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Association analysis of intraspecific ESC resistance QTL and identification of landscape of promoters in catfish on the genome-wide level
(2019-07-02)
Catfish is the most important aquaculture species, accounting for over 50% of aquaculture production in the US. However, disease problems threaten the survival of the catfish industry. Bacterial diseases are a major issue ...
The Association between Discrimination Concerns and Father Involvement: The Role of Accessibility and Racial Socialization
(2019-07-11)
In the United States, the number of children under 18 living in a mother-only household has steadily increased since the 1960s. As single-parent households have become more common, father involvement research has turned ...
Association between fear and visual memory for central and peripheral details
(2006-12-15)
The present study sought to determine if phobic individuals have improved memory for stimuli that are related to their phobic fear relative to non-anxiety provoking stimuli. Four hundred fifty-eight participants were ...
The association between food insecurity and health behavior outcomes
(2015-12-10)
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a better understanding of the health and behavior status of food insecure persons in the United States. This dissertation covers three studies which used data from the National ...
The Association Between Marital Conflict and BMI Among African American Married Couples
(2010-07-09)
Research has repeatedly noted the link between marriage and weight gain, but to date, there has been no satisfactory explanation for those findings. This dyadic study of African American married couples examines one ...
The Association Between Marital Functioning, Family Closeness, and Tsunami Related Health: Moderation by Religiosity
(2009-07-13)
To date, marital outcomes and family closeness following natural disasters have not been extensively investigated. Previous research indicates that disaster experiences relate to adverse mental health outcomes, and there ...
The Association Between Race Based Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Academic Self-Efficacy, and Social Support in Black University Students
(2020-11-23)
A substantial body of research has examined the unique yet difficult experiences of Black students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). This study (N= 99) builds on previous research to examine the association between ...
The Association Between Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction: Mediated by Perceptions of Relational Power
(2021-07-30)
The goal of the current study was to determine the influence of equitable power balance on relationship satisfaction for couples in therapy. The Relational Theory of Power emphasizes that power is held within one’s standing ...
Association Mapping of SSR Markers to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Resistance in Cultivated Peanuts
(2016-05-04)
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), one of most serious diseases in peanut, is transmitted by thrips (Franklinieila occidentalis). The mechanism of TSWV resistance and relevant genes in peanut are still unknown. Breeding and ...
Association of DNA Copy Number and Structural Variation with Racial Disparities in Childhood Obesity
(2021-04-21)
Obesity has become a major public health concern throughout the world. Alabama is 6th highest ranked with obesity in the United States. The development of obesity can be influenced by several factors, such as diet, ...
Associations Among Anxiety, Disengaged Coping, and Physiological Arousal in Early Adolescents
(2012-05-08)
This study examined associations among physiological responses to peer stress (heart rate reactivity, HRR, and skin conductance level reactivity, SCLR), coping responses to peer stress (engaged and disengaged), and anxiety ...
Associations among Marital Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, Conflict Frequency, and Divorce Risk from 1980 to 2000
(2014-08-01)
Marital satisfaction and divorce risk are two intricately related phenomena that influence or are influenced by several aspects of marriage. Specifically, sexual satisfaction and conflict frequency are two commonly studied ...
Associations between Adult Food Insecurity and Various Nutrition Outcome
(2008-08-15)
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a better understanding of the health and nutritional status of food insecure persons in the United States. This dissertation covers three studies which used data from the ...
Associations between nutritional status, physical performance, and disability among older Americans
(2011-04-14)
Impaired functional status with aging is a major concern of the older population, limiting their daily activities, predisposing them to falls and increasing their mortality and morbidity risk. This condition also increases ...
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SLEEP QUALITY, THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE, AND INEFFECTIVE ARGUING AMONG COUPLES IN THERAPY
(2021-08-02)
Considering the far-reaching effects of short or poor-quality sleep on biopsychosocial functioning, little to no research has investigated the associations among sleep quality, therapeutic alliance and couple outcomes in ...
Assortativity of suicide-related posting on Twitter
(2017-11-16)
Networks in which similar individuals are more likely to associate with one another than their dissimilar counterparts are called assortative. Such patterns are a hallmark of human social networks, in which numerous phenomena ...
The Asymmetric Game Strategies Utilizing R&D Incentives under Uncertain Patent Race and Non-infringing Imitation
(2014-05-14)
The primary objective of this research is to provide the optimal strategies for firms and decision makers to take advantage of competitive situations in which they obtain the greatest benefits. We analyze the various ...
Asymptotic Dynamics of Competition Systems with Immigration and/or Time Periodic Dependence
(2015-05-08)
This dissertation is devoted to the study of the asymptotic dynamics, in particular, coexistence states and convergence of nonnegative solutions to the competition systems with immigration and time periodic dependence. ...
Asymptotic Results in Noncompact Semisimple Lie Groups
(2013-04-22)
This dissertation is a collection of results on analysis on real noncompact semisimple Lie groups. Specifically, we examine the convergence patterns of sequences arising from the special group decompositions that exist ...
At the Intersection of Davis and King: Heritage and Memory in Selma, Alabama
(2020-11-16)
Selma, Alabama is a small community in the Black Belt with a rich heritage and history that remains deeply divided along racial lines. Selma played an important role in both the American Civil War and the Civil Rights ...