Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The folding of proteins into three-dimensional, biologically active conformations demands much study because protein misfolding causes many genetic diseases and because protein folding is an integral step in translating ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Spinal neurons of surgically transected rats can support a simple form of instrumental learning. Rats learn to maintain leg flexion as a response to shock. The present experiments localized the region of the spinal cord ...
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(1977)The energy shortage has caused increased interest in alternate energy sources such as solar energy. Solar energy is most efficiently used in the form of hot water which can be used for space heating. The problem of using ...
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(1997)A Texas poet whose work exalts the region in which he lives, William Barney (b. 1916), like most poets of the state, has received only modest readership and critical notice over the course of his career. The substance and ...
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(2010-07-14)The twentieth century has been called the bloodiest century in human history. In two world wars and various other conflicts spanning across decades, man was more combative than ever before. Yet despite this century of ...
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(1977)A recent development of the NASA Airfoil Research Program is a family of new high lift, low drag airfoils for application on general aviation aircraft. This study analyzes one of these airfoils, the 13% thick GA(W)-2, as ...
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(1997)The purpose of this research was to determine what effects composition, temperature, rubber content, and aging time have on the low temperature properties of various asphalts. These properties, failure stress, failure ...
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(1998)In both Guy de Maupassant's Le Horla and Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, narrators of questionable reliability claim to encounter other-worldly beings, leaving the reader to wonder whether the apparitions are real or ...
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(1997)In industry today magnetic bearings are slowly replacing existing bearings because of its many advantages like less wear and environmentally clean. However, with all the advantages of MTB there are negative aspect in ...
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(1991)The ability to develop a fiber optic current sensor utilizing the magnetostrictive characteristics of nickel (Ni) has been proven. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer, which had a 2. 5-μm layer of Ni 15-cm long on its sensing ...
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(1985)A computer model was developed to simulate the steering and gear shifting functions of a tractor. The model was used to test the use of audio and visual operator feedback methods used in machine monitors. Five operators ...
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(1983)The cattle genome contains a gene for vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) sensitivity, possibly coding for a VSV receptor molecule. This was demonstrated by a VSV challenge to cattle-hamster hybrid clones segregating cattle ...
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(1991)Physical mapping of the bend loci in HPV 16 may lead to an improved understanding of the transcriptional regulation of this genome. Subcloning small fragments of HPV 16 into pUC18 and pCY7, followed by electrophoretic ...
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(1993)Human cDNA probe H1. 6 (clone 10-1) encoding cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) was used to map the bovine homolog of CFTR. Using a panel of bovine X rodent hybrid somatic cells, the homolog was ...
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(1986)As one surveys the coast of the Yucatan, even today, one of the most impressive sights is the Mayan ruins of Tulum. Compared to the great city of Seville by Spanish explorers, the town and its largest structure "EI Castillo" ...
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(1994)This circuitous route seems to have danced neatly around the question: What is the nature of Marxist socialism? What is the nature of the Nietzschean Aristocratic Radicalism? Very well, then, let me answer Marxist socialism ...
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(1982)The mass of ¹⁶Ne has been measured by the reaction ²⁰Ne(⁴He, ⁸He) ¹⁶Ne at a beam energy of 129 MeV. The target gas of isotopically enriched ²⁰Ne (>99.5% ²⁰Ne) was contained in a gas cell with Havar windows. Reaction products ...
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(1980)Bromine diffusion coefficients are determined by measuring the weight change of a small rotating zinc hemisphere in aqueous bromine, salt solutions. The diffusion coefficients are 2.70x10⁻⁶ cm²/s and 1.99x10⁻⁶ cm²/s for ...
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(1984)Captive collared peccary maternal-nursling interactions were quantitatively described by determining the influence of weeks post partum, time of day, and diet on the relative frequency of occurrence, mean duration, and ...
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(1979)The purpose of this paper is to study the vibration of a wire by incorporating resistance to bending into the model leading to the string equation. Included here is a derivation of a fourth order, partial differential ...