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Phytoremediation of Aquaculture Effluent Using Integrated Aquaculture Production Systems
(2013-07-19)
A series of experiments were conducted to determine how vegetable seedlings, herbs and bedding plants responded to the solid or liquid component in discharged aquaculture effluent collected from a freshwater, recirculating ...
Pieces of Peace: An Evaluation of the Nixon Administration's Response to the Rise of Arab Radicalism in the Persian Gulf, Libya and Jordan
(2008-05-15)
This thesis is an examination and evaluation of the Nixon Administration’s response to the emergence of Arab radicalism in three areas: the Persian Gulf, Libya and Jordan. It examines the foundations of the Nixon ...
Piezoelectric Cantilever for Mechanical Energy Harvesting
(2012-12-05)
Renewable energy based power sources are of great interest in mobile and wireless devices due to limitations of capacity and disposal in chemical reaction based batteries. Piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) is one of the ...
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices for Low Frequency Vibration Applications
(2009-05-15)
Energy harvesting, a process of capturing ambient waste energy and converting it into usable electricity, has been attracting more and more researchers’ interest because of the limitations of traditional power sources, the ...
Pigs by the sounder: wild pigs, whole sounder removal, and their effects on deer and turkey
(2021-01-06)
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are an invasive species in North America with known negative impacts on agricultural lands and native ecosystems. To explore one commonly used, but ill-described management strategy, we implemented ...
A Pilot Randomized-Controlled Trial of Sleep Scholar: A Single-Session, Internet-Based Insomnia Intervention for College Students
(2023-08-04)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is a promising suicide intervention
for college students because insomnia is robust risk factor for suicide ideation (Liu et al., 2020;
Zuromski et al., 2017) and CBT-I ...
A Pilot Study of a Single-Session, Internet-Based Insomnia Intervention for College Students with Insomnia Symptoms and History of Suicide Ideation
(2020-05-19)
Insomnia is a particularly promising avenue for suicide prevention efforts because it is amenable to treatment, and insomnia treatment is relatively lower in stigma than treatment specifically targeting suicide ideation ...
Pilot-Testing an Ion Exchange Technology for Selective and Regenerative Arsenate Removal and an Engineered Approach for Stabilizing Arsenic-Laden Process Waste Residuals
(2008-12-15)
Pilot-scale tests of a regenerable and selective polymeric ligand exchanger (PLE) were conducted to remove As(V) at the well field of El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU) in El Paso, TX, USA. The PLE was prepared by immobilizing ...
Piloting the future of agriculture education: The educators’ perspective of the Georgia Elementary Agriculture Pilot Program
(2021-07-02)
This study had a purpose to review the grade level curriculum standards for the GEAPP and factors contributing to the program such as collaboration with community stakeholders and other existing Agriculture entities such ...
Pinching, Bulking Duration, and Plant Growth Retardant Effects on Growth and Flowering of Greenhouse-grown Achillea בCoronation Gold’ and Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’
(2013-08-14)
Achillea בCoronation Gold’ (‘Coronation Gold’ achillea) and Coreopsis verticillata L. ‘Moonbeam’ (‘Moonbeam’ coreopsis) are popular herbaceous perennials that are widely grown under nursery and greenhouse conditions. ...
Pine Seedling Detection and Registration
(2009-11-20)
Pine seedling nurseries across the United States depend on antiquated techniques and equipment to manage the country’s supply of pine seedling stock. This research is directed towards the development of a method to ...
PineHill: A Novel Approach to Computer Aided Language Learning
(2007-05-15)
Teaching language involves understanding the way people perceive words and utilizing methods of instruction that they can easily comprehend. Computer assisted instruction is of great benefit and more interesting to learners ...
Pink Lemonade: An Autoethnographic Fantasia
(2020-04-29)
Pink Lemonade provides a campus climate study of queer experience on a rural, Southern
campus in the United States. The researcher employs autoethnographic methods under a post- qualitative paradigm to explore the lives ...
Pinning Down the Change: A Community-Level Study of Timberland Ownership Change
(2014-05-13)
Over the last twenty years, the forest products industry has sold much of its land base
throughout the U.S. The majority of that land is being transferred from corporations in what was
a traditional vertically-integrated ...
Pivoting to Meaningfully Connect with Youth: Youth Relationship Educators’ Perceptions of Success During the Coronavirus Pandemic
(2022-08-03)
This study considered the experiences of youth-focused relationship educators as they transitioned to online education due to the coronavirus pandemic. The aim was to understand the process and impact of these experiences ...
A Place in the Curriculum: Superintendents' Perceptions of Fine Arts Programs
(2014-05-02)
The decisions regarding school curriculum are based on mandates from state and local policies and funding from local, state, and federal government funding. In most K–12 public school systems, decisions regarding funding ...
A Place in the Higher Education Program Curriculum? An Examination of Faculty Members’ Perceptions of the Importance and Inclusion of Higher Education Fundraising in the Curriculum
(2017-07-25)
In light of rising expectations for fundraising knowledge of a variety of leaders in higher education — academicians and administrators alike (Perlmutter, 2016; Drezner & Huehls, 2015; Doan & Morris, 2012; Pritchard, 2011; ...
Placement and recovery of seed caches by a solitary rodent, Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)
(2008-08-15)
Seed caching is a common behavior that has important ecological consequences for seed-hoarding animals, granivorous competitors, and plants whose seeds are harvested and stored. Despite the significance of this behavior, ...
Planar Magnetics Design for Low Voltage High Power DC-DC Converters
(2014-05-20)
Planar magnetic technology is widely used in a variety of applications from telecommunications to power electronics. In particular, the use of planar inductors and transformers in power electronics have burgeoned as a ...
Planetary Partnerships and Their Role in Global Environmental Governance
(2010-04-08)
Finding solutions to global environmental problems has practical, scientific, theoretical, and academic importance. As a practical matter protecting the earth’s bio-systems is necessary for human survival. As resources ...