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Development Of A Shore Profile Algorithm For Tidal Estuaries Dominated By Fine Sediments, Kimberly Collins Pevey Apr 2011

Development Of A Shore Profile Algorithm For Tidal Estuaries Dominated By Fine Sediments, Kimberly Collins Pevey

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The purpose of this work is to generate a shore profile algorithm to be used in estuaries dominated by fine sediments. Numerical models are continually evolving to enhance the overall accuracy of results. However, the typical shore profile is defined as a vertical wall. This work defines the shore as a nonlinear profile which will provide more realistic models. A variety of shore profile equations were examined and tested against a field site, Weeks Bay, Alabama. The most applicable, an equation by S. C. Lee, was modified in order to calculate the entire shore profile length. The distance from the …

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Characterization And Development Of Methods To Measure Moisture Content Of Switchgrass In The Windrow, Gary Daniel Chesser Apr 2011

Characterization And Development Of Methods To Measure Moisture Content Of Switchgrass In The Windrow, Gary Daniel Chesser

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The objective of this study is to a) develop the methodologies needed to measure moisture content in Switchgrass using electrical resistance meters, b) determine the effects of pressure and probe orientation on moisture content measurement using electrical resistance meters, c) generate moisture content calibration equations for electrical resistance meters using Switchgrass in the senescence growth stage, and d) characterize other methods to measure moisture content of Switchgrass in the windrow.

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Effect Of Hunting Frequency On Duck Abundance, Harvest, And Hunt Quality In Mississippi, Elizabeth Anne St James Apr 2011

Effect Of Hunting Frequency On Duck Abundance, Harvest, And Hunt Quality In Mississippi, Elizabeth Anne St James

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Waterfowl hunting is important historically, culturally, and economically in Mississippi and North America. I evaluated effect of hunting frequency (2 or 4 days/week) on duck abundance, harvest, and hunters’ perceived quality of their experience on Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). Neither relative abundance nor harvest of all ducks, mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), northern shoveler (A. clypeata), or green-winged teal (A. crecca) differed between experimental hunting frequencies. Duck harvest increased with hours spent afield. Hunters’ perceived quality did not differ between hunting frequencies but was greatest when hunters harvested > 4 ducks/ day and increased with harvest of larger sized ducks. I suggest …

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Effects Of Porcine Relaxin Hormone On Motility Characteristics Of Boar Spermatozoa During Storage, Juan Camilo Rodríguez Muñoz Apr 2011

Effects Of Porcine Relaxin Hormone On Motility Characteristics Of Boar Spermatozoa During Storage, Juan Camilo Rodríguez Muñoz

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First, a preliminary study was conducted looking for the optimum sperm concentration to be used for analysis with the Computer-Assisted Sperm Analysis (CASA). Results showed that 75x106 sperm cells/mL is the optimum one. Then, the actions of relaxin on sperm motility were evaluated by determining the effect of relaxin on full motility characteristics of spermatozoa during storage, using CASA; then identifying the relaxin receptors on spermatozoa, and finally establishing actions of relaxin in intraspermatic cAMP content. Motile spermatozoa were selected through percoll gradient and incubated for 1 hour with 4 relaxin concentrations at 37°C, during four days. Relaxin affected sperm …

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Effects Of Tibial Tuberosity Advancement And Meniscal Release On Kinematics Of The Canine Cranial Cruciate Deficient Stifle During Early, Middle, And Late Stance, James Ryan Butler Apr 2011

Effects Of Tibial Tuberosity Advancement And Meniscal Release On Kinematics Of The Canine Cranial Cruciate Deficient Stifle During Early, Middle, And Late Stance, James Ryan Butler

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Little research has been done to validate the biomechanical principles of tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA) throughout stance. The present study evaluates the effects of TTA on kinematics of the cranial cruciate (CrCL) deficient stifle during early, middle, and late stance. Cadaveric pelvic limbs were evaluated for the effects of TTA on kinematics under a load equivalent to 30% bodyweight and under the following treatment conditions: intact CrCL, CrCL deficient, TTA-treated, and TTA treated + meniscal release. Electromagnetic tracking sensors were used to determine tibial subluxation and rotation relative to the femur. Transection of the CrCL resulted in significant cranial tibial …

