The EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship series houses works from Eastern Kentucky University faculty and staff members, including article pre-prints, presentations, posters, and other types of scholarship. In cases where the full text cannot be posted due to copyright, the citation will be included with a link to the full text when possible. Books written or edited by Eastern Kentucky University faculty and staff are highlighted in our Faculty and Staff Books Gallery.
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Submissions from 2014
Pitcher plants (Sarracenia) provide a 21st-century perspective on interspecific and infraspecific ranks: a modest proposal for appropriate recognition and use., Aaron M. Ellison, Charles C. Davis, Pat Calie, and Robert F.C. Naczi
Preliminary development of a clinical prediction rule for treatment of patients with suspected SLAP tears, Stephanie D. Moore-Reed, Aaron D. Sciascia, W. Ben Kibler, and Timothy L. Uhl
Sources of Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Pollution in Otter Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Kandice L. Smith and Walter S. Borowski
Supporting Students With Disabilities During School Crises: A Teacher’s Guide, Laura S. Clarke, Dusty Columbia Embury, and Nina Yssel
Survival to Metamorphosis is Positively Related to Genetic Variability in a Critically Endangered Amphibian Species, Stephen C. Richter and Schyler O. Nunziata
The relationship between tort reform and medical utilization., Kevin T. Kavanagh, Lindsay Calderon, and Daniel M. Saman
The use of surveillance and preventative measures for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections in surgical patients., Kevin T. Kavanagh, Lindsay Calderon, Daniel M. Saman, and Said K. Abusalem
What Do Users Want: Enhancing Metadata Using Google Analytics, Jackie Couture
Submissions from 2013
Amphibian Communities in Natural and Constructed Ridge Top Wetlands with Implications for Wetland Construction, Robert D. Denton and Stephen C. Richter
Are 34S-enriched Authigenic Sulfide Minerals a Proxy for Elevated Methane Flux and Gas Hydrates in the Geologic Record?, Walter S. Borowski, Nancy M. Rodriguez, Charles K. Paull, and William Ussler III
A Relational Model for Spiritually-Sensitive Hospice Care, Ann M. Callahan
Development and application of a quantitative PCR assay targeting Catellicoccus marimammalium for assessing gull-associated fecal contamination at Lake Erie beaches, Cheonghoon Lee, Jason W. Marion, and Jiyoung Lee
Education Reform in Kentucky: Just What the Court Ordered, Richard E. Day and Jo Ann Ewalt
Education Reform in Kentucky: Just What the Court Ordered, Richard E. Day and JoAnn Ewalt
Much work still to be done to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections., Kevin T. Kavanagh, Lindsay Calderon, and Daniel M. Saman
Outsized Profit Expectations Harm Education News, Richard E. Day
Plant-symbiotic fungi as chemical engineers: Multi-genome analysis of the Clavicipitaceae reveals dynamics of alkaloid loci, Christopher L. Shardl, Carolyn A. Young, Uljana Hesse, Stefan G. Amyotte, Kalina Andreeva, Pat Calie, Damien J. Fleetwood, David C. Haws, Neil Moore, Birgitt Oeser, Daniel G. Panaccione, Kathryn K. Schweri, Christine R. Voisey, Mark L. Farman, Jerzy W. Jaromczyk, Bruce A. Roe, Donal M. O'Sullivan, and Barry Scott
Population and Conservation Genetics of Crawfish Frogs, Lithobates areolatus, at their Northeastern Range Limit, Schyler O. Nunziata, Michael J. Lannoo, Joseph R. Robb, Daryl R. Karns, Stacey L. Lance, and Stephen C. Richter
Project-oriented Science Instruction Involving General-education Undergraduates Serving as Mentors to Underprivileged Middle-students Students, Walter S. Borowski, Malcolm P. Frisbie, Tara Shepperson, and Linda Frost
Science, 7th graders, and a Stream: An Integrated, Experience-based Science Course for Honors Students, Walter S. Borowski, Malcolm P. Frisbie, Tara Shepperson, and Linda Frost
Smooth muscle-selective CPI-17 expression increases vascular smooth muscle contraction and blood pressure., Wen Su, Zhongwen Xie, Shu Liu, Lindsay Calderon, Zhenheng Guo, and Ming C. Gong
Sources of Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Pollution in Otter Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Kandice L. Smith and Walter S. Borowski
The epichloae: alkaloid diversity and roles in symbiosis with grasses, Christopher L. Schardl, Simona Florea, Juan Pan, Padmaja Nagabhyru, Sladana Bec, and Pat Calie
