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INVITED PUBLICATIONS (I also have an additional 4 publications previous to joining Philadelphia University)

1.       Sztandera L.M. and Cundell D.R. (1999) Using fuzzy logic to correlate gender, race and/or blood type with infectious disease. (Invited Paper) Proceedings of the Eighth International Fuzzy Systems, Association World Congress.

2.       Sztandera L.M., Silibovsky R. S., Sanders R., and. Cundell D.R. (2001) Fuzzy system correlates demographics with bacterial infection, Advances in Fuzzy Systems and Evolutionary Computation, 1:60-64

3.       Cundell D.R., Sztandera L.M., Arbeter A. and Morrone J.M. (2002) Analysis of staphylococci colonization using an artificial neural network-based system. IEEE on Computational Intelligence, p 648-653.

4.       Cundell D.R. and Brendley W.H. (2003) Chapter 8 Microbial Bioremediation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), Contaminated Soils Volume 8, Edited by Calabrese E.J., Kostecki P.T. and Dragun J., Amherst Publishing, Amherst, MA

1.      Cundell, D.R. (1999) Curriculum Resources. Bacterial Mini-Case History Studies for Courses Involving Medical Microbiology. http://www.microbelibrary.org/FactSheet.asp? SubmissionID=494

2.      Cundell, D.R. (1999) Curriculum Resources. Fungal and Protozoal Mini-Case History Studies for Courses Involving Medical Microbiology. http://www.microbelibrary.org/FactSheet.asp?SubmissionID=497

3.      Cundell, D.R. (1999) Curriculum Resources. Viral Mini-Case History Studies for Courses Involving Medical Microbiology. http://www.microbelibrary.org/factsheet.asp?SubmissionID=496

4.      Cundell D.R., Silibovsky R.S., Sanders R. and Sztandera L.M. (2000) Using intelligent systems in predictions of the bacterial causative agent of an infection. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1932; Springer Verlag 349-357. Also available online at http://www.springer.de

5.      Cundell D.R., Silibovsky R.S., Sanders R. and Sztandera L.M. (2001) Using fuzzy sets to analyze putative correlates between age, blood type, gender and/or race with bacterial infection. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Fastschrift Issue) 21(1-3): 235-239

6.      Cundell D.R., Silibovsky R.S., Sanders R. and Sztandera L.M. (2001) Generation of an Intelligent Medical System, using a real database, to diagnose bacterial infection in hospitalized patients. International Journal of Medical Informatics 63: 31-40

7.      Cundell D.R. (2002) Successful teaching of microbiology to diverse majors involves using various active, problem-based learning assignments Microbiology Education 3:12-17. Also accessible at http://www.microbelibrary.org/Journal/me2002.htm

8.      Cundell D.R., Sztandera L.M., Arbeter A. and Morrone J.M. (2002) An investigation of differential skin colonization of neonates by staphylococci using an artificial neural network-based system. Advances in Soft Computing: Neural Networks and Soft Computing, Edited by L. Rutkowski and J. Kacprzyk.1934: 468-472.

9.      George B., Bockarie A., Cundell D., McBride H., Hoppy D. and Scutti A. (2002) Utilization of turkey feather fibers in nonwoven erosion control fabrics. Int. J. Nonwovens 12(2) 45-52

10.  Cundell D.R., Matrone M.A., Ratajczak P. and Pierce J. (2003) The effect of aerial parts of Echinacea on the circulating white cell levels and selected immune functions of the aging male Sprague-Dawley rat. International Immunopharmacology 3/7: 1041-1048

11.  Boisvert-Bertrand C., Brendley B.W. and Cundell D.R. (2004) Searching for narrow spectrum antibiotics from microbes in soil from Presque Isle, Pennsylvania. Journal Young Investigators April Volume 10, Issue 4 http://www.jyi.org/volumes/volume10/issue4/articles/boisvert.html

12.  Cundell D.R. (2006) Science as a borderless discipline. Thought and Action Fall 2006 issue http://www2.nea.org/he/tanda.html

13.  Mason J., Bockarie A., Czarnecki C., Bryant A., Miller J., Vath R., Burton D., Lawn F. and Cundell D.R. (2007) Microbial assessment of effective earthworm management trials for restoration of an urban temperate deciduous forest site. Journal Young Investigators January Volume 16 Issue 1 http://www.jyi.org/research/re.php?id=866

14.  Maubert M.E., Hartz C.A., Willson K., Cundell D.R., Brendley B. H. (2007) Identification of a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BA) strain able to bioremediate methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in vitro and in situ. Journal of Young Investigators (accepted ) May Volume 16 Issue 4

15.  Cundell D.R. and Pierce J. (2007) Factors influencing University undergraduate science student interactions in the classroom. Thought and Action (under review)

