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Technical Bulletins: Revenue Sharing Extended Three Years; Rs Handicapped Regulations Become Final, William Gary Head

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses key features of the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1983.

Technical Bulletins: Vehicle Use Regulations, William R. Bailey

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses various issues related to municipally-owned vehicles, including disciplinary action for misuse/abuse of vehicles.

Online’83 In Chicago, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Presents news briefs concerning online databases in the U.S. as of December 15, 1983. DIALOG's effort to add more databases; Full text databases of BRS; Expansion of the information services products of SDC.

Food Quality Control Methods Used In Nursing Homes And Hospitals Of 100 Beds Or Less In Kentucky And Tennessee, Laura Lee Butler

Doctoral Dissertations

In 1981 nursing homes and hospitals with less than 100 beds in Kentucky and Tennessee represented approximately 50% of the total number of these facilities. Little attention has been given in the professional literature to health care facilities of this size. Many small facilities have not employed persons with specialized education and training to manage the foodservice; thus food quality control methods may not be used. Research is needed to identify existing areas of quality control in order for needed improvements and changes to be made. The purposes of this study were to identify and compare current quality control measures …

An Experimental Study Of Temperature Separation In Swirling Flow, Hiromoto Kuroda

Doctoral Dissertations

The objective of the present investigation is to substantiate the mechanism of acoustic streaming; this was carried out by conducting detailed internal surveys of a Ranque-Hilsch swirling flow test rig at the condition when the vortex whistle was attenuated or excited. This control of the vortex whistle was accomplished by two methods.

In the first method where the vortex whistle was attenuated by placing a restriction at the exhaust, a Rankine vortex was observed to form, accompanied by an almost uniform total temperature distribution in the radial direction except for a dip near the vortex core; when the vortex whistle …

Gender Differences Between Never-Married Adults: Sociodemographic, Psychological, And Social Support Factors, Janet Schreur Cockrum

Doctoral Dissertations

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between never-married men and women on a number of social-psychological variables. Specific attention was also given to a select group of sociodemographic variables. A secondary purpose was to examine the relationship between life satisfaction as a criterion variable and the other social-psychological variables as predictor variables.

The sample consisted of 30 never-married men and 30 never-married women, between the ages of 27-46. The average age of both the men and women was 31. Individuals had to be caucasian and currently "not cohabiting, not emotionally, sexually, or financially dependent on …

Spent Mushroom Compost As A Soil Amendment For Vegetables, Sherry H. Wang

Doctoral Dissertations

Spent mushroom compost (SMC) was obtained from Ralston Purina Mushroom Plant in Loudon, Tennessee to determine its effects as a soil amendment for growing vegetables under field conditions. Four rates (0, 2, 10, and 20 kg/m^{2) of SMC were applied to a Sequatchie fine sandy loam in 1981 and 1982. Yields of cabbage, cucumber, mustard, onion, radish, snap bean, spinach, and tomato were evaluated.}

Spent mushroom compost application decreased the bulk density, increased the percentage of small pore space, pH, and electrical conductivity. Within the year of 1981 or 1982, the difference in the response of vegetable yield …

Performance Of Soybean Varieties In 1983, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Charles R. Graves

Research Reports

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Stimulus, Vol. 8, No. 2, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

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Clinical Dietetic Practice In Hospitals And Public Health Agencies In Tennessee: Implications For Educational Development, Lynne Maria Roberson

Doctoral Dissertations

This research focused on a comparison of clinical dietetic practice in hospitals and in public health agencies, and a comparison of clients' needs and problems in high-priority performance situations in actual practice with those anticipated for the future in Tennessee. Information about clinical practice was explored using role theory and systems methodology to relate concepts and processes in development.

