Vol. 93 No. 1 (2021): 95th Annual Meeting Abstracts, virtual meeting

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v93i1

Published: 2021-04-01

Meeting Abstracts-Oral

Historical weather data as a biocultural indicator of ancient vitamin D deficiency in human skeletal remains in the United States.

Kristy Henson
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Mechanism of apoptosis induced by actinomycin D in upper aerodigestive tract cancers

Adeoluwa Ayodeji Adeluola, A.R.M Ruhul Amin, Timothy E. Long
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The undergraduate research pipeline at West Virginia University

Michelle Richards-Babb
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Quantification of Formaldehyde in Hair Creams Using Chromogenic Methods

Ariel Quesenberry
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The effect of high sugar diet on adipokine expression in 3T3-L1 cells and weight in mice

Samuel Tetteh-Quarshie, Cynthia B Jones
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Challenges, Successes and Lessons Learned in Implementing Active Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era

Yogendra M Panta, Kenan Hatipoglu, Sanish Rai
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Comparing Virtual and Face-to-face Forensic Science Labs

Caroline Thompson, Kristy Henson
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Computer science labs with social distancing

Sanish Rai
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CATHERINE MORRIS, Dept. of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Charleston, Charleston, WV 25304, and MARK B. WATSON, Dept. of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Charleston, Charleston, WV 25304. Impacts of Microstegium vimineum invasion on central West Virginia native plants.

Catherine Grace Morris, Mark Watson
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The Development and Composting of Celluose-Based Bioplastic Derived from Hemp Fibers

Peydan McVicker, Matthew Scanlon, Kristy Henson
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Skeletal Weathering on Remains Frozen for Different Time Intervals Update.

Jonathan Ryan Prince, Kristy Henson
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Using gun blue to develop fingerprints off of fired and unfired cartridges.

Brittany Leigh Sharps
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Blood spatter impact accuracy on nonporous surfaces and how it affects criminal investigation updated

Cassandra Danielle Whitlatch
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Investigation of environmental and land use influence on watershed bacterial contamination using E. coli quantification and 16s identification

Abigail O'Connor, James Wood
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Analysis of Metabolic Bone Disease in 3D Printed Skeletal Remains.

Krystal Starcher, Kristy Henson
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Analysis of localized water chemistry and land use drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure in the Upper Ohio Watershed using multivariate modelling and ordination techniques.

Garrett William Hoover, James Wood
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Decreased Chlamydia muridarum genital infection and improved immune response in a β2-Adrenergic Receptor Knockout Mouse Stress Model

Raenel P Crenshaw, Tesfaye Belay
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NSF S-STEM Project Initiation: Supporting Undergraduate Cohorts of Career-Ready Engineering and Science Scholars (SUCCESS) Project at WVU Tech

Kenan Hatipoglu, Sanish Rai, Yogendra Panta
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Relation of Vitamin D and UV Data with Homicide/ Suicide Rates in States North/ South of the Mason- Dixon Line

Lauryn Marie Antolock, Cam'Ron Allen, Kristy Henson
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Personal Cloud Computing

Osman Guzide, Trey A Castrechino
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Is Apple’s new M1 chip a gamechanger in computing?

Osman Guzide, Samuel Sloboda
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The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Security System and Everyday Life and Creating a Security System Using basic Inexpensive Devices (Raspberry Pi)

Osman Guzide, Jean-Emmanuel Kouadio
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Assessment of snail communities in fragmented habitats

Emma McClelland, Zachary Loughman
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Tick Surveillance in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.

Theresa Ann Prochaska, Zachary J Loughman
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Advancements in the Understanding of Appalachian Primary Burrowing Crayfish Ecology and Habitat Usage with a Focus on Cambarus monongalensis

Destinee Austin Davis, Taylor Ross Whitson, James Krochmal, Kaine Diehl, Zachary Loughman
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The Role of bone marrow-derived dendritic Cells in a stressed beta2 adrenergic receptor knockout male mice during Chlamydia muridarum lung infection.

Katelyn Brooke Goins, Tesfaye Belay
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Insight into Francisella tularensis-erythrocyte interactions

Luke D'Cunha, Stuart Cantlay, Joseph Horzempa
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Constructing a high throughput novel microfluidic slide for in vivo imaging of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Jesse Orell, Dakota James Parnell, Austin Coleman, Chandler Russell, James Walters
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Contribution of Francisella tularensis FTL_1306 (dipA) in resazomycin susceptibility

Kendall Souder, Michael Whaby, Jennifer Hickman, Donald Primerano, James Denvir, Deanna Schmitt
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Effect of Oxygen Concentration on Neisseria gonorrhoeae Susceptibility to Resazomycins

Justin Cole Rice, Emily Young, Kailee Cunningham, Deanna M Schmitt
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OpiA, a Type Six Secretion System Substrate, localizes to the cell pole and plays a role in bacterial growth and viability in Francisella tularensis LVS.

