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Review Of Betting The Earth: How We Can Still Win The Biggest Gamble Of All Time, Brian G. Henning

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

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Guidelines For Cross-Departmental Secondary Academic Appointments Of Regular Full-Time Stony Brook Faculty., Stony Brook University. Arts And Sciences Senate. Faculty Rights And Responsibilities Policy Committee.

Arts and Sciences Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities

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Influence Of Molecular Interactions On Elastic Properties And Oxygen Diffusion In Polybutylene Terephthalate Polymer: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Muniyamuthu Raviprasad

Civil and Environmental Engineering

In most barrier applications, both mechanical and diffusion properties of the material are important. In this thesis the evaluation of molecular mechanisms responsible for the enhanced elastic properties of Polymer Clay Nanocomposites (PCNs) and the molecular mechanisms of Oxygen diffusion in PolyButylene Terephthalate polymer are presented. Interaction energy between PCN constituents, conformational changes of polymer, interaction energy between Oxygen molecule and polymer, rate of Oxygen and Oxygen diffusion coefficient are evaluated. Molecular simulation studies of PolyButylene Terephthalate (PBT) clay nanocomposite and Nylon6 clay nanocomposite show that a higher crystallinity polymer such as PBT would require higher attractive and repulsive interactions …

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Fate And Characteristics Of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Through Wastewater Treatment Systems, Halis Simsek

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) represents a significant portion (25-80%) of total dissolved nitrogen in the final effluent of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). DON in treated wastewater, once degraded, causes oxygen depletion and/or eutrophication in receiving waters and should be reduced prior to discharge. Biodegradability, bioavailability, and photodegradability are important characteristics of wastewater derived DON and are subjects of research in this dissertation. Four research tasks were performed. In the first task, laboratory-scale chemostat experiments were conducted to examine whether solids retention time (SRT) could be used to control DON and biodegradable DON (BDON) in treated wastewater. Nine different SRTs from …

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In Situ Groundwater Remediation Using Enricher Reactor-Permeable Reactive Biobarrier, Sreerama Murthy Kasi Somayajula

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Permeable reactive biobarrier (PRBB) is a flow-through zone where microorganisms degrade contaminants in groundwater. Discontinuous presence of contaminants in groundwater causes performance loss of a PRBB in removing the target contaminant. A novel enricher reactor (ER) - PRBB system was developed to treat groundwater with contaminants that reappear after an absence period. ER is an offline reactor for enriching contaminant degraders, which were used for augmenting PRBB to maintain its performance after a period of contaminant absence. The ER-PRBB concept was initially applied to remove benzene that reappeared after absence periods of 10 and 25 days. PRBBs without ER augmentation …

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Interaction Of Tackifier Resins With Water-Based And Olefinic Polymers, Puthenkovilakom Rajesh Raja

Coatings and Polymeric Materials

The objective of this research was to investigate the interaction of tackifier resins in water-based and olefinic polymers for potential pressure sensitive adhesive applications. The first part of this research work was focused on evaluating the usefulness of olefinic block copolymer blends with two amorphous polyolefins (atactic propylene homopolymer and ethylene-propylene copolymer) as potential base polymers for hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesives. Unsaturated and saturated hydrocarbon resins were studied as potential compatibilizing agents and rheology modifiers. Results show that the chemistry of hydrocarbon resins definitely influence the miscibility of the olefinic block polymer and amorphous polyolefin blends. Ethylene-propylene amorphous copolymer based blends …

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Vigilance Versus Complacency: Communication Strategies Used During Fargo’S Recent Major Floods To Confront Risk Fatigue, Matthew Ignatius Attansey

Communication

This study explored and evaluated the communication strategies used by Fargo city leaders to persuade residents to work together as a community to withstand the repetitive flood hazards that threatened the city on a yearly basis, especially in 1997, 2006, and 2009. The literature review explored vigilance and complacency as well as strategies used by high-reliability organizations (HROs) to manage crises with little or no failures. Difficulties in processing multiple messages, desensitization, and fatigue were identified as barriers to remaining vigilant in the face of multiple crises. The communication strategies applied by the HROs to maintain vigilance were shown to …

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Embedded Reference Electrodes For Corrosion Potential Monitoring, Electrochemical Characterization, And Controlled-Potential Cathodic Protection, Bobbi Jo Elizabeth Merten

