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Population Regulation of Frogs and Lizards in a Lowland Wet Neotropical Forest: Integrating Alternative Hypotheses 

Folt, Brian (2017-07-26)
Populations can be regulated in space and time from the “bottom-up” by resources (e.g., food), from the “top-down” by predation, or from parallel factors, such as interactions with conspecifics or heterospecifics. Amphibians ...

Population response of eastern wild turkeys and white-tailed deer to removal of wild pigs 

McDonough, Matthew (2023-01-11)
Recently, wild pigs (Sus scrofa) have expanded their range and have the potential to greatly impact ecosystems in North America. Wild pig’s generalist diets and high fecundity make them a strong competitor with native ...

Population Status and Reproductive Biology of Clematis Morefieldii, a Federally Endangered Plant 

Paris, Kyle (2013-12-16)
Clematis morefieldii is a federally endangered, perennial climbing vine. It inhabits limestone drains and outcrops on the Cumberland Plateau escarpments of northeast Alabama and south-central Tennessee. The NatureServe ...

Pore network modeling of reactive permeability 

Steinwinder, Jeffrey (2019-04-16)
Geochemical reactions, such as those that occur during storage of carbon dioxide in saline aquifers as part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) mitigation techniques or long-term subsurface mineral weathering, can significantly ...

Pore Scale Methods to Enhance Understanding of Geochemical Reaction Rates in Porous Media 

Anjikar, Ishan (2019-07-23)
Geochemical reactions play an important role in subsurface systems such as in contaminant fate and transport, chemical weathering and geologic carbon sequestration. These reactions, mainly dissolution/precipitation, will ...

Poroelasticity 

Affane, Aji (2007-08-15)
Poroelasticity is the study of elastic deformation of porous materials saturated with a fluid and the coupling between the fluid pressure and the solid deformation. Considerable progress has been made in formulating ...

Portable Sawmills – A Small Scale Microenterprise Development 

Aulakh, Jaspreet (2011-01-12)
A Cobb-Douglas cost function of portable sawmill industry for United States based sawmill owners was estimated using cross-sectional data with two inputs and capital. The elasticity of the output (bf) to total variable ...

Portfolio Risk-Return Decision Optimization Using AI 

Yang, Junyao (2023-12-04)
Academia and businesses have extensively studied portfolio decision-making under uncertainty and risk. Prediction-based portfolio models usually forecast either the portfolio's future return or risk. On the other hand, ...

The Portrayal of Gender in the Feature-Length Films of Pixar Animation Studios: A Content Analysis 

Decker, Jonathan (2010-04-12)
This study was a content analysis of the portrayal of gender in the feature-length films of Pixar Animation Studios. All ten films currently released from the studio were included in the study (Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy ...

The Portrayal of Public Relations Practitioners: A Content Analysis of Television and Film 

Everidge, Raven (2010-07-06)
This study was conducted using content analysis of four films and two television shows. It examined the portrayals of public relations practitioners of the above sample to look for positive or negative portrayals. It also ...

Position Bias Interferes with Auditory Same/Different Abstract-Concept Learning by Dogs 

Thompkins, Andrea (2014-12-04)
Canine cognition is a growing area of research, however the domestic dog’s ability to utilize a same/different abstract concept has yet to be explored. In Experiment 1, six domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) were trained on ...

Post Ion-Implantation Surface Palnarization Process for 4H-SiC Wafers Using Carbon Encapsulation Technique 

Yellai, Kashyap (2006-12-15)
Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) technology forms the core of the semiconductor power devices. The electronic properties of wide band gap semiconductor materials like 4H-SiC has attracted considerable interest for fabrication ...

Post-Secondary Instructors’ Approaches to the Assessment of Online Discussions: Influential Factors, Obstacles, and Solutions to the Challenges 

Bush, Kyle (2017-04-20)
This study examines the factors, challenges, and solutions to the challenges to assessing online discussions. Online learning continues to become more and more prevalent. Entire degrees are now being offered online. One ...

Post-Speech-Recognition Processing in Domain-Specific Text-Corpus-Based Distributed Listening System: Analysis, Interpretation and Selection of Speech Recognition Results 

Lee, Spencer (2006-12-15)
Achieving usable recognition rates has been an almost never-ending quest in speech recognition research for more than three decades. Recently speech recognition rates have dramatically improved in conjunction with the rapid ...

Post-transplant Irrigation Scheduling of Native Deciduous Shrub Taxa 

Bailey, Abby Lee (2009-08-03)
The effect of irrigation scheduling treatments on root and shoot growth and photosynthesis of Hydrangea quercifolia Bart. ‘Alice’ (‘Alice’ oakleaf hydrangea), Rhododendron austrinum Rehd. (florida flame azalea), and Itea ...

Post-weaning, Feedyard, and Carcass Performance of Alabama Feeder Cattle: The Current State of Alabama Cattle and the Effect of Backgrounding Diet 

Tigue, Daniel (2022-06-01)
Understanding the effect of post-weaning management strategies on feedyard performance, health, and carcass characteristics of Southeastern beef calves can help cattle producers add value to their operations. However, due ...

Postemergence Control of English Ivy (Hedera helix L.) and Moisture Effects on Preemergence Weed Control with Flumioxazin 

Yang, Qian (2012-07-23)
English ivy (Hedera helix L.) is an invasive vine in at least 28 states in the United States. This species has excellent environmental adaptability, grows as a ground cover and climbs into tree canopy. More potential ...

Postsecondary Physical Support Programs, Independent Living and Economic Self-Sufficiency for Individuals with Significant Physical Disabilities 

Peebles, Eric (2016-08-02)
This study explores the extent to which completion of an undergraduate degree that includes disability management course work contributes to independent living and economic self-sufficiency of graduates with severe physical ...

Posttranslational Modification of 2-CysPrxs by Reduced Glutathione Interplays with CYP20-3-Dependent OPDA Signaling Pathways 

Subedi, Pratima (2020-12-01)
Glutathione, a tripeptide (GSH; a 307 Da γ-L-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl-glycine peptide) is the most abundantly present, thiol in plants and animals, and considered as a master antioxidant. It prevents damage to cells caused by ...

Posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth in children and their caregivers following pediatric SOT: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

Young, Margaret (2022-06-21)  ETD File Embargoed
A significant proportion of pediatric solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients and their caregivers experience psychosocial consequences that negatively impact clinical outcomes following SOT. As the SOT procedure involves ...