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Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting
of the Idaho Academy of Science
April 19 - 21, 2007
Idaho Falls, Idaho

These proceedings are the peer-reviewed and approved full versions of the papers originally presented at the conference. Below is a list of the qualified papers listed alphabetically by the name of the lead author. Each title is linked to a downloadable PDF file that contains the paper.

  1. Beers-Green, Arlen B., Happe, David, Wagner, Darcy and Zega, Teal. A Simplified Nuclear Power Module Design Tool Using FORTRAN.
  2. Bess, John Darrell. Introducing the Lunar Evolutionary Growth-optimized (LEGO) Reactor Concept.
  3. Bybee, Morgen L., Jensen, Kirt A., Hayden, James J., Clark, Summer D., Stadelman, Sarah J. and Scalarone, Gene M. A Comparative Evaluation of Two Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA) for the detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Histoplasma capsulatum Antibodies.
  4. Christian, Jerry D. Aqueous Reprocessing of U-Pu-Zr Metal Fuels—Dissolution Considerations.
  5. Clark, William H., Bean, Barry M. and Fore, Leska S. Repeat Sampling Method for Rock Cobble Habitat Preferred by the Threatened Bliss Rapis Snail (Taylorconcha serpenticola).
  6. Clark, William H. and Van Pelt, Arnold F. Myrmecophiles in Ant Nests, Big Bend National Park, Texas.
  7. Ellis, Joshua T., Shurley, Jack F. and Scalarone, Gene M. The Use of Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Lysate Antigens to Stimulate Primary and Secondary Antibody Responses in Immunized Rabbits.
  8. Grosshans, Raymond R., Kostelnik, Kevin M. and Jacobson, Jacob J. Sustainable Harvest for Food and Fuel.
  9. Guillen, Donna Post, Board, Richard, Gribik, Anastasia and Wood, Rick. Integrated Fischer Tropsch Modular Process Model
  10. Hooper, Richard I. An Experiment on the Influence of Information on ISU Students’ Perception of Safety.
  11. Jacobson, Jacob and Matther, Gretchen. Modeling for Insights
  12. Jensen, Kirt A., Bybee, Morgen L., Hayden, James J., Clark, Summer D., Stadelman, Sarah J. and Scalarone, Gene M. Immunoassay Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis Antibodies Using Lysate Antigens Prepared from Human, Animal and Environmental Isolates.
  13. Krueger, Jr., Norris, Brannback, Malin, Carsrud, Alan and Elfving, Jennie. A “Molecular Biology” of Regional Innovation Systems: A Supervenient Approach to Developing Technology Entrepreneurship.
  14. Manzur, Particio E., Scalarone, Anne R. and Scalarone, Gene M. Evaluation of the Incubation Parameters of an Enzyme Immunoassay for the Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis Antibodies.
  15. Nieschmidt, E. B., Farley, J. L. and Watanabe, T. Isotope Enrichment for Energy and Environment Research.
  16. Nieschmidt, E. B., Hough, S. A. and Watanbe, T. The Use of Second Viral Coefficients in Energy and Environmental Research.
  17. Pace, Brenda R. Prehistoric Rock Structures of the Idaho National Laboratory.
  18. Piet, Steven, Bjornard, Trond, Dixon, Brent, Hill, Robert, Matthern, Gretchen and Shropshire, David. Current Comparison of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles.
  19. Piet, Steven J., Cherry, Robert S., Brown, Lloyd C., Cooper, Craig, Heydt, Harold J., Holman, Richard D., and McLing, Travis L. Energy in the Mountain West: Colonialism and Independence.
  20. Porter, D. L. and Janney, D. E. Chemical Gradients in Crud on Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Elements.
  21. Poulson, Marita and Kunze, Jay F. Monitoring Formaldehyde in Indoor Air.
  22. Scalarone, Anne R., Scalarone, Geoffrey M., and Scalarone, Gene M. Detection of Antibodies in Dogs with Blastomycosis: Comparative Studies Using Yeast Lysate Antigens Prepared from Isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis from a Minnesota Outbreak.
  23. Scott, Jill R., Kotler, J. Michelle, Hinman, Nancy W., Yan, Beizhan, Stoner, Daphne L., and Richardson, C. Doc. Searching for Biosignatures as Signs of Life using GALDI-FTMS.
  24. Tran, Tuan Q., Raddatz, Kimberly R., Cady, Elizabeth T., Vowels, Christopher L., Amstutz, Bradford J. and Elgin, Peter D. Effects of Extreme Sleep Deprivation on Human Performance.
  25. Tschaggeny, Charles, Jones, Warren and Bamberg, Eberhard. High Performance Piezoelectric Actuated Gimbal (HIERAX).

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