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The Identification of Five Seedlings Hyper-responsive to Light (SHL), and Characterization of SHL7
(2010-01-16)
Light is one of the major environmental factors that controls plant development, through
a process known as photomorphogenesis. Plants perceive light via photoreceptors, and
the information used to direct a myriad of ...
Essays on monetary policy and asset prices
(2010-01-14)
The recent financial and economic turmoil driven by housing market has led the economists to refocus on the issue about monetary policy and asset price, especially housing price. In this dissertation I investigate the ...
Two Approaches to Evaluate Drought Tolerance in Maize: Seedling Stress Response and Epicuticular Wax Accumulation
(2010-12-02)
We wanted to develop rapid and cost-effective drought tolerance screening methods for mass amounts of germplasm. In 2009 and 2010, we evaluated sixty-two maize inbred lines and their hybrid testcross progeny using seedling ...
Development of a Low NOx Burner System for Coal Fired Power Plants Using Coal and Biomass Blends
(2010-01-16)
The low NOx burner (LNB) is the most cost effective technology used in coal-fired power plants to reduce NOx. Conventional (unstaged) burners use primary air for transporting particles and swirling secondary air to create ...
Thermoelastic Properties of Particle Reinforced Composites at the Micro and Macro Scales
(2010-01-14)
Particle reinforced composites are widely used in tires, heat exchangers, thermal barrier coatings and many other applications, as they have good strength to weight ratio, excellent thermal insulation, ease of manufacturing ...
Analysis of estrone sulphate, testosterone, and cortisol concentrations around time of ejaculation and potential correlation to sexual behavior and sperm characteristics in stallions
(2010-07-14)
In the stallion, inconsistent sexual behavior and variable semen quality are
common. This reproductive variability has been attributed to differences in circulating
hormone concentrations. In order to further examine this ...
Polyisobutylene as a Polymer Support for Homogeneous Catalysis
(2010-01-14)
Phase selective soluble polymers are useful in organic synthesis because they
simplify purification and separation processes. Such selective soluble polymers enable
the use of Green chemistry principles to be utilized as ...
Characterization of Feed Efficiency Traits and Relationships with Temperament, Serum Hormones and Serum Metabolites in Growing Brangus Heifers
(2010-09-03)
Physiological traits that are biologically associated with feed efficiency may be useful indicator traits residual feed intake (RFI). The objective of this study was to examine the relationships between RFI, temperament, ...
“AT HOME, I’M CLARK KENT. AT CAMP, I’M SUPERMAN:” OUTCOMES AND PROCESSES OF A CAMP FOR YOUTH WITH HIV/AIDS
(2010-01-16)
Understanding how inputs influence program outcomes is a key step in designing
and implementing quality youth programs to support positive development. While
developmental processes are assumed to be universal for all ...
Fragment Based Protein Active Site Analysis Using Markov Random Field Combinations of Stereochemical Feature-Based Classifications
(2010-07-14)
Recent improvements in structural genomics efforts have greatly increased the
number of hypothetical proteins in the Protein Data Bank. Several computational
methodologies have been developed to determine the function of ...