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2017 Keynote Address and Meeting Program Academy Editors

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS Arkansas streams will play a pivotal role in our freshwater future.

By Dr. Sally Entrekin Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas

Dr. Entrekin is an environmental scientist; she earned her BS in Biology at Georgia Southwestern University, and MS in Entomology from the University of Georgia, and a PhD in Biology from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Entrekin has been a faculty member at UCA since 2008. The basic question addressed by Dr. Entrkin’s lab is: “How do natural and human disturbances interact to influence aquatic community composition and function.” Dr. Entrekin is widely pub-lished and has made many presentations at national and regional meetings. Recent work has included stream ecology in the area of the Fayetteville Shale. This work includes examining how rapid land use changes, such as natural gas extraction and urbanization, alter associated freshwater ecosystems, and how interactions among common and emerging watershed activities change stream structure and functions.

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SECTION PROGRAMS ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Only the presenter’s name was available at time of printing)

ORAL SESSIONS: FRIDAY 1:00-5:30 CHEMISTRY ROOM CCCS 115 Chair: A. Harrington BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES - MEDICINE AND MICROBIOLOGY ROOM CCCS 207 1:00 Chair: A. Mukherjee FLUORESCENT INHIBITOR OF SYSTEM Xc- Alan Jackson. 1:00 COLLAGEN INCREASES TUMORIGENICITY OF 1:15 PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER CELLS HARBORING BOND LENGTH AND BOND VALENCE FOR TUNGSTEN - BRAFV600E MUTATIONS OXYGEN AND TUNGSTEN - SULFUR BONDS Anna Sharabura. Ruth Lykins. Arkansas Tech University

1:15 1:30 FOCAL ADHESION KINASE DISPLAYS ALTERED ATMOSPHERIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY STUDIES RELATED REGULATION IN PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER TO SATURN’S MOON TITAN Ben Zamzow. Hendrix College Connor Purvis.

1:30 1:45 THE USE OF LIGATION INDEPENDENT CLONING TO ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WATERS IN SEARCY, GENERATE ESCHERICHIA COLI CAPABLE OF ARKANSAS PRODUCING CENTRUROIDES VITTATUS SCORPION Jade Toth. Harding University ÊŽµ-TOXINS NA681 AND NA682 TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND 2:00 MEDICAL SIGNIFICANCE BOND LENGTH AND BOND VALENCE RELATIONSHIP David Williams. Arkansas Tech University OF CHROMIUM OXIDES, CHROMIUM SULFIDES, MOLYBDENUM OXIDES, AND MOLYBDENUM 1:45 SULFIDES VALIDATION OF METHODS TO IMPROVE THE USE OF Jordan Labrecque. Arkansas Tech University P19 CELLS AS A MODEL OF NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION 2:15 Wallace Williamson. Arkansas Tech University PHOTOCATALYTIC STERILIZATION OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS 2:00 David Williams. Arkansas Tech University RELATIVE GENE EXPRESSION STUDY ON CENTRUROIDES VITTATUS INVESTIGATING SODIUM 2:30 TOXIN GENE ACTIVITY CARBON-CARBON, CARBON-OXYGEN, CARBON- Aimee Bowman. Arkansas Tech University NITROGEN, AND CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND VALENCE -LENGTH RELATIONSHIPS 2:15 Franklin Hardcastle. Arkansas Tech University USING ESCHERICHIA COLI TO GENERATE SCORPION Î2-TOXINS, AS SEEN IN CENTRUROIDES VITTATUS, TO 2:45 ALLOW FOR FURTHER STRUCTURAL AND SEARCHING FOR PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS CARE PRODUCTS IN WASTEWATER IN SEARCY, Jacob Pinkerton. Arkansas Tech University ARKANSAS Natalie Whitlock. Harding University 2:30 MITOCHONDRIA MORPHOLOGY AND ROTENONE Hunter Scharbor. University of Central Arkansas PHYSICS ROOM CCCS 101 2:45 Chair: M. Hemmati OBSERVING FSZ-B’S FUNCTION IN DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS 1:00 Pristine Pittman. University of Central Arkansas SUPPRESSION OF RADIATION-INDUCED CHROMOSOME DAMAGE BY GT3 AND THE ROLE OF MICROGRAVITY Calla Bassett. Southern Arkansas University

