A collection of published articles from members of the Department of Mathematics at Kennesaw State University.
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Submissions from 2017
Stechkin's problem for functions of a self-adjoint operator in a Hilbert space, Taikov-type inequalities and their applications, Vladyslav Babenko, Yuliya Babenko, and Nadiia Kriachko
Color-blind Index in Graphs of Very Low Degree, Jennifer Diemunsch, Nathan Graber, Lucas Kramer, Victor Larsen, Lauren M. Nelsen, Luke L. Nelsen, Devon Sigler, Derrick Stolee, and Charlie Suer
Submissions from 2016
Inequalities of Hardy-Littlewood-Polya Type for Functions of Operators and Their Applications, Vladyslav Babenko, Yuliya Babenko, and Nadiia Kriachko
Optimal Recovery of Integral Operators and its Applications, Vladyslav Babenko, Yuliya Babenko, Nataliya Parfinovych, and Dmytro Skorokhodov
A Mathematical Model of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activation with Time Delay Exhibiting Hopf Bifurcation and Oscillations, L. R. Ritter, C. A. Chrestensen, and J. C. Salerno
Submissions from 2015
Kolmogorov's Problem for Completely and Multiply Monotone Functions and the Markov Moment Problem, Vladyslav Babenko, Yuliya Babenko, and Oleg Kovalenko
Short- and Long-Term Optimal Control of a Mathematical Model for HIV Infection of CD4+T Cells, Ana-Maria Croicu
Short- and Long-Term Optimal Control of a Mathematical Model for HIV Infection of Cells., Ana-Maria Croicu
A New Characterization of Fine Scale Diffusion on the Cell Membrane, Flor A. Espinoza and Stanly L. Steinberg
An Emergent Framework: Views of Mathematical Processes, Wendy B. Sanchez, Alyson E. Lischka, Kelly W. Edenfield, and Rebecca Gammill
Reflective Analysis as a Tool for Task Redesign: The Case of Prospective Elementary Teachers Solving and Posing Fraction Comparison Problems, Eva Thanheiser, Dana Olanoff, Amy Hillen, and Ziv Feldman
Submissions from 2014
Simultaneous Approximation of a Multivariate Function and its Derivatives by Multilinear Splines, Ryan Anderson, Yuliya Babenko, and Tetiana Leskevych
Exact Asymptotics of the Optimal Lp-error of Asymmetric Linear Spline Approximation, Vladyslav Babenko, Yuliya Babenko, Nataliya Parfinovych, and Dmytro Skorokhodov
Predictive Validity of a Training Protocol Using a Robotic Surgery Simulator, Patrick Culligan, Emil Gurshumov, Christa Lewis, Jennifer L. Priestley, Jodie Komar, and Charbel Salamon
Fibonacci Number of the Tadpole Graph, Joe DeMaio and John Jacobson
A 'Crying Wolf' Game of Interspecific Kleptoparasitic Mutualism, Antonio J. Golubski, Nathaniel S. O'Connell, Jesse A. Schwartz, and Sean F. Ellermeyer
Computing the Outer and Group Inverses Through Elementary Row Operations, Jun Ji
A New Method for Computing Moore-Penrose Inverse through Gauss-Jordan Elimination, Jun Ji and Xuzhou Chen
Prospective Cohort Study of Bowel Function After Robotic Sacrocolpopexy, Christina Lewis, Charbel Salamon, Jennifer L. Priestley, and Emil Gurushumov
Higher Protein Intake Improves Length, Not Weight, z Scores in Preterm Infants, Irene E. Olsen, Cheryl L. Harris, M. Louise Lawson, and Carol L. Berseth
Stent Graft Therapy for False Lumen Aneurysmal Degeneration in Established Type B Aortic Dissection (FADED) Results in Differential Volumetric Remodeling of the Thoracic versus Abdominal Aortic Segments, Jean Marie Ruddy, Paul Reisenman, Jennifer Priestley, and Luke P. Brewster
Sexual Function Before and 1 Year After Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy, Charbel G. Salamon, Christa M. Lewis, Jennifer L. Priestley, and Patrick J. Culligan
Submissions from 2013
Simultaneous Approximation of a Multivariate Function and its Derivatives by Multilinear Splines, Ryan Anderson, Yuliya Babenko, and Tetiana Leskevych
