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Submissions from 2022
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
Graston Technique® Combined with Therapeutic Intervention as an Alternative Treatment for a Grade III UCL Thumb Sprain: A Disablement Model Case Study, Raul Anaya Jr., Kim Bacalla, and Annette Monk
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
Improving Ankle Range of Motion with the Use of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization: A Validation Case Study, Sarah Jakubek, Elena Robinson, and Annette Monk
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
“It Was Just Really Hard to Be Pregnant in a Smaller Town …”: Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers’ Perspectives of Social Support in Their Rural Communities, Lauren Baney, Alison Greene, Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, Jonathon Beckmeyer, Brandon L. Crawford, Frederica Jackson, Lisa Greathouse, Dechen Sangmo, Michaella Ward, and Susan Kavaya
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
P-PERIODIC SOLUTIONS OF A q-INTEGRAL EQUATION WITH FINITE DELAY, Muhammad N. Islam and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
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
Sensory Processing Abnormalities in Community-dwelling Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Mixed Methods Study, E. K. Rhodus PhD,OTR/L; E. G. Hunter PhD, ORT/L; G. D. Rowles PhD; S. H. Bardach PhD; Kelly Parsons MSW, CSW; Justin Barber MS; MaryEllen Thompson PhD, OTR/L; and Gregory A. Jicha PhD
The 2022 Roethlisberger Award: Experiential Learning and Large Class Size as Themes of the Year, Beth Polin
The current state of benchmarking use and networks in facilities management, Justin R. Dodd, Jake Smithwick, Steven Call, and Dipin Kasana
The Effectiveness of Telepsychology with Veterans: A Meta-analysis of Services Delivered by Videoconference and Phone., Michael J. McClellan, Richard Osbaldiston, Rongxiu Wu, Rachael Yeager, Addison D. Monroe, Tyler McQueen, and Mattie Helen Dunlap
We Are Not All the Same: The Influence of Personal Cultural Orientations on Vulnerable Consumers’ Financial Well-Being, Lixon Su, Emily C. Tanner, Natalie A. Marquart, and Dan Zhao
Submissions from 2021
Academic Womxn and Their Partners: Managing Scholarly Expectations During the Coronavirus Pandemic With the Support of Intimate Relationships in Quarantine, Kristina S. Brown, Sara Bender, Olga Vega, and Deanna L. Hensley Kasitz
Affordable Learning Kentucky: Strategies for Affordability and Success, Kelly Smith, Cristen Ross, Lori Werth, and Ilona Burdette
A new understanding and appreciation for the marvel of growing things”: exploring the college farm’s contribution to transformative learning, Amanda S. Green
An Exploratory Study of Possible Correlates of Individual Whistleblowing Propensity Among Sworn Staff in a City Jail, James Wells, Kevin I. Minor, Eric G. Minor, and Anna Reeves
Association Between Pitch Break on the 4-Seam Fastball and Slider and Shoulder Injury in Major League Baseball Pitchers: A Case-Control Study, Brooks N. Platt, Anthony V. Zacharias, Austin V. Stone, Aaron D. Sciascia, Caitlin Conley, Lindsay Hockensmith, and Nicholas Stockwell
A Virtue-care Approach to Spiritually Sensitive Social Work., Ann M. Callahan
Carbon Monoxide Exposure Potential Associated With the Use of Recreational Watercraft, Thomas Gerding, Jason W. Marion, and Dale Stephenson
Changes in Student Behaviors and Policy Opinion Regarding E-Cigarettes at a Kentucky University from 2014 to 2018, Jason W. Marion, Alina Strand, and Elliott Baldridge
C-jun N-terminal Kinase Mediates Ligand-independent p75NTR Signaling in Mesencephalic Cells Subjected to Oxidative Stress, Bradley Kraemer, Rachel T. Clements, Cassandra M. Escobedo, Kendall S. Nelson, Carter D. Waugh, Andrew S. Elliott, Wesley C. Hall, and Montana T. Schemanski
CODA, Avi Brisman
Comparison of the ColiPlate Kit with Two Common E. coli Enumeration Methods for Water, Gibson Cassi J., Abraham K. Maritim, and Jason W. Marion
COVID-19 Lessons Learned: A Global Perspective, Kevin T. Kavanagh, Christine Pontus, Judith Pare, and Lindsay E. Cormier
Critical Reading: What Do Faculty Think Students Should Do?, Abigail Sutherland and Sara Incera
Cyanobacteria Growth in Nitrogen- & Phosphorus-Spiked Water from a Hypereutrophic Reservoir in Kentucky, USA, Sarah E. Hughes and Jason W. Marion
Deuterium Enrichments in Hydrocarbons Produced During Ruthenium Catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Buchang Shi, Jennifer Naumovitz, and Mingsheng Luo
