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Patterns of Testosterone in White-tailed Deer and their Relationship to Reproductive Success
(2020-05-15)
Testosterone governs most facets of reproduction in vertebrates, and its effects on behavior and sexually selected traits have been documented in many species. We evaluated annual and lifetime patterns of circulating serum ...
Pavement Marking Specifications Compliance and Modeling of Retroreflectivity Performance
(2012-05-16)
This study provided an analysis of a database containing 7,840 observations of 40 highway pavement marking projects constructed in Alabama in 2007 to determine the extent to which marking properties complied with ALDOT ...
PBGA Reliability of Lead Free Solder Balls Assembled with Tin Lead Solder Paste for Harsh Environment Electronics
(2006-08-15)
The demand for high-temperature electronics is growing rapidly in the automotive industry. This stems directly from the fact that these electronics are being transferred from their passive environments to under-the-hood ...
The PC Sound Card as a Voltage Measurement Platform in Power System Applications
(2014-11-24)
In this thesis document, the feasibility of using a PC sound card to replace traditional data acquisition (DAQ) devices for the measurement of voltage signals in power system applications is discussed. Communication between ...
A PCSE (Practice Centered Software Engineering) tool for Eclipse Environment
(2010-12-03)
Practice Centered Software Engineering (PCSE) is the most recent incarnation of Auburn University’s personal self-improvement process for helping software engineers control, manage, and improve the way they work. It helps ...
PDMS Deformation Effects during Start-up Flow in Microchannels of Different Depths and Containing Various Obstacles
(2012-12-13)
New experimental data for the microfluidic flow of a water-based liquid at very low Reynolds numbers (10-4 to 10-3) are provided for an optically transparent polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic chip with rectangular ...
A Peano Continuum which is Homogeneous but not Bihomogeneous
(2006-12-15)
The author describes in detail the construction of a Peano continuum which is homogeneous and non-bihomogeneous. This continuum was originally constructed by G. Kuperberg in the paper Another homogeneous, non-bihomogeneous ...
Peanut Protein Supplemenation to Augment Muscle Growth and Improve Markers of Muscle Quality and Health in Older Individuals
(2020-07-31)
It is generally accepted that resistance training (RT) in conjunction with protein supplementation has positive effects on strength and muscle mass in older individuals. However, to date, no study has examined the effects ...
Pedestrian Navigation using Particle Filtering and a priori Building Maps
(2019-05-16)
This thesis presents a new particle filter (PF) weight update method that improves the performance of indoor positioning systems. In standalone inertial pedestrian-dead-reckoning (PDR) systems, the position error grows ...
Peer Influence Moderates Relationship Education Effects on Adolescents’ Romantic Ideals
(2015-10-14)
The effectiveness of relationship education has been confirmed for youth in correcting faulty romantic beliefs. Some evaluation studies also support that relationship education plays a role for building and modifying ...
Peer Victimization and Adjustment: The Moderating Role of Personal Orientations
(2017-05-15)
The present study examined whether associations between peer victimization and later aggression, depressive symptoms, and school liking are moderated by personal orientations, including popularity, affiliation, academic, ...
Peer Victimization and School Adjustment in Early Adolescence: Friends' Social Adjustment as a Moderator
(2009-04-16)
Peer victimization is a relatively common occurrence during the middle school years and has been found to be negatively associated with school outcomes. Friends are thought to serve ameliorative functions for adolescents ...
Peer Victimization as it Relates to Interparental Conflict, Friendship Support and Anxiety
(2012-03-16)
The purpose of the study was to examine the relation between peer victimization and exposure to interparental conflict in the home. Specifically, the study examined whether there was a link between experiencing higher ...
The Pennsylvanian Cladid Crinoid Erisocrinus: Ontogeny and Systematics
(2013-07-25)
Cladid crinoids have among the highest disarticulation rates of all Paleozoic crinoids, so the study of morphology and systematics has been hindered by a lack of available specimens. An unusually large collection of the ...
Pens, Paper and Football Plays: A Case Study of Student Athlete Literacy
(2009-04-20)
Football players, as their community of practice demands, perform a high level of complex literate practices. While the literate activity of football is closely parallel to that we require of students in first year ...
"People Choose Wi-Fi Over Your Existence:" The Management of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
(2020-11-17)
As sources of anthropogenic electromagnetic fields (EMFs) proliferate in the environment, the population of people living with electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is growing. Yet sociologists have only recently begun ...
Peptide Grafted Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogel as Biomaterial for Endothelial Colony Forming Cells
(2012-07-27)
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have the potential to become a reliable source of autologous cells for endothelialization of intravascular devices and vascularization of tissue engineered constructs. Endothelial colony ...
Peracetic Acid Effects on Shelf Life and Survival of Escherichia coli on Beef Steaks
(2016-04-05)
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of peracetic acid (PAA) against Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef. In this study, 150 slices of beef ball tips (IMPS: 185B) weighing 100g each were inoculated with either ...
Perceived Barriers Affecting the Implementation of Forestry/Natural Resources Curriculum in Georgia
(2021-04-12)
There are fewer forestry/natural resources pathway classes being taught in Georgia high schools than any of the other main areas (Georgia Agriculture Education, 2019). Georgia high school agriculture pathways are a series ...
Perceived Competence and Attitudes of Counseling Psychology Graduate Students Regarding People with Disabilities
(2007-12-15)
Historically, people with disabilities (PWD) have been stigmatized and discriminated against by society as a whole. People with disabilities constitute the largest minority group within the United States. Hence, counseling ...