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Determining the effective pollination period and effects of crop load reduction on AU kiwifruit cultivars
(2014-07-11)
The objectives of this research were to determine the effective pollination period (EPP) of ‘AU Golden Sunshine’ (Actinidia chinensis) and ‘AU Fitzgerald’ (A. deliciosa), and to determine effectiveness of lateral bud or ...
Determining the Optimum Compaction Level for Designing Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures
(2006-05-15)
As Stone matrix asphalt (SMA) becomes more widely used in the United States, there is a need to further refine its mix design procedure. Some states have found that 100 gyrations with the Superpave Gyratory Compactor (SGC) ...
Determining the spatial and seasonal influences of microbial community composition and structure from the Hawaiian anchialine ecosystem
(2016-12-09)
Characterized as coastal bodies of water lacking surface connections to the ocean but with subterranean connections to the ocean and groundwater, habitats belonging to the anchialine ecosystem occur worldwide in primarily ...
Determining to What Extent Agricultural Content Diffuses from a Primary School through a Rural African Village: A Phenomenological Study
(2013-11-25)
Life Academy of Kimuli Uganda is a primary school for students between the ages of three and seventeen. The purpose of this school is to educate students in basic subjects, including science. The researcher identified ...
Deterministic Elastic-Plastic Modelling of Rough Surface Contact including Spectral Interpolation and Comparison to Theoretical Models
(2017-11-17)
Rough surfaces can be seen everywhere in our world, such as on table surfaces, roads, or cellphone screens. The interactions of rough surfaces are essential problems because they govern friction, wear, contact resistance ...
Detrital Zircon U-Pb Age Constraints on the Sandstone Provenance of the Upper Cretaceous Eutaw Formation from Central Alabama to Western Georgia
(2020-05-11)
Sandstone provenance analysis of the Tombigbee Sand Member and Eutaw Formation is vital to discerning source material of clastic detrital sediments found in eastern Alabama and western Georgia along the Upper Cretaceous ...
Developing a Data Provenance System with Version Control Using Blockchain
(2021-08-04)
The origin and integrity of data is a concept that is of great importance. If the history of the data is not preserved, there is no way to ascertain data integrity and whether it was modified; if yes, the identity of the ...
Developing a Genetic Model for Puerto Rico’s Tibes Iron Deposit through Field Observations and Geochemical Analyses
(2021-12-03)
Understanding the formation of iron deposits is key for locating new resources and upholding our pledge to transition to renewable energy as iron is required to make steel, a critical component of all green energy technologies. ...
Developing a Long-Term Monitoring Protocol for the Pygmy Sculpin (Cottus paulus), a Spring Dwelling Imperiled Species
(2014-05-14)
Long-term monitoring protocols require adequate levels of precision in order to detect temporal changes in abundance or density. However, the ability to detect changes can be reduced by sampling variation, seasonal ...
Developing a Magnetically Suspended Disc System for Industrial Applications, with Application on Ring Spinning
(2005-08-15)
A Magnetically suspended and lightweight disc (rotor) system is designed; the rotor can spin freely inside the stator. The stator is equipped with four magnetic actuators that always keep the rotor in its central position. ...
Developing a Multidisciplinary Best Practice Manufacturing Education and Research Laboratory for 21st Century Competitiveness
(2013-12-10)
In the last decade both industrialists and educators have acknowledged the presence of competency gaps in graduates entering manufacturing careers. As a result, the United States is presently faced with a crippling skills ...
Developing a multiscale modeling framework to assess forest health risk based on the FIA data
(2022-12-05)
Maintaining tree vigor and forest health is critical as forest health risks increase over time. Eastern US forests have been losing quality in recent decades due to forest health risks such as tree mortality and nonnative ...
Developing a Practical Tool for Integrating Green Infrastructure into Cost-Effective Stormwater Management Plans
(2020-07-14)
Urban stormwater management today aims to manage both the quantity and quality of stormwater runoff. Best management practices (BMPs) such as detention basins have long been used to address runoff quantity objectives, and ...
Developing a Tool for the Design and Cost Optimization of Permeable Pavements in the Planning Stage of Stormwater Management
(2021-07-12)
Stormwater runoff, when not managed properly, can represent a threat to the environment especially in today’s urban setting. For small pavement applications such as parking lots, conventional pavements and best management ...
Developing Alternatives to Methyl Bromide: A Focus on Acrolein (2-Propenal)
(2008-05-15)
Methyl bromide, a soil fumigant with biocidal action, is used in agriculture to control weeds, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and arthropods. Due to methyl bromide’s active role in atmospheric ozone depletion, its usage will ...
Developing an Active Transportation Assessment Scorecard for Rural and Suburban Communities
(2023-04-24)
In recent years, many communities have begun to focus on creating spaces for walking
and bicycling throughout their localities to reduce congestion, improve public health, and
promote economic growth. However, rural and ...
Developing an Industry Specific Managerial Competency Model for Private Club Managers in the United States Based on Important and Frequently Used Management Competencies
(2007-12-15)
This study investigated managerial competencies for private club managers in order to: a) measure important and frequently used management competencies according to Sandwith’s (1993) competency domain model which includes ...
Developing and Assessing Long Distance Travel Accessibility Measures to Support Intercity Travel Analyses
(2020-05-15)
Long distance and intercity travel continues to grow in importance across the country in terms of its impacts on congestion, economies, and quality of life. Accessibility measures help us quantify access to or from a ...
Developing and Optimizing Micro-resolution Mosquito Bite Blocking Textiles
(2022-04-25)
Textiles have been applied in the context of entomological applications since the primitive inventions of clothing and shelter. In many cases insects are injurious to humans. Mosquitos kill over a million people each year ...
Developing and Testing a Consumer Attributes Model to Measure the Effectiveness of Facility Naming Rights Sponsorships in a Professional Baseball Setting
(2017-08-14)
Although the effectiveness of facility naming rights is generally assumed, there is a general lack of academic research into both how effective these facility naming rights agreements are to both the sponsor and team as ...