Submissions from 2022
Obligations of Researchers and Managers to Respect Wetlands: Practical Solutions to Minimizing Field Monitoring Impacts, Jessica A. Bryzek, Krista L. Noe, Sindupa De Silva, Andrew MacKenzie, Cindy L. Von Haugg, Donna Hartman, Jordan D. McCall, Walter Veselka IV, and James T. Anderson
Brief report: Cause of death among people discharged from infective endocarditis related hospitalization—West Virginia, 2016–2019, Zheng Dai, Gordon S. Smith, Brian Hendricks, and Ruchi Bhandari
Understory structure and heterospecifics influence the occupancy of a ground-nesting species of conservation concern, the Canada Warbler, Gordon W. Dimming, Christopher Rota, Petra Wood, and Christopher M. Lituma
Data-driven learning how oncogenic gene expression locally alters heterocellular networks, David Klinke II, Audry Fernandez, Wentao Deng, Atefeh Razazan, Habibolla Latifizadeh, and Anika C. Pirkey
Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vivo Cytokinome Profile of IL-12-Loaded PLGA Nanospheres, Ryan A. Lacinski, Justin E. Markel, Jabeen Noore, Hillary G. Pratt, and Brock A. Lindsey
Revisiting the dual pathway hypothesis of Chorismate production in plants, Joseph H. Lynch
Resume Research Questions Through the Seven Philosophical Foundations of Communication, Michael W. Major
Context, classification and study methodologies in research into nature-based therapies: protocol for a scoping review, Samantha I. Moyers, Christiaan G. Abildso, and George A. Kelley
Autonomous design of new chemical reactions using a variational autoencoder, Terence Musho and Robert Tempke
Positive Impulse Phase versus Propulsive Impulse Phase: Correlations between Asymmetry and Countermovement Jump Performance, Keith B. Painter, William Guy Hornsby, Kevin Carroll, Satoshi Mizuguchi, and Michael H. Stone
Submissions from 2021
Field Test of a Passive Infrared Camera for Measuring Trail-Based Physical Activity, Christiaan G. Abildso, Vaike Haas, Shay M. Daily, and Thomas K. Bias
What Sets Physically Active Rural Communities Apart from Less Active Ones? A Comparative Case Study of Three US Counties, Christiaan G. Abildso, Cynthia K. Perry, Lauren Jacobs, M. Renée Umstattd Meyer, Megan McClendon, Michael B. Edwards, James N. Roemmich, Zachary Ramsey, and Margaret Stout
Postdischarge Opioid Use after Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty, Keenan Atwood, Taylor Shackleford, Wesley Lemons, Jennifer L. Eicher, Brock A. Lindsey, and Adam E. Klein
Meta-analyses support a taxonomic model for representations of different categories of audio-visual interaction events in the human brain, Matt Csonka, Nadia Mardmomen, Paula J. Webster, Julie A. Brefczynski-Lewis, Chris Frum, and James W. Lewis
Sublingual Buprenorphine/Naloxone and Multi-Modal Management for High-Risk Chronic Pain Patients, Shane Kaski, Patrick Marshalek, Jeremy Herschler, Sijin Wen, and Wanhong Zheng
Fertilization and Tree Species Influence on Stable Aggregates in Forest Soil, Jacob E. Kemner, Mary Beth Adams, Louis M. McDonald, William T. Peterjohn, and Charlene N. Kelly
Meta-analysis comparing direct oral anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonists in patients with left ventricular thrombus, Kazuhiko Kido, Yasir Abdul Ghaffar, James C. Lee, Christopher Bianco, Mikiko Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Shiga, and Masayuki Hashiguchi
Graphene Flake Self-Assembly Enhancement via Stretchable Platforms and External Mechanical Stimuli, Harrison A. Loh, Claudio Marchi, Luca Magagnin, and Konstantinos A. Sierros
Supporting Student Success and Persistence in STEM With Active Learning Approaches in Emerging Scholars Classrooms, David Miller, Jessica Deshler, Tim McEldowney, John Stewart, Edgar Fuller, Matt Pascal, and Lynnette Michaluk
Biofortification of Sodium Selenate Improves Dietary Mineral Contents and Antioxidant Capacity of Culinary Herb Microgreens, Rachel Newman G. Newman, Youyoun Moon, Carl E. Sams, Janet C. Tou, and Nicole L. Waterland
Excision of a Rare Triquetral Body Fracture Nonunion, Michael J. Niemann, William C. Brooks, Priscilla Cavanaugh, Andrea B. Lese, and John S. Taras
Evaluation of Calcium Application Methods on Delaying Plant Wilting under Water Deficit in Bedding Plants, Suejin Park and Nicole L. Waterland
Effects of Training Set Size on Supervised Machine-Learning Land-Cover Classification of Large-Area High-Resolution Remotely Sensed Data, Christopher A. Ramezan, Timothy A. Warner, Aaron E. Maxwell, and Bradley S. Price
A Structured Approach to Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (SSTIs) in an Ambulatory Setting, Benjamin Silverberg
Nitrogen Fertilization, Stand Age, and Overstory Tree Species Impact the Herbaceous Layer in a Central Appalachian Hardwood Forest, Lacey J. Smith and Kirsten Stephan
Exploring DFT+U parameter space with a Bayesian calibration assisted by Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling, Pedram Tavadze, Reese Boucher, Guillermo Avendaño-Franco, Keenan X. Kocan, Sobhit Singh, Viviana Dovale-Farelo, Wilfredo Ibarra-Hernández, Matthew B. Johnson, David S. Mebane, and Aldo H. Romero
The Application of Systems Science in Nutrition-Related Behaviors and Outcomes Implementation Research: A Scoping Review, Ayron E. Walker, Rachel A. Wattick, and Melissa D. Olfert
A Scalable Framework for Map Matching Based Cooperative Localization, Chizhao Yang, Jared Strader, and Yu Gu
Submissions from 2020
Paleohydrology and Machine-Assisted Estimation of Paleogeomorphology of Fluvial Channels of the Lower Middle Pennsylvanian Allegheny Formation, Birch River, WV, Oluwasegun O. Abatan and Amy Weislogel
Shifting the gaze of the physician from the body to the body in a place: A qualitative analysis of a community-based photovoice approach to teaching place-health concepts to medical students, Lauri Andress and Matthew P. Purtill
The transition from planar to en echelon morphology in a single vein in shale: Insights from X-ray computed tomography scanning, Graham DM Andrews, Sarah R. Brown, Johnathan Moore, Dustin Crandall, and Paige Mackey
Oxidative Stress Responses and Nutrient Starvation in MCHM Treated Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Michael C. Ayers, Zachary N. Sherman, and Jennifer E. G. Gallagher
Breastfeeding Duration Is Associated with Regional, but Not Global, Differences in White Matter Tracts, Christopher E. Bauer, James W. Lewis, Julie Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, Chris Frum, Margeaux M. Schade, Marc W. Haut, and Hawley E. Montgomery-Downs
Risk factors associated with infection of blood-borne virus among people who used methamphetamine, Yilin Cai, Sijin Wen, and Ruchi Bhandari
Life satisfaction among a clinical eating disorder population, Elizabeth A. Claydon, Caterina DeFazio, Christa L. Lilly, and Keith J. Zullig
Designing a multifaceted telehealth intervention for a rural population using a model for developing complex interventions in nursing, Stephen M. Davis, Amanda Jones, Margaret E. Jaynes, Kori N. Woodrum, Marcus Canaday, Lindsay Allen, and Jennifer A. Mallow
A Medial Congruent Polyethylene Offers Satisfactory Early Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction in Total Knee Arthroplasty, Benjamin M. Frye, Caitlyn Patton, Jason A. Kinney, T. Ryan Murphy, Adam E. Klein, and Matthew J. Dietz
Continuous OTM 33A Analysis of Controlled Releases of Methane with Various Time Periods, Data Rates and Wind Filters, Robert S. Heltzel, Mohammed T. Zaki, Aron K. Gebreslase, Omar I. Abdul-Aziz, and Derek R. Johnson
Vulnerability of high-elevation endemic salamanders to climate change: A case study with the Cow Knob Salamander (Plethodon punctatus), Carl D. Jacobsen, Donald J. Brown, William D. Flint, Thomas K. Pauley, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and Joseph C. Mitchell
