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Evaluation Of Insecticide Seed Treatments To Protect Rice (Oryza Sativa) Against Various Herbicides, Steven Michael Martin

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The increase in herbicide-resistant weeds in Arkansas crop fields has led to the need for new herbicide modes of action for use in all crops. This need has led to the introduction of technologies that can be devastating to conventional rice crops. Field observation, noted that insecticide seed treatments used in rice could potentially reduce the effects of off-target movement of herbicides onto rice crops and possibly reduce the negative effects of some herbicides applied directly to rice. Research was conducted to determine if insecticide seed treatments could reduce the harmful effects of drift from imazethapyr and glyphosate onto conventional …

December 2017, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee

SWOSU BULLDOG WELLNESS

No abstract provided.

Kansas Speaks Fall 2017 (Updated) Statewide Public Opinion Survey, Jian Sun Ph.D.

Docking Institute of Public Affairs

The Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University conducted the 2017 Kansas Speaks fall survey from August 17th to October 26th, 2017. A random sample of adult residents of Kansas age 18 and older was surveyed by telephone to assess their attitudes and opinions regarding various issues of interest to Kansas citizens.

How Should Clinicians Weigh The Benefits And Harms Of Discussing Politicized Topics That Influence Their Individual Patients' Health?, Diana Alame, Robert D. Truog

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Health implications of politically charged phenomena are particularly difficult for physicians to discuss with their patients and communities. Addressing climate change and its associated health effects involves trade-offs between health and economic prosperity, necessitating that physicians weigh the potential benefits and risks of discussing climate change health effects. We argue that the potential benefits of physician communication and advocacy ultimately outweigh the potential risks. Therefore, physicians should be supported in their efforts to educate their patients and communities about climate change health effects. Furthermore, democratic deliberation could prove helpful in addressing disagreements among physicians within a practice about such politicized …

The Fight For Personhood, Legal Capacity, And Equal Recognition Under Law For People With Disabilities In Israel And Beyond, Arlene S. Kanter, Yotam Tolub

Cardozo Law Review

When Rachel contacted Bizchut, the Israel Center for Human Rights of People with Disabilities, she was in the hospital in the final stages of terminal cancer. At seventy years old, she had no family, her condition was deteriorating, she had begun to use a wheelchair, and she was in a great deal of pain. In the past, she had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Her doctors refused to release her from the hospital without the appointment of a guardian. Rachel had no guardian and she did not want one. Rachel was an intelligent and realistic woman who knew that if …

Successor Liability In The Bankruptcy Context: The Problem Or The Solution?, Chelsea Donenfeld

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Aerodynamic Analysis Of Low Speed Wing Design Using Taguchi L9 Orthogonal Array, Kenneth Witcher, Ian Mcandrew, Elena Vishnevskaya

Publications

The study of aerodynamics has been preoccupied with understanding flight at increasing speeds and ultimately supersonic. Today, this pursuit has advanced the science for both Hypersonic and Transonic flight to near Mach 1 supporting economical commercial flight operations. This research presents the data from a Taguchi array on low speed with twin wing designs to establish the design parameters for their use in low speed and high altitude. Also presented is how aerodynamic advantages can be achieved through understanding the interactions of parameters and their use. This is compared to operational effectiveness when applied to remotely piloted aircraft that are …

Mallard Fox Creek Industrial Park And Cummings Research Park: Investigating Employment And Income Impacts, Christopher Brookshaw, Jared Grogan

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

A research park and an industrial park are each a hub of economic activity and their effect on the local economy can be measured in terms of jobs, income and output generated from its development. These sites provide an opportunity for the surrounding institutions and businesses to likewise develop post hoc. An economic impact study can shed light on the supply chain of the industries in the region, the kinds of jobs created, and the value of the industries in these parks to the region. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic impact of the Mallard Fox …

Validation & Optimization Of Capture™: Rapid Diagnosis Of Pathogens Causing Urinary Tract Infections, Elizabeth Gates

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

The number of bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics is growing exponentially. Antibiotics are often prescribed more than needed due to the delay period in diagnosing the pathogen and giving treatment. This delay often pushes prescribers to give a broad-spectrum antibiotic or pushes them to make the patient wait for the proper treatment, in turn allowing the bacterium to potentially mutate. This creates a need for a more rapid, easily used, and cost effective method of identifying pathogens. The objective of this study is to validate the CAPTURE™ method and its ability to identify pathogens, reduce the mechanical processing time, and …

