Submissions from 2021
Atomic-Resolution 1.3 Å Crystal Structure, Inhibition by Sulfate, and Molecular Dynamics of the Bacterial Enzyme DapE, Matthew Kochert, Boguslaw P. Nocek, Thahani S. Habeeb Mohammad, Elliot Gild, Kaitlyn Lovato, Tahirah K. Heath, Richard C. Holz, Kenneth W. Olsen, and Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.
Synthesis of a Folate-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Agent and Application in Zebrafish Embryos, Aishah Kothawala, Allison Monterastelli, and Phuong Pham
Black holes as Fast Scramblers, Arthur Kraus
Serum Neuro Biomarkers Associated with Pediatric Hepatic Encephalopathy; A Systematic Review, Kavita Krishnan, Lindsey Rasmussen, Mahil Rao, Nathan Chang, and May Casazza
It’s a Hard Knock Life: How Kids with Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries are Treated, Kavita Krishnan, Alice Su, and Christina Long
Initial Experience With a Bioresorbable Polymer Anchor, Jayanth Kumar, Robert R. Burnham MD, Kamran Hamid MD, Michael S. Pinzur MD, and Adam P. Schiff MD
The incidence of deltoid ligament interposition in bimalleolar equivalent ankle fractures, Jayanth Kumar MS3, Robert R. Burnham MD, Kamran Hamid MD, Michael S. Pinzur MD, and Adam P. Schiff MD
BaxHUD Pharmaceutical Workflow, Priyana Kumar, Sebastian Caceres, and Shalaka Kollerkandy
The Evolutionary and Morphological Diversification of the Subtribe Papionina, Sophie B. Labelle
Digitizing and Disclosing Personal Data: The Proliferation of State Criminal Records on the Internet, Sarah E. Lageson, Elizabeth H. Webster, and Juan R. Sandoval
Digitizing and Disclosing Personal Data: The Proliferation of State Criminal Records on the Internet, Sarah Lageson, Elizabeth H. Webster, and Juan Sandoval
Postoperative Dyspnea After Shoulder Surgery Associated with Prolonged Hospital Stay: What is the Role of the Interscalene Block?, Jason Lamano, Lisa Sun MD, Shruthi Basireddy, Emilie Cheung MD, Jan Boublik MD, Jean Louis Horn MD, and Ban C.H. Tsui MD
A Critical Discourse Analysis to Explain the Failure of BoP Strategies, Nancy E. Landrum
The Global Goals: Bringing Education for Sustainable Development into U.S. Business Schools, Nancy E. Landrum
COVID-19 related racial experiences among Asian Americans: Discrimination, color-blindness, model minority myth, and social connectedness, Han Na Lee, Jeanie Chang, and Eunju Yoon
Investigation and Characterization of a Series of Novel NNN-Pincer Ligand Complexes with Iron, Vanadium, and Gallium Metal Centers, Wei-Tsung Lee, Andrew Alcazar, Christian Andre, and Theodore Gerard
Colors of Life, Nicolle Leon-Araujo and Vanessa Aguirre
Links Between Storytelling and Engineering Talk during Home Tinkering Activities, Zach M. Levy, Riley E. George, Lauren Pagano, and Catherine A. Haden
Evaluation of Anticipatory Postural Adjustment before Quantified Weight Shifting—System Development and Reliability Test, Jiunn-Woei Liaw, Rou-Shayn Chen, Vincent Chiun-Fan Chen, Yan-Ru Wang, Hsiao-Lung Chan, and Ya-Ju Chang
Delivering Clinical Microbiology Education Online Via Pathelective.com, Cullen Lilley MS, MB(ASCP); Isabel Gómez MD; Constantine E. Kanakis MD, MSc, MLS(ASCP); Amanda Harrington PhD, D(ABMM); and Kamran M. Mirza MD, PhD, MLS(ASCP)
The Utility of PathElective.com as a Curricular Adjunct in Laboratory Medicine Education, Cullen Lilley MS, MB(ASCP); Maximo J. Marin MD; Christopher Demas MD; Joe Wiencek PhD, DABCC; Constantine E. Kanakis MD, MSc, MLS(ASCP); Lucy Fu MD, MSc; Kristy Wolniak MD, PhD; Daniela Hermelin MD; Teresa Scordino MD; Cody Thomas MD; and Kamran M. Mirza MD, PhD, MLS(ASCP)
Molecular Determinants of Fetal Tolerance and the Transition to Adult Immunity, Yi Wei Lim
