Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(2010-07-14)The variety of principal minors of nxn symmetric matrices, denoted Zn, can be described naturally as a projection from the Lagrangian Grassmannian. Moreover, Zn is invariant under the action of a group G C GL(2n) isomorphic ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)How proliferating cells maintain the copy number and overall size of their organelles is not clear. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae the G1 cyclins Cln1,2,3p control initiation of cell division by regulating ...
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(2012-07-16)With medical advancements extending the life span, age-related cognitive decline is a growing problem for the United States. A rat model of cognitive aging was used to investigate the GABAergic neurotransmitter system in ...
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(2012-02-14)The combination of the arsenic trisulfide (As2S3) waveguide and titanium diffused lithium niobate (Ti:LiNbO3) waveguide provide us compact and versatile means for transmitting and processing optical signals, which benefits ...
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(2011-08-08)Stability is a critical issue in gain-scheduled control problems in that the closed loop system may not be stable during the transitions between operating conditions despite guarantees that the gain-scheduled controller ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Prospect theory is a descriptive model of individual decision-making under risk (Kahneman and Tversky 1979). The central tenet of prospect theory posits that the risk orientation of decision-makers is affected by the gains ...
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(2014-10-10)When attempting to introduce new subjects or characters to a motion database, generating or capturing motions is particularly cumbersome, especially if the subject has some medical issue. This thesis describes techniques ...
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(2019-07-16)Gallium Nitride (GaN) is a wide-band gap semiconductor that has found market acceptance in applications such as lighting, power electronics and radio-frequency electronics. The high breakdown electric field and electron ...
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(2012-10-19)The Galois group of a Schubert problem is a subtle invariant that encodes intrinsic structure of its set of solutions. These geometric invariants are difficult to determine in general. However, based on a special position ...
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(2019-05-31)This study presents two closely-related solutions to autonomous vehicle control problems in highway driving scenario using game theory and model predictive control. We first develop a game theoretic four-stage model ...
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(2014-08-04)In this work, I consider the development of a driver model to better understand human drivers’ various behaviors in the upcoming mixed situation of human drivers and autonomous vehicles. For this, my current effort focuses ...
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(2016-12-05)Previous research has established that Pathological Video Game Use (PVGU) is related to various psychosocial variables such as impulsivity, aggression, and other forms of psychopathology. However, not much is known about ...
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(2017-12-04)States collaborate to achieve common goals. In the interest of advancing nuclear security globally, states have previously formed bilateral partnerships that allow two states to cooperate in germane areas of the nuclear ...
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(2015-04-29)Thin films with the ