Gailunas, Karol Marie

Ready-to-eat meat products have been implicated in several foodborne listeriosis outbreaks. Microbial contamination of these products can occur after the product has been thermally processed and is being rapidly chilled using salt brines. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of ultraviolet irradiation on the inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes and lactic acid bacteria in a model brine chiller system. Two concentrations of brines (7.9%w/w or 13.2%w/w) were inoculated with a ...

Wells, Bruce

Design and development of a 1/10 scale prototype of a Full Dimension Continuous Haulage System manufactured by the Long-Airdox Company. The prototype, which will allow development and testing of path-planning and control algorithms for autonomous navigation and operation in underground coal mines, has been completed. The prototype system, though not an identical copy, clones all full-scale model degrees of freedom and functions necessary for navigation. In addition to the physical structure, a m...

Magill, Samantha Anne

Compound Aircraft Transport (CAT) flight involves two or moreaircraft using the resources of each other; a symbioticrelationship exists consisting of a host, the mothership aircraftand a parasite, the hitchhiker aircraft. Wingtip-docked flight isjust as its name implies; the two aircraft are connectedwingtip-to-wingtip. Formation flight describes multiple aircraftor flying objects that maintain a pattern or shape in the air.There are large aerodynamic advantages in CAT flight. Theaforementioned ...

Magill, Samantha Anne

STUDY OF A DIRECT MEASURING SKIN FRICTION GAGEWITH RUBBER COMPOUNDS FOR DAMPINGSamantha A. Magill(ABSTRACT)A study was conducted on the measurement of skin friction, the least under-stood component of drag. Skin friction is considered the "last frontier" in drag reduc-tion for supersonic flight, but to understand skin friction, it must be accurately meas-ured. This study utilized the direct measuring technique for skin friction. A small de-vice, termed a skin friction gage, measures th...

URIYO, ANGELA FURAHA

The beginning of the twenty-first century found American society sharply divided and American culture in the midst of tumult; the driving forces behind these changes being individualism, multiculturalism and the politics of gender and sexual orientation. As a result, social structure and what were once traditional values have been abandoned for political correctness. With reports of personal crimes committed on juveniles on school property on the rise, clearly, these shifts away from tradition h...

Williams, Alison Kay

I compared the performance of habitat models created from data of differing reliability. Because the reliability is dependent on the probability of detecting the species, I experimented to estimate detectability for a salamander species. Based on these estimates, I investigated the sensitivity of habitat models to varying detectability.Models were created using a database of amphibian and reptile observations at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, USA. Performance was compared among modeling methods, taxa...

Williams, Julie Marie

I examined small mammal demography and habitat associations in 4 forest cover types on Quantico Marine Corps Base, VA. Study sites included clearcut, shelterwood, mature-riparian, and mature-upland habitats. My primary objective was to determine whether the abundance, species composition and demographic characteristics (density, survival, reproductive effort) of small mammals varied with respect to forest cover type. Secondarily, I was interested in identifying patterns of small mammal habitat s...

Wang, Amy (Hui-Shan)

Marine mammals are known for their low susceptibility to mercury toxicity, and it was hypothesized that selenium may play a role in protection against mercury toxicity. To gain insight into the mechanisms of the low susceptibility of cetaceans, we investigated the in vitro effects (1) of mercuric chloride (HgCl2) on the ultrastructure and cell death of Atlantic spotted dolphin renal cells (Sp1K cells), (2) of HgCl2 on the cell proliferation and cell cycle status of Sp1K and Rhesus monkey renal c...

Latimer II, Henry Augustus

Three streams (Parker Run, Little Leading Creek and Thomas Fork) in theLeading Creek watershed, Meigs County, Ohio were impacted by active coal mining,agricultural and abandoned mined land sedimentation and acid mine drainage (AMD),respectively. An ecotoxicological evaluation was performed using physical (waterchemistry and sediment depth analyses), toxicological (acute water column, chronicsediment and 35-day in situ toxicity tests) and ecological (benthic macroinvertebratecommunity sampling) p...

Jones, Jess Walter

A Holistic Approach to Taxonomic Evaluation of Two Closely Related Endangered Freshwater Mussel Species, the Oyster Mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis) andTan Riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri) (Bivalvia: Unionidae)byJess W. JonesRichard J. Neves, ChairpersonFisheries and Wildlife Sciences(ABSTRACT)Primers for 10 polymorphic DNA microsatellite loci were developed and characterized for the endangered oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis from the Clinch River, TN. Microsatellite loci also w...

Krause, Colin William.

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2002. | Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

GIORGIANA FREITAS PINHEIRO

The environmental changes that occur after the development of a sedimentarydeposit may change your geotechnical characteristics.In the case of marine sediments, the leaching of pore salts is essential for thedevelopment of very sensitivity soils in shore deposits in some countries.This work aimed at evaluating the implication of leaching the behaviour ofgeotechnical marine sediments, typical from Brazilian littoral.Tests were carried out in samples obtained from Sepetibas Bay (Rio de Janeiro)and...

Indala, Sudheer

New, energy-efficient and environmentally acceptable, catalytic processes have been identified that can use excess high purity CO2 as a raw material from the sources available in a chemical production complex. The chemical complex in the lower Mississippi River Corridor has been used to show how these new plants can be integrated into this existing infrastructure using the Chemical Complex and Cogeneration Analysis System.Eighty six published articles of laboratory and pilot plant experiments we...

McQuitty, Joel D.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Capital Bible Seminary, 1986. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves [167]-175).

Mierow, Ralph.

Thesis (M. Div.)--International Christian Graduate University, 1986. | Bibliography: leaves 39-40.

Lewis, Stewart J.

Thesis (M.A.)--Cincinnati Christian Seminary, 1984. | Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-262).

Fraley, Christina.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1987. | "June 1987." This research was supported in part by Joseph Oliger under Office of Naval Research contract N00014-82-K-0335, by Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the Systems Optimization Laboratory under Army Research Office contract DAAG29-84-K-0156. Includes bibliographies.

(Joyce Ann Wake), 1948- Piveral, Joyce A. Wake

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. | Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-236). Also available on the Internet.

Moravec, Hans P.

Thesis--Stanford University. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-170).

1946- Lewis, Stewart Jameson,

Thesis (M. Min.)--Cincinnati Christian Seminary, 1986. | Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-178).

Hewitt, William A.

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1992. | Shipping list no.: 1998-0921-M. "June 1993." Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet from the Air University Press web site. Address as of 10/27/03: http://aupress.au.af.mil/SAAS%5FTheses/Hewitt/hewitt.pdf; current access is available via PURL.

Oubre, Sinclair Kevin.

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1998. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-63).

Thiessen, Willy.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1996. | Abstract. Appendix includes German letter sent to the pastor of the Evangelical Free Church in Bonn, Germany. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-56).

(Joyce Ann Wake), 1948- Piveral, Joyce A. Wake

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. | Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-236). Also available on the Internet.

1938- Morrisroe, Richard F.,

Thesis (D. Min.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1998. | Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-191).

Costello, Peter A.

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1995. | Shipping list no.: 98-0921-M. "November 1997." Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet from the Air University Press web site. Address as of 10/10/03: http://aupress.au.af.mil/SAAS%5FTheses/Costello/costello.pdf; current access is available via PURL.

1965- Mattingly, Hayden Thomas,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999. | Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-190). Also available on the Internet.

1965- Mattingly, Hayden Thomas,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999. | Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-190). Also available on the Internet.

Roiter, Margaret A.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 1998. | Includes bibliographical references.

1964- Choi, Jin Keun,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. | Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 223-230). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

1971- Bao, Shaowu,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--North Carolina State University. | Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-123).

1976- Schmidt, John Michael,

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2002. | Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

1971- Buchan, Alison,

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Georgia, 2001. | Directed by Mary Ann Moran. Includes articles published in Applied and environmental microbiology, and an article submitted to Molecular biology and evolution. Includes bibliographical references.

Masoud, Ziyad Nayif.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2002. | Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

(Brent Moorman), 1976- Dennis, Brent M.

Thesis (M.S.)--North Carolina State University. | Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-83).

1978- Cawrse, Jason Kyle,

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2002. | Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Chase, Brad J.

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2002. | Thesis advisor(s): Richard Riehle, Michael Carney. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43). Also available online.

Makarski, Richard E.

Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2002. | Thesis advisor(s): Alex Bordetsky, Dale Courtney. Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234). Also available online.

Lee, Hin-man, Arthur.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. | Includes bibliographical references (leave 85-91).

Zhu, Shutang.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-106).

Yip, Tsz-leung.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 102-108).

Gong, Xiandi.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-200).

Gu, Peili.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 177-196).

Haddock, Janet Elain.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. | Includes bibliographical references (leave 80-86).

Siu, Kwok-kin.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-202).

Leung, Kim-fung.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 417-523).

Lo, Chi-keung.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1993.

Wong, Yee-man, Cora.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-156).

Sin, Fung-siu, Iris.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-135).

Choi, Kwong-chuen.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991.