Stuart Cantlay, Kristen Haggerty, Joseph Horzempa
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The effects of a high-fat diet vs. high-fat diet plus Dihydronortanshinone in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Jordan Marcelle Smith, Richard Tandoh, James Walters
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Efficacy of a combined lecture/laboratory model for student performance and engagement in introductory chemistry courses.

Scott Michael Brothers, Lisa Marie Reilly
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STEM resource database for WV

Sean Harwell, Erica Harvey, Michelle Richards-Babb, Hunte Moore, Jaimee Pyron, Erika Klose, Leah McJilton
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The Effect of Dillapiole on Acinetobacter baumannii, a Gram-Negative Opportunistic Pathogen

Katherine E Phillips, Joseph Horzempa
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CHD8 mutation in larval Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Impacting Peristalsis rate and total coordination of the gut

Syed Monis Ali, James Walters
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Teaching nutrition concepts using pop culture: why zombies crave brains.

Greg Edward Popovich, Kristy Henson
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The West Virginia Science Public Outreach Team: Impacts of an Undergraduate STEM Outreach Program

Sue Ann Heatherly
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Learning to Improve: Early Evaluation of the First2 Network

Caitlin Howley
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Scientific method for improvement and student success: Plan-Do-Study-Act.

Sue Ann Heatherly, Erica Harvey
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The conservation concern of Faxonius sp. (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Lower Tennessee-Beech subbasin.

Emmy M Delekta, Zachary J Loughman, Bronwyn W Williams
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The analysis of the antimicrobial properties of copper alloys compared to stainless steel using a readily accessible procedure

Rylee Laya, Steven Roof, Mark Flood, Greg Popovich
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Integrating co-requisite math for STEM student success.

Lindsey Walck, Amanda Smith, Erica Harvey
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A look into HSTA student success initiatives directed at increasing college persistence and success among at-risk students.

Summer Lea Kuhn
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Meeting Abstracts-Poster

Age of the subjects alone does not determine the maximal heart rate or the heart rate recovery after exercise

Natalia Omelchenko-Comer, Heather Kalb, LOUELLA COHEN, CARLEY DIGIACINTO, EMILY GIORDANO, DEEANN GREENE, SIERRA ROBINSON, DORA WALLACE, BRYLEE HENDERSON, PAYTON KNICELY, AUDRIANNA TAYLOR
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Comparison of heart rates measured in supine, prone, and sitting positions.

Natalia Omelchenko-Comer, Heather Kalb, LOUELLA COHEN, CARLEY DIGIACINTO, EMILY , GIORDANO, DEEANN GREENE, SIERRA ROBINSON, DORA WALLACE, BRYLEE HENDERSON, AUDRIANNA TAYLOR, PAYTON KNICELY
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WVNCC innovative technology use benefits physiology instructions during Covid-19 pandemic.

Natalia Omelchenko-Comer, CHRISTOPHER CORBIN, SCOTT MONTGOMERY
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Water Quality Monitoring for the Central Appalachian Coalfields Crayfish

Caitlin de Vries
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Transcriptome Response of genes mitigating Reactive Oxygen Species in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Larvae during dietary lipid absorption.

Elizabeth Anne Walters, Gabriella Hubbard, Paula Sáez Ráez, Thomas Schmieta, James William Walters
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Human dimensions of crayfish conservation in Appalachian coalfields

Erin Braman Allison, Zachary J. Loughman
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Analysis of Chelodina mccordi from the Audubon Zoo, New Orleans

Kaitlyn Taylor, Justin Sanclemente, Nicole Garrison, Zachary Loughman
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Establishing a model for studying the effects of maternal hyperthyroidism in utero.

Andrea Dwiggins, Holly Racine
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Antibacterial activity in wild fungi collected in Jefferson County, West Virginia

David T Hayes, Laura S Robertson
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Effects of Personalized Peer Tutoring with Students that are Under-Represented and/or in STEM Fields.

Gabby Broski, Alyssa Pettry, Kiersten Lowdermilk, Katie Conley, Amber Meadows, Kristy Henson
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A Face Mask and Body Temperature Detection System using Raspberry Pi

Jacob Boone, Weidong Liao
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Trophic Partitioning of Cambarus carinirostris, Cambarus robustus, and Faxonius obscurus in Kings Creek, WV by Stable Isotope Analysis

Haley Miller
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The application of WEAP in water quantity demand modeling of population centers along the Monongahela River.

