There is need to explore the various factors that affect industrial site selection and the impacts of different pricing policies and types of competition on the location of industry. This dissertation proceeds to fulfill ...

Prior exposure to shock lowers vocalization thresholds to heat and facilitates the acquisition of conditioned fear when training is conducted in a different context. These observations have been taken as evidence that shock ...

Dried distillers’ grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of the fuel ethanol industry, has provided a source of supplement for livestock. This dissertation addressed the effects of DDGS supplementation with cattle grazing ...

Election fraud is considered pervasive throughout many countries, raising concerns it can facilitate corruption and inhibit economic growth by preventing voters from holding elected officials accountable. This paper examines ...

The popularity of VFD motors in compressor trains has increased in recent years. Increased process flexibility is a primary consideration for implementation of VFD systems. However, this comes at a cost of increased ...

This article examines the potential changes to the information seeking behavior of scholars and how they manage their own collection of research article “reprints”. With bibliographic databases and electronic journals ...

The word change is a vast understatement in describing what is to occur in the world in the 21st century. The current statistics, based on purchasing power parity, place the U.S. as having the world’s largest economy. ...

The High Plains and Trans Pecos regions of Texas are semi-arid crop production regions located in the western part of the state. Relatively low levels of rainfall are supplemented by irrigation from groundwater supplies. ...

Two separate experiments were conducted to further understand beef cattle welfare. The first experiment (e.g. systematic review) sought to answer the question “How do housing facility features impact the status of animal ...