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Bacteriophage solutions as processing aids in beef production: An essential hurdle to reduce E. coli O157:H7 and the “Big Six” serotypes
(2020)The research presented herein demonstrates the applications of bacteriophage solutions against pathogenic E. coli on fresh beef. The first chapter demonstrates the effects of a novel seven-bacteriophage (Mello-Shebs 1 ... -
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“Bad Hombres” - Racialized Rhetoric in Trump’s Immigration Policy
(2020)This project interrogates several aspects of racialized rhetoric as it pertains to Trump’s immigration legal policy for Latinx migrants on the Southern U.S. border, as well as public comments made in support of it. Through ... -
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Balanced Mix Design of Asphalt Mixtures for Intersections
(2021)Rutting and shoving are the most common distresses found at intersections. Realizing the need for different asphalt mixtures at or near intersections, a past cooperative research between University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) ... -
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Balancing growth and repulsion: Slit proteolysis generates diverse signals in axon guidance
(2021)The nervous system gathers and interprets information from the environment and can generate a physiological response. Interpreting environmental stimuli requires communication between the surface of the body and the brain ... -
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Barrick Gold Senior Design Project: Treatment and Removal of Excess Lixivants from the Tailings Water of Two Parallel Gold Leaching Circuits
(2015)The following project was completed by a Senior Design team of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. The problem statement was given to the team by a representative at ... -
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Barrick Gold: Design of the Leach Circuit
(2016)Gold is an element known since antiquity. It has been used as a stable currency and is still used as an investment material today. Gold, like many resources, it is a finite supply, and the modern mining industry needs to ... -
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Barrick Thiosulfate Leaching of Double Refractory Ore
(2017)Barrick has partnered with the University of Nevada, Reno’s Chemical and Materials Engineering Department in order to examine the thiosulfate leaching process. Barrick requests the Leaching Team to optimize the thiosulfate ... -
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Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Middle Income Countries and China
(5/1/2020)Intro Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF) is recommended for the first 6 months of life as it conveys many important benefits to both mother and child. Unfortunately, many middle income countries fall short of WHO and UNICEF ... -
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Basal and agonist activated calcium sensitization pathways in murine gastrointestinal smooth muscles
(2012)This dissertation has focused on two major projects; (1) characterizing the basal expression level of Ca2+ sensitization proteins in unstimulated gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscles from regionally and functionally distinct ... -
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Basin Geometry Estimates using Terrestrial Gravimetry; Study of Bridgeport Valley, CA
(2016)We use basin thickness estimates derived from terrestrial gravimetry to define the geometry of basin-fill aquifers in Bridgeport, California. Existing gravity data coverage for the Bridgeport basin is sparse, and does not ... -
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Bayesian Latent Growth Curve Model with Application to Item Response Data
(2021)The discovery of the effectiveness of students' learning and instructors' teaching is a challenge in educational assessment. To study educational progress, we propose a flexible latent variable model to model individual ... -
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Bayesian Network Structure Learning and its Application on Simulation-based Learning
(2020)Bayesian network is a probabilistic graphical model that has wide applications in various domains due to its peculiarity of knowledge representation and reasoning under uncertainty. This research aims at Bayesian network ... -
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BCReporter: A Real-Time, Machine Learning, Fraud Detection Platform
(2017)Bristlecone Holdings analyzes business finances and customer accounts using data files exported from the third party software program Tableau. In order to detect fraudulent applications, these data files are analyzed by ... -
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BEE: Bettering Emergency Evacuations
(2020)Emergency evacuations are often confusing and dangerous. Fires can block roads, floods can wash out infrastructure, and hurricane evacuation zones can be hard to determine. The good news, though, is that the vast majority ... -
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Behavior of Pile Extension Connections to Slab Bridges Under Cyclic Loading Effect
(2010)The California Transportation Department (Caltrans) has a large number of highway bridges; and many of them are slab bridges. Although slab bridges are a common type of bridge, the current version of the Bridge Design ... -
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Behavior Sharing Social Network Application: Cimee
(2020)The motivation of this thesis was to utilize current advancements in software andhardware technologies and create a new iPhone application. We propose a location-sharingsocial network mobile application called Cimee, which ... -
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Behavioral Assessment in Virtual Reality: An Evaluation of Multi-User Simulations in Healthcare Education
(2020)Human error in medicine – medical error – has been identified as the third leading cause of death within the United States. Analyses of deaths attributable to medical error conclude that, overwhelmingly, faulty communication ... -
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Behavioral Contrast in Multiple Schedules of Conjugate Reinforcement and Extinction
(2019)The present study is an investigation of behavioral contrast in humans. The preparation for contrast, the multiple schedule of reinforcement, and the evidence for contrast in nonhumans and humans and the role of verbal ... -
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Behavioral Responses to Urban Environments of Food-caching Mountain Chickadees
(2016)As anthropogenic centers continue to expand, it becomes increasingly important to understand the traits associated with successful urban invading species. Previous research has focused on exploratory behavior, neophobia, ... -
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Being and Freedom:Ahmed, Beauvoir and Irigaray on Subjectivity, Lack and Liberation
(2019)In this essay I will explore the concept of lack and its presence in the thought of Simone de Beauvoir, Luce Irigaray and Sara Ahmed. Simone de Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity establishes an ethical system based on the ...