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Hydraulic Management of SDI Wastewater Dispersal in an Alabama Black Belt Soil
(2009-12-11)
Approximately 52% of the 14000 km2 Alabama Black Belt region is unsuitable for conventional onsite wastewater treatment systems because of low hydraulic permeability, high water table, or other restrictive soil properties. ...
Nanoreinforced Shape Memory Polyurethane
(2009-11-13)
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are functional materials, which find applications in a broad range of temperature sensing elements and biological micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). These polymers are capable of fixing ...
Biology, Ecology, and Management of Key Pests of Satsuma Citrus in Alabama
(2009-10-15)
Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marcovitch) production is an emerging industry in Alabama. Recent surveys identified Leptoglossus zonatus (leaffooted bug), Phyllocnistis citrella (citrus leafminer), and Panonychus citri ...
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
(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 ...
Legislative Production and Ideology Voter Scores: Three Essays
(2009-12-03)
Legislators possess supply-side characteristics in the production process of public sector
outcomes. Constituents demand legislative services and choose those who most closely resemble
their preferences. There are several ...
Legacy Sediments in Southeastern United States Coastal Plain Streams
(2009-12-14)
Soil erosion and sedimentation are natural processes that occur throughout the landscape. However, athropogenic disturbances may result in an increase in either of these processes, or both. Many studies reported the extensive ...
Surface and Subsurface Transport of Phosphorus from Surface and Subsurface-applied Poultry Litter
(2009-11-30)
A plot scale experiment was conducted in a pasture at the Sand Mountain region of north Alabama, USA. Nine plots of 1.52 m by 3.05 m were constructed with sheet metal borders to isolate runoff. The soil was a Hartsells ...
A Designers Perspective on Decreasing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries through the Informed Design of an Interactive Training Device
(2009-12-11)
Young adults frequently engage in various physically demanding sports without the training or supervision of a trained professional. This lack of training or supervision frequently leads athletes to practice and play with ...
Vision-Enhanced Localization for Cooperative Robotics
(2009-12-11)
Simultaneous Localization And Mapping - SLAM, is an extremely challenging open problem. SLAM involves a mobile robot building a spatial map of its environment
and finding the ego-position in the partially built map. The ...
An Adaptive Single-Hop Medium Access Control Layer For Noisy Channels
(2009-05-04)
The work presented in this dissertation is for a contribution to the data link layer and its responsibility of managing the physical channel in a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). Wireless networks in general are susceptible ...