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Empirical Studies Of Arundinaria Species For Restoration Purposes, Mary Catherine Mills Apr 2011

Empirical Studies Of Arundinaria Species For Restoration Purposes, Mary Catherine Mills

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The research in this thesis concentrates on investigation of the ecology of Arundinaria species for restoration purposes. Arundinaria species are key components in the canebrake ecosystem that was once prominent in the southeastern United States. Arundinaria still occurs as an understory component of bottomland hardwood forests, but with intense agricultural development and urbanization over the past 200 years, canebrakes are now a critically endangered ecosystem with greater than 98% loss. Specifically the thesis addresses the establishment of Arundinaria with other plant species and site preparation techniques. This study indicated that A. gigantea planted into plots dominated by non-native plants benefited …

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Evaluation Of An Urban Environmental Education Program To Assess Attitudes And Knowledge Of High School Students Toward White-Tailed Deer, Jessica Lynn Tegt Apr 2011

Evaluation Of An Urban Environmental Education Program To Assess Attitudes And Knowledge Of High School Students Toward White-Tailed Deer, Jessica Lynn Tegt

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The main objective of this study was to establish a universally functional evaluation process for environmental education (EE) materials that can increase appropriate educational program application and resultant efficacy among users of all skill levels and disciplines, specifically those wildlife-related. Additionally, this research investigated capability of an EE program to alter preconceived high school student attitudes and knowledge toward urban white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) across varying demographics. I evaluated systematically a pre-produced urban wildlife classroom program, Living with White-tailed Deer (LWWTD), and measured student understanding of associated deer issues pre- and post-program. Using a detailed framework based upon the Guidelines …

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Biophysical Studies Of Gene Sequence G-Quadruplexes And I-Motifs, Jamie Marie Dettler Apr 2011

Biophysical Studies Of Gene Sequence G-Quadruplexes And I-Motifs, Jamie Marie Dettler

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The treatment and/or prevention of cancer by selective down regulation of cancer causing gene (oncogene) transcription would represent a significant advance in the area of anticancer drug design. Non-canonical higher order DNA structures formed in oncogene promoter regions are novel targets for the modulation of oncogene expression. An obvious advantage of selectively targeting oncogene expression would be that general cytotoxicity would be minimized and the negative side effects of current chemotherapy approaches could be minimized or eliminated. To provide a foundation for the design of drugs that target oncogene promoter G-quadruplexes and i-Motifs, the basic understanding is required of the …

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Analysis Of Conservation Practices In The Blackland Prairie Region Of Mississippi And Construction Of A Predictor For Locating New Sites For Conservation Efforts, Steven Cameron Hughes Apr 2011

Analysis Of Conservation Practices In The Blackland Prairie Region Of Mississippi And Construction Of A Predictor For Locating New Sites For Conservation Efforts, Steven Cameron Hughes

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Mississippi’s Blackland Prairie has been reduced below 10% of pre-Columbian extent, with few conservation practices in place. To determine efficacy of current restoration practices, plant species at remnant sites were compared with those at restoration sites. Analyses using multivariate statistical approaches revealed no generalizable patterns among four available remnants versus two available restoration sites. Thus, the aim of this project shifted to evaluating methods of identifying Blackland Prairie remnants or potential restoration sites. Location data for Blackland Prairie plant species and potentially informative environmental variables were used to develop geographic information system (GIS)-based habitat models. The best models were selected …

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Artificial Regeneration Of Bottomland Hardwoods In Southern Mississippi On Lands Damaged By Hurricane Katrina, Derek Kyle Alkire Apr 2011

Artificial Regeneration Of Bottomland Hardwoods In Southern Mississippi On Lands Damaged By Hurricane Katrina, Derek Kyle Alkire

