narrative Vaccine, Avi Brisman
Inactivation kinetics of Bacillus atrophaeus in liquid hydrogen peroxide for aseptic package sterilization, Manoj Sawale, Xiang Cheng, Rishi Drolia, Patnarin Benyathiar, Ferhan Ozadali, Arun Bhunia, and Dharmendra Mishra
Job retention opportunities in a pandemic crisis based on the example of three countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Arnold Toth, Botond Geza Kalman, Allen D. Engle, and Jozsef Poor
Leading on Open Educational Practices at a Regional Comprehensive University Library, Kelly Smith
More Elevated Fastballs Associated with Placement on the Injured List due to Shoulder Injury, Austin V. Stone M.D., Ph.D; Brooks N. .Platt M.D; Brandon S. Collofello M.D; Aaron D. Sciascia; Timothy L. Uhl Ph.D.; and William B. Kibler M.D.
Nonoperative Management of Traumatic Acromioclavicular Joint Injury: A Clinical Commentary with Clinical Practice Considerations, Aaron D. Sciascia, Aaron J. Bois, and W. Ben Kibler
Parasite Dynamics in Untreated Horses Through One Calendar Year, Ashley E. Steuer, Haley P. Anderson, Taylor Shepherd, Jessica A. Scare, Holli S. Gravatte, and Martin K. Nielsen
Pediatric Hand Therapists' Experiences with Outcomes Measurement: An Interpretive Descriptive Study, Jenny M. Dorich, Dana M. Howell, and Camille Skubik-Peplaski
Plateaued Functions on Finite Abelian Groups and Partial Geometric Difference Sets, Bangteng Xu
Propionamide (C2H5CONH2): The Largest Peptide-like Molecule in Space (vol 919, 4, 2021), Juan Li, Junzhi Wang, Xing Lu, Vadim Ilyushin, Roman A. Motiyenko, Qian Gou, Eugene A. Alekseev, Donghui Quan Dr., Laurent Margules, Feng Gao, Frank J. Lovas, Yajun Wu, Edwin Bergin, Shanghuo Li, Zhiqiang Shen, Fujun Du, Meng Li, Siqi Zheng, and Xingwu Zheng
Quantification of Trace Elements in Surgical and KN95 Face Masks Widely Used During the SARS-COVID-19 Pandemic, Derek Bussan, Liliya Snaychuk, Georgios Bartzas, and Chris Douvris
Revision Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Major League Baseball Pitchers: Effects of Fastball Velocity and Usage, Christopher M. LaPrade, Mark E. Cinque, Deepak V. Chona, Aaron D. Sciascia, Geoffrey D. Abrams, Seth L. Sherman, Marc R. Safran, and Michael T. Freehill
