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A New Deal for Writers: The Alabama Writers' Project and Its Contributions to American History 

Montford, Hesper (2013-08-20)
At the height of the Great Depression and the New Deal, administrators and staff of the Federal Writers’ Project embarked on a series of literary undertakings to uncover and restore the nation’s cultural and historical ...

New Dendrimers and Lipids Based on 2,2′-Bi(glycerol), and Lewis Acid Dependent Rearrangements of a Protected Pinacol 

Pulsani, Kavitha (2017-04-25)
Chapter 1: 2,2'-Bi(glycerol), or 2,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol is of interest because of its utility as a potential A6 core for novel dendrimers, and because it may lead to hitherto un¬known 2,2'-bi(triglyceride)s ...

A New Elections Federalism: Dual Election Administration Systems 

Fincher, Brandon (2022-11-29)
Dual election administration systems have a substantial history in the United States with differing characteristics over time and place. A dual election administration system creates categories of voters who are only ...

A New Era for Forest Operations in the Southeastern Region of the United States 

Daniel, Marissa "Jo" (2018-12-10)
Forest operations in the southeastern region of the United States has remained relatively unchanged since the inception of conventional mechanized equipment. As new technologies are developed, new operational techniques ...

A New Evaluation of Hernán Cortés’s Textual Strategies in Light of Documents Written by and about Diego Velázquez 

Antrobius, Rebecca (2013-12-05)
During the conquest of Mexico, Hernán Cortés used textual and political strategies in his Cartas de relación that helped him achieve a position of power within the Spanish Empire. These strategies have been investigated ...

New Experimental and Modeling Appraches to Study the Dynamics of Xylose Fermentation with Sheffersomyces stipitis 

Kim, Min Hea (2015-07-24)
Ethanol production from lignocellulosic hydrolysates in an economically feasible process requires complete utilization of both glucose and xylose, the main components of cellulose and hemicellulose. Scheffersomyces stipitis ...

A new methodology to measure internal particle size in pellets and to quantify the degree of grinding during pelleting 

Bonilla, Susan (2022-11-29)  ETD File Embargoed
Grinding and pelleting are the major costs during feed production. Previous research has shown that ingredients’ particle size can influence poultry performance, organ development, and nutrient digestibility. Particle ...

New Methods for Predicting Critical Tensile Strains in an M-E Framework 

Robbins, Mary (2012-12-06)
As mechanistic-empirical pavement design comes to the forefront of design, the accurate prediction of critical tensile strains at the bottom of the asphalt concrete (AC) becomes increasingly more important to predict fatigue ...

A New Procedure for Allocating Voltage Fluctuation Limits in Power Systems 

Arechavaleta Castagno, Maria Jose (2016-12-19)
Procedures for determining the requirements for the connection of fluctuating installations in MV, HV, and EHV power systems are provided in IEC Technical Report 61000-3-7. The objective is to provide guidance to system ...

A New Solution to the Intersection Problem of Mendelsohn Triple Systems 

Watson, Rachel (2012-03-29)
The thesis provides an alternate solution to the intersection problem, in which the goal is to determine the set of all values for which there exists a pair of Mendelsohn Triple Systems having this exact value of cyclic ...

A New Spin on an Old Crop for Bioenergy: Sorghum 

Rocateli, Alexandre Caldeira (2010-08-02)
According to Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) – Energy Policy Act of 2005, the U.S. must reduce foreign oil dependence, where the target is to produce 36 billion gallons of oil equivalent in 2022 (RFA, 2010). Cellulosic ...

New Statistical Learning for Next-Generation Functional Data and Spatial Data 

Wang, Shuoyang (2022-03-18)
Advancements of modern technology have enabled the collection of sophisticated, high-dimensional data sets, such as 3D images, high dimensional data and other objects living in a functional space. As such, boosting the ...

New Venture Success: The Role of Principal's Social Capital and Social Effectiveness 

Tocher, Neil (2007-08-15)
Previous empirical research indicates that founder social capital and founder social effectiveness may both be beneficial during the venture creation process. However, few, if any, studies have examined the combined influence ...

New Warehouse Designs: Angled Aisles and Their Effects on Travel Distance 

Ozturkoglu, Omer (2011-07-07)
This dissertation presents new, improved aisle designs for warehouses where there are different material flows. The goal is to reduce travel distance to pick and store an item in a warehouse. The approach is to design cross ...

Newcomers’ Trait Affectivity and Social Assimilation in Organizations 

Li, Hairong (2017-05-16)
Becoming assimilated into the organizational social environment is critical and challenging to newcomers. This study examined whether newcomers’ trait positive affectivity (PA) and negative affectivity (NA) could predict ...

"The Newspapers Will Invade Their Firesides": Politics, the Press, and the End of Reconstruction in Alabama 

O'Neal, Matthew (2016-05-05)
In 1874, Alabama Democrats exploited racial tensions to animate disaffected whites, producing the highest voter turnout in Reconstruction and the end of Republican rule. Throughout the campaign, newspaper editors and ...

A Newton - Galerkin Finite Element Method to solve reduced dimensional Variable Density Flow and Solute Transport Equations using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition method 

Ciftci, Olcay (2020-07-20)
The mathematical model of Variable Density Flow and Solute Transport (VDFST) is a time dependent, coupled and nonlinear dynamical system that is widely used to simulate seawater intrusion and related problems. The numerical ...

The Next Exploration: Savannah's River Region 

Parker, Gray (2016-05-03)
Urban landscapes continue to be shaped by dynamic social, cultural, and economic influences. Water remains one component of the landscape that continues to reside in a flux space, influential for life and economic means, ...

Next-Gen Thermal Management for Electronics in Space – Asymmetric Sawtooth and Cavity-Enhanced Nucleation-Driven Transport (ASCENT) 

Sridhar, Karthekeyan (2023-08-29)  ETD File Embargoed
Nucleate pool boiling in microgravity is characterized by stagnant vapor bubble dynamics, leading to early dryout of the heated surface compared to terrestrial conditions. The Asymmetric Sawtooth and Cavity-Enhanced ...

Nicotine and Integrin Linked Kinase Interplay Modulates Synaptic Plasticity Mechanisms Required for Memory 

Aljadani, Fatimah (2015-09-23)
Integrin Linked Kinase (ILK) has been associated with forms of synaptic plasticity required for memory. Nicotine, at low-concentration improves memory but higher concentrations impart learning and memory deficits. The ...