Eric Sakowski1§, Katherine Alfaro1, Aliyah Ambriz1, Savannah Brake1, Sara Brennan1, Korri Brown1, Arabella Canby1, Jessica Castillo1, Vincent Desautels1, Thalia Flores1, Samantha Hackley1, Maurece Jean-Brian1, Isaac Jimenez1, McKayla Lee1, Lourdes Lozano-Rojas1, Anita Manglona1, Shaniah Mayers1, Payton Murchison Whiteside1, Marissa Nittinger1, Eddy Nkwepo1, Reese Olenik1, Andrew Ramirez1, Srishti Sanjeevkumar1, Kaylah Scott1, Abigail Sies1, Hailey Sprow-McCoy1, Anika Sproxton1, Estefania Tapia1, Jasmin Trentler1, Jalia Watson1, Michaela West1, and Geraldine Vilmen1§
1Department of Science, Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States
§Correspondence to: Eric Sakowski (e.g.sakowski@msmary.edu) Geraldine Vilmen (g.v.vilmen@msmary.edu)
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Acknowledgements
Funding
Author Contributions
- Eric Sakowski: Supervision, Investigation, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
- Katherine Alfaro: Investigation
- Aliyah Ambriz: Investigation
- Savannah Brake: Investigation
- Sara Brennan: Investigation
- Korri Brown: Investigation
- Arabella Canby: Investigation
- Jessica Castillo: Investigation
- Vincent Desautels: Investigation
- Thalia Flores: Investigation
- Samantha Hackley: Investigation
- Maurece Jean-Brian: Investigation
- Isaac Jimenez: Investigation
- McKayla Lee: Investigation
- Lourdes Lozano-Rojas: Investigation
- Anita Manglona: Investigation
- Shaniah Mayers: Investigation
- Payton Murchison Whiteside: Investigation
- Marissa Nittinger: Investigation
- Eddy Nkwepo: Investigation
- Reese Olenik: Investigation
- Andrew Ramirez: Investigation
- Srishti Sanjeevkumar: Investigation
- Kaylah Scott: Investigation
- Abigail Sies: Investigation
- Hailey Sprow-McCoy: Investigation
- Anika Sproxton: Investigation
- Estefania Tapia: Investigation
- Jasmin Trentler: Investigation
- Jalia Watson: Investigation
- Michaela West: Investigation
- Geraldine Vilmen: Supervision, Investigation, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Reviewed By
Anonymous, Susan Gurney
History
- Received: 10/1/2025
- Revision Received: 10/31/2025
- Accepted: 10/28/2025
- Published Online: 11/5/2025
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© 2025 by the authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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