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Mating Tactics and Reproductive Success in Male Columbian Ground Squirrels (Urocitellus columbianus)
(2010-12-06)
The widespread discovery of multiple mating tactics, particularly among males, highlights the diverse ways sexual selection may operate within a population. In polygynandrous populations, multiple paternity may arise from ...
Matrix Algebras over Strongly Non-Singular Rings
(2014-03-31)
We consider some existing results regarding rings for which the classes of torsion-free and non-singular right modules coincide. Here, a right R-module M is non-singular if xI is nonzero for every nonzero x in M and every ...
Matrix Metalloproteinase-Responsive Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) to Distinguish Between Aggressive and Indolent Cancer
(2018-04-24)
Biomedical imaging modalities play a key role in the detection and accurate characterization of cancer lesions. While anatomical imaging modalities provide essential information about the location and size of a tumor lesion, ...
Maximal L1 Regularity for a Class of Parabolic Systems and Applications to Navier-Stokes Equations
(2021-07-14)
This dissertation is devoted to the maximal L1-in-time regularity for a class of linear parabolic systems with variable coefficients. This theory can be applied to investigate the global-in-time well-posedness and stability ...
Maximal Sets of Hamilton Cycles in Complete Multipartite Graphs
(2012-08-02)
A set of S edge-disjoint hamilton cycles in a graph G is said to be maximal if the
hamilton cycles in S form a subgraph of G such that G-E(S) has no hamilton cycle. The
set of integers m for which a graph G contains a ...
Maximal Sets of Hamilton Cycles in Complete Multipartite Graphs IV
(2021-12-06)
Finding the values of s for which there exists a maximal set of s edge-disjoint Hamilton cycles in the complete multipartite graph K_n^p has been considered in papers for over 20 years. This paper finally settles the problem ...
Maximizing Collaborative Problem Solving within Higher Education Design Studios with a Minimal Open Floor Plan
(2008-08-15)
Past research has determined a number of new teaching methods which enhance student learning. Yet most of this research revolves around course content and teaching techniques rather than modification of the environment ...
Maximizing Connectivity and Performance in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Mobile Agents
(2007-12-15)
Mobile wireless ad hoc networks are instantaneous, autonomous telecommunication networks that provide service to users wherever and whenever the service is needed. The communication depends on wireless links that are formed ...
Maximum and minimum degree in iterated line graphs
(2013-06-13)
In this thesis we analyze two papers, both by Dr. Stephen G. Hartke and
Dr. Aparna W. Higginson, on maximum and minimum degrees of a graph $G$ under iterated line graph
operations. Let $\Delta_{k}$ and $\delta_{k}$ denote ...
A Maximum Effort Control System for the Tracking and Control of a Guided Canine
(2010-12-02)
This dissertation presents an approach for autonomously controlling a canine using an embedded command module with vibration and tone generation capabilities and an embedded control suite comprised of a microprocessor, ...
MBI-3X Bio-Nematicide Plant Health Effects on Root Crops
(2018-04-17)
MBI-3X is a new nematicide formulated from fermented and killed microbial broth. The broth contains large amounts of dead cells and an array of secondary metabolites in the fermentation supernatant with a corresponding ...
Me, You, and Us: Affectivity Predicting Interactive Behaviors in Older Couples’ Relationship Narratives
(2015-07-23)
The current study was developed to investigate how older spouses’ self-reported positive and negative affectivity were associated with their behavioral interactions during a relationship narrative task. To accomplish this ...
Meal Timing & Its Effects on the Pathogenesis of Metabolic Syndrome
(2015-07-28)
Metabolic syndrome is an assortment of biochemical abnormalities associated with cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. Characterized by obesity, insulin resistance, and hepatic steatosis, it affects approximately ...
A Meaningful Reality: The Integration of the Opelika, Alabama City School System, 1965-1972
(2007-05-15)
This thesis chronicles and analyzes the integration of the Opelika city school system from the institution of the freedom of choice method of desegregation in 1965 to the court-ordered total integration of the system in ...
Measure-preserving dynamical systems on R3 with all trajectories bounded
(2017-11-16)
We present here constructions, both smooth and piecewise-linear, of non-singular, measure-preserving dynamical systems on R3, with each trajectory contained in a bounded set. In the smooth case, we use a sequence of nested ...
Measurement and Modeling of Damage in Mechanically Cycled Lead Free Solders
(2022-06-29)
Solder joints in electronic packages often experience fatigue failures due to cyclic mechanical stresses and strains in fluctuating temperature environments. This cyclic loading of the solder is induced by mismatches in ...
Measurement Invariance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Across Three Civilian Trauma Types
(2012-07-19)
The factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains the subject of intense investigation. The DSM three-factor conceptualization of PTSD has not been empirically supported; rather, two four-factor models ...
Measurement of Absorption Coefficient of Road Surfaces Using Impedance Tube Method
(2005-08-15)
The absorption coefficient of dense and porous road surfaces has been measured using core samples with 4 and 6-inch diameter impedance tubes. The 6-inch tube allows the absorption of a large core sample surface to be ...
Measurement of Alcohol Use at a Historically Black College/University (HBCU)
(2012-07-09)
Previous studies have reported that African-American students attending HBCUs consume less alcohol and experience fewer negative consequences compared to students attending other public colleges and universities (Fowler, ...
Measurement of Emotional Expressiveness in Preschool Children: Comparing Direct Assessments of Affect Expressiveness with Measures of Social Competence
(2007-05-15)
The primary purposes of this study were to document the frequency and rate of affect expression for preschool children engaged in dyadic play, to determine the contextual constraints on such affect expression imposed by ...