Browsing by Subject "Mexico"
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Access Regimes and Irrigation Technology: Where Does the Water Soft Path for Agriculture Lead?
(2016-07-08)In the twentieth century, central governments managed water supply through largescale infrastructure, known as the water hard path. Water experts advocate for an alternative paradigm for the twenty-first century, or the ... -
Alfarería, hispanic ceramics in New Spain : origins, evolution and social significance
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)Ceramic dispersion, trade routes and pottery production locations were tied to the economy of colonial New Spain. Changes in any of these indicators signaled a change in the status of the whole region. Located just north ... -
The Allende-Piedras Negras Transboundary Aquifer: An Initial Modeling Assessment
(2018-11-16)The Allende-Piedras Negras (APN) aquifer is located between the state of Texas (USA) and the state of Coahuila (Mexico). The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo crosses the aquifer acting as a natural and political divide between both ... -
American football in Mexico: factors influencing success of teams within the National College Football Organization, Organizacion Nacional Estudiantil de Futbol Americano (ONEFA)
(2009-05-15)This study investigates the factors or determinants that influence success of teams within the Big 12 Conference of the National College Football Organization in Mexico. The findings of such a study were perceived to be ... -
An Analysis of Women's Access to Education and Workplace Restrictions in Developed Versus Developing Countries
(2017-04-28)Gender disparity has become a topic of major discussion in developing countries in recent years, particularly in relation to the access to education and workforce restrictions. The general purpose of this research is to ... -
Assessment of the Mexican Eagle Ford Shale Oil and Gas Resources
(2013-08-02)According to the 2011 Energy Information Agency (EIA) global assessment, Mexico ranks 4th in shale gas resources. The Eagle Ford shale is the formation with the greatest expectation in Mexico given the success it has had ... -
Atlas geogrphique et physique du royame de la Novelle-Espagne
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Availability of Fruit and Vegetable Imports From Mexico into U.S.
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A biosystematic study of the Muhlenbergia repens Complex (Poaceae)
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)A biosystematic treatment was made of the Muhlenbergia repens complex. Materials for morphological, anatomical, embryological, and cytological studies were collected from throughout the geographic region of this complex. ... -
Chromosome, allozyme, and morphometric variation in three cytoypes of the Sceloporus grammicus complex
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)The iguanid lizard Sceloporus qrammicus consists of at least six chromosome "races" (=cytotypes) distributed throughout most of Mexico. Three of these cytotypes (2n=32, 34, and 36) were studied in detail in that part of ... -
Climate Change and Global Warming in the Media: A Content Analysis of the Mexican Newspaper El Universal
(2017-05-03)The amount of coverage the media dedicate to climate change, along with how they frame the issue, can influence audience awareness, perception, and understanding of climate change. These aspects of climate change coverage ... -
CO2 Injection in Unconventional Reservoirs: Chicontepec Turbidites Case Study
(2016-06-17)New fracturing techniques have helped to unlock the once unrecoverable oil from unconventional reservoirs. Unfortunately, even with newer technologies, there are still resources in place that the industry is leaving behind ... -
Conservation of Mexican Long-Nosed Bats Along the Migration Route and Surrounding Maternity Caves
The nectar-feeding Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis or L. nivalis) population has been experiencing a steep decline over the past ten years. Conservation of this species is vital for the mutualistic relationship ... -
Consumer expenditures and economic inequality : an econometric analysis
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The present dissertation describes an economic model designed to predict changes in the inequality in consumer expenditures, associated with trends in economic development. Special emphasis is given to expenditures since ... -
Description and Identification of the Echolocation Calls of Leptonycteris nivalis and Other Nectar Feeding Bats in Mexico
(2020-08-03)The conservation of nectar-feeding bats is critical for preserving arid, semi-arid and desert ecosystems, in addition to the genetic diversity of some ecologically and economically important plant species. In the northern ... -
Divergent mass selection for time to anthesis in a maize (Zea mays L.) population
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The objective of this study was to determine the correlated and direct responses to divergent mass selection for days-to-anthesis (DTA) in a Mexican land-variety belonging to the race Chalqueno. Ten cycles of selection and ... -
Do Female Legislators Represent All Women and Marginalized Groups? A Study of Two Latin American Legislatures
This project, explores whether large numbers of women in the legislature are associated with the representation of interests of diverse groups within the group “women.” To begin to answer this question, I examine laws ... -
Ecology of Wintering Black-capped Vireos in Mexico
(2013-11-06)The black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is an endangered Neotropical migratory songbird that has received considerable attention in its breeding range, but relatively little attention in its winter range in Mexico. To ... -
El Cine Poético en Carlos Reygadas
(2016-11-28)The cinematography of Mexican director Carlos Reygadas is the main focus of this dissertation, which aims to validate the artistic quality of his four films: Japón, Batalla en el Cielo, Luz Silenciosa and Post Tenebras ... -
Embodied Storying, A Methodology for Chican@ Rhetorics: (Re)making Stories, (Un)mapping the Lines, And Re-membering Bodies
(2012-10-19)This dissertation privileges Chican@ rhetorics in order to challenge a single History of Rhetoric, as well as to challenge Chican@s to formulate our rhetorical practices through our own epistemologies. Chapter One works ...