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1:15 2:15 A SIGN-CHANGING INTERACTION BETWEEN DARK FISH-HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS IN THE KINGS RIVER, ENERGY AND MATTER ARKANSAS Jazmin Urioste. Arkansas Tech University Chelsey Sherwood. University of Central Arkansas

1:30 2:30 IONIZATION RATE FOR BREAKDOWN WAVES WITH A THE ANALYSIS OF COLIFORM BACTERIA IN LAKE SIGNIFICANT CURRENT BEHIND THE WAVE FRONT COLUMBIA, AR. Jesse Griffiths. Arkansas Tech University Kara O’Neal. Southern Arkansas University

1:45 2:45 OPTICAL AND DISPERSION PARAMETERS OF PMMA COMPONENTS OF URBANIZATION AND URBAN DOPED BY INDIUM SALT PROXIMITY IDENTIFY THREATS TO STREAM WATER Sami Salman Chiad. Al-Mustansaryah University QUALITY Stephanie Stoughton. University of Central Arkansas 2:00 DESIGN OF CENTRAL RECEIVER SOLAR THERMAL CONCENTRATOR Alaa H. Shneishil. Al-Mustansaryah University BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES – GENERAL ROOM CCCS 207 2:15 Chair: J. Kelly A NEW RELATION BETWEEN SPIRAL ARM PITCH ANGLES (P) AND THE BULGE LUMINOSITY 3:30 Ismaeel Al-Baidhany. Al-Mustansaryah University DISEASE INTRODUCTION BY ABORIGINAL HUMANS IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTION Zachary Nickell. Hendrix College BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AQUATICS ROOM CCCS 105 3:45 Chair: A. Odendaal THE USE OF COLOR AS A STATUS SIGNAL IN THE PRAIRIE LIZARD, SCELOPORUS CONSOBRINUS 1:00 Christopher Robinson. University of Central Arkansas SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF FISH ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE AFTER WATERSHED ALTERATION IN THE 4:00 SALINE RIVER, ARKANSAS WHO CITES WHOM? COMMUNICATION INSIGHTS Aaron Burgad. University of Central Arkansas FROM A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF INVASION AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL LITERATURE 1:15 Ashley Schulz. Arkansas State University ENVIRONMENTAL DNA VS. TRADITIONAL SAMPLING: A CASE STUDY USING THE FEDERALLY THREATENED 4:15 LEOPARD DARTER, PERCINA PANTHERINA ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF THE BIG BEND REGION OF Taylor Lee. Arkansas State University THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT Helena Abad. Hendrix College 1:30 GENETIC STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY OF DISJUNCT 4:30 POPULATIONS OF RAINBOW DARTERS (ETHEOSTOMA BIODIVERSITY IN BIOCUBES CAERULEUM) AND SOUTHERN REDBELLY DACE Amanda Brooks. Ouachita Baptist University (CHROSOMUS ERYTHROGASTER) THROUGHOUT THE MISSISSIPPI CORRIDOR. 4:45 Kyle Dineen. Arkansas State University A FRACKING RACKET: DO BIRDS CHANGE THE WAY THEY SING WHEN EXPERIENCING CHRONIC NOISE 1:45 FROM SHALE GAS EXTRACTION HISTORIC CHANGES IN FISH ASSEMBLAGE PATTERNS Claire Turkal. Harding University IN THE LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER, ARKANSAS Michelle Furr. University of Central Arkansas ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE 2:00 ROOM CCCS 115 SPATIOTEMPORAL POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE Chair: C. Frederickson CADDO MADTOM (NOTURUS TAYLORI) Brittany McCall. Arkansas State University 3:30 GENERATIVE ANATOMY MODELLING LANGUAGE (GAML) Doga Demirel. at Little Rock Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71, 2017 245 Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 2017 245 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71 [2017], Art. 4 Arkansas Academy of Science Meeting report

3:45 4:45 COMPUTING WIND FIELD CLOSE TO THE GROUND CRAYFISH CHANGES TO THE ARKANSAS WILDLIFE USING CFD IN A TORNADO CHAMBER. ACTION PLAN Damaso Dominguez. University of Arkansas Brian Wagner. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

4:00 SIMULATING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS IN POULTRY PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING TO DEFEND AGAINST BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- BOTANY INTENTIONAL CONTAMINATION ROOM CCCS 211 Silas Lankford. University of Arkansas Chair: A. Willyard

