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Investigating the relationship of increased biomass and nutrient content of soybean (Glycine max merr) 

Durstock, Mary (2022-04-27)
Declining nutrient concentration in higher yielding cultivars is evident in literature meta-analyses assessing cultivars developed over the last century and studies performed under elevated CO2 to artificially increase ...

Investigating the Role of Aging and Pathological Tau in Alzheimer's Disease 

Setti, Sharay (2021-12-06)  ETD File Embargoed
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by accumulation of plaques made of insoluble beta-amyloid protein, neurofibrillary tangles containing hyperphosphorylated tau protein, ...

Investigating the role of connexin 43 in oocyte developmental competence 

Read, Casey (2018-07-09)
In this study we are committed to understanding the role of connexin 43 (CXx43)-based, cumulus cell cellular coupling and its relationship to bovine embryo development. Several studies have provided clear evidence that ...

Investigating the role of inflammation on bovine oocyte health and development 

Gorman, Sara (2020-08-07)
In this study we investigated the effects of inflammation resulting from LPS exposure on oocyte health, maturation and subsequent developmental competence. Inflammation caused by infection in cattle is known to have negative ...

Investigating the Role of Servicescape on Site Selection for Traditional and Virtual Event Venues: A Comparative Study 

Ladner, Savanna Brook (2017-07-26)
The meeting and event industry has transformed into one of the leading sectors of the hospitality and tourism industries, making it important for traditional and virtual event venues to understand the logistics behind ...

Investigating the therapeutic potential of REV-ERB⍺ activation in chronic inflammatory diseases 

Makhija, Sangeet (2024-05-01)  ETD File Embargoed
Metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a metabolic disease of the liver, that manifests itself as steatohepatitis, inflammation, and fibrosis. It has the potential to progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma ...

Investigating the transmission of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) among white-tailed deer in Alabama 

Zhang, Xinmi (2017-04-19)
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is an arbovirus that mostly cycles between white-tailed deer and biting midges of the genus Culicoides. EHDV infections can be fatal for white-tailed deer and occasionally cause ...

Investigating Uses for Industrial Sweetpotato in Addition to Ethanol Production to Establish Industrial Sweetpotato as a Sustainable Crop in the Southeastern United States. 

Lau, Jeekin (2015-07-23)
Field studies were conducted evaluating the effect of nitrogen fertilizer on yield, crude protein (CP), total digestible nutrients (TDN), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) of industrial sweetpotato tuberous roots (Ipomea ...

Investigating Vector-Virus-Host Plant Interactions That Influence the Acquisition and Transmission of Mixed Infections 

McLaughlin, Autumn (2020-11-17)
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and Tomato mottle virus (ToMoV) (Geminiviridae, Begomovirus) are two economically important, tomato-infecting viruses that occur in single and mixed infections in the United States. ...

Investigating Vector-Virus-Plant interactions influencing transmission efficiency of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus and Tomato mottle virus by Bemisia tabaci 

Gong, Shuang (2018-07-20)
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) causes crop damage globally by feeding on phloem sap with their piercing-sucking mouthparts, excreting honeydew which promotes growth of sooty mold, and by transmitting ...

Investigation and Characterization of Antibacterial Proteins from the Eastern Subterranean Termites Reticulitermes flavipes in Response to Multidrug Resistant Bacteria 

Zeng, Yuan (2017-04-20)
Immune system of insects has been of great interest for discovering novel compounds against microbes. Subterranean termites (Blattodea: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), especially the Reticulitermes species, have a wide ...

Investigation and Mitigation of Vortex Induced Vibration Using a Cyber Physical System 

Nix, John Jr (2023-08-04)  ETD File Embargoed
The Cyber Physical Aeromechanic System (CPAS) is a test bed for fluid-structure interaction studies. The CPAS is a 2nd-order state space system and tests three dynamic systems: a pendulum, vortex-induced vibration (VIV) ...

An Investigation in the Relationship between Institutional Incentives and Student Persistence at a Southeastern Technical College 

Cosgrove, Emily (2014-03-26)
The purpose of this study was to examine connections between student engagement in institutional incentives and student persistence until graduation or program completion. Students ranked their ascribed levels of importance ...

An Investigation into Dynamic Modulus of Hot-Mix Asphalt and Its Contributing Factors 

Robbins, Mary (2009-04-16)
One of the key elements of mechanistic-empirical (M-E) flexible pavement design is the characterization of material properties. One material property in particular, the dynamic modulus of HMA, E*, influences tensile strain ...

Investigation into MEMS Gyroscope Response in a High Frequency Environment 

Birdsong, Charles (Brock) (2022-04-29)  ETD File Embargoed
Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscopes first emerged in 1991 as an alternative to the heavy, power hungry spinning mass gyroscopes. These devices opened new frontiers for the ability to sense and control with ...

An Investigation into the Application of Dynamic Merge Control in Work Zones: A Simulation Study 

Majid, Rasib (2015-08-19)
With increasing highway traffic volume, construction and maintenance works are quite frequent. Upstream lane merging manoeuver and capacity bottleneck can result from a work zone lane closure, which pose increased safety ...

An Investigation into the Benefits of Design Science Research for the Development of Wicked Educational Information Systems: A Case Study 

Bond, Justin (2014-07-03)
Wicked educational information systems (IS) address problems with unstable educational requirements, in educational environments that are ill-defined, where complex interactions among subcomponents of the problem and its ...

Investigation Into The Effect Of Substrate On Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 Films 

Liu, Dan (2011-04-28)
During the past several decades, PZT (Pb(Zr,Ti)O3) thin films were given extensive attention for their potential as sensors and actuators in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) due to their excellent piezoelectric ...

Investigation into the Effects of Tool Geometry and Metal Working Fluids on Tool Forces and Tool Surfaces During Orthogonal Tube Turning of Aluminum 6061 Alloy 

Sripathi, Prajwal Swamy (2009-11-20)
Orthogonal Metal Cutting has evolved as a significant way of analyzing the mechanics involved in the art of metal cutting. An orthogonal tube turning apparatus was constructed and validated. The instrument was used to ...

An investigation into the role of metastable states on excited populations of weakly ionized argon plasmas, with applications for optical diagnostics. 

Arnold, Nicholas Ivan (2017-07-21)
Performing spectroscopic measurements of emission lines in relatively cold laboratory plasmas is challenging because the plasma is often neutral-dominated and is not in thermal equilibrium. However, these types of plasma ...