Using Bacteria To Eliminate The Glycerin Glut, Jonathan Kilroy, Javier Sanchez

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

Crude glycerol is produced in large quantities as a byproduct of biodiesel production. Clostridium pastuerianum is an anaerobic species of bacteria capable of using glycerol as its sole carbon source. C. pasteurianum is known to convert glycerol into n-butanol, which is useful as a fuel additive. In this study, we measured the concentrations of glycerol along with compounds produced by C. pasteurianum, including n-butanol, under varying growth conditions. We found that doubling the initial concentration of glycerol had no noticeable effect on the ability of the bacteria to grow or produce butanol. Based on this finding, we intend to move …

Cytotoxicity Of Plant Extracts On Mcf7 And Hs578t Breast Cancer Cell Lines, Brianne Brazell

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

The cytotoxicity of various essential oils from plant extracts has been tested on two different breast cancer cell subtypes. An estrogen positive breast cancer, MCF7, and a triple negative breast cancer, Hs578T, were both used in this study. Concentrations (weight volume w/v) of test samples of 0.01%, 0.005%, 0.004%, 0.003% were used to determine the LC50 value for compounds determined to decrease the number of viable cells in a culture. Testing completed with MCF7 cells determined that the fraction 2C of Terminalia catappa (Teca) was the most efficient for cytotoxicity, with a percent kill of 80.56 at a concentration of …

There Is No Evidence For Bone Remodeling Caused By Transdermal Calcium Loss In Sweat During Bikram Hot Yoga In Premenopausal Women, Hasan Alrefai

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

It has been hypothesized that sweat loss during exercise causes a disruption in calcium homeostasis leading to bone resorption and low bone mineral density. There is substantial water and electrolyte loss in sweat during hot yoga, an exercise that is becoming increasingly popular with premenopausal women. A Bikram Hot Yoga session typically consists of 26 Hatha Yoga postures that are performed in 90 minutes inside of a room that is set to 105 °F and 40 % humidity. We measured sweat and plasma, electrolyte and water balance before and after a hot yoga session in a population of premenopausal women. …

Front Matter

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

No abstract provided.

Source Credibility And Cybersecurity Behaviors, Bracken Sallin

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

In an increasingly interdependent society characterized by omnipresent online communications, Information Systems security research is an important contributor in helping protect people and organizations from cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks are increasing in their number and scope. In May 2017 a series of ransomware attacks affected hundreds of thousands of computers across the globe, causing significant loss of business. Understanding how people interact with IT threats is an integral step to cyber-security. In this paper, I modify and extend the model developed by Liang and Xue in their Technology Threat Avoidance Theory to evaluate the effects of source credibility on computer user’s behaviors.

Tokenism & Resistance: Gender, Sexism, And Culture In The United States Military, Aislinn R. Brookshire

Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH

Tokenism occurs when there are a small number of minority members within a work group. Token minority members sometimes experience structural and cultural practices which prevent them from advocating for one another or future minority members within the organization. Aspects of tokenism include heightened visibility, isolation, and stereotyping. This study uses interviews from female veterans in the United States military to understand their experiences of tokenism and how these experiences shaped their ability to resist sexism and advocate for cultural changes at work.

Primary Headache Disorders In The Adult General Population Of Pakistan – A Cross Sectional Nationwide Prevalence Survey, Herekar Aa, Ahmad A, Uqaili Ul, Ahmed B, Effendi J, Alvi Sz, Shahab Ma, Javed U, Herekar Ad, Khanani R, Steiner Tj

Section of Neurology

Back Ground: The large geographical gaps in our knowledge of the prevalence and burden of headache disorders include almost all of Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). We report a nationwide population-based study in Pakistan, an EMR country with the sixth largest population in the world, conducted as a project within the Global Campaign against Headache.