On the Lp-error of Approximation of Bivariate Functions by Harmonic Splines, Yuliya Babenko and Tatyana Leskevich
Stechkin's Problem for Differential Operators and Functionals of First and Second Orders, Yuliya Babenko and Dmitriy Skorokhodov
Prognostic Value of Patient-Reported Symptom Interference in Patients with Late-stage Lung Cancer, Bradley J. Barney, Xin Shelley Wang, Charles Lu, Zhongxing Liao, Valen E. Johnson, Charles S. Cleeland, and Tito R. Mendoza
Substance Abuse via Legally Prescribed Drugs: The Case of Vicodin in the United States, Wendy K. Caldwell, Benjamin Freedman, Luke Settles, Michael M. Thomas, Anarina Murillo, Erika Camacho, and Stephen Wirkus
Designed to Fail: The Medicare Auction for Durable Medical Equipment, Peter Cramton, Sean Ellermeyer, and Brett Katzman
Porcine Dermis Compared with Polypropylene Mesh for Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Patrick J. Culligan, Charbel G. Salamon, Jennifer L. Priestley, and Amir Shariati
Proof Without Words: An Alternating Sum of Squares, Joseph DeMaio
Domination and Independence on a Triangular Honeycomb Chessboard., Joseph DeMaio and Hong Lien Tran
Students' Perceived Utility of Precision Taught Calculus, Rebecca-Anne Dibbs, David Glassmeyer, and Wafa Yacoub
A Data Generating Review That Bops, Twists and Pulls at Misconceptions, Kimberly Gardner
Uniqueness and Parameter Dependence of Positive Solutions of a Discrete Fourth-order Problem, John R. Graef, Lingju Kong, Min Wang, and Bo Yang
Exploring Mathematics Methods Courses and Impacts for Prospective Teachers, Signe Kastberg, Wendy B. Sanchez, Andrew Tyminski, Alyson Lischka, and Woong Lim
Multicenter Study of Pectus Excavatum, Final Report: Complications, Static/Exercise Pulmonary Function, and Anatomic Outcomes, Robert E. Kelly, Robert Mellins, Robert C. Shamberger, Karen K. Mitchell, M. Louise Lawson, Keith T. Oldham, Richard G. Azizkhan, Andre V. Hebra, Donald Huss, Michael J. Goretsky, Ronald J. Sharp, George W. Holcomb, Walton K. T. Shim, Stephen M. Megison, R. Lawrence Moss, Annie H. Fecteau, Paul M. Colombani, Dan Cooper, Tracy Bagli, and Amy Quinn
Phospholipid Scramblase-1-Induced Lipid Reorganization Regulates Compensatory Endocytosis in Neuroendocrine Cells, Stéphane Ory, Mara Ceridono, Fanny Momboisse, Sébastien Houy, Sylvette Chasserot-Golaz, Dimitri Heintz, Valérie Calco, Anna-Marie Haeberlé, Flor A. Espinoza, Peter J. Sims, Yannick Bailly, Marie-France Bader, and Stéphane Gasman
Flexible Bivariate Phase II Clinical Trial Design Incorporating Toxicity and Response on Different Schedules, Herman E. Ray and Shesh N. Rai
Prospective Study of an Ultra-lightweight Polypropylene Y Mesh for Robotic Sacrocolpopexy, Charbel Salamon, Christa Lewis, Jennifer L. Priestley, Emil Gurshumov, and Patrick Culligan
Open-Ended Questions and the Process Standards, Wendy B. Sanchez
A Krawiec-Szydlowski Model of Business Cycles with a Time Delay in Capital Stock, Xiaoqin P. Wu and Liancheng Wang
Submissions from 2012
The Kolmogorov and Stechkin Problems for Classes of Functions Whose Second Derivative Belongs to the Orlicz Space, Yuliya Babenko and Dmitry Skorokhodov
Robust Airfoil Optimization Using Maximum Expected Value and Expected Maximum Value Approaches, Ana-Maria Croicu, Mohammed Yousuff Hussaini, Antony Jameson, and Goetz Klopfer
Counting Triangles to Sum Squares, Joseph DeMaio
The Common Core and Inverse Functions, Kelly W. Edenfield
A Condensed Cramer’s Rule for the Minimum-norm Least-squares Solution of Linear Equations, Jun Ji
Gauss–Jordan Elimination Methods for the Moore–Penrose Inverse of a Matrix, Jun Ji
Eigenvalue Comparisons for a Class of Boundary Value Problems of Discrete Beam Equation, Jun Ji and Bo Yang