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Bare-root, container, and root production method (RPM™) seedlings of two oak species (Nuttall (Quercus texana Buckley), cherrybark (Q. pagoda Ell.)) were planted on lands damaged by Hurricane Katrina in southern Mississippi to compare the height growth, groundline diameter growth and survival of the different planting stocks. Tree shelters were applied to half of the bare-root seedlings to determine their effect on the height and groundline diameter growth and survival of the seedlings. RPM seedlings exhibited significantly greater height and groundline diameter growth than bare-root or container seedlings after one growing season. Bare-root seedlings exhibited significantly greater height and groundline diameter …

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Using Precision Agriculture Technology To Evaluate Environmental And Economic Tradeoffs Of Alternative Cp-33 Enrollments, Mark Dewitt Mcconnell Apr 2011

Using Precision Agriculture Technology To Evaluate Environmental And Economic Tradeoffs Of Alternative Cp-33 Enrollments, Mark Dewitt Mcconnell

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United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Bill conservation programs provide landowner incentives to remove less productive and environmentally sensitive lands from agricultural production and re-establish them in natural vegetation to achieve conservation objectives. However, removal of arable land from production imposes an opportunity cost associated with loss in revenue from commodities that otherwise would have been produced. The Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds practice (CP-33) under the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program is a targeted conservation practice designed to increase northern bobwhite populations in agricultural landscapes. However, establishing CP-33 buffers on profitable farmland may be incompatible with economic objectives of landowners. …

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Stand Level Compatible Diameter Distribution Models For Red Oak-Sweetgum Complexes On Minor Stream Bottoms In The South, Wesley James Howard Apr 2011

Stand Level Compatible Diameter Distribution Models For Red Oak-Sweetgum Complexes On Minor Stream Bottoms In The South, Wesley James Howard

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Southern bottomland hardwood forests lack effective growth and yield predictive models primarily due to the complexity of the ecosystems. These models are important tools for relative comparison of management schemes and making sound management decisions to obtain optimal future yields. Starting in 1982, 150 red oak-sweetgum bottomland hardwood growth and yield plots were established in northern and central parts of Mississippi. These plots were remeasured in 1988, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2006, and 2007 along with the addition of new plots. A diameter distribution model was developed from stand level component equations constructed in a previous study (Iles 2008; Schultz et …

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Synthesis, Characterization And Catalytic Studies Of Carbon-Based Nano Materials, Qiangu Yan Apr 2011

Synthesis, Characterization And Catalytic Studies Of Carbon-Based Nano Materials, Qiangu Yan

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Nano-scaled carbons were produced by thermal treatment of pine wood chips and bio-char. The influence of temperature, heating rate, pyrolysis time, and type and flow rate of purge gas on the production of nano-carbons was investigated. Using TEM and SEM, different carbon-based nanomaterials were observed in the prepared samples. The effect of metal ion doping on the bio-char was also investigated. Highly functionalized nano carbonaceous materials were synthesized by low temperature hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) using glucose, sucrose, xylose, and cellulose. Carbon-encapsulated iron (Fe@C) core-shell particles were also synthesized by the HTC method and used as catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to …

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Systems Biology Modeling Of Bovine Fertility Using Proteomics, Divya Swetha Peddinti Apr 2011

Systems Biology Modeling Of Bovine Fertility Using Proteomics, Divya Swetha Peddinti

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Beef and milk production industries represent the largest agricultural industries in the United States with a retail equivalent value of approximately $112 billion (USDA, 2008). Infertility is the major problem for mammalian reproduction. In the United States approximately 66% of cows are bred by Artificial Insemination (AI), but only ~50% of these inseminations result in successful pregnancies. Infertility can occur either from male factor (spermatozoon) or female factor (oocyte) and male contributes approximately 40% of cases. Infertility costs the producer approximately $5 per exposed cow for every 1% reduction in pregnancy rate. In spite of its millions of dollars in …

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Investigation Of Inield Cubing As A Method Of Densification Of Grass-Based Biomass, John Wesley Lowe Apr 2011

Investigation Of Inield Cubing As A Method Of Densification Of Grass-Based Biomass, John Wesley Lowe

