Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science Volume 91 2012
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Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science Volume 91 2012 Published by the South Dakota Academy of Science Academy Founded 22 November, 1915 Academy Website: http://sdaos.org Editor Robert Tatina Associate Editors Michael Barnes, SD Game, Fish and Parks, Fisheries Dave Bergmann, Black Hills State University, Microbiology Steve Chipps, South Dakota State University, Wildlife Andy Detwiler, SD School of Mines and Technology, Atmospheric Science Andy Farke, Raymond M. Alf Museum, Paleontology Tom Gray, Mount Marty College, Chemistry Donna Hazelwood, Dakota State University, Botany Tim Mullican, Dakota Wesleyan University, Zoology Jeffrey Palmer, Dakota State University, Mathematics Fedora Sutton, South Dakota State University, Molecular Biology Graphic Designer Tom Holmlund Minuteman Press Sioux Falls, SD Copies of articles are available at EBSCO host and at http://sdaos.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Combined Minutes of the 97th Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science ............................................................................................... 1 Presidential Address: Education on the Edge. Presented by Gary Larson ..................... 17 Complete Senior Research and Symposium Papers Presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science An Andean Domesticate Adapts to Climate Change. Matthew Sayre .......................... 25 Using South Dakota Duck Eggs As a Means of Time-Travel Research Into the Past 150 Years of Climate History. Julie R. Dejong and Kenneth F. Higgins ....................................................................................... 33 Results of Paleoflood Investigations for Spring, Rapid, Boxelder, and Elk Creeks, Black Hills, Western South Dakota. Daniel G. Driscoll, Jim E. O’Connor, and Tessa M. Harden .............................................................. 49 Permeability and Ground-Water Recharge in Black Hills Metamorphic Rocks. Perry H. Rahn .......................................................................................... 69 Monitoring Standing Herbage on Sandy Ecological Site on Nebraska and South Dakota Sand Hills. Daniel W. Uresk ......................................................... 79 Ecological Model for Seral Stage Classification and Monitoring for Sands-Choppy Sands Ecological Type in Nebraska and South Dakota. Daniel W. Uresk, Daryl E. Mergen, and Jody Javersak ......................................... 87 Performance of Commercial Starter Diets During First-Feeding of Landlocked Fall Chinook Salmon. Jeremy Kientz, Michael E. Barnes, and Dan J. Durben ............................................................................................ 101 Evaluation of Three Spawning Techniques for Yellow Perch. Matthew J. Ward, T. R. St. Sauver, D. O. Lucchesi, B. Johnson, K. Hoffman, and J. Stahl ................................................................................... 107 Inferring Introduction History and Spread of Falcaria vulgaris Bernh. (Apiaceae) in the United States Based on Herbarium Records. Sarbottam Piya, Madhav P. Nepal, Achal Neupane, Gary E. Larson and Jack L. Butler .............................................................................................. 113 Effect of Safe-Guard® Free-Choice Protein Blocks on Trichostrongyle Nematodes in Pastured Cattle from Eastern South Dakota. S. J. Smith, A. A. Eljaki, J. Acharya, R. F. Daly and M. B. Hildreth .................. 131 Expression of Two Nitrosomonas Europaea Proteins, Hydroxylamine Oxidoreductase and Ne0961, in Escherichia coli. Pankaj V. Mehrotra, Kelli Brunson, Alan Hooper, and David Bergmann ........................................... 145 Developing a <0.1 Ppb Trace Gas Impurity Sensor for Noble Liquid- Based Direct Dark Matter Detectors. Brianna J. Mount, Greg L. Serfling, Yongchen Sun, Jared D. Thompson, Dan Durben, Kara J. Keeter .............................................................................. 159 Public School Science Curriculum in Context: The Impact of Standard Reforms During the Last Two Hundred Years. Cathy Ezrailson ......................... 167 Observations of the Enigmatic Fossil Insectivore, Plesiosorex (Mammalia) in North America. James E. Martin ................................................................... 179 Abstracts of Senior Research and Symposium Papers and Posters Presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science Photovoltaic Devices and Systems. David W. Galipeau ............................................. 193 The South Dakota Catalysis Group. James D. Hoefelmeyer, Rajesh Shende, Alevtina Smirnova, Jan Puszynski, Hao Fong, Phil Ahrenkiel, Ranjit Koodali, Grigoriy Sereda, Dmitri Kilin, Haoran Sun, Rick Wang, and Hongshan He ..................................................... 