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American Trends And American Fears: An Analysis Of The Women's Movement And The Religious Right As Envisioned In Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale, Jennifer Leigh Hodson

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Commission For Blacks Meeting Minutes December 17, 1997, Commission For Blacks

Task Force Meetings and Interviews

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Commission For Blacks Meeting Agenda December 17, 1997, Commission For Blacks

Task Force Meetings and Interviews

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Commission For Blacks Hand-Written Meeting Notes December 17, 1997, Commission For Blacks

Task Force Meetings and Interviews

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Creating Ten Years In Aberdeen: Background Information And Conclusions, Charla Suzanne Curtis

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Tcwp Newsletter No. 219, Tennessee Citizens For Wilderness Planning

Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning Newsletters

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Knoxville Pediatric Associates: A Case Study, Brian Walton Crenshaw

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Sulfonated B-Ketophosphonate Ion Exchange Resins, Ryoko Kita

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Cancer And Stereoselective Solutions, Julie Ann Coltrin

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Investigation And Demonstration Of A Rich Combustor Cold Start Device For Alcohol Fueled Engines, David Kim Irick

Doctoral Dissertations

Alcohols (methanol and ethanol) have been identified as having the potential to improve air quality when used to replace conventional gasoline. This potential is primarily due to the different organic species that are emitted by alcohol-fueled engines. The use of "near neat" alcohols gives greater benefits than fuels containing lower levels of alcohol, but neat alcohols present a significant cold starting problem.

The primary objective of this study was to develop a rich combustor device which will extend the cold start range of alcohol fueled engines to -30°C while reducing cold start emissions. In support of this objective a software …

Students' Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of The Tennessee Pre-Professional Program For The State's Black Residents From 1984 Through 1994, Ercille Hall Williams

Doctoral Dissertations

The 1984 Stipulation of Settlement of Geier v. McWherter, the State of Tennessee's desegregation case, mandated the development of a series of programs that would provide access to the state public higher institutions for all of its residents. These initiatives were developed to remedy the vestiges of a dual system of higher education that practiced legal discrimination and segregation. The Tennessee Pre-Professional (TPP), one of the desegregation mandates, was designed to increase the representation of black Tennessee residents in the state-supported professional schools of law and medicine. Under the state's dual system of higher education, these opportunities were non-existent …

A Sufficient Competence To Make Them Independent: Attitudes Towards Authority, Improvement And Independence In The Carolina-Virginia Backcountry, 1760-1800, Larry Anthony Wise

Doctoral Dissertations

One theme largely neglected by backcountry scholars to this point is the process of integration which allowed the interior as a region to fuse with the larger social and cultural ways of the rest of the South during the latter part of the eighteenth century. This study will examine, through a series of vignettes, this process of integration and ordering which allowed the backcountry to lose a number of its distinct characteristics and fostered the emergence of more clearly American and Southern values by early in the nineteenth century.

At a point of departure, this dissertation will rely on the …

Female Philopatry And Spatial Organization In The Raccoon (Procyon Lotor), Shyamala Ratnayeke

Doctoral Dissertations

Among mammals, some of the most common types of cohesive social groupings originate form natal philopatry through the extended mother family. The recognition that females among some solitary mammals demonstrate natal philopatry suggests that an important part of understanding the evolution of social groupings in mammals is through establishing the conditions that lead to natal philopatry in solitary species. The North American raccoon, Procyon lotor, is a relatively solitary carnivore of the Procyonidae, a family that demonstrates both variability and flexibility in the nature and degree of sociality. This dissertation examines the conditions surrounding natal philopatry in a raccoon population …

Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction Of Lipids From Pythium Irregulare, Terry Hill. Walker

Doctoral Dissertations

Lipids that contain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) have therapeutic value. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of PUFA from the lower fungi, Pythium irregulare was attempted for freeze-dried material in the presence of an aqueous phase. Extraction showed some success at moisture contents up to 30% (wb) and with the addition of a novel CO₂ -philic surfactant. Equilibrium and kinetic data are presented. Equilibrium data were taken for the fungal oil in a flow-through apparatus at a low flow rate for two isotherms (40 and 60°C) over a pressure range of 13.7 to 27.5 MPa. Equilibrium data were also taken for …

Characterization Of The Pathophysiology Of Wiskott-Aldrich Transgenic Mice, Sharon Golda Witonsky

Doctoral Dissertations

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-Iinked recessive disease in which affected patients have any combination of the triad of classical symptoms of thrombocytopenia, eczema and immunodeficiencies. The gene has been cloned and sequenced, but its function is unknown. In order to determine the pathophysiology of the disease, transgenic animals have been generated which overexpress the normal Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) in T lymphocytes. By characterizing the pathobiology and immunology of these mice, we will better understand the normal function of Wiskott Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP).

