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Survey of Pediatric SLP Methods for Measuring Speech Intelligibility

Bennett, Abigail (2022-01-06)

The purpose of this study was to explore the speech intelligibility measures currently being used by pediatric speech language-pathologists (SLPs), the most frequent measure, the variables considered in intelligibility ...

Survey of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Four Ophiostomatoid Fungi

Menanyih, Sylvester Anane (2022-04-19)

Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) is an important commercial timber species in the southeastern United States. It contributes to the growth of the economy by serving as raw material for the forest product industry in the ...

A Survey of Web Vulnerabilities

Fogel, Benjamin (2015-05-06)

This study tracked the patching characteristics of the top 100,000 sites to three vulnerabilities: the POODLE attack, the POODLE TLS attack, and the FREAK attack. The study also carried out a survey on top server administrators ...

A survey on the dynamics of bacterioplankton assemblages associated with an estuarine system and the stomodeum of Mnemiopsis leidyi and their functional potential

Mariita, Richard (2016-11-02)

Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems. Eighty percent of our sea food is harvested from estuaries, which are popular recreation areas, yet vital to marine transportation. Unfortunately, estuaries ...

Survival and Growth of Black Willow (Salix nigra), Silky Willow (Salix sericea), Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum), and Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) Live Stakes

Hunolt, Alicia (2012-04-27)

Live stakes are a simple and inexpensive bioengineering solution to establishing riparian vegetation. Studies were conducted on the native species black willow (Salix nigra), silky willow (Salix sericea), silky dogwood ...

Survival and Prevalence of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Beef Cattle Preharvest and in the Environment

Palmer, Christine (2014-04-25)

Cattle are primary reservoirs of shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and are considered “super-shedders” if they shed more than 104 CFU/g of E. coli O157:H7. In addition to E. coli O157:H7, six non-O157 STEC ...

Survival and Transmission of Selected Pathogens on Airplane Cabin Surfaces and Selection of Phages Specific for Campylobacter jejuni

Vaglenov, Kiril (2014-04-28)

We determined the limits of survival and transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on common surfaces found in the cabin of a civil aircraft. The two pathogens were ...

Survival estimates of white-tailed deer fawns at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Jackson, Angela (2011-07-19)

Decreases in recruitment of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns have been noted at several locations across the Southeast. Understanding the reason for these decreases is important for management of deer ...

Survival of Adult White-tailed Deer and Movement Relative to Temporal Patterns of Predation Risk

Wiskirchen, Kevyn, H. (2017-01-20)

Estimates of survival and cause-specific mortality are important tools for guiding management decisions of game species. Concerning the management of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), region-specific information ...

Survival of LIsteria monocytogenes on Ready-to-Eat Roast Beef During Refrigeration Storage

Broady, Johnathan (2014-10-10)

Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a psychrotrophic bacterium with serious consequences to human health. Listeriosis causes an estimated 1600 sicknesses and 260 deaths annually in the United States with the primary source of ...

Survival of the Fittest: Understanding the Role of Individual Adaptability during Cultural Transitions

Hua, Jing (2016-01-06)

Using longitudinal data from an international student sample, I hypothesized and tested a process model, in which cultural identification mediated the relationship between individual adaptability and cross-cultural adjustment. ...

Survival, Count and Discrete Mixture Models for Analyzing Tumor Latency and Multiplicity in Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention

Zhang, Rong (2013-04-09)

Since the chemicals, including Bisphenol A (BPA), Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), have been reported for potential carcinogens separately and genistein is an controversial chemopreventive isoflavone, animal experiment ...

Surviving Stigmatizing Sociocultural Environments: A Critical Narrative Inquiry into LGBTQ+ POC Experiences of Meaning-Making

White, Dwayne (2021-07-14)

The purpose of this critical narrative study was to examine the lived experiences and meaning-making structures of LGBTQ+ POC as they negotiate and conceal their stigmatized social identities within sociocultural contexts. ...

Surviving the Spill: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Commercial Seafood Supply Chain in Alabama and Mississippi After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Christensen, Stefanie (2013-09-12)

Stakeholders in the commercial seafood industry in Alabama and Mississippi have experienced a series of environmental and man-made shocks in the last decade. Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina, the recession of 2008, and the ...

Surviving the Storm: The Representation of African Americans from Gee's Bend to Hurricane Katrina

Finch, Heather (2007-05-15)

The representation of African Americans has been a difficult subject to discuss and a difficult problem to solve. Different ways of approaching the representation of African Americans are shown in news feeds, newspapers, ...

Sustainable Design for Primary Grade Students in Latin America to Leapfrog into the Twenty-First Century for Economic Development

Haynes, Donna (2007-05-15)

Research has shown that the education of primary grade students in Latin American countries is crucial to their economic growth. Although enrollment gains each year and most Latin American countries boast of literacy rates ...