Effects of Oxygen Modification on the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Highly Epitaxial La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) thin films, Shalini Kumari, Navid Mottaghi, Chih-Yeh Huang, Robbyn Trappen, Ghadendra Bhandari, Saeed Yousefi, Guerau Cabrera, Mohindar S. Seehra, and Mikel B. Holcomb
A comparison of wetland characteristics between Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and public lands wetlands in West Virginia, USA, Katherine E. Lewis, Christopher T. Rota, and James T. Anderson
Dissimilar Phonemes Create a Contextual Interference Effect During a Nonword Repetition Task, Kimberly Michelle Meigh and Elisabeth Kee
Just Because (Most) Hospitals Are Publishing Charges Does Not Mean Prices Are More Transparent, Cody L. Mullens, J Andres Hernandez, Evan D. Anderson, and Lindsay Allen
Pain Experiences and Their Relation to Opioid Misuse Risk and Emotion Dysregulation, Jonathan W. Nauser, Cecelia I. Nelson, Richard T. Gross, and Alison M. Vargovich
Treatment with Calcium Chloride Enhances Water Deficit Stress Tolerance in Viola (Viola cornuta), Suejin Park, Youyoun Moon, and Nicole L. Waterland
Localized cytokine responses to total knee arthroplasty and total knee revision complications, Nicole Prince, Julia A. Penatzer, Matthew J. Dietz, and Jonathan W. Boyd
Blood substitution therapy rescues the brain of mice from ischemic damage, Xuefang Ren, Heng Hu, Imran Farooqi, and James W. Simpkins
Individuals’ Experiences with Religious Hostility, Discrimination, and Violence: Findings from a New National Survey, Christopher P. Scheitle and Elaine Howard Ecklund
Identifying community physical activity and health resources for treatment of back pain by utilizing members of a physical activity network, Cara L. Sedney, Treah Haggerty, Sam Zizzi, and Patricia Dekeseredy
Large-scale inflatable structures for tunnel protection: a review of the Resilient Tunnel Plug project, Eduardo M. Sosa, Gregory J. Thompson, Gregory M. Holter, and John M. Fortune
Separation of Radionuclides from a Rare Earth-Containing Solution by Zeolite Adsorption, Deniz Talan and Qingqing Huang
Vehicle-to-Grid Integration for Enhancement of Grid: A Distributed Resource Allocation Approach, Deepak Tiwari, Mohd Adil Anwar Sheikh, Joseph Moyalan, Mayur Sawant, Sarika Khushalani Solanki, and Jignesh Solanki
Household Water Security: An Analysis of Water Affect in the Context of Hydraulic Fracturing in West Virginia, Appalachia, Bethani Turley and Martina Angela Caretta
Self-Regulation as Key Factor in Protection Against the Harmful Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences: Critical Role for Occupational Therapists, Rondalyn Whitney
Saccharomyces arboricola and Its Hybrids’ Propensity for Sake Production: Interspecific Hybrids Reveal Increased Fermentation Abilities and a Mosaic Metabolic Profile, Matthew J. Winans, Yuki Yamamoto, Yuki Fujimaru, Yuki Kusaba, Jennifer E G Gallagher, and Hiroshi Kitagaki
Submissions from 2019
Evaluability Assessment of “Growing Healthy Communities,” a Mini-grant Program to Improve Access to Healthy Foods and Places for Physical Activity, Christiaan G. Abildso, Angela Dyer, Shay M. daily, and Thomas K. Bias
Neural Processing of Communication Signals: The Extent of Sender–Receiver Matching Varies across Species of Apteronotus, Kathryne M. Allen and Gary Marsat
How to Search for Life in Martian Chemical Sediments and Their Fluid and Solid Inclusions Using Petrographic and Spectroscopic Methods, Kathleen C. Benison
GNSS/LiDAR-Based Navigation of an Aerial Robot in Sparse Forests, Antonio C. Chiella, Henrique N. Machado, Bruno O.S. Teixeira, and Guilherme A.S. Pereira
Soil and Tree Nutrient Status of High Elevation Mixed Red Spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) and Broadleaf Deciduous Forests, Phillip M. Crim, Louis M. McDonald, and Jonathan R. Cumming
Characterization and Quantification of Major Flavonol Glycosides in Ramps (Allium tricoccum), Wijdan M. Dabeek, Nik Kovinich, Callee Walsh, and Melissa Ventura Marra
