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Enhancing the efficiency of hybrid catfish (♀ channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, × ♂ blue catfish, I. furcatus) embryo production through xenogenesis 

Hettiarachchi, Darshika Udari (2023-05-01)
Xenogenesis has been identified as an innovative technology for hybrid catfish (♀ channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus × ♂ blue catfish, I.furcatus) embryo production. The xenogeneic process can be accomplished by transplanting ...

Enhancing the robustness of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 for butanol production through metabolic engineering and cell immobilization strategies 

Jimenez-Bonilla, Pablo (2019-12-06)
n-Butanol (butanol hereafter) has many advantages over ethanol to be used as a biofuel. However, one of the significant drawbacks in bacterial production of butanol is the low productivity and titer due to the low butanol ...

Enhancing the safety of Ready-To-Eat meats by Ultraviolet light intervention against L. monocytogenes and its influence on product quality 

Suresh, Deepika (2013-04-22)
The efficacy of UV light was determined against Listeria monocytogenes at different growth phases (log and stationary) and growth temperatures (37 and 4°C). Different UV parameters such as intensity and exposure times were ...

Enhancing understanding of mineral accessible surface area to improve simulation of mineral reaction rates in porous media 

QIN, Fanqi (2021-07-19)
Geological formations have great potential for large scale carbon sequestration, where the CO2 is mineralized through geochemical reactions. These reactions are rather complex and can potentially alter the formation ...

Enhancing Understanding of Mineral Surface Area in Fabricated and Real Sandstone 

Salek, Md Fahim (2023-07-28)  ETD File Embargoed
Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) is a well-developed technology to mitigate climate change associated with increasing CO2 due to anthropogenic activities. Injecting CO2 in subsurface porous rock formation ...

Enhancing User Experience through Improving the User Interface of Phonetics Tools and Studies on Phone-level ASR-based Automation through Deep Learning Techniques 

Ren, Chang (2023-08-04)  ETD File Embargoed
The research includes three studies at the intersection of communications disorders and computational linguistics. We begin with the case study of APTgt, a system created to im- prove reinforcement for Phonetics students ...

EnLIGHTening the landscape 

Boecking, Evan (2016-08-01)
The simple idea of nighttime design became a catalyst for what would be a year long investigation into how our perception, both spatially and experientially, is shaped by the effects and implementation of lighting. The ...

Ensuring Safe Drinking Water for the Northern Corridor of Haiti Through Expanded Testing Services 

Ogisma, Lonege (2022-12-01)
Due to the lack of potable piped water, drinking water access is a concern in Haiti. Families often gather water for household use from private wells, springs, and rivers. These local water sources are often of unknown or ...

Entering the Interspace 

Sharp, Adrian (2013-03-22)
This thesis document explores the relationships between topography, transportation infrastructure, and the experiential self within the urban context of Atlanta Georgia. The site undergoing exploration exists at the ...

Entomopathogenic Nematode Management of Small Hive Beetles (Aethina tumida) in Three Native Alabama Soils Under Low Moisture Conditions 

Sanchez Soler, WinDi (2020-07-17)
The overall goal of this work was to determine the efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) on Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera:Nitidulidae) small hive beetle (SHB) in different soil types under low moisture conditions ...

Entre jurisdicciones: cuerpos, discursos y vidas femeninas en el Virreinato de Perú 

Ponce Ochoa, Rebeca (2021-04-14)  ETD File Embargoed
Despite the large number of letters written by women who participated in the conquest and colonization of Spanish America, they remained relatively unanalyzed. However, these texts rescue the voices of Spanish and indigenous ...

Entrepreneurial Impostor Phenomenon 

Zafar, Sana (2022-07-27)  ETD File Embargoed
Entrepreneurs are frequently considered confident, overconfident, or even hubristic. However, little is known about what happens when entrepreneurs feel like they do not belong in the entrepreneurship space. My dissertation ...

Entry into Nursing Practice: A Four State Comparative Study 

Smith, Timothy (2009-04-28)
There is little doubt that the new administration will be forced to deal with the looming health care crisis in this country. But the political obstacles remain daunting, the least of which is the opposition by health care ...

Environmental Effects On The Growth Of Young Longleaf Pine 

Gilbert, John (2007-05-15)
A study to determine the effects of environmental conditions on the growth of young longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill) was initiated in 1969 on the Escambia Experimental Forest near Brewton, Alabama. Forty young longleaf ...

The Environmental Outcomes of Collaborative Natural Resource Institutions 

Adams, David (2016-03-25)
Across the United States there are collaborative partnerships and networks co-laboring to manage environmental and natural resources including our watersheds. There are over 2,000 of these watersheds in which at least ...

Environmental parameters related to growth of submersed aquatic vegetation in the lower Mobile Delta, Alabama 

Newbolt, Chad (2005-12-15)
Light availability and soils influence growth of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV). My objectives in this study were to determine relationships between these environmental parameters and distribution and abundance of ...

Environmental Structure: Contributions of Family Routines and Classroom Organization to the Social and Academic Development of Low-Income Kindergarteners 

Ferretti, Larissa (2014-06-18)
Prior research indicates that chaos, marked by high levels of noise, crowding, clutter, and lack of routine, at home and school is negatively associated with child outcomes. Low-income families more often struggle with ...

Environmental tolerance and reproduction of Florida false corals Ricordea florida (Anthozoa: Corallimorpharia): Implications for ornamental fisheries management 

Parr, Nicholas D (2019-12-10)
In the aquarium trade, corallimorpharians are commonly known as false corals or mushroom corals, but little is known about the biology of most species. Some species of corallimorpharians are dominant competitors for space ...

Environmental Toxins and Dopaminergic Neurotoxicity: Novel Neuroprotective Strategies 

Karuppagounder, Senthilkumar (2009-08-07)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, leading to massive loss of dopamine in the striatum. Environmental and endogenous neurotoxins are implicated the ...

Environmentally Benign Mixing of Nanoparticles 

Sanganwar, Ganesh (2009-12-02)
Due to the increased use of nanocomposites, nanocatalysts, and nano-pharmaceuticals, mixing at nanoscale has become important. Conventional mixing techniques can be classified into: (a) dry mixing (mechanical mixing), (b) ...