Does English Orthography Influence Bilingual Spanish Readers? The Effect of Grapheme Crosslinguistic Congruency and Complexity on Letter Detection, Carmen Hevia-Tuero, Sara Incera, and Paz Suarez-Coalla
Environmental Health Education in a Pandemic: Lessons and Opportunities, Kim Hall and Jamie D. Hisel
Evolution of the Magma System of Pantelleria (Italy) from 190 ka to Present., Nina J. Jordan, John C. White, Ray Macdonald, and Silvio G. Rotolo
Existence of a Positive Solution for a Singular Fractional Boundary Value Problem with Fractional Boundary Conditions using Convolution and Lower Order Problems, Jeffrey W. Lyons and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Exploring Sound and Noise in the Urban Environment, Avi Brisman, Ascensión García Ruiz, Bill McClanahan, and Nigel South
Exploring the Synthesis and Characterization of Fac-re(co)3l Complexes Using Diethylenetriamine Derivative Functionalized at the Central Nitrogen, Margaret W. Ndinguri, Carrie A. Black, Anna L. Gosser, Sarah Ritz, Cody Sutphin, Frank R. Fronczek, and Lindsay E. Cormier
Gender and Firm Performance around the World: The Roles of Finance, Technology, and Labor, Lee Allison, Yu Liu, Samuele Murtinu, and Zuobao Wei
Genesis of Trondhjemite by Low-pressure Fraction Anatexis of Hornblende-gabbro at Alvand Plutonic Complex (Hamedan, NW Iran): Insights from Geochemical Modelling., Federico Lucci, Adel Saki, Mirmohammad Miri, Ahmad Rabiee, and John C. White
High and Tight, Please: Self-explanations for Experiencing Short Haircuts as Erotic, Robert W. Mitchell
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) Analysis of Trace Metals in Cigarette Litter collected at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA, United States, Liliya Snaychuk, Trey Vaughan, Zachary Ullery, Chris Douvris, and Derek Bussan
Injury Rates in Major League Baseball During the 2020 COVID-19 Season, Brooks N. Platt, Timothy L. Uhl, Aaron D. Sciascia, Anthony J. Zacharias, Nichole G. Lemaster, and Austin V. Stone
Isolation of Antimicrobial-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Nonfermenting Bacteria From Livestock-Associated Ambient Particulate Matter, Clint Pinon Jr. and S. Travis Altheide
Learning about the Economic Impact of a Sports Arena, John R.F. Harter
Management of Scapular Dyskinesis in Overhead Athletes, W. Ben Kibler, Austin V. Stone, Anthony Zacharias, W. Jeffrey Grantham, and Aaron D. Sciascia
Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Synthetic Fiber Reinforced Self-consolidating Concrete, Sahar Y. Ghanem, Jonathan Bowling, and Zhihui Sun
Meeting Our Students’ Educational Needs During a Gobal Pandemic: Creating Online Clinical Learning Experiences, Keri New, DNP, RN,; Catherine Edwards DNP, RN; and Heather Norris DNP, RN
On Association Schemes with Multiplicities 1 or 2, Mikhail Muzychuk and Bangteng Xu
Peralkaline Silicic Extrusive Rocks: Magma Genesis, Evolution, Plumbing Systems, and Eruption., Ray Macdonald, John C. White, and Harvey E. Belkin
Population Genetics of Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) in an Altered Forested Ridgetop Wetland Ecosystem in Appalachia, Jennifer R. Skibbe, Jamie Farrar, Kelly Watson, and Stephen C. Richter
POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A FRACTIONAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM WITH LIDSTONE LIKE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, Jeffrey T. Neugebauer and Aaron G. Wingo
Pre-Operative Scapular Rehabilitation for Arthroscopic Repair of Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tear: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial, Luane Landim de Almeida, Adriano Fernando Mendes Junior, Jose da Mota Neto, Leandro Furtado De Simoni, Karine Helena Souza Lopes, Paloma Carvalho Guimaraes, Brenda Iasmin de Oliveira Valerio, and Aaron D. Sciascia
Return to Preinjured Function Following Ankle Injury, Aaron D. Sciascia, Arthur J. Nitz, Patrick O. McKeon, Jennifer Havens, and Timothy L. Uhl
Return to Preinjury Function Following Knee Injury, Aaron D. Sciascia; Arthur J. Nitz,; Patrick O. McKeon; Jennifer Havens; and Timothy L. . Uhl
Self-Determined Occupational Performance model for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, Laura Bray and Gilson Capilouto
Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Intermediate Theory, Statistics and Econometrics, and Other Upper-Division Economics Courses: Results From a Sixth National Quinquennial Survey, Cynthia Harter and Carlos J. Asarta