4:15 3:30 CALCULATION OF THE WIDTH AND PERIOD OF TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS FOR THREE ERIGERON TORNADOS FROM GOOGLE EARTH DATA AND (ASTERACEAE) GENOTYPES DIFFERING IN MODE OF THERELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TORNADO’S REPRODUCTION PERIOD AND THE WIND SPEED James Vire. University of Central Arkansas Mohammadhossein Kashefizadeh. University of Arkansas 3:45 4:30 MITOCHONDRIAL LINEAGES OF PINUS SUBSECTION NANOSTRUCTURES FOR INFRARED LINEAR PONDEROSAE TO RESOLVE THE RELATIONSHIP OF POLARIZERS SPECIES NAMED IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO Marzia Zaman. University of Arkansas Mason Sifford. Hendrix College

4:45 4:00 AN ACOUSTIC-BASED APPROACH FOR CONDITION DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF THE SPECIES PINUS MONITORING OF PIPES WASHOENIS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Mitchell Collins. Arkansas Tech University Samuel Lockhart. Hendrix College

4:15 DETERMINING RECENT HYBRIDIZATION OF PINYON BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- INVERTEBRATES PINES IN A ZONE OF SYMPATRY IN NORTHERN ROOM CCCS 105 ARIZONA Chair: D. Barron Katie Dobbins. Hendrix College

3:30 4:30 A DESCRIPTION OF VARIATION IN FECUNDITY SEED DISPERSAL OF DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA IN THE BETWEEN TWO POPULATIONS OF WOLF SPIDER PAST AND THE PRESENT: EVIDENCE FOR A RABIDOSA RABIDA IN SEARCY ARKANSAS USING GENERALIST EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY BROOD SIZE MEASUREMENTS Taylor Stone. Hendrix College Brandon Hogland. Harding University 4:45 3:45 SEED DISPERSAL IN OSAGE ORANGE (MACLURA SEASONAL CHANGES OF ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY POMIFERA) BY SQUIRRELS (SCIURUS SPP.) STRUCTURE IN INACTIVE BISON WALLOWS Sophie Katz. Hendrix College Sofia Varriano. Hendrix College

4:00 A FIRST LOOK INTO THE MICROBIOME OF RABIDOSA GEOSCIENCE ROOM CCCS 101 RABIDA, A WOLF SPIDER IN SEARCY, ARKANSAS Chair: J. Allender Patricia Rivera. Harding University 3:30 4:15 LATE MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) SHALLOWING- MIGRATION DYNAMICS OF OHIO SHRIMP, UPWARD, EUSTATIC CYCLICITY REFLECTED BY MACROBRACHIUM OHIONE, IN ARKANSAS TAPHONOMY OF PRESERVED AMMONOID Geoffry Spooner. University of Central Arkansas CEPHALOPODS, NORTHERN ARKANSAS Riley Dickson. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 4:30 DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT, AND LIFE HISTORY ASPECTS 3:45 OF THE SHRIMP CRAYFISH, FAXONIUS LANCIFER LITHOLOGIC CHARACTER, SEQUENCE AND (HAGEN) (DECAPODA: CAMBARIDAE) IN ARKANSAS DIAGENETIC HISTORY OF LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN Chris McAllister. Eastern Oklahoma State College-Idabel TRIPOLITIIC CHERT, NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI Sydney McKim. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71, 2017 246 http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol71/iss1/4 246 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71 [2017], Art. 4 Arkansas Academy of Science Meeting report

4:00 9:15 LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN, TRIPOLITIC CHERT FORMED VERTEBRATE NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM FROM HYDROTHERMALLY EMPLACED SILICA, AND ARKANSAS, 2017 ITS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO THE TRI-STATE Renn Tumlison. Henderson State University LEAD-ZINC MINING DISTRICT Jonathan Chick. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 9:30 BAT OCCUPANCY ESTIMATES AND SPECIES RICHNESS 4:15 AT CACHE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ESTABLISHING A TRAIL VISITATION SURVEY METHOD Virginie Rolland. Arkansas State University FOR THE NATIONAL OUACHITA RECREATION TRAIL Emily Roberts. University of Central Arkansas 9:45 RESULTS OF TRAPPING SMALL MAMMAL 4:30 POPULATIONS IN A GRASSLAND AND FOREST AREA TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHIC AND SEQUENCE AND AT THE LAKE FAYETTEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATIGRAPHIC SUCCESSIONS, OZARK SHELF, TRI- CENTER. STATE REGION, SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT. Douglas James. University of Arkansas Elvis Bello. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 10:00 4:45 SULFUR OXIDATION GENOMICS IN THE AEROBIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPIAN PURPLE SULFUR BACTERIUM HALOTHIOBACILLUS PALEOKARST SURFACE, WESTERN OZARK UPLIFT, NEAPOLITANUS ARKANSAS, KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA Newton Hillard. Arkansas Tech University Walter Manger. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

ENGINEERING/CHEMISTRY ROOM CCCS 115 Chair: M. Khan ORAL SESSIONS: SATURDAY 8:00-10:15 8:00 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ROOM CCCS 105 DEVELOPING A LOW COST 3D PRINTING LAB AND THE Chair: D. James USE OF 3D PRINTING IN A FRESHMAN ENGINEERING LAB COURSE 8:00 Mahbub Ahmed. Southern Arkansas University COMPARISON OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN NATURAL AND DEVELOPED WATERSHEDS OF THE 8:15 BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER USING CULTIVATION AND RESTRAINED SHRINKAGE OF FLY ASH BASED 16S METAGENOMICS TECHNIQUES GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE AND ANALYSIS OF LONG Michael Ukpong. North Arkansas College TERM SHRINKAGE PREDICTION MODELS Md Rashedul Islam. Southern Arkansas University 8:15 PERSISTENCE OF DOWNSTREAM NEGATIVE IMPACT 8:30 OF POINT SOURCE AND NON-POINT SOURCE STREAM OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF IRRADIATED SNO2 THIN POLLUTANTS FILMS PREPARED BY CHEMICAL SPRAY PYROLYSIS Timothy Wakefield. Ali N. Mohammed. Al-Mustansaryah University

8:30 8:45 HISTOLOGY OF RATHKE’S GLANDS IN THE RAZOR- SWEETER SCORPIONATES INCORPORATE BACKED MUSK TURTLE, STERNOTHERUS CARINATUS CARBOHYDRATES INTO FUNCTIONAL METAL (CHELONIA: KINOSTERNIDAE), WITH COMMENTS ON CHELATES LAMELLAR BODIES Patrick Desrochers. University of Central Arkansas Stan Trauth. Arkansas State University 9:00 8:45 DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF NIR DONOR-ACCEPTOR COCCIDIAN PARASITES (APICOMPLEXA: EIMERIIDAE) FLUOROPHORES OF ARKANSAS HERPETOFAUNA: A SUMMARY WITH Rajib Choudhury. Arkansas Tech University TWO NEW STATE RECORDS Chris McAllister. Eastern Oklahoma State College-Idabel

9:00 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ROOM CCCS 101 ECOLOGY OF BLANCHARD SPRINGS CAVERNS, Chair: T. Yamashita OZARK NATIONAL FOREST, ARKANSAS, 42 YEARS LATER 8:00 Selena Sasser. Southern Illinois University GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF YELLOW GRUB IN SMALLMOUTH BASS POPULATIONS OF CROOKED Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71, 2017 247 Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 2017 247 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71 [2017], Art. 4 Arkansas Academy of Science Meeting report