16.  Pagenkemper J. and Cundell D.R. (2007) Correlation between ergotism and the appearance of witchcraft in Germany in the Middle Ages. Journal Young Investigators (in press)

 

ABSTRACTS (I also have an additional 30 abstracts, prior to joining Philadelphia University with either a first or second authorship)

1.       Vilardi A.M., Fonjweng G. and Cundell D.R. (1998) Isolation of antibiotic- producing Actinomycetes from Great Salt Marsh, Delaware. Proc. Am. Soc. Microbiol.: N62

2.       Sztandera L. and Cundell D. (2000) Fuzzy Logic Identification of Risk factors for Infection. Proceedings of the Fifth Joint Conference on Information Sciences, Atlantic City, NJ, Volume I: p108-110

3.       Morrone J.M., Aleti S., Cundell D. and Wilson R. (2000) Differential Skin Carriage of Skin Staphylococci in a College Community. 11th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA: p48.

4.       Matrone M., Ratacjack P., Cameron R., Pierce J.D. and Cundell D.R. (2001) “Echinacea boosts immune system functioning of aged rats”, 12th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA: p41.

5.       Panossian, S., Cundell D.R. (2001) Antimicrobials from Bacillus sphaericus isolated from English boxwood soil”, 12th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA: p56.

6.       Matrone M., Ratajczak P.A. Cundell D.R. and Pierce J. (2001) The effect of St. John’s Wort on immune function of mature, male Sprague-Dawley rats. 4th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences Proceedings, University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Baltimore, MD: p13.

7.       Ratajczak P.A., Matrone M., Cundell D.R. and Pierce J. (2001) The effect of aerial components of Echinacea on the aging rat immune system. 4th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences Proceedings, University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Baltimore, MD: p14

8.       Emanuel S., Bunik T., Damico C., Cundell D.R. and Bockarie A. (2001) Antibiotic secreting soil isolates from Jamaican soil. 4th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences Proceedings, University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Baltimore, MD: p25.

9.   Cundell D.R. (2001) Successful teaching of microbiology to diverse majors involves using various active, problem-based learning assignments Eighth Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference The Spectrum of Microbiology Education Proceedings May 20th -24th  2001, University of Florida, Orlando, FL.

10.   Hartz C.B., Vodzak H.D., Cundell D.R. and Brendley W.H. (2002) Algal species as bioremediants of water-soluble heavy metals ions and the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) 13th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA: p 39

11.   Emanuel S., Bunik T. Cundell D.R. and Bockarie A. (2002) Jamaican soil as a source of antibiotic-secreting actinomycete and bacillus soil isolates. 13th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA: p 28

12.   Bockarie A.H.T., Hoppy D., George B. and Cundell D. (2002) How does poultry feather fabric stand up to coir matting for erosion control? Ecological Society of America National Meeting, Tucson, AZ

13.   Cundell D.R. and Brendley W.H. (2002) Microbial Bioremediation of Methyl-tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) 18th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water Proceedings, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA: p 205

14.   Pagenkemper J. and Cundell D.R. (2003) Correlation between ergotism and the appearance of witchcraft in the Middle Ages. 14th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, April 11th 2003: p53

15.   Hartz C.B., Braz V.A., Cundell D.R., Brendley W.H and Brendley B. (2003) Isolation of a gasoline bioremediant Bacillus licheniformis from methyl tertiary-butyl ether contaminated agar. 14th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, April 11th 2003: p 27

16.   Boisvert-Bertrand C., Brendley B., Brendley W.H., Piechoski M.P. and Cundell D.R. (2003) Searching for novel narrow spectrum antibiotics from microbes in soil from Presque Isle, PA. 14th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, April 11th 2003: p6

17.   Hartz C.B, Willson K., Cundell D.R. and Brendley B.H. (2003) Isolation of a bioremediant Bacillus amyloliquifaciens from methyl tertiary-butyl ether-contaminated agar. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Proceedings, San Diego, CA October 18th 2003: p195

18.  Piechoski M.P., Cundell D.R., Bockarie A.T. and Porter J.R. (2004) Bioassay of antibiotic activity in Jamaican soil isolates: Identification of narrow spectrum antibiotic compounds.15th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, April 23rd 2004: p

19.  Hartz C.B., Maubert M.E., Willson K. Cundell D.R.,  and Brendley B.H. (2004) Identification and field testing of a Bacillus amyloliquifasciens (BA) strain able to bioremediate methyl tertiary butyl-ether (MTBE). 15th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, April 23rd 2004: p 27

20.  Lewis K.D., Lee I., Schindelin H. and Cundell D.R. (2005) Solving Mutant Structures of the Bacterial MoeB-MoaD Complex to Provide Insight for the Mechanism of Ubiquitin Activation 16th Annual Sigma XI Society Proceedings, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, April 8th 2004: p 20

 

 

 

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