Telomere roles in fungal genome evolution and adaptive evolution, Pat Calie, Mostafa Rahnama, Baohua Wang, Jane Dostart, Olga Novikova, Daniel Yackzan, Andrew Yackzan, Haley Bruss, Maray Baker, Haven Jacob, Xiaofei Zhang, April Lamb, Alex Stewart, Melanie Heist, Joey Hoover, Li Chen, Jinze Lu, and Mark Farman
The Bluegrass Corpus: Audio-visual Stimuli to Investigate Foreign Accents, Bailey McGuffin, Sara Incera, and Homer S. White
The Effect of Straight-Line Long-Toss Versus Ultra-Long-Toss Throwing on Passive Glenohumeral Range of Motion Recovery After Pitching, T. David Luo, Aaron D. Sciascia, and Michael T. Freehill
The Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Financial Security in Adulthood, John R.F. Harter and Cynthia Harter
The Many Faces of Stress: Three Factors that Predict Physical Illness in Young Adults, Rebecca Barron and Jonathan S. Gore
Trondhjemite Leucosomes Generated by Partial Melting of a Hornblende-gabbro (Alvand plutonic complex, Hamedan, NW Iran), Adel Saki, Federico Lucci, Mirmohammad Miri, and John C. White
Volcanological Evolution of Pantelleria Island (Strait of Sicily) Peralkaline Volcano: A Review, Silvio G. Rotolo, Stéphane Scaillet, Fabio Speranza, John C. White, Rebecca Williams, and Nina J. Jordan
WMS Connect: IPEDS and ACRL Reporting, Kelly Smith
Submissions from 2020
Alien Babies and Angelina Jolie: Evaluating Sources Using Tabloids with a Taste of News Literacy, Ashley Cole and Heather K. Beirne
An Assessment of Disinfection-Related Water Chemistry at Public Pools and Spas in Louisville, Kentucky, Thomas Gerding, Tim Wilder, and Jason W. Marion
Anatomy of the Magmatic Plumbing System of Los Humeros Caldera (Mexico): Implications for Geothermal Systems., Federico Lucci, Gerardo Carrasco-Nuñez, Federico Rossetti, Thomas Theye, John C. White, Stefano Urbani, Hossein Azzizi, Yosihiro Asahara, and Guido Giordano
Athletic Trainers' Experiences and Perceptions Regarding Telemedicine, Annette Monk, Max M. Knight, Kenneth E. Games, and Zachary K. Winkelmann
Awareness and application of minimum impact practices among rock climbers in the Red River Gorge, Kentucky, Brian G. Clark, James N. Maples, and Ryan L. Sharp
Clinician Telehealth Attitudes in a Rural Community Mental Health Center Setting., Michael J. McClellan, Dan Florell, Jerry Palmer, and Chris Kidder
Experimental and Thermodynamic Constraints on Mineral Equilibrium in Pantelleritic Magmas., Pierangelo Romano, Bruno Scaillet, John C. White, Joan Andujar, Ida Di Carlo, and Silvio G. Rotolo
Exploring Early Childhood Trauma and its Effects on Parents, Shirley P. O'Brien, Myra B. Bundy, and M. Wittman
Fear of Physical Activity Limits Women Treated for Breast Cancer's Perceived Function, Mary Insana Fisher, Anne Fleischer, Taylor Bergin, and Christine Delong
Fieldwork Educators’ Expectations of Level II Occupational Therapy Students’ Professional and Technical Skills, Jessica Mason, Cindy Hayden, and Renee Causey-Upton
Geochemical Constraints on Mantle Sources and Basalt Petrogenesis in the Strait of Sicily Rift Zone (Italy): Insights into the Importance of Short Lengthscale Mantle Heterogeneity., John C. White, David A. Neave, Silvio G. Rotolo, and Don F. Parker
Grammatical Aspect and Mental Activation of Implied Instruments: A Mouse‑Tracking Study in Persian, Ramin Golshaie and Sara Incera
Green Criminology for Social Sciences: Introduction to the Special Issue, Bill McClanahan and Avi Brisman
Is the college farm sustainable? A reflective essay from Davidson College, Amanda S. Green, David Martin, and Gracie Ghartey-Tagoe
Librarians Leading Open Textbook Efforts, Laura Edwards, Linda Sizemore, and Kelly Smith
Locating Evidence to Improve Outcomes, Anne Fleischer
Orthopaedic Nurses' Perceptions of Preoperative Education for Total Knee Replacement, Renee Causey-Upton, Dana M. Howell, Patrick H. Kitzman, Melba G. Custer, and Emily V. Dressler
Pain Catastrophizing in College Athletes, Aaron D. Sciascia, Jacob Waldecker, and Cale Jacobs
Perceptions of Preoperative Education for Total Knee Replacement, Renee Causey-Upton, Dana M. Howell, Patrick H. Kitzman, Melba G. Custer, and Emily V. Dressler
Preoperative Education for Total Knee Replacement: A National Survey of Orthopaedic Nurses, Renee Causey-Upton, Dana M. Howell, Patrick H. Kitzman, Melba G. Custer, and Emily V. Dressler
Rapid Assessment of Wetland Condition Reflects Amphibian Community Composition, Kari Dupler, Michelle Guidugli-Cook, David R. Brown, and Stephen C. Richter
Student Recruitment and Engagement in the COVID-19 Era, Jamie D. Hisel and Clint Pinion Jr.
The Theory of Planned Behavior and the USDA Summer Food Service Program, M. Rachel Harrington, Melinda Ickes, Kelly Bradley, and Melody Noland