CREEK AS DETERMINED BY METACERCARIAL CYST 2. SUNBATHING IN THE NORTHERN ROADRUNNER: COUNTS IN THE GILL-MOUTH (OROBRANCHIAL) AN UNEXPLORED TRAIT FOR THEIR RANGE SITES EXTENSION. James Daly Sr. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Kimberly Smith (retired) 3. LITERATURE RECORD CHECKLIST OF TRUE BUGS 8:15 (HEMIPTERA) FOR ARKANSAS WITH THE FIRST THE FISHES OF CHADRON CREEK, DAWES COUNTY, REPORT OF PSEUDOPACHYBRACHIUS VINCTUS NEBRASKA (RHYPAROCHROMIDAE) (ALSO OKLAHOMA) AND Chris McAllister. Eastern Oklahoma State College-Idabel AN ANALYSIS OF MIRIDAE SEX RATIO FROM LIGHT TRAPS. Stephen Chordas III 8:30 ANATOMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CLINOSTOMUM 4. SURVEY OF RODENTS WITHIN ARKANSAS GAME METACERCARIAE IN THE TISSUES OF POND-RAISED AND FISH COMMISSION WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT CHANNEL CATFISH AREAS. James Daly Sr. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Matthew Connior (retired) 5. NEW RECORDS OF PARASITES (APICOMPLEXA, 8:45 ACARI, ANOPLURA, NEMATODA) FROM RODENTS PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND VICARIANT SEPARATION OF IN ARKANSAS. TWO RIVER DARTERS, PERCINA URANIDEA AND Matthew Connior PERCINA VIGIL, FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN INTERIOR HIGHLANDS 6. DISTRIBUTION OF THE EASTERN SPOTTED Tsunemi Yamashita. Arkansas Tech University SKUNK, SPILOGALE PUTORIUS, IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. 9:00 D. Blake Sasse LONG-TERM AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE MONITORING AT BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER, ARKANSAS 7. CENTRAL NESTS ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND David Bowles. US National Park Services PREFERRED FOR REUSE THAN PERIPHERAL NESTS IN CLIFF SWALLOW (PETROCHELIDON 9:15 PYRROHONOTA) COLONIES. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARKANSAS CENTER FOR Steward Huang BIODIVERSITY COLLECTIONS (ACBC) AT ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY 8. THE FLEAS (ARTHROPODA: INSECTA: Brook Fluker. Arkansas State University SIPHONAPTERA) OF ARKANSAS. Matthew Connior 9:30 LIRIOPE AND OPHIOPOGON: OVERVIEW OF TWO 9. AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE CRAYFISHES GENERA OF RUSCACEAE NATURALIZED IN THE (DECAPODA: CAMBARIDAE) OF ARKANSAS. ARKANSAS FLORA Chris McAllister Megan Stone. Henderson State University 10. UNDERSTANDING CONFRONTATIONAL BEHAVIOR 9:45 OF THE RAINBOW LORIKEET (TRICHOGLOSSUS NEW AND NOTEWORTHY VASCULAR PLANT RECORDS HAEMATODUS) AS A STRATEGY TO REDUCE ITS FROM ARKANSAS IMPACT AS AN INVASIVE SPECIES. Brook Olsen. Henderson State University Victoria Veerhusen

10:00 11. PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LEAD NITRATE ON LEECH PARASITISM OF THE GULF COAST BOX FOUR ARKANSAS NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND TURTLE, TERRAPENE CAROLINA MAJOR (AGASSIZ, THE ROLE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL 1857) (TESTUDINES: EMYDIDAE) FUNGI ON PLANT STRESS MITIGATION. Dennis Richardson. Quinnipiac University Nicholas Dial

12. THE EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY ON VASCULAR TONE IN FEMALE MICE. POSTER PRESENTATIONS Sage Shaddox

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES POSTER PRESENTATIONS 13. ANALYSIS OF THE OXIDATIVE ENZYMATIC PROPERTIES OF THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN 1. THE TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DIETARY DIAPHRAGM AND SCALENUS MUSCLE. SUPPLEMENT ADDITIVES ON DAPHNIA MAGNA. McKenzie Stribling Antoinette Odendaal

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14. A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF 28. WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM HERBIVORY MACROINVERTEBRATES IN THE UCA VERNAL INFLUENCES STREAM MACROINVERTEBRATE PONDS. STRUCTURE AND BIOMASS. DeShauna Tucker Deion Everhart

15. SWIMMING PREFERENCES OF GUINEA PIGS. 29. MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY RESPONSE Olivia Sims TO A GRADIENT OF URBANIZATION IN THE WHITE OAK BAYOU WATERSHED. 16. THE EFFECT OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ON Joshua Nilz SCELOPORUS CONSOBRINUS-PRAIRE LIZARDS LOCATED IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 30. PREY ITEMS IMPALED BY LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES Mallory Heft IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. Ross Shiery 17. A HABITAT SUITABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE RED WOLF ACROSS ITS HISTORIC RANGE. 31. IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF THE CADHERIN 18 Lauren Toivonen PROTEIN IN FETAL KIDNEY CELLS. Scotty McKay 18. EFFECT OF STYROFOAM DIET ON THE GUT PROTISTS OF MEALWORMS (TENEBRIO MOLITOR). 32. ANALYSIS OF BODY SHAPE VARIATION AMONG Brooke Skinner RESTRICTED AND WIDESPREAD POPULATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN REDBELLY DACE, CHROSOMUS 19. LONGITUDINAL PATTERNS IN AN ARKANSAS ERYTHROGASTER. RIVER VALLEY STREAM: TESTING THE RIVER Dustin Thomas CONTINUUM CONCEPT. Angela Lenard 33. RECRUITMENT AND SURVIVAL IN LIGUSTRUM SINENSE. 20. UTILITY OF THE LOW COPY NUCLEAR GENE Mason Rostollan LEAFY FOR PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES IN THE SUNFLOWER FAMILY (ASTERACEAE), TRIBE 34. ANALYSIS OF A DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER ASTEREAE. RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN GENE. Miguel Mercado JohnMitchell