Linguistic Discrimination in Writing Assessment: How Raters React to African American “Errors,” ESL Errors, and Standard English Errors on a State-Mandated Writing Exam, David M. Johnson and Lewis VanBrackle
What is the Content of Methods? Building an Understanding of Frameworks for Mathematics Methods Courses, Signe Kastberg, Wendy B. Sanchez, Kelly Edenfield, Andrew Tyminski, and Sheryl Stump
A Surprisingly Radical Problem, Sarah D. Ledford, Mary Garner, and Angela L. Teachey
Examining Beliefs and Practices of Self and Others: Pivotal Points for Change and Growth for Mathematics Teacher Educators, LouAnn H. Lovin, Wendy B. Sanchez, Keith R. Leatham, Jennifer B. Chauvot, Signe E. Kastberg, and Anderson H. Norton
Operating Characteristics of a Simon Two-Stage Phase II Clinical Trial Design Incorporating Continuous Toxicity Monitoring, Herman E. Ray and Shesh N. Rai
An Evaluation of a Sitter Reduction Program Intervention, LeeAnna Spiva, Theresa Feiner, Darcia Jones, Donna Hunter, Jayne Petefish, and Lewis VanBrackle
Hamilton Decompositions of 6-Regular Cayley Graphs on Even Abelian Groups with Involution-Free Connections Sets, Erik E. Westlund
Hamilton Decompositions of Certain 6-regular Cayley Graphs on Abelian Groups with a Cyclic Subgroup of Index Two, Erik E. Westlund
Comparison of an In-Helmet Temperature Monitor System to Rectal Temperature during Exercise, P. Jason Wickwire, Robert Buresh, Laurie L. Tis, Mitchell A. Collins, Robert D. Jacobs, and Marla M. Bell
Upper Estimate for Positive Solutions of the (p,n−p) Conjugate Boundary Value Problem, Bo Yang
Submissions from 2011
Sharp Asymptotics of the Lp Approximation Error for Interpolation on Block Partitions, Yuliya Babenko, Tatyana Leskevich, and Jean-Marie Mirebeau
Effect of Education on a Chest Pain Mnemonic on Door-to-ECG Time, Nancy Ballard, Annette Bairan, Lorraine Newberry, Lewis VanBrackle, and Gwen Barnett
An Integration of Vibration and Cold Relieves Venipuncture Pain in a Pediatric Emergency Department, Amy L. Baxter, Lindsey L. Cohen, Heather L. McElvery, M. Louise Lawson, and Carl L. von Baeyer
Listening Responsively, Kadian M. Callahan
Pólya’s Theorem with Zeros, Mari Castle, Victoria Powers, and Bruce Reznick
The Minimum-Norm Least-Squares Solution of a Linear System and Symmetric Rank-One Updates, Xuzhou Chen and Jun Ji
Impact of a Content and Methods Course Sequence on Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs, AnnaMarie Conner, Kelly W. Edenfield, Brian W. Gleason, and Filyet Asli Ersoz
Which Chessboards have a Closed Knight's Tour within the Rectangular Prism?, Joseph DeMaio and Mathew Bindia
A Size-structured Model of Bacterial Growth and Reproduction, Sean F. Ellermeyer and Sergei S. Pilyugin
Drift and the Risk-free Rate, Anda Gadidov and M. C. Spruill
Positive Solutions to a Fourth Order Boundary Value Problem, John R. Graef, Lingju Kong, Qinkai Kong, and Bo Yang
Existence, Nonexistence, and Uniqueness of Positive Solutions to a Three Point Fourth Order Boundary Value Problem, John R. Graef, Lingju Kong, and Bo Yang
Positive Solutions of a Higher Order Boundary Value Problem, John R. Graef and Bo Yang
Effect of MRI Strength and Propofol Sedation on Pediatric Core Temperature Change, Diane L. Isaacson, Daniel J. Yanosky, Richard A. Jones, Nancy Dennehy, Philip Spandorfer, and Amy L. Baxter
Increasing Severity of Pectus Excavatum Is Associated with Reduced Pulmonary Function, M. Louise Lawson, Robert B. Mellins, James F. Paulson, Robert C. Shamberger, Keith Oldham, Richard G. Azizkhan, Andre V. Hebra, Donald Nuss, Michael J. Goretsky, Ronald J. Sharp, George W. Holcomb III, Walton K. T. Shim, Stephen M. Megison, R. Lawrence Moss, Annie H. Fecteau, Paul M. Colombani, Alan B. Moskowitz, Joshua Hill, and Robert E. Kelly Jr.