Methods: We surveyed six locations from the four provinces of Pakistan: Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan. We randomly selected and visited rural and urban households in each. One adult member (18-65 years) of each household, also randomly selected, was interviewed by a trained non-medical interviewer …

Portraits, Preservation & Pedigrees: An Introduction To Photographic Portraiture, Photographs As A Means Of Genealogical Research, And A Preservation Case Study Of The Howard D. Beach Studio Collection Of Glass Plate Negatives, Kirsten Feigel

Museum Studies Theses

Photography is an established art form that combines the knowledge of chemistry, light, and optics to render an image. Initially, the image is captured on a flat surface coated with emulsion and combined with an exposure to sunlight or another illuminating source. Today, images are captured by digital methods. Artistically, the photograph may reveal sceneries of landscapes, of treasured belongings and of people, as they are seen to the human eye. Photographic portraiture is the oldest style of photography next to landscape imagery, due to commercial photographers setting up studios and experimenting with photography’s many cameras, plates, and emulsions. In …

The Developmental Importance Of Success And Failure Experiences At Summer Camp, Cait Wilson, Jim Sibthorp

Journal of Youth Development

Young people can learn from success and failure. Such experiences are useful in developing skills (e.g., perseverance and coping), and remain essential facets of youth programming. However, success and failure can also impede development. Appraisal theory has been used widely to examine youths’ experiences with success and failure in school and sport, yet summer camps represent an important setting where success and failure may look and feel different. In camp settings success or failure are often more subjective and less dependent on objective performance indicators such as grades, wins, or losses. Because of these contextual differences, little is known about …

Kinetic Study Of Chitosan-Alginate Biopolymeric Nanoparticles For The Controlled Release Of Curcumin Diethyl Disuccinate, S Bhunchu, P Rojsitthisak, P Rojsitthisak

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

The aim of this study was to investigate the release profile, and evaluate the best fitted kinetic model and mechanism, of curcumin diethyl disuccinate (CDD) from chitosan-alginate biopolymeric nanoparticles (CANPs) in simulated gastrointestinal fluids (without enzymes) and simulated body fluid. The CDD-loaded CANPs (CDD-CANPs) were prepared by oil-in-water emulsification and ionotropic gelation under the previously reported optimal condition (3 mg/mL of CDD, 4.05% (w/v) of TweenTM 80 and a chitosan:alginate mass ratio of 0.05:1), which resulted in CDD-CANPs with a favorable particle size (327±14 nm), zeta potential (-27.3±0.2 mV), encapsulation efficiency (51.2±2.2%) and loading capacity (11.2±0.8%). The in vitro release …

Utilization Of Aluminium Dross As A Main Raw Material For Synthesis Of Geopolymer, P Puksisuwan, P Laoratanakul, B Cherdhirunkorn

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

Aluminium dross contains both small particles and large agglomerates, where the recyclable part is the large agglomerates with high aluminium metal content. The residual Al dross is unrecyclable small particles with very low aluminium metal content. In this research, the residual Al dross from the aluminium recycle industry and the bagasse ash from a biomass power plant were used as main raw materials for geopolymer fabrication with alkaline solutions (Na2SiO3 and NaOH) using in the typical geopolymerization process. After mixing with alkaline solutions, the mixtures were uniaxially pressed into a cylinder die. The samples were cured for 3, 7, 14 …

"We Heard Canada Was A Free Country": African American Migration In The Great Plains, 1890-1911, Rachel M. Wolters

Dissertations

This study uses a transnational lens to examine the migration of Black Americans from Oklahoma to Canada in the early 20th century. Although scholars have documented this movement, they have not fully explored the vital and durable transnational connections among African American immigrants themselves. The use of family histories, newspaper articles, and immigration files show how black migrants searched for land and equality in Canada and attempted to build all black communities. Encouraged by the promises of Canadian immigration recruiters, black migrants left their homes and Jim Crowism in Oklahoma to settle in a “free country” and to realize the …

Understanding The Adjustment Needs Of International Graduate Students At Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Mehrete Girmay

Dissertations

AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Mehrete Girmay, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Health Education, presented on September 18th, 2017 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: UNDERSTANDING THE ADJUSTMENT NEEDS OF INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE MAJOR PROFESSORS: Drs. Sosanya Jones and Juliane Wallace In the recent decades, the United States has attracted the highest numbers of international students to attain an education with the majority of students sojourning from China, India, and South Korea (Valenzuela, Palacios, & Intindola, 2015). It is important that the particular needs of this population are understood and met by …