Barriers to using new needles encountered by rural Appalachian people who inject drugs: implications for needle exchange, Stephen M. Davis, Alfgeir L. Kristjansson, Danielle Davidov, Keith Zullig, Adam Baus, and Melanie Fisher
Exercise Training Prevents the Perivascular Adipose Tissue-induced Aortic Dysfunction with Metabolic Syndrome, Evan DeVallance, Kayla W. Branyan, Kent C. Lemaster, Ray Anderson, Kent L. Marshall, I. Mark Olfert, David M. Smith, Eric E. Kelly, Randy W. Bryner, Jefferson C. Frisbee, and Paul D. Chantler
Rate of surface contamination in the operating suite during revision total joint arthroplasty, Matthew J. Dietz, Phillip A. Bostian, Emily P. Ernest, Adam E. Klein, P. Rocco LaSala, Benjamin M. Frye, and Brock A. Lindsey
Ischemic Stroke Alters Immune Cell Niche and Chemokine Profile in Mice Independent of Spontaneous Bacterial Infection, Breanne Y. Farris, Kelly L. Monaghan, Wen Zheng, Courtney D. Amend, Heng Hu, Amanda G. Ammer, James E. Coad, Xuefang Ren, and Edwin C. K. Wan
Quality Regulation? Access to High-Quality Specialists for Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries in California, Simon F. Haeder
Expenditure, Coping, and Academic Behaviors among Food-Insecure College Students at 10 Higher Education Institutes in the Appalachian and Southeastern Regions, Rebecca L. Hagedorn, Laura H. McArthur, Lanae B. Hood, Maureen Berner, Elizabeth T. Anderson Steeves, Carol L. Connell, Elizabeth Wall-Bassett, Marsha Spence, Oyinlola Toyin Babatunde, E Brooke Kelly, Julia F. Waity, J Porter Lillis, and Melissa D. Olfert
Evaluation of Frother Types for Improved Flotation Recovery and Selectivity, Qingqing Huang, Xinbo Yang, and Rick Q. Honaker
Comparing Written Versus Pictorial Asthma Action Plans to Improve Asthma Management and Health Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents: Protocol of a Pilot and Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial, Lisa Hynes, Kristine Durkin, Desireé N. Williford, Hope Smith, David Skoner, Christa Lilly, Viral Dilip Kothari, Jenny McSharry, and Christina L. Duncan
The NAC family transcription factor GmNAC42–1 regulates biosynthesis of the anticancer and neuroprotective glyceollins in soybean, Md Asraful Jahan, Brianna Harris, Matthew Lowery, Katie Coburn, Aniello M. Infante, Ryan J. Percifield, Amanda G. Ammer, and Nik Kovinich
Temporal Variations in Methane Emissions from an Unconventional Well Site, Derek Johnson, Robert Heltzel, and Dakota Oliver
Consumption of Health-Related Content on Social Media Among Adolescent Girls: Mixed-Methods Pilot Study, Miriam P. Leary, Emily N. Clegg, Madison E. Santella, Pamela J. Murray, Julie S. Downs, and Melissa D. Olfert
Influence of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program wetland practices on winter occupancy of Passerellidae sparrows and avian species richness, Katherine E. Lewis, Christopher T. Rota, Christopher M. Lituma, and James T. Anderson
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Telenutrition Weight Loss Intervention in Middle-Aged and Older Men with Multiple Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease, Melissa Ventura Marra, Christa L. Lilly, Kelly R. Nelson, Dominick R. Woofter, and James Malone
Water‐borne and Plasma Corticosterone are not Correlated in Spotted Salamanders, Alice R. Millikin, Sarah K. Woodley, Drew R. Davis, Ignacio T. Moore, and James T. Anderson
Monocytes and Monocyte-Derived Antigen-Presenting Cells Have Distinct Gene Signatures in Experimental Model of Multiple Sclerosis, Kelly L. Monaghan, Wen Zheng, Gangqing Hu, and Edwin C. K. Wan
Targeting the Blood-Brain Barrier to Prevent Sepsis-Associated Cognitive Impairment, Divine C. Nwafor, Allison L. Brichacek, Afroz S. Mohammad, Jessica Griffith, Brandon P. Lucke-Wold, Stanley A. Benkovic, Werner J. Geldenhuys, Paul R. Lockman, and Candice M. Brown
Experience with key indicator cases among otolaryngology residents, Daniel C. O'Brien, Brian Kellermeyer, Jeffson Chung, and Michele M. Carr