Wilson Holland McNeil, Leslie Hopkinson
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Using Ecological Parameters to Determine Valuable Monitoring Sites for Cambarus callainus in Eastern Kentucky, Southwestern Virginia, and Southwestern West Virginia

Carly L Cunningham
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Validation of the antimicrobial activity of Nymphaea odorata extract.

Jada Michelle Voellinger, Joseph Horzempa
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Trigger words and the politics of polarization

McKayla Marie Martin, Katelyn Huck, Christien Williams, Debra Hull, John Hull
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Trigger words referencing sexuality: A gender gap?

Alexis Marie Swan, Courtney Rosser, Cory Newman, Debra Hull, John Hull
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What do we hear and say? Trigger words and race

Yasmeene Monet Henderson, Geanna Samol, Terron Crowder, Ioannis Bakodimos, Debra Hull, John Hull
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Pandemic, trigger words, and the classroom

Kaitlynne Nicole Seminsky, Madison Nicolella, Clay Yingling, Megan McDonald, Debra Hull, John Hull
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Transfer of Cryptosporidium oocysts from feeder rodents to neonate snakes and its impact on parasite identification methods used by zoological institutions

Sydney A Ozersky, Zachary Loughman
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Using Machine Learning to Predict Classes of Astronomical Data

Nicolas Null, Tyler Kibler, Elizabeth Lowe
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Microbiome associated with the Haustorium of Epifagus virginiana.

Jasmine Lafferty, Aida Jimenez Esquilin, Desiree Evans
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SIENA MCGOVERN*, JORDAN GIBSON*, EMILY YOUNG, and DEANNA M. SCHMITT, Department of Biological Sciences, West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV 26074. Stability of resazurin in solution and in bacterial growth media.

Jordan Faith Gibson, Siena McGovern, Emily Young, Deanna Schmitt
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Target Training Juvenile False Water Cobras (Hydrodynastes gigas)

Michelle Williams
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Using neural networks for molecular energy regression

John Barber, Raymond Holsapple
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Resazomycins alter outer membrane protein expression in Francisella tularensis resulting in increased antibiotic susceptibility

Autumn Grace Dodson, Emily Young, Deanna M Schmitt
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Comparing the BMI of Zebrafish fed on a normal diet versus a high fat diet

Richard Tandoh, Jordan Smith, James Walters
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Specific microhabitat utilization and resource partitioning of the federally protected species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) Cambarus callainus and the sympatric Cambarid species Cambarus hatfieldi

Katie Scott, Zachary Loughman
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Big Sandy Crayfish (Cambarus callainus) Habitat Affinity in Proximity to Bridges and Assessed via Radio Telemetry

Zachary W Dillard, Zachary J Loughman
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Preliminary Analysis of Morphometric Data for an Ongoing Autecological Study of the Northern Watersnake, Nerodia sipedon sipedon, in a West Virginia stream.

Brian Ringhiser, Zachary Loughman
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Genetic and Morphological Consequences of Inter-haplogroup Hybridization in Faxonius virilis

James Krochmal
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Temperature-induced alteration of the extracellular matrix in the tropical sea anemone, Exaiptasia pallida

Logan Hays, Dalton McGeeney, Sara Sawyer
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Characterizing Bone Marrow-derived Monocytes in a Stressed beta2 Adrenergic Receptor Knockout Male Mice during Chlamydia muridarum Lung Infection

Gavin Tanner Lilly, Tesfaye Belay
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A Behavioral Study of Lacunicambarus thomai in a Field

kaine Diehl
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Software Developed to Facilitate Calibration of Tumor Growth Models

BRIAN CRUTCHLEY, Qing Wang
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Effects of a Radiation Therapy on Tumor Growth: Analysis in Comparison to Experimental Data

Katey Burner, Qing Wang
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Effects of An Anti-CTLA-4 Antibody Therapy on Metastatic Melanoma

Heidi Reichert, Qing Wang
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A combinatorial anti-CTLA antibody and radiation therapy on metastatic lung cancer

JEAN-EMMANUEL KOUADIO, Qing Wang
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Genetic Haplotype Mapping of the Allegheny Crayfish (Faxonius obscurus)

Addie Rebecca Shanor, Zachary J. Loughman, Nicole L Garrison
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Life History of the Rock Crayfish (Cambarus carinirostris)

Mitchel Collin Loughman
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Comparison of Aerobic Digestion and Oxidation Ditch Wastewater Treatment Systems

Kathryn Marie Anglin-Irwin, Young B. Kim
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The Presence and Impacts of Pollutants On Central Appalachian Crayfishes

Taylor Ross Whitson
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