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The System Works as Intended Alabama’s Property Tax and Public School Systems, 1854-1983
(2025-04-29)
This study examines the intertwined development of Alabama’s property tax
system and public school system from 1854 to 1983, arguing that fiscal policy served as a
crucial tool of massive resistance to civil rights gains ...
Transport Phenomena of Solutes in Dense Polymer Membranes
(2025-04-29)
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) are indispensable materials with diverse applications in energy and environmental technologies, such as fuel cells, water desalination, water purification, and electrochemical CO2 reduction ...
The structure and electrical activity of the tentacular apparatus of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi
(2025-04-29)
Ctenophores have garnered considerable interest in evolutionary biology due to molecular phylogenetic studies that have positioned Phylum Ctenophora as the sister taxon to all other animals. Mnemiopsis leidyi, one of the ...
Experimental Investigation and Literature Review of Phosphorus Removal in Flow-Through Systems During Various Engineering Applications
(2025-04-29)
The overloading of phosphorus (P) into aquatic environments over the past several decades has triggered widespread water quality deterioration, harmful algal blooms, and eutrophication. Due to their natural abundance, cost ...
Establishment of a one-step reverse-transcription qPCR to detect Getah virus in mosquitoes and feral swine in Alabama, USA
(2025-04-28)
Getah virus (GETV) is an emerging mosquito-borne alphavirus in the family Togaviridae, known to cause disease in a range of animal hosts including pigs, horses, and occasionally humans. The virus is endemic to several ...
Viromes of Agriculturally Important Insects in Alabama
(2025-04-28)
Insect vectors play a critical role in the transmission of viruses, posing significant threats to both agriculture and public health. The studies in this thesis, utilize RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to characterize the viromes ...
The Effects of High Temperature Ion Implantation in β-Ga2O3
(2025-04-28)
Doping electronic oxides is often challenging due to issues like self-compensation, limited solubility, and defect formation. Additionally, there is typically an imbalance in favor of one type of conductivity, most commonly ...
Evaluation of Disease Resistance in Selectively Bred Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and Hybrid Catfish (Channel Catfish ♀ x Blue Catfish (I. furcatus) ♂)
(2025-04-28)
Selectively bred channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and hybrid catfish (channel catfish ♀ x blue catfish (I. furcatus) ♂) were evaluated for resistance to channel catfish virus (CCV) and Flavobacterium covae (FC). In ...
Systematics of the Riffle Dace with Special Emphasis on the Blacknose Daces (Leuciscidae: Rhinichthys)
(2025-04-28)
The freshwater fish genus Rhinichthys (Agassiz 1849) has a complex taxonomic history and extensive geographic distribution across North America. In this dissertation, I used multiple molecular and morphological approaches ...
Quantifying the Impact of Porosity on Mode I Fracture Behavior in Advanced Composite Materials
(2025-04-28)
Advanced composite material applications are rapidly proliferating within the aerospace industry, but challenges remain to their more widespread adoption due to the influence of process-induced defects. The complex ...
Fundamental o Fútil? Relations Between Multiple Dimensions of Familism and Adolescent Sleep in a Hispanic Sample
(2025-04-28)
The cultural value of familism describes prioritizing family over the individual. Evidence supports relations between familism and health behaviors like sleep; thus, this study explores associations of parent and adolescent ...
A Quantitative Survey of Secondary Instrumental Music Educators' Perceptions of Undergraduate Preparation to Teach in Disparate Locales
(2025-04-28)
Every community in the United States is different, from the smallest town to the largest city, and each locale offers unique rewards and challenges for instrumental music educators. However, novice instrumental music ...
High-Throughput Experiments and Reliability Assessment of 3-D Printed Bistable Mechanical Metamaterials connected in series
(2025-04-28)
Bistable mechanical metamaterials, structures with two mechanically stable states, offer promising potential for deployable, energy-efficient, and adaptive systems in aerospace, robotics, and biomedical engineering. However, ...
The Role of Nerve Growth Factor in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
(2025-04-28)
Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are characterized by increased levels of circulating fatty acids, resulting in metabolic abnormalities in the heart. Emerging data has demonstrated that cardiac dysfunction, ...
Data Driven Approaches for Nonlinear System Identification and Control of Hardware in the Loop Systems
(2025-04-25)
System identification can play in important role in the engineering design process. Generating a high-fidelity model of a system can lead to improved performance and reduced costs. There are many ways to create these models ...
OPTIMIZING WARM WATER AQUACULTURE: DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON GROWTH, HEALTH AND MICROBIOME
(2025-04-25)
With the rise of the global population, the increasing food demand has led to the intensification of farmed aquatic animal production. These intensified practices require substantial resources, including specialized feed ...
Examining sleep extension as a feasible strategy for improving cardiometabolic health in emerging adults with habitual short sleep
(2025-04-24)
The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the feasibility and efficacy of a two-week sleep extension intervention (increasing time in bed for 1 hour/night) to improve metrics of cardiometabolic health in emerging ...
Using Isotopes to Understand the Movement Patterns and Diet of Albatross and Pterosaurs
(2025-04-24)
Isotopes are useful tools for elucidating ecological unknowns in modern and prehistoric organisms. Two of the organisms that have lacked the application of 87Sr/86Sr methodologies to understand their movement patterns are ...
Screening Rhizobacteria for Control of Fall Armyworm in Turfgrass
(2025-04-24)
Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), is regarded as one of the most devastating noctuid pests in America. FAW larvae are especially detrimental to turfgrass, as foliar feeding results in an array of ...
Masking corporatas with communitas rhetoric: How the National Football League influences fans through their public messages
(2025-04-24)
This study examines the National Football League's (NFL) complex communication strategies, focusing on how teams navigate the tension between two opposing rhetorical frameworks: corporatas and communitas. Corporatas, ...