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Comparative Cost Analysis Of Alternative Solid Waste Collection Systems In Rural Tennessee Counties, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Faye Church, Deborah M. Markley, William M. Park

Research Reports

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Econometric And Futures Market Models For Forecasting Tennessee Feeder Cattle Prices, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Dan L. Mclemore, Joey M. Gross

Research Reports

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Weed Control Investigations In Corn And Grain Sorghum, 1986, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, G. N. Rhodes Jr., R. M. Hayes, M. L. Thornton, G. A. Mitchell, D. D. Howard

Research Reports

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Identification And Analysis Of Ichthyofaunal Remains From Late Pleistocene-Holocene Deposits Of Cheek Bend Cave (40mu261), Maury County, Tennessee, William Clark Dickinson

Doctoral Dissertations

Knowledge of the character of the late Pleistocene-Holocene ichthyofauna of the middle Duck River was acquired as a result of identification and biostratigraphic analysis of numerous fish bone fragments from the well-stratified deposits of Cheek Bend Cave, a small rockshelter situated in the limestone bluffs along the Duck River in Maury County, Tennessee. Forty-five unequivocal fish taxa (representing 12 families) were identified, of which 25 taxa occurred in the Late Wisconsin strata, 33 in Holocene strata, and 13 in both depositional sequences. Fifteen of the Late Wisconsin taxa and 18 Holocene taxa appear to represent initial records for these periods, …

The Effect Of Exercise On Food Intake, Growth, Body Composition And Liver Lipogenesis In The Rat, Madeline Dellwo

Masters Theses

Growth, feed consumption, body composition and hepatic lipogenesis were studied in male Wistar rats that were exercised or feed restricted. The study consisted of 5 groups, with 10 animals per group: Sedentary, ad libitum-fed control group (A); Exercised by swimming for 3 hours/day, ad libitum fed (E3.0); Exercised by swimming for 1.5 hours/day, ad libitum fed (E1.5); Sedentary, diet restricted to match weight of E3.0 (R3.0); Sedentary, diet restricted to match weight of E1.5 (R1.5).

The body weights and feed consumption of the two exercised groups were never significantly different. Therefore, it became unnecessary to treat the two diet-restricted groups …

Effects Of Ensiled Whole Stillage And Fescue Hay On Rumen Characteristics In Sheep, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, D. M. Britton, R. N. Heitmann

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Estimating Soil Erosion In Tennessee Using The Universal Soil Loss Equation, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, John G. Graveel, Ricky E. Lambert

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Performance Of Corn Hybrids In 1986, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Charles R. Graves

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Herbicide Evaluation For Weed Control, 1985, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, R. M. Hayes, G. Neil Rhodes Jr., P. E. Hoskinson, M. L. Thornton

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Decedents' Estates: Selected Guidelines For Administering Estates In Tennessee, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Ronald W. Todd

Bulletins

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Computer Modeling In Water Management, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, R. D. Von Bernuth

Research Reports

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The Role Of Nitrogen And Calcium On Stem Strength Of Poinsettia (1986), University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, G. L. Mcdaniel, E. T. Graham, K. A. Lawton

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Socioeconomic Factors Affecting The Marginal Implicit Prices Of Food Nutrients, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, David B. Eastwood, Morgan D. Gray, John R. Brooker

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Performance Of Wheat, Barley, Oats And Rye Varieties In 1986, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Charles R. Graves

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Socioeconomic Models Of Soil Conservation Behavior And Attitudes In A West Tennessee Watershed, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, William M. Park, Kevin W. Ferguson

Bulletins

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Types Of Farming In Tennessee, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, S. Darrell Mundy, Morgan D. Gray

Bulletins

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Systematics, Distribution, And Biology Of Fishes Currently Allocated To Erimystax (Jordan), A Subgenus Of Hybopsis (Cyprinidae), John Lowrey Harris

Doctoral Dissertations

Intra- and interspecific variation of species of the subgenus Erimystax, genus Hybopsis, are analyzed using multivariate statistical techniques. Diagnoses, descriptions, figures, supporting tables, and distribution maps are provided to facilitate identification of the subgenus and component species. Results of multivariate analyses support the elevation of the Ozark subspecies of Hybopsis dissimilis to specific standing as Hybopsis i. insignis distributed in the lower Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages and H. insignis eristigma found in eastern tributaries of the upper Tennessee River drainage. Populations interpreted as intergrades occur in the Clinch, Powell, and Holston rivers. Two subspecies of Hybopsis x-punctata are recognized …

Wildlife-Related Perceptions Of Visitors In Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Bruce C. Hastings

Masters Theses

Wildlife viewing has become a popular recreational pursuit in the United States. However, little has been documented about visitor perceptions of wildlife at specific locations. An ideal site for conducting such a study was the Cades Cove region of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Wildlife were abundant and often visible in Cades Cove, resulting in many positive human-wildlife interactions.

