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The Identification and Implementation of Key Characteristics of Exemplary Career and Technical Education Programs in Rural Areas
(2020-07-22)
The increased demand for a skilled workforce has placed new challenges on rural school districts. Students are provided the opportunity to obtain the skills required to fill the workforce needs through exemplary career and ...
Identification and isolation of five developmental stages in GM-CSF-stimulated murine bone marrow culture.
(2018-04-24)
Dendritic cells (DCs) are highly potent cells that link the innate immunity with the adaptive. However, these cell types (and their precursors) are extremely rare in vivo. Considerable work has been done to map the development ...
Identification and Predictive Modeling of High Propensity of Defects and Field Failure in Copper-aluminum Wire Bond Interconnect under Exposure to High Temperature and Humidity
(2018-07-25)
Semiconductor packaging industry is undergoing a paradigm shift from gold to copper wire bonding. The main driving force behind this shift is the much lower raw material cost of copper compared to gold as well as superior ...
Identification and Validation of Competencies Needed by Practitioners Working in the Field of Rehabilitation Employment Services
(2006-05-15)
The purpose of this research was to identify and validate the competencies
needed by individuals working in the field of rehabilitation employment services to perform their jobs effectively. Through an on-line survey, ...
Identification of A New Pharmacological Modulator for P2Y2 Receptor Activity
(2018-04-23)
P2Y2 is a G-protein-coupled membrane receptor activated by ATP or UTP nucleotides. They play major roles in cellular physiology in different aspects including inflammatory responses and apoptosis. Therefore, P2Y2 receptor ...
Identification of a Tethered Satellite Using an Extended Kalman Filter
(2007-12-15)
Recent studies involving a tethered satellite system(s) (TSS) have increased due to the importance of accurately identifying and analyzing the motion of a TSS. If the motion of a tethered satellite is not accurately ...
Identification of Adsorption Mechanisms of Sulfur Heterocycles via Surface Analysis of Selected Metal-Doped Adsorbent Materials for Logistics Fuels Desulfurization
(2013-12-03)
The removal of sulfur from distillate fuels is a difficult operation, which carries a cost associated with the capital equipment and production of hydrogen or other reagents necessary to drive the process. While specifications ...
The Identification of Critical Active-Site Groups and Catalytic Steps Governing the Desulfonation Reaction by Alkanesulfonate Monooxygenase
(2012-10-08)
The alkanesulfonate monooxygenase enzyme (SsuD) catalyzes the oxygenolytic cleavage of a carbon-sulfur bond of sulfonated substrates. A mechanism involving acid-base catalysis is proposed for the desulfonation mechanism ...
Identification of Factors Contributing to Geographic Scale and Mode Choice of Long-Distance Travel
(2014-07-11)
As long-distance travel increases it is emerging as an increasingly important consideration in transportation planning. Not only is this in response to an increase in magnitude but also in recognition that such trips possess ...
Identification of genes involved in the production of a novel antifungal agent (7, 10, 12-trihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(2009-08-04)
The gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa catalyzes the conversion of ricinoleic acid into a novel trihydroxy fatty acid, 7, 10, 12-trihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid (TOD), that has a potent antifungal activity ...
Identification of Geographic Origin of Ictalurid Catfish and Penaeid Shrimp by Elemental Profiling
(2012-07-18)
Three investigations were performed related to identification of geographic origin of aquatic products by elemental profiling and multivariate statistics.
In the first study, fillets of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus ...
Identification of heat tolerant upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) germplasm utilizing chlorophyll fluorescence measurement
(2013-07-16)
Heat stress adversely affects upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in the U.S.. A low level of genetic variability in domesticated upland cotton is one of the major constraints for cotton germplasm improvement. ...
Identification of Individual Contributions to Total Flicker Levels in Electric Power Systems
(2010-04-02)
Total flicker levels in an electric power system can be contributed to from multiple sources of flicker. Methodologies for allocating portions of this total flicker level to the responsible loads are studied. The representation ...
Identification of Molecular Biomarkers for Male Reproductive Success in Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus)
(2022-04-27)
The overall objective of this project was to understand the underlying physiological and
molecular processes that are associated with sperm production and function. The primary
objective was to identify RNA biomarkers ...
Identification of new components involved in shoot gravitropism in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2015-07-24)
Plants can reorient their growth according to environmental cues such as light, water, nutrients, gravity etc. Shoots (hypocotyls and inflorescence stems) of the plants exhibit negative gravitropism. Germinating seeds are ...
Identification of novel biosynthetic gene clusters and bacterial taxa from a soil microbiome using metagenomic approaches
(2021-04-21)
The microbial world is home to incredible taxonomic and metabolic diversity. Microorganisms are prolific producers of secondary metabolites, which are an important source of bioactive compounds, namely antibiotics, which ...
Identification of Pesticides Using Experimental and Computational Approaches based on Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Measurements
(2022-07-14)
Mass spectrometry is known to be a powerful analytical technique due its high sensitivity, specificity, speed, and versatility. It has the capability of detecting and identifying numerous analytes in sample matrices. In ...
Identification of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Using FAME Analysis
(2009-07-22)
For several years, chromatographic analysis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) has been used to identify bacteria more quickly than traditional methods. The objective of this study was to determine the applicability of ...
Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mutants Unable to Convert Ricinoleic Acid into 7,10,12-Trihydroxy-8(e)-Octadecenoic Acid (TOD) and a Survey of the Biological Activity Of TOD
(2009-04-15)
Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe grisea, is a devastating problem in all rice producing areas of the world and is extremely difficult to prevent and/or to control. Therefore, it is critical to develop new methods to ...
Identification of resistant or tolerant commercial cotton cultivars to the Fusarium wilt root-knot nematode disease complex and the identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum races in Alabama
(2015-05-05)
Fusarium oxysporum Schltd.:Fr. f. sp. vasinfectum (Atk.) W.C. Snyd. and H. N. Hans (FOV) is the causal agent of Fusarium wilt in cotton. This causal agent is a soil-dwelling fungus that can remain dormant for many years ...