Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Cancer cachexia is a debilitating, paraneoplastic syndrome commonly associated with late stage malignancy. It is estimated that ~25% of cancer-related deaths are due directly to complications arising from cachexia (Barton, 2001). Cachexia manifests as severe body wasting, primarily due to the loss of skeletal muscle mass.This study tested the hypothesis that muscle atrophy associated with cancer cachexia could be attenuated by using a unilateral, functional overload (FO) model applied concurrent...

Electrical and Computer Engineering

This dissertation focuses on the use of subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) in multimode fibers, utilizing carrier frequencies above what is generally utilized for multimode fiber transmission, to achieve high bit rates. In the high frequency region (i.e., frequencies larger than the intermodal bandwidth), the magnitude response of multimode fiber does not decrease monotonically as a function of the frequency but is shown to become relatively flat (but with several deep nulls) with an amplitude below ...

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Detection systems are widely used in industry. Designers, operators and users of these systems need to choose an appropriate design, based on the intended usage and the operating environment. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of various system design variables (controllable) and system parameters (uncontrollable) on the performance of detection systems. To optimize system performance one must manage the tradeoff between two errors that can occur. A False Alarm occurs if the d...

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The research in this dissertation addresses reduced rank adaptive signal processing, with specific emphasis on the multistage Wiener filter (MWF). The MWF is a generalization of the classical Wiener filter that performs a stage-by-stage decomposition based on orthogonal projections. Truncation of this decomposition produces a reduced rank filter with many benefits, for example, improved performance.This dissertation extends knowledge of the MWF in four areas. The first area is rank and sample su...

Chemistry

The effect of wine matrix ingredients and conditions on the headspace (HS) sampling of 3-alkyl-2-methoxypyrazines was investigated with solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and capillary gas chromatography, using a nitrogen phosphorus detector. Changes in the recovery of 3-ethyl-, isopropyl-, sec-butyl-, and isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazines from the static headspace of synthetic wine matrices spiked with 5mg/L of each analyte were investigated and reported as a function of SPME fiber type, extraction t...

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The proliferation of wireless ad-hoc networks especially wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b Standard) in the commercial market in recent years has reached a critical mass. The adoption and strong support of wireless IEEE 802.11 standard, coupled with the consequent decline in costs, has made wireless LAN deployment as one of the fastest growth area in communication access technology. With the ever increasing use of wireless LAN technology the various networks are reaching their full capacity in terms of...

Electrical and Computer Engineering

This dissertation contains two parts: Commutative and Noncommutative Multidimensional ($d$-D) Linear Systems Theory. The first part focuses on the development of the interpolation theory to solve the $H^{\infty}$ control problem for $d$-D linear systems.We first review the classical discrete-time 1D linear system in the operator theoretical viewpoint followed by the formulations of the so-called Givone-Roesser and Fornasini-Marchesini models. Application of the $d$-variable $Z$-transform to the ...

Marriage and Family Therapy

In this study, I explored the career satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, friendship intimacy, and mentoring functions of female faculty in marriage and family therapy (MFT) programs. Study participants included 111 women affiliated with a MFT program in a research or liberal arts institution or training institute. Participants completed the Faculty Satisfaction Questionnaire (FSQ), Kansas Martial Satisfaction Questionnaire (KMS), Miller Social Intimacy Scale (MSIS), Mentoring Functions Ques...

Near Environments

THE DESIGN OF A THERAPY GARMENT FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDRENWITH SENSORY INTEGRATION DYSFUNCTIONSherry J. Haar(ABSTRACT)A design process developed by Joann Boles was used to develop a therapy garment for three four-year-old boys with sensory integrative dysfunction who participated in occupational therapy using sensory integrative methods. The design process framework has four stages: (a) problem development, (b) needs assessment, (c) prototype development, and (d) evaluation. The problem was develope...

Biochemistry and Anaerobic Microbiology

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Human Development

This study explored the multiple contexts of violence in the lives of female adolescents exposed to domestic violence. The research was guided by ecological, critical and postmodern feminist perspectives. Ecological theory embeds individual and familial experiences within the broader social and historical contexts. Critical theory questions often held assumptions and issues of power. Postmodern feminism extended this theoretical lens into a socio-political context that used gender, race, class, ...

Civil Engineering

Falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is currently used by most highway agencies to determine the structural condition of the highway network. Utilizing the deflections measured by the FWD, the resilient moduli of layers in the flexible pavement is determined using backcalculation software packages. The moduli can be input into semi-empirical mechanistic equations to estimate the remaining life of the pavement system and aid in informing pavement engineers about timing of maintenance and rehabilita...