Coatings and Polymeric Materials

A thin wire Ag/AgCl reference electrode was prepared using 50 μm Ag wire in dilute FeCl3. The wire was embedded beneath the polyurethane topcoat of two sacrificial coating systems to monitor their corrosion potential. This is the first report of a reference electrode embedded between organic coating layers to monitor substrate health. The embedded reference electrode (ERE) successfully monitored the corrosion potential of Mg primer on AA 2024-T3 for 800 days of constant immersion in dilute Harrison’s solution. Zn primer on steel had low accuracy in comparison. This is in part due to short circuiting by Zn oxidation products, which …

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A Rhetorical/Interpretive Analysis Of Edward R. Murrow's Criticism Of Broadcast Journalism: Implications For Broadcast Journalism Educators, Aaron Quanbeck

Communication

Corporate influence has been an ongoing concern for working journalists. Even in the early days of television, Edward R. Murrow saw a bleak future for society if broadcasters succumbed to corporate greed and failed in their responsibility to inform the public. This rhetorical study of Murrow's 1958 speech to the Radio-Television News Directors Association, guided by Perelman's theory of the universal audience and presence, argues that Murrow's speech prioritized broadcast journalism's obligation to a democratic society and warned that commercial intrusion was impacting the profession's moral obligations. At the same time, in appealing to a particular audience, Murrow deemphasized the …

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Advanced Electrochemical Methods For Characterizing The Performance Of Organic Coatings, Vinod Upadhyay

Coatings and Polymeric Materials

Advanced electrochemical techniques such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), electrochemical noise method (ENM) and coulometry as tools to study and extract information about the coating system is the focus of this thesis. This thesis explored three areas of research. In all the three research areas, advanced electrochemical techniques were used to extract information and understand the coating system. The first area was to use EIS and coulometric technique for extracting information using AC-DC-AC method. It was examined whether the total charge passing through the coating during the DC polarization step of AC-DC-AC determines coating failure. An almost constant total amount …

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Silicon-Based Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polymers And Coatings, Hanzhen Bao

Coatings and Polymeric Materials

Interest in producing hybrid organic-inorganic (HOI) materials has increased rapidly due to the unique combination of properties from the organic and inorganic components. The goal of the research described is to develop various HOI materials and explore their applications in corrosion protection over aerospace aluminum alloys, impact resistant materials, and surface protection over thermoplastic substrates. As a replacement to toxic chromate inhibitors, enrivonmentally friendly magnesium-rich primers (Mg-rich primers) have been investigated to provide corrosion protection over aerospace aluminum alloys. HOI binders were produced from an alkoxy silane and silica via sol-gel chemistry, where the combined organic and inorganic components provide …

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Measuring The Performance Of Partnerships: Why, What, How, When?, C Kelly

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Partnerships have become increasingly prevalent across a wide range of sectors for the delivery of services and implementation of policy. Partnerships are seen as a more effective way of delivering policy interventions than state-led or ‘top-down’ approaches. Evaluating partnership performance is therefore crucial in order to determine whether partnerships really are better than more traditional methods of policy implementation. To date, however, partnership effectiveness has often been conceptualised as cumulative; the result of a set of variables acting in a one dimensional, linear way which results in the ability (or not) of a partnership to achieve its goals. This paper …

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Efficient Publish/Subscribe System Over Mobile Ad-Hoc Network, Chao Liu

Computer Science

Information dissemination is an important issue for mobile ad-hoc communities. This issue is very challenging due to the dynamic and fragile nature of the mobile ad-hoc networks, in which participants have limited computing resources and battery, intermittent network connections, and mobile tasks. To address the aforementioned issue, this thesis proposes an efficient semantics-based publish/subscribe strategy. In our proposed publish/subscribe system, distributed mobile participants are organized into clusters based on their location proximity. A compact semantics-based indexing scheme is provided to guide information flow. Intra- and inter- cluster routings are proposed to assist efficient propagation of event notifications. A comprehensive set …

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A Package Tracking Application Based On Software Agents, Vindhya Jonnalagadda

Computer Science

JADE (Java Agent Development Framework) is a software environment, which is fully developed in the Java language. It supports multi-agent systems using an extensible agent model and predefined program classes. This software environment built agent systems in compliance with the FIPA specifications for interoperable multi-agent systems. The goal of JADE is to simplify development while ensuring standard compliance through a set of system services and agents. In this project I propose and implement a multi-agent application. The objective of the application is to track packages on a real-time basis using a Multi-agent System, from when the package moves from one …

