Athenaeum@UGA: Recent submissions
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Depth to the argillic horizon on historically farmed soil in the southeastern USA piedmont:
(uga, 2017-12)Throughout the Piedmont of the southeastern USA erosion has transported soil from ridgeline to lower landscape positions. Variations in the depth-to-argillic horizon created by erosion were compared between hillslopes ... -
Query processing in graph databases
(uga, 2017-12)Graph data are extensively associated with state-of-the-art applications in a variety of domains which include Linked Data and Social Media. This drives the need to have graph databases that can effectively store and manage ... -
Exploring the Complexities of Diversity Advisory Councils in Higher Education: An Action Research Study
(uga, 2017-12)Higher education institutions are struggling to decide how to promote, engage, and support diversity and inclusion efforts. Can stakeholders with the same goals affect this process? Does the culture of higher education ... -
Interactions of whitefly bemisia tabaci with a begomovirus and its host plant, solanum lycopersicum
(uga, 2017-12)Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a Begomovirus that causes severe symptoms in tomatoes such as curling of the leaves, chlorosis, stunted growth, and yield losses. The vector is Bemisia tabaci, which transmits the ... -
Intention to participate in worksite health promotion programs with different program features
(uga, 2017-12)As the workforce ages and occupational sitting increases, more employees are at risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Rising employee health problems lead to increasing health care costs ... -
Generative spatiotemporal modeling of neutrophil behavior
(uga, 2017-12)Cell motion and appearance have a strong correlation with cell cycle and disease progression. Many contemporary efforts in machine learning utilize spatiotemporal models to predict a cell's physical state and, consequently, ... -
A grounded theory for leveraging college athletics:
(uga, 2017-12)Intercollegiate athletics is an increasingly pervasive enterprise within American higher education, particularly at universities that choose to compete at the highest NCAA level. Regardless of level, however, the attention ... -
Investigating the mantle source of the lunar crater volcanic field, Nevada
(uga, 2017-12)Incompatible element ratios in melt inclusions can provide information on mantle source components. Additionally, trace element concentrations in high-Mg olivines can be used to infer mantle source lithology. Lunar Crater ... -
An exposure assessment of electronic cigarettes: users’ nicotine dependence and nonusers’ secondhand exposures
(uga, 2017-12)Background: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are novel nicotine delivery devices. E-cigarette user nicotine dependence and secondhand e-cigarette exposure have not been well characterized. Objectives: 1) To characterize ... -
Adoption of governance, risk management, and compliance practices in higher education information technology
(uga, 2017-12)Across the globe and throughout industry, Information Technology governance, risk management and compliance practices (GRC) are becoming institutionalized. In the United States, however, the adoption of IT GRC in higher ... -
Calculating estimated rates of early childhood special education eligibility from a national longitudinal database
(uga, 2017-12)Children with disabilities or developmental delays need intervention services as early as possible. Although previous research has provided prevalence estimates and information about disparities in accessing early ... -
Shelf nutrition labels and consumer behaviour
(uga, 2017-12)The objective of this dissertation is to examine the effect of the NuVal shelf nutrition label—a food scoring system that presents a parsimonious summary of the nutrition profile of food products—on consumer purchasing ... -
U.S. federal government supervisors’ perceptions of problems in performance appraisal:
(uga, 2017-12)Employee perceptions of performance appraisal processes have received considerable attention in the public management literature, but the views of supervisors who actually conduct the appraisals have received relatively ... -
Ontology-based semantics vs meta-learning for predictive big data analytics
(uga, 2017-12)Predictive analytics in the big data era is taking on an ever increasingly important role. Issues related to choice on modeling technique, estimation procedure (or algorithm) and efficient execution can present significant ... -
Modeling of nanocellulose hydrogel coatings on textile substrates and enzymatic modification of nanocellulose coatings for sustainable dyeing
(uga, 2017-12)We have developed nanocellulose based thin films as functional coatings for textile materials. Nanocellulose thin films can incorporate many functionalities such as dye, antimicrobial, flame-retardant and stain-resistant ... -
Cocaine-induced lipidomic alterations for the study of addictive behaviors
(uga, 2017-12)Although the neurochemical and neurobiological effects of various drugs of abuse are well-characterized, there is little information regarding the role of complex lipid remodeling within the context of addiction. The series ...