Industrial and Systems Engineering

<p>Crisp mathematical programming techniqueshave shortcomings when used for measuring andevaluating achievement of organizational goalsin a decision-making environment.Generally, in most real-life situations optimalachievement of multiple goals is rarely possible.In such cases, a compromise achievement of goalsthat leads to a satisfycing solution rather thanan optimal solution bears more relevance.<p>The present research introduces a framework tomeasure and evaluate t...

Human Development

THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE,TRUST, AND ROLE BREADTH SELF-EFFICACYGary J. RuderCommittee Chairperson: Albert K. WiswellHuman Development(Abstract)The purpose of this study was to examine whether organizational practicesfairness (also known as organizational justice) and trustcontribute to the enhancement of role breadth self-efficacy (RBSE), a form of proactive behavior. The sample consisted of 226 white-collar professionals in large and small organizations. Approximately 70% he...

English

The field of document design has gained considerable attention over the past couple of decades. New technology has drastically increased the design possibilities for writers, and researchers are gaining greater insight into the way that readers interact with the visual elements of their texts. This has led to an explosion in the availability of guidance on document design, but there are still areas where the research is incomplete. One of these areas concerns a common but important type of docum...

Veterinary Medical Sciences

Diabetic embryopathy is a major complication of pregnant women with type I diabetes. Immune defects in the pathogenesis of diabetic embryopathy have been suggested. We hypothesized that activated immune system can counteract diabetic effect and result in prevention of diabetic embryopathy. Diabetes was induced in pregnant ICR mice by streptozocin injection. Three different techniques of maternal immune stimulation, complete Freunds adjuvant (CFA), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor...

Human Development

Employees Organizational Commitment and Their Perception of Supervisors Relations-Oriented and Task-Oriented Leadership BehaviorsbyBarbara B. BrownAlbert Wiswell, Chair(ABSTRACT)The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between employees perceptions of their immediate supervisors relations-oriented and task-oriented leadership behaviors and different types of organizational commitment.Bass & Avolio s (1995) Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ Form 5X) was use...

Science and Technology Studies

What could it mean to be a physicist specialized in radioactivity in the early 20th century Vienna? More specifically, what could it mean to be a woman experimenter in radioactivity during that time? This dissertation focuses on the lived experiences of the women experimenters of the Institut für Radiumforschung in Vienna between 1910 and 1938. As one of three leading European Institutes specializing in radioactivity, the Institute had a very strong staff. At a time when there were few ...

Economics

Most of empirical modeling involves the use of Ordinary Least Squares regression where the residuals are assumed normal, independent, and identically distributed. In finite samples, these assumptions becomes critical for accurate estimations, however, in macroeconomics in particular, these assumptions are rarely tested. This study addresses the applications of statistical testing methods and model respecification within the context of applied macroeconomics.The first application is a...

Chemistry

Flow 1H dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) experiments of small probe molecules (i.e. chloroform and benzene) were conducted in normal liquids (i.e. neat benzene, deuterated benzene, chloroform) and supercritical fluid CO2. Initial data collected on the 14N NMR line width of acetonitrile in normal liquids and SF CO2 resulted in a 2-6 factor increase in the molecular motion of the molecule in the SF--the result of which corresponds to the expected factor increase in DNP signal enhancements in the...

Psychology

Findings from numerous laboratory studies on thought suppression suggest that engaging in deliberate thought suppression may lead to the ironic effects of becoming preoccupied by the very same thoughts one wishes to avoid. Based on the results of these laboratory studies, a sophisticated model of thought suppression (i.e., Ironic Process Theory) has been developed. It has been argued that Ironic Process Theory can inform our understanding of the processes involved in the development and maintena...

Biology

The survival of all organisms depends on their ability to perform certain enzymatic activities and the ability to construct certain structures. In prokaryotes, enzymes are required for the final reactions of peptidoglycan (PG) synthesis, the structural element of the bacterial cell wall. These proteins, known as penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), are identified through the presence of conserved motifs within their functional domains. The Class A high-molecular weight PBPs are bifunctional, perf...

Science and Technology Studies

The rise of English Protestantism produced a curious phenomenon in early modern England: the silencing of pipe organs in cathedrals and parish churches across the land. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this ecclesiastical instrument figuratively embodied and literally gave voice to the Roman Catholic Church. Because this ancient technology was perceived to be emblematic of much that was despised in Catholic ritual, it came under assault by the Anglicans, the Puritans, the Monarchy...