Upland Habitat Quality and Historic Landscape Composition Influence Genetic Variation of a Pond-Breeding Salamander, Stephen C. Richter, Steven J. Price, Chelsea S. Kross, Jeremiah R. Alexander, and Michael E. Dorcas
Using The-Math-You-Need Modules in a General Education, Oceanography Course, Walter S. Borowski, E. Baer, and J. Wenner
Water Quality of the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Charles Willard and Walter S. Borowski
Submissions from 2012
Arcobacter in Lake Erie beach waters: An emerging gastrointestinal pathogen linked with human-associated fecal contamination, Cheonghoon Lee, Senyo Agidi, Jason W. Marion, and Jiyoung Lee
Characteristics and Environmental Problems of a Eutrophic, Seasonally-stratified Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski
Does a graduate course in personal finance for teachers lead to higher student financial literacy than a teacher workshop, John R.F. Harter and Cynthia Harter
Fourteen Novel Microsatellite Markers for the Gopher Frog, Lithobates capito (Amphibia: Ranidae), Schyler O. Nunziata, Stephen C. Richter, Robert D. Denton, John M. Yeiser, Danielle E. Wells, Kenneth L. Jones, Cris Hagen, and Stacey L. Lance
In Vivo Phycocyanin Flourometry as a Potential Rapid Screening Tool for Predicting Elevated Microcystin Concentrations at Eutrophic Lakes, Jason W. Marion; Jiyoung Lee; J. R. Wilkins, III; Stanley Lemeshow; Cheonghoon Lee; Evan J. Waletzko; and Timothy J. Buckley
iPLA2β overexpression in smooth muscle exacerbates angiotensin II-induced hypertension and vascular remodeling., Lindsay Calderon, Shu Liu, Wen Su, Zhongwen Xie, Wanda Eberhard, and Ming C. Gong
Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Assessment of the Water Quality of Tates Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski and Kristopher H. Carroll
Open System Evolution of Peralkaline Trachyte and Phonolite from the Suswa Volcano, Kenya Rift, John C. White, Vanessa V. Espejel-Garcia, Elizabeth Y. Anthony, and Peter Omenda
Phylogeny of the carnivorous plant family Sarraceniaceae, Aaron M. Ellison, Elena D. Butler, Emily Jean Hicks, Robert F.C. Naczi, Pat Calie, Charles D. Bell, and Charles C. Davis
Point Source and Non-point Source Pollution in a Secondary Stream: Nutrient Concentration and Fecal Microbe Counts in Tates Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski, Krisopher H. Carroll, and Bethany Gabbard
Redox Proteomics in Selected Neurodegenerative Disorders: From its Infancy to Future Applications, D. Allan Butterfield, Marzia Perluigi, Tanea T. Reed, Tasneem Muharib, Christopher P. Hughes, Rena A.S. Robinson, and Rukhsana Sultana
Smooth muscle-specific expression of calcium-independent phospholipase A2β (iPLA2β) participates in the initiation and early progression of vascular inflammation and neointima formation, Shu Liu, Zhongwen Xie, Qingwei Zhao, Huan Pang, John Turk, Lindsay Calderon, Wen Su, Guogang Zhao, Haifei Xu, Ming C. Gong, and Zhenheng Guo
Stone soup: using co-teaching and Photovoice to support inclusive education, Stephen Kroeger, Dusty Columbia Embury, Adam Cooper, Mary Brydon-Miller, Chester Laine, and Holly Johnson
Telepsychology Outcome Research with Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Literature., Norah C. Slone, Robert J. Reese, and Michael J. McClellan
Submissions from 2011
A Novel Genetic Marker for the Rapid Detection of Bacteroides Fragilis in Recreational Water as a Human-specific Faecal Indicator, Chang Soo Lee, Jason W. Marion, and Jiyoung Lee
A Qualitative Exploration of Spiritually Sensitive Hospice Care, Ann M. Callahan
Concentration of Heavy Metals in the Waters and Surface Sediments of Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky: An Evaluation of Plausible Sources, Chad Von Gruenigen and Walter S. Borowski
Conservation Genetics of the Largest Cluster of Federally Threatened Gopher Tortoise (gopherus polyphemus) Colonies with Implications for Species Management, Stephen C. Richter, Jeffrey A. Jackson, Matthew Hinderliter, Deborah Epperson, Christopher W. Theodorakis, and S. Marshall Adams
Determination of Caffeine as a Marker for Septic Tank Contamination of Wilgreen Lake, Rosemary Onjiko, Susan Godbey, Walter S. Borowski, Darrin Smith, and Lori Wilson
Identification of a cAMP-response element in the regulator of G-protein signaling-2 (RGS2) promoter as a key cis-regulatory element for RGS2 transcriptional regulation by angiotensin II in cultured vascular smooth muscles, Zhongwen Xie, Dexiang Liu, Shu Liu, Lindsay Calderon, Guogang Zhao, John Turk, and Zhenheng Guo