Two surveys were conducted to obtain information about current practice and expectations for future events in Tennessee. Generally, the nature of clinical dietetic practice in short-term care hospitals and in public health agencies could not be differentiated by considering the nature …

Effects Of Soybean-Wheat Cropping And Tillage Regimes On Nematode Population And Community Dynamics, Sonya M. Baird

Masters Theses

Increased utilization of conservation tillage and cropping pro-grams has necessitated a better understanding of nematodes in these programs. This study was undertaken to better characterize the nematode community structure in various soybean-wheat cropping and tillage regimes, and to assess the effects of these regimes on nematode com-munity and population dynamics. Sample plots were located at Spring Hill and Milan, Tennessee, and were arranged as randomized block designs with five treatments at each location. Soil samples were taken in May, July, and October, 1982. Nematodes were extracted from 100cm³ aliquants by means of a sugar flotation-centrifugation technique, and identified to …

Occurrence Of Acremonium Coenophialum In Tennessee, Elizabeth A. Long

Masters Theses

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Shreb.) plants were collected throughout Tennessee to determine the incidence and distribution of the fescue toxicity fungus, Acremonium coenophialum (Morgan-Jones and Gams). Eighty-three percent of the counties in Tennessee were sampled by taking two fescue plants from each of three different locations in each county, for a total of six fescue plants per county. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to test for the presence of the fungus. This serological technique can be completed in two days and can be more quantitative for the amount of fungus present in fescue tissue than can be determined …

The Effect Of Temperature, Initial Moisture Content, And Level Of Inoculum Of Aflatoxin And Ochratoxin Production In Corn, David Carter Mobley

Masters Theses

Mycotoxin contamination of grains can occur as a result of invasion by field fungi or by growth of storage fungi in improperly stored crops. Environmental factors and competing mycoflora can affect fungal growth and mycotoxin production. Since mycotoxins pose a potential health hazard to both man and animals, this study was conducted to evaluate combinations of temperature, initial moisture content (MC), and level of inoculum during storage of corn to determine optimal and limiting conditions for aflatoxin and ochratoxin production during fungal competition and growth in pure culture. Two fungi were used in this study, Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 3145 and …

The Nesting Chronology Of Mourning Doves In Knox County, Tennessee, Elizabeth S. Stogsdill

Masters Theses

The nesting chronology of mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) was investigated on a rural area in Knox County, Tennessee from 1 February to 31 October, 1979 and 1980. The proportion of annual recruitment occurring after 1 September and regional ecology in terms of habitat, nesting distribution, and productivity were investigated. The first nests were initiated 24 March 1979 and 22 March 1980. Nest initiation peaked in April in 1979 and 1980. The last nests were initiated 3 August 1979 and 5 September 1980. The first young fledged the nest 22 April 1979 and 26 April 1980. The proportion of young recruited …

Effects Of Forage Variations On Young-Of-Year Striped Bass And Other Young Predators In Cherokee Reservoir, Tennessee, Michael Humphreys

Masters Theses

Food habits and growth of young-of-year striped bass fingerlings stocked in 1981 and 1982 into Cherokee Reservoir, Tennessee, were examined. Food habits and growth of stocked Morone and Stizostedion hybrids and native white bass were also analyzed. Striped bass stocked in 1981 maintained relatively poor condition and grew slowly, reaching only 9.4 cm by December of their first year on a diet that consisted primarily of Chironomidae and Crustacea. Morone hybrids stocked the same year grew better than striped bass, reaching 24.7 cm by November on a diet that contained more shad. Striped bass fingerlings stocked in 1982 began consuming …

Influence Of Selected Variables Upon Percent Of Calves Born Within 45 Days Of First Calf Born, Average Weight Of Calves Sold At Weaning And The Number Of Contacts Tennessee Beef Cow-Calf Producers Had With County Extension Agents, Alfred Dean Headrick

