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The effects of dietary and skeletal calcium availability on reproductive performance of mammals
(2011-12-01)
Investment in offspring production often requires the mobilization of endogenous resources, a strategy which may negatively impact maternal condition. In mammals, skeletal ossification in growing offspring requires ...
The effects of dietary inclusion of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product in a commercial catfish ration on growth, immune readiness, and columnaris disease susceptibility
(2017-11-16)
Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector of animal agriculture. However, sustainable
expansion and intensification of aquaculture worldwide has been severely hampered by disease.
In the US catfish industry, the ...
Effects of dietary protein intake on fecal and milk microbiota
(2016-08-03)
Microorganisms in milk have traditionally been assumed to be contaminants, but recent data suggest that these microbial communities naturally reside in milk and may contribute to vital maternal effects. Investigators have ...
The Effects of Different De-feathering Methods on Salmonella Attachment to Chicken Skin and Antimicrobial Efficacy
(2016-07-22)
Chickens usually arrive at processing facilities with high populations of microorganisms. Salmonella is a major concern in poultry and poultry products in regards to food safety. During the initial steps of slaughter (i.e., ...
The Effects of Direct Instruction on Reading Comprehension for Individuals with Autism or Intellectual Disability
(2016-07-22)
This study investigated the effects of a Direct Instruction (DI) reading comprehension program on the reading comprehension skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability. Although the ...
Effects of Disturbance and Land Management on Water, Carbon, and Nitrogen Dynamics in the Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Southern United States
(2010-12-02)
Although the climate in the Southern United States (SUS) is warm and wet, with mild winters and high humidity, the terrestrial ecosystems in this region have been greatly disturbed. These disturbances include hurricanes, ...
Effects of Donor Size, Host and Technician Skill for Success of Xenogenesis for Sturgeon or Catfish Gametogonium Transplantation into Triploid Catfish
(2023-11-27)
Xenogenesis is an innovative reproductive technology for the gamete production of biologically and commercially important species. As the primary source of caviar sold commercially, wild sturgeon populations have been ...
Effects of Dopamine Challenges on Clocked Fixed-Interval Schedule Performance for Rats Prenatally Exposed to Methylmercury and Selenium
(2007-08-15)
Fish consumption has been linked with health benefits, but fish are also a source of methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxicant implicated in well-documented population poisonings. To examine putative MeHg-induced alterations ...
Effects of Drought Stress on Floral Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Agricultural Systems
(2023-04-18)
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a crop of renewed interest in modern agriculture. However, for it to be considered hemp and not marijuana, it must have a total THC concentration of no greater than 0.3%. Drought is a common ...
Effects of Early Adverse Risks on Middle Childhood Behavior Development, Adolescent Physical and Mental Health, and First Juvenile Arrest for Low-Income Youth
(2015-07-23)
The current dissertation investigates the effects of early adverse risks on middle childhood behavior development, adolescent physical and mental health, and first juvenile arrest in a high-risk national Longitudinal Studies ...
The Effects of Electricity Billing Structures and Electricity Rates on the Profitability of Solar Photovoltaic Projects: Evidence from Poultry Farms
(2022-07-26)
Increasing prices for fossil fuels contribute to rising electricity prices. This coupled with the drop in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels has led to a rapid growth in PV adoption. Commercial poultry is a growing ...
The Effects of Electrostatic Polarization Ultra-Violet Light Filters on the Bioaerosols of a Commercial Broiler Processing Plant Hang Room
(2009-12-17)
Poultry processing hang rooms are recognized as potentially one of the dirtiest areas of a first processing plant. Little research focuses on the amount of debris in the air of a hang room and its potential effects on cross ...
Effects of Environmentally Relevant PFOS Concentrations on Unionid Bioaccumulation, Benthic-pelagic Coupling, and Gene Expression
(2021-08-03)
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic chemicals that have high energy carbon and fluorine bonds that make them resistant to metabolic breakdown and degradation. These substances are emerging ...
Effects of exchange rates on China’s agricultural products: The case of soybean trade between China and the U.S.
(2016-07-26)
Exchange rate is a potentially important factor affecting international trade. In the past 30 years, the exchange rate of RMB against USD has changed a lot. In the recent 10 years, for example, the real RMB appreciated ...
The Effects of Exercise on LINE-1 Regulation
(2019-07-23)
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA and constitute approximately half of the human genome. LINE-1 (L1) is the only active autonomous TE in the mammalian genome and has been implicated, either directly or indirectly, ...
The Effects of Explicit Pronunciation Instruction in Elementary Spanish: Perception and Production of Vowels
(2016-05-03)
Research in pronunciation teaching in Spanish has focused mostly on intermediate or advanced levels, with only cursory attention paid to the elementary level. This research attempts to change that. Pronunciation is obviously ...
The Effects of Exposure to Interparental Coercive Control on Peer Relationships During High School
(2018-04-24)
Domestic violence (DV) is conceptualized as a combination of both physical violence and coercive control in the adult literature, yet the youth exposure literature mostly conceptualizes and measures DV without examining ...
Effects of Extended Deboning Times on the Breast Meat Quality of Fast-Growing Big Broilers
(2018-04-26)
Big broilers can be affected with wooden breast myopathy leading to quality issues such
as tough meat texture. Toughness is possibly enhanced due to deboning broilers at 2-3 h post
mortem with incomplete resolution of ...
The Effects of Farmscaping Plants on the Abundance, Diversity, and Longevity of Arthropods in Organic Tomato Fields in Alabama
(2010-04-09)
Organic farming is the practice of cultivating crops without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Farmscaping is habitat manipulation system of planting plants near the crop to attract beneficial insects by ...
Effects of feeding reduced crude protein diets while maintaining essential amino acids and total glycine + serine concentrations on growth performance, nitrogen excretion, plasma uric acid concentrations, and carcass characteristics of broilers
(2016-10-04)
An excessive reduction of crude protein (CP) content in broiler diets has been resulting in poor growth performance. This may be due to sub-optimum concentrations of Val, Ile, Arg, and Trp. Additionally, total Gly + Ser ...