Lipid peroxidation and neurodegenerative disease, Tanea T. Reed
Methods of Extending Lower Order Problems to Higher Order Problems in the Context of Smallest Eigenvalue Comparisons, Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Mineral Stability in Peralkaline Silicic Rocks: Information from Trachytes of the Menengai Volcano, Kenya., Ray Macdonald, Boguslaw Baginski, Philip T. Leat, John C. White, and P Dzierzanowski
Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Assessment of the Water Quality of Tates Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Krisopher H. Carroll and Walter S. Borowski
Patterns of Heavy Metal Concentration in Core Sediments, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Clint McMaine and Walter S. Borowski
Spiritually-Sensitive Care in Hospice Social Work, Ann M. Callahan
SR-A ligand and M-CSF dynamically regulate SR-A expression and function in primary macrophages via p38 MAPK activation, Dejan Nikolic, Lindsay Calderon, Liqin Du, and Steven Post
Suspended Sediment Concentration in the Brushy Creek Watershed, Kentucky, Tyler Wade and Walter S. Borowski
Suspended Solids in Brushy Creek, Kentucky, Tyler Wade and Walter S. Borowski
Submissions from 2010
Association of Gastrointestinal Illness and Recreational Water Exposure at an Inland U.S. Beach, Jason W. Marion, Jiyoung Lee, Stanley Lemeshow, and Timothy J. Buckley
Changing Depositional Environments in an Upper Ordovician Stratigraphic Sequence, Ashlock Formation, Madison County, Kentucky, Kevin G. Greff and Walter S. Borowski
Each Child, Every Child, Richard E. Day
Educational interpreters' salaries: Correlations with demographic and employment characteristics., Kimberly J. Hale
Enrichments of Heavy Sulfur (34S) in Sulfide Minerals: Gas Hydrates, Methane Delivery, and Anaerobic Methane Oxidation, Walter S. Borowski, Namcy M. Rodriguez, Charles K. Paull, and William Ussler III
Heavy Metal Concentrations in Water and Surface Sediments of Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Chad Von Gruenigen and Walter S. Borowski
Heavy Metal Concentrations in Water and Surface Sediments of Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Chad Von Gruenigen and Walter S. Borowski
Is financial literacy improved by participating in a stock market game?, John R.F. Harter and Cynthia Harter
Patterns of Heavy Metal Concentration in Core Sediments, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Clint McMaine and Walter S. Borowski
Patterns of Heavy Metal Concentration in Core Sediments, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Clint McMaine and Walter S. Borowski
Right Focal Boundary Value Problems for Difference Equations, Johnny Henderson, Xueyan Liu, Jeffrey W. Lyons, and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Roles of 3-nitrotyrosine- and 4-hydroxynonenal-modified brain proteins in the progression and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, D. Allan Butterfield, Tanea T. Reed, and Rukhsana Sultana
Social Work Students' Images of God, Catherine A. Faver, Mary Ellen Cox, and Ann M. Callahan
Submissions from 2009
Assessing the effectiveness of financial fitness for life in eastern Kentucky, John R.F. Harter and Cynthia Harter
Genetic Consequences of Population Reduction and Geographic Isolation in the Critically Endangered Frog, Rana sevosa, Stephen C. Richter, Brian I. Crother, and Richard E. Broughton
Growing through organizational change, Ann M. Callahan
Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Sources for a Eutrophic Lake and Recommended Remediation Steps, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski, Theresa A. Aguiar, Jill Hunter, Erin C. Jolly, and Richard D. Stockwell
One interpreter education program, two sites: A comparison of factors and outcomes, Kimberly J. Hale and Karen Petronio
Proteomic identification of HNE-bound proteins in early Alzheimer disease: Insights into the role of lipid peroxidation in the progression of AD, Tanea T. Reed, William M. Pierce, William R. Markesbery, and D. Allan Butterfield
Proteomic identification of nitrated brain proteins in early Alzheimer's disease inferior parietal lobule, Tanea T. Reed, William M. Pierce, Delano M. Turner, William R. Markesbery, and D. Allan Butterfield
Survey of Water and Soil Core Samples for Heavy Metal Contamination from Madison County, KY, Jilliann Timmons, Walter S. Borowski, and Lori Wilson
