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RELATIONSHIP OF CHAIN-FORMING ARAPHID DIATOM COMMUNITIES FOUND IN HYDROLOGICALLY VARIABLE WETLANDS
Anna L. Agi*, Checo Colon-Gaud, and Kalina Manoylov

MICROBIAL GROWTH ON POLYETHYLENE PLASTIC FROM 2 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN A WETLAND ENVIRONMENT
Waylin Boyd* and Debra Dooley

SEASONAL CHANGES IN THE GROSS ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY OF THE OVIDUCT IN AN OVIPAROUS LIZARD, SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS
Elizabeth L. Durham* and Matthew R. Milnes

USE OF FLUORESCENT POWDER AS A MARKING METHOD ON MILLIPEDES
Sydney Irons* and Bruce Snyder

IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON PHYTOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES IN LAKE LOUISE GEORGIA**
Daniel Kwawuvi* and James A. Nienow

MACROINVERTEBRATES AND STREAM HEALTH
Savannah Ledbetter* and Debra Dooley

ALLOMETRIC GROWTH IN THE EASTERN BOX TURTLE, TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA
Helen Elizabeth Adams*, Natalie Hylsop, and Jennifer Mook

DETERMINING THE UPPER THERMAL LIMITS OF THE WHITE TUBERCLED CRAYFISH (PROCAMBARUS SPICULIFER, LECONTE 1856)**
Elias John Aufderheide* and David A. Weese

STREAM CHARACTERISTICS AND MACROINVERTEBRATE MONITORING THROUGH SEASON CHANGE**
Carson Becerra* and Jennifer A. Fortunato

EFFECT OF TREMATODE METACERCARIAL INFECTION ON LOCOMOTION BY LARVAL SALAMANDERS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
Addie Bowen*, Alexia Vaca-Nava*, and Carlos D. Camp

INVESTIGATING SAPROPHYTIC DIVERSITY IN WEST GEORGIA UTILIZING DNA BARCODING
Christiana M. Gleissner*, Ashley I. Kidd*, and Frank Fontanella

INVESTIGATING THE SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF CITROSPET, CITRICIDAL, CAPRYLIC ACID, CARVACROL, LACTIC ACID AND HIGH-PRESSURE PROCESSING AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
Md Niamul Kabir, Romona McLeod*, Laila Dowdy*, Shohana Huq, and Olabisi O. Ojo

HUMAN ACTIVITY LEVELS NEAR MONITORED SECONDARY CAVITY NESTING FOREST BIRD BOXES BEFORE AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSING COMPLEX**
Kadan R. Martin* and Dawn E.W. Drumtra

EVALUATION OF MYOGLOBIN LEVELS IN THE LOCOMOTER MUSCLES OF FLORIDA MANATEES
Cori N. Newton, Jenna Renay Brown*, Naneshka Rodriguez*, and Kaleb Lopez-Cruz*

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND DIETARY PREFERENCES OF GAMBUSIA AFFINIS IN A LABORATORY SETTING
Aldo Madrigal Olivarez, Keishona D. Gordon, and Emily Rose

BISPHENOL A DETECTION IN BIRD TISSUE: A PILOT STUDY**
Alyssa Simpson* and Dawn E.W. Drumtra

REFRAMING OSMOPHOBIC AND OSMOPHILIC EFFECTS**
Jonathan G. Cannon

A USER-FRIENDLY AI-DRIVEN SIMULATION MODEL TO ESTIMATE AND REDUCE DAILY MICROPLASTIC EXPOSURE
Joshua Han* and Sang Hyuck Park

EXPLORING HYDROGEN BONDING IN SECONDARY AND TERTIARY AMINES FOR ENHANCED TSSE EFFICIENCY: INSIGHTS FROM NMR ANALYSIS
Christina Le*, Kesia Ajith*, Ashanti Moore*, and Seungjin Lee

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND PFAS CONTAMINATION IN GEORGIA: SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND DRINKING WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS
Claire Park* and Sang Hyuck Park

NEAR INFRARED STUDY OF HYDRATION OF AQUEOUS HYDROXIDE **
Jaemin Ahn* and Charles Pibel

CONSTRUCTING A HANGING DROP OSMOMETER**
Landon C. Derr* and Jonathan G. Cannon

PURIFICATION OF A RECOMBINANT GFP-PREPTIN FUSION PROTEIN**
Apoorva Kollaram*, Chayce C. Schuler*, and Jonathan M. Meyers

EXTRACTION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES FROM MUSCLE TISSUE SAMPLES OF FISH IN THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES**
London Van Every* and D. W. Holley

INVESTIGATING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN REGULAR MODERATE-FLOW MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS BASED ON BRAND AND THE LEVELS OF ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS (EDCS)**
Julia E. Wise*, Siriporn M. Johnson*, Destiny N. Palominos*, and Christina F. Wise*

ENHANCEMENT OF DIELECTRIC CONSTANT – PARAMETRIC STUDY
Arun K. Saha and Jaden C. Atkinson*

LOCATING EXOPLANETS USING LIGHTKURVE**
Jackson C. Bing*

MICROSTRIP BASED MICROWAVE BIOSENSORS WITH POLYMER RESIN STRUCTURE
Shantanu Chakraborty and Romeo D. Montague

DESIGN OF A HIGH VACUUM SYSTEM USING SOLIDWORKS
Rhys Medhurst* and Lu Kang

DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETRY BASED CHEMICAL ANALYZER**
Rode O. Peters** and Shantanu Chakraborty

JUPITER'S CHANGING OVAL BA
Richard W. Schmude Jr.

BRIGHTNESS CHANGES IN THE SEMI-REGULAR VARIABLE STAR RZ-ARIETIS
Richard W. Schmude Jr. and Qasim Ahmed*

PROJECT D.O.R.A.: EXPLORATION ROVERS USING ROS2 AND SLAM**
Ewura Ama Awere*, Shone Cherian*, Tamera Crawford*, and Jennifer Jimenez-Hernandez*

EXAMINING THE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF NANOCERIA
Alejandra Gomez*, Emily Manqueros*, and Kisa Ranasinghe

A COMPACT MICROSTRIP BASED PATCH ANTENNA FOR MULTIBAND APPLICATIONS**
Tyler A. Knox*, Jaylen T. Chatfield, and Hector Prieto

THE SHOOTING METHOD: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS IN ODE
Jayanti R. Saha and Ella Okoro*

EXOPLANET TRANSIT
C. Landon Taylor* Jr.

THE EFFECT OF CANNABINOIDS ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF ZEBRAFISH: A SUMMARY**
Montana Owens*

APPLICATION OF CRISPR TO REMOVE MULTIPLE BETA-LACTAMASE GENE VARIANTS**
John T. Ray* and Andrea L. Kwiatkowski

THE ROLE OF ADENOVIRUS PROTEIN E4 11K IN P BODY PROTEIN RELOCALIZATION**
Sarah West*, Heather Vincent*, and Kasey A. Karen

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ADENOVIRAL PROTEIN E4 11K AND THE DNA-PK-DEPENDENT DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE**
Heather Vincent*, Kindle Reeves, and Kasey A. Karen

DETERMINING THE PATHOGENICITY OF THE H307R VARIANT OF HUMAN BMP15 USING BIOINFORMATICS METHODS
Emma E. Hopper* and Shane A. Webb

DETERMINING IF EYESIGHT OF DIVISION II ATHLETES CORRELATES TO SPORT AND HOW IT COMPARES TO A GENERAL COLLEGE POPULATION**
Chloe E. Schmidhuber*, Victoria J. Shanahan*, Emily L. Brennaman*, Kamryn D. Bates*, and Jennifer C. Schroeder

DETERMINATING IF CERTAIN DIVISION II ATHLETES HAVE A GREATER WINGSPAN TO HEIGHT RATIO COMPARED TO A GENERAL COLLEGE POPULATION**
Victoria J. Shanahan*, Chloe E. Schmidhuber*, Emily L. Brennaman*, Kamryn D. Bates*, and Jennifer C. Schroeder

OBSERVING THE ANTI-BACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF OREGANO AND THYME ON ORAL BACTERIA
Elizabeth A. Hernandez*, Andrea L. Kwiatkowski, and Paul T. Arnold

LIKELY PATHOGENICITY OF D119A AND K146N VARIANTS OF HUMAN IDUA
Hannah L. Cooper*, Colton E. Glaze, and Shane A. Webb

KNEE RANGE OF MOTION AND RUNNING SPEED IN COLLEGIATE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL ATHLETES
Abbey Flowers* and Justine M. Hardy

DOES VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS IN COLLEGIATE ATHLETES REGARDING STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND POWER?
Bradley Owens* and Justine M. Hardy

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANKLE, KNEE, AND HIP MOBILITY AND LOWER LIMB FORCE PRODUCTION IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PLAYERS
Chandler Koerner* and Justine M. Hardy

HIP MOBILITY EFFECTS ON BAT SPEED IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL
Dakota Connell* and Justine M. Hardy

DOES STRENGTH TRAINING IMPROVE CLUBHEAD SPEED IN COLLEGIATE GOLFERS?
D. Tate Worrell* and Justine M. Hardy

EFFECTS OF SUGAR INTAKE ON COLLEGIATE STUDENTS MEMORY RECALL
Katelyn Ladner* and Justine M. Hardy

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIP AND KNEE ANGLES AND THE JUMP FORCE PRODUCED
Matthew Hager* and Justine M. Hardy

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PITCH CLOCK AND PITCHING VELOCITY IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PLAYERS
Noah Gilbert* and Justine M. Hardy

THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF VETERAN IDENTITY: CONCLUSIONS FROM COHORT 1
Ella Swartz*, Anslee Temples*, Lauren Ernst-Fortin*, Lauren Gibson*, Hadley Quigg*, Stephanie E. Jett, and Laurie Peebles

MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CHOICE IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY**
Trenholm Fahy* and Stephanie E. Jett

PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS: EMOTION & ANIMACY IN SCENE PERCEPTION
Han Jia*, Dean Sabatinelli, Kaitlyn Michelle Bennett*, and Caitlin Savannah Curtin*

ECHO CHAMBER: THE EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION BIAS ON POLITICAL ATTITUDES
Sara M. Helm* and Amy L. Boggan

THE IMPACT OF MEDICAL JARGON ON PATIENT COMPREHENSION AND SATISFACTION.
Lorin E. Tidick* and Amy L. Boggan

IMPACT OF URBANIZATION, HABITAT STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY ON SCAVENGER BEHAVIOR IN MOBILE COUNTY, ALABAMA AND CENTRAL GEORGIA**
Sophie Williams*, Shea Pagett*, Adam M. Stern*, and Stephanie E. Jett

MATERNAL FACILITATION OF JOINT ATTENTION IN INFANTS’ SECOND YEAR OF LIFE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATURALISTIC AND STRUCTURED CONTEXTS
Addison E. Montroy*, Kate Lindig, Meg Fyan, Christian M. Jerry, Drew Abney, and Janet Frick

LINKING DHEAS DIURNAL RHYTHMS AND SLEEP: EVIDENCE OF ASSOCIATIONS WITH SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND SUBJECTIVE SLEEP RATINGS
Abigail S. Marne* MS and Scott D. Moffat PhD

MAJOR CHOICE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN**
Teresa Murphy-Adams*

GENDER ESSENTIALISM INCREASES DISPOSITIONAL ATTRIBUTION IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
Mekaylah Dantzler and Yian Xu

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION REDUCES ESSENTIALIST BELIEFS ABOUT RACE AND GENDER
Yian Xu, Juan Tole*, and John Coley

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND EFFICACY IN MENTAL HEALTH CLINICAL TRIALS
Kianan Carr* and Alexander O. Crenshaw

A STUDY ON HSP & EI**
Maryna A. Steiner* and Cassandra Baldwin

WHAT IS REASONABLE? EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CASES OF POLICE ABUSE OF FORCE**
Katherine M. Kaylor*, John Le*, Autumn Smith*, Haley Baker*, and Amy A. Hackney

IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCIEVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND SOCIAL NETWORK DIVERSITY AND EXPERIMENTAL PAIN INTENSITY, PAIN CATASTROPHIZING, AND STRESS?
Emma G. Parks*, Percy W. Ackerman*, and Benjamin P. Van Dyke PhD

THE MAKING OF A MENTOR
Isom H. Herron

TRANSFORMING WORLD CITIZENS INTO NATIONAL AND GLOBAL LEADERS AT BREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE
William A. Said

ANALYZING THE EVOLUTION AND FREQUENCY OF CHEMISTRY TERMINOLOGY IN EDUCATION AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES
Dilyn Addo*, Andre Moise*, Lauren Olsen Trujillo*, and Seungjin Lee

FINDING EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT VALUES FOR THE ETHANOL-ACETIC ACID REACTION
Taylor Karoline Preston* and Richard Willis Schmude Jr.

MAKING THE MOST OF THE IODINE CLOCK REACTION IN FRESHMAN CHEMISTRY LAB
Richard Willis Schmude Jr. and Taylor Karoline Taylor author2_suffix

AI IN THE CLASSROOM: CHATGPT'S PERFORMANCE IN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS
Shantanu Chakraborty, Bilas Paul, and Ganga Sharma

THE BIZZARE RANKINGS OF GEORGIA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AS THEY ARE CLEANING UP THE ELITES' MESS AND EDUCATING THE MASS FOR LESS
William A. Said

MASTER COURSE TEMPLATE IMPLEMENTATION EFFECT OF DFW RATES AND STUDENT SUCCESS IN ONLINE INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY **
Ulrike G. Lahaise and Martha Fulk

THE BALL GAME, SACRIFICE, AND SKULL RACKS IN PRECONTACT MESOAMERICA
Roger C. Leonard*

THE ROLE OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACE DURING THE MIDDLE PRECLASSIC AT PACBITUN, BELIZE
Terry G. Powis, George J. Micheletti, and Kong Cheong

DATA AND DEBATES: LEGACY RADIOCARBON DATA IN SOUTH ASIA
Teresa P. Raczek

MODELING THE PAST: LIDAR DOCUMENTATION AND 3D VISUALIZATON IN THE BLUE RIDGE**
M. Jared Wood

THE EFFICACY OF 3D MODELS OF HUMAN BONE IN UNDERGRADUATE ANTHROPOLOGY CLASSES
Bailey Walton*, Susan Kirkpatrick Smith, Alice F. Gooding, and Uli Ingram

GIS ANALYSIS OF FORENSIC BODY DUMP SITES ACROSS GEORGIA OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD**
Zamir Norry*, Alice F. Gooding, Uli Ingram, and Ranbir S. Kang