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Specialty crop sensitivity to dicamba
… and potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are important specialty crops, accounting for 4% of the total agricultural crops sales in 2019 (USDA-NASS). Production continues to grow, as the sales these three crops generated increased from 30% of all specialty crop sales in 2012 to 47% in 2019 (USDA-NASS). …
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AMPHOTERIC POLYAMIDOAMINES AS FUNCTIONAL SPECIALTY POLYMERS
This doctoral research centered on the synthesis and characterization of amphoteric polyamidoamines in both linear and cross-linked forms. The study is organized into two main thematic lines, each comprising multiple projects. The first one was to evaluate the potential environmental impact of …
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Fabrication and Evaluation of Specialty Nonwoven Materials
The present work is to develop multifunctional materials with high performance on chemical absorption, adsorption and on acoustic absorption and insulation using natural fiber nonwovens via carbonization and activation. Evaluation of these textile materials includes tensile strength, …
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Understanding the Barriers to Perioperative Specialty Certification
… Unit at Kaiser Permanente, San Rafael reveals specialty certification for registered nurses is at 0%. This is a critical metric for the hospital as it embarks on its three year preparation phase for application of Magnet Recognition® status, in 2012. The proposed research study’s goal is to …
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Rural Surgeons' Conformity to the Specialty Code
… in nonmetropolitan practice deviate from the specialty code, and seeks to understand this deviation in light of ecological theory. The hypothesis is that the low density of specialists and associated lack of structural constraints on competitors, suppliers, financers, and consumers of surgical …
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Soil solarization weed control in specialty crops
Soil solarization (SS) is a broad-spectrum soil disinfestation technique for the control of crop diseases, nematodes and weeds. Target soils are tilled, irrigated to field capacity, covered, and sealed with transparent polyethylene (PE) plastic mulch during the hottest part of the year for a period …
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Identity Theory and Women’s Choice of Medical Specialty
… female physicians’ perceptions of past choice of specialty? Perceptions of self changed as she prepared herself to become a physician. During her medical training, a medical student gains a better sense of who she is as a person who will become a doctor. The ability to act back on one’s self, …
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The home center market for hardwood specialty products
Hardwood specialty buyers representing 1600 home centers and lumberyards including the Top 100 home centers according to 1985 sales were surveyed. The objectives of the survey were to characterize the home center market for hardwood specialty products and to obtain an idea of the future direction …
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A Market Analysis for Specialty Beef in Virginia
… their consumption of locally produced foods. Specialty beef such as natural, organic, and pasture-fed addresses the changing consumer demand and provides alternatives to commodity beef production. This thesis analyzes the potential for and the constraints to specialty beef producers in …
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Computer Vision Algorithms for Yield Mapping in Specialty Farms
… in the process of being completely automated. Specialty crops (tree fruit, flowers, vegetables, and nuts) are excellent candidates for similar automation as they have high monetary value, high management cost and high variability in growth. An important capability for both precision agriculture …
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Selective Mode Excitation In Specialty Waveguides Using Micro Optical
Although optical fibers and specialty waveguides are the base of majority of today's telecom and light delivery applications, fabrication deformation, nonlinearity and attenuation limit the bandwidth of the data being transmitted or the amount of power carried by these systems. One-way to overcome …
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Factors Affecting Consumers Preferences for Specialty Eggs in Canada
… significant increase in the consumer demand for specialty eggs in Canada. This egg consumption trend has reflected the fact that current egg consumers are not only content about eggs as a staple, but also demand egg products with enhanced attributes, such as nutrition, health, animal welfare and …
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Sustainable P2 design for batch-based specialty chemical manufacture
<p>A case study has been conducted on the reduction of n-methyl-2-pyrrilodone (NMP) solvent waste in the manufacture of polyimide and polybenzoxazole precursors. The evaluation includes the environmental and economic assessment of solvent recovery and substitution strategies. A two-step …
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Environmental Performance of Steel Grit and Specialty Sand as Abrasives
… performance of two abrasives, Steel Grit and Specialty Sand. The project was funded by the Gulf Coast Region Maritime technology Center (GCRMTC) and USEPA. It simulated actual blasting operations conducted at shipyards under enclosed, controlled conditions on plates similar to steel plates …
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Investigating Hops Production in Arkansas to Support Specialty Crop Growth
<p>The hop plant (Humulus lupulus L.) is a perennial, climbing species within the Cannabaceae family that produces cones used for brewing. Hops are grown worldwide. In the United States most hops production occurs in the Pacific Northwest, but growth in the craft beer industry is driving efforts …
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Selected Variables Associated With Career Specialty Choices of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T18:45:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7212074.pdf: 7999389 bytes, checksum: 257ea6914f00b1e93813ac3bc8c81c80 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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Decreasing Wait Times for New Referrals to an Outpatient Specialty Clinic
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>New patients to an Outpatient Allergy Clinic are waiting for 60 days or more for an appointment which is of concern because of severe allergic reactions, such as anaphylaxis, from which they could suffer.</p> <p>The aim of this project was to reduce the wait time …
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Development of an optimal manufacturing strategy for low-volume specialty vehicles
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2002.
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