Submissions from 2008
An Assessment of the Role of Biofuels in the 21st Century, Erin C. Jolly and Walter S. Borowski
Large-scale Alkalic Magmatism Associated with the Buckhorn Caldera, Trans-Pecos Texas, USA: Comparison with Pantelleria, Italy., Don Parker and John C. White
Molecular analysis of Solidaster cv. Lemore, a hybrid goldenrod (Asteraceae), Edward E. Schilling, Pat Calie, J. B. Beck, and R. L. Small
Proteomic identification of nitrated brain proteins in traumatic brain-injured rats treated postinjury with gamma-glutamylcysteine ethyl ester: insights into the role of elevation of glutathione as a potential therapeutic strategy for traumatic brain injury, Tanea T. Reed, William M. Pierce, Andrea Sebastian, Patrick G. Sullivan, and D. Allan Butterfield
Qualitative properties of nonlinear Volterra integral equations, Muhammad Islam and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Seasonal Changes in a Eutrophic Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Richard D. Stockwell and Walter S. Borowski
Seasonal Changes in a Eutrophic Lake (Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky) from Summer Stratification through Fall Turnover, Richard D. Stockwell and Walter S. Borowski
Seasonal Changes in Stratification and Oxygen Content of a Eutrophic Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Jill Hunter and Walter S. Borowski
Seasonal Changes in Stratification and Oxygen Content of a Eutrophic Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Jill Hunter and Walter S. Borowski
Seasonal Changes in Stratification and Oxygen Content of a Eutrophic Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Jill Hunter and Walter S. Borowski
Tracing Nutrient Inputs into a Eutrophic Lake using Nitrogen Isotopes, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski and Theresa A. Aguiar
Using E. Coli and Bacteroides Distribution and Abundance in a Eutrophic Lake as a Tracer for Nutrient Inputs, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Theresa A. Aguiar, Walter S. Borowski, Alice C. Layton, and Larry McKay
Using Microbial Distribution and Abundance in a Eutrophic Lake as a Tracer for Nutrient Inputs, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky., Theresa A. Aguiar, Walter S. Borowski, Alice C. Layton, and Larry McKay
Using Nitrogen Isotopes to Trace Nutrient Inputs to a Eutrophic Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski and Theresa A. Aguiar
Submissions from 2007
Dynamics of a Eutrophic Lake (Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky): A First Step in Cleansing a Lake System Impaired by Nutrient Loading, Erin C. Jolly and Walter S. Borowski
Dynamics of a Eutrophic Lake (Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky): A First Step in Cleansing a Lake System Impaired by Nutrient Loading, Erin C. Jolly, Jill Hunter, David Deigert, Walter S. Borowski, Alice Jones, and Danita LaSage
Elevated levels of 3-nitrotyrosine in brain from subjects with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: Implications for the role of nitration in the progression of Alzheimer's disease, D. Allan Butterfield, Tanea T. Reed, Marzia Perluigi, Carlo De Marco, Raffaella Coccia, Jeffrey N. Keller, William R. Markesbery, and Rukhsana Sultana
Fecal Microbe Distribution and Abundance used as a Possible Proxy for Nutrient Source Identification in Eutrophic Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Theresa A. Aguiar and Walter S. Borowski
Preliminary Physical and Chemical Characteristic of a Eutrophic Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Erin C. Jolly and Walter S. Borowski
Preliminary Results of a Fecal Microbe Survey in an Eutrophic Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski and Michael S. Albright
Proteomic identification of nitrated brain proteins in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A regional study, Rukhsana Sultana, Tanea T. Reed, Marzia Perluigi, Rafaella Coccia, William M. Pierce, and D. Allan Butterfield
Roles of amyloid β-peptide-associated oxidative stress and brain protein modifications in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment, D. Allan Butterfield, Tanea T. Reed, Shelley F. Newman, and Rukhsana Sultana
Second thoughts from the front lines, Ann M. Callahan
Sulfur Geochemistry and Diagenesis in a Gas Hydrate Terrane, Cascadia Margin, Offshore Oregon: Role of Anaerobic Methane Oxidation, David Deigert and Walter S. Borowski
