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Exploring the role of carotenoid pigments in physiological function and color signals
(2017-04-26)
The study of carotenoid-based coloration, particularly in bird species, is a large and growing literature that is increasingly defined by the framework of a single overarching concept, the resource tradeoff hypothesis. ...
Exploring the role of online visual information in pre- and post- tourism experiences
(2022-08-04)
Visual information significantly influences tourists' pre and post tourism experiences; it creates a vivid stimulation of the experiences and can provoke the tourists' imagination to better convey the favorable information. ...
Exploring the Role of Self-Esteem, Masculinity, and Attachment on Males' Responses to Social Support
(2016-12-09)
The current study explored the relationship between self-esteem, attachment, and masculinity and males’ responses to two types of social support messages. Participants read a scenario in which they were asked to imagine ...
Exploring the social habitat of Alabama Public Land Hunters
(2019-05-15)
The United States has been facing a decline in the number of licensed hunters since around 1980,
posing a serious threat to state conservation agencies who receive funding from hunting license
sales. Recent research ...
Exploring the transcriptomics of polyphagy in plant-eating insects
(2017-07-27)
The aim of my thesis research was to gain a better understanding of the genetics underlying insect polyphagy. My thesis consisted of three objectives, each exploring a different aspect of plant-feeding insect genetics. For ...
Exploring the use of ground penetrating radar for determining floodplain function of restored streams in the Gulf Coastal Plain, Alabama
(2018-05-01)
Accurately characterizing subsurface structure and function of remediated floodplains is indispensable in understanding the success of stream restoration projects. Although many of these projects are designed to address ...
Exploring the Use of Parent Report in Child Speech and Language Screening
(2018-04-25)
Early detection of speech-language disorders in preschool children have been found to improve academic, behavioral, and social outcomes. As the USPSTF reports, there is currently no gold standard measure for assessing ...
Exploring Themes in Multicultural Counseling Movement
(2008-08-15)
The Multicultural Counseling Movement (MCM) is increasingly gaining popularity as the world we live in changes and counselors from all specialties are expected to help more and more people transition into the new milieu. ...
Exploring Travel Constraints, Travel Desire, and Virtual Reality Tourism as a Negotiation Strategy
(2023-07-28)
This dissertation offers a comprehensive exploration of travel constraints and the potential role of Virtual Reality (VR) tourism as a negotiation strategy to cope with travel constraints. Comprising three independent ...
Explosive Spin Compaction of Ceramic Nanoparticles
(2017-11-27)
A new technique for explosive compaction was introduced known as explosive spin compaction. Neodymium iron boron and Barium Titanate were studied before and after spin explosive compaction using SEM, XRD and vibrating ...
Exposing the Protein-Protein Interaction Sites and Probing the Flavin Transfer Mechanism in the Alkanesulfonate Monooxygenase System from Escherichia coli.
(2016-01-11)
Sulfur is an essential element for all living organisms. Bacteria acquire sulfur through a sulfur assimilation pathway, but under sulfur limiting conditions bacteria must acquire sulfur from alternative sources. These ...
An Exposition on CEO Traits that Affect Corporate Decision Making
(2023-06-30)
Jensen & Meckling (1976) state that managers make decisions to maximize their personal utility,
and their utility function differs from that of their firm. This possibility implies that a manager's
characteristics that ...
Exposure to multiple stressors in the stony coral Acropora cervicornis: Effects on photosynthesis and respiration rates
(2018-11-15)
Recreational diving is an increasingly popular ecotourism activity that has allowed unprecedented amounts of direct human interaction with coral reef communities. Inadvertent contact by divers with benthic invertebrates ...
Expression and Functional Roles of Cytokinin Response Factor Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2015-05-07)
Abstract
Cytokinin response factors (CRFs) are transcription factor proteins from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). CRFs comprise a small, highly conserved subgroup of the AP2/ERF family of plant ...
Extended effects of sequential weaning and backgrounding management in southeastern U.S. beef calves on performance, health, and immunological responses through the feedyard
(2023-06-29)
Beef calf management strategies used during the weaning and post-weaning period can have extended effects on growth performance and health in all sectors of the production chain. Understanding post-weaning management ...
Extended Release of Macromolecular Comfort Agents from Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses
(2011-04-26)
Contact lens induced dry eye (CLIDE) affects approximately 80% of contact lens wearers. Extrapolating to the world wide population of 300 million contact lens wearers, there are approximately 200 million wearers who express ...
Extended Working Hours in the Southeastern Logging Industry
(2008-08-15)
Logging business owners are exploring the ways to reduce equipment costs. Although shift work is common in some other industries, it is not common in the logging industry in the southeastern United States. Implementation ...
Extension Empowers Alabama Youth to Improve Dietary Behaviors
(2019-08-23)
The purposes were to determine the outcome and procedural efficacies of Eat Better, Move More (EBMM), an obesity prevention program, and to identify sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the home. A convenience sample of ...
Extension of a Reflection-Mode Digital Gradient Sensor (r-DGS) to Study Impact Induced Deformations, Damage, and Fracture
(2015-02-23)
Reflective structures such as space mirrors, silicon wafers, solar reflectors, microelectronic devices to name a few, are made of stiff and brittle materials. They often suffer deformations and catastrophic failure when ...
The Extension of Colloid Chemistry from Aqueous to Non-Aqueous Media with Application to Nanofluid Research
(2011-11-17)
Nanofluids are colloids whose design is specific to the study and application of heat transfer systems. Metals typically have thermal conductivities which are several times higher than that of traditional cooling liquids ...