Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(1990)The differentiation which has occurred between science fiction/fantasy and what I have called the mainstream, and between science fiction and fantasy, is also present in important form within the two fields. This distinction ...
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(1997)This research analyzes the roles of women in eighteenth-century England and seeks to establish the ways in which these roles affected their relationships with each other. Using the titular protagonist, Pamela, as the ...
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(1980)This thesis theoretically and empirically examines the economic effects of past and proposed reductions in children directed TV advertising on the consumers and producers of children's products. The history and nature of ...
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(1978)This paper has analyzed the experience rating feature of an unemployment compensation system. The question of how the costs of maintaining the unemployed are allocated was addressed. A review of the current literature found ...
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(1981)Much work has been done in the past for calculating the economic pipe diameter for Newtonian fluids, but there has been very little done to date for the case of non-Newtonian fluids; i.e., a fluid whose viscosity is not ...
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(1978)This study was designed to determine the effects of eserine and isoproterenol on ethanol-induced intoxication in the rat. The cortical EEG (recording from the frontal and occipital lobes), four behavioral tests, and a ...
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(1997)A study of the effects of gardening on the environmental attitudes of children involved an experiment group of 23 fifth graders participating in interdisciplinary activities centered around a butterfly garden and a control ...
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(1987)Previous literature has shown the following: (1) when material is learned in an acoustic context, or the presence of background music, the music becomes associated with the learned material (Smith, 1985); and (2) the use ...
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(1984)The objective of this research was to determine the effects of calcium (Ca) additions on nitrogen (N) uptake by corn (Zea mays L.). The purpose for adding the calcium was to determine if it would increase the nitrogen ...
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(1978)The concentration of Norepinephrine in rat brain was compared to the levels in mouse and rat brains which had previously been studied. Whole brains of white rats where extracted and the concentration of Norepinephrine was ...
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(1977)The purpose of my experimentation is twofold: (1) To isolate Epidermal Growth Factor(EGF) (2) To determine the effect of EGF on intracellular cyclic nucleotide levels. Epidermal growth factor stimulates the differentiation ...
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(1996)Low-level lead has been shown to cause cognitive and attention deficits in children. Research has focused on elucidating the underlying molecular and biochemical mechanisms of these abnormalities. In recent years, the ...
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(1990)The purpose of this research project was to determine whether light affects on the expression of certain chloroplast-encoded proteins of the pea ATP synthase complex. The proteins studied were the alpha and beta subunits ...
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(1986)This study was as an investigation into the effect of the methane content in a natural gas fuel on the NOx emissions from an automotive engine. Results of this investigation provided the information nescessary to determine ...
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(1979)Twelve Holstein and eight Jersey cows in mid-lactation were blocked in groups of four based on breed and parity, and assigned randomly to four treatments in a ten week continuous feeding trial. Treatments were four concentrate ...
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(1987)A survey of twenty-two low income Bryan residents was conducted to determine the expectations and aspirations of this sample in regards to job opportunities, housing, and educational attainment. The culture of poverty ...
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(1985)Through outdoor recreation activities, challenge is provided by the environment and not by other people; the sense of competition between individuals is virtually nonexistant, enabling an individual to be more aware of ...
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The Effect of Plant Sterols on the Growth, Survival, and Sterol Levels in Macrobrachium Rosenbergii (1977)Growth in Macrobrachium rosenbergii was studied using diets in which plant sterol was substituted for cholesterol. Weight changes, mortality, molt cycle, and sterol levels were observed. Results of a study of the effect ...
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(1978)The objective of this study was to determine the effect of potassium fertilizer on pales weevil (Hylobius pales, Herbst.) feeding. To accomplish this goal two species of pine seedlings, loblolly pine (Pinus taeda, L.) and ...
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(1982)Dunaliella primolecta was axenically grown with and without added selenium (10⁻² g/l selenium as sodium selenite). The lipids were extracted and separated by column and thin-layer chromatography. The collected lipids were ...