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Facility layout and emerging advanced material handling optimization
(2017-07-12)
This research explores the intersection of facility layout and vehicle routing, beginning with a study on a real-world semiconductor manufacturing facility layout problem (FLP), followed by a study of facility layout ...
Faction before Blood: Family Communication Patterns and Gender in the Dystopian Teen Drama Film Divergent (2014)
(2017-04-18)
This study examines the family communication and gender messages communicated in the dystopian teen drama Divergent (2014). Through application of family communication patterns theory and a family feminist perspective, the ...
A Factor Analytic Examination of Burnout
(2022-08-01)
With the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout is an increasingly popular topic in the public discourse. However, scientific research displays a lack of consensus about burnout’s underlying factor ...
Factor Pair Latin Squares
(2015-05-05)
Sudoku has risen in popularity over the past few years. The rules are simple, yet the solutions are often less than trivial. Mathematically, these puzzles are interesting in their own right. This dissertation will use ...
Factors Affecting Arsenic Mobilization in Experimental Subsurface Systems
(2007-12-15)
Elevated concentrations of arsenic (As) in groundwater is a widespread problem
that affects millions of people around the world. Other than the adverse affects on human
health, this problem often raises economic, social ...
Factors Affecting Largemouth Bass Size Structure at Wheeler and Guntersville Reservoirs, Alabama
(2015-07-23)
Understanding the characteristics of a fish population is vital to the assessment and management of the stock. Size structure and abundance are two such characteristics of a population and they have the potential to vary ...
Factors Affecting Markets, Economic Growth and Economic Development: Three Essays in Applied Economics
(2016-08-01)
Abstract
This dissertation consists of three essays. The topics of the essays are not necessary related, and each essay constitutes a chapter in this dissertation. The first chapter presents farm and retail models ...
Factors Affecting Odor Detection Proficiency in Dogs
(2023-07-18)
Dogs fill a variety of roles in human society, but the detection dog is widely believed to be the most adept tool used in detecting contraband materials. However, the demand for detection dogs far exceeds the supply within ...
Factors Affecting Pre-Harvest Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanut (Arachis Hypogaea L.)
(2011-07-26)
Aflatoxin contamination of peanuts is one of the greatest concerns in peanut production throughout the world. Aflatoxin in peanut can be severe when plants are subjected to late season drought stress. Available carbon ...
Factors affecting safe-guarding of the federally endangered Schwalbea americana L. (Orobanchaceae)
(2016-12-19)
Schwalbea americana L. (American chaffseed) is a federally endangered hemi-parasitic plant (USFWS 1992). Its tendency to persist with limited recruitment and threats to its habitat make it vulnerable to extirpation. ...
Factors Affecting Seed and Stem Cutting Propagation of Stevia rebaudiana (BERT.)
(2014-07-24)
Stevia rebaudiana (BERT.) is a very remarkable plant that is starting to gain ground in the United States. Stevia rebaudiana has been used in numerous countries for thousands of years as a source of sweetener that is all ...
Factors Affecting the Frequency of Oversized and Undersized Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, ? X Blue Catfish, I. furcatus, ? Hybrid Catfish at Food Fish Harvest and their Economic Impact
(2018-07-19)
Hybrid catfish (channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, ♀ x blue catfish, I. furcatus, ♂) farming is a prime example of yield intensification but has witnessed growth variability problem. Investigating the causative factors ...
Factors Affecting Thermal Weed Control
(2012-03-19)
Early thermal weed-control measures were known to be rudimentary and hazardous. Thermal weed control has progressed in sophistication, application, and efficiency and has resulted in many commercial systems available for ...
Factors Affecting Variation in Growth of Channel Catfish Fingerlings and Mathematical Modelling of Their Population Statistics
(1995-06-07)
A partial differential equation was used to predict population structures in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, fingerlings stocked at low (150,000/ha), medium (300,000/ha), or high (600,000/ha) densities in earthen ...
Factors Associated with Successful United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
(2025-05-09)
Peacekeeping is an essential component of the United Nations’ contributions to fulfill its core mission of maintaining international peace and security. UN peacekeeping missions (PKMs) are Security Council (SC) approved ...
Factors Associated with the Black and White Student Achievement Gap: An Exploratory Study
(2006-08-15)
This paper discusses some of the possible contributors to the differences found between black- white Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores for elementary and middle school students. This study examines the following ...
Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction of Business Education Teachers
(2022-04-29)
This study was designed to identify the factors contributing to job satisfaction of business education teachers relating to school administration, colleagues, parents, and students and to determine if there was a relationship ...
Factors Contributing To Stress In Business/Marketing Educators Resulting From Administration, School Climate, and Resources
(2008-05-15)
This study was designed to identify the level of stress among secondary business/marketing educators relating to administration, school climate, and resources that are associated with stress and to determine if business/marketing ...
Factors Contributing to the Retention of Alabama School Based Agricultural Educators
(2024-07-23)
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between career retention factors and selected demographic characteristics of school based agricultural educators within the state of Alabama. Identifying these factors ...
Factors Governing Tin Whisker Growth
(2012-08-02)
Tin (Sn) whiskers are electrically conductive, single crystal eruptions that can grow from surfaces where tin is deposited on a substrate surface. They present reliability problems for the electronics industry due to the ...