Browsing by Department "Council of Deans"
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(2009-06-02)Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 85% of kidney cancer incidence in the US. Since 1950 there has been a 126% increase in kidney cancer incidence in the US. Thirty percent of new patients present with a localized ...
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(2009-05-15)The assembly of a robust structural genomics system requires the development and integration of multiple types of genome maps. This research focused on the development of a relatively new means of plant genome mapping, ...
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(2009-05-15)Apomixis holds vast potential for improving agriculture worldwide. It would make plant breeding faster, allow for fixation of hybrid genotypes, and help genetically isolate transgenic crops. However, efforts to introduce ...
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(2009-05-15)There are a vast number of transcription factors that regulate plant growth and development. The NAC gene superfamily is one of the largest families of transcription factors in the plant kingdom. NAC gene expression profiles ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This study evaluated the potential use of an antimicrobial packaging system in combination with electron beam irradiation to enhance quality of fresh produce. Irradiated romaine lettuce up to 3.2 kGy showed negligible (p ...
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(2009-05-15)The effect of currently used antioxidants and sorghum bran in pre-cooked beef patties was evaluated at two different fat levels (10 and 27%, w/w). Pre-formulated ground beef was purchased at a retail store on three different ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Enteric viruses are responsible for a significant amount of foodborne disease in the United States. Foodborne disease associated with enteric viruses has been increasing within the last few years due to technological ...
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(2009-05-15)Obesity is an increasingly prevalent problem and many chronic diseases are associated with excess body fat. Understanding factors which contribute to excess body fat is a primary step in curtailing the obesity epidemic. ...
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(2009-05-15)There is a growing interest in documenting the effect of diet on the ability to convert saturated fatty acids (SFA) to monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) by modulating expression of the SCD gene. We propose that if cattle ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)One of the main objectives of this thesis is to disperse double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNT) in a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) matrix, and to characterize the resulting composite using electrical, thermal, and mechanical ...
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(2009-05-15)The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, has over 450 naturally occurring inherited diseases. Over half of these diseases are clinically similar to human diseases making the dog an excellent model in which to study human ...
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(2009-05-15)Little research has focused on the relationship between lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity and cholesterol metabolism in dogs and cats. To study weight loss and cholesterol metabolism in dogs, four ...
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(2009-05-15)Using rice chromosome 1 pseudomolecule as a reference, a minimal tiling path for the euchromatic arms of sorghum chromosome 3 was constructed, in which 23 contigs contain an estimated 57.56 Mb of DNA. A total of 409 EST-STS ...
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(2009-05-15)Pecan kernels from six cultivars were analyzed for phenolic content and antioxidant properties. In addition, kernels from two cultivars were irradiated with 0, 1.5 and 3.0 kGy using E-Beam irradiation and stored in accelerated ...
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(2009-06-02)This study utilized two diets (25 and 35% crude protein) fed at 10 different rates to produce differences in shrimp specific growth rate which were regressed against daily digestible protein (DP) and digestible energy (DE) ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Small and very small slaughterhouses generally spray lactic acid for carcass decontamination utilizing a hand held sprayer. Even though this tool represents a very small investment, it may present important disadvantages ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Lysine is one of the more limiting amino acids in protein sources for chickens. Since lysine is also an essential amino acid for animals, it is an important component of animal dietary formulation. Therefore, an accurate ...
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Dietary lipid source and vitamin e influence on chicken meat quality and lipid oxidation stability (2009-05-15)In the poultry industry, further processed meat products have the highest share in the market, and because there is a growing demand of food products with enriched amounts of unsaturated fatty acids, the objectives of this ...
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(2009-05-15)This study explored the effects of dietary unsaturated fatty acids on feline lipid metabolism. It was hypothesized that high dietary linoleic acid (18:2n-6, LA) would enhance conversion to arachidonic acid (20:4n-6), ...
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(2009-05-15)Predominance of small dense Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) is associated with a two to threefold increase in risk for Coronary Heart Disease (CVD). Small, dense HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) particles protect small dense ...