Browsing by Subject "South Texas"
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(2016-08-08)Conventional tillage (CT) increases the exposure of soil to erosion and is associated with lower soil moisture and organic matter than conservation tillage. Conservation tillage may benefit farmers in semi-arid regions of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)The western burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia hypugaea, is a Federal Species of Concern, whose numbers and range have been drastically reduced from historic levels in Texas. Burrowing owls roost and forage in agricultural ...
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(2020-06-24)Hospital length of stay (LOS) has been identified as a proxy measure of healthcare expenditures and cost of care in the United States. Hospital readmission is one of the most important asthma-related health outcomes to ...
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(2016-08-10)Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) contributes significantly to overall ambient air pollution, and exposure to TRAP has been implicated in the development of an array of disease states, including asthma, chronic obstructive ...
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(2017-05-01)Predation is the primary cause of nesting failure in birds. Thus, understanding the drivers behind nest success is of paramount concern to land managers. In the southern United States, woody vegetation encroachment has ...
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(2013-08-28)The present study observes and compares the language attitudes towards standard English, standard Spanish, and code-switching in two U.S. and Mexico border cities (Laredo and Edinburg) by employing the matched-guise technique ...
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(2016-05-06)In October 2008, Petrohawk Energy drilled the first modern fracking well into the Eagle Ford Shale, sparking an oil and gas boom in what is now one of the world’s most productive shale plays, responsible for 1.087 million ...
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(2011-02-22)The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas is an ecologically diverse region in the United States and marks the northernmost extension for many tropical species of plants and animals. Since the early 1900s, 95% of the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Potential arsenic toxicity in different geologic environments is dependent on total arsenic concentration and arsenic bioavailability. It is important to identify the geologic environments that may sequester arsenic because ...
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(2020-10-28)As decades have passed there has been a noticeable decline in the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter bobwhite) population. Only a handful of studies have been made in the assessment of the survival of ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1992-05)This paper presents the results of an energy use survey assembled for 93 grocery stores in south Texas. All stores were of the same chain. Several conclusions were drawn. Total electricity consumption per square foot is ...
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(2020-11-25)Cattle grazing is known to affect ecosystems and potentially alter wildlife abundances and distributions. Small mammals are one group that respond quickly to environmental change and can be used to monitor ecosystems. The ...