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The objective of this study was to develop a research platform using a John Deere 425 Hay Cuber and to evaluate inield densification of grass-based biomass for energy fuel sources. The hay cuber was repaired, modernized, and instrumented to provide a stable test platform on which to quantify and evaluate operating parameters. Bermudagrass was chosen as a model for cubing energy grasses such as Giant miscanthus and switchgrass. Lignin sulfonate binder was added to windrowed bermudagrass at 27.6 kg/tonne (50 lbs/ton) to increase the lignin content to that of energy grasses. The material output from the cuber was collected and …

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Machine Learning And Mapping Algorithms Applied To Proteomics Problems, William Shane Sanders Apr 2011

Machine Learning And Mapping Algorithms Applied To Proteomics Problems, William Shane Sanders

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Proteins provide evidence that a given gene is expressed, and machine learning algorithms can be applied to various proteomics problems in order to gain information about the underlying biology. This dissertation applies machine learning algorithms to proteomics data in order to predict whether or not a given peptide is observable by mass spectrometry, whether a given peptide can serve as a cell penetrating peptide, and then utilizes the peptides observed through mass spectrometry to aid in the structural annotation of the chicken genome. Peptides observed by mass spectrometry are used to identify proteins, and being able to accurately predict which …

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Mapping Current Range With Respect To Abiotic Site Factors Of Selected Southern Oaks (Quercus Spp) In Mississippi, Laura Kim Hobbs Apr 2011

Mapping Current Range With Respect To Abiotic Site Factors Of Selected Southern Oaks (Quercus Spp) In Mississippi, Laura Kim Hobbs

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Physical characteristics of a site that plant species inhabit may be useful in deriving the range of the species. Current range maps for tree species of the United States were originally developed by Elbert Little. These range maps were based primarily on observations. The purpose of this study was to update Little’s (Little, 1971) range maps of select southern oak species in Mississippi by calculating the topological, soil, and climatic features of sites using a Geographic Information System (GIS) to analyze environmental variables associated with species distributions. Data collected from databases were input into ArcMap and site data extracted using …

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Modeling And Verification Of A Multi-Section Continuum Robot, Krishna Turlapati Apr 2011

Modeling And Verification Of A Multi-Section Continuum Robot, Krishna Turlapati

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Continuum robots mimic the principle of a special biological structure known as the muscular hydrostat. These robots have an ability to bend at any location on along its backbone and have potential applications in disaster relief, medical surgeries and nuclear waste disposal. This thesis presents the modeling and verification of a multi-section continuum robot by applying the Cosserat theory of rods. Next, 2D verification is performed on a continuum robot based on a backbone composed of a nickel titanium alloy. In addition, the thesis develops the theoretical foundations for a cable-driven continuum robot by studying the effects of cable guide …

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Modeling Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum Spicatum) Habitat With Geographic Information Systems, Joby Michelle Prince Apr 2011

Modeling Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum Spicatum) Habitat With Geographic Information Systems, Joby Michelle Prince

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Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) habitat was predicted at multiple scales, including a lake, regional, and national level. This dissertation illustrates how habitat can be predicted for M. spicatum using publically-available data for both presence and environmental variables. Models were generated using statistical procedures and quantative methods to determine where the greatest likelihood of presence was located. For the single lake, presence and absence data were available, but the larger-scale models used presence-only methods of prediction. These models were paired with a Geographic Information System so that data could be visualized on a map. For the selected lake, Pend Oreille (Idaho), …

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Fish Biodiversity In Floodplain Lakes Of The Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Daniel Jay Dembkowski Apr 2011

Fish Biodiversity In Floodplain Lakes Of The Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Daniel Jay Dembkowski

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Fish assemblages from 54 oxbow lakes in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley were sampled to identify relationships among environmental variables and fish biodiversity in floodplain lake ecosystems. Environmental variables deterministic over fish biodiversity showed a hierarchical organization and were classified as primary or secondary depending on if one variable was considered to govern another. Primary variables included depth, surface area, surrounding land use, and degree of lake-river interconnectedness. Secondary variables included suites of water quality and primary productivity variables. Maximum depth and percentage of agricultural land surrounding lakes showed strongest relationships with other ecosystem components, significantly influencing water quality, primary productivity, …

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Functional Complementation Analysis Of Fungal Rtg2 Homologs In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Ercan Selcuk Unlu Apr 2011