21. RWANDAN SOCIETAL IMPROVEMENTS VIA THE 35. EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF BIRD FEEDERS ON USE OF ROCKET STOVES. SONGBIRD PLUMAGE COLORATION. Kyle Davis Stetson R. Collard

22. ENZYME PRODUCTION AND HORMONE 36. SOIL CRUST ALGAL COMMUNITIES OF WARREN SIGNALING MEDIATE LONGEVITY RESPONSES TO PRAIRIE NATURAL AREA. DIETARY RESTRICTION IN C. ELEGANS. Crystal Haynes Ashley Henderson 37. A COMPARISON OF THE IMPACTS OF WIND 23. ISOLATION OF ERYTHROCYTES FROM ENERGY AND UNCONVENTIONAL GAS FRESHWATER TURTLES FOR USE IN TELOMERE DEVELOPMENT ON LAND-USE AND ECOSYSTEM LENGTH ANALYSIS. SERVICES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE ANADARKO EliasSmith BASIN OF OKLAHOMA, USA. Kendall Davis 24. INFLUENCE OF COMMON SALT CONCENTRATIONS ON DETRITIVORE 38. LAND-USE AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COSTS OF RESPIRATION. UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS IN THE U.S. Billy Huggins Nathan Taylor

25. BODY SHAPE VARIATION WITHIN AND AMONG 39. IMPACT OF BAKKEN/THREE FORKS LINEAGES OF THE RAINBOW DARTER, UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM. ON IMPORTANT WILDLIFE LANDSCAPES IN Kandria Driskill NORTH DAKOTA. Howden Carly 26. EFFECTS OF BLACK-SPOT DISEASE ON THE BODY CONDITION OF BLEEDING SHINERS, LUXILUS 40. OPTIMUM LIGHTING FOR OXYGEN PRODUCTION ZONATUS. OF ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS. Lindsey Martin Camryn Ruggeri

27. BIOREMEDIATION OF PETROCHEMICALS FROM 41. CHARACTERIZING A PUTATIVE MYCO- SOIL. BACTERIOPHAGE TOXIN-ANTITOXIN SYSTEM. Mitchell Rowland Alex Abbott Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71, 2017 249 Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 2017 249 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71 [2017], Art. 4 Arkansas Academy of Science Meeting report

42. EXPRESSION OF OCT4 AND NANOG IN HUMAN 55. RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA FIBROBLASTS WITH SHORT TELOMERES. RECIPROCALLY REGULATES CELLULAR ADHESION Ethan Clement AND PROLIFERATION IN K562 CELLS. Victoria Niedzwiedz 43. CHARACTERIZING THE PERSISTING CORTICAL SUBPLATE IN RATS ACROSS DEVELOPMENT, 56. IMPACT OF CHEMISTRY/MATHEMATICAL VIDEO- MATURATION, AND AGING. LECTURES ON STUDENT-BASED LEARNING IN A Terri Teague FRESHMAN LEVEL CHEMISTRY COURSE. Aaron Stebbins 44. GLUCOSE-MEDIATED NEUROPROTECTION AGAINST PROTEOTOXICITY IS ENERGY- 57. ANALYZING THE PROPERTIES OF BIODIESEL. DEPENDENT IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS. Dakotah Cooper Landon Gatrell 58. IDENTIFYING THE STRUCTURE OF FAT- 45. THE EFFECTS OF TRPC3 CHANNEL ACTIVATION MOBILIZING SUBSTANCE (FMS-1) ASSOCIATED ON VASCULAR TONE IN HEALTHY ARTERIES WITH CONGENITAL LIPODYSTROPHY. VERSUS DISEASED ARTERIES. Mallory Bryant Alan Jackson. 59. MEASUREMENT OF MULTICOMPONENT AEROSOL 46. COMPARATIVE GENOMICS OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES USING PULSED LASER PARABURKHOLDERIA BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS OF CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY. THE SOCIAL AMOEBA DICTYOSTELIUM Haley Kay DISCOIDEUM. Alexandria Melton 60. THEORETICAL SEMI-EMPIRICAL CALCULATIONS OF ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID 47. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA IN (EDTA) BOUND METAL COMPLEXES MODELED ARIZONA. FOR HEAVY METAL POISONING. Jenna Suen John Bentley

48. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA IN 61. THEORETICAL THERMOCHEMICAL BOND MISSOURI. STABILITY OF EDTA CHELATION WITH METAL Harleigh Robbins IONS FOR CHELATION THERAPY TO TREAT HEAVY METAL POISONING. 49. LIPID EXTRACTION OF C. ELEGANS. Peter Joseph Lauren Westwood 62. DETERMINATION OF FATTY ACID 50. CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS HERMAPHRODITES CONCENTRATIONS IN ALGAE. HAVE REDUCED STRESS TOLERANCE WHEN Stacy Justice GROWN IN THE PRESENCE OF RESIDUAL MALE PHEROMONES. 63. ALTERING THE CONFORMATIONAL ENSEMBLE OF Nathan Carmichael PEP-19 USING CALCIUM. Nicholas Rathke 51. GLUCOSE MEDIATES EARLY-LIFE STRESS RESISTANCE IN C. ELEGANS. 64. IN SILICO PREDICTIONS OF CONFORMATIONS AND Kaitlynn Butler ORIENTATIONS OF SMALL MOLECULES WITHIN A MACROCYCLE. 52. REGULATION OF SYMBIOTIC GENE EXPRESSION IN Kassandra Cendejas RICE. Ha Ram Kim 65. THE EFFECT OF VIDEO-BASED INSTRUCTION ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A COLLEGE 53. THE INFLUENCE OF EMBRYONIC STRESS CHEMISTRY LABORATORY. HORMONES ON PHENOTYPIC VARIATION AND Kaitlyn Walden FITNESS IN SCELOPORUS CONSOBRINUS Marcia Polett 66. CONFORMATIONAL PROTEIN ENSEMBLE OF THE CALMODULIN LIGAND PEP-19. Danica Ordonez CHEMISTRY POSTER PRESENTATIONS 67. EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF CALMODULIN 54. SYNTHESIS OF AMINO ACID RADICAL BINDING PARTNER PEP-19. PRECURSORS. Christian Mitchell Candice Foscue 68. WATER ADSORPTION ON MONTMORILLONITE: COMPARISON OF WASHED AND UNWASHED CLAYS. Megan Cassingham Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71, 2017 250 http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol71/iss1/4 250 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 71 [2017], Art. 4 Arkansas Academy of Science Meeting report

69. THE EFFECT OF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY ON 83. TERAHERTZ PULSED IMAGING OF FRESHLY THE BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TIBIA. EXCISED XENOGRAFT BREAST CANCER TUMORS Kristen Jones IN MICE. Tyler Bowman 70. TOWARDS A CHLORINE-BASED FLUOROPHORE SYNTHESIS FOR PHARMACOKINETIC DIAGNOSIS 84. RADIATION PRESSURE ON CORE-SHELL IN NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. NANOPARTICLES. Shelby Bridges Mohammad Habibur Rahaman

71. THE SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL PRODUCT-BASED 85. ANALYTICAL MODELING OF MICROSCOPIC AND DRUGS TO TREAT A NEGLECTED TROPICAL MACROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF DIELECTRIC DISEASE: LEISHMANIASIS. MATERIAL. Adam Hargis Misuk Saha

86. IMAGE ANALYSIS TOOLBOXES FOR FINDING THE COMPUTER SCIENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS MEAN PORE SIZE OF SCAFFOLDS AND DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION OF FIBERS. 72. DESIGN OF VIRTUAL ENDOLUMINAL SURGERY Samia Sanjari SIMULATOR (VESS). Berk Cetinsaya GEOSCIENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS 73. VIRTUAL ARTHROSCOPIC TEAR DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION PLATFORM (VATDEP). 87. TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHIC AND SEQUENCE AND Mustafa Tunc STRATIGRAPHIC SUCCESSIONS, OZARK SHELF, TRI-STATE REGION, SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT. 74. A GENTLENESS SIMULATOR FOR SURGICAL Elvis Bello DEXTERITY EVALUATION OF SURGEONS WITH HAPTIC INTERFACES. 88. UTILIZING KARST FEATURES TO ACCOUNT FOR Recep Erol DIFFERENCES IN WATER QUALITY IN THE OZARK PLATEAUS IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS. 75. ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF WINE EXPERTS Samantha Wacaster WITH WINEINFORMATICS. Valentin Velchev 89. BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY USING WEB-BASED GIS. 76. DRONE DELIVERY WITH A PARROT BEBOP 2. Samuel Treece James Palmer 90. WATER ADSORPTION ON GOETHITE: CCN 77. LOW-DELAY RATE CONTROL FOR H.265/HEVC ACTIVATION FROM FRENKEL, HALSEY AND HILL VIDEO COMPRESSION. ACTIVATION THEORY. Reese Childers Ryan Tumminello