Masters Theses

The major purpose of this survey type study was to determine the relationship between the characteristics of beef producers, their operation as to size, breeding and calving practices, marketing practices and the number of contacts they had with Extension. A total of 1799 interviews was conducted by Extension agents in Tennessee. The 1981 Beef Cow-Calf Producer Survey was used to collect data from the beef producers. Counties having at least 15 beef cow-calf producers were surveyed. Producers were required to have 25 or more breeding age cows before they could participate in the survey. The analysis of variance F test …

Problems Associated With Re-Breeding Of Sows At Ames Plantation, David Michael Watkins

Masters Theses

Data from 789 crossbred Duroc, Hampshire, Yorkshire, and Landrace litters, as well as 174 purebred litters from Duroc, Hampshire, and Yorkshire sows were used to evaluate factors influencing problems in rebreeding. The management and care of the herd was considered typical of the production system, and a consistent level of management was maintained throughout the study. Sows were separated into parity groups as well as farrowing interval groups and analyzed separately. The farrowing interval groups separated sows and gilts into rebreeding groups which were considered to be on or off schedule.

Results showed that first litter sows which were older …

The Effects Of Supplementary Carnitine On Ethanol Metabolism, Robert Berger

Masters Theses

Male Sprague-Dawley rats of 200-250g were assigned to ad libitum feeding of ground Purina Rat Chow as such or supplemented with 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.0% (W/W) carnitine for 1-6 days. In the first experiment, a control versus a 1% carnitine supplemented group was studied for 6 days, and in the second experiment, a control versus 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.0% carnitine supplemented groups were investigated for 5 days. A dose of ethanol, (3 g/kg body weight), was administered via a gastric gavage to all animals and blood-ethanol levels were monitored in the tail blood at 2, 5, and 8 …

An Etiological And Epidemiological Study Of Dental Caries In Children Residing In East Tennessee, Deborah Marie Mcgrath

Masters Theses

The present study examines caries variability in children, between the ages of 2 and 17, residing in the eastern portion of Tennessee. The purpose was to identify factors which are associated with dental health status in children.

Biographic data on 99 children and their parents were obtained through the use of a questionnaire which was distributed in the offices of two pedodontists with practices in Knoxville. Dental health status was measured by the number of decayed, missing, and filled (DMF) teeth supplied by each child’s dental records. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (Nie et al. 1975) was used …

Paleoecological Analysis Of Holocene Vegetation, Lake In The Woods, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jean Leighton Davidson

Masters Theses

Lake in the Woods is a woodland hollow pond formed on colluvium at the western end of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The modern flora of the lake is dominated by Liquidambar styraciflua and includes several species with Coastal Palin affinities--Acer rubrum variety trilobum, Woodwardia virginica, and Helianthus angustifolius. The fine-scale vegetation changes at Lake in the Woods from 6600 BP to present have been studied using the paleoecological analysis of pollen, fungal palynomorphs, and charcoal influx. Results show that the dominants of the pond changed from Liquidambar to Salix between 6600 and 6500 …

The Relationship Of Body Size, Lactation Or Gestation With Ration Intake, Nutrient Digestibility And Digestible Nutrient Intake In Beef Cattle, Victor Louis Fulgoni

Doctoral Dissertations

A total of 285 observations from 72 beef cows and 117 yearling cattle were used to determine relationships of cattle characteristics such as body weight, height, length, width, depth, fatness, level of milk production and gestation length with diet intake, nutrient digestibility and digestible nutrient intake. Digestibility was determined using acid-insoluble ash as an internal indicator. In one study, five observations per cow were obtained as the physiological functions of these animals were changing. Cows were fed grass silage while yearlings were fed corn silage plus concentrates. Relationships were determined using multiple regression techniques.

