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A Case Study of Food Safety Culture Within a Retailer Corporate Culture
(2011-02-22)
The retail business has been negatively affected due to the increasing customer concerns about food safety and the recent events related to microbiological and chemical contamination of food products, such as the melamine ...
Integrated Economic-Epidemic Modeling of Avian Influenza Mitigation Options: A Case Study of an Outbreak in Texas
(2011-02-22)
Recent World Animal Health Organization (OIE) reports on Avian Influenza (AI) outbreaks in Asia, Europe and Canada suggest that there is a nonzero probability that an
outbreak may occur anywhere in the world, including the ...
Essays on Choice and Demand Analysis of Organic and Conventional Milk in the United States
(2011-02-22)
This dissertation has four interrelated studies, namely (1) the characterization of
milk purchase choices which included the purchase of organic milk, both organic and
conventional milk and conventional milk only; (2) the ...
A Climatology of Tropical Anvil and Its Relationship to the Large-Scale Circulation
(2011-02-22)
This dissertation uses multiple tools to investigate tropical anvil, i.e., thick, non-precipitating cloud associated with deep convection with the main objectives to provide a climatology of tropics-wide anvil properties ...
Inspection, Assessment, and Repair of Grouted Ducts in Post-tensioned Bridge
(2011-02-22)
Segmental post-tensioned (PT) bridges are major structures that carry significant traffic.
Recent investigations of these bridges have identified voids in their ducts. and some of
these exposed strands at these void locations ...