Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(1990)The purpose of this paper is to report on tests of properties of selected fiber materials and scintillation oils for their use in a liquid scintillating fiber calorimeter at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). The ...
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(1995)Throughout history, mankind has always depended on the "scapegoat". In surveying the mythology of the past, Sir James George Frazer identifies and traces numerous instances of the paradigm. Moreover, Western thought and ...
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(1986)One of the problems associated with the quantitative analysis of respiratory sound data has been interference due to the presence of heart sounds. In the past, heart sounds have typically been filtered using cutoff frequencies ...
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(1979)This study investigated teacher opinions of the Direct Instruction Systems for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading (Distar Reading only) when used in elementary special education classrooms. A survey was sent to 116 special ...
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(1979)A study of the effects of methanol and water on the friability of lignite was made in an effort to quantify the extent of the effects and compare the utility of the two liquids. The friability of the lignite will be an ...
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(1980)A study was made to determine the effect of an electrolyte, namely sodium chloride(NaCl), on the apparent viscosity of coal suspensions in water. This required a fundamental study of the behavior of the second electro-viscous ...
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(1987)The tetraploid cultivated cotton Gossypium hirsutum (2n=4x=52) normally will not form viable F₁ hybrids with G. davidsonii or any tetraploid homozygous for Le₂ᵈᵃᵛ. Many or most G. hirsutum plants are homozygous for alleles ...
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(1980)It is evident that the lease versus purchase (sell) problem is both complex and multi-faceted. Thus, the purpose of the study was to analyze one basic aspect of the problem -- the lease models being used by lessors in ...
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(1985)Automated data capture technology has existed since the early 1960's. The banking and supermarket industries have enjoyed success with magnetic ink character recognition and barcode. Department and specialty store chains ...
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(1978)This research paper takes the national issue concerning standardized testing programs and relates it to Texas. The research paper began as a result of the Brown Report and "A Position Paper on Accountability/ Renewal". The ...
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(1996)This paper specifies a heuristic framework fashioned from the principles of the Second Law of Thermodynamics intended to extend and broaden our explanation of the structural dynamics of change and transformation within the ...
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(1993)World War II hit the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Texas like a tidal wave: It rushed in, had a tremendous effect, and left. The major changes a wave brings are erosion and deposition. In the case of Texas A.& M., ...
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(2007-08-29)Based on museum-held and field-collected specimens new data are presented regarding the distribution, adult phenology and first-instar larva of the uncommon green lacewing Abachrysa eureka. It was found that this species ...
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(2007-08-03)This paper examines the influence of colonial policy and intercultural relations on the development of Acadian settlement in Louisiana between 1765 and 1785, spanning a portion of both French and Spanish colonial periods. ...
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(1997)In 1991, Michael O' Higgins and John Downes published Beating the Dow. Since then, the "Dogs of the Dow" strategies discussed in the book have received increasing levels of publicity. Although it is undeniable that the ...
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(1990)The extent to which gender and self-monitoring correlated with the ability to detect deceit in interpersonal interactions was examined. 20 men and women were videotaped while describing someone they liked and someone they ...
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(1990)Group 6 metal anionic complexes, (CO)₅M(O₂CR)⁻ (M = Cr, Mo, W; R = Me, OPh , were investigated for potential catalytic properties that would mediate a copolymer synthesis. Copolymers made of alternating carbon dioxide and ...
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(1977)The purpose of this study was to investigate the cell-mediated activity of the facultative intracellular parasite, Listeria Monocytogenes, in the guinea pig. Special emphasis was placed upon the particular subcellular ...
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(1983)This report is a study of the development of an active, adaptive noise control system for a 4" I.D. duct. The study yielded the development of a series of circuits to be incorporated with a microprocessor in a continuous ...
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(1977)Transfer RNA (tRNA) methyltransferases were partially purified from Manduca sexta prepupa larvae and 2-day-old pupae. The purification procedure involved pH 5 precipitation, gel filtration to remove endogenous inhibitors ...