This collection showcases scholarly and creative work by faculty members of the College of the Sciences at Central Washington University.
Submissions from 2011
Infant Mortality and Stress Indicators Linked to Tourism Management of Tibetan Macaques, Carol M. Bergman and Megan D. Matheson
Quantitative Reasoning in the Contemporary World, 3: Assessing Student Learning, Stuart Boersma, Caren Diefenderfer, Shannon W. Dingman, and Bernard L. Madison
The Role of Fear of Crime in Donating and Volunteering: A Gendered Analysis, Sarah Britto, David M. Van Slyke, and Teresa Francis Divine
Public Participation GIS: A new method for national park planning, Greg Brown and Delene Webber
Feminisms: Feminist Therapies in the 21st Century, Cindy M. Bruns and Ellyn Kaschak
The twilight of Paleolithic Siberia: Humans and their environments east of Lake Baikal at the late-glacial/Holocene transition, Ian Buvit and Karisa Terry
The alluvial history and sedimentary record of the Priiskovoe site and its place in the Paleolithic prehistory of Siberia, Ian Buvit, Karisa Terry, Viktor K. Kolosov, and Mikhail V. Konstantinov
The Relationship Between a College Preparation Program and At-Risk Students' College Readiness, Jennifer T. Cates and Scott E. Schaefle
Antiapoptotic protein Lifeguard is required for survival and maintenance of Purkinje and granular cells, Tatiana Hurtado de Mendoza, Carlos G. Perez-Garcia, Todd T. Kroll, Nien H. Hoong, Dennis D. M. O'Leary, and Inder M. Verma
A Wieferich Prime Search up to 6.7 × 10^15, François G. Dorais and Dominic Klyve
Stratigraphic record of Holocene coseismic subsidence, Padang, West Sumatra, Tina Dura, Charles M. Rubin, Harvey M. Kelsey, Benjamin P. Horton, Andrea Hawkes, Christopher H. Vane, Mudrik Daryono, Candace Grand Pre, Tyler Landinsky, and Sarah Bradley
Recruiting Students into the Earth Sciences through Undergraduate Research, Anne E. Egger and Simon L. Klemperer
Evolution of the Northwestern Margin of the Basin and Range: The Geology and Extensional History of the Warner Range and Environs, Northeastern California, Anne E. Egger and Elizabeth L. Miller
Ultrafine Particulate Ferrous Iron and Anthracene Associations with Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Celia Faiola, Anne M. Johansen, Sara Rybka, Annika Nieber, Carin Thomas, Stephanie Bryner, Justin Johnston, Mark Engelhard, Ponnusamy Nachimuthu, and Kalyn S. Owens
Eigenvalues in Filled Julia Sets, Jonathon E. Fassett
Chimpanzees and Sign Language: Darwinian Realities versus Cartesian Delusions, Roger Fouts and Erin McKenna
Ecosystem functions of mid-lake stands of common reed in Lake Poygan, Wisconsin, Anthony O. Gabriel and Leo R. Bodensteiner
Impacts of Riprap on Wetland Shorelines, Upper Winnebago Pool Lakes, Wisconsin, Anthony O. Gabriel and Leo R. Bodensteiner
Theoretical calculations on the hydrogen elimination of ethene with chemical accuracy, Yingbin Ge and T. Cameron Shore
Northern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) use thermal and structural cues to choose overwintering hibernacula, C. M. Gienger and Daniel D. Beck
Enumerating the Rationals from Left to Right, Stephen P. Glasby
p-Groups with a unique proper non-trivial characteristic subgroup, Stephen P. Glasby, P. P. Pálfy, and Csaba Schneider
A Qualitative Examination of the Heterosexual Influence on the Counseling Process, Breyan N. Haizlip
Spatial variability in nutrient concentration and biofilm nutrient limitation in an urban watershed, Timothy J. Hoellein, Clay P. Arango, and Yana Zak
Measurement of Optically Pumped CH3 18OH Laser Frequencies Between 3 and 9 THz, Michael Jackson, Jason A. Milne, and Lyndon R. Zink
First Laser Action Observed From Optically Pumped CH317OH, Michael Jackson, Andrew J. Nichols, D'Artagnon R. Womack, and Lyndon R. Zink
