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Prevention and Pathogenesis of Avian Infectious Bronchitis: The Role of Infectious Bronchitis Virus Spike Proteins in Cell Attachment and Protective Immunity
(2017-12-01)
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) evolves by genetic diversity and selection resulting in continuous emergence of new virus phenotypes. Spike (S) protein is responsible for virus entry. The S1 subunit of the S glycoprotein ...
Prevention of disease due to hypervirulent Aeromonas hydrophila (vAh) and a global survey of vAh in farmed fish
(2023-04-13)
This dissertation documents research focusing on hypervirulent Aeromonas hydrophila (vAh) regarding its geographical distribution, potential transmission among freshwater fish species, vaccine control, and probiotic control. ...
Prevention of Trastuzumab and Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity Using Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Beta-Blockers in Breast Cancer Patients
(2015-07-23)
Objectives: The purpose of this study was aimed to1) examine treatment patterns of anti-neoplastic agents prescribed to breast cancer patients, 2) estimate the incidence of and identify factors associated with adjuvant ...
Prevention, Protection, or Institutional Oppression? Exploring the Institution of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention in Alabama
(2020-08-07)
In light of the need for child abuse and neglect prevention efforts to target institutional and social conditions underlying family challenges, I use institutional ethnography to analyze focus group discussions (secondary ...
Priming Emotion Using Metaphors Representative of Family Functioning
(2010-01-21)
The aim of this experimental study was to explore the possibility of priming emotions by exposure to relational frame networks consistent with hegemonic ideologies (power, control, domination) represented by graphical ...
Principal Component Analysis for Enhancement of Infrared Spectra Monitoring
(2011-07-26)
The issue of air quality within the aircraft cabin is receiving increasing attention from both pilot and flight attendant unions. This is due to exposure events caused by poor air quality that in some cases may have ...
Principal Component Regression Models for Thermo-Mechanical Reliability of Plastic Ball Grid Arrays on Cu-Core and No Cu-Core PCB Assemblies in Harsh Environments
(2009-05-21)
In the current work, Goldmann constants and Norris-Landzberg acceleration factors have been developed for eutectic Tin Lead and Lead free solders (SAC 305) with the help of statistical tools including Principal Component ...
Principal Eigenvalue Theory for Time Periodic Nonlocal Dispersal Operators and Applications
(2014-07-02)
The dissertation is concerned with the
spectral theory, in particular, the principal eigenvalue theory for
nonlocal dispersal operators with time periodic dependence, and its
applications. Nonlocal and random dispersal ...
Principal Preparation Programs: Addressing Aspiring School Leader Well-Being
(2024-04-29)
The National Educational Leadership Preparation Program (NELP, 2018) standards require that effective school leaders not only promote the well-being of students but also promote the well-being of the adults in the building, ...
Principals' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Reading Coaches and the Necessity of Reading Coaches within Elementary Schools
(2010-02-22)
Achieving 100% literacy is an important goal for many schools. Over the past 5-10 years, government legislation and federally funded programs such as Title I, No Child Left Behind, and Reading Initiatives, such as the ...
The Principalship through the eyes of Former Assistant Principals
(2024-08-06)
The assistant principalship is meant to be a steppingstone for aspiring principals. The experience in the assistant principalship should prepare them to be effective principals. However, there is little to no research from ...
Printed Circuit Board Sensor Technology: Rigid vs. Flexible vs. Additive Manufacturing
(2022-07-21)
There is no denying that printed circuit boards (PCB) have integrated themselves into all sorts of technology that we have today. They are in the computers on which we work, the appliances we use, and the sensors that ...
Privacy Protected Location Based Services
(2009-08-04)
An increasing number of the mobile devices nowadays embedded with the GPS module (e.g., smart phones, PDAs and RFIDs), which makes the user can facilitated from the location based services. They can ask for the nearby ...
Privacy Protection of Employer Location based on Casper Query Processing
(2016-12-12)
Protection of location privacy is often an essential requirement for any new or established business organization. When a new store is being set up, the owners may want to protect their exact location in order to prevent ...
Privacy-Enabled Probabilistic Verification in Broadcast Authentication for Vehicular Networks
(2014-10-10)
Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) possess an extremely dynamic nature accompanying the high mobility feature. In VANETs, each vehicle sends out safety messages at regular intervals of 100-300 ms. Since the purpose of ...
Private Forest Owners in Alabama: Profiles and Holding Size Distribution
(2006-05-15)
A large portion of forestland in Alabama is privately owned. Thus private forest owners in Alabama play an important role in producing timber, providing forest recreation, protecting biodiversity, etc. Two topics regarding ...
Private Paths to Protecting Places: The Creation of a Conservation Infrastructure in the American South Since 1889
(2015-05-08)
This dissertation investigates changes in the ways individuals protected private land in the twentieth century American South. In contrast with iconic parks like Yellowstone or the heavily industrialized lands of the ...
Private Schools in the South: Is It About Education?
(2006-05-15)
The question of whether or not private schools provide a better education than public schools has been the study of many studies. The question is important because of the large amount of tax money that is devoted to public ...
Privately-Owned Small Impoundments of Central Alabama: A Survey and Evaluation Of Management Techniques and Enhancements
(2009-07-15)
Small impoundments are abundant and widespread throughout central Alabama, and support a large portion of recreational fishing effort. Because the quality of fishing in these ponds is directly related to the management ...
Pro-Nerve Growth Factor Induced RhoA Kinase Activation in PC12 Cells
(2017-07-27)
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characterized by neurodegeneration and progressive decline in memory, cognition and independence. Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) is the neurotrophin responsible for mediating neuronal survival and ...