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Price Discovery and Integration of the Peanut Markets in the United States
(2019-05-02)
Currently, the United States is a major supplier in the world peanut market. Using grower level monthly peanut price data from 1982-2018, this study estimates market integration and price discovery patterns among grower ...
A Combined Language for Hardware and Software Design
(2014-09-08)
Due to the nature of hardware and software, their respective design languages have evolved in isolation. Sophisticated languages and design environments exist for both hardware and software; however they remain distinct ...
An Affine Based Homomorphic Encryption Scheme
(2016-08-30)
Standard encryption protocols do not allow for native searching or modification of data, without decryption. In this scenario, whoever is performing the operations on this file must also have the encryption key. Homomorphic ...
The Effects of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queen Insemination Volume on Colony Growth
(2015-09-27)
The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a eusocial insect where each individual hive contains a single, polyandrous queen that is responsible for laying the fertilized eggs that maintain a hive’s worker population. Virgin queens ...
Water Value and Environmental Implications of Hydraulic Fracturing: Eagle Ford Shale
(2013-12-02)
Shale gas has emerged as one of the leading energy developments in the United States. Production has risen from roughly 0.9 trillion cubic feet (TCF) in 2006 to 4.8 TCF in 2010. Shale gas now encompasses 23% of U.S. natural ...
The Price of Acceptance: Socioeconomic Factors and College Students' Attitudes Towards Individuals with Disabilities
(2018-05-07)
Prior research has focused on how other factors may impact college students’ attitudes toward individuals with disabilities (e.g., Griffin et al., 2012), as well as how economic factors predict attitudes toward social ...
Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) Foams for Bone Defect Repair
(2013-09-25)
Thermoresponsive shape memory polymers (SMPs) are stimuli-sensitive materials that return to their permanent shape from a fixed temporary shape in response to heat. Porous SMP foams exhibit distinct properties that make ...
Influence of nucleotide state on tubulin protofilaments
(2013-12-06)
Microtubules are filaments within cells that play important roles in intracellular transport, cell division, and overall structural support. Microtubules are composed of tubulin dimers of α- and β-tubulin. The dimers ...
The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Twin-Arginine Translocation Pathway
(2013-09-26)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis. It is difficult to study biochemically because of its slow growth rate and its pathogenicity, which requires BSL3 conditions. The twin-arginine ...
Stressor Controllability and Motivated Attention Toward Negative and Neutral Pictures: An Event-Related Potential Study
(2018-05-03)
Initial experiences of control/uncontrollability may affect subsequent encounters with stressors. Here, 48 participants completed an S1-S2 task, in which they passively viewed a negative or neutral picture (S1); following ...