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Developing Commercial-Scale Low-Salinity Culture Protocols For Gulf Killifish, Fundulus Grandis, Brittany Morgan Chesser
Developing Commercial-Scale Low-Salinity Culture Protocols For Gulf Killifish, Fundulus Grandis, Brittany Morgan Chesser
Theses and Dissertations
Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis is an estuarine species used as a live bait for marine sport fishes, native from Veracruz, Mexico, along the Northern Gulf of Mexico coast, to the eastern coast of Florida. Culture protocols are established, but Gulf Killifish have not been fully adopted as a commercially produced species by producers, possibly due to economic efficiency and needs for advances related to inland production. Therefore, production methods from spawning in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) to grow-out to market size in earthen ponds were examined. Increasing broodstock density or spawning substrate surface area did not increase egg production in …
Geologic Analysis Of The Upper Jurassic Cotton Valley Formation In Jefferson County, Mississippi, James Michael Brooke
Geologic Analysis Of The Upper Jurassic Cotton Valley Formation In Jefferson County, Mississippi, James Michael Brooke
Theses and Dissertations
Though the Cotton Valley Group is productive in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, little is known about production potential of the Bossier Formation (Lower Cotton Valley Shale) in southwest Mississippi. The Bossier Formation in Jefferson County, Mississippi is an organic-poor, carbonate-rich mudrock with siliciclastic intervals. Examination of cuttings by petrographic and scanning electron microscopy revealed fractures that have been filled by calcite and poreilling pyrite. Porosity exists within and around pyrite framboids, in unfilled fractures, and within peloid grains. Organic matter is rare in Lower Cotton Valley samples suggesting it is not self-sourcing. Total Organic Carbon (TOC) values are low (0.86-1.1% …
Tech Service, John Valenti
Tech Service, John Valenti
Theses
The graduate thesis film Tech Service is a 21- minute surreal memoir-parody of its creator's day at work in a tech support call center. Having quite literally separated his at-work self from his not-at-work self into two independently existing personae--the former an ambitious technician whose only goal in the world is to fix a customer's telephone, and the latter a more cynical, quasi-beat poet who narrates the story--the film rambunctiously ponders and pursues the meaning of life, if life were reduced to the job you have to go to but don't really like that much. The film was shot in …
Economic Impact Of On-Board Module-Building Cotton Harvesters On Replacement Schedule And Harvest Costs, Matthew Alan Farrell
Economic Impact Of On-Board Module-Building Cotton Harvesters On Replacement Schedule And Harvest Costs, Matthew Alan Farrell
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study is to further understand the economic impact of the new on-board module-building cotton harvesters that both John Deere and Case IH have introduced to the market. This study will examine two different areas, the optimal asset replacement schedule and a machine’s performance rate’s effect on harvest costs due to rainfall loss. Using data collected from Willcut (2008), USDA crop progress reports, and a USDA weather station, models will be used to study the areas in question. The findings are that, the age of the associated assets begin replaced with the conventional harvester and the number …
Implementing Lean Manufacturing Into Newspaper Production Operations, Marianne Engum
Implementing Lean Manufacturing Into Newspaper Production Operations, Marianne Engum
Theses
The evolution of technology and new media has, over a long period of time, had an influence on the newspaper industry. This development has particularly affected the printed newspaper with a decline in circulation; forcing newspaper printers to be more efficient and to look for methods of increasing profit and reducing costs. Lean Manufacturing strategy, which includes waste elimination, can help the newspaper printers to achieve these goals. Lean Manufacturing has gotten an increased focus in the printing industry. However, the number of newspapers implementing Lean is still minimal. This research has sought to determine the level of knowledge of …
Dynamic Surface: An Extrapolation Of Biodesign, Aniket Vardhan
Checks & Balances, Henry Blaustein
Maldoror, Robert Trussell