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Combining Ability of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Females and Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) Males for Tolerance of Low Oxygen Using a Factorial Design
(2019-04-18)
The channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus × blue catfish, I. furcatus hybrid shows increased performance over the channel catfish for many traits, including tolerance of low dissolved oxygen. Performance of hybrid offspring ...
Combining Ability of Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, Females and Blue Catfish, I. furcatus, Males for Early Growth, Growth Variation, Disease Resistance, and Carcass Yield of their Progeny
(2017-12-06)
The hybrid between channel catfish (I. punctatus) females and blue catfish (I. furcatus) males is considered the best catfish genotype for commercial catfish farming due to their faster growth rate, better survival rate, ...
Combining morphological, acoustic, and genetic techniques to better understand hybridization of the most abundant toad in Alabama: Anaxyrus fowleri
(2016-04-29)
The Anaxyrus americanus species complex has provided an interesting group of species to study hybridization. Two species in particular, Anaxyrus americanus and Anaxyrus fowleri, are known to hybridize in northern portions ...
Comments on Covering Up: International Discourse on the Burkini Ban
(2017-07-07)
Following the Bastille Day terrorist attack in Nice, France, the Riviera town of Cannes banned Muslim full-coverage swimwear known as the burkini in July 2016. Similar to a wetsuit, a burkini is a conservative swimsuit ...
Commercial and Recreational Angler Conflict with Coastal Wildlife on the Alabama Coast: Protecting Sea Turtles and Dolphins with Greater Awareness
(2024-06-11)
Human-wildlife interactions in the Gulf of Mexico fisheries, especially along Alabama’s coast, increasingly impact for-hire fishing industries and commercial shrimp industries. Both industries face growing challenges from ...
Commitment to Change In Pharmacy Schools: Does Leadership Matter?
(2005-08-15)
The challenges of achieving the new vision in pharmacy education have been cited as an important reason for advocating transformational leadership as the kind of educational leadership that is required to assist the pharmacy ...
Common Cause: B. C. Goodpasture, the Gospel Advocate, and Churches of Christ in the Twentieth Century
(2009-04-29)
From 1939 to 1977, Benton Cordell Goodpasture (1895-1977) edited the Gospel Advocate. Founded in 1855 and published weekly in Nashville, the paper was a crucial center of influence for Churches of Christ, a loose-knit group ...
Common Knowledge or Common Sense? Evaluating Scientific and Agricultural Literacies in Higher Education
(2023-07-17)
People are unable to adequately describe the modern world's sophisticated, complex agriculture systems and industries. Higher education instructors and students, despite their expertise and elevated knowledge, are not ...
Common Law and Aesthetic Dissent: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Pragmatism, and the Jurisprudence of Agon
(2015-07-21)
This dissertation investigates Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.’s dissents that instantiate his evolutionary view of the common-law system. The style and rhetoric of his dissents drew attention to his legal propositions that ...
Common Practice, But What Are The Rules? An Analysis of the Witness Preparation Process as Reported by Trial Consultants
(2007-08-15)
This study explores the communicative behavior related to a crucial element of the trial process witness testimony. Using a secondary analysis of data initially gathered by the American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC), ...
Communication in Veterinary Medicine: An Examination of the Veterinary Medical Encounter
(2012-08-15)
The purpose of this study was to investigate client perceptions of communication behaviors employed by veterinarians during the veterinary medical interview. Fifty small animal veterinary clients participated, identifying ...
Communication model and Optical Flow to Aid Collaborative Robotics Search Strategy
(2013-07-10)
This thesis provides an analysis of how communication among robots improves search performance in a multi-robot search and rescue scenario. Mobility models have been used to represent the movement patterns in vehicular and ...
Community Capacity and Rural Housing in the Black Belt
(2005-08-15)
The rural West Alabama Black Belt region faces many challenges in addressing low-income home construction and rehabilitation needs. In nearby metropolitan Tuscaloosa, non-governmental housing service providers draw on ...
Community College Student's and Faculty's Perception of Teaching Excellence
(2019-12-02)
This study examined the relationship between community colleges faculty and students perceptions on the teaching behaviors necessary for excellent teaching. The research questions looked at what faculty’s perceptions were ...
Community College Students’ Attitudes toward Postsecondary Science Education
(2011-07-28)
Students in the United States are avoiding taking the higher level science courses in secondary and postsecondary academic institutions (Ball, 2000; Braund & Reiss, 2006; Lee & Frank, 1990). There are many careers that do ...
Community Dynamics of the Phyllosphere Microbiome
(2022-04-29)
The phyllosphere of a plant creates a complex niche for inhabiting microorganisms in which interactions will occur. The dynamics of the interactions between a foliar plant pathogen, Xanthomonas perforans, and the resident ...
Community Governance, Contingent Valuation, and Food Policy Councils: The Case of the Alabama Food Policy Council
(2013-04-19)
This thesis seeks to explore an alternative method for valuing the units of community governance keeping in mind that it is similar to a public good. The example we use for this study is that of a hypothetical statewide ...
Community-Based Research: A Mixed Methods Study of the Influence of Community Educators’ Efficacy Beliefs, Program Attitudes, and Fidelity Intention on Practice
(2019-11-07)
Although the availability of evidence-based prevention and health promotion programs is on the rise, there is still much to learn about these programs once they are disseminated at the community level and in diverse ...
Comorbidity of Anorexic and Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors in Undergraduate Females
(2007-12-15)
The present study explored the behavioral and personality differences between individuals who manifest anorexic behaviors, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, both, or neither. A large literature base exists outlining the ...
Compact Modeling of SiGe HBTs Using Verilog-A
(2006-08-15)
SiGe HBTs, integrated with CMOS, have demonstrated their usefulness in digital
and analog circuit designs for wired and wireless telecommunication applications over
the past decade. Of critical importance to successful ...