Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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BACTERIALLY MEDIATED WATER STRESS TOLERANCE IN WHEAT CONFERRED BY PHENAZINE-PRODUCING RHIZOBACTERIA (2017-12-09)The plant microbiome is the community of microorganisms living in association with plants and are considered to be a “second genome,” capable of directly modifying the plant’s biotic and abiotic environment. Predicted ...
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(2015-07-24)Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a type of polyhyroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastic, is an attractive alternative to traditional petrochemical-derived plastics, such as polypropylene. However, PHB is costly to produce due to high ...
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(2018-05-04)Decision-making influences the development of life over multiple levels. Understanding the core mechanisms of this complex process could yield new insights into the treatment of diseases and the evolution of lifeforms. To ...
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(2009-05-15)In order to release progeny, bacteriophages must lyse the host cell by compromising the peptidoglycan layer. There are two known strategies of lysis: the holin-endolysin system and single gene lysis (SGL), which are dependent ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The N-terminal hydrophobic domain of the phage P1 endolysin Lyz was found to facilitate the export of Lyz in a sec-dependent fashion, explaining the ability of Lyz to cause lysis of E.coli in the absence of the P1 holin. ...
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(2009-05-15)T4 requires two proteins: holin, T (lesion formation and lysis timing) and endolysin, E (cell wall degradation) to lyse the host at the end of its life cycle. E is a cytoplasmic protein that sequestered away from its ...
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(2021-08-09)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogenic bacteria is increasing worldwide. One solution to this crisis is bacteriophage therapy, a treatment which harnesses naturally occurring bacterial viruses to invade and lyse AMR ...
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(2019-07-16)Citrus canker, caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac), is one of the most devastating citrus diseases that affects citrus production worldwide. The current recommended means to control canker are windbreaks, ...
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(2018-07-27)Some bacteria are of importance in food production, harvest, and processing because they can have undesirable effects on a food, resulting in spoilage or deterioration. Human disease-causing bacteria associated with food ...
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(2017-04-20)Complete description of blood coagulation pathways with respect to patientspecific characterization presents a major challenge. Characteristics of blood coagulation vary drastically between patients. It is essential to ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The Bahamian archipelago covers over 5,000 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean at the northwestern edge of the Caribbean Sea. In the Age of Sail, from the late 15th to early 20th centuries, these islands were on major ...
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(2014-07-25)Madness and art are two concepts that are quite often historically interrelated. The term “madness” designates various mental ailments, depression being one of them (major depressive disorder or depressive episodes in their ...
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(2012-07-16)As the conventional reservoirs decrease in discovering, producing and reserving, unconventional reservoirs are more remarkable in terms of discovering, development and having more reserve. More fields have been discovered ...
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(2016-11-09)Chronic heart failure is a complex disease state that can yield reduced cardiac output, pulmonary edema, and increased peripheral resistance. Pressures, flows, and volumes in these conditions emerge from the complex ...
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(2009-05-15)People must frequently sort through and identify relevant materials from a large set of documents. Document triage is a specific form of information collecting where people quickly evaluate a large set of documents from ...
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(2015-05-13)This thesis presents several control methods on one wheeled and two wheeled balancing robot and implementation of a two wheeled robot. The purpose is to balance the robot at a standstill position and let it move smoothly. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The purpose of this study was to identify those elements of the Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence that central office leaders, principals, and teachers perceive as having an impact on collective teacher ...
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(2018-06-13)Preparing pre-service teachers to work in urban schools requires a unique set of skills, practices, and social considerations. This study examines the deeply held beliefs and attitudes – that is, the personal practical ...
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(2021-11-01)In this work, a barium fluoride (BaF₂) scintillation detector is investigated to determine if it can be used for fast measurement of deep burn fuel in advanced reactor designs. Pebble bed high-temperature gas-cooled reactors ...
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(2013-05-06)I propose and demonstrate a method by which barium titanate nanoparticle clusters can be used as exogenous contrast agents in Second Harmonic Optical Coherence Tomography imaging systems to localize and highlight desired ...