The WASP transgenic mice have a profound phenotype that is characterized most prominently by splenomegaly …

Taking Online Interaction For Granted, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The ubiquity of library user familiarity with online searching allows librarians to focus on the social and human considerations of online interaction. Librarians can be leaders in humanizing the net, in improving search engine technology, and in educating the 79% who are still not online.

Pb576 Wheat Production In Tennessee, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Field & Commercial Crops

Tennessee’s climate is well suited for the production of high-quality, lowprotein, soft red winter wheat. This wheat is in demand by the flour milling industry and well-established local markets are adequate.

Tennessee-produced soft wheat is used primarily for milling general purpose or family flours, pastry flours and cake flours. Very little of Tennessee’s wheat is used for livestock feed, except as byproducts of the milling industry.

Winter wheat is a cool-season crop and can be grown successfully in all counties of the state. Soft red winter wheat varieties recommended and commonly grown in Tennessee have adequate winter hardiness to survive …

Interview: Don Hearn, Karen Aardal

About Harlan D. Mills

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The Rationality And Spirituality Of Architecture Embodied In The Architecture Of Astronomy, Gary Dennis Conway

Masters Theses

In this thesis a public observatory and planetarium is designed as an astronomical monument to test the theory that the rational and spiritual sides of architecture are united in the architecture of astronomy. First, the conditions of the project are established. The site at Norris Dam State Park is described and analyzed, and then the astronomical "site"- the celestial events the observatory has to responded to- are similarly described and analyzed. The programmatic requirements of the project are listed, with diagrams and a detailed discussion of the spiritual meanings of the project following. Finally, the design of the project itself …

Fairview Technology Center : How A Business Incubator Has Impacted The Economy Of Knox County, Tennessee, Douglas John Lawyer

Masters Theses

In this thesis, a business incubator facility, Fairview Technology Center, was studied to determine the level of economic impact it has had upon the economy of Knox County, Termessee. This thesis used the case study methodology of research. A mail survey instrument was utilized to obtain data from both current and former tenants of Fairview. Also, a literature review of incubator related information is included as well as information obtained from several personal interviews of those associated with the Fairview story. A history of business incubator facilities in the United States is provided as well as a thorough presentation of …

Procrastination : Development Of A Scale, Steven E. Newell

Masters Theses

Procrastination is a pervasive and recalcitrant problem. It is especially endemic to academic settings. This research reviews the major findings in the research literature and develops a procrastination scale that addresses some of the limitations found in previous self-report measures of procrastination.

Results support the Procrastination Scale's reliability and validity as a measure of procrastination. Also, the results replicate and extend information about the personality characteristics which appear to accompany and possibly facilitate the development of procrastination. These include social anxiety, public self-consciousness, passive-aggressiveness, and (inversely) self-esteem.

Neutrino-Nucleon Interactions In The Tohoku 1.4-Meter Bubble Chamber, Michael Dwayne Pugh

Masters Theses

This dissertation describes a study of the weak interactions of neutrinos with freon in the Tohoku 1.4-Meter Bubble Chamber, with emphasis on those interactions that produce slow protons emerging in the final state. The bubble chamber was exposed in 1985 and 1987 to the Fermilab wide-band neutrino beam generated by 800 GeV protons at the Tevatron. Holographic photography was used in order to improve the sensitivity to protons with very short ranges. A total of 364,000 frames were taken using normal optics. Of those, 63,000 also employed holography. These frames, along with the downstream hybrid data, yielded, after cuts, approximately …

The Effects Of Adolescent Employment Upon School, Family, And Adult Values, Belinda June Riddle

Masters Theses

The level of discretionary spending of today's teenager is much greater than that of previous generations. For many, money is earned from part-time employment. As the teenage population continues to be an important segment in the marketplace, it is critical that teens learn to function as rational consumers. While there has been a large volume of quantitative research investigating the impact of part-time employment on adolescent development, there is little qualitative evidence to explain the phenomenon of youth work and in the context of school-year employment. This study examined how adults now perceive the effects of their own school-year employment …

Fluence Spectra Of Heavy Ions On Thick Targets With Model Comparison, Daniel Leon Stephens

Masters Theses

The problems of high energy heavy ion (HZE) transport in shielding and biological samples are important to the field of space radiation protection. The HZE particles in the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) spectra are responsible for a major portion of the dose equivalent with iron ions being the most prevalent. Therefore iron ions are a natural choice for the study of GCR on shielding material.