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Capacitated Transshipment Models For Predicting Signaling Pathways, Ritika Sahni

Computer Science

Signal transduction is a process of transmitting signals for controlling biological responses. The protein-protein interaction (PPI) data, containing signal transduction proteins, can be considered as a bi-directional, weighted network with the proteins as nodes, the interactions between them as edges, and the confidence score of the interaction as weights on edges. If the edges of this network are given a capacity of one, and if the starting and ending proteins are the supply and demand nodes, then this problem can be modeled as a capacitated transshipment model with pathways as the solutions. Our application concerns finding the signaling pathways for …

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Evaluating The Gap Between The Skills And Abilities Of Senior Undergraduate Computer Science Students And The Expectations Of Industry, Alex Radermacher

Computer Science

A large emphasis is placed on improving student education. Every year researchers propose new teaching methods and suggest improvements to existing methods. However, recent computer science and software engineering graduates continue to face difficulties when beginning their professional careers. This thesis reports the results of a systematic literature review that examined the knowledge deficiency among graduating students beginning work in the software industry. Following the literature review, interviews with industry managers and surveys of graduating students were undertaken to examine additional knowledge deficiencies among graduating students. The results from the literature review and the additional studies show that students lack …

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Adaptive Regression Testing Strategy: An Empirical Study, Md. Junaid Arafeen

Computer Science

When software systems evolve, different amounts of code modifications can be involved in different versions. These factors can affect the costs and benefits of regression testing techniques, and thus, there may be no single regression testing technique that is the most cost-effective technique to use on every version. To date, many regression testing techniques have been proposed, but no research has been done on the problem of helping practitioners systematically choose appropriate techniques on new versions as systems evolve. To address this problem, we propose adaptive regression testing (ART) strategies that attempt to identify the regression testing techniques that will …

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Do Adverts Increase The Probability Of Finding Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Depression? Cross-Sectional Study., Ray B. Jones, Lesley Goldsmith, Paul Hewson, Boulos Mn Kamel, Christopher J. Williams

School of Nursing and Midwifery

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of online adverts on the probability of finding online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for depression. DESIGN: Exploratory online cross-sectional study of search experience of people in the UK with depression in 2011. (1) The authors identified the search terms over 6 months entered by users who subsequently clicked on the advert for online help for depression. (2) A panel of volunteers across the UK recorded websites presented by normal Google search for the term 'depression'. (iii) The authors examined these websites to estimate probabilities of knowledgeable and naive internet users finding online CBT and the …

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Best If Used By: Duluth Recycling And Production Factory, Ty Pritchard

Architecture Theses

This thesis work looks to explore and determine the lifetime/expiration of a structure. The longevity of a building’s life is its ability to adapt to current needs. The project will use the shells of old structures in Duluth, Minnesota, which both creates and recycles components to ensure its survival through programmatic changes until its expiration. This work will display the importance of re-purposing and recycling, while creating new jobs and markets for the region. Best if Used By: Duluth Recycling and Production Factory will consist of both public interaction and factory for production spanning 70,000sqf of an old pier in …

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Assembling The Pieces, Joseph Veit

Architecture Theses

This thesis will research and examine the impact that a mental treatment center would have on the chronic mentally ill community by creating a diversion from incarceration and homelessness by offering the necessities of housing and ongoing treatment to facilitate their recovery and entry back into society. As the mentally ill are released from incarceration or a treatment facility they are in need of a support system. Without proper consistant treatment the mentally ill tend to stop treatment believing they are cured and relapse, and others often still suffer from their illness while medicated. These tendencies often result in their …

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Manufacturing: A New Way, Scott Wullschleger

Architecture Theses

This thesis project, titled Manufacturing: a new way, will examine manufacturing buildings, and the working conditions that exist there. The typology will be a brewery with a area of 60,000 square feet. The guiding idea is that through careful design, manufacturing buildings can be made safer, more productive, and more enjoyable to inhabit. The site is in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a lot at the corner of North 3rd Street and 7th Avenue North, right in the heart of the warehouse district. The manufacturing industry has been held to a minimal standard for many years. Through thoughtful design decisions, …

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Badlands Agriculture And Environmental Research Center, Seann Ringwall

Architecture Theses

This project, titled Badlands Agriculture and Environmental Research Center, is an examination of local agriculture and how it can be reconnected to a larger community. This project fits into a research/living/learning center typology that is more agriculture urban, rather than urban agriculture. The idea behind this investigation is that we have lost a connection with food production. There is more concern in recent times about food sourcing and contamination. This investigation seeks to bridge that gap on how communities can reconnect with farmers in the area and source and learn about initiatives, such as farm to table and value added …

