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Impacts of Land Use/Cover on Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Apalachicola, FL
(2009-03-10)
Rapid coastal development in response to a growing population raises concerns about human degradation of ecosystems. The importance of the carbon cycle and its role in climate regulation warrant the study of the effects ...
Impacts of National Issues Forums on Participant Efficacy and Behavior
(2011-12-05)
Deliberative democracy theorists argue citizen participation is a critical aspect of democratic government. In this exploratory study, deliberative community forums created by the National Issues Forums were conducted in ...
Impacts of Native and Non-native plants on Urban Insect Communities: Are Native Plants Better than Non-natives?
(2015-12-11)
With continued suburban expansion in the southeastern United States, it is increasingly important to understand urbanization and its impacts on sustainability and natural ecosystems. Expansion of suburbia is often coupled ...
Impacts of Salinity and Seasonality on Reproductive Physiology in Diploid and Tetraploid Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
(2023-12-06)
The demand for high-value aquaculture products, like Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), necessitates efficient commercial hatchery strategies. Triploid oysters, derived from mating diploid females with tetraploid ...
Impacts of Seasonal Thermal Stress on Energetics of Popenaias popeii (Texas hornshell)
(2023-11-27)
Texas hornshell (Popenaias popeii) is a federally endangered mussel occurring in Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. We examined temperature effects on energetic costs of feeding, and on scope for growth: the net energy balance ...
Impacts of the oxidizable scaffold of catalase-peroxidase (KatG): Modulation of a heme peroxidase for catalytic versatility
(2021-09-15)
Catalase-peroxidase (KatG) is an antioxidant protein that plays a key role in the degradation of H2O2 for pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria and lower eukaryotes. Despite having the general structure of a heme peroxidase, ...
Impacts of Upstream Disturbances on Downstream Sediment Yield and Stream Morphology where Best Management Practices are Present
(2015-11-10)
Attaining high quality water has always been a big concern for humankind. Forested watersheds are known to provide the cleanest form of water. However, conversion of forested lands to agricultural and/or urban use, as well ...
Impacts of urbanization on carbon balance and human health risk: I. & II. Soil carbon dynamics under impervious surfaces and III. Water quality influences on a common West Nile virus vector.
(2017-01-05)
A significant increase in urbanization will be observed during the next fifty years. Global environmental changes cannot be addressed without a better understanding of biogeochemical cycles in urban areas. Thus, more insight ...
Impacts of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) on nutrient cycling and water quality in riparian areas
(2020-05-15)
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are a highly invasive species in the United States and millions of dollars are spent annually on removal efforts and damage reduction. Wild pigs may act as ecosystem engineers in areas where they are ...
Impacts of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) on the breeding and non-breeding season movements and space use of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo)
(2024-05-15)
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are an impactful invasive species that have saturated the southeastern United States over the last three decades. During this same period, wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) have experienced notable ...
Impacts of Winter Grazing on Soil Health in Southeastern Cropping Systems
(2020-11-16)
Coastal Plain soils are often characterized by low soil organic carbon as a result of historically intense row cropping practices, highly weathered soils, and the humid climate of the region which often breaks down organic ...
Implementation of a Thermal Head Room Based P-state Driver in Linux
(2016-12-12)
Processor overloading causes excessive heat dissipation and high temperatures which may cause unreliable operation and low lifespan. To handle such risks, processors have thermal protection modules, which start functioning ...
Implementation of Distributed Composition Service for Self-organizing Sensor Networks
(2005-12-15)
The heterogeneity and mobility inherent in large-scale ad-hoc sensor network accounts for the difficulty in developing applications in such environment. The difficulty primarily arises from weak and intermittent disconnection, ...
Implementation of Fork-Merge Parsing in OpenRefactory/C
(2015-05-04)
C preprocessor directives are extensively used in C programs. Due to this, performing advanced program transformations on C programs is difficult. To obtain correct transformations, all possible configurations have to be ...
Implementation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil- Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS) Technology in Alabama
(2020-08-24)
Geosynthetic reinforced soil-integrated bridge systems (GRS-IBS) utilize mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) systems to support single-span bridges. A typical GRS-IBS is made up of three components: the reinforced soil ...
Implementation of High Speed SAR ADC with Proposed Efficient DAC Architecture
(2017-07-27)
A novel, high performance SAR ADC architecture is designed and fabricated in
130nm SiGe technology and 45nm soi technology. In the beginning fundamentals of
ADC (Analog-to-Digital Convertor) are introduced and several ...
An Implementation of the Finite Element Method for the Velocity-Current Magnetohydrodynamics Equations
(2014-05-15)
The aim of this research is to extend the numerical results in [78] of a velocity-current
magnetohydrodynamics formulation proposed by A.J. Meir and Paul G. Schmidt in [74]
for a stationary flow that models a conductive ...
IMPLEMENTING BIG DATA ANALYTICS APPROACHES TO IMPROVE FOOD QUALITY AND MINIMIZE FOOD WASTE AND LOSS
(2023-05-02)
This study was conducted to explore the application of non-invasive, rapid advanced technological enhancements and to combine big data analytics methods to detect muscle quality issues such as woody breast (WB), white ...
Implementing Residue Chippers On Harvesting Operation for Biomass Recovery
(2008-05-15)
Three operations that implemented a small residue chipper on their conventional logging operations were studied in 2006. Two of the jobs were thinning operations, the remaining operation conducted clearcuts. All three ...
Implications and Perceptions of Students and Teachers Participating in Two Ninth Grade Success Academies During the Year of Implementation
(2008-08-15)
This study is a comparative case study of two Ninth Grade Success Academies at two school sites in south Alabama. Ninth Grade Success Academies use school within a school modelthat isolates freshman from upperclassmen while ...