Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The goal of this research was to determine how protein stability is affected when tyrosines form specific inter and/or intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the folded state. Our model protein, the enzyme RNase Sa, contains ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)A magnetorheological (MR) damper exhibits a variable damping coefficient depending on the strength of an accompanying magnetic field. A high magnetic field creates a nearly unyielding damper filled with a semi-solid fluid ...
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(1986)Several epidemiological studies have found that social isolation is predictive of subsequent physical and mental health problems. Many persons have difficulty initiating interactions with other people. The purpose of this ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The MixAlco process, developed by Dr. Mark T. Holtzapple, uses anaerobic fermentation to convert waste biomass into carboxylate salts which can then be manipulated into carboxylic acids, ketones and alcohols. This project ...
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(2008-05-22)My research explores the idea that the women of America’s past used cookbooks as life manuals and not just as collections of recipes. This project involves American gender roles and will be an important contribution to ...
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(1997)With the rising use of the Internet and the other technological advances that go with it, the continued enforcement of Copyright Law is jeopardized. Many are asking the question of whether or not we will reach a point when ...
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(2007-07-14)The global marketplace has experienced an influx of messages surrounding the issues of corporate social responsibility and the effect of the economy on social values. Much of this debate is centered on appeals to business, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)This study seeks to answer the question, "How does corporate social responsibility (CSR) influence corporate decision making?" It does so in two steps. The first step is the building of a theoretical framework in order ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus in mice is a clinically relevant model of multiple sclerosis (MS) since the current hypothesis is that a viral infection may be the initiating event in the development of MS. Chronic ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)For many years business has been searching for ways to make companies more profitable. Some programs that many businesses have implemented in order to increase profits are Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and Health ...
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(1985)A subroutine involving utility rate structures has been added to ESIM, an energy-based cotton gin sumulator (Williams, 1982). This addition provides an enhanced tool for energy management in cotton gins. In 1970, gins were ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Requirements management has been a traditionally overlooked aspect in designing software based systems. This lack of emphasis on managing requirements has lead to a large percent of projects either failing to meet all the ...
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(1993)Archaeologists often have to rely on drawings and descriptions of artifacts because the nationalistic policies of the countries in which the artifacts are discovered prevent their subsequent removal. The artifacts are ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The political spectacle is a show and a way of seeing things. In effect, the media reduces politics to theatre, simplifying complex issues into a world of black and white, where leaders compete with an enemy for influence ...
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(2010-07-14)During the past decade the professional news industry has continued to lose ground to citizen journalists and other alternative forms of news in the war for credibility and readers. At the same time, the Internet has ...
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(1978)Creel census data were taken at the warmwater discharge site of Houston Power and Lighting Company's P.H. Robinson Generating Station during June 1977 through February 1978. Fifty five surveys were conducted during which ...
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(1989)A universal problem that exists in society is finding an optimal punishment that will deter individuals from a certain unwanted behavior. Sociologists, psychologists, economists and even businessmen have grappled with the ...
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(1982)The report, "Criteria for Underwater Recreational Design," accomplished two major goals. The first proved that structures designed specifically for the diver and management of the ecosystem are more responsive to diver and ...
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A Critical Analysis of the Fourth Ward North of West Gray Street: Recommendations for Rehabilitation (1979)The Fourth Ward-north of West gray study area is a predominantly residential neighborhood of approximately 300 acres. It is located in two major parts surrounded by redeveloped neighborhoods, burgeoning commercial enterprise, ...
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(1996)Contemporary Chicano/a writers are in the process of creating an artistic and cultural aesthetic which resists racism and avoids homogeneous stigmatization by the traditional Euro-American cultural paradigm. This Borderlands ...