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Factors Affecting Pre-Harvest Aflatoxin Contamination of Peanut (Arachis Hypogaea L.) 

Uppala, Sai Sree (2011-07-26)
Aflatoxin contamination of peanuts is one of the greatest concerns in peanut production throughout the world. Aflatoxin in peanut can be severe when plants are subjected to late season drought stress. Available carbon ...

Factors affecting safe-guarding of the federally endangered Schwalbea americana L. (Orobanchaceae) 

Fuller, Kathryn (2016-12-19)
Schwalbea americana L. (American chaffseed) is a federally endangered hemi-parasitic plant (USFWS 1992). Its tendency to persist with limited recruitment and threats to its habitat make it vulnerable to extirpation. ...

Factors Affecting Seed and Stem Cutting Propagation of Stevia rebaudiana (BERT.) 

LeCroy, Jack (2014-07-24)
Stevia rebaudiana (BERT.) is a very remarkable plant that is starting to gain ground in the United States. Stevia rebaudiana has been used in numerous countries for thousands of years as a source of sweetener that is all ...

Factors Affecting the Frequency of Oversized and Undersized Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, ? X Blue Catfish, I. furcatus, ? Hybrid Catfish at Food Fish Harvest and their Economic Impact 

Gosh, Kamal (2018-07-19)
Hybrid catfish (channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, ♀ x blue catfish, I. furcatus, ♂) farming is a prime example of yield intensification but has witnessed growth variability problem. Investigating the causative factors ...

Factors Affecting Thermal Weed Control 

Hoyle, Jared (2012-03-19)
Early thermal weed-control measures were known to be rudimentary and hazardous. Thermal weed control has progressed in sophistication, application, and efficiency and has resulted in many commercial systems available for ...

Factors Affecting Variation in Growth of Channel Catfish Fingerlings and Mathematical Modelling of Their Population Statistics 

Abe, Valentin (1995-06-07)
A partial differential equation was used to predict population structures in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, fingerlings stocked at low (150,000/ha), medium (300,000/ha), or high (600,000/ha) densities in earthen ...

Factors Associated with the Black and White Student Achievement Gap: An Exploratory Study 

Branch, Joy (2006-08-15)
This paper discusses some of the possible contributors to the differences found between black- white Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores for elementary and middle school students. This study examines the following ...

Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction of Business Education Teachers 

Brown, Joy (2022-04-29)
This study was designed to identify the factors contributing to job satisfaction of business education teachers relating to school administration, colleagues, parents, and students and to determine if there was a relationship ...

Factors Contributing To Stress In Business/Marketing Educators Resulting From Administration, School Climate, and Resources 

Johnson, Bonita (2008-05-15)
This study was designed to identify the level of stress among secondary business/marketing educators relating to administration, school climate, and resources that are associated with stress and to determine if business/marketing ...

Factors Governing Tin Whisker Growth 

Crandall, Erika (2012-08-02)
Tin (Sn) whiskers are electrically conductive, single crystal eruptions that can grow from surfaces where tin is deposited on a substrate surface. They present reliability problems for the electronics industry due to the ...

Factors in Two-Dimensional Maze Navigation by Pigeons 

Hernandez, Michelle (2008-05-15)
Navigation of two-dimensional mazes in a computerized environment has been used to assess and compare spatial cognition in human and nonhuman primates. Recent technology advances have led to the extension of these maze ...

Factors Influencing Adoption and Use of Precision Agriculture 

Adrian, Anne (2006-08-15)
While the potential for creating efficiencies are possible with precision agricultural tools, the various combinations of tools, the steep learning curve of these technologies, and the initial investment of each of the ...

Factors Influencing Agriscience Students Membership Choice in the Alabama FFA Association 

Terry, Holder (2013-07-15)
The agricultural education youth organization, FFA, has always been considered an integral part of high school agriscience courses. However, there are many students who enroll in agricultural education courses and do not ...

Factors Influencing Bachelor of Science in Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Eldercare Cultural Self-Efficacy 

Morris, Arlene (2007-12-15)
The theoretical framework for this study was provided by Bandura’s (1986) conceptualization of self-efficacy for selecting behaviors perceived as effective in complex situations, and in motivation to perform the behaviors ...

Factors Influencing Bioaccumulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Six Fish Species in Logan Martin Reservoir, Alabama 

Mitchell, Justin (2006-05-15)
The objective of this project was to evaluate the biological and environmental factors that influenced the bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in the consumptive portions of fish. I investigated the ...

Factors Influencing Catenary Behavior in Ductile Steel-Framed Structures 

Kantrales, George (2012-07-02)
Historical precedent has established progressive collapse as a phenomenon characterized by the potential for extreme structural damage and loss of life. In an attempt to mitigate such behavior in conventional structures, ...

Factors Influencing Consumers' Use of Retailer's Facebook Pages: Application of the Technology Acceptance Model 

Gu, Siming (2013-11-05)
Most of the top Internet retailers use Facebook to acquire insights about their customers and to communicate their marketing strategies. However, no published work has used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine ...

Factors Influencing Microbial Growth and Viability of Wood Duck Eggs 

Walls, Johnathan G. (2011-07-13)
Egg viability in birds declines with increasing length of incubation delay and may be influenced by microbial infection and exposure of eggs to temperatures above physiological zero (>24°C). Reuse of nests is common in ...

Factors Influencing Post-Capture Survival and Survival of Eastern Wild Turkeys in Alabama 

Zenas, Stephen (2018-05-16)
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has recently initiated research on the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) population due to perceived declines in abundance throughout ...

Factors Influencing Reproductive Success and Camera Survey Efficiency of White-tailed Deer 

Acker, Peter K. (2013-05-08)
This study was two-fold, and was conducted on a 174-ha fenced enclosure. First, we examined reproductive success of male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), where recent research has begun to shed light on the fact ...