A total of 400 visitors were interviewed in their vehicles at the end of an 18 km one-way road through the Cove. Sampling was conducted during July and August of 1983. Participants were asked to take a 10-page questionnaire home to …

Use Of Sugar Substitutes And Dietary Habits Of Pregnant Adolescents In East Tennessee, Mary C. Valdrighi

Masters Theses

Information was collected from 34 pregnant adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 to determine whether consumption of sugar substituted products is a component of their food practices. The concern has been raised that use of sugar-substituted products by pregnant women may lower kilocaloric intake below recommended energy levels resulting in low weight gains. Low maternal weight gain in has been correlated to poor pregnancy outcome. Establishing current usage rates and evaluating the relationship between use of sugar substituted products and overall dietary adequacy was a secondary purpose of this study. Both quality of diet and quantity of nutrients …

Brook Trout Enhancement Through Rainbow Trout Removal By Electroshocking In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jeanne Dyanne Riley

Masters Theses

Brook trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis) populations have declined in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park since the early 1900's. The continuing range loss of the Parks' only native trout species has been attributed mainly to the introduced rainbow trout ( Salmo gairdneri ) . Past studies have indicated that removal of introduced trout by electroshocking results in the enhancement of brook trout populations.

Twelve study streams in the Park were grouped as control and treatment streams. Removal efforts of one, two, and three passes consecutively were conducted on treatment streams to determine the effort needed to control rainbow trout populations. …

Instrumentation For Assessing Changes Over Time In Career Projections And Attainments Of Low-Income Youth, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, S. M. Shoffner, G. W. Peterson

Research Reports

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The Decline Of Log House Construction In Blount County, Tennessee, John T. Morgan

Doctoral Dissertations

The log house is an important element of architectural heritage of much of the eastern United States. In some areas, such as East Tennessee, log construction was not replaced by frame construction until the late nineteenth century.

Several reasons have been presented in the literature for the decline of log house construction, but none of them had been tested empirically. This study determined to what extent the reasons given for the decline of the log house construction explain the decline of log dwelling construction in Blount County, Tennessee. The study analyzed the influence of five factors: (1) relative affluence of …

Between Population Comparison Of Resource Acquisition In The Long Jawed Orb Weaving Spider Tetragnatha Elongata, Rosemary Grace Gillespie

Doctoral Dissertations

Behavioral adaptations for resource acquisition in the long jawed orb weaving spider Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) are documented in this study. It examines the form and mechanism of spider foraging behavior, an essential prerequisite to the realization of the commercial use of spiders in integrated pes t management. Being the most common and ubiquitous of insect predators, spiders offer tremendous potential as stabilizers in agro ecosystems with unstable cycling of phytophagous insects. The initial part of this study examines the mechanisms employed by T. elongata in selecting a habitat, and demonstrates that spiders do not build webs where the …

Preservation Of Prime Farmland And Planned Rural Development: A Literature Review, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Donald A. Cunningham, B. R. Mcmanus

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The Development Of Smallholder Tea Production In Tanzania: An Economic Analysis Of Factors Influencing Green Leaf Tea Output, Joseph Tarmo Nagu

Doctoral Dissertations

This study focused on smallholder tea production as one strategy for Tanzanian economic development. The central research question was the economic evaluation of the potential of this strategy for increasing peasant farmer income streams in an economy comprised of mostly subsistence farming.

Two objectives were: (1) the assessment of the extent to which selected production factors explain the variability in the annual output of green tea leaf (output) and (2) the estimation of the physical resource productivities and the computation of marginal value products (MVP's) of selected resources for a sample 150 smallholder tea farms in Njombe, Tanzania to determine …

Comparative Bioavailability Of Sediment-Sorbed Hexachlorobiphenyl, C. Michael Swindoll

Doctoral Dissertations

The bioavailability of sediment-sorbed hexachlorobiphenyl (HCB) to bacteria, midge larvae (Chironomus tentans), and mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) was examined in order to elucidate the influence of abiotic and biotic factors on the bioaccumulation process. Factors examined included sediment type, sediment organic matter, HCB concentration, temperature, and biological viability. Additional experiments were conducted to evaluate the relative role of sediment and dietary HCB sources to the accumulation of HCB in mosquitofish.

In general, the bioavailability of sediment-sorbed HCB was inversely related to the surface area and the organic content of the sediment. The organic content of the sediment …

Industrial Development Bonds In Knox County, Tennessee: An Analysis Of Their Impact On The Local Community, Timothy L. Leasure

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to create a methodology local governments could use in determining the impact of industrial development bonds on the local community. The areas of impact studied were water and sewer infrastructures and the cost of providing the services, highway capacities, property tax generation, and employment generation. Knox County, Tennessee was chosen as a general study area because of the interest local officials had in this topic and because data was readily accessible.

A cost/benefit analysis of the provision of water and sewer services, and impact analyses on infrastructure capacities, the property tax base and the …

1985 Turfgrass Management Annual Research Summary Report, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Lloyd M. Callahan

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Consumer Stated Preferences For Fresh Fruits And Vegetables, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, David B. Eastwood, Robert H. Orr, John R. Brooker

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A Method, Sas Program, And Example For Fitting The Broken-Line To Growth Data, University Of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Kelly R. Robbins

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