Functional Complementation Analysis Of Fungal Rtg2 Homologs In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Ercan Selcuk Unlu

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Changes in gene expression in response to mitochondrial dysfunction are mediated by components of the retrograde signaling pathway. The mitochondrial signal is recognized and transferred to the nucleus by dynamic interactions between regulatory proteins Rtg2p, Mks1p and Bmh1p. Retrograde signaling genes have been well characterized in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae but very little is known about the retrograde response of other fungi. To identify retrograde signaling proteins in other fungi, the protein sequence encoded by the S. cerevisiae RTG2 gene was used to search for fungal homologs using NCBI BlastP and the T-Coffee Multiple Sequence Alignment program. We selected …

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Genetic Variation And Leprosy Distribution In Nine-Banded Armadillos, Leah Chinchilla Apr 2011

Genetic Variation And Leprosy Distribution In Nine-Banded Armadillos, Leah Chinchilla

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Genetic, ecological, and environmental variation within and among populations of hosts and pathogens can influence local susceptibility of hosts and transmission rates of pathogens. These complex interactions can lead to geographic variation in the prevalence of pathogens. The interaction between leprosy and nine-banded armadillos in the southeastern U.S. provides an opportunity to examine the genetic, ecological, and environmental factors contributing to the variation in pathogen prevalence on a large geographic scale. Using genotypic data for loci associated with the immune response to leprosy and for anonymous loci, we have assessed the population structure of armadillo populations across the southern U.S. …

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Genomic Instability May Be A Signal Of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation, Clara Ines Esteban-Perez Apr 2011

Genomic Instability May Be A Signal Of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation, Clara Ines Esteban-Perez

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Embryonic stem (ES) cells have the ability to maintain pluripotency and self-renewal during in vitro maintenance, which is a key to their clinical applications. ES cells are a model in developmental biology studies due to their potential to differentiate in vitro. Understanding critical pathways of pluripotency, self-renewal, and differentiation during early embryonic development is important for the evaluation of the therapeutic potential of ES cells because of their ability for tumor transformation due to genetic and epigenetic instability acquired during in vitro culture maintenance. Single tandem repeats are sequences of DNA that have been implicated in the deregulation of gene …

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Geographic Information System (Gis) Simulation Of Emergency Power Production From Disaster Debris In A Combined Heat And Power (Chp) System, Christopher Shannon Ryals Apr 2011

Geographic Information System (Gis) Simulation Of Emergency Power Production From Disaster Debris In A Combined Heat And Power (Chp) System, Christopher Shannon Ryals

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The objective of this study is to determine a predicted energy capacity of disaster debris for the production of emergency power using a combined heat and power (CHP) unit. A prediction simulation using geographic information systems (GIS) will use data from past storms to calculate an estimated amount of debris along with an estimated energy potential of said debris. Rather than the expense and burden of transporting woody debris such as downed trees and wood framing materials offsite, they can be processed (sorting and chipping) to provide an onsite energy source to provide power to emergency management facilities such as …

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Headwater Hydrologic Functions In The Upper Gulf Coastal Plain Of Mississippi, Byoungkoo Choi Apr 2011

Headwater Hydrologic Functions In The Upper Gulf Coastal Plain Of Mississippi, Byoungkoo Choi

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Headwater streams are considered to be the greatest contributor to nonpoint source and are a crucial part of overall watershed dynamics because they comprise more than 50-80% of stream networks and watershed land areas. This study addressed the influence of headwater areas (ephemeral and intermittent) on downstream hydrology and water quality following harvest as well as characteristics of vegetation communities within three first-order catchments in the Upper Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi. Four treatments representing a range of potential Best Management Practices (BMPs) for ephemeral drains were used: BMP1 - removal of all merchantable stems while leaving understory intact with …

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Evaluation Of L-Carnitine In Ovo Injection Followed By L-Carnitine Feed Supplementation On Broiler Hatching And Growing Characteristics, Michael Ray Dooley Apr 2011

Evaluation Of L-Carnitine In Ovo Injection Followed By L-Carnitine Feed Supplementation On Broiler Hatching And Growing Characteristics, Michael Ray Dooley