194 The Majorana Demonstrator: a Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay. G. Perumpilly for the Majorana Collaboration ....................................... 195 Impact of Atmosphere on Hpge Crystal Growth. Guojian Wang, Gang Yang, Yongchen Sun, Wenchang Xiang, Jayesh R. Govani, Muhammad Khizar, Yutong Guan, and Dongming Mei .................................... 196 XRD Analysis of High-Purity Germanium Single Crystals Grown by the Czochralsk Method. Gang Yang, Goujian Wang, Wenchang Xiang, Muhamud Khizar, Yutong Guan, Yohgchen Sun, Dongming Mei, Jiang Chaoyang, and Bruce Gray ....................................................................... 197 Germanium Detector Response to Nuclear Recoils in Searching for Dark Matter. D. Barker and Dongming Mei .............................................................. 198 Significance of Simulation and Modeling of Growth System Geometry on the Augmentation of High Purity Germanium (Hpge) Crystals Growth Rate. Jayesh Govani, Dongming Mei, Guojian Wang, and Gang Yang .................................................................................................. 199 A Study of a Radon Gas Scrubber. Xiaoyi Yang, V. E. Guiseppe, and Dongming Mei ........................................................................................... 200 Optical and Electronic Considerations for the BHSU Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy System. G. L. Serfling, B. J. Mount, Y. Sun, J. D. Thompson, and K. J. Keeter ...................................................................... 201 Enhancement of NIR-To-Visible Upconversion by Silver-Nanowire Thin Films. Quoc Anh N Luu, Cuikun Lin, and P. Stanley May................................ 202 Photo-Uncaging of Coumarin from Cinnamate Coated Cdse Quantum Dots. Aravind Baride, David Hawkinson, Daniel Engebretson, and Stanley May ................................................................................................ 203 South Dakota Wind Energy: Physics, Logistics and Challenges. Jeff Rud ................. 204 Review of Annual Trends of Atmospheric Thermal Inversions in South Dakota Utilizing NWS Radiosonde and WRAN Data. Patrick R. Ealy ................................................................................................... 205 The Flexural Response of an 80 Ft Wind Turbine Subjected to Wind Loads. S. Herrod and D. Fick ............................................................................ 206 Wind Velocity Investigation at Oglala Lakota College. Phase I: Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Assessment. L. Richards and D. Fick ..................................................................................... 207 Integrated Photocatalytic and Microbial Degradation of Kraft Lignin to Form Value Added Chemicals. A. Shende, D. Harder-Heinz, and R. Shende.................................................................................................... 208 Synergistic Hydrogen Production From Water-Splitting and Aqueous Phase Biomass Reforming. V. Buddineni, A. Shende, E. Sellers, and R. Shende.................................................................................................... 209 Synthesis of 1-Butyl-3-Methylimizadolium Derivatives. Austin R. Letcher, Mathew E. Amundson, Duane E. Weisshaar, and Gary W. Earl ........................ 210 HPLC Method to Monitor Methylcarbonate/Acid Reaction Progress. Erika E. Arens, Sarah J. M. Jamison, Duane E. Weisshaar, and Gary W. Earl .............................................................................................. 211 Use of Coupled Rate Equations to Model NIR-To Visible Upconversion Kinetics in Er3+, Yb3+: NAYF4 Nanocrystals. Ge Yao, Robert B. Anderson, Quocanh N. Luu, Steve Smith, Mary T. Berry, and P. Stanley May ............................................................................................. 212 Subcritical Aqueous Phase Catalytic Liquefaction of Pine Wood for the Production of Gaseous and Liquid Fuels. R. Tungal, A. Finley, and R. V. Shende ............................................................................................... 213 Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Dopamine Recognition. Alexander Goffeney and George Mwangi ........................................................... 214 Solar Thermochemical H2 Production Via Water-Splitting Reaction. R. R. Bhosale, S. S. Yelakanti, X. Pasala, J. A. Puszynski, and R. V. Shende ............................................................................................... 215 Analysis of Essential and Heavy Metals in Honey by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. Daniel Kohler and George Mwangi ............................................. 216 Exploration of Fructose 1, 6-Bisphosphate Adolase as a Potential Drug Target for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus