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A Narrative Look at the Regional Voice of Political Columnist Molly Ivins
(2005-08-15)
Mass communication research that focuses on analyzing the opinion writing of prominent columnists is nearly non-existent. The columns of Austin, Texas-based nationally syndicated columnist Molly Ivins are studied, looking ...
Narratives of Bisexual College Students: Impacts of Emerging Adulthood, Minority Stress, and Forming Community
(2025-08-05)
The purpose of this dissertation’s study was to understand the experiences of bisexual college students during emerging adulthood (ages 18-25 years). This study examined the interactions of bisexual students with other ...
NASA's Hidden Power: NACA/NASA Public Relations and the Cold War, 1945-1967
(2008-12-15)
During the 1960s, NASA’s human spaceflight program commanded national and international attention. The program created American images infused with heroic values. What were these images? How and why did the process of image ...
A National Overview of Plant Selection/introduction Programs and a State Survey of Growers and Retailers to Determine the Potential for an Alabama Plant Selection/Introduction Program
(2008-12-15)
Over the past fifteen years, many states have established statewide plant selection/introduction programs for the purpose of promoting and marketing selected plants to consumers to increase sales for the Green Industry. ...
A National Study of the Relationship Between the Rates of State Adult Population Educational Attainment and Current Social Laws and Policies
(2013-11-25)
This nation-wide study investigated the relationship between state adult population educational attainment rates of high school degree or higher, bachelor’s degree or higher, and advanced degree or higher and the three ...
Native Ant Biodiversity Response to A Dominant Competitor in Pine-Hardwood Forests of Alabama, USA
(2022-07-22)
This thesis explores how invasive species affect native biodiversity. Specifically, I explore how the invasive ant species, Solenopsis invicta influences the recipient native ant community in pine-hardwood forests. These ...
Natural and Anthropogenic Contaminants in Groundwater and Cancer Cases in Fruithurst, Alabama
(2020-05-13)
The communities of Fruithurst and Muscadine in northeast Alabama, have a combined population of 1,600 people. Between 2013 and 2017, four children and four adults were diagnosed with leukemia or lymphoma. The goal of this ...
Natural arsenic contamination in alluvial aquifers of Chianan Plain, Taiwan
(2013-06-18)
Geological and geochemical analyses were performed on groundwater and sediment samples collected from Budai and Yichu deep drilling sites in the Chianan Plain of Taiwan to examine the distribution and mobilization of arsenic ...
Natural competence and host adaptation in plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa
(2025-04-03)
The plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram-negative, fastidious, xylem-limited, vector-
transmitted bacterium, causing severe diseases on numerous economically important plants
including grapes, citrus, coffee, olive ...
Natural competence and intersubspecific recombination in Xylella fastidiosa; a causal agent of emerging plant diseases
(2017-07-25)
Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram-negative, vector-transmitted, plant-pathogenic bacterium causing incurable diseases to economically important crops such as grapevine, citrus, almond, and coffee. Recent epidemiological studies ...
Natural competence distribution among Xylella fastidiosa strains and construction of a mutant library for RB-TnSeq
(2021-12-01)
The plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa is a gram-negative, fastidious, xylem-limited, vector-transmitted bacterium, causing severe diseases on many economically important plants such as grapes, citrus, coffee, olive and ...
Natural Disasters and Perceived Transformational Leadership Traits in Community Leaders
(2024-12-09)
Hurricane Michael decimated the community of Bay County, Florida as a disaster of
unexpected force. As its winds reached 161 miles per hour, leaders were forced to find ways of
recovering during widespread and on-going ...
Natural History and Conservation of the Eyelash Palmpitviper (Bothriechis schlegelii) in Western Panamá
(2007-12-15)
The focus of this thesis was to examine various components of the natural history,
ecology, and conservation biology of the Bothriechis schlegelii. The sections that follow
include studies of foraging ecology, demography, ...
The Nature and Existence of Mentoring Relationships at the United States Air Force Academy
(2010-04-14)
The practice of mentoring and the study of mentoring relationships
continue to garner interest from business and industry, education and military organizations. The purpose of this study was to examine the nature and ...
Nature and Scope of Collaboration between School Counselors and Special Education Teachers in Working with Students with Disabilities
(2015-07-29)
Building collaborative relationships between school counselors and special education teachers is critical to help school counselors effectively serve students with disabilities in closing the achievement gap and assisting ...
The Nature of Cucumber Mosaic Virus-Induced Symptoms in Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
(2009-12-14)
We determine phenotypic and cytological effects on pepper plant growth and development in response to systemic invasion by CMV and evaluate a CMV strain, mutated in the gene silencing suppressor gene, 2b, for its ability ...
Nature, age, and origin of the informal Lower Cenozoic Red Bank group, northern Belize
(2020-08-17)
The informal Lower Cenozoic Red Bank group of Belize crops out in several areas of the northern part of the country and is comprised mainly of clay with relatively minor amounts of carbonate and rare evaporite beds. The ...
Nature-Based and Engineered Strategies for the Remediation of Nutrients and Emerging Contaminants in Stormwater Runoff
(2025-07-30)
Stormwater runoff is a primary pathway for transporting pollutants into aquatic environments, including excess nutrients and pollutants of emerging concern (PECs) such as 6-PPD-quinone (6-PPDq), a toxic transformation ...
Navigating (In)security and Belonging: Refugee Experiences in Ferrara
(2025-04-03)
This dissertation explores the dynamics between refugees and cities through three papers that examine refugees’ precarious journey toward establishing a home and the challenges of accountability within the refugee reception ...
Navigating the Complexities of Disease Prevention, Alternative Treatments, and Multi-Drug Resistant Rhodococcus equi Mitigation Strategies
(2023-07-28)
The opportunistic pathogen, Rhodococcus equi, is a robust soil saprophyte present in the environment of horse-breeding farms and an important cause of pulmonary disease in foals at endemic farms. As an effort to prevent ...