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Understanding Misinformation: The Tale of Fake News and Fake Reviews 

Xiao, Kenan (2022-07-26)
Misinformation has been long issues in the global communities because of the booming usage of social networks, online retail platforms and so on. The wide spreading of the massive amount of misinformation has recently ...

Understanding Motivation in A Rural Physical Education Setting 

Boyd, Korey (2018-08-03)
This ethnographic case study examined students’ experiences in a rural physical education setting during the 2017-2018 school year. Participants in this study were seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students (n=43), a volunteer ...

Understanding of Road-Bioretention Strip Design and Improvement from Hydraulic Perspective 

Li, Xiaoning (2019-06-17)
This study is to understand and quantify the hydraulic and hydrological performance of road bioretention facilities as well as the basic problems in urban drainage and road bioretention design. An open-source two-dimensional ...

Understanding Ornamental Carotenoid Metabolism in the House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 

Ge, Zhiyuan (2018-07-18)
Carotenoids are the most common source of yellow, orange and red coloration in birds. However, like other vertebrates, birds cannot synthesize carotenoids de novo. To produce carotenoid-based coloration they must ingest ...

Understanding Powder Feedstock-Part Performance Relationships in Additive Manufacturing 

Soltani Tehrani, Arash (2022-08-01)
In this dissertation, the relationships between the powder feedstock and the mechanical performance of additively manufactured (AM) parts were investigated. In this regard, different aspects of powder feedstock were ...

Understanding Recruitment in Horticulture and Defining Student Services 

Chaloupka, Kira (2015-07-23)
This study consists of three individual studies. The first study focused on identifying the factors that influenced students to pursue a degree in horticulture, determining if there are trends within this select group of ...

Understanding Small and Medium Scale Tilapia Culture in Nicaragua 

Martinez-Mejia, Pablo (2006-12-15)
Nicaragua has abundance of natural resources to make aquaculture an important economic activity. But despite the efforts of multiple stakeholders, tilapia culture has not developed as expected. Small and medium scale tilapia ...

Understanding State Regulation of Fracking in Response to Induced Seismic Activity 

Mahafza, Zachary (2020-04-17)  ETD File Embargoed
While hydraulic fracturing has brought about significant developments in the American energy market, there have been negative environmental impacts that have resulted from the practice. Water and air pollution, zoning of ...

Understanding Teleost Genome Structure and Organization: Alternative Splicing, Gene Duplication, and Whole Genome Assembly 

Lu, Jianguo (2012-06-19)
We conducted both same-species and cross-species analysis utilizing the Genome Mapping and Alignment Program (GMAP) and an AS pipeline (ASpipe) to study AS in four genome-enabled species (Danio rerio, Oryzias latipes, ...

Understanding the Alabama agritourism industry: Motivation, value, and cost 

Casey, Meredith (2021-12-08)
Agritourism, the business of hosting visitors on a farm or ranch, is a popular diversification strategy for farmers and ranchers for a myriad of reasons. Understanding why farmers and ranchers choose to start agritourism ...

Understanding the Complexity of Mucosal Immunity in Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) 

Li, Chao (2013-07-19)
The mucosal surfaces of fish (gill, skin, intestine) serve as the first line of defense against a myriad of aquatic pathogens. Although interest in understanding components of the mucosal immune response in fish is growing, ...

Understanding the Distributed Leadership Experiences of Principals, Assistant Principals, and Teacher Leaders in High Schools 

Holloway, Mary (2017-04-25)
The theory of distributed leadership is a relatively new concept; thus, it has been under researched. It is important to understand distributed leadership because there is a need to acknowledge an even broader perspective ...

Understanding The Effect of Catalytic Pyrolysis Bio-oil Produced Using CaO During Hydrotreatment 

K C, Sanjeev (2017-11-07)
Energy is very important for sustaining human life, and mankind is dependent on fossil fuels for energy need. Since fossil fuels reserves are limited and are depleting in a rapid rate, there is a surge for alternative fuel ...

Understanding the Effect of Proactive Personality on Job Related Outcomes in an Organizational Change Setting 

Prabhu, Veena (2007-08-15)
Individuals vary in their tendency to take action to control their environment. Proactive individuals actively create environmental change, while less proactive people take a more reactive approach toward their jobs. In ...

Understanding the Effect of Surface Topography on Stiction and Friction in MEMS 

Ansari, Naveed (2011-11-21)
While on one hand, the number of smaller, more complex and more useful new MEMS prototypes, which are commercially extremely attractive, is continuously increasing, on the other hand, despite years of research, the ...

Understanding the evolution of nearshore Deepwater Horizon oil spill residues and characterizing them using GC/MS/MS methods 

John, Gerald Francis (2016-01-07)
On April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon, a semi-submersible oil rig exploring for oil in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), exploded. The resulting accident released about 4.8 million barrels of oil into the waters of GOM ...

Understanding the Experiences of Student Parents in Master's Counseling Graduate Progams 

Ellerman, Hillary (2020-07-22)
The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the experiences that student parents have in master’s counseling graduate programs and fill the gap of student parent research that exists (Trepal et al., ...

Understanding the Flow and Mixing Dynamics of Saline Water Discharged into Coastal Freshwater Aquifers 

Hogan, Matthew (2006-12-15)
Typically the origin of saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers has been attributed to the reduction of freshwater flux (or head) in the aquifer. This intrusion is the most common natural source of saltwater contamination ...

Understanding the Impact of Reaction Parameters on Macromolecular Structure, and the Binding and Transport Properties of Imprinted Crosslinked Polymers 

Salian, Vishal (2012-05-14)
Molecular imprinting is the design and synthesis of polymer networks that can recognize a template molecule and bind it preferentially in solution. Selective binding of template combined with stability and cost effectiveness ...

Understanding the Role of Fish Farmer Organizations as Intermediaries for Aquacultural Development in Uganda 

Stutzman Jones, Emily (2010-12-17)
Donor interest in the development of Sub-Saharan African aquaculture has shifted from the promotion of subsistence aquaculture to the support of small- to medium-scale commercial aquaculture enterprises with the hope of ...