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Will Improvements to the Nutrition Facts Panel Increase Label Involvement?
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
The nutrition fact label has been on foods in the United States since the 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act. While little has changed with the label in the U.S., many countries in Europe have started utilizing front ...
Production, Carcass, and Meat Quality Characteristics of Commercial Crossbred Gilts and Barrows Fed Two Different Diets
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)
This study analyzed the characteristics of commercial crossbreds by gender and diet on carcass merit by evaluation of cutability and palatability attributes of fresh pork. Duroc � Landrace � Yorkshire (commercial crossbred) ...
Elucidation and quantification of the decomposition products of sodium dithionite and the detection of peroxide vapors with thin films
(2014-07)
Sodium dithionite (Na2S2O4) is an oxidizable sulfur oxyanion often employed as a reducing agent in environmental and synthetic chemistry. When exposed to the atmosphere, dithionite degrades through a series of decomposition ...
Land Application of Drilling Mud from Oil and Gas Exploration: Agronomic and Environmental Implications
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)
Waste from oil and gas drilling is often disposed of through land application. These studies examined the agronomic and environmental impact of applying drilling mud to agricultural land. Specifically, we investigated the ...
Role of pragmatic language in aging and its relationship with quality of life
(2014-05)
The study examined the relationship between pragmatic language decline and older adults' quality of life, as well as social factors that could affect health. Quality of life is a term used to describe an individual's life ...
Effects of Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization on Isokinetic Knee Extensor Strength and Fatigue
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)
Strength is one characteristic that most athletes focus on improving as it is a critical element for success. It is believed that some micro-tearing of the muscle tissue occurs daily in routine activities and during regular ...
Phenomenological study of individual strategies for rebuilding food production ability in resource poor post-conflict farming communities in Myanmar
(2014-12)
The impact of armed conflict upon small-holder agricultural production has only now begun to be closely studied (Verwimp, 2011). Upland communities in Southeast Asia have not been immune from armed conflict. In post-conflict ...
Study of Byzantine Attackers and Countermeasures in Spectrum Sensing
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
Cognitive radio is viewed as a novel approach for improving the utilization of the spectrum as it utilizes the under-utilized spectrum bands of the primary users. Cognitive radio is aware of its environment and can modify ...
Institutional capabilities and entrepreneurial advantage: Bridging the gap between regulatory management and opportunity
(2014-07)
Firms are increasingly using tactics to manipulate their regulatory constraints, while at the same time regulatory environments are becoming increasingly complex and dynamic. Although scholars have described many of the ...
Effect of Different Diffusion Strategies on Extraction of Sugar from Sweet Sorghum
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-07-01)
Many studies have been reported suggesting sweet sorghum as an attractive feedstock for production of bio fuels. Sugar from sweet sorghum is generally extracted using a roller press but roller mills require high capital ...