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Ross × Ross 708 eggs were injected with commercial diluent containing supplemental L-carnitine at 8, 16, or 32 mg/100 μL concentrations using an automated multi-egg injector. After hatching, 1,080 male and female broiler chicks were distributed into 90 pens with chicks at each of the injected concentrations receiving feed that was or was not supplemented with 50 ppm of L-carnitine. Treatments did not affect incubation time or hatchability of fertilized eggs. Birds fed supplemental L-carnitine and injected in ovo with L-carnitine had lower body weight and ate less feed. The same birds exhibited a reduction in feed conversion compared to …

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Examining One Traditional Classroom And One Progressive Classroom For The At-Risk Middle School Student: A Case Study Of Two Rural Redesign Programs, Alvin Centrell Taylor Apr 2011

Examining One Traditional Classroom And One Progressive Classroom For The At-Risk Middle School Student: A Case Study Of Two Rural Redesign Programs, Alvin Centrell Taylor

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The purpose of this study is to examine the impact that the creation of programs or instructional strategies that were devised and designed solely for the purpose of improving academic achievement among at-risk students has on the at-risk middle school student. In this case study, educational success from school redesign programs was qualitatively measured based upon an oriental inquiry-based qualitative research design. The data obtained for this study were derived from interviews, observations, and archival documents. The data collected for this study were intended to address the following questions: (a) How do redesign programs support teachers? (b) How does the …

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Expression, Purification, And Antimicrobial Activity Of Avian Beta-Defensin-2, -6, And -12, Li Zhao Apr 2011

Expression, Purification, And Antimicrobial Activity Of Avian Beta-Defensin-2, -6, And -12, Li Zhao

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Total RNA was extracted from chicken oviduct epithelial cells. Avian Beta-defensin (AvBD)-2, -6, and -12 cDNAs were amplified by reverse transcription-PCR and cloned into pRSET A style='msoareast-language:ZH-CN'>, a protein expression vector. The class=SpellE>hexa-histidine-tagged class=SpellE>AvBD peptides were expressed in Escherichia coli (E. coli) BL21(DE3) class=SpellE>plysS and affinity-purified. The antimicrobial activities of the recombinant AvBDs against E. coli style='msoareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidiont-style:italic'>, Salmonella class=SpellE>enterica style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'> serovar Typhimurium (S. class=SpellE>typhimurium), and Staphylococcus aureus style='msoareast-language:ZH-CN'> (S. aureus) were determined. style='msoareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidiont-style:italic'> At 8, 16 and 32 µg/ml, all three rAvBDs killed and inhibited the growth style='msoareast-language:ZH-CN'> of E. coli style='msoareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidiont-style:italic'>, …

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A Proteomic Approach To Profiling The Pipping Muscle Of The Broiler Embryo, Adebayo Oluwaseun Sokale Apr 2011

A Proteomic Approach To Profiling The Pipping Muscle Of The Broiler Embryo, Adebayo Oluwaseun Sokale

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The Musculus complexus (pipping muscle) plays a primary role in the hatching of the chick from the eggshell at the end of its embryonic life. Various metabolic and cellular changes have been associated with the pipping muscle during development. These studies profiled the pipping muscle at the molecular level by identifying proteins which are associated with the developmental changes. In the first phase of the study, protein expression profile of the Day 13 chicken embryo pipping muscle was obtained using DDF with nano HPLC mass spectrometric analyzer. Identified proteins were categorized based on Gene Ontology. In the second phase, pipping …

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도시 생활의 질(Quality Of City Life) 측정 도구의 개발, Dong Jin Lee, Grace B. Yu Apr 2011

도시 생활의 질(Quality Of City Life) 측정 도구의 개발, Dong Jin Lee, Grace B. Yu

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Measuring the quality of city life (QCL) is important for city marketing given that QCL influences the city brand image and resident city relationship. Despite its importance, most previous measures of community well being were developed in the context of small towns, and limited attention has been given to a subjective measure of QCL in the context of a large city. This study develops and tests a subjective measure of quality of city life (QCL) in the context of a large metropolitan city. Quality of city life (QCL) refers to the degree of need satisfaction and feelings of happiness one …

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