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Outbreak File: Sibley County, Alex Vos

Architecture Theses

This thesis, Outbreak File: Sibley County, researches and examines the ecological footprint in order to describe an efficient way to design and protect communities from the threat of a zombie apocalypse. Discovering how to reduce the size of a footprint in a community is the realistic goal to reach a high level of sustainability. Zombie-proof design is essentially a new way to enforce the ability to sustain in architectural design. Through research in this thesis, the possible outcomes of an a potential zombie apocalypse, we can take the basic requirements a community needs in order to survive the threat for …

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Hallmark Wellness, Kirsten Staloch

Architecture Theses

Design elements in the built and natural environment influence how humans react in a space. Penetrating light proves to increase wellness in time. Quality illuminance in health care areas result in better health outcomes. An enriched environment for continuous care with natural elements and human life are unifying to extend wellness. This comprehensive thesis project concentrates on a center that provides a community of care for the continuous wellness of humans after an illness. The functions of the building will be used by citizens of Omaha, Nebraska in need of health care to reach their previous life. Medical and support …

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Restore: Veteran Support Facility, Casey Tabert

Architecture Theses

This thesis project, titled Restore, critically analyzes how an architectural experience can have psychological healing effects on service members and their families who have been affected by the repercussions of war and deployment. The guided idea behind this claim is, “In order for positive change to occur, it is important to provide a facility where the emotional and psychological effects of architectural experience are researched, understood, and implemented. The result of this experience will improve the quality of life and restore a sense of belonging in service members and their families.” The justification for this project is, “People are affected …

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Preserving Our History, Danielle Cremer

Architecture Theses

This project, Preserving our History, focuses on the integration of green design strategies, energy efficient design and historical preservation for the purpose of restoring neighborhoods within our city limits. Historic preservation has been on the rise in recent years as a means to embrace the deep and rich heritage of a place. By integrating green design strategies and energy efficient design into the practice of historic preservation, the lifespan of a building can be extended. By preserving these buildings, life is brought back to the site, allowing historic preservation to act as a catalyst for the rehabilitation of surrounding neighborhoods. …

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Emphasis On Nature, Melissa Brown

Architecture Theses

This thesis “Emphasis on Nature” will attempt to create an atmosphere that provides better healing and a more vital quality of life for people dealing with cancer. The healing process is different for every person, and there are many ways to help a person in this situation, whether it be through education about the processes, surrounding oneself with nature, or experiencing new adventures. Providing spaces that can aid in healing is a very essential part of the design for this facility. Humans and nature are interconnected, and both need to be treated in a holistic way, which is why the …

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Hopeful Youth, Jacob Zikmund

Architecture Theses

This thesis examines the question, how can architecture encourage positive relationships and inspire hope in young cancer patients? The project will study the affects of the natural and built environment and what role it plays on children with cancer. The ultimate goal is to create a space where children with cancer can have fun, relate to one another, and better gain a sense of hope and increase in morale. It is a 25,000 square foot children’s cancer recreational center located in Madeline Island, Wisconsin. This thesis presents a model for a new typology and addresses the issue of children being …

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Evaluation Of Storage Techniques To Preserve Fermentable Sugars From Sugar Beets For Ethanol Production, Juan Manuel Vargas-Ramirez

Agribusiness and Biosystems Engineering

New sugar beet varieties may qualify as an advanced biofuel feedstock in the U.S., but new alternatives to conventional pile storage are necessary to preserve fermentable sugars and allow yearlong beet ethanol production. Fermentable sugar preservation was assessed in sugar beets stored under aerobic and anaerobic atmospheres and in raw thick juice stored at acidic (2≤ pH≤ 5) and alkaline (8≤ pH≤11) conditions. Aerobic storage of sugar beets at 4°C for 14 wk resulted in higher fermentable sugar retention (99± 4%) than at 25°C or anaerobic storage at 4° C and 25° C. Raw thick juice retained ≥ 99% of …

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Evaluation Of A Novel Means To Euthanize Piglets, Richelle Lorraine Miller

