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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 ...
Planning Stage Reliable Operation of Dynamic Microgrids
(2023-12-08)
The deployment of renewable energy generation is increasing at the distribution level in power systems. The concept of microgrids reduces the complex control burden from the system operator and lowers electricity prices. ...
Plant Growth and Physiological Responses to Various Surfactants Injected in Irrigation Water: Tween 20 as a Method for Reducing Water Use in Plant Production
(2017-07-27)
Nursery and greenhouse growers who heavily rely on groundwater and/or are located in drought prone regions should be hard-pressed to minimize water waste for the sake of their plants, their budgets, and the environment. ...
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) mediate interactions between abiotic and biotic stresses in cool- and warm-season grasses
(2017-12-06)
Non-pathogenic, soil microbes that occupy the rhizosphere can influence plant growth and induce changes in the plant’s physiological, chemical, metabolic, molecular activities; influencing plant-microbe interactions with ...
Planting Date and Seeding Rate Effect on Corn Yield for Replant Decisions in Alabama
(2024-04-18)
Corn yield is heavily influenced by plant population and planting date, and understanding the relationship between these is essential for optimizing yield. Poor stands and non-uniform plant density present significant ...
Plasma Fetuin-A Responses to a Single Bout of Exercise and Short-term Exercise in Obese and Normal Weight Individuals
(2010-08-03)
Fetuin-A, in particular the phosphorylated isoform, is a negative regulator of insulin action, inhibiting insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity and downstream insulin signaling. In obese individuals, serum fetuin-A ...
Plasma Propellant Interactions: RDX Films in Hydrogen, Argon, and Mixed Composition Plasmas
(2013-04-29)
The interaction of the components in electrothermal chemical (ETC) ignition have been studied due to its advantages over conventional ignition. In ETC ignition, a piece of polyethylene replaces the primer found in conventional ...
Plasmonic nanomaterials for label-free biosensor towards next-generation point-of-care immunoassay
(2021-11-12)
Cytokines, a broad category of low molecular weight signaling proteins, are key immune modulators for cell-based immune response. An abnormal level of cytokine can lead to acute/chronic inflammation, multiple organ failure, ...
Plasticity of a coral reef fish, Abudefduf saxatilis, to thermal stress and habitat degradation
(2023-07-11)
Sea surface temperatures are rising at unprecedented rates due to anthropogenic activities. Warm conditions have the potential to push marine species beyond their physiological limits, which can lead to challenges on the ...
Plasticity of Olfactory Response to Host-Related Plant Volatiles in The Parasitoid Microplitis croceipes
(2016-05-03)
Plants release blends of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in response to herbivore damage. Parasitoids use certain VOCs as indirect cues to locate their herbivore hosts. However, response of parasitoids to these chemical ...
Platinum nanoparticle-polyoxometalate based bimetallic catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cell and bipolar electrodeposition based combinatorial material library applied in sensors and energy systems
(2012-05-01)
The first part of chapter 1 summarizes the reports on the improved oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics on Pt-bimetallic catalysts used in proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). An account on the significance of ...
Play Neighborhood
(2016-05-03)
Nowadays the children’s discretionary time is diminishing. In the modern society, children spend their free time more on television, computing, video games and such kind of indoor activities. In addition, children spent ...
Playful landscapes build a resilient city
(2015-05-04)
There are lots of ways to build a resilient city in the world. With different situations, cities should have different ways to build resilient cities, like the case building resilient city in New Orleans is different from ...