Telecommunication in higher education -- Southern States -- Decision making. , UTK Theses -- Human ecology.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 6, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Jacquelyn O. DeJonge. | Document formatted into pages (xiv, 155 p. : ill.). | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-110). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The purpose in conducting this study was to research some of the factors that influence the decision whether or not to adopt a telecommuting program in the higher education setting. The study ...

Forest regeneration -- Tennessee, East. , Oak -- Tennessee, East. , Forest thinning -- Tennessee, East. , Prescribed burning -- Tennessee, East. , Chuck Swan State Forest (Tenn.) , UTK Theses -- Forestry.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: David S. Buckley. | Document formatted into pages (xi, 112 p.) | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-111). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Oaks (Quercus spp.) are highly valuable as sources of forest products, in promoting recreation, and in providing food and habitat for wildlife. Oak regeneration has significantly declined over the past cent...

UTK Theses -- Ecology and evolutionary biology.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Gary F. McCracken. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 53 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-44). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | A colony of Grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia was studied over a ten-week period before, during and after the mating seas...

UTK Theses -- Polymer engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Kevin Kit. | Document formatted into pages (xii, 87 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-86). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Rubber-toughened epoxy resins are used extensively in various structural applications. Current thermal curing processes limit the possible structural designs and require higher inputs in terms of...

UTK Theses -- Chemical engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Charles F. Moore. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 67 p. : col. ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-64). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Using a simulated nylon-6,6 batch process, this work presents three batch control schemes, 1) within batch, 2) batch-to-batch, and 3) integrated batch-to-batch and within batch, as improvements o...

UTK Theses -- Mathematics.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Don Hinton. | Document formatted into pages (iv, 44 p.) | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 43). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The purpose of the thesis was to find extremals y and constants K for a basic problem and for several variations of the problem. The basic problem was the third order opial inequality. We proved the existence of an ext...

Truck lanes -- Tennessee Knoxville Evaluation , Interstate 40 , UTK Theses -- Civil engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 27, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Arun Chatterjee. | Document formatted into pages (x, 88 p. : ill.(some col.), maps) | Vita. | Thesis (MS) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-82). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | This thesis is concerned with studies on an effectiveness and impact of lane restriction for large trucks from a left lane on Interstate 40 near Knoxville. The data collection was conducte...

UTK Theses -- Industrial engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 25, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Denise F. Jackson. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 93 p. : ill. (some col.)) | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-85). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Data mining is the process of discovering correlations, patterns, trends or relationships by searching through a large amount of data stored in repositories, corporate databases, and dat...

UTK Theses -- Business administration.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 25, 2002). | Thesis advisor: James M. Reeve. | Document formatted into pages (ix, 160 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-86). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Competing at the supply chain level, instead of at the individual firm level, is widely recognized today as a potential source of competitive advantage (Christopher 1992, Spekman et al. 2001). To comp...

UTK Theses -- Nuclear engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 26, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Robert E. Uhrig. | Document formatted into pages (x, 106 p. : ill. (some col)) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-101). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Engineering problems are often ill-posed, i.e. cannot be solved by conventional data-driven methods such as parametric linear and nonlinear regression or neural networks. A method of regul...

UTK Theses -- Political science.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 26, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Robert A. Gorman. | Document formatted into pages (x, 152 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-138). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The purpose of my dissertation is to challenge the mainstream tradition of discourse in the field of international relations with regard to the world system and gains pursuit which has been framed ...

UTK Theses -- English.

Title from title page screen (viewed on October, 14, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Mary Papke. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 120 p. : color ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-119). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The purpose of this study was to observe the qualities of and techniques enlisted by British and Irish women travel writers corresponding with their sisters who remained at home. Some of the mos...

UTK Theses -- Entomology and plant pathology.

Title from title page screen (viewed on October 10, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Jerome F. Grant. | Document formatted into pages (ix, 94 p. : ill. (some col.)) | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-89). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The big-eyed bug, Geocoris punctipes (Say) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), a generalist insect predator common in several agricultural systems, is explored as a biological control agent against pe...

UTK Theses -- Electrical engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on October, 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Benjamin J. Blalock. | Document formatted into pages (xiii, 65 p. : ill. (some col.)) | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-45). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | This thesis presents a study of several analog circuit primitives that utilize the body terminal as a signal port to achieve low-voltage operation and high performance. Several issue...

