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Fluoroquinolone-associated mutations in soxS, a transcriptional regulator of AcrAB efflux pump

Lazzaroni, Caterina (2013-11-08)

Escherichia coli is a major cause of urinary tract infections in companion animals and efflux pump over expression has been associated with high-level fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance. The purpose of this study was to ...

Fluxity

Palacios, Felipe (2014-05-01)

Linear, static, and monofunctional methods of design have historically resulted in landscapes of permanence, fixity, and immutability, even though they work within dynamic systems. This thesis emerges from the interest of ...

Flying Drone Sidekick Travelling Salesman Problem with Integrating Pickup and Delivery

Yanpirat, Nawin (2023-10-30) ETD File Embargoed

With the current growth of e-commerce, the complexity of last-mile logistics has become an essential field of study to improve customer satisfaction. Existing research has primarily focused on integrating drones for delivery ...

Foliar and Granular Nitrogen Fertilization of Bentgrass

Conard, Linford Patrick (2013-08-20)

Creeping bentgrass, (Agrostis stolenifera L.), is the most widely used cool-season turfgrass for golf course putting greens. Creeping bentgrass is a fine-textured, stoloniferous, perennial with exceptional cold tolerance. ...

Food Demand, Food Sensory Preferences and Attributes Explaining Food Price Differences

Traore, Togo (2016-12-12)

This dissertation evaluates staple food demand in Burkina Faso, specialty coffee sensory attributes and their relation with coffee quality and the effect of material and reputation attributes on specialty coffee quality ...

Food Habits and Anthropogenic Supplementation in the Diet of Coyotes (Canis latrans) Along an Urban-Rural Gradient

Santana, Erica (2010-08-11)

Coyotes are recent colonists of the Southeast and have broadened their niche to include exploitation of urban areas. The aim of my study was to examine diet of coyotes inhabiting areas of differential development by humans ...

Food Insecurity and Undiagnosed Chronic Conditions among Adults

Ding, Meng (2012-04-12)

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between food insecurity and undiagnosed chronic conditions, including prediabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, among adults (20-64y). Food security status was ...

FOOD INSECURITY, RACE and MARKET DEMAND

Das, Abhipsita (2022-05-02)

This dissertation includes three essays related to the analysis of the food market from both the consumers’ end and the producers’ end. On the consumption side, I look into the association between food insecurity and ...

Food restriction during breeding and development and its implications for reproductive trade-offs in zebra finches

Coutts, Victoria (2024-03-28) ETD File Embargoed

Breeding has a high energy requirement. Common stressors such as food restriction introduced during breeding can stimulate reproductive trade-offs by requiring more energy than the amount of energy available in the environment ...

Food Safety Improvements by Recombinant Protein Technologies

Tzou, Ywh-Min (2008-12-15)

Food safety is a scientific term to describe proper handling, preparation and storage of foods to prevent the spread of potential hazards. Health hazards associated with foods are usually categorized as biological, chemical, ...

Food Safety Scandals and Scares: Media Presentation of Local Beef

Shelley, Mary (2019-07-23)

This study is part of a long-term project examining the attitudes of Southern beef consumers towards red meat food safety associated with Alternative Food Networks (AFNs). Previous work focused on locally produced beef and ...

Food Spending Among Low-Income Consumers: the Effects of the SNAP Cycle and Seasonality on Purchases and Produce Incentive Use

Lantz, Candace (2023-04-27)

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance benefits to low-income households. Participants in SNAP face both a cyclical and seasonal struggle when it comes to maintaining enough food ...

For Youth For Life: 4-H Digital Badges: A Collaborative Tool to Support Informal Learning

Kakkar, Sarthak (2015-05-05)

The intent of FYFL (For Youth For Life) application is to provide an easy to use, cost effective and scalable collaborative system in order to facilitate learning and sharing best practices across communities and institution ...

“For Youth for Life” An Online Education System Usability and Security Improvement

Talluri, Nayana Teja (2015-05-08)

The FYFL (For Youth For Life) application is used to perform website functions which helps learning among communities across many content areas, supports the 4-H badge management system and creates users of different levels. ...

Forage Production Characteristics and Performance of Growing Beef Heifers Grazing Native Warm-Season Grass Mixtures

Nichols, Caroline (2019-11-18)

A 2-yr study was conducted at Black Belt Research and Extension Center in Marion Junction, AL to evaluate the effect of nitrogen (N) fertilizer application rate on forage production, nutritive value, sward characteristics, ...

Forage Quality and Nutrient Uptake Potential of Triticale

Britton, Christopher (2010-08-23)

Two triticale cultivars, Trical® 342 and Trical® 2700, were amended with 3 fertilizer treatments: commercial nitrogen (N) fertilizer, broiler litter, or control (no treatment). Forage yield, forage quality, and concentration ...

Forage quality, animal performences, and carcass traits of steers finished on winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) pasture with varying levels of corn supplementation

Roberts, Sean (2005-12-15)

Crossbred steers (n=72) from E.V. Smith Beef Research Unit resident herd were selected to study forage based finishing systems using winter annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) with varying levels of supplementation. ...