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Exploring Geochemical Methods to Measure Arsenic-Dissolved Organic Matter Complexes and Coal Combustion Residuals in Surface Water
(2022-08-15)
Chapter 1, investigates the geochemical controls governing arsenic (As) mobility, precisely the formation of As-DOM complexes. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) reduces As mobility through equilibrium binding of As to the ...
Exploring Help-Seeking Behaviors of Black College Women at Predominately White Institutions: Impacts of the Strong Black Woman Schema
(2024-12-13)
Despite the efforts that have been made to normalize mental health in the black community, the stigma of seeking mental health services within the black community persists. This stigma is especially more prevalent on college ...
Exploring Higher Education Classroom Immediacy: Effects of Gender and Teaching Experience
(2012-07-27)
The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher immediacy behaviors in the college classroom and the effectiveness of verbal versus nonverbal behaviors in relation to gender and teaching experience. Three-hundred ...
Exploring how institutional structure, capital assets, and motivations influence landowner participation in conservation incentive programs: A mixed methods approach
(2014-05-01)
Conservation incentive programs have become a common means of promoting preservation and best use practices for private landowners. Both non-government organizations and government agencies offer these programs to encourage ...
Exploring immunoglobulin and metabolomic biomarkers of subfertility in Bos taurus beef heifers
(2023-07-17)
Unexplained heifer subfertility is a resource drain on beef production, negatively effecting production efficiencies. Animals that do not conceive within a breeding season and those conceive late result in lighter calves ...
Exploring Index and Query Optimization Techniques for Database Applications
(2016-05-05)
Database index can be regarded as a data structure that speed up the data retrieval operations on a database table. The cost of indexing in database is additional writes and storage space to maintain the data structure. ...
Exploring Innovative Food Safety Practices for Harvest and Postharvest Handling of Fresh Produce
(2025-07-31)
Fresh produce has been associated with foodborne outbreaks and recalls due to pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica, and Listeria monocytogenes. To minimize cross-contamination and reduce microbial loads ...
Exploring intermolecular interactions through Coupled Cluster, Density Functional, and Multireference Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theories
(2015-12-08)
Intermolecular interactions are computed at successively lower levels of theory to establish the relative accuracy of each level. A set of 21 small molecules was first computed using the CCSDT(Q) level of theory to establish ...
Exploring IPM Strategies in Southeastern Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
(2023-07-27)
Due to its numerous uses across various industries, hemp, a flexible and ecological crop, has recently attracted much interest. Farmers and academics have been excitedly examining the potential of hemp for economic growth, ...
Exploring Learning Styles of University Students Involved in Entrepreneurial Activities
(2023-02-14)
This study explored the learning styles of a sample population of students attending a land-grant university in the Southern region of the United States who were participating in entrepreneurial activities in parallel with ...
Exploring LEO-Aided GPS Direct Position Estimation in Degraded Signal Environments
(2024-07-25)
Due to their low received signal power, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are easily subject to radio frequency interference (RFI). Subsequently, extensive research regarding advanced receiver designs that mitigate ...
Exploring Linkages in the Cognitive-Emotional Model within the Context of Organizational Change
(2011-05-02)
To better understand linkages between cognition and emotion within the context of an organizational change, a study of employees was conducted in a public university during the introduction of a technological change. ...
Exploring Machine Learning Methods for Author Identification on Micro-Messages
(2023-04-17)
Author Identification, also known as Authorship Attribution, is the task of identifying an author of unknown text based on the writing style captured within a dataset of writing samples. Author Identification is used in a ...
Exploring Mechanomyography as a Tool for Fatigue Monitoring in Neurorehabilitation
(2025-07-30)
Neurological conditions such as stroke often result in motor impairments that limit functional independence and quality of life. Neurorehabilitation aims to restore motor function through intensive, repetitive therapy, ...
Exploring Methods to Enhance Rooting of Vaccinium arboreum Stem Cuttings
(2014-05-15)
Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum Marshall) has great potential in the fruit and ornamental industries, but is very difficult to vegetatively propagate. A series of rooting experiments were run using juvenile cuttings from ...
Exploring Middle and High School Band Directors’ Perceptions of Collaboration and Its Impact on Their Programs: A Qualitative Study
(2023-08-09)
Collaboration is the act of working together to achieve a set goal. Band programs are essentially designed for students' progression from middle to high school and beyond. It would seem natural for band directors at all ...
Exploring Middle Level Learner Experiences with Learning About World Religions & Philosophies Using Authentic Pedagogy
(2022-11-21)
The United States is a highly religious nation. Unfortunately, the teaching about various world religions and philosophies in public schools remains highly contested across the nation, particularly in highly Christianized ...
Exploring natural and artificial regeneration techniques for developing high-quality bottomland oak stands
(2005-12-15)
Bottomland hardwood forests of the southeastern United States are among the most diverse and productive in the country. In the past, many of these areas were not managed soundly for timber production and, as a result, are ...
Exploring New Technologies for Sustainable Viticulture in the Southeastern United States
(2016-12-09)
In the southeastern United States, Pierce’s Disease (PD) is the major limiting factor for production of Vitis vinifera L, European wine grapes. Recently bred, PD resistant 87.5% V. vinifera selections (‘U0501-12’, ‘U0502-01’, ...
Exploring Novel Influenza Vaccine Strategies in the Swine Model: Along With New Potential Come New Challenges
(2023-04-27)
Influenza A virus (IAV) is a highly contagious respiratory pathogen that constitutes a significant threat to global public and animal health. Unremitting antigenic variation of IAV strains not only results in immune evasion ...