UTK Theses -- Political science.

Title from title page screen (viewed on October, 3, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Yang Zhong. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 75 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | In 1978, China started its economic reforms, and the main characteristic of Chinese economic reforms is fiscal decentralization. This means that the central government wanted local governments to develop ...

Hopkins, Samuel, 1721-1803. , Presbyterianism -- Tennessee, East. , UTK Theses -- History.

Title from title page screen (viewed on October 10, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Lorri Glover. | Document formatted into pages (v, 98 p.) | Vita. | Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-97). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | This thesis seeks to define the role that the theology of New England theologian Samuel Hopkins played in the development of frontier East Tennessee. Early educators Hezekiah Balch and Charles Coffin introduced ...

Traffic flow -- Tennessee Knox County Watt Road Interchange (Interstate 40). , Air quality -- Tennessee Knox County Watt Road Interchange (Interstate 40). , Watt Road Interchange (Interstate 40) -- Environmental conditions. , UTK Theses -- Environmental engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on [Sept. 27, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Wayne T. Davis. | Document formatted into pages (142 p. : ill (some col.)) | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The Watt Road interchange that crosses over I-40 interstate in West Knox County, TN is associated with three travel centers which have overnight parking spaces for approximately 700 vehicles, pr...

UTK Theses -- Mechanical engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Oct. 12, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Rao V. Arimilli. | Document formatted into pages (x, 58 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 52). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The purpose of this study was to develop a testing procedure to measure the performance of a prototype TurbX engine. Dr. Michael A. Wilson invented a new concept internal combustion engine calle...

UTK Theses -- Education.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Oct. 3, 2002). | Thesis advisor: LaVerne B. Lindsey. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 163 p.). | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-139). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Secondary education interns in fifth-year licensure programs assume a complex variety of identities: preservice teachers, graduate students, and licensed first-year teachers. Inspired by a dual interes...

UTK Theses -- Electrical engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Oct. 2, 2002). | Thesis advisor: James M. Rochelle. | Document formatted into pages (iii, 248 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-213). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Sigma Delta Modulation is an oversampling technique commonly used in high-resolution analog-to-digital conversion. By employing oversampling and quantization noise shaping, the method...

UTK Theses -- Communications.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 26, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Bonnie Riechert. | Document formatted into pages (vi, 70 p.) | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-56). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | International news coverage by the U.S. media (and for the purpose of this study, newspaper coverage) is a heavily debated issue within the scholarly and professional worlds. Critics, both in the United States ...

UTK Theses -- Materials science and engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 26, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Anthony J. Pedraza. | Document formatted into pages (1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references. | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | This dissertation addresses the formation of nanostructures induced by the laser irradiation of silicon. A KrF (248 nm) pulsed excimer laser was used as the irradiation source. Irradiating mi...

UTK Theses -- Psychology.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 26, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Joel F. Lubar. | Document formatted into pages (vi, 45 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-35). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Background. Electroencephalographic (EEG) peak alpha frequency (PAF) has been shown to correlate with a variety of phenomena, including age, memory performance in healthy and demented indivi...

UTK Theses -- Ecology and evolutionary biology.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 26, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Arthur C. Echternacht. | Document formatted into pages (xii, 113 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | To evaluate the conservation status of Taiwan s mikado pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado (Phasianidae), I test the similarity of preferred habitat to primary and secondary forest, develop models of h...

UTK Theses -- Education.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 26, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Claudia T. Melear. | Document formatted into pages (xii, 290 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | This study continued research previously conducted by a nine-university collaborative, the Salish I Research Project, by exploring science teachers beliefs and actions with regard to inquiry inst...

UTK Theses -- Biosystems engineering technology.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 26, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Lester O. Pordesimo. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 68 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-67). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Soybeans, one of the world s leading cash crops, contain appropriately 20% lipid. Currently, soybean oil is the principal vegetable oil used in the U.S. and the world market, totaling ...

Computer-assisted instruction -- Tennessee Oneida. , Teachers -- Tennessee Oneida. , Education technology -- Tennessee Oneida. , UTK Theses -- Education.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 26, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Edward L. Counts Jr.. | Document formatted into pages ( xi, 156 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Vita. | Thesis (Ed. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-136). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The purposes of this study were (a) to describe the use of multimedia within a participating population of teachers, and (b) to identify factors that motivate teachers to use mult...