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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Gene Editing to Assess the Role of CXCR7 in Cervical Cancer
(2021-11-29)
Objective: Chemokine receptors and their corresponding chemokine ligands play a significant role in tumor cell survival and proliferation. CXCR7 is a receptor often overexpressed in different cancers including cervical ...
A Critical Examination of the Effects of Colored Paper on the Academic Achievement of Fourth Graders in Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary
(2009-04-08)
Reading is a learned skill for life. It requires cognitive processing increasing with practice. This study examined the used of colored paper for comprehension and vocabulary aassessments given to fifty-one fourth graders ...
Critical Needs and Level of Support for the Military Spouse: A Comparative Study of the National Guard and Active Army during the Iraq War
(2009-07-16)
National Guard units have been asked to serve in ways never before experienced since the beginning of the Iraq War and throughout the continued war on terror. Multiple deployments, frequent long-term separations from ...
A Critical Opportunity: Lead in Drinking Water at Child Care Facilities
(2021-01-19)
There is no safe level of lead exposure. As exposure from point sources like lead paint have been reduced through legislation, non-point sources such as drinking water have become a greater proportional source of total ...
Critical Success Factors for E-commerce in Thailand: A Multiple Case Study Analysis
(2005-12-15)
The purpose of this dissertation is to study the critical success factors for e-commerce in Thailand. The dissertation addressed four research questions: (1) Regardless of industry, what are the critical success factors ...
Crop Efficacy and Weed Control Evaluation of a New Herbicide for Sensitive Herbaceous Ornamental Crops
(2018-11-16)
Preemergence herbicides are needed in the container nursery industry due to the high cost of hand weeding, but few preemergence herbicides are labeled for use on sensitive herbaceous ornamental crops. Currently, Snapshot® ...
Crop Yield Response to Drought in Alabama
(2009-08-06)
A model was used to estimate crop yield response to drought in Alabama for corn, cotton, hay, peanuts, and soybeans. The analysis includes Alabama County level data for crop yields and weather variables for the years ...
A Cross Section of America’s World War II Prison Camps: The Lives of Axis Prisoners of War in Alabama, Their Memory, and Their Place on the Historical Landscape
(2011-08-04)
The experience of nearly half a million Axis prisoners of war held by the United States on American soil, their impact on this nation, and their legacy has been largely forgotten and neglected. The state of Alabama held a ...
A Cross-cultural comparison of emotional experience: Does culture matter?
(2006-12-15)
This study explored if and how culture influences the experience of emotion in two distinct groups: Indians and North Americans. Past studies have suggested that differences among persons from different cultures in the ...
Cross-Sectional Examination of Career Counseling Initiation: Considerations of the Impact of COVID-19
(2021-12-03)
The purpose of the current study was to gain an understanding of the differences related to the capability dimension of readiness for career choice in college students as measured by career thoughts, career state, and ...
Crossing Over: Interactions with(in) the Permeable Screen
(2017-04-20)
Within American culture, the television is arguably one of the more common modes of social discourse and entertainment. However, there are a number of literary responses to the medium (as well as other screen devices) that ...
Crosslinked Polymers from Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass
(2018-10-23)
Present research is aimed at the development of crosslinked polymers from biomass pyrolysis oil. Crosslinked polymers are high performance materials employed in a wide range of applications and are most commonly derived ...
Crossroads and Terminations in Transuranium Chemistry
(2008-08-15)
The focus of this dissertation is published results from my doctoral research at Auburn University, the scope of which is multifaceted. The first topic covers recent research devoted to developing a better understanding ...
Cryopreservation of blue catfish stem cells for conserving genetic resources and xenogeneic transplantation
(2020-05-13)
In the United States, channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) ♀ × blue catfish (I. furcatus) ♂ hybrids now account for 70% of total freshwater aquaculture production. Hybrid fry production can be improved by cryopreserving ...
Cryptic Tolerant Species and Their Potential Effect on Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Scores, with the Presentation of an Alternative Metric of Stream Health
(2023-04-17)
Metrics such as the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) are often used by management agencies to estimate the abstract property of stream health. These metrics are usually predicated on the belief that certain fish species are ...
CSSE Document Management System: Implementation and Usability Evaluation
(2006-08-15)
The design and implementation of an application like CSSE Document Management System (CSSEDMS) involves many considerations. Among all these considerations, usability is the key for success. “If you could build a system ...
Cultivar Susceptibility to the Fusarium Wilt Complex and Race Characterization of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum
(2012-05-08)
Fusarium wilt of cotton is a serious fungal disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV) and highly impacted by root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita). Cotton cultivars were tested for resistance to ...
Cultivating Closeness or Creating Distance: Domestic Violence Exposure and Sibling Relationship Quality
(2018-07-18)
Using family systems theory and Johnson’s typology of domestic violence (DV) exposure, this study sought to identify differences in sibling relationship quality depending on type of DV exposure (i.e., coercive controlling ...
Cultivating Life: A Study of a School Landscape Project
(2013-07-31)
This study was conducted in three parts. Parts one and two compared students at Fayetteville School (FHS), Drew Middle School (DMS), and Lincoln High School (LHS). FHS comprised the experimental group, whereas DMS and LHS ...
Cultivation Effects of Medical Television Viewing on Aspiring Doctors
(2016-12-09)
Using a cultivation analysis approach, this study involved analysis of the effects of media drama viewing on the career choices, career perceptions, and career motivations of pre-medical students. Survey questions investigate ...