Animal Sciences

Research was conducted to evaluate a novel means to euthanize piglets utilizing electromagnetic energy. Experiment 1 assessed if electromagnetic energy could result in a euthanized piglet and Experiment 2 evaluated states of consciousness of piglets. During Experiment 1, six piglets were exposed to 40 seconds of electromagnetic energy (EME). Respiration rate was reduced to zero in each piglet immediately following EME and unassisted death occurred after heart rate ceased within 4.8 minutes after EME in five of the six piglets. Treatments during Experiment 2 included EME for 3, 6, or 9 seconds. State of consciousness and treatment interaction affected (P < 0.01) electroencephalogram amplitude and power. State of consciousness affected (P < 0.01) electroencephalogram frequency and heart rate. Treatment and EME interaction also affected internal body and head surface temperatures (P < 0.01). Piglets exposed to 9 seconds EME had higher (P < 0.01) body temperature compared with other treatments.

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Review Of Betting The Earth: How We Can Still Win The Biggest Gamble Of All Time, Brian G. Henning

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

Guidelines For Cross-Departmental Secondary Academic Appointments Of Regular Full-Time Stony Brook Faculty., Stony Brook University. Arts And Sciences Senate. Faculty Rights And Responsibilities Policy Committee.

Arts and Sciences Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities

Influence Of Molecular Interactions On Elastic Properties And Oxygen Diffusion In Polybutylene Terephthalate Polymer: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Muniyamuthu Raviprasad

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fate And Characteristics Of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Through Wastewater Treatment Systems, Halis Simsek

Civil and Environmental Engineering

In Situ Groundwater Remediation Using Enricher Reactor-Permeable Reactive Biobarrier, Sreerama Murthy Kasi Somayajula

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Interaction Of Tackifier Resins With Water-Based And Olefinic Polymers, Puthenkovilakom Rajesh Raja

Coatings and Polymeric Materials

Vigilance Versus Complacency: Communication Strategies Used During Fargo’S Recent Major Floods To Confront Risk Fatigue, Matthew Ignatius Attansey

Communication

Embedded Reference Electrodes For Corrosion Potential Monitoring, Electrochemical Characterization, And Controlled-Potential Cathodic Protection, Bobbi Jo Elizabeth Merten

Coatings and Polymeric Materials

A Rhetorical/Interpretive Analysis Of Edward R. Murrow's Criticism Of Broadcast Journalism: Implications For Broadcast Journalism Educators, Aaron Quanbeck

Communication

Advanced Electrochemical Methods For Characterizing The Performance Of Organic Coatings, Vinod Upadhyay

Coatings and Polymeric Materials

Silicon-Based Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polymers And Coatings, Hanzhen Bao

Coatings and Polymeric Materials

Measuring The Performance Of Partnerships: Why, What, How, When?, C Kelly

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Efficient Publish/Subscribe System Over Mobile Ad-Hoc Network, Chao Liu

Computer Science

A Package Tracking Application Based On Software Agents, Vindhya Jonnalagadda

Computer Science

Capacitated Transshipment Models For Predicting Signaling Pathways, Ritika Sahni

Computer Science

Evaluating The Gap Between The Skills And Abilities Of Senior Undergraduate Computer Science Students And The Expectations Of Industry, Alex Radermacher

Computer Science

Adaptive Regression Testing Strategy: An Empirical Study, Md. Junaid Arafeen

Computer Science

Do Adverts Increase The Probability Of Finding Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Depression? Cross-Sectional Study., Ray B. Jones, Lesley Goldsmith, Paul Hewson, Boulos Mn Kamel, Christopher J. Williams

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Best If Used By: Duluth Recycling And Production Factory, Ty Pritchard

Architecture Theses

Assembling The Pieces, Joseph Veit

Architecture Theses

Manufacturing: A New Way, Scott Wullschleger

Architecture Theses

Badlands Agriculture And Environmental Research Center, Seann Ringwall

Architecture Theses

Outbreak File: Sibley County, Alex Vos

Architecture Theses

Hallmark Wellness, Kirsten Staloch

Architecture Theses

Restore: Veteran Support Facility, Casey Tabert

Architecture Theses

Preserving Our History, Danielle Cremer

Architecture Theses

Emphasis On Nature, Melissa Brown

Architecture Theses

Hopeful Youth, Jacob Zikmund

Architecture Theses

Evaluation Of Storage Techniques To Preserve Fermentable Sugars From Sugar Beets For Ethanol Production, Juan Manuel Vargas-Ramirez

Agribusiness and Biosystems Engineering

Evaluation Of A Novel Means To Euthanize Piglets, Richelle Lorraine Miller

Animal Sciences