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Black Bass Habitat Use and Availability at Multiple Scales in Middle Chattahoochee River Tributaries
(2015-12-10)
The focus of this study was on tributaries of the Middle Chattahoochee River where Shoal Bass Micropterus cataractae and Chattahoochee Bass Micropterus chattahoochae are experiencing declines, mainly due to anthropogenic ...
Black Employee Mistreatment, Social Pain Minimization, and Employee Silence
(2023-06-26)
This thesis aims to investigate the relationship between mistreatment in the workplace and defensive employee silence and to explore the underlying socioemotional psychological mechanisms involved. The current study conducted ...
Black Paths to White Boards: Black Alumni Service on PWI Governing Boards
(2023-08-03)
Governing boards of universities are tasked with upholding university principles and promoting university ideals, including those pertaining to diversity, equity, and inclusion. However, many university governing boards, ...
Black Teachers in Urban Schools: Why do they Stay?
(2020-05-18)
Academic achievement for students, specifically students of color, is negatively affected when teacher turnover in urban schools continue to rise (Ng & Peter, 2010; Ronfeldt, Lowb, & Wyckoff, 2013). Therefore, the goal of ...
Black, White, or Mixed: Identity Formation and Choice Among Black-White Biracial Individuals
(2014-07-09)
Identity is a term that is difficult to define, yet every human being has one. It is a strong indicator of how people will act and defines them in an important way and is a reflection of one’s self and self-understanding. ...
Blind source separation methods for analysis and fusion of Multimodal brain imaging data
(2013-07-10)
With the advent of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), several studies have emerged to decipher the functioning of the brain. However, three major issues limit the inferences that one could obtain from the brain ...
A Blockchain-based Contactless Delivery System for COVID-19 and Other Pandemics
(2021-05-17)
Our regular lives have been incredibly changed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) widespread.
Inaccessible work and self-quarantine have constrained individuals all over the world to ad-
just. Numerous service providers, ...
Blocking and reciprocal blocking in predictive and causal learning
(2014-07-11)
The blocking effect (Kamin, 1968) demonstrated that responding to a stimulus was attenuated (blocked) if it was presented in compound with a previously trained stimulus. Prior work with non-human animals, which examined ...
Blood Glucose Concentrations Are Not Increased by Chronic IP Glucagon Administration in Leptin-Treated Type 1 Diabetic Rats
(2016-05-05)
The overall objective of this research is to increase our understanding of how central leptin administration normalizes blood glucose concentrations independent of insulin in type 1 diabetic rats. This research may lead ...
Blood Stress Hormonal Indicators and Meat Quality Attributes of Broiler Chickens Processed Using Electrical and Controlled Atmosphere Stunning Systems
(2022-11-28)
Increased consumer concern for animal welfare has led some poultry producers to alter their stunning methods from electrical stunning (ES) to controlled atmosphere stunning (CAS). However, there is little peer-reviewed ...
The Blood-Brain Barrier as a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
(2019-06-10)
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective and protective membrane that preserves brain homeostasis and prevents the free entry of chemicals, toxins and drugs to the brain. The BBB barrier function is primarily ...
Blur
(2014-05-01)
The world is not cleanly divided into separate self-contained entities. Rather, the landscape is comprised of components that overlap, interact, and intermingle with each other, creating gradients and ecotones between ...
Board Level Reliability of Lead-Free Solder Interconnections with Solder Doping Under Harsh Environment
(2017-07-26)
The electronics packaging industry has moved from eutectic Sn-Pb solder to the lead-free near-eutectic Sn-Ag-Cu (SAC) solder system in the past few years. Reliability performance for Lead-Free solder joint under “extreme” ...
Body Discrepancy and Body Satisfaction: Influence on Approach and Avoidance Behaviors and Emotions
(2009-04-17)
Western culture’s concept of the ideal body is unattainable for the majority of women, yet it is constantly being projected to women as the goal for which to strive. However, this unattainable ideal creates a discrepancy ...
Body Image Perceptions and Clothing Behavior Issues for Adolescent Daughters and Their Mothers
(2006-08-15)
The purpose of this study was to explore tween girls (ages 9-14) and their mothers in relation to clothing behavior issues, body image, and body satisfaction. The purposive sample consisted of 41 mother-daughter pairs ...
Body Mass Index and Physical Functioning in Older Adults
(2008-08-15)
Several researchers have reported that elevated body mass index (BMI) increases the risk of poor physical functioning. In most studies, physical functioning has been measured using self-reported questionnaires. For this ...
Body shape evolution of African/Asian minnows of the genus Labeo Cuvier 1817 (Cyprinidae, Labeonini) and variations in Labeo parvus
(2018-07-30)
Morphological variation or similarities among organisms are not only a result of common evolutionary history but can also emerge because of convergent adaptations to similar habitats. Therefore, an organism’s morphology ...
Body to Backpack Interface Design Guidelines: An Interdisciplinary Study of the Human Body
(2017-04-20)
Backpacks are part of a class of load-carrying devices. With a wide of form and features, backpacks carry a variety of loads from school supplies and books, high alpine gear and survival gear, and numerous other articles. ...
Bond Behavior of Prestressed Reinforcement in Beams Constructed with Self-Consolidating Concrete
(2007-05-15)
Accurate behavioral characteristics of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) should be
established prior to its widespread implementation in prestressed members. This thesis
describes an investigation of bond behavior of ...
Bony Abnormalities in Feline Models of GM2 Gangliosidosis
(2014-07-09)
This study seeks to explore and quantify bony deformities in feline models affected with GM2 gangliosidosis with emphasis on long bones and cervical vertebrae, based on previous diagnostics exhibiting cervical spinal cord ...