Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(2011-02-22)Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella have emerged as the most common foodborne enteric pathogens causing human illness from the consumption of beef. By mandate of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety ...
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(2022-04-27)The verification and validation of Pronghorn is imperative for predicting the fluid velocity, pressure, and temperature in advanced reactors, specifically high temperature gas-cooled reactors. Pronghorn is a coarse-mesh, ...
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(2010-10-12)This study was conducted to develop and validate cleaning procedures for different processing equipment of varying complexity and to determine the efficacy of two different allergen tests. Following introduction of selected ...
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(2012-10-19)The design and selection of surface treatment binders in service is currently based on specifications that only account for the penetration and ductility of emulsion residues or the penetration and viscosity of hot-applied ...
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(2009-06-02)This study evaluated the thermal drying process commonly used by small and very small beef jerky operations in Texas. It was intended to determine the impact of relative humidity on the production of beef jerky and to ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The present study investigated the Anger IAT as a valid measure of anger. In order to answer this question the relationship between the Anger IAT and traditional measures of anger, anxiety, and self esteem were examined for ...
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(2012-10-19)The purpose of this study was to validate the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) on a sample of Afro-Caribbean college students. Participants were drawn from a larger national study on culture and identity collected ...
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(2017-06-27)Assessing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children with chronic illnesses like diabetes is a growing area in pediatric psychology. Doing so across ethnic groups is important given the increased risk of diabetes ...
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(2016-08-01)Clouds cover at least two thirds of the Earth at any given time. Clouds play a large role in the Earth’s global energy budget, but the impact of cirrus clouds is still widely questioned and researched. Cirrus clouds reside ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)This work presents the validation and enhancement of existing correlations for estimating and predicting the permeability in low permeability gas sands. The "original" problem of predicting the corrected or "liquid equivalent" ...
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(2017-05-24)The Triarchic Model suggests that psychopathy is comprised of three phenotypic constructs, including disinhibition (i.e., elevated impulsivity combined with negative affect), meanness (i.e., interpersonal antagonism and ...
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(2018-08-09)Parent and self-report ratings were obtained for 57 adolescents using the Comprehensive Executive Function Inventory and the Behavior Assessment System for Children-Second Edition. Results indicate there were no differences ...
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(2021-10-25)Valleytronics which has a lot of advances in the information processing and communication requires the manipulation of the valley degree of freedom of the carriers. In this thesis, we discuss valley current, which is carried ...
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(2017-12-08)Current biomass waste management such as landfills and combustion negatively affects the environment and public health. It is recognized that the production of biomass waste is unavoidable. Globally, 150 to 170 billion ...
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(2022-06-01)In the circular economy, waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies are essential to minimize waste and pollution, reduce dependency on fossil fuels, and combat climate change. The carboxylate platform is a promising approach to ...
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(2017-07-20)Shale oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) projects differ in many aspects from the projects with traditional reservoirs. These differences are reflected in the key aspects of the project, ranging from technical ...
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(2010-01-14)The limitation of public funds available for infrastructure projects has induced governments to attract private entities to participate in long-term contracts for financing, constructing, and operating huge infrastructure ...
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(2018-03-08)The space in universities is the most expensive asset. However, there is a clear lack in the literature regarding ‘serendipity’ areas or informal third-places (such as lounges), which host paramount activities in modern ...
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(2016-04-21)Despite the perception of lucrative earnings in the oil industry, various authors have noted that industry performance is routinely below expectations. For example, the average reported return for the industry was around ...
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(2013-07-25)It has been shown in the literature that the oil and gas industry deals with a substantial number of biases that impact project evaluation and portfolio performance. Previous studies concluded that properly estimating ...