Is surgical margin associated with overall survival in patients with resectable gallbladder cancer?, Michael John Littau BA; Sujay Kulshrestha MD; Corinne Bunn MD; Preston Kim MS; Fred A. Luchette MD, MSc; and Marshall S. Baker MD, MBA
Chinese International Students’ Dating and Marriage Issues, Huabing Liu
Monstrous Feelings: Bisexuals, Vampires, & Ghosts, Oh My!, Jordan Lolmaugh
Preface, Cristina Lombardi-Diop
IL-27 Signaling in the Maintenance of Intestinal Barrier Following Ethanol Intoxication and Burn Injury, Marisa Luck
Synthesis and Characterization of Redox Non-Innocent Ligand Supported Transition Metal Complexes, Adriana Marie Lugosan
Patient Compliance With Weight Bearing Precautions: A Prospective Observational Study, Dimitri Mabarak B.S., Michael Murphy M.D., Mckinzie Arnold, and Hobie Summers M.D
Oral Immunotherapy in Children with Peanut Allergy and Asthma in Clinical Practice, Adam Z. Magier MS; Sandra Andorf PhD; Crista H. Mills RN; Sandy R. Durrani MD; and Justin T. Schwartz MD, PhD
Use of Propofol and Dexmedetomidine in Neuro Critical Care: Impact on delirium rate and length of intubation, Anton Makhiboroda; Brenda Swartz, Psy.D.; Rachel Churchill; Murali Rao, MD, DFAPA, FAPM; and Edwin Meresh, MD, MPH, APA
What Microeconomic Fundamentals Drove Global Oil Prices during 1986–2020?, A. G. Malliaris and Mary Malliaris
Potential Spread of Great Lakes Invasive Species Under Climate Change, Jack Marte, Victoria Prescott, and Reuben Keller
The Role of the Co-Chaperone Protein Bcl-2-Associated Athanogene 3 (BAG3) at the Cardiomyocyte Sarcomere, Thomas Gwynn Martin
Responses to Environmental Change, Lisa Reyes Mason, Susan P. Kemp, Lawrence A. Palinkas, and Amy Krings
Shape-Based Classification of Partially Observed Curves, With Applications to Anthropology, Gregory J. Matthews, Karthik Bharath, Sebastian Kurtek, Juliet K. Brophy, George K. Thiruvathukal, and Ofer Harel
Implementation of a Small-Scale Anaerobic Digester, Brooke McDonald, Anna Zachary, and Valentine Geze
Chicago Alliance For Equity in Computer Science, Steven McGee, Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Andrew M. Rasmussen, Dale F. Reed, and Don Yanek
Investigating Which Elements of ECS Teaching Motivate Subsequent Computer Science Course Taking, Steven McGee, Randi McGee-Tekula, Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, John Wachen, and Mark Johnson
Rethinking Intimacy: Liberation Through Decolonial & Queer World-Making, Michelle Mae Mcguire
Tweets R Us: Predicting Personality from Language and Emoji Use on Twitter, Maxwell Meckling, Sarah Shoup, D. E. Chan-Tin, and Shelia Kennison
Who Benefits from Brownfield Cleanup and Gentrification? Evidence from Chicago, Richard Melstrom, Rose Mohammadi, Tania Schusler, and Amy Krings
Call for an Integrated, Longitudinal Preclinical Electronic Health Record Curriculum, Orr A. Meltzer BS, Teresa Cheng MPH, Erin Rodriguez BA, Claudia R. Keating BS, Ellen G. Kuo BS, Matthew Baker BS, Andrea Maric BS, Laelle Peterson BA, and Adam Z. Magier MS
Lactobacillus Metabolite-Mediated Induction of Bacteriophage, Taylor Miller-Ensminger
F Plasmids in Escherichia coli Decrease Permissivity to Coliphage, Cesar Eber Montelongo Hernandez
A Quantitative Evaluation of the Benefits of Writing Tutoring in First-Year Writing Seminars, Allison Monterastelli
Investigation of Plasmids Among Clinical Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus haemolyticus Isolates From Egypt, Carine R. Mores, Cesar Montelongo, Catherine Putonti, Alan J. Wolfe, and Alaa Abouelfetouh
Genomic relatedness and clinical significance of Streptococcus mitis strains isolated from the urogenital tract of sexual partners, Carine R. Mores, Travis K. Price, Birte Wolff, Thomas Halverson, Roberto Limeira, Linda Brubaker, Elizabeth R. Mueller, Catherine Putonti, and Alan J. Wolfe