In beef cows, body weight was …

Plasma Cortisol And Progesterone Concentrations, Uterine Proteins And Corpora Lutea Lh/Hcg Binding Characteristics In Gilts Following Adrenocorticotropin Or Hydrocortisone Acetate Administration During Diestrus, Joan R. Hembree

Masters Theses

In a preliminary study four gilts fitted with jugular cannula were injected once or twice daily with either 2 mg hydrocortisone acetate (HA) in sesame oil per kg body weight, intramuscularly (IM) or 1 I.U. adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) in 14% gelatin per kg body weight, subcutaneously (SQ). Twice daily injection of ACTH significantly elevated (P<.05) plasma cortisol levels above that of the control animals (injected with 2 ml sesame oil, IM and 2 ml 14% gelatin, SQ, twice daily). Hydrocortisone acetate did not significantly elevate cortisol levels, although a second injection appeared to elicit a heightened cortisol response. Twenty-three gilts were assigned to the following treatments administered twice daily at dosage levels established in the preliminary study; (1) nonbled control; (2) bled control, injected with the hormone carriers; (3) HA; and (4) ACTH. Treatments were administered days 2 through 7 (period one) or days 8 through 13 (period two) of the estrous cycle, with plasma samples collected daily during treatment and ovariectomies performed and uterine flushings obtained the day following the final day of treatment. For both periods of treatment ACTH decreased and HA increased cortisol levels in a linear fashion over the days of treatment compared to the quadratic response of the bled controls. Within period two both HA and ACTH treatment resulted in a linear increase in progesterone levels compared to the quadratic pattern of the bled controls; however, there was no significant effect of treatment upon progesterone profile compared to the controls in period one. There were no significant differences between the nonbled and bled controls for any of the day 8 or 14 parameters measured, therefore the controls were pooled by period and all comparisons made relative to these pooled controls. There were no differences due to treatment detected within period one for either total uterine proteins or corpora lutea (CL's) luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin (LH/hCG) receptor binding affinity or capacity. Within period two ACTH treatment reduced (P<.05) uterine proteins compared to the pooled controls, whereas HA had no effect. There was a trend (P<.10) for day 14 CL's LH/hCG receptor binding affinity to be reduced by HA and ACTH treatments although binding capacity was unaffected. Corpora lutea LH/hCG receptor binding affinity and capacity were negatively (P<.05) correlated. Based upon these data, mid- to late diestrus appears to be a physiological state sensitive to the HA and ACTG treatment used in this study. Total uterine proteins were reduced by ACTH treatment, which suggests that the uterine environment was altered. Since a proper uterine environment is essential for the survival of many embryos, alteration of uterine proteins by ACTH may effect embryonic survival.

Women's Sports And Physical Education At The University Of Tennessee: 1899-1939, Adam R. Hornbuckle

Masters Theses

Sports historians have demonstrated that the early twentieth century, particularly the 1920s and the 1930s, was a period of both increasing and decreasing opportunities of women to participate in skilled and competitive athletics. Most would agree that a philosophy of anti-competition and universal participation as advocated by the Women's Division of the National Amateur Athletic Federation (WDNAAF) steered women's collegiate sports and physical education during the period. However, they disagree over the extent of the application of that philosophy and its effectiveness once put into practice. While examining the development of women's sports and physical education at the University of …

Effect Of Age, Caloric Restriction, And Dietary Protein On Bone Composition Of Male Rats, Melany H. Looper

Masters Theses

Thirty-day old male Wistar rats were fed 1 of 8 purified diets. Three groups were fed diets containing either 12, 20, or 28% casein (protein) ad libitum. Three other groups were fed diets containing 18, 30, or 42% casein with a feed intake restricted to two-thirds of that consumed by the ad libitum groups. In addition, two groups were initially fed diets containing 20% casein, then the casein level was either gradually (0.8%/month) decreased to 12% or increased to 28% by 1 year of age. At either 1 or 2 years of age, the rats were sacrificed, and their femurs …

An Etiological And Epidemiological Study Of Dental Caries In Children Residing In East Tennessee, Deborah Marie Mc Grath

Masters Theses

The present study examines caries variability in children, between the ages of 2 and 17, residing in the eastern portion of Tennessee. The purpose was to identify factors which are associated with dental health status in children.

