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Femininity and the Unnamed Women of the New Testament 

Aikens, Candace (2015-05-04)
Gender and sex are often considered to be synonymous, suggesting that males are designed to be biologically and psychologically a certain way while females are designed to be biologically and psychologically opposite and ...

Feral Pig (Sus scrofa) Survival, Home Range, and Habitat Use at Lowndes County Wildlife Management Area, Alabama 

Gaston, Wesson (2008-05-15)
Survival, home range, and habitat use are key components of feral pig ecology that can help wildlife biologists and land managers develop control methods for this species. Feral pigs were captured and released with ...

Feral Towns : Alabama's Shrinking Towns 

Stehr, Jake (2015-05-04)
The 21st century has created a feral condition in many small towns in Alabama. This feral condition has resulted in social, ecological, and spatial changes that require new forms of civic spaces, and understanding.

Fermentation Characteristics of Different Cool-Season Annuals With or Without Silage Inoculant 

Shoup, Sarah (2019-11-19)
Feed and forage costs make up the greatest portion of costs for beef cattle operations in the Southeast. In the Southeast, the most common method of preserving forages for the winter months is dry hay. Dry hay can be ...

Fertilization Effects on Water Use of 8-year-old Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Vary with Throughfall Treatment 

Bartkowiak, Stanley, IV (2015-01-07)
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations in the southern U.S. generate more timber than any other country in the world and therefore reductions in net primary productivity associated with climate variability may have ...

Fertilization of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) with Calcium: Influence of Source, Rate, and Leaching on Yield and Seed Quality 

Florence, Robert (2011-07-29)
Soil surface horizons in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plains region are physically favorable to peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) production but are often depleted of calcium. Peanuts lacking calcium may form undeveloped pods ...

Fertilizer Value of Densified Broiler Litter 

Sturgeon, Laura (2008-12-15)
The increase in broiler (Gallus gallus domesticus) production across the southeastern United States and in the state of Alabama has led to locally excessive application rates of broiler litter. Because of the low fertilizer ...

Fertilizers Affect Water and Substrate EC, pH, and Nutritional Concentrations for Nelumbo Production 

McGrath, Colleen (2012-05-04)
Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an aquatic, herbaceous perennial considered to be one of the most valuable plants in the world. Each part of lotus is consumed throughout Asia for food or used for medicinal ...

Fiber and protein degradation characteristics of stockpiled Tifton 85 bermudagrass 

Sechler, Samantha (2016-07-27)
A 2-yr study was conducted to determine effects of rate of N fertilization on kinetic parameters of fiber digestion and protein degradability in stockpiled Tifton 85 bermudagrass. Six 0.76-ha pastures of stockpiled Tifton ...

Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Strengthening of War Memorial Bridge—Installation, Load Testing, and Analysis 

Carmichael, Benjamin (2005-12-15)
An assessment of the rehabilitation of a reinforced-concrete bridge using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) laminate materials is presented. The installation of FRP strips to girder bottoms in the positive moment section ...

Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 (FGF21) in Domestic Cats 

Brinker, Emily (2023-04-26)  ETD File Embargoed
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are a group of structurally homologous yet functionally pleiotropic proteins. Unlike canonical and intracellular FGFs, the FGF19 subfamily, which includes FGF15/19, FGF21, and FGF23, act ...

Fiction Stir Welding of 5083-H131 Aluminum Alloy using A2 and H13 Tool Steels or 420 Stainless Steel Tooling 

Evans, Justin (2014-12-09)
Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a solid state welding method developed by The Welding Institute. The process is environmentally friendly, highly repetitive and easily adapted to manufacturing geometries. New welding schedules ...

Fiducial Marker-Based Motion Capture System for Biomechanics and Lower Limb Prosthesis Alignment 

Gupta, Raju (2019-07-15)
Lower limb loss is a disability that is currently estimated to affect more than one million Americans. Development of lower limb prostheses has allowed the amputee to regain their mobility to some extent and reengage in ...

Field Aligned Currents Derived from Pressue Profiles Obtained from TWINS ENA Images 

Wood, Keith (2017-08-21)
Field aligned currents (FACs) are an important mechanism coupling the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. The Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers (TWINS) mission is the first stereoscopic neutral atom ...

Field and laboratory investigations of groundwater arsenic sequestration in biogenic pyrite at an industrial site in Florida 

Fischer, Alicia (2020-05-07)  ETD File Embargoed
Pumping groundwater from arsenic-contaminated aquifers has exposed millions of people around the world to high and potentially deadly doses of the contaminant. Moreover, developing countries lack the resources and technology ...

Field Assessment of Cold Recycling Technologies Used for Pavement Preservation 

Martinez Rodriguez, Danny Steve (2020-07-14)
Cold recycling of asphalt concrete pavements is a widely practiced technique used to prolong pavement life as a low-cost preservation method. Research in recycled materials has become necessary to further evaluate the ...

Field Evaluation of Near-Surface Mounted, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Strips for Strengthening of a Continuous Reinforced Concrete Bridge 

Childs, William (2016-04-27)
The Letohatchee bridge is a continuous, reinforced concrete, deck-girder bridge maintained by the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) along AL 97 over I-65 near Letohatchee, Alabama. The bridge is deficient in ...

Field Investigations and SWMM Modeling of an Undeveloped Headwaters Catchment Located in the Lower Coastal Plain Region of the Southeast USA 

Moynihan, Kyle (2013-11-05)
The southeastern region of the United States is host to a diverse variety of geophysical regions including the Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Inland Basins and Coastal Plains. Each region shows its own distinctive set of hydrological ...

Field Studies and Monitoring of Mosquito Populations (Diptera:Culicidae) in Urban Envrionments 

Qualls, Whitney (2005-12-15)
In 2004 and 2005 field work was conducted to survey and monitor larval and adult mosquito populations in urban habitats with, primary interest in Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito. In 2004 and 2005 a state-wide ...

Field-Based Strain Thresholds for Flexible Perpetual Pavement Design 

Willis, James (2009-05-15)
In the recent years, there has been a push towards designing roadways which will sustain 50 years of trafficking without having any structural fatigue damage. These --Y´perpetual pavements¡ are designed using mechanisti ...