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Discovering Vulnerabilities In The Wild: An Empirical Study 

Fang, Ming (2014-12-11)
There is little or no information available on what actually happens when a software vulnerability is detected. We performed an empirical study on reporters of the three most prominent security vulnerabilities: buffer ...

Discovery and characterization of antibacterial compounds expressed by soil microorganisms using culture-dependent and -independent approaches 

Nasrin, Shamima (2015-07-31)
The emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens has increased the demand for discovery of novel antibiotics. Both culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches were used to discover antibiotics against methicillin-resistant ...

Discovery and Characterization of High-frequency Calls in North American Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus and G. volans): Implications for Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation 

Gilley, L. Michelle (2013-02-11)
Studies of bioacoustics of vertebrates primarily have focused on amphibians and birds. Comparatively, the acoustic repertoire of mammals is poorly understood, and even less is known about the production of high-frequency ...

Discovery and Characterization of Novel Antibiotic Synthesis and Resistance Determinants from Diverse Microbial Metagenomes 

Parsley, Larissa (2010-07-09)
The application of metagenomics to investigate the genetic and functional diversity of as-yet-uncultured microorganisms from natural environments has been one of the most significant breakthroughs in molecular microbiology. ...

Discovery and characterization of synthetic and natural compounds as inhibitors of shikimate kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by LC-MS 

Simithy, Johayra (2014-12-10)
With the increasing emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and the complication by HIV co-infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a challenging target for drug discovery. The shikimate pathway, responsible ...

Discovery of the Gene Cluster in Bacillus velezensis AP183 Responsible for Bacillusin A Biosynthesis, Evaluation of the Use of B. velezensis AP183 in Preventing Staphylococcus aureus Infection, and Identification of Bacteriocins From a Soil Metagenome. 

Afroj, Sayma (2021-11-29)
The spread of multidrug resistance among pathogenic bacteria is increasing worldwide. One of the multidrug resistance pathogens is methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) which poses a significant threat to health and causes ...

Discovery, expression, and characterization of biosynthetic gene clusters encoding antimicrobial secondary metabolites from a soil metagenome and cultured Actinobacteria 

Sandoval-Powers, Megan (2022-07-19)
Dating back to the discovery of penicillin in 1928, nature and its diverse microbial life has been the most prolific source of antimicrobial compounds. These bioactive compounds are often derived from microbial secondary ...

Discovery, Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Specific for Edwardsiella ictaluri 

Walakira, John (2008-05-15)
Two novel bacteriophages that infect Edwardsiella ictaluri, the causative agent of enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC), were isolated from aquaculture pond water and from a diseased channel catfish. Both phages (FeiDWF and ...

Discrepant Dyadic Alcohol Use in the Development of Relationship Dissatisfaction: The Mediating Role of Alcohol-Specific Conflict 

Lofgreen, Ashton (2012-03-21)
Extant research demonstrates a link between intimate partners’ discrepant alcohol consumption and declines in relationship satisfaction, as well as higher rates of relationship dissolution (e.g., Homish & Leonard, 2007; ...

Discrete Event Role Playing Simulation of Small Team Software Engineering Projects 

Rogers, Neal (2006-08-15)
A dissertation presented on the simulation of small team software engineering projects. Each individual acts as a team leader for a software project that is scheduled to last from 5 to 52 weeks. A team of four or five ...

Discrete sets, free sequences and cardinal properties of topological spaces 

Spadaro, Santi (2009-07-01)
We study the influence of discrete sets and free sequences on cardinal properties of topological spaces. We focus mainly on the minimum number of discrete sets needed to cover a space X (denoted by dis(X)) and on reflection ...

Discretization Error Estimation Using Method Of Nearby Problems: One-Dimensional Cases 

Raju, Anil (2005-12-15)
Discretization error is defined as the difference between the solution of the discretized equation and the exact solution of the original partial differential equation. There are two main goals in this study. The first ...

Discursive Challenges in Relational Maintenance: A Study of Talk in On-Again/Off-Again Relationships 

Long, Andrew (2011-07-25)
This study takes a qualitative approach to the study of on-again/off-again romantic relationships as it analyzes partners’ talking to each other about their relationship. It focuses on the discursive practices partners ...

Discussing my romantic problems with my best friend: Longitudinal examinations of relationship work in younger and older couples 

Jensen, Jakob (2014-06-24)
All couples experience romantic challenges and sharing these problems with others seems innately human. This dissertation underscores the importance of carefully considering with whom and how often one should discuss ...

Disease Prevention in Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Through the Use of an Attenuated Aeromonas hydrophila Vaccine or the Probiotic Effects of Bacillus velezensis AP193. 

Thurlow, Charles (2018-07-24)
Since 2009, Motile Aeromonas Septicemia (MAS) has accounted for production losses of over 20 million pounds of channel catfish across the southeastern United States. The causative agent is a clonal population of highly ...

Disease Resistance of Different Genetic Types of Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, Female × Blue Catfish, I. furcatus, Male Hybrid Catfish 

Dong, Sheng (2016-05-03)
Eleven genetic types, Kansas Random × Rio Grande, Kansas Select × Rio Grande, 103KS × Rio Grande, Marion Select × Rio Grande, 103 KS × B, Marion Select × B, Auburn-Rio Grande × B, 103KS × D&B, Kansas Random × D&B, Marion ...

Disinvestment: Heirs’ Property and Food Desert across the Deep South and Appalachia 

Shin, Jihyun (2023-05-02)  ETD File Embargoed
The culture of poverty argument is popular in the United States, especially in the South. Victim-blaming masks the structural nature of the problem. While individual explanations of poverty might be popular, they fail to ...

Disjoint G-Designs and the Intersection Problem for Some Seven Edge Graphs 

Hollis, Daniel (2017-04-21)
A $G$-Design of order $n$ is a decomposition of the edges of $K_n$ (the complete graph on $n$ vertices) into subgraphs of $K_n$ isomorphic to $G$, called blocks, in which each edge of $K_n$ appears in exactly one block. ...

Disjoint Intersection Problem For Steiner Triple Systems 

Srinivasan, Sangeetha (2007-12-15)
Let (S, T_1) and (S, T_2) be two Steiner Triple systems on the set S of symbols with the set of triples T_1 and T_2 respectively. They are said to intersect in m blocks if |T_1 intersection T_2| = m. Further, if the blocks ...

Disliking in Dyads and Groups: The Role of Mutual Dislike and Peer Rejection in Children’s Subsequent Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems 

Cleary, David (2005-08-15)
The purpose of this study was to examine the link between children’s mutual dislike relationships and subsequent behavior problems. Mutual disliking and peer rejection were assessed among children in kindergarten and first ...