Teams Building A Shared Reality To Create Project Success, Susan Johnson

Student Scholarship

A qualitative study on team member interactions on projects suggests that successful teams are actively engaging in continuously constructing and maintaining a shared reality with one another through the process of making accounts. As a result of this study we propose extending the management definition of accountability to encompass the process of making accounts in the construction of a shared reality. This study found that the accountability process requires an environment of communication promotion, adequate time to develop a shared reality and a willingness by team members to continuously adapt their shared reality in response to new knowledge. This study …

Discovery: What The Form Are We Fighting For?, Steven Gensler, Xavier Rodriguez

Other Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Modeling Acoustic Microfluidic Phenomena In Unconventional Geometries, Andrew Ledbetter

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

In this work, the performance of a piezoelectrically-actuated ultrasonic droplet generator is analyzed by modeling the harmonic response of a two-dimensional representation of the device cross-section. Observed vibrational and acoustic resonances provide insight into optimal design conditions to achieve efficient, robust droplet ejection. Numerical simulations highlight the importance of the coupled electrical and mechanical behavior of the resonator assembly and show that elastic modes can effectively amplify or dampen acoustic modes within the fluid chamber. Experimentally-validated modeling results guide development of an optimization strategy to further improve device performance. In addition, the standing acoustic field that is the focus of …

The Impact Of The Critical Factors For The Transfer Of Knowledge On Opportunities And Strategic Success, Salah Al-Din Al-Kubaisy, Rana Falah Hasan

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The current research discusses “The impact of the critical factors for the transfer of knowledge on opportunities and strategic success ", the attention have been increased on knowledge transfer and strategic success subjects because on being one of the important and contemporary issues, which have a significant impact on the existence of organizations and its future. The research aims to identify the critical factors for knowledge transfer in private high education environment which enables (the college community surveyed) to achieve strategic success, also the research sought to answer questions related to research problem by testing a number of major and …

The Role Of The Islamic Development Bank Group On Economic Capacity Building, Al-Siddiq Talha Mohammed Rahma

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

This paper reflects the evidence of the Islamic Development Bank's role in building human and institutional capacities in Member States and assisting governments in achieving economic development. The Bank's activities in the area of capacity development are an important part in following up the economic developments, And help governments to build and formulate effective policies and institutions to implement more effective macro policies leading to better economic outcomes. It is therefore helpful to help Member States increase their resources, modernize their banking systems, establish effective legal frameworks and improve Reports on macroeconomic and financial statistics. The Bank has faced many …

Comparison Of Some Methods For Estimating Poisson-Weibull Distribution Parameters, Intisar Uraybi Fadam Al-Duri, Noor Ayad Mohammed

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

In this paper was discussed the process of compounding two distributions using new compounding procedure which is connect a number of life time distributions ( continuous distribution ) where is the number of these distributions represent random variable distributed according to one of the discrete random distributions . Based on this procedure have been compounding zero – truncated poisson distribution with weibell distribution to produce new life time distribution having three parameter , Advantage of that failure rate function having many cases ( increasing , dicreasing , unimodal , bathtube) , and study the resulting distribution properties such as : …

Transparency Of Government Performance To The State Of Iraq, Sanaa Ahmed Yassin

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The most important recommendations of this research are:- 1.The benefit of the other countries experiences about the transparency of the government performance, without depending on the transparency that imitating the other experiences; that may not fit with the Iraqi government units. 2.The Ministry of Finance has to prepare the citizen guidebook about the government performance which is considered an essential document, it should be simple and available for all the parties of relation; and for not specialized citizen for the purpose of simplifying the understanding of government performance details. 3.The benefit of the government units websites of international information net …

Transferability: The Application Of Information Literacy Competencies To Academic Area-Of-Interest Course Research Paper Among Adult College Students In An Undergraduate Liberal Arts Program, Lilleth C. Beckford

Education Doctoral

This non-experimental exploratory sequential study was undertaken to assess the extent to which adult students can transfer and apply information literacy competencies, based on the AAC&U Information Literacy VALUE Rubric, to a research paper required in an area-of interest, intermediate or advanced level course. Participants were enrolled in an undergraduate liberal arts college degree program in a school designed on the andragogical model of adult education. Participants had completed a 2-credit information literacy course during a previous semester. To ascertain the students’ information literacy competencies, course research papers were assessed using three of the five components of the rubric. The …