Discriminating between jcpyv and bkpyv in urinary virome data sets, Rita Mormando, Alan J. Wolfe, and Catherine Putonti
Elucidating the Function of an Evolutionarily Conserved Embryonic Splice Variant of Type II Collagen During Vertebrate Development, Hind Mothana and Mayar Azar
Interspecies variation in hominid gut microbiota controls host gene regulation, Amanda L. Muehlbauer, Allison L. Richards, Adnan Alazizi, Michael B. Burns, Andres Gomez, Jonathan B. Clayton, Klara Petrzelkova, Camilla Cascardo, Justyna Resztak, Xiaoquan Wen, Roger Pique-Regi, Francesca Luca, and Ran Blekhman
The Utilization and Optimization of Omics Trait Prediction Models Within and Across Diverse Populations, Ashley Mulford
Simulation of Aquatic Electric Barrier in Chicago Area Waterway System, Turner Mullarkey and Tommy Sisk
Incision Decisions: Repairing Tegmen Defects Via The Middle Cranial Fossa Approach, James Myall, Miri Kim, Rachyl Shanker, Joseph Frazzetta, Isaac Lee, Matthew L. Kircher, and Anand V. Germanwala
Approaching Clarity and Reproducibility in Coding and Data Sharing, Aaron Myrold and Yoel E. Stuart
The Risk of Thromboembolic Events in COVID-19 Patients During the Height of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, Janice Nam BA, Melissa D'Andrea BA, Alexander O'Hara BS, Lindsey Staszewski BS, Jacob Pozin BA, Amy Wozniak MS, Lindsey Korepta MD, and Bernadette Aulivola MD
Cook County Community Survey, Keyla Navarrete and Juanita Vivas Bastidas
A Single Center Review of Hypoxemia in Patients Admitted with COVID-19, Jaimie Navid, Annandita Kumar MD, Jayanta Mukherji MD, and Elio Beta MD
God and Rescuer, Clinton Neptune
Machine Learning Classifier using Pretreatment Factors to Predict Radiation Pneumonitis following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer, Emily J. Ness BA, Peter Wagstaff BS, Mandeep Kaur PhD, Alexander A. Harris MD, Matthew M. Harkenrider MD, and John C. Roeske PhD
Neutrino Oscillation, Kiet Anh Nguyen and Zachary T. Long
Survival of the Fittest in the Long-Term Evolutionary Experiment, Alexa M. Nicholson
Introducing Antimicrobial Stewardship to the Outpatient Setting, Travis Nielsen, Maressa Santarossa, Beatrice Probst, Laurie L. Labuszewski, Jenna Lopez, Mary C. Barsanti-Sekhar, and Fritzie Albarillo
Do Guest Worker Programs Give Firms too Much Power?, Peter Norlander
The Effects of Technological Supervision on Gig Workers: Organizational Control and Motivation of Uber, Taxi, and Limousine Drivers, Peter Norlander, Nenad Jukic, Arup Varma, and Svetlozar Nestorov
Hemingway, Sartre, and Secularization: Finding Religion Without God, Marcos Antonio Norris
A Biological and Ethical Comparison of Birth Plans: Literature Review, Lauren Nowakowski, Karolina Magnuszewski, Adriana Mercado, Rocelle Sanguenza, and Taylor Smith
Stigma and Cervical Cancer Prevention: A Scoping Review, Elizabeth R. Nussbaum MS; Caryn E. Peterson PhD, MS; and Abigail Silva PhD, MPH
The Effect of Gonadal Steroids Following Repeat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Rats, Trevor Nykamp
Detecting SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro Expression and Activity Using a Polyclonal Antiserum and a Luciferase-Based Biosensor, Amornrat O’Brien, Da-Yuan Chen, Matthew Hackbart, Brianna J. Close, Timothy O'Brien, Mohsan Saeed, and Susan C. Baker
Stress and Coping in Youth With Spina Bifida: A Brief Longitudinal Study in a Summer Camp Setting, Diana Margaret Ohanian, Tessa Kritikos, Olivia Clark, Kezia C. Shirkey, Meridith Starnes., and Grayson Holmbeck
Emergency Department Nursing Competency for Pediatric Patients with mTBI, Madeline Ohlms and Lindsey Garfield Dr.
