Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(1985)This study involves the analysis of cattle embryo transfer and feeding as tax-sheltered investments. It includes the discussion of agricultural tax policy, tax shelter concepts, embryo transfer and cattle feeding procedures, ...
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(1991)This study explores the perceived decline in the quality of American public education during the 1970s and early 1980s. The reports that were issued in 1983 in response to this perception are discussed, with emphasis being ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)As little as a decade ago, the cloning of an eukaryotic organism was generally thought of as an element in a science fiction novel, however, today the procedure is a reality. Genetic modification of cloned animals is also ...
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(1998)As Britain's future relationship within the European Union has become increasingly a more salient issue not only among the political elites, but also among the general electorate, it is not very surprising that many students ...
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(1988)We propose to test and calibrate the Forward/Backward Hadron Calorimeter of the CDF (Collider Detector at Fermilab). It is designed to cover a pseudorapidity region of 2.2 ≤ | η | ≤ 4.2. It is composed of multi proportional ...
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(1986)The Texas A&M University Stream Quality Model (TAMUSQM) is a user-friendly computer program designed to simulate water quality in streams and rivers. It has been written to meet the need for a reasonably simple to operate ...
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(1998)An analysis of the climatic averages from a number of locations in Texas is performed to ascertain whether they contain a sea-land breeze signature. Theory and previous research dictates that if any such signature exists, ...
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(1982)Mutants of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) were generated by treatment during the virus' infective phase with the known frameshift mutagen ICR-191. Both mutant and wild-type viral proteins were labelled with ³⁵ S-methionine, ...
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(1977)In preparing to assist a developing nation, both the foreign student and the foreign bound American student have special educational needs. A format is proposed with which such students can guide their own studies and plan ...
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(1986)The subject of this paper is the relationship of the Bolsheviks and peasantry between 1903 and 1921 with a special focus on the period known as the Russian Revolution. Included in the paper is a discussion of the role of ...
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(1978)Mathematicians use divided difference equations to solve problems which have only a discrete set of possible values. This research is concerned with the application of difference equations to curve fitting data by means ...
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(1993)The replication of the telomeres of Borrelia burgdorferi's 16 kb and 49 kb linear plasmids was investigated. Two dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis was used to analyze the replication intermediates of B. burgdorferi ...
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(1980)One of the major problems in designing an effective tertiary oil recovery process is minimizing the adsorption activity of the surfactant. Information concerning the adsorption behavior of specific surfactants would be ...
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(1979)Drilling technology is limited to temperatures less than 350° C. When drilling into magma, temperatures in the 350° - 1100° C range will be encountered, therefore the cooling of the drill bit environment to a temperature ...
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(1982)The current literature on this subject is sparce. One study by Peavy 18 centered on the building of a model for classifying the debt of bank holding companies into the catagories used by the major rating agencies. Peavy ...
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(1986)The paper is an examination of the concept of the American as it was expressed in the enduring popular literature of the period. A brief discussion of the fundamental principles of American mythology is followed by an ...
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The Culture of Sustenance, the Sustenance of Culture: Maxine Hong Kingston's Stories of Assimilation (1993)The “Culture of Sustenance” is a dominant theme throughout the works of Maxine Hong Kingston as she uses the act of eating and images of food metaphorically and symbolically to define the connection between food and identity. ...
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(1997)The focus of this paper is to research the relationship between the popes and emperors, beginning in 962 with the imperial coronation of Otto I by Pope John XII and ending in 1122 with the Concordat at Worms between Henry ...
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(1988)This paper examines the reaction pathway in which Fe²⁺ displaces the Cu²⁺ of Cu²⁺-ovotransferrin-CO₃²⁻ to yield Fe³⁺-ovotransferrin-CO₃²⁻. Electron paramagnetic was used jointly with stopped flow and regular spectroscopy ...
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(1993)This study, then, will examine each of these authors in his or her utilization of Augustinian or Thomistic grace as they attempt to reach an audience deaf to the conventional words of the Gospel. It will also examine the ...