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Translocating Captive Female White-tailed Deer & Training and Experience Increase Classification Accuracy in White-tailed Deer Camera Surveys
(2022-01-06)
Thousands of captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) facilities exist across North America for the purpose of producing trophy-quality deer (i.e., exceptionally large-antlered). Many of these deer get marketed ...
The Effects of Anthropogenic Traffic Noise on Auditory and Endocrine Function in the Blacktail Shiner, Cyprinella venusa
(2022-01-03)
Acoustic signals are a vital component of important behaviors such as courtship, foraging, parental care, and aggression. Acoustic communication is a modality utilized by a plethora of animals, including fishes. Recent ...
Improving Magnetic Map-Based Navigation using Vehicle Motion Information
(2022-01-06)
This thesis utilizes the earth's main magnetic field as the signal for a map definition, implements a particle filter to synthesize a solution from likelihood information, and introduces vehicle motion information by means ...
Standpoints of reentry: A qualitative analysis of female maternity leaves with corporate communication implications
(2022-01-03)
Navigating motherhood is a complex and cumbersome task. Many women in contemporary society are electing to take on motherhood while maintaining full time employment, necessitating a maternity leave. Because the U.S. does ...
Survey of Pediatric SLP Methods for Measuring Speech Intelligibility
(2022-01-06)
The purpose of this study was to explore the speech intelligibility measures currently being used by pediatric speech language-pathologists (SLPs), the most frequent measure, the variables considered in intelligibility ...
A Study of Driver Behaviors at Unsignalized Intersections Using SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data and Field Observed Conflict Data
(2022-01-10)
Unsignalized intersections on divided highways with wide medians (>30 ft) have the potential for severe crashes due to numerous conflict points and high speed. Drivers making minor road left turns have to make multiple ...
Estructuras Quiásticas en Don Quijote: el potencial hermenéutico y retórico de la figura del quiasmo en la novela de Cervantes
(2022-01-12)
Through the ages, many studies have explored the presence, function, and meaning of chiasmus in poetry, but not in prose, in which case they are still scarce and controversial, except those focused on sacred texts. For ...
Woody Biomass Production in the Southeastern United States
(2022-01-10)
There is an increasing emphasis throughout the United States on renewable sources of energy. The shifting energy economy can create opportunities for loggers to play an important role in the renewable energy market. Loggers ...
Alabama Master Gardener Strategic Assessment Surveys
(2022-01-13)
The purpose of this quantitative assessment is to evaluate the perspectives and experiences of regional extension agents, county extension coordinators, office administrators, and volunteers involved in the Alabama Extension ...
TiO2, VO2, and CrO2: Electronic Structure and Role in C-H Bond Activation of Methane
(2022-01-12)
Density functional theory and high-level ab initio electronic structure calculations are performed to study the titled transition metal dioxides and their ability to activate the C-H bond of methane. The electronic structure ...