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Fate, Transport, and Environmental Availability of Cu(II) Applied in Catfish Aquaculture Ponds and Enhanced Immobilization of Soil-bound Lead Using a New Class of Stabilized Iron Phosphate Nanoparticles
(2007-05-15)
Copper sulfate has been the most commonly used algaecide for about a century in the U.S. to control the off-flavor problem caused by blue-green algae in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) ponds. In 2001, the ~80,000 ...
Father Involvement in Context: The Effects of Fathers’ Intergenerational, Psychological, and Relational Functioning on Children’s Development
(2012-07-27)
Moving toward a process model for understanding the antecedents to father involvement and the effects of father involvement on child development is important for gaining insight on the mechanisms by which father involvement ...
“The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man”: The Social Gospel Interracialism of the Southern Sociological Congress
(2012-05-08)
Scholars have long debated the nature and extent of the social gospel movement’s influence on southern religion. The Southern Sociological Congress’ (SSC) rhetoric and actions demonstrated the blending of southern pietistic ...
Fatigue Behavior and Modeling of Polyether Ether Ketone under Variable Amplitude and Multiaxial Loading
(2020-07-22)
Experimental and analytical roadmap to thoroughly understand and establish benchmark material properties for unfilled polyether ether ketone (PEEK) under monotonic tension and compression, as well as uniaxial and multiaxial ...
Fatigue Properties and Reliability of SnAgCu-Bi Solder Joints in Varying Stress Amplitudes
(2021-04-23)
The eutectic Sn-Pb solder alloys are widely used in the electronic packaging industry. However, they are being replaced by new near-eutectic solder alloys because of environment and health concerns associated with lead. ...
Fatigue Properties and Reliability of Solder Joints in BGA Assembly
(2022-12-05)
Lead-free near-eutectic Sn-Ag-Cu (SAC) solder system has raised increasing attention in the electronics industry since the hazardous effects of SnPb solders. One of the critical considerations for the reliability of an ...
Fatigue Testing and Design of Large Diameter Shear Studs Used in Highway Bridges
(2011-07-19)
Headed studs are commonly used to transfer shear forces along the interface of the steel beam and concrete deck in composite highway bridge girders. Typical stud diameters used in composite bridge design are less than 1". ...
Fault Detection and Diagnostic Test Set Minimization
(2009-02-16)
The objective of the research reported in this thesis is to develop new test generation algorithms using mathematical optimization techniques. These algorithms minimize test vector sets of a combinational logic circuit for ...
Fault Detection and Exclusion in Deeply Integrated GPS/INS Navigation
(2012-12-04)
This dissertation presents a novel fault detection and exclusion method in a centralized deeply integrated GPS/INS navigation system.
The method presented is also demonstrated in a centralized vector tracking GPS ...
Fault Detection in Pressure Swing Adsorption Systems
(2019-04-16)
Over the years, there has been a consistent increase in the amount of data collected by systems and processes in many different industries and fields. On the other hand, there is a growing push towards revealing and ...
Feasibility of Growing Pierce’s Disease Tolerant American and French-American Hybrid Bunch Grape Cultivars and Advanced Grape Selections in Alabama
(2013-01-09)
Eleven Pierce’s Disease (PD) tolerant American and French-American hybrid bunch grape cultivars including ‘Black Spanish’, ‘Blanc du Bois’, ‘Champanel’, ‘Conquistador’, ‘Cynthiana’, ‘Favorite’, ‘Lake Emerald’, ‘Stover’, ...
Feasibility of Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, Culture in Grand Bay, Alabama
(2008-08-15)
The northern hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, has proven to be a profitable aquaculture species along the Eastern seaboard as well as the west coast of Florida. The potential for M. mercenaria aquaculture in the North ...
The Feasibility of Using Alternative Fuels to Produce Portland Cement
(2012-02-08)
The production of cement involves a combination of numerous raw materials,
strictly monitored system processes, and temperatures on the order of 1500 °C.
Immense quantities of fuel are required for the production of ...
Feasibility Studies on the Design and Usage of Steel Pile Piles for ALDOT Bridges
(2023-08-09)
Large diameter steel pipe piles provide an efficient and cost-effective alternative to conventional reinforced concrete bridge piles (drilled shafts) and steel piles (HP-piles). The steel pipe columns offer increased ...
Feasibility Study for a Novel Micropump Design That Utilizes Shape Memory Alloy Diaphragm and Blood Flow
(2010-08-05)
Many different types of micropumps have been designed to pump a variety of
fluids at the micro-liter level. Some of the major short-comings of these designs are leaks
due to moving parts, lack of tolerance to bubbles, ...
Feasibility Study of Human Lumbar Motion using Variability Techniques
(2011-04-20)
More than 80 percent of people suffer from low back pain at some point in their lifetime. It is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorders in the United States. The pain can be short-lived or long-lasting. In ...
Feasibility Study of Ultrasound Measurements on the Human Lumbar Spine
(2006-12-15)
This study is a part of a research project that aims to measure the variation in the intervertebral distance of patients that are subjected to lumbar flexion-distraction chiropractic manipulation. The purpose of this ...
Feathers at a fine scale
(2005-08-15)
In 1668, Antoine von Leeuwenhoek improved the crude microscopes that were being produced in Europe to better study small biological objects (Madigan et al. 1997). Although von Leeuwenhoek 's microscope revolutionized ...
Feature Enhancement and Performance Evaluation of BioPig Analytics
(2016-01-27)
Next-Generation sequencing produces huge collections of strings to be analyzed. This
massive dataset challenges traditional analytics tools and increasingly requires novel solutions
adapting to big data platforms. MapReduce ...
A Feature-based Solution for Kidnapped Robot Problem
(2015-12-11)
The Kidnapped Robot problem in robotics commonly refers to a situation where an autonomous robot can’t locate itself against the map. It can be caused by external force when a robot is carried to an arbitrary place, or ...