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Comparing Camera Survey Methods for Monitoring Eastern Wild Turkey Populations
(2019-08-26)
Conflicting estimates of the size and productivity of Eastern Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo silvestris) populations led biologists in Alabama to seek repeatable, less-biased, survey methods. Previously, estimates of ...
Comparing Economic Returns of Dissolved Oxygen Management in Commercial Catfish Production
(2016-05-02)
Catfish culture is one of the largest forms of aquaculture in the US. Catfish production systems have been able to achieve production up to almost 12,000 kg ha-1 year-1 (Bott, 2015) since the increase in availability of ...
Comparing Educational Beliefs of Chinese and American Graduate Students
(2007-05-15)
In recent years an increasing number of Chinese international students have selected to come to the United States to pursue their academic studies. They have become one of the largest international student bodies at ...
Comparing Lecture-Based and Flipped-Classroom Methods in the US Air Force's Officer Training School: An Analysis of Learners' Satisfaction and Achievement
(2019-07-10)
The problem this study analyzed was if lecture-based or flipped-classroom methods
resulted in significant differences in academic achievement scores and course satisfaction
ratings. To analyze the problem, this study ...
Comparing Outcomes of Two Instructional Approaches to a Career Development Course
(2008-08-15)
College students frequently are not adequately prepared to make academic and career choices upon entering the college environment despite the need to focus on specific goals early in their college careers. Career development ...
Comparing Responses of Triploid and Diploid Eastern Oysters, Crassostrea virginica, to Common Farm Stressors
(2019-04-18)
Commercial off-bottom aquaculture of the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is challenged by repeated spring and summer mortality events that disproportionally affect triploid oysters. Many farmers believe common farm ...
Comparing self and others' perceptions of adolescent girls' body size using figural stimuli and 3d body scans
(2009-05-15)
The overall objective of this study was to explore young adolescent girls’ body size perceptions and older female students’ perceptions of the adolescent girls’ body size based on a nine point figural scale. Forty-two body ...
Comparing Startle Reactivity in Cannabis Dependent Females with Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome vs. Non-User Controls Matched on Psychopathology: A Test of the Allostatic Model of Addiction
(2023-07-28)
Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) is expected to increase in the United States, necessitating research examining markers that may predict CUD trajectory. As chronic and harmful cannabis use develops, homeostatic thresholds to ...
Comparing the Effectiveness of Reform Pedagogy to Traditional Didactic Lecture Methods in Teaching Remedial Mathematics at Four-Year Universities
(2013-07-19)
Postsecondary remedial mathematics courses often have relatively low pass rates compared to other courses (Bahr, 2008; Virginia College Community System, 2011) and have contributed to the view that mathematics is a gatekeeper ...
Comparing the Overlapping of Two Independent Confidence Intervals with a Single Confidence Interval for Two Normal Population Parameters
(2008-12-15)
Two overlapping confidence intervals have been used in many sources in the past 30 years to conduct statistical inferences about two normal population means. Several authors have examined the shortcomings of Overlap ...
Comparing triploid and diploid growth and mortality in farmed oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in the northern Gulf of Mexico
(2018-02-05)
The significance of the triploid advantage, in terms of growth and survival, varies across studies and environmental conditions. A meta-analysis was performed with 30 studies using chemically induced triploids and triploids ...
A Comparision of Faculty Perceptions of Campus Climate at a Predominately White Institution
(2009-04-28)
Research indicates the learning process among others things are influenced by have a diverse faculty. While the population of students in college across the United States is significantly more diverse than ever, diversity ...
Comparison and Efficacy of Soy-based Ingredients in Practical Diets for Florida Pompano (Trachinotus carolinus)
(2024-04-26)
Three trials were performed to better understand how soy processed in different ways impacts the growth, feed conversion ratio, and health of the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus). First two growth trials were performed ...
Comparison between Radio Frequency (RF) and Traditional Heating Assisted Alkaline Pretreatment on Lignocellulosic Biomass
(2015-07-30)
Pretreatment plays an important role in making the cellulose accessible for enzyme hydrolysis and subsequent conversion because it more or less destroys resistance and recalcitrance of biomass. In this study, radio frequency ...
A Comparison between the Mechanical Behaviors of Different Equine Articular Cartilage Surfaces
(2013-07-18)
In order to determine the stiffness and thickness of the equine articular cartilage, an indentation test and needle probe test were performed on fresh equine articular cartilage surfaces from the fetlock, carpal, and stifle ...
A Comparison of a Sociocultural and a Chronological Approach to Music Appreciation in Face-to-Face and Online Instructional Formats
(2009-04-29)
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether differences exist with regard to music achievement, music self-concept, or student course satisfaction among students enrolled in four different sections of an undergraduate ...
A Comparison of ACT WorkKeys Performance of Young Adults Who Are Completers and Non-Completers of a Career and Technical Pathway
(2018-11-14)
The purpose of this study was to compare the performance on the ACT WorkKeys assessment of young adults who participated in a career tech educational pathway and young adults who did not participate in a career tech ...
A Comparison of Adult Learners' Academic, Social, and Environmental Needs as Perceived by Adult Learners and Faculty
(2006-05-15)
Adult learners are returning to college in massive numbers. Community colleges have seen a tremendous increase in enrollment as a result of this population of students (Boggs, 2004; Carlan, 2001; Moore & Piland, 1994). ...
Comparison of Aerial Collision Avoidance Algorithms in a Simulated Environment
(2012-02-28)
In the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), several control processes must be ac- tive to maintain safe, autonomous flight. When flying multiple UAVs simultaneously, these aircraft must be capable of performing mission ...
A Comparison of Ageing Methods in Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus
(2014-04-23)
Sectioning otoliths and counting annuli is an accepted method for ageing of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus). To reduce effort, time, and costs, whole otolith increment counts were compared to sectioned otolith increment ...