Sex Differences in Lifestyle Behaviors among U.S. College Freshmen, Melissa D. Olfert, Makenzie L. Barr, Camille C. Charlier, Geoffrey W. Greene, Wenjun Zhou, and Sarah E. Colby
Choice Architecture in Appalachian High Schools: Evaluating and Improving Cafeteria Environments, Melissa D. Olfert, Rebecca L. Hagedorn, Emily N. Clegg, Shannon Ackerman, and Cheryl Brown
Study Protocol of Coaching End-of-Life Palliative Care for Advanced Heart Failure Patients and Their family Caregivers in Rural Appalachia: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, Trisha Petitte, Angel Smothers, Sijin Wen, Elizabeth Morrissey, Stephanie Young, George Sokos, Alvin H. Moss, and Carol E. Smith
Evaluation of Sampling and Cross-Validation Tuning Strategies for Regional-Scale Machine Learning Classification, Christopher A. Ramezan, Timothy A. Warner, and Aaron E. Maxwell
Orofacial Granulomatosis in a Child, Reena Razdan, Maxwell D. Newby, and Michele M. Carr
Narcotic-Free, Over-the-Counter Pain Management After Wide-Awake Hand Surgery, Sraj Shafic
From Statistical Correlations to Stochasticity and Size Effects in Sub-Micron Crystal Plasticity, Hengxu Song and Stefanos Papanikolaou
Unique Constant Phase Element Behavior of the Electrolyte–Graphene Interface, Jianbo Sun and Yuxin Liu
An Elastic-net Logistic Regression Approach to Generate Classifiers and Gene Signatures for Types of Immune Cells and T Helper Cell Subsets, Arezo Torang, Paraag Gupta, and David J. Klinke II
Interventions to Increase Completion of Hepatitis B Vaccination in People who Inject Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Stacy Tressler and Ruchi Bhandari
A Framework for Understanding the Role of Psychological Processes in Disease Development, Maintenance, and Treatment: The 3P-Disease Model, Casey D. Wright, Alaina Tiani, Amber Lynn Billingsley, Shari Alaina Steinman, Kevin T. Larkin, and Daniel W. McNeil
Submissions from 2018
Fitting a Square Peg Into a Round Hole: Perceptions of Appalachian Physicians on the Incorporation of Chronic Disease Prevention Into Their Practice, Lauri Andress, Danny Scalise, Jessica G. Wright, and Stephanie E. Moore
Waking up every day in a body that is not yours: a qualitative research inquiry into the intersection between eating disorders and pregnancy, Elizabeth A. Claydon, Danielle M. Davidov, Keith J. Zullig, Christa L. Lilly, Lesley Cottrell, and Stephanie C. Zerwas
Genetic analyses reveal cryptic introgression in secretive marsh bird populations, Stephanie S. Coster, Amy B. Welsh, Gary Costanzo, Sergio R. Harding, James T. Anderson, Susan B. McRae, and Todd E. Katzner
Qualitative case study of needle exchange programs in the Central Appalachian region of the United States, Stephen M. Davis, Danielle Davidov, Alfgeir L. Kristjansson, Keith Zullig, Adam Baus, and Melanie Fisher
Organic versus Conventional Cropping Sustainability: A Comparative System Analysis, Tiffany L. Fess and Vagner Benedito
Food Insecurity and Behavioral Characteristics for Academic Success in Young Adults Attending an Appalachian University, Rebecca L. Hagedorn and Melissa D. Olfert
Past and future drought in Mongolia, Amy Hessl, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Casey Jelsema, Benjamin Cook, Oyunsanaa Byambasuren, Caroline Leland, Baatarbileg Nachin, Neil Pederson, Hanqin Tian, and Laia Andreu Hayles
Reducing Uncertainties in Applying Remotely Sensed Land Use and Land Cover Maps in Land-Atmosphere Interaction: Identifying Change in Space and Time, Yaqian He, Timothy A. Warner, Brenden E. McNeil, and Eungul Lee
Beyond weight loss: A qualitative exploration of participant expectations and strategies for measuring progress during a weight management program, John Spencer Ingels, Adam Hansell, and Sam Zizzi
Validation of a Dietary Screening Tool in a Middle-Aged Appalachian Population, Melissa Ventura Marra, Sowmyanarayanan V. Thuppal, Elizabeth J. Johnson, and Regan L. Bailey
Absolute lymphocyte and neutrophil counts in neonatal ischemic brain injury, J M. Povroznik, E B. Engler-Chiurazzi, T Nanavati, and P Pergami