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Soil microbial response to glyphosate-base cotton pest management systems
(2009-05-15)
Currently, 74% of cotton acres in the United States are planted with glyphosatetolerant
varieties. The average glyphosate-tolerant cotton crop is treated with glyphosate
2.1 times each year in addition to other herbicides, ...
Genetic relationships and evolutionary history of extant Bowhead whale populations, Balaena mysticetus
(2009-05-15)
Bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, are large baleen whales that are
characterized by an Arctic distribution. In order to provide proper management
recommendations to the International Whaling Commission, a panel of ...
The nanoporous morphology of photopolymerized crosslinked polyacrylamide hydrogels
(2009-05-15)
Nanoporous polymer hydrogels offer a desirable combination of mechanical,
optical, and transport characteristics that have placed them at the core of a variety of
biomedical technologies including engineered tissue scaffolds, ...
Moral judgment and public school superintendents in Texas
(2009-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to examine moral judgment of public school
superintendents in Texas when faced with moral dilemmas. The Defining Issues Test-2
was used to measure levels of moral judgment. A demographic survey ...
Phase control in the synthesis of yttrium oxide nano and micro-particles by flame spray pyrolysis
(2009-05-15)
The project synthesizes phase pure Yttria particles using flame spray pyrolysis, and to experimentally determines the effect of various process parameters like residence time, adiabatic flame temperature and precursor ...
Three essays on business failure: causality and prediction
(2009-05-15)
This dissertation investigates three issues on business failure causality and prediction. First, a nonlinear model for mathematical programming based discriminant analysis is studied. This study proposes a nonlinear model ...
Marble Transport in the Time of the Severans: A New Analysis of the Punta Scifo a Shipwreck at Croton, Italy
(2009-05-15)
Five ancient shipwrecks have been found in the sea off Croton, in southern Italy,
each carrying a marble cargo composed of massive blocks, column shafts, and smaller
artifacts. Three of them were located while surveying ...
Balancing human and system visualization during document triage
(2009-05-15)
People must frequently sort through and identify relevant materials from a large
set of documents. Document triage is a specific form of information collecting where
people quickly evaluate a large set of documents from ...
Reactor power history from fission product signatures
(2009-05-15)
The purpose of this research was to identify fission product signatures that could be used to uniquely identify a specific spent fuel assembly in order to improve international safeguards. This capability would help prevent ...
Adaptive control for Mars atmospheric flight
(2009-05-15)
The new vision for space exploration will focus on sending humans to the moon and eventually to Mars. This endeavor presents new challenges that are critically different from the past experience with robotic missions to ...