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EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN U.S. ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM CORN GRAIN, CORN STOVER, AND SWITCHGRASS ON WORLD AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND TRADE
(2010-07-14)
The renewable energy industry continues to expand at a rapid pace. New
advances in cellulosic ethanol technologies have the potential to reduce our dependency
on foreign oil. The evolution of these new biofuel markets could ...
Decomposition Based Solution Approaches for Multi-product Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network Design Models
(2010-01-16)
Closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) management provides opportunity for cost
savings through the integration of product recovery activities into traditional supply
chains. Product recovery activities, such as remanufacturing, ...
Characterization of Phenolic Compounds from Pecan Kernels and their Biological Activities on Adipogenesis and Inflammation
(2010-07-23)
Pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch] kernels from four cultivars were screened for their phenolic content and antioxidant capacity. Ellagitannin content was quantified by HPLC after hydrolysis as free ellagic ...
The Function and Genetic Interactions of Zebrafish atoh1 and sox2: Genes Involved in Hair Cell Development and Regeneration
(2010-10-12)
The sensory cells of the inner ear, hair cells, provide vertebrates with the ability
to detect auditory stimuli and balance. In mammals, cochlear hair cells, those
responsible for hearing, do not regenerate. Zebrafish ...
Hypertextual Ultrastructures: Movement and Containment in Texts and Hypertexts
(2010-01-14)
The surface-level experience of hypertextuality as formless and unbounded, blurring boundaries among texts and between readers and writers, is created by a deep structure which is not normally presented to readers and ...
Wavelets, Self-organizing Maps and Artificial Neural Nets for Predicting Energy Use and Estimating Uncertainties in Energy Savings in Commercial Buildings
(2010-01-14)
This dissertation develops a "neighborhood" based neural network model
utilizing wavelet analysis and Self-organizing Map (SOM) to predict building baseline
energy use. Wavelet analysis was used for feature extraction of ...
Linking Sulfur Metabolism to the Cell Division Machinery in Yeast
(2010-07-14)
The longstanding view has been that metabolism allows for cell division to take
place, but that metabolic processes do not actively promote cell division. I have recently
challenged this notion by identifying a unique ...
Predicting Community Preference of Comments on the Social Web
(2010-07-14)
Large-scale socially-generated metadata is one of the key features driving the growth
and success of the emerging Social Web. Recently there have been many research efforts
to study the quality of this metadata - like ...
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins -1 and -3, and Hydroxysteroid (11-Beta) Dehydrogenase One: Potential Roles in Ruminant Conceptus Development and Endometrial Function
(2010-07-14)
Maternal contributions from the uterine endometrial luminal (LE) and glandular
(GE) epithelia are unequivocally required to support ruminant conceptus growth and
development, elongation and implantation. Therefore, studies ...
Surface Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts Using Low Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy Combined with Electrochemistry
(2010-07-14)
Fundamental studies of heterogeneous catalysis were performed and presented in this dissertation to gain a better understanding of heterogeneous catalytic reactions at a molecular level. Surface science techniques were ...