78. ORION ROVER MAZE SOLVER AND OBJECT 91. QUANTIFICATION OF LEVOGLUCOSAN IN PM2.5 DETECTION. ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS USING GC/MS: Binqi Sun SEASONALITY OF A BIOMASS BURNING TRACER IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 79. EDUCATIONAL DRONES: MINI-DRONE TRAVIS BY Abigail Gatmaitan PARROT. Sravani Marreddy PHYSICS POSTER PRESENTATIONS 80. ARTHROSCOPIC ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY PERFORMANCE COMPARISON STUDY OF NOVICES 92. GENERATION OF MIXED-PARITY INCE-GAUSS AND EXPERTS. LASER BEAMS. Seth Cooper-Baer Jessica Young

81. JD HUMANOID ROBOT. 93. THE IMPACT OF WEATHER ON MUSIC FESTIVALS Min Kim IN OKLAHOMA Qinqing Yang ENGINEERING POSTER PRESENTATIONS 94. OPTIMAL LOCATIONS FOR THE GENERATION OF 82. EVALUATION OF A 3D METAL-ORGANIC RENEWABLE ENERGY. FRAMEWORK Cu(bpy)V4O10 AS A CATHODE Justin Seymour MATERIAL FOR Li-ION BATTERIES. Andrew Zhou

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95. CREATION OF IMAGE MASKS FOR BARRED SPIRAL 111. AIR TEMPERATURE/ DEW POINT VS. FREQUENCIES GALAXIES USING SOURCE EXTRACTOR. OF TORNADOES. Jess Ray Garrott Granholm

96. POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES IN PROBLEM SOLVING 112. CORRELATION OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURE VS. APPROACHES WHEN USING DIFFERENT CONSECUTIVE TEMPERATURE TO DROUGHT TEXTBOOKS. CONDITIONS IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA. Charles Bertram Blake Bryant

97. PROCESS ENGINEERING: 3 DIMENSIONAL 113. OPTIMAL CROP GROWING SEASONS DETERMINED COLORSPACE CORRECTION. USING MESONET. Joseph Akers EliasSmith

98. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACOUSTIC 114. NEUTRON CAPTURE ELEMENTS IN LOW FIELD SCANNER. METALLICITY STARS WITHIN THE INNER- Nick Scoles GALACTIC HALO. Kenneth Jumper 99. THE LAGRANGIAN AND HAMILTONIAN FORMULATION OF THE LINEAR OSCILLATOR 115. THE EFFECT OF MODEL ATMOSPHERE CHAIN. PARAMETERS ON THE ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCES Garrott Granholm IN HALO STARS. Justin C. Seymour 100. MAXIMIZING WIND POWER. Royer Ramirez Ruiz 116. USING A PHOTON BEAM FOR THERMAL NOCICEPTIVE THRESHOLD EXPERIMENTS. 101. THE EFFECTS OF WEATHER ON INSURANCE. Spencer Sherwood ZaneAkers

102. DETERMINING BLACK HOLE MASS OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI USING FWHM OF THE H-Î2 EMISSION LINE AND LUMINOSITY RELATIONS. Jacob Cameron

103. A GEOMETRIC APPROACH TO DETERMINING CONSERVATION LAWS FOR WAVES ON A STRING. Brandon Miller

104. MAPPING THE INFLUENCE OF WEATHER ON CONCRETE. Nick Scoles

105. THE EFFECTS OF WEATHER ON INSURANCE. Joseph Akers

106. PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THE EFFECT ON SOIL TEMPERATURE. Timothy Brown

107. MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL ALTERATIONS IN RAT LEG BONES UPON EXPOSURE TO SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND COSMIC RADIATION. Hayley Heacox

108. RENEWABLE ENERGY IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. Lauren Corby

109. TOMATO GROWTH IN OKLAHOMA. Audrey Schucker

110. IMPACT OF MESONET ON OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL PROCESSES. Isaac Raphael

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