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Quality Control Standards For Cooked Frozen Green Beans Held Heated For Varying Holding Times, Anna Mae Brenner

Doctoral Dissertations

Objective quality control standards for prepared food, held heated for varying periods of time were studied. Frozen Grade A whole stringless Peco and Slender White string green beans grown, blast frozen, and packaged in Tennessee were used.

Before cooking, 12 lb of each variety were randomly chosen, removed from the freezer and package, mixed together, then divided into seven 735 g portions. Portions were placed in seven half-size shallow stainless steel steam table inset pans marked with holding times of 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 minutes.

All pans of green beans were steamed at one time for …

Food Intake Practices Of High School Students In Shelby County, Alabama, Johnnie C. Carlisle

Doctoral Dissertations

Food intake patterns, food terminology, food preferences, and food connotative meanings for 354 high school students in Shelby County, Alabama, were studied. The sample was comprised of 82 Blacks and 272 Whites, 164 males and 190 females.

The meal pattern was obtained by the use of three 24-hour recalls. Irregular eating patterns were followed by 148 of the students. Many breakfast combinations were reported. For the noon meal, 60 percent of the students ate in the school lunchroom. More females than males omitted lunch. For the evening meal, the students reported meats, few vegetables or salads and the frequent use …

In Being, Richard Hal Rosen

Doctoral Dissertations

This work, In Being, is an effort to establish the validity of individual thought. Personal thought (Chapter I) is elevated to the realm of objective knowledge while the knower is free from bias and preconception and aims at universals. The detached observer in science is questioned as personal knowing makes that which is known a part of the knower. Yoga, chemicals and phenomenology are explored as means for knowing and ultimate reality. Chapter I concludes with a delineation of the creative and intuitive implications for personal knowledge.

In the personal writing section (Chapter II), signs are discussed as they …

Investigation Of The Interaction Of D-Amphetamine And Amantadine Hydrochloride Using Repeated Acquisitions With Serial Reversal Discriminations, Elizabeth Dozier Jones

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this series of studies was to investigate the interaction of d-amphetamine and amantadine hydrochloride employing serial discrimination reversals with repeated acquisitions. Specifically, the blockade of the effects of d-amphetamine by amantadine hydrochloride was investigated.

In meeting this goal, dose-response curves were determined independently for d-amphetamine and amantadine hydrochloride. The dose-response curve for d-amphetamine indicated that the 0.5 mg/kg dosage provided for optimal discrimination of SDR, while dosages of 1.0 mg/kg and 2.0 mg/kg proved to be disruptive. The experiments investigating amantadine hydrochloride indicated that dosages above 10 mg/kg were detrimental to the discrimination task, while dosages below …

Chromatographic Identification Of Added Iron In Casein And Casein Components, Burhan Dincer

Doctoral Dissertations

The objective of this study was to determine the distribution of added radioiron in milk protein and casein components of cow's milk fractionated by the combination of Sephadex G-150 gel filtration and DEAE-cellulose chromatography. Labelled ⁵⁹FeCl₃ was added directly to raw milk at the concentration of 0.02 and 10 ppm isotope and carrier, respectively, and held overnight at 4°C. Five ml of the skim milk was first chromatographed on Sephadex G-150 column and fractionated into casein, whey protein, and nonprotein materials. The casein fraction was chromatographed on a DEAE-cellulose column and separated into its components, α_s, …

Factors Related To Voluntary Dry Matter Intake By Beef Cattle Fed Primarily Corn Silage, Jerry Wright Williams

Doctoral Dissertations

The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of ration characteristics and body characteristics on voluntary feed intake of beef heifers and to determine the influence of voluntary ration intake on animal gains and feed efficiency when corn silage was fed as the primary ration constituent. Corn silage ad libitum and 2.72 kg of various concentrates per animal per day were fed to 432 beef heifers, initially weighing 204-227 kg, during three one-year periods. The experiments were from 110 to 140 days in length and each experiment was divided into four periods of approximately one month each. Body …

A Geographic Analysis Of The Characteristics And Development Trends Of The Non-Metropolitan Tourist-Recreation Industry Of Southern Appalachia, Jeffrey Wayne Neff

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the significance of actual place-to-place structural and organizational differences within the non-metropolitan tourist-recreation industry of southern Appalachia and to discover how these differences affected the industry's development and growth in selected locations.

Eight countries with statistically important tourist industries were used as case study areas, so that spatial variation or uniformity in the industry's characteristics could be identified and examined. Those counties were: Rabun, Georgia; Graham, North Carolina; Jackson, North Carolina; Swain, North Carolina; Watauga, North Carolina; Clay, Tennessee; Sevier, Tennessee; and Bath, Virginia. Field investigation and subsequent distribution of questionnaires to …

Functional Properties Of A Soy Isolate And A Soy Concentrate In Simple Systems As Related To Performance In A Food System, Cheryl Whetstone Hutton

Doctoral Dissertations

Two commercial soy protein products, Promine-D (a soy isolate) and Promosoy-100 (a soy concentrate), with protein contents on a moisture-free basis of approximately 97 and 72% respectively, were studied. Part A of the study was,an investigation of protein solubility, hydration capacity, emulsion properties, fat absorptivity, and thickening function of the soy products in simple systems at pH levels of 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0 and at temperatures of 4 °, ambient (22-25°), and 90°C. The soy products were compared on both equal sample weight and equal protein bases. Part B involved evaluation of the functional performance of the soy products, compared …

Impacts Of Contour Coal Mining On Streamflow, A Case Study Of The New River Watershed, Tennessee, Hong-Shoung Tung

Doctoral Dissertations

In order to promote stripped coal as an economically and environmentally acceptable fuel source, it is essential to assess properly the societal (external) cost of extracting coal by strip mining. One of the elements contributing to the damage function associated with the societal costs on the production side of extracting coal by means of stripping, is the change impacted on the watershed hydrologic environment. One of the most important such watershed hydrologic changes in terms of the watershed response is peak flow due to its potential to cause serious damages.

The objective of this study is to determine the quantitative …

Sedimentation And Stratigraphy Of The Rome Formation In East Tennessee, Nabil Fahmi Samman

Doctoral Dissertations

The late Early Cambrian Rome Formation is the oldest formation that is exposed widely across the Valley and Ridge Province. It is brought to the surface by major thrust faults, and in many cases is topographically the highest exposed formation; consequently, the bottom and the top of the Rome are usually missing. Nowhere is a complete section of the Rome formation exposed except in northeast Tennessee.

The Rome is a heterogeneous formation of red, maroon, brown and green colored sandstone, siltstone and shale and local beds of gray limestone and dolomite, all of which vary greatly in proportion and distribution …

Estrogen And Progestin Content In The Peripheral Plasma And Follicular Fluid Of Cycling Beef Cattle, James Joseph Ireland

Doctoral Dissertations

The objectives of this experiment are as follows: (1) to compare estrogen and progestin levels in the peripheral circulation to steroid levels in the follicular fluid, (2) to compare estrogen and progestin levels within small, medium, and large follicles, and (3) to obtain estrous dates along with morphological ovarian descriptions to use as a basis for the aforementioned comparisons. There were 180 Hereford heifers (6 per pen) used in this experi-ment. The animals were slaughtered when the mean thickness of backfat for the animals in a pen (6 per pen) reached 12 mm as measured by the somascope. Blood and …

Presweetened Cereal Patterns Of Older Sib Families And No Older Sib Families: Child's Preference, Mother's Perception Of Child's Preference, And Family Purchase, Doris Ellen Phillips

Doctoral Dissertations

The child's food preferences are influenced by several variables. Some of these included his flavor perception, television commercials, sibling influence, and other family characteristics. These factors vary depending upon his place in the family and his development at any particular period in his life.

Thirty 4-to 5-year-old children and their mothers were interviewed separately to determine each of their perceptions of the child's presweetened cereal preferences. Sensory tests were used to determine the child's actual presweetened cereal preference and his physiological perception of the sweet taste and flavor. His familiarity with television commercials was explored and he was asked to …

Population Characteristics, Movement, And Activities Of The Black Bear (Ursus Americaus), Larry Eugene Beeman

Doctoral Dissertations

Information on population characteristics, movements, and activities of the black bear (Ursus americanus Pallas) are limited. This is especially true in Southeastern United States where land use practices have eliminated the black bear from much of its former range. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers one of the few remaining areas in the Southeast where suitable habitat for the black bear is assured. The present study was conducted to assess various aspects of population ecology of the black bear. Techniques pertaining to collecting information on black bear movements and activities are also limited. Therefore, a large portion of …

A Model For The Instruction And Preparation Of Specialists In School Facility Planning, Edward Ashley Streeter

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to identify basic concepts related to the instruction and preparation of specialists in school facility planning. The procedures followed in the treatment of the problem were: (1) to trace the emerging role of specialists in school facility planning; (2) to review existing instruction in school facility planning at the major universities and colleges in the United States; and (3) to develop a model for the instruction and preparation of specialists in that field.

Correspondence was undertaken with all the instructors of courses in school facility planning that were offered at the major universities and …

Effect Of Nitrogen Fertilization On Nutritive Value Of Midland Bermudagrass Pastures For Yearling Beef Cattle, Larry Allen Carver

Doctoral Dissertations

Midland bermudagrass pastures not fertilized with N (MID-1) or fertilized, in three equal installments, with either 112 CMID-2), 224 (MID-3) or 448 (MID-4) kg N/ha/year were compared to common bermudagrass (CB) fertilized with 112 kg N/ha/year and orchardgrass-ladino clover (OG) pastures. Forage constunption was determined by the cage-and-strip method from the middle of April to the middle of September during three consecutive years. Angus yearling steers, initially weighing about 215 kg, were used in a modified put-and-take grazing system. In vitro digestible dry matter (Tilley and Terry) and N (Auto-analyzer) were determined on all forage samples from the three years. …

Plant Population And Spatial Arrangement Effects On Productivity, Nutrient Status, And Microclimate Relationships Of Snap Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.), Alan Robert Mcdaniel

Doctoral Dissertations

During 1974 the large-leaved Early Gallatin snap bean cultivar was observed for growth and yield relationships under varied population and spacing systems. The spacings and relative densities employed were 91 by 4 cm (100 per cent), 12 by 3 and 15 by 15 cm (150 per cent), and 46 by 4 and 23 by 8 cm (200 per cent). Three crops were included which were subject to extremes in moisture and disease conditions. Competitional influences were not indicated until about the flowering stage which coincided generally with early canopy closure in the higher densities. Additions of leaf area and dry …

The Nitrogen And Phosphorus Nutrition Of White Ash (F̲Ṟa̲X̲I̲Ṉu̲S̲ A̲M̲E̲Ṟi̲C̲A̲Ṉa̲ L.), Glendon William Smalley

Doctoral Dissertations

The research reported here is the first endeavor to evaluate the adequacy of Cumberland Plateau and Highland Rim soils in middle Tennessee and northern Alabama for the satisfactory growth and development of white ash. It is part of a research program of the U. S. Forest Service aimed at determining site capability and species adaptability for the Plateau and Rim and providing silvicultural recommendations for the rehabilitation of forest lands. In the first of two experiments seedlings were grown in pots of soil with N and P additions. Mixed Al and A2 horizons from two representative forest soils (Hartsells and …

A Study Of Sex Differences In Various Statistics Calculated From Data On Growing Angus Bulls And Heifers Fed At Different Levels., Moyassar Yehya Al-Mallah

Doctoral Dissertations

The objective of this study was to assess the relative importance of sire differences, sex differences and sire by sex interaction influence on variation among individuals in various recorded variables and to estimate the heritability of these variables. Data were obtained from 858 Angus calves sired by 85 sires over a period of 6 years (1968-1973) from the purebred Angus herd at the Plateau Experiment Station of The University of Tennessee. The traits recorded on each animal at weaning (at an average age of 231 days) and after post-weaning feeding (at an average age of 385 days) were Body Weight, …

The Changing Control Of Economic Activity In The Gatlinburg, Tennessee Area, 1930-1973, Jerome Eric Dobson

Doctoral Dissertations

Among Government officials, planners, and citizens there is an almost universal belief that any economic growth will benefit the people of the area in which it occurs. This research tests that assumption through an analysis of resort development in the Gatlinburg, Tennessee area from 1930 to 1973. Its purpose is to investigate the processes of change accompanying rapid economic growth with a particular emphasis on how indigenous land owners and entrepreneurs have fared as participants in the economic system.

