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The Economic Significance of Aquatic Biotechnology in the Production of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Female X Blue Catfish (I. furcatus) Male Hybrid (CB Hybrid) Embryos

Umali, Gloria (2007-12-15)

The current cost of commercially producing CB hybrid catfish fry is 325% higher than that of channel catfish due to the CB hybrid’s high production costs and low hatch rates. However, CB hybrid catfish fingerlings cost ...

Economic Value of Recreational Fishing on Walter F. George Reservoir (aka Lake Eufaula), Alabama and Georgia

Plauger, Jeremy (2018-11-16)

Recreational angling can be a major source of revenue for the local communities and States surrounding large reservoirs. This study estimated the angling effort and annual value of recreational angling at Walter F. George ...

Economic Value of the Tournament Black Bass Fishery on Lake Guntersville, Alabama

Snellings, Patrick (2015-05-08)

Lake Guntersville is one of the most renown black bass fisheries in the United States and as such attracts many tournaments of various sizes and competition levels. This study attempted to quantify the economic impact of ...

Economic Viability of Floating In-Pond Raceway Systems for Commercial Hybrid Catfish Production

Fullerton, George (2016-08-09)

An in-pond raceway (IPRS) production trial was conducted in Dallas County, AL from January to November 2015. The goal of this work was to see how this new technology would behave in a commercial catfish farm setting and ...

The Economics of Film Distribution

Byrd, William (2010-10-26)

The film industry, namely Hollywood, is characterized by a pattern of large budget releases during what may be termed peak seasons. The peak seasons are centered on holidays, when demand is high, which in turn leads to ...

Economics of Microbial Inoculants as an Integrated Pest Management Practice in Apple Production

Chavez, Holcer (2012-04-17)

Demographic growth, stricter environmental concerns and regulations, and rising prices of chemical pesticides emphasize agricultural production alternatives that substitute chemical input use and increase yields. In ...

The Economics of Quality in the Specialty Coffee Industry: Insights from the Cup of Excellence Programs

Wilson, Adam (2012-04-17)

This study estimates price determinants for specialty green coffee auctions using records from the 2004-2010 Cup of Excellence programs hosted by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence. Similar to a paper by Donnet et al. ...

The Economics of Water and Land Resource Use

Ojumu, Oluwagbemiga (2009-12-17)

Natural resource economics deals with the supply, demand, and the management of the earth’s natural resources. It brings together different broad areas in human economics, earth science, and natural ecosystems to create ...

Edge-Regular Graphs with Lambda=2

Glorioso, Vincent (2019-07-23)

A graph G is edge-regular with parameters n, d, and λ if V(G)=n, the degree of every vertex of G is d, and for any pair of adjacent vertices u and v, N_G(u)∩N_G(v)=λ. We say such graphs are in ER(n,d,λ). In this dissertation ...

Education Technology Impact on Department of Defense Financial Manager Continuing Education Programs

Bohler, Jeffrey (2009-07-28)

This dissertation uses action research to examine, within the Department of Defense financial manager (DOD FM) community, how the rapid pace of information technology innovations may affect continuing professional education ...

Educational Change: The View from Within

Shelley, Tami (2015-08-18)

The purpose of this dissertation research was to capture the lived experiences of teachers in an independent private school during a four-year period of multiple systemic changes. This was done in a retrospective manner ...

Educational Leadership Development in USA and Arabian Gulf counties: preparing Successful School leaders

Alhousni, Houda (2022-05-02)

The purpose of this comparative case study is to provide insight into the educational leadership preparation program that is provided at ABC in Arabian Gulf Country and XYZ in the United States to prepare educational ...

Educational Leadership, Sustainability and Independent Schools

Mehaffey, John (2014-07-24)

Green schools are healthy, high performing schools that address ecological, economic, and equity concerns. Independent schools are institutions that “consistently aspire to instill in graduates such qualities as good ...

Educational Leaders’ Perceptions of the Implementation, Benefits, and Barriers to Breakfast in the Classroom

Dillard, Perry (2018-10-02)

This elicitation study explored principals’ perspectives regarding beliefs and practices related to breakfast consumption and Breakfast in the Classroom implementation within schools in a state in the southeastern United ...

Educational Philosophies and Teaching Styles of Alabama Cooperative Extension System Agents

East, William, Jr. (2013-07-15)

This study examines the educational philosophies and teaching styles of Extension agents in the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. The Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory (PAEI) designed by Zinn and the Principles ...

Educative Curriculum Materials

Callahan, Cory (2009-05-15)

This study explored the dynamic teacher-curriculum relationship to determine whether experiences with educative curriculum materials for using historical photographs might contribute to three social studies teachers’ ...

Effect of 8 weeks of high-intensity interval training versus traditional endurance training on the blood lipid profile in humans

Elmer, David (2013-07-18)

INTRODUCTION: High-density lipoprotein (HDL) plays an important role in the prevention of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease (CHD), which is the leading cause of death in the United States. While the importance of ...