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  • Assessing how morphology of female desert bighorn sheep varies with climate in the Mojave Desert of California

    Creator:
    Torres, Jose A.
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    Understanding how spatial variation in climate correlates with phenotypic variation among individuals may offer insights about local adaptation, population performance, and species’ response to climate change. Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in the Mojave Desert of southern California experience a broad range of temperature and aridity, inhabiting mountain ranges...
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    desert bighorn sheep varies with climate in the Mojave Desert of California by Jose Alberto

  • Reliability Analysis of a Freeze Desalination System

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    Boschetti Tofano, Francisco A.
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    The unsustainable use of fresh water sources and unavailability of fresh water in certain parts of the world have created a demand for water desalination systems. Desalination methods are effective at producing consumable water, but often require large scale setups, high energy consumption, and careful maintenance. A team of students...
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    of a Freeze Desalination System by Francisco Alberto Boschetti Tofano A

  • Comparing Actuation and Underactuation of Robotic Hands

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    DuFrene, Kyle
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    This thesis explores the differences in puppetted and teleoperation control of robotic hands, using the Asterisk test as a benchmark. Two hands were tested, including modified versions of the Model Q and Model Q developed by Yale's GRAB Lab. Small differences were observed between the puppetted and teleoperation control of...
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    ”. In: Machine Intelligence Robotic Control 4.3 (2002), pp. 1–11. [8] DYNAMIXEL XM430-W350-R. url

  • Physiological effects of forb and legume pastures on lactating dairy cows as indicated by blood parameters

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    Marr, Kaylee M.
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    Use of secondary metabolites in legumes and herbs as forage for dairy cattle is tested through analysis of blood parameters including beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHBA), cholesterol, urea, creatinine, haptoglobin, bilirubin, thiol groups and advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP). The pasture treatments were grass-based (‘Perun’ festulolium (X Festulolium braunii), ‘Rustler’ tall fescue (Festuca...
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    estrus, and changes in luteinizing hormone patterns (Hemken, R. W., & Bremel, D. H. 1981). 22

  • Machine Learning and Optimization Applications in Agriculture

    Creator:
    Molotkov, Alexander
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    The ever-increasing global population presents looming problems for the field of agriculture. Global food demand will, at some point, increase to the point where there is not enough crop-ready land to keep up. This creates an additional incentive, other than economics, for growers to increase their yield-per-acre and make sure...
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    problem: (π∗, π∗0) ∈(π,π0)∈Rn×R { 1 2m m∑ i=1 (yi − π′xi − π0)2 + λ 2 ||π||2`2 } , (1) The

  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation and the Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes

    Creator:
    Newman, Matthew
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    The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that is an important regulator of immune responses in various disease models. In the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse model of type 1 diabetes, activation of this receptor leads to suppression of the autoimmune response and limits immune cell infiltration of...
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    ://diabetesfoundation.jdrf.com/info/jdrf/. 9. Dwyer, Connor J., Natasha C. Ward, Alberto Pugliese, and Thomas R. Malek

  • The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Mergers and Acquisitions

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    Morgan, Scott M.
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    This study examines the effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on merger and acquisitions (M&A). Using data from Kinder, Lyndeberg, and Domini (KLD) Research Analytics and Thomson’s Securities Data Corporation’s (SDC) Platinum Database, we empirically test if CSR scores effect a firm’s propensity to pursue M&A activity. Specifically, I examine...
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    , are leaders of R&D (within their respective industries), use innovative-practices, and provide

  • A Comparative Study between Mental Health of Homeless Populations in the United States and Spain

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    Helman, Talia
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    Many people around the world suffer from a mental illness, and too few receive the help they need. Mental illness is especially prevalent among the homeless. Homelessness is represented in all ages, ethnicities, and genders, and is especially represented among first world countries such as the United States and Spain....
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