Diversity at Kaizen Motors: Gender, Race, Age and Insecurity in a Japanese Auto Transplant, Darina Lepadatu and Thomas Janoski
Emergency Physician–Administered Propofol Sedation: A Report on 25,433 Sedations From the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium, Michael D. Mallory, Amy L. Baxter, Daniel J. Yanosky, Joseph P. Cravero, and Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium
Counting the Impossible: Sampling and Modeling to Achieve a Large State Homeless Count, Jennifer L. Priestley and Jane Massey
Algebra: A Challenge at the Crossroads of Policy and Practice, Mary Kay Stein, Julia Heath Kaufman, Milan Sherman, and Amy F. Hillen
Response to Part III: Challenges and Promises of Unchartered Water—Lesson Study and Institutes of Higher Education, Tad Watanabe
Shiki: A Critical Foundation for School Algebra in Japanese Elementary School Mathematics, Tad Watanabe
Zero-Hopf Bifurcation for van der Pol’s Oscillator with Delayed Feedback, Xiaoqin Wu and Liancheng Wang
Upper and Lower Estimates for Positive Solutions of the Higher Order Lidstone Boundary Value Problem, Bo Yang
Multiple Hopf Bifurcations of Three Coupled van der Pol Oscillators with Delay, Chunrui Zhang, Baodong Zheng, and Liancheng Wang
Submissions from 2010
Can Urethral Retroresistance Pressures Predict Midurethral Sling Outcomes?, Patrick J. Culligan, Jennifer Lewis-Priestley, Linda Blackwell, and Susan B. Tate
Evaluation of a Transvaginal Mesh Delivery System for the Correction of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Subjective and Objective Findings at least 1 Year after Surgery, Patrick J. Culligan, Paul M. Littman, Charbel G. Salamon, Jennifer L. Priestley, and Amir Shariati
A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Pelvic Floor Muscle Training to a Pilates Exercise Program for Improving Pelvic Muscle Strength, Patrick J. Culligan, Janet Scherer, Keisha Dyer, Jennifer L. Priestley, Geri Guingon-White, Donna Delvecchio, and Margi Vangeli
Proof without Words: Decomposing (N over 2) and N-Squared, Joseph DeMaio
The Story of the Trojan Octagon, Josip Derado, Mary Garner, Belinda P. Edwards, and Violette L. Garrett
Positive Solutions for Third Order Multi-Point Singular Boundary Value Problems, John R. Graef, Lingju Kong, and Bo Yang
Positive Solutions for Boundary Value Problems of Second Order Difference Equations and Their Computation, Jun Ji and Bo Yang
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Attitudes and Use among Health Educators in the United States, Ping Hu Johnson, Jennifer L. Priestley, Kandice Johnson Porter, and Jane Petrillo
Modeling and Forecasting by Manifold Learning, Xuelei (Sherry) Ni
Culturally-Adapted and Audio-Technology Assisted HIV/AIDS Awareness and Education Program in Rural Nigeria: A Cohort Study, Ighovwerha Ofotokun, Jose Nilo G. Binongo, Eli S. Rosenberg, Michael Kane, Rick Ifland, Jeffrey L. Lennox, and Kirk A. Easley
New Intrauterine Growth Curves Based on United States Data, Irene E. Olsen, Sue A. Groveman, M. Louise Lawson, Reese H. Clark, and Babette S. Zemel
Measurement Informs Understanding, Dwight Schuster and Tad Watanabe
A Developing Approach to Studying Students' Learning through Their Mathematical Activity, Martin Simon, Luis Saldanha, Evan McClintock, Gulseren Karagoz Akar, Tad Watanabe, and Ismail Ozgur Zembat
Developing Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching Elementary School Mathematics, Eva Thanheiser, Christine A. Browning, Meg Moss, Tad Watanabe, and Gina Garza-Kling
"What Was Really Accomplished Today?" Mathematics Content Specialists Observe a Class for Prospective K-8 Teachers, Andrew M. Tyminski, Sarah D. Ledford, and Dennis Hembree
The SOR-k Method for Linear Systems with P-Cyclic Matrices, Liancheng Wang, Jiehua Zhu, and Xiezhang Li
Let's Practice What We Preach, Tad Watanabe
Hopf Bifurcation of a Class of Two Coupled Relaxation Oscillators of the van der Pol Type with Delay, Xiaoqin Wu and Liancheng Wang