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Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2025

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BARBIE VLOGGER AS TEEN INFLUENCER FOR LITTLE GIRLS, Brilynn A. Janckila

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Challenges and artificial intelligence solutions for clinically optimal hepatic venous vessel segmentation, Håvard Bjørke Jenssen, Varatharajan Nainamalai, Egidijus Pelanis, Rahul P. Kumar, Andreas Abildgaard, Finn Kristian Kolrud, Bjørn Edwin, Jingfeng Jiang, Joseph Vettukattil, Ole Jakob Elle, and smund Avdem Fretland

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Improving rupture status prediction for intracranial aneurysms using wall shear stress informatics, Jingfeng Jiang, Mostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh, Jinshan Tang, Joseph Gemmette, and Aditya Pandey

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LIGHT ABSORBING AEROSOL INTERACTIONS WITH WARM CLOUDS, Shreya Joshi

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MTU-LLM: LLM-based Multi-Robot Task Allocation and Path Planning for Heterogeneous Robots in Search and Rescue Operations, Kaushik Kannan and Jungyun Bae

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HYBRID MIXTURES OF FACTOR ANALYZERS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA, Kazeem Abiodun Kareem

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Nanoscale Structure-Property Relationships of Cyanate Ester as a Function of Extent of Cure, Khatereh Kashmari, Josh Kemppainen, Sagar U. Patil, Julieta Barroeta Robles, Pascal Hubert, and Gregory Odegard

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GREAT LAKES AND ITS REGIONAL CLIMATE IN THE FUTURE, Miraj Bhakta Kayastha

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A Standards Perspective on Genomic Data Reusability and Reproducibility, Ishi Keenum, Scott A. Jackson, Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, and Lynn M. Schriml

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Quantifying the impact of workshops promoting microbiome data standards and data stewardship, Julia M. Kelliher, Francisca E. Rodriguez, Leah Y. Johnson, Simon Roux, Montana Smith, Ishi Keenum, and et. al.

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MOLECULAR MODELING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ACCELERATING POLYMERIZATION AND PYROLYSIS STUDIES, Joshua D. Kemppainen

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Coastal Environments: LiDAR Mapping of Copper Tailings Impacts, Particle Retention of Copper, Leaching, and Toxicity, W. Charles Kerfoot, Gary Swain, Robert Regis, Varsha K. Raman, Colin N. Brooks, Chris Cook, and et. al.

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Stratified hydrogen combustion with various mixing processes, Youngmin Ki, Heetae Yang, Jungho Justin Kim, Seong Young Lee, Joonsik Hwang, and Choongsik Bae

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CHARACTERIZATION OF KRYPTON PERFORMANCE IN A LABORATORY 300 W MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED HALL-EFFECT THRUSTER, Jacob Henry Knott

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Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Integration in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: A Smart Synergy, Reshma Kodumuru, Soumavo Sarkar, Varun Parepally, and Jignesh Chandarana

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DEVELOPING A GRAPHQL MESH FEDERATED API GATEWAY: RAPID INTEGRATION OF NEW ENDPOINTS INTO A PREDEFINED SCHEMA, Noah Kolczynski

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Great Lakes Wave Height Trends, Erv Kraft and Brian Barkdoll

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Strong External Difference Families and Classification of α-Valuations, Donald L. Kreher, Maura B. Paterson, and Douglas R. Stinson

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PROXIMAL SEISMIC TRACKING OF PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS AT VOLCÁN DE FUEGO, GUATEMALA, Jacob A. Krier

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Spatial Patterning and Growth of Naturally Regenerated Eastern White Pine in a Northern Hardwood Silviculture Experiment, David A. Kromholz, Christopher R. Webster, and Mike Hyslop

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Three-Sided Skyline Counting Queries, Suruchi Kushwaha

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A Novel, Metal-Based Approach to Identify Residences with Lead Service Lines, Danielle Land, Grant D. Brown, David M. Cwiertny, Marc A. Edwards, Mona Hanna, Drew E. Latta, and Michelle M. Scherer

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DAM IT ALL: A MULTI-SCALAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE AND FUNCTION OF BEAVER DAMS, Kenneth Larsen

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Vertical gradient in atmospheric particle phase state: a case study over the alaskan arctic oil fields, Nurun Nahar Lata, Zezhen Cheng, Darielle Dexheimer, Susan Mathai, Matthew A. Marcus, and Kerri A. Pratt