Biographic data on 99 children and their parents were obtained through the use of a questionnaire which was distributed in the offices of two pedodontists with practices in Knoxville. Dental health status was measured by the number of decayed, missing, and filled (DMF) teeth supplied by each child's dental records. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (Nie et al. 1975) was used …

Habitat Utilization And Seasonal Movements Of Black Bears In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Patrick C. Carr

Masters Theses

A radiotelemetry study to determine seasonal movements and habitat utilization of black bears (Ursus americanus) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was undertaken from June 1980 to May 1982. Annual home range size in a year of poor hard mast production was 119 km² and 13 km² for males and females, respectively, and 36 km² and 6 km² in a year of good hard mast production. Bear movements were governed by seasonal food availability. Bears exhibited an affinity to summer home ranges but traveled to widely dispersed fall ranges. Seasonal range shifts were more evident …

Genotype X Nutritional Interactions Of Two Year Old Females In Terms Of Reproductive Status, Harry Lee Peeler

Masters Theses

One hundred twenty first calf, two year old, Angus, Angus- Hereford, and Hereford females were studied over a three year period (40 each in 1981, 1982, and 1983). Females were allotted to either Kentucky 31 tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), legume pastures (30-40% legume), or fescue pasture. Legumes consisted of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), Korean and Kobe lespedeza (Lespedeza stipulacea Maxim), and ladino clover (Trifolium repens L.). Forage intake and digestibility were determined from March 1 to September 21 by feeding Cr₂O₃ in a carrier feed twice daily and collecting weekly A.M. and P.M. fecal samples. …

Sequential Cropping Of Vegetables On Black Plastic Using Two Sources And Rates Of Nitrogen Fertilizers, Philip William Ramsey

Masters Theses

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea), bell peppers (Capsicum annum var. annum grossom group), yellow summer squash (Cucurbita pepo var. melopepo), and tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) were grown on an Etowah fine loamy soil during the seasons of 1982-1983 as single or double crops on black polyethylene film mulch at the Plant and Soil Science Field Laboratory, Knoxville, TN in order to compare the relative projected gross returns of each crop and crop sequence and to compare two different sources (urea and sulphur-coated urea) and rates (145 and 290 kg/ha) of nitrogenous fertilizers. The fertilizer was banded and incorporated beneath black plastic rows at …

Cytogenetic Analyses Of Tall Fescue (Festuca Arundinacea Schreb.) Plants Regenerated From Tissue Cultures, Janet Norwood Reed

Masters Theses

The primary objective of this study was to compare the cytogenetic variability present in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) plants regenerated from embryo-derived calli of ethylmethane sulfonate (EMS)-treated (TEM) and non-EMS treated (REG) caryopses and from control plants grown from seed. Secondary objectives were to relate meiotic abnormalities with chiasma frequency, pollen stainability, phenotypic characteristics, and chromosome numbers.

Panicles of tall fescue were collected in May of 1982 and 1983 and fixed in Carnoy's solution. The anthers were dissected from the florets, placed on a microscope slide, and the contents pressed out. After staining with 0.5% acetocarmine, the pollen mother …

Effect Of Fermentation Aids During The Fermentation Process In Experimental Silos And During Aerobic Deterioration Of Corn Silage, Bertil Gunnar Johnson

Masters Theses

Objectives of this research were to study the effect of microbial and chemical fermentation aids during the fermentation process in experimental silos and during aerobic deterioration in feed bunks of corn silage. Specific parameters studied were: lactic acid and other volatile fatty acids, dry matter, crude protein, neutral detergent solubles, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber-nitrogen, pH, and temperature at various sampling times. The four experimental corn silage treatments were: (1) an un-treated control silage; (2) treated with Silabac, a live Lactobacillus plantarum and acidophilus preparation; (3) treated with Culbac, a killed Lactobacillus preparation; and (4) treated with Crop Cure, …