A geographic approach is employed to examine the processes which shape the economic character of the area and affect indigenous participation. …

An Economic Evaluation Of The Training And Technology Program, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1966-1970, Samuel Thomas Cooper

Doctoral Dissertations

Training and Technology (TAT), a skill development program at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has been training people for entry level skills since 1966. This study utilized data collected by TAT in 1972. The surveyed covered 472 graduates who were trained between 1966 and 1971, from areas as diverse as rural Appalachia and Chicago. This study compared the trainees according to whether they had rural or urban backgrounds; their sociodemographic characteristics; attitudes toward work, coworkers, and mobility; and post-training experiences including income. Initially, tabular comparisons were made. In the second portion of the analysis, multiple regression was utilized to examine the effect …

Quantitative Determinations Of Selected Bacteria In Ground Beef Extended With Varying Levels Of Textured Vegetable Protein, James B. Stansbury

Doctoral Dissertations

The objective of this study was to determine the influence of various levels of textured vegetable protein (TVP) on selected groups of bacteria present in ground beef. This influence was assessed by five selected bacteriological assays: aerobic count, psychrophilic-mesophilic count, coliform count, KF (fecal streptococci) count and the counts of Staphylococcus aureus. Samples were prepared by extending ground beef to contain by weight 0, 5, 10, 20 and 40 percent of hydrated TVP. The samples were stored at 6°C for 4 days, at 0°C for 10 days and at -16°C for 90 days. The bacteriological determinations of the TVP revealed …

The Relationship Of Certain Soil Physical Properties To Root Distribution, Nutrient Absorption, And Yield Of Corn And Soy Beans Planted In Three Row Arrangements, Matosinho De Souzha Figueiredo

Doctoral Dissertations

This investigation was conducted for two seasons (1972 and 1973) on a Sequatchie loam soil at the Plant Science Farm, Knoxville, Tennessee. The effect of bulk density and large pore space on root distribution, nutrient absorption, and yield of corn and soybeans planted at different row arrangements was studied. Bulk density, large pore space and root volume from soil core samples taken at different distances from the reference row at different times were measured. The amount of plant roots per unit volume of soil gradually increased as the season progressed but decreased late in the season in both corn and …

An Investigation Of The Effects Of Involvement As Tutors In A Cross-Age Helping Program For Socially Isolated Fourth-Grade Children, Rose Patton

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of involvement as tutors in a cross-age helping program on eight socially-isolated fourth-grade children who attended a private school in Nashville, Tennessee. Tutors were selected on the basis of their isolation revealed by the administration of a sociometric criterion to the entire fourth-grade class. It was hypothesized that involvement in the. tutorial experience would lead to improved attitude toward school, improved social status in the classroom, and more successful academic achievement. Attitude toward school was inferred from tutors' projective stories and attendance records. Social status was based on results of …

Factors Affecting Reproductive Performance Of Beef Cows, John Hodges

Doctoral Dissertations

Data were collected from 435 Hereford and Angus cows at the University of Tennessee Blount and Alcoa farms during 1972 through 1974 to examine the effects of flushing during the early part of the breeding season on their productivity. All cows were allotted to single-sire breeding groups and grazed grass-legume pastures during the spring-summer pasture season. Grain flushed cows received 6 lb of concentrate per cow per day, in addition to pasture, during the first 21 days of the breeding season (mid-April to early July). Grain flushing had no significant (P>0.05) effect on calving percent in either comparison. There …

Growth Of Oxide Particles In Flames: A Theoretical And Experimental Study Of Silica Forming Flames, Narayanan S. Subramanian

Doctoral Dissertations

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Synthetic Approaches To Cyclodepsipeptides The Synthesis Of Norsurfactin, Thomas Lon Ciardelli

Doctoral Dissertations

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Part I The Unh Rearrangement In The Reactions Of Benzimidazoles And Dinitroanilines Part Ii The Three-Axial Alkyl Effect, John Lawrence Lamattina

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Design And Development Of An Ocean Sediment Probe, Edward Robert Kolbe

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Preparation And Reactions Of 3,3-Disubstituted Thietanes And Their Derivatives, Maris Buza

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Selective Process Of The Criminal Justice System, Laurence Armand French

Doctoral Dissertations

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