The experiment was performed at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) of the Brookhaven National Laboratory as E-898. The AGS provided a beam of ⁵⁶Fe with a target entry energy of 1.05 ± 0.005 GeV/nucleon. …

Assessing Police Applicants : A Further Look At Mmpi And Rorschach Data, Carla Gayle Strassle

Masters Theses

Currently, there are many problems associated with the process of police officer selection. Focusing specifically on psychological testing instruments, the MMPI is the most widely used instrument in police officer selection. The general MMPI profile for the police population, however, is relatively flat. Researchers have tried to pinpoint scales which will differentiate officers, but consistent results have been elusive. The present research was undertaken to determine if the Rorschach could be effectively utilized in conjunction with the information provided by the MMPI in the police selection process. Protocols (N = 53) from police applicants were obtained and found to be …

Biological Control Of Rhizoctonia Solani On Tomato, Patrice Smith

Masters Theses

Rhizoctonia solani causes damping-off and root rot of tomato plants. Post-emergence damping-off begins as a canker on the stem located above the soil line. Growers traditionally have managed damping-off and root rot of tomato with chemical pesticides. Due to the increasing awareness of the harmful effects that chemical pesticides impose on the environment and humans, alternative control options are needed. The focus of this study was to assess bacterial isolates for biological control of R. solani on tomato.

Three collections of Bacillus and Pseudomonas isolates were evaluated for biocontrol activity. The collections were from a tobacco field soil, rhizosphere of …

Design And Development Of A Variable-Flow Fan Nozzle Using Phase-Partition Air Sampling For Drift Assessment, Quy Duc Bui

Doctoral Dissertations

Research focused on (1) the development of a new model on fan atomization, (2) the design and development of a variable-flow fan nozzle (VFFN) for on-the-go control of precision chemical application, and (3) the development of a phase-partition air sampler (PPAS) to evaluate spray drift from the VFFN. Relationships of spray angle, spray thickness, droplet size, and the spray velocity to the nozzle geometry were analytically explained by the new model. Three VFFN prototypes with spray angles of 50, 70 and 90 degrees and one PPAS prototype were designed and successfully tested. A new model on fan atomization was based …

Dental Microwear Analysis Of Averbuch: A Dietary Reconstruction Of A Mississippian Culture, Melissa G. Muendel

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation reconstructs subsistence patterns of the inhabitants of Averbuch, a prehistoric late Mississippian culture, using SEM (scanning electron microscopy) to quantitatively assess the dental microwear of the permanent adult second mandibular molar of a selected skeletal sample from the Averbuch archaeological site. A comparison among the patterns of the Averbuch and those reported from other prehistoric sites in the United States is presented. The study uses the mesiolingual cusp (metaconid) tip facet (Kay and Hiiemae, 1974) of the mandibular permanent second molar to measure dental microwear features. Every cusp in the human mouth has an occlusal relationship to the …

Maximum Likelihood And Bayesian Estimation Of Skeletal Age-At-Death From The Human Pubic Symphysis, B. S. L. Hurst

Doctoral Dissertations

A number of methodological problems have recently plagued studies of adult skeletal age-at-death estimation. Over the last two decades, researchers have extended considerable effort to place age estimation studies on a firmer statistical ground. However, many of the current methods can still be criticized because they make unjustifiable assumptions or use inappropriate statistical models. Much of the controversy surrounding age-at-death estimation has focused specifically on the question of applying age standards from a reference collection of known-age individuals to a target group of unknown age.

The current study, involving a large sample (n=739) of adult male pubic symphysis data, demonstrates …

Planning For Sustainable Communities : A Comparative Study Of Indicators Of Sustainability In Six U.S. Communities, Leonida S. Corcuera

Masters Theses

Cities play a dynamic role in economic and social development and in managing the built and natural environment. Increasing awareness of the consequences of development in the environment and concern about a sustainable future has led many communities to plan for sustainability. Crucial to planning for a sustainable community is determining whether an urban area is moving towards or away from sustainability, which is gauged by various community indicators.

Sustainability indicators are quantitative and qualitative information, which assist a community in identifying its priorities and assess the community’s long-term vitality. Indicators that show trends describe the impacts of human actions …