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Will Changes in Sorghum Processing Improve Broiler Chick Performance

Seitz, Daniel (2019-08-01)

Grain sorghum is an ingredient that may be included in broiler chicken diets. However, when compared to corn, the utilization of energy in sorghum is inadequate. Sorghum contains kafirin, phenolic compounds, and phytate. ...
The wild wild web: anonymity and racial prejudice in online culture

Lawless, Tiffany Jo

Research has shown people view some anonymous communication as less honest (e.g., Bergstrom, 2011), but some as more honest (e.g., Sticca & Perren, 2012), than identifiable communication. This discrepancy may be due to ...
Wheat improvement for heat and drought stress tolerance

Giri, Anju (2019-05-01)

Heat and drought are the major abiotic factors that limit wheat production worldwide. Wheat is one of the important staple crops, so, the production decline due to these factors faces a major challenge in addressing food ...
Wealth management and divorce: How stress adjustment affects the accumulation, management and distribution of wealth

Kothakota, Michael

The dearth of research on short and long-term effects of divorce on financial behaviors warrants further investigation. This study investigates the effects of divorce on precautionary and retirement savings, proportion of ...
Wall-crossing structures in Seiberg-Witten integrable systems

WANG, QIANG

\textit{Wall-crossing structure} (WCS) is a formalism proposed and studied by M.Kontsevich and Y.Soibelman that enables us to encode the Donaldson-Thomas (DT) invariants (BPS degeneracies in physics) and to control their ...
Virtual reality driving simulator for analysis of user response time

Karne, Rahul Chandra Reddy; Karne, Rahul

The purpose of this master’s thesis is to investigate and analyze the ability of individual users of a virtual reality (VR) driving simulator to react to a set of complex scenarios involving various accident-prone scenarios ...
Viburnum spp.: Examining the relationship between greenhouse-growth studies for heat and drought tolerance to determine correlation to landscape survival

Pool, Joshua

Three studies were designed to evaluate Viburnum spp. and their physiological adaptation to drought, heat, and other environmental stresses found in the Great Plains, specifically Kansas. Nursery crop growers, landscape ...
Vegetation response to wildfire and climate forcing in a Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine forest over the past 2,500 years

Chileen, Barrie Victoria (2019-05-01)

Wildfire is a ubiquitous disturbance agent in Rocky Mountain subalpine forests. Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), a dominant tree species in subalpine forests of western North America, is largely resilient to high-severity ...
Variables that influence crowdfunding success

Johansen, Candace Ann (2019-05-01)

Crowdfunding is a novice method for entrepreneurs that are looking for a way to get funding for their projects. It allows creators of projects to fund their efforts by accepting contributions from a large number of individuals ...
Validation of large eddy simulations for modeling micro-structured enhanced heat transfer surfaces

Li, Puxuan (2019-05-01)

The focus of this research is to investigate the relationship between the flow characteristics and heat transfer on enhanced surfaces. Internally enhanced surfaces, such as micro-fins, are an important class of heat transfer ...
Utilizing near-infrared technology to assess changes in corn silage dry matter and the effects of feeding a starling resistant supplement to dairy cattle

Blackburn, Jarrod Jeffrey (2019-05-01)

Two studies were conducted that focused on either the accuracy of hand-held near infrared spectrophotometer (NIR) units and two on-farm testing methods compared to conventional 105°C oven drying of corn silage or the use ...
Use of thermoplastic starch in poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) based nanocomposites for bio-based food packaging

Manepalli, Pavan Harshit (2019-05-01)

Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is the most common bio-based & compostable polymer available commercially that is cost competitive and combines a range of desirable properties like melt processability, high strength and modulus. ...
Use of Check-all-that-apply (CATA) and penalty analysis for product development guidance: a case study with Mexican-style sources

Gordon, Sheri Lynn (2019-05-01)

In the industrial setting, one common inclusion in consumer testing is the measurement of consumer reaction to specific product attributes to provide product developers guidance for optimization. Just about right (JAR) ...
The US-China Trade War: The Effects on The Soybean Industry

Hao, Xijian; Hao, Xijian

Abstract The growing industry of soybean has been affected as never before due to the global economic slowdown, especially under the threat of the trade war between the U.S. and China that began in 2018. As the largest ...
Univariate gradient statistic for a marginal cure rate model with high-dimensional covariates

Delzeit, Jennifer (2019-05-01)

Cure rate models, also known as two-component mixture models, have been well established and widely used in the literature for analyzing the lifetime data of long-term survivors. Owing to the advancement of genomic technology, ...
The unfolding of third graders’ conceptualization of a function: A collective case study

Whitley, Jennifer

The goal of this study was to understand elementary students’ meaning-making process of early algebra representations in the context of number patterns about even and odd numbers within their natural classroom setting. A ...
Understanding the learning experiences of developmental math students

Lawrence, Eric

Developmental math education is designed to offer a pathway to college-level subject readiness. Existing research in developmental math education has evidenced success stories while also revealing opportunities for ...
Understanding Pet Food Consumers with Various Sensory Analysis Methods

Tsai, Wei-Lun (2019-08-01)

The pet food industry has been fast-growing over the past decades, which makes the pet food market very competitive. Understanding pet food consumers plays an important role in this competition to investigate purchase ...
Understanding oversize/overweight industry freight flow and safety in Kansas using the Kansas Truck Routing and Intelligent Permitting System (K-TRIPS)

Moris, Blake N. (2019-05-01)

Oversize and overweight (OSOW) trucks are an integral part of traffic movement throughout the state of Kansas and the United States as a whole, along with the freight they haul. The unique dimensions (length, width, height, ...
Understanding on-time mortgage payment history in the wake of the 2007 financial crisis: an application of the responsible financial actions index

Preece, Gloria Lynn (2019-05-01)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants that explain and predict an individual’s propensity to perform responsible financial actions and make on-time mortgage payments. The research was guided by ...