Asynchronous Use of Engineering (Materials) Education Videos, Craig Johnson and Arthur D. Morken
Recent increase in black carbon concentrations from a Mt. Everest ice core spanning 1860-2000 AD, Susan D. Kaspari, M. Schwikowski, M. Gysel, M. G. Flanner, S. Kang, S. Hou, and P. A. Mayewski
Effects of Forearm vs. Leg Submersion in Work Tolerance Time in a Hot Environment While Wearing Firefighter Protective Clothing, Charles P. Katica, Robert C. Pritchett, Kelly L. Pritchett, Andrew T. Del Pozzi, Gytis Balilionis, and Tim Burnham
An Empirical Approach to the St. Petersburg Paradox, Dominic Klyve and Anna Lauren
MapSnap System to Perform Vector-to-Raster Fusion, Boris Kovalerchuk, Peter Doucette, Gamal Seedahmed, Jerry Tagestad, Sergei Kovalerchuk, and Brian Graff
Geologic Field Trips to the Basin and Range, Rocky Mountains, Snake River Plain, and Terranes of the U.S. Cordillera, Jeffrey Lee and James P. Evans
Middle to Late Miocene Extremely Rapid Exhumation and Thermal Reequilibration in the Kung Co Rift, Southern Tibet, Jeffrey Lee, Christian Hager, Simon R. Wallis, Daniel F. Stockli, Martin J. Whitehouse, Mutsuki Aoya, and Yu Wang
Comments on Evidence for Hunting of Pronghorn Herds in Prehistory, Patrick M. Lubinski
Genetic diversity and population structure in cultivated sunflower and a comparison to its wild progenitor, Helianthus annuus L, J. R. Mandel, Jennifer M. Dechaine, L. F. Marek, and J. M. Burke
Penrose Conference Report: Neotectonics of arc-continent collision, Paul Mann, Carlos Vargas, and Caroline Whitehill
The Very Partisan Nonpartisan Top-Two Primary: Understanding What Voters Don't Understand, Mathew Manweller
Nonlinear progressive wave equation for stratified atmospheres, B. Edward McDonald and Andrew A. Piacsek
Writing One's Own Story: Women, Aging, and the Social Narrative, Valory Mitchell and Cindy M. Bruns
A Review of Ramifications and Implications Associated With the Involvement of People With Mental Illnesses in the Correctional System, Rodrigo Murataya and Saul Chacón
Quantitative Assessment of Surface Loss in Nanocrystalline YBO3:Eu3+ from Measurements of Host-to-Activator Transfer Efficiency, Kristopher Olsen, Andrew Lawler, and Anthony L. Diaz
Beryllium-10 Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclide Surface Exposure Dating of Quaternary Landforms in Death Valley, Lewis A. Owen, Kurt L. Frankel, Jeffrey R. Knott, Scott Reynhout, Robert C. Finkel, James F. Dolan, and Jeffrey Lee
Processing the Patterns: Elusive Archaeofaunal Signatures of Cod Storage on the North Pacific Coast, Megan A. Partlow and Robert E. Kopperl
Photosynthetic Response of Nereocystis Luetkeana (Phaeophyta) to High Light, Mary E. Poulson, Andrew J. McNeil, and Raymon A. Donahue
Inducing private wildfire risk mitigation: Experimental investigation of measures on adjacent public lands, Tyler Prante, Joseph M. Little, Michael L. Jones, Michael McKee, and Robert P. Berrens
Topographic control of asynchronous glacial advances: A case study from Annapurna, Nepal, Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Douglas W. Burbank, Arjun M. Heimsath, Neil F. Humphrey, Michael Oskin, and Jaakko Putkonen
Critical-Thinking Grudge Match: Biology vs. Chemistry—Examining Factors That Affect Thinking Skill in Nonmajors Science, Ian J. Quitadamo, Martha J. Kurtz, Caitlyn Nicole Cornell, Lindsay Griffith, Julie Hancock, and Brandi Egbert
Prevalence of Waterborne Protozoan Parasites in Two Rural Villages in the West Province of Cameroon, Dennis J. Richardson, Karen Damon Callahan, Blaise Dondji, Pierre Tsekeng, and Kristen E. Richardson
Geohelminth Infection in Rural Cameroonian Villages, Dennis J. Richardson, Katherine R. Richardson, Karen Damon Callahan, Jeanette Gross, Pierre Tsekeng, Blaise Dondji, and Kristen E. Richardson
The Janus Nature of Human Rights in Iran: Understanding Progress and Setbacks on Human Rights Protections since the Revolution, Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan
Worldwide distribution of allelic variation at the progesterone receptor locus and the incidence of female reproductive cancers, L. Christie Rockwell, Elizabeth J. Rowe, Katherine Arnson, Fatimah Jackson, Alain Froment, Peter Ndumbe, Binteou Seck, and Joseph G. Lorenz
Individual and combined effects of multiple pathogens on Pacific treefrogs, John M. Romansic, Pieter T. J. Johnson, Catherine L. Searle, James E. Johnson, Tate S. Tunstall, Barbara A. Han, Jason R. Rohr, and Andrew R. Blaustein
Controls on large landslide distribution and implications for the geomorphic evolution of the southern interior Columbia River basin, Elizabeth B. Safran, Scott W. Anderson, Megan Mills-Novoa, P. Kyle House, and Lisa Ely
Mendelian breeding units versus standard sampling strategies: Mitochondrial DNA variation in southwest Sardinia, Daria Sanna and Joseph G. Lorenz
Newspaper Editorial Stands on Broadcast Indecency Regulation: Profits over Principles?, Todd Schaefer and Robert Fordan
Security management in telepsychology, Terrence J. Schwartz and Susan D. Lonborg
Glide avalanche response to an extreme rain-on-snow event, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA, John Stimberis and Charles M. Rubin
Examining Racial Profiling from a Cognitive Perspective, Key Sun
Passing Pains: Revenge, Retaliation, and Redirected Aggression in a New Light, Lixing Sun
Assessing the Impact of Changes in Gender Equality on Female Homicide Victimization: 1980-2000, Lynne M. Vieraitis, Sarah Britto, and Robert G. Morris
The Power of Numbers in Shamanism A Patterned Explanation of Shaman Names in Inner Asia, Penglin Wang
Effects of Simulated Moonlight on Activity in the Desert Nightsnake (Hypsiglena chlorophaea), Robert E. Weaver
Discovery of the Parthenogenetic Colorado Checkered Whiptail, Aspidoscelis neotesselata (Squamata: Teiidae), In Washington State, Robert E. Weaver, Andy P. O'Connor, Joshua L. Wallace, Jeffrey M. King, and James M. Walker
The Border: Los Magonistas, prensa revolucionaria en los Estados Unidos y la trayectoria oculta de una revista de la frontera, Stefanie Wickstrom
Dynamics of stick–slip motion, Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica, J. Paul Winberry, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Douglas A. Wiens, Richard B. Alley, and Knut Christianson
First Occurrence of Twins in Provisioned Free-ranging Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Huangshan, China, Dongpo Xia, Jinhua Li, Megan D. Matheson, Lixing Sun, Binghua Sun, and Yong Zhu
Submissions from 2010
Testing coupling relationships in object-oriented programs, Roger Alexander, Jeff Offutt, and Andreas Stefik
Extreme Data Mining: Inference from Small Datasets, Răzvan Andonie
How to Write a Good Paper in Computer Science and How Will It Be Measured by ISI Web of Knowledge, Rǎzvan Andonie and Ioan Dzitac
"Holding on to Those Who Can't be Held": Reenacting a Lynching at Moore's Ford, Georgia, Mark J. Auslander
The Other Side of Paradise: Glimpsing Slavery in the University's Utopian Landscapes, Mark J. Auslander
Sharing Food, Sharing Values: Mothering and Empathy in Murik Society, Kathleen Barlow
The Practice of Mothering: An Introduction, Kathleen Barlow and Bambi L. Chapin
Race, Class, and Whiteness in Gifted and Talented Identification: A Case Study, Kathleen Barlow and C. Elaine Dunbar
Tsunami Boulder Transport and Other Dramatic Effects of the 15 November 2006 Central Kuril Islands Tsunami on the Island of Matua, Joanne Bourgeois and Breanyn MacInnes
The Economic Geography of Air Transportation: Space, Time, and the Freedom of the Sky, John T. Bowen
“Fair and Balanced?” Justice Issues on Political Talk Shows, Sarah Britto and Dean A. Dabney
Floral Genetic Architecture: An Examination of QTL Architecture Underlying Floral (Co)Variation Across Environments, Marcus T. Brock, Jennifer M. Dechaine, Federico L. Iniguez-Luy, Julin N. Maloof, John R. Stinchcombe, and Cynthia Weinig
Tuning the Optical and Electrochemical Properties of M(CO)4(phenanthroline) Compounds via Substituents on the Phenanthroline Ligand: An Upper-Division Inorganic Laboratory, Anthony W. Brown and Anthony L. Diaz
Feminism and Feminist Therapy Across Generations, Cindy M. Bruns
Analyzing The Adoption of Computer Security Utilizing The Health Belief Model, Chet L. Claar and Jeffrey Johnson
What's My Domain?, W. Dan Curtis
Observations by a university anatomy teacher and a suggestion for curricular change: Integrative anatomy for undergraduates, David M. Darda
CD4+ T cells mediate mucosal and systemic immune responses to experimental hookworm infection, Blaise Dondji, T. Sun, R. D. Bungiro, J. J. Vermeire, L. M. Harrison, C. Bifulco, and Michael Cappello
Conservation phylogenetics of helodermatid lizards using multiple molecular markers and a supertree approach, Michael E. Douglas, Marlis R. Douglas, Gordon W. Schuett, Daniel D. Beck, and Brian K. Sullivan
Miocene - Quaternary tectonic evolution of the northern eastern California shear zone, Kurt L. Frankel, Jeffrey Lee, Kim Bishop, Nancye Dawers, Plamen Ganev, Jeff Unruh, and Lewis A. Owen
Gender Differences in the Effects of Acute Stress on Spatial Ability, Kara I. Gabriel, Stephen M. Hong, Marvin Chandra, Susan D. Lonborg, and Cynthia L. Barkley
Framing Alters Risk-Taking Behavior on a Modified Balloon Analogue Risk Task (Bart) in a Sex-Specific Manner, Kara I. Gabriel and Ashley Williamson
A Survey of Ungulates by Students Along Rural School Bus Routes, Aaron W. E. Galloway, Robert J. Hickey, and Gary M. Koehler
Theoretical Study of the Pyrolysis of Methyltrichlorosilane in the Gas Phase. 3. Reaction Rate Constant Calculations, Yingbin Ge, Mark S. Gordon, Francine Battaglia, and Rodney O. Fox
Pacing accuracy in collegiate and recreational runners, J. Matthew Green, Amber L. Sapp, Robert C. Pritchett, and Phil A. Bishop
Implications of the Plastid Genome Sequence of Typha (Typhaceae, Poales) for Understanding Genome Evolution in Poaceae, Mary M. Guisinger, Timothy W. Chumley, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Jeffrey L. Boore, and Robert K. Jansen
Quantitative In Situ Attenuated Total Internal Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Study of the Isotherms of Poly(sodium 4-styrene sulfonate) Adsorption to a TiO2 Surface over a Range of Cetylpyridinium Bromide Monohydrate Concentration, Mike Hase, Ryan Scheffelmaier, Sarah Hayden, and Dion Rivera
Criminal Justice Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2009 Term, Craig Hemmens, Valerie Bell, and Cody Stoddard
Writing a manual for police officers: the Supreme Court revisits the vehicle search incident to arrest rule in Arizona v. Gant, Craig Hemmens and Cody Stoddard
The role of hydrologic processes and geomorphology on the morphology and evolution of sediment clusters in gravel-bed rivers, Ross R. Hendrick, Lisa L. Ely, and A. N. Papanicolaou
Beyond Class Hours: The GIS Lab as a Center of Geographic Education, Robert Hickey
Hydrological Controls and Freshening in Meromictic Soap Lake, Washington, 1939‐2002, Jahn Kallis, Leo Bodensteiner, and Anthony Gabriel
Variability of atmospheric dust loading over the central Tibetan Plateaubased on ice core glaciochemistry, Shichang Kang, Yulan Zhang, Yongjun Zhang, Bjorn Grigholm, Susan Kaspari, Dahe Qin, Jiawen Ren, and Paul Mayewski