Ethical Health Care in an African Context: Linking Conventional Medicine and Traditional Healing Practices in Igboland, Nigeria., Michael Osondu Okoro
Transcriptome Prediction Performance Across Machine Learning Models and Diverse Ancestries, Paul Chukwuebuka Okoro, Ryan Schubert, Xiuqing Guo, W. Craig Johnson, Jerome I. Rotter, Ina Hoeschele, Yongmei Liu, Hae Kyung Im, Amy Luke, Lara R. Dugas, and Heather Wheeler
Private Military and Security Corporations in Civil Conflicts, Paul Robert Olander
Assessing the Role of the Interaction between Polyamines and Heparan Sulfate in Coxsackievirus B3 Viral Infection, Oreoluwa Omoba
Foxp3+ Tregs in Peripheral Blood of Healthy Term and Sick Preterm Newborns, Michaela O'Neill MS3, Aleksandra Vuchkovska, Yi Wei Lim, Makio Iwashima, Phillip De Christopher MD/PhD, and Jonathan Muraskas
Spring Blossoms, Alexandra Elizabeth Ortega
Diving into the Reality of the Illinois Exodus: What are the Migration Trends in Major United States Cities in 2020 and How Do They Compare to One Another?, Colleen Ann Palmer, Mackenzie Cronin, Johnny Hugdahl, and Grant Bardelli
Pain, Somatosensory Amplification and Illness Behavior in Fibromyalgia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Prospective Survey, Angelina Palomino, Edwin Meresh, Hewa Artin, Julia Padiyara, Michael Wesolowski, Abid Khurshid, and Murali Rao
Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Primary Care Physicians Compared with Gastroenterologists, Genevieve Parecki, Ayokunle Abegunde MD, and Amy Wozniak MS
An Eco-Theology for Korean American Presbyterian Churches, Yale Park
Investigation of Gödel-Type Coding of Protein Primary Structures, Ashvi Patel and Daniel J. Graham
A Meta-Analysis of Variability in Conjunctival Microvascular Hemorheology Metrics, Nisha R. Patel; Stella Duong; and Bruce Gaynes PharmD, OD
The Ethical Implications of Intersex Surgery, Riddhi Patel, Meghana Mohan, Rohini Maddigunta, Riya Trivedi, and Lauren O'Neil
Affiliative motivation and trust mitigate negative emotions targeting confronters of racism, Jamie Patrianakos
The Impact of Affiliative Motivation and Trust on Confrontations of Racism, Jamie Patrianakos
Atypical Presentation of Transverse Myelitis in the Emergency Department: A Case Report, Clara Pavesi-Krieger; Megan A. Rech PharmD, MS; and Shannon Lovett MD
Identity Selection and the Social Construction of Birthdays, Brett Pelham, Tracy DeHart, Mitsuru Shimizu, Curtis D. Hardin, H. Anna Han, and William von Hippel
Stigmatization of in Transit Migration and the Devaluation of Humanitarian Aid Resource Labor, Gabriela Perez Laurent
Utilization of standardized mannequins to enhance verbalization of clinical exam skills taught via video conferencing, Laelle Peterson; Adam Magier MS; Kavita Krishnan; Puja Brahmbhatt; Gabrielle Schweitzer; Nicolette Codispoti MS, MPH; Nathan Derhammer MD; and Mary Boyle MD
Cardioprotective Extracellular Vesicles Derived-Micrornas: Sorting Mechanisms and Functions, Anh P. Phan
Shared Stem Cells in the Zebrafish Caudal Body and Fin, Fred Pickett, Thomas Scott, Maya Roytman, Grace Manske, Joelle Robinson, Shepherd Yancey, Sydni Hall, Adian Keserovic, Emma Loftesnes, Shireen Baig, Max McDonnell, Mirza Baig, and Paula Martin
Quality of Research Evidence in Education: How Do We Know?, Terri D. Pigott, Charles Tocci, Ann Marie Ryan, and Aaron Galliher
Identifying a UVB-Induced Death Pathway in Epidermal Keratinocytes and its Role in Inflammation, Hannah Catherine Plunkett
Novel Off-Label Use of Teprotumumab for the Treatment of Retinal Degenerative Diseases, Yuliya Pomeranets and Bruce Gaynes MD
Legume and Sesame Oral Food Challenge Outcomes, Jacob J. Pozin, Ashley L. Devonshire MD, Kevin Tom, Melanie Makhija MD, and Anne Marie Singh MD