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First Year to Future Career: Women’s Engagement in Technical Participation Is Associated with Long-Term Retention, Neil A. Lewis, Nicole Russell Pascual, Denise Sekaquaptewa, and Lorelle A. Meadows

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Hourly Sulfur Dioxide Observations Over North America: First Retrieval Results From TEMPO, Can Li, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Joanna Joiner, Simon Carn, Vitali Fioletov, Chris McLinden, Debora Griffin, Xiong Liu, and Heesung Chong

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Understanding the Growth Mechanism of Thiol-Conjugated Au25 Cluster, Chunhui Liu, Haiying He, Ravindra Pandey, and Shashi P. Karna

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Fatigue Life of Pre-Cut Seam Asphalt Mixture Composite Beams: A Combined Study of Fatigue Damage Evolution and Reflective Cracking Extension, Hongfu Liu, Hong Lu, Xun Zhu, Zhengwei Yi, Xin Yu, Dongzhao Jin, Xinghai Peng, and Songtao Lv

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Performance characterization and mechanistic study of dry process WR/SBS composite modified asphalt mixture, Hongfu Liu, Xiangyang Ren, Wenwen Ge, Zhengwei Yi, Dongzhao Jin, Xinghai Peng, and Songtao Lv

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Calcium phosphate formation and deposition in ischemic neurons, Shu Q. Liu, John B. Troy, Jeremy Goldman, and Roger J. Guillory

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Replicating associative learning of rodents with a neuromorphic robot in an open-field arena, Tianze Liu, Kang Jun Bai, and Hongyu An

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Generating synthetic images for construction machinery data augmentation utilizing context-aware object placement, Yujie Lu, Bo Liu, Wei Wei, Bo Xiao, Zhangding Liu, and Wensheng Li

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Correlations between hemodynamics and radiomic features in thrombosed intracranial aneurysms, Zonghan Lyu, Andres Gudino, Navami Shenoy, Carlos Dier, Elena Sagues, Jingfeng Jiang, and Edgar A. Samaniego

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Investigating the role of blood models in predicting rupture status of intracranial aneurysms, Zonghan Lyu, Mostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh, Nan Mu, and Jingfeng Jiang

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Bio-Inspired Highest Lift-to-Drag-Ratio Fin Shape and Angle for Maximum Surfboard Stability: Flow Around Fish Fins, Megan S. MacNeill and Brian Barkdoll

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Scaler Rates from the Pierre Auger Observatory: A New Proxy of Solar Activity, S. Mancuso, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, I. Allekotte, K. Almeida Cheminant, B. Fick, K. Nguyen, D. Nitz, and et al.

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Machine Learning Prediction of Urban Heat Island Severity in the Midwestern United States, Ali Mansouri and Abdolmajid Erfani

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Machine Learning for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Credit Targeting: Project Attributes and Climate Analysis Toward Sustainability, Ali Mansouri, Mohsen Naghdi, and Abdolmajid Erfani

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Enhanced performance of Bi2S3/TiO2 heterostructure composite films for solar cell applications, Saket Mathur, Victoria Bishop, Andrew Swindle, and Wei Wei

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ENERGY TRANSITIONS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS ENERGY BURDENS AND AIR POLLUTION, Nyasha Milanzi

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ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY: DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE MODELS AND INVESTIGATION OF SHEAR WAVE VARIABILITY, Emily J. Miller

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Characterization of fibrotic liver tissue microstructure for predicting shear wave speed variability: A Machine-learning-based computational study, Emily J. Miller, Yongmei M. Jin, and Jingfeng Jiang

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Remote Sensing of Seismic Signals via Enhanced Moiré-Based Apparatus Integrated with Active Convolved Illumination, Adrian A. Moazzam, Anindya Ghoshroy, Durdu Güney, and Roohollah Askari

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Integrating Recycled Acrylonitrile–Butadiene–Styrene Plastics from Electronic Waste with Carbon Black for Sustainable Asphalt Production, Sepehr Mohammadi, Dongzhao Jin, and Zhanping You

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Perspectives on usability and adoption of a new ACL injury prevention programme for female handball players: a mixed methods approach, Anne Inger Mørtvedt, Tron Krosshaug, and Erich Petushek

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Overview of porous magnesium-based scaffolds: development, properties and biomedical applications, Amir Motaharinia, Jaroslaw Drelich, Safian Sharif, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Farid Naeimi, Alexandra G. Glover, Mahshid Ebrahiminejad, and Hamid Reza Bakhsheshi-Rad

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Gene regulatory network prediction using machine learning, deep learning, and hybrid approaches, Sai Teja Mummadi, Md Khairul Islam, Victor Busov, and Hairong Wei

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From Riches to Ruin: An Exploration of the Conglomerate Mining Company's Compressor House, Jill T. Muraski

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"An Ancient Vanished Race:" Industrial Mythistory and the Alternative Archaeology of Lake Superior Copper, Donovan C. Murphy

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A longitudinal analysis of morphological shape variation of spleen in patients with fontan surgery, Varatharajan Nainamalai, Håvard Bjørke Jenssen, Mostafa Rezaeitaleshmahalleh, Djinaud Prophete, Jordan Gosnell, Sarah Khan, Marcus Haw, Jingfeng Jiang, and Joseph Vettukattil

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Synthesis of Fe3O4@MIL-101-OH/Chitosan for adsorption and release of doxorubicin, Iman Najafipour, Nafiseh Emami, Pegah Sadeh, Adonis Amoli, Sareh Mosleh-Shirazi, Ali Mohammad Amani, Hesam Kamyab, Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan, Seyed Reza Kasaee, and Ehsan Vafa

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Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory, Rebecca A. Nelson, Lauren L. Sullivan, Erika Hersch-Green, Eric W. Seabloom, Elizabeth T. Borer, Pedro M. Tognetti, and et al.

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Reduction-Driven Mobilization of Structural Fe in Clay Minerals with High Fe Content, Anke Neumann, Luiza Notini, W. A.P.Jeewantha Premaratne, Drew E. Latta, and Michelle M. Scherer

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Sustainable management of copper-contaminated soils using vetiver root biochar, Sameer Neve, Dibyendu Sarkar, Zhiming Zhang, and Rupali Datta

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Exploring Italian consumers’ willingness to pay for sustainable fashion: the roles of eco-consciousness and vintage preference, Minh Hoang Nguyen, Minh Phuong Thi Duong, Thien Vu Tran, Hong Hue Thi Nguyen, Tran Thi Mai Anh, and Quan Hoang Vuong

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Insights on avian life history and physiological traits in Central Africa: ant-following species have young-dominated age ratios in secondary forest, Panagiotis Nikolaou, Billi A. Krochuk, Patricia F. Rodrigues, Kristin E. Brzeski, Susana L. Mufumu, Silvestre E. Malanza, and et. al.

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Continuous purification of a parvovirus using two aqueous two-phase extraction steps, Natalie Nold, Sheridan Waldack, Grace James, Trisha Colling, Lynn M. Manchester, Taravat Sarvari, Amanda P. Bekkala, Seth Kriz, Madison Baldwin, Emily Agustin-Mazariegos, Michael J. Betenbaugh, and Caryn Heldt

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Origin of the World-Class Eagle, Eagle East, and Tamarack Ni-Cu-PGE Deposits, Robert Nowak, Chad Deering, and Espree Essig

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Using Confidence Scores to Improve Eyes-free Detection of Speech Recognition Errors, Sadia Nowrin and Keith Vertanen

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Microbial Communities in Glacial Lakes of Glacier National Park, MT, USA, Logan M. Peoples, J Joseph Giersch, Tyler H. Tappenbeck, Joseph W. Vanderwall, John M. Ranieri, Trista J. Vick-Majors, and et. al.

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Effects of chronic metal exposure and metamorphosis on the microbiomes of larval and adult insects and riparian spiders through the aquatic-riparian food web, Brittany G. Perrotta, Karen A. Kidd, Amy Marcarelli, Gordon Paterson, and David M. Walters

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Biopsychosocial profiles following ACL reconstruction: A latent class analysis of barriers to return-to-activity, Erich Petushek, Matthew S. Harkey, Kim Santiago, Alexander Stamm, Shelby Baez, Jed A. Diekfuss, Gregory D. Myer, and Christopher Kuenze

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High-heat transfer lithium-ion batteries: A new era in battery thermal management, Alfred J. Piggott, Jeffrey S. Allen, and Ahmad A. Pesaran

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PLM-DBPs: enhancing plant DNA-binding protein prediction by integrating sequence-based and structure-aware protein language models, Suresh Pokharel, Kepha Barasa, Pawel Pratyush, and Dukka B. Kc

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CaLMPhosKAN: Prediction of general phosphorylation sites in proteins via fusion of codon aware embeddings with amino acid aware embeddings and wavelet-based Kolmogorov-Arnold network, Pawel Pratyush, Callen Carrier, Suresh Pokharel, Hamid D. Ismail, Meenal Chaudhari, and Dukka B. Kc

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Coupled Lake-Atmosphere-Land Physics Uncertainties in a Great Lakes Regional Climate Model, William J. Pringle, Chenfu Huang, Pengfei Xue, Jiali Wang, Khachik Sargsyan, Miraj Kayastha, and et. al.

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Imine Crosslinked, Injectable, and Self-Healing Fucoidan Hydrogel with Immunomodulatory Properties, Asma Talib Qureshi, Shajia Afrin, Saad Asim, and Muhammad Rizwan

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Biomedically vibrant and cost-effective biocomposite bone plate – development and testing, Asif Mahmud Rayhan, Md Enamul Hoque, and Adib Bin Rashid

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A controlled-source physical model for long period seismic events, Sananda Ray, Gregory P. Waite, and Radwin Askari

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ROTTEN THROUGH THE CORES: WHAT DECOMPOSITION CAN TELL US ABOUT CARBON CYCLING, Eileen C. Reeves

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GENERALIZING MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION TASK WITH EFFICIENT DEEP LEARNING MODELS, Abel A. Reyes-Angulo

Terminology in ecology and evolutionary biology disproportionately harms marginalized groups, Mallory M. Rice, Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Davila, Marcella D. Baiz, Susan J. Cheng, Kathy Darragh, Cesar O. Estien, J. W. Hammond, Danielle D. Ignace, Lily Khadempour, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Kirby L. Mills, Justine A. Smith, and Alex C. Moore

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Spatially Continuous Mapping of Pre-fire Fuel Characteristics with Imaging Spectroscopy and Lidar for Fire Emissions Modeling, Clare M. Saiki, Dar A. Roberts, E. Natasha Stavros, Andrew T. Hudak, Nancy H. F. French, Olga Kalashnikova, and et. al.

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Estimating Snow Coverage Percentage on Solar Panels Using Drone Imagery and Machine Learning for Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Ashraf Saleem, Ali Awad, Amna Mazen, Zoe Mazurkiewicz, and Ana Dyreson

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Understanding the Influence of Image Enhancement on Underwater Object Detection: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study, Ashraf Saleem, Ali Awad, Sidike Paheding, Evan Lucas, Timothy C. Havens, and Peter C. Esselman

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Engineering the Immune Response to Biomaterials, Abolfazl Salehi Moghaddam, Mehran Bahrami, Einollah Sarikhani, Rumeysa Tutar, Yavuz Nuri Ertas, Faleh Tamimi, Ali Hedayatnia, Clotilde Jugie, Houman Savoji, Asma Talib Qureshi, Muhammad Rizwan, Chima V. Maduka, and Nureddin Ashammakhi

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Wind Shear and the Role of Eddy Vapor Transport in Driving Water Convection on Jupiter, Ramanakumar Sankar, Michael H. Wong, Csaba Palotai, and Shawn Brueshaber

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Quality Evaluation for Colored Point Clouds Produced by Autonomous Vehicle Sensor Fusion Systems, Colin Schaefer, Zeid Kootbally, and Vinh Nguyen

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Insights into the construction of the Oruanui magma reservoir from a comparison of zircon hosted in plagioclase and whole-rock, Tyler D. Schlieder, Kari M. Cooper, Adam J.R. Kent, Darren Gravley, Chad Deering, Seth Rubin, and Adelicia Johnson

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Performance Properties of Treated Jute Fabric Laminated by Electrospun Recycled PET Nanofibers, Md Abdus Shahid, Md Golam Mortuza Limon, Imam Hossain, Md Tanvir Hossain, Tarikul Islam, and Md Moslem Uddin

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Advances in Conductive Polymer-Based Flexible Electronics for Multifunctional Applications, Md Abdus Shahid, Md Mostafizur Rahman, Md Tanvir Hossain, Imam Hossain, Md Sohan Sheikh, Md Sunjidur Rahman, Nasir Uddin, Scott W. Donne, and Md Ikram Ul Hoque

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Viral Clearance of Cupric-Modified Phyllosilicate Minerals Against Enveloped and Non-Enveloped Viruses, Vaishali Sharma, Sneha Singh, Natalie M. Nold, Supreet Kaur, Bowen Li, and Caryn L. Heldt

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2024, A Landmark Year for Climate Change and Global Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: Annual Progress Review, Shangli Shi and Yun Hang Hu

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Machine learning for Parkinson’s disease: a comprehensive review of datasets, algorithms, and challenges, Sahar Shokrpour, Amir Mehdi MoghadamFarid, Sepideh Bazzaz Abkenar, Mostafa Haghi Kashani, Mohammad Akbari, and Mostafa Sarvizadeh

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Linear response of driven non-Hermitian photonic systems, Lucas R. Simonson

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The Neuromarketing: Bridging Neuroscience and Marketing for Enhanced Consumer Engagement, Guo Song, Md Abu Issa Gazi, Abdul Waaje, Md Mustaqim Roshid, Rejaul Karim, and Md Atikur Rahaman

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Seasonal effects of plant functional groups on molecular biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter in porewater of a poor fen, Zhimin Song, Maryam Khaksari, Erik A. Lilleskov, Evan Kane, and Paul V. Doskey

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Exploring the Impact of Relational and Geographic Search on Firm Innovation, Manish K. Srivastava

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Ways researchers can use teacher noticing to inform the conceptualization of a complex teaching practice, Shari L. Stockero, Keith R. Leatham, and Blake E. Peterson

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COMMUNITY DIVERSITY AND MAKEUP AFFECT THE CAPACITY FOR BIOCONVERSION OF CHEMICALLY DECONSTRUCTED PET PLASTIC WASTE INTO BIOMASS, Hunter Stoddard

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Winter Fungi of the North Woods, Abraham F. Stone, Lane Cozort, Isabelle Holmstrom, and Tara Bal

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Demand Response Potential of Drinking Water Distribution Networks, Anna Stuhlmacher and Johanna Mathieu

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Bayesian Alloy Design with Additive Synthesis, Michael R. Sulwer

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Detection of Extended X-Ray Emission around the PeVatron Microquasar V4641 Sgr with XRISM, Hiromasa Suzuki, Naomi Tsuji, Yoshiaki Kanemaru, Megumi Shidatsu, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Samar Safi-Harb, Shigeo S. Kimura, Eduardo de la Fuente, Sabrina Casanova, Kaya Mori, Xiaojie Wang, Sei Kato, Dai Tateishi, Hideki Uchiyama, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uchida, Shun Inoue, Dezhi Huang, Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, Daiki Miura, Shoji Ogawa, Shogo B. Kobayashi, Chris Done, Maxime Parra, Maria Díaz Trigo, Teo Muñoz-Darias, Montserrat Armas Padilla, Ryota Tomaru, and Yoshihiro Ueda

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Collision Probabilities Between User Equipment Using 5G NR Sidelink Time-Domain-Based Resource Allocation in C-V2X, Mehnaz Tabassum and Aurenice Oliveira

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Post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis in sweetpotato by Ib-miR2111 and IbKFB: Implications for health promotion, Ruimin Tang, Cailiang Zhao, Jingjian Dong, Xiayu Liu, Lu Chang, Jianghui Li, Haitao Dong, Yuntao Lv, Zhuang Luo, Meiling Wu, Shan Shen, Qianwen Shan, Yuan Li, Qijun Chen, Runzhi Li, Liheng He, Qinghe Cao, Guiliang Tang, and Xiaoyun Jia

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Impacts of riverine heatwaves on rates of ecosystem metabolism in the United States, Spencer J. Tassone, Michelle Kelly, Olivia N. Beidler, Michael L. Pace, and Amy Marcarelli

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Examining Student and Faculty Perspectives on Hidden Curriculum in Computing Education, Joseph R. Teahen

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Cardiovascular and Aortic Wave Reflection Responses to Evening Binge Alcohol Consumption, Grant Thivierge, Ian Greenlund, Jeremy Bigalke, Carl Smoot, Jason R. Carter, and John J. Durocher

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How electricity utility practitioners in the United States approach power system resilience, Shardul Tiwari, Aritra Chakrabarty, Chelsea Schelly, Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani, Gaby Ou, and Jianli Chen