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Improving the Spelling Skills of Elementary Students with Mild Learning and Behavior Problems: A Comparison Between an Explicit Rule-Based Method and Traditional Method
(2007-08-15)
Students with learning and behavior problems often experience great difficulty in written expression, especially in the area of spelling. Even though students with mild disabilities often have lower achievement levels ...
Improving Throughput of Video Streaming in Wireless Sensor Networks
(2008-08-15)
Wireless sensor networks are originally distributed event-based systems that differ from traditional communication networks in several ways. These networks typically have nodes with severe energy constraints, variable ...
Improving Tolerance to Hypoxia in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica
(2005-08-15)
The loss of oyster reefs is attributed to a variety of causes including over fishing, disease, and periodic hypoxia. Hypoxia, as well as brief periods of anoxia, is a problem in Mobile Bay, in particular. Development of ...
Improving Usable Security and System Safety
(2014-07-17)
Usability in information technology systems plays of vital role in conducting operations safely and securely. The methods for judging usability vary greatly, which makes assessing any aspect of usability difficult. In cases ...
Improving Vehicular Networking Reliability and Efficiency in the Context of Platooning Applications
(2016-05-23)
Vehicular networking is a technology that enables vehicles communication system. A joint effort from the automobile industry, transportation industry, and government offices is driving the adoption of this technology to ...
In Election Voting, Do People Touch the Objective or Not?
(2009-05-05)
Election technologies have been constantly evolving since the first election in the United States
of America. In 2008, during the early voting election one problem that occurred was vote switching
in West Virginia and ...
In Her Own Voice: A Narrative Study of the Persistence Strategies of Eight African American Women Vice Presidents for Student Affairs at Predominately White Institutions
(2012-05-04)
This narrative study explored the personal and professional experiences of eight African American women vice presidents for student affairs (VPSA) employed at predominately White institutions (PWIs) and the persistence ...
In Ovo-Vaccination with a Non-Replicating Adenovirus-Vectored Avian Influenza: Maternal Immunity and Effects on Vaccination
(2011-11-17)
Protective immunity to avian influenza (AI) virus can be elicited in chickens by in ovo or intramuscular (IM) vaccination with RCA-free adenovirus vector encoding AI virus H5 (AdH5). We evaluated persistence of specific ...
In Remembrance: Confederate Funerary Monuments in Alabama and Resistance to Reconciliation, 1884-1923
(2008-05-15)
This thesis will examine Alabama Confederate monuments in terms of their style
and location. In so doing, it explores their connection to the greater memory of the Civil
War in the South. Scholars writing on southern ...
In silico Prediction and Experimental Confirmation of B-cell Epitopes for Molecular Serology of Chlamydia spp.
(2016-03-25)
Urgently needed species-specific ELISAs for detection of antibodies against Chlamydia (C.) spp. have been elusive due to high cross-reactivity of chlamydial antigens. To identify Chlamydia species-specific B-cell epitopes, ...
In situ Degradation of Trichloroethylene in Soil and Groundwater with Stabilized Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles and Catalytic Hydrodechlorination with Supported Palladium Nanoparticles
(2012-05-03)
Chlorinated solvents, such as trichloroethylene (TCE), are potent carcinogens and have been found in soil and groundwater at thousands of National Priorities List sites in the U.S. To facilitate in-situ chlorinated solvents ...
In Situ Digestibility and Nutritive Value of Inoculated Cool-Season Annual Grass Baleage
(2022-12-07)
Baleage provides a method to store high quality forages in less-than-ideal Southern weather patterns. The current study evaluated forage nutritive value, in situ digestibility, and silage inoculation of baleage from four ...
'In Some Respects Peculiar': Representations of Citizenship in the British and Anglophone Novel
(2008-08-15)
This dissertation analyzes representations of citizenship in five British novels that were written over a period of 260 years. Read together, these novels chart the ways in which citizenship has been coveted, accepted, ...
In the Shadow of the Presidency: Presidential Management and the Influence of Cabinet Secretaries
(2016-05-06)
Scholars today recognize weaknesses in the president’s ability to pass significant legislation. I ask how presidents can increase their overall influence. They must look internally at their management style and the ...
"In Time of Iron-Age: The Choctaw Civil War and the Southern Frontier
(2018-04-23)
This dissertation is the first extended ethnohistorical study of the Choctaw civil war that occurred between 1746 and 1750 CE. Using gender as a primary lens of inquiry, it outlines the mutual intelligibility of Choctaw ...
In vitro and in vivo cold shock response in Vibrio vulnificus
(2007-08-15)
Vibrio vulnificus is a serious food-borne pathogen associated with the consumption of raw oysters. The Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) recommends refrigeration of Gulf Coast oysters after harvesting to ...
In vitro anti-tubulin effects of mebendazole and fenbendazole on J3T canine glioma cells
(2016-08-24)
Benzimidazole anthelmintics have reported anti-neoplastic effects both in vitro and in vivo. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vitro chemosensitivity of canine glioma J3T cells to mebendazole and ...
In Vitro Determination of Canine Immunological Responses Due to Exposure to Recombinant Wolbachia Surface Protein
(2011-07-21)
Dirofilaria immitis is the causative agent of heartworm disease in several hosts, including dogs and cats. Like other filarial parasites, D. immitis harbors a strain of Wolbachia pipientis, an obligate, intracellular, ...
In vitro effect of Altered Platelet Count on Multiple Electrode Impedance Aggregometry in Dogs
(2017-01-10)
The objective of this study was to assess platelet aggregation by impedance aggregometry using canine whole blood with adjusted platelet counts. Citrated venous samples from 24 healthy dogs were aliquoted into unmanipulated ...
In vitro efficacy of anti-protozoal compounds against Tritrichomonas foetus
(2016-06-17)
Bovine trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Tritrichomonas foetus, an obligate parasite of the reproductive tract of cows and the surface of the bull’s penis and prepuce. Significant economic losses ...