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Defining the Phenomenon: Trafficking in Persons, Advocate Organizations and Issue Framing
(2016-12-09)
The modern era of Trafficking in Persons (TIP)—beginning with the African Slave Trade (AST)—has seen an alarming increase in the number of victims of the phenomenon. Contemporary TIP (cTIP) is a result of the increased ...
Defining the Porcine Colostral Proteome: Changes in the Array of Proteins from Colostrum to Mature Milk
(2011-08-01)
The importance of colostrum (first milk) for immunological and nutritional support of newborn mammals is well established. Many bioactive peptides are present in milk at higher concentrations than in maternal circulation. ...
Defining Visitor Satisfaction in the Context of Camping Oriented Nature-Based Tourism within Alabama State Parks
(2009-10-05)
Whether out of economic circumstance or a genuine desire to reconnect with nature, recent years have witnessed an increase in demand for alternative nature-based forms of tourism activity. Alongside this interest in the ...
Defying Categorization: Stray Objects and Women’s Material Practices in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation engages nineteenth century material objects that fall outside of established categorization and those objects’ associations with contemporary, women-authored texts. A common link between these “stray ...
Degradation of Estradiol in Water and Soil Using a New Class of Stabilized Manganese Dioxide Nanoparticles and Hydrodechlorination of Triclosan Using Supported Palladium Catalysts
(2015-07-29)
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), such as 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and triclosan (TCS), are endocrine disruptors that have been found in surface water and groundwater. The low concentration of these endocrine ...
Degradation of Metronidazole by carboxymethyl cellulose stabilized iron sulfide nanoparticles in water and soil phases
(2018-05-16)
The removal of Metronidazole (MNZ) from water and soil phases by iron sulfide (FeS) nanoparticles was investigated. From the results, for the batch test, 10 mg/L MNZ in the solution can be fully removed by the 350 mg/L FeS ...
Degradation of Phenolic Compounds Using Laccase or Peroxidase Enzymatic Treatment
(2010-07-16)
To remove ammonia from wastewater most refineries use biological treatment employing suspended biomass because there is no secondary pollutant. The main purpose of biological treatment is to accelerate the oxidation process ...
Del ángel del hogar a la mujer nueva en Las chicas del cable y La otra mirada
(2020-04-30)
This master’s thesis focuses on today’s television representation of female subalternity at the beginning of the twentieth century in Spain. The feminist movement of that time was gradually growing stronger in the country, ...
Delay Discounting of Monetary Outcomes by Detained Male Adolescents and College Students
(2021-03-26)
The main purpose of this study was to compare delay discounting of hypothetical monetary outcomes by adolescents adjudicated of illegal behavior to that of college students in order to lay a foundation for future discounting ...
Delay Test Scan Flip-flop (DTSFF) Design and Its Applications for Scan Based Delay Testing
(2007-12-15)
Scan based delay testing is currently mostly implemented using launch-on-capture (LOC) delay tests. Launch-on-shift (LOS) tests are generally more effective, achieving higher fault coverage with significantly fewer test ...
Delayed Reward Discounting in Adolescents with Sexual Offense Convictions
(2015-05-13)
Current explanatory models of sexual offending have been useful in elucidating the etiology of maladaptive sexual behaviors. Prominent models of sexual offending, however, are based largely on empirical findings regarding ...
Demand for Urban Forests: A National and Regional Study
(2006-08-15)
Various public policies have been designed to protect our green spaces and stimulate the demand for urban forests within communities. However, very few studies have been conducted to uncover the factors influencing the ...
Democracy and Economic Growth
(2012-05-23)
A common theorem of political economists is that democracy and income are strongly correlated. There are conflicting views on the direction of the causality. Coups that started due to non- economic reasons are shocks to ...
Democratic Community in Public K-12 Schools in Alabama
(2023-11-17)
In many schools today, there is low teacher morale amongst faculty. One way to increase morale is to implement democratic community within schools where teachers can have a sense of belonging and collaborating to educate ...
A Demographic Survey of Selected Third-Party Android Markets
(2012-07-20)
In 1998 less than 10 percent of the global population held cell phone subscriptions. By the end of 2011 this number had increased to 87 percent, accounting for over 5.9 billion subscribers worldwide. Due to this high ...
Demographics of Adware and Spyware
(2007-12-15)
The World Wide Web is the most popular use of the Internet. Information can be accessed from this network of web pages. Unknown to users, web pages can access their personal information and, sometimes, also provide information ...
Demography of Feral Pig Populations at Fort Benning, Georgia
(2006-08-15)
Feral pigs are an ecologically harmful invasive species that wildlife managers have been unsuccessful at controlling. Understanding the demography and population dynamics of a species is necessary to create successful ...
Demography of the corkscrew sea anemone Bartholomea annulata in the Florida Keys and in laboratory culture: a giant sea anemone under pressure.
(2015-12-11)
The successful management of species requires information on their patterns of distribution, abundance, and population dynamics. Demographic studies are important for gauging how environmental conditions impact populations; ...
Demons into Dandies: Comic Villains and Urban Economics in Victorian Literature
(2015-07-21)
This dissertation traces the evolution of comic villains through their antagonistic rapport with the most serious of Victorian enterprises: the economy. In particular, the development of villains is situated as a metaphoric ...
Demonstration for Integration of Genetic Linkage and Physical Maps of Catfish Using BAC-Anchored Microsatellites
(2009-03-30)
Catfish is the major aquaculture species in the United States. The development of genetic linkage maps with high marker densities and the development of physical maps are important steps toward genome-enable genetic ...