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Recommended duration for evaluating feed intake and validating the residual feed intake model in Brangus heifers
(2016-12-09)
In order to determine optimal measurement days, variables best describing variation for dry matter intake (DMI) and effect of residual feed intake (RFI) classification on reproductive and performance traits, RFI was predicted ...
Reconfigurable RF Receiver Frontends for Multi-Standard Radios
(2011-04-15)
Several Wireless Communication Standards have been developed over the past few decades to address the growing and varying needs of the users. For example, while cellular access technologies such as GSM and CDMA have satisfied ...
Reconfigurable Software-Defined Radio —System Analyses, Architecture Designs, and Circuit Implementations
(2016-08-05)
Researchers have assessed the uses of Software-defined radio (SDR) for more than thirty years. They have specifically investigated its advantages in ultimate reconfigurability and programmability to support multi-standard, ...
Reconfiguring Cultural Literacy: Multi-Authored Cultural Literacy Narratives in a Post-Hirsch Age
(2012-08-03)
My dissertation argues that Hirsch’s definition of cultural literacy must be updated so that it focuses on the behaviors, practices, beliefs, and ideals of individuals (any individual) and how each of these areas connects ...
Reconsidering Jessie Pope: The Writer Before "A Certain Poetess"
(2015-12-10)
In four chapters, I present a case study of Jessie Pope’s early career, focusing on her use of women in her writing for adults. Her women are smart, and their situations are orchestrated by Pope in ways that lay bare ...
Reconstructing Paleoenvironmental Conditions of Northern Alabama Utilizing Guano Cores
(2019-08-18)
The need to understand long-term precipitation patterns in the southeast United States are of great concern considering human population increase, climate change, agricultural production and environmental stressors. Current ...
Reconstructing Religious Identity: Southern Baptists and Anti-Catholicism, 1870-1920
(2012-12-05)
This dissertation examines how Southern Baptists utilized anti-Catholicism to reconstruct their religious identity from 1870-1920. It documents the beliefs, rhetoric, and actions of Baptists as they encountered Catholics ...
Reconstructing the Past Salinities Experienced by a Freshwater and Marine Piscivore in the Mobile-tensaw River Delta Using Otolith Microchemistry
(2007-12-15)
In this study, we used changes in otolith microchemistry, with particular emphasis on otolith Sr:Ca, along the otolith growth axis to examine the past salinities, and thus the past environments, experienced by age-0 ...
Reconstruction of Parametric Image Maps in Single- and Multiple-Coil Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(2009-07-28)
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is a standard tool to measure the hemodynamic response which is related to activation patterns in the human and animal brain. In conventional anatomical MRI, the decay and ...
Reconvergent Fanout Analysis of Bounded Gate Delay Faults
(2008-08-15)
To determine the quality that a set of gate delay tests provides for testing gate delay faults, gate delay fault simulation must determine the minimum size detectable for detected gate delay faults. The minimum size ...
Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Remote Rural School Districts: Strategies for Success
(2016-12-08)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the strategies used to recruit and retain teachers in remote rural school districts, from the perspective of the superintendent, the principal, and the teacher. Data was ...
Recruiting lady beetles using olfactory and visual cues for the biocontrol of Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae)
(2020-11-30)
Acanthacoccus lagerstroemiae (crapemyrtle bark scale, CMBS) is an exotic scale insect that feeds on the sap of crapemyrtle trees as its primary host. Heavy Infestations of CMBS leads to reduced flowering and sooty mold ...
Recruitment to and Defense of Aphids by Fire Ants and Native Ants and an Estimate of Their Trophic Positions Using Stable Isotopes
(2008-05-15)
The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is an invasive ant known to form facultative mutualisms with aphids. Fire ants significantly reduce the abundance of aphid predators and herbivores on plants infested with ...
Recurrent phenotypic selection for increased winter productivity in annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.)
(2009-07-17)
In the Southeastern USA, dry matter distribution of cool season annual and perennial grasses is concentrated more in spring months with relatively less production in late autumn and early winter. Annual cool season grasses ...
A Recursive Pseudo Fatigue Cracking Damage Model for Asphalt Pavements
(2018-07-24)
Bottom-up fatigue cracking in asphalt pavements is a complex distress mechanism influenced by traffic, structural and environmental conditions. Fatigue damage itself changes the properties of the asphalt concrete (AC), ...
Red Imported Fire Ant Influences on White Grub Populations and Soil Foraging Characteristics in Managed Turfgrass
(2011-04-29)
White grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) are a significant pest of managed turfgrass throughout the United States and are difficult to monitor because of their subterranean habitat. Recent reports have stated that white ...
Red or Blue: Does the choice of hue influence the way you learn the things you do? A mechanistic account of the effects of incidental choice on motor learning.
(2016-07-28)
The enhancement of motor learning is important for a myriad of activities. One way to enhance motor learning is to increase the autonomy of the learner. This can be done in several ways but typically centers around the ...
Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) movement patterns based on acoustic positioning around oil and gas platform in the northern Gulf of Mexico
(2018-11-05)
Offshore oil and gas platforms provide habitat for many marine fish species in the northern Gulf of Mexico. By law, the owning company is required to remove obsolete platforms. The most economical method is explosive ...
Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, Mortality, Movements, and Habitat Use Based on Advanced Telemetry Methods
(2015-12-08)
Ultrasonic telemetry was used to estimate the success of a new release method, mortality, movements (m to km), and depth patterns for red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, (n = 86) around artificial reefs in the northern Gulf ...
Redefining Productivity: How can a productive landscape be redefined for social change?
(2013-03-18)
The landscape has always been expected to produce something, whether it be a crop, a mineral, a view, a resting place, or even an opportunity. In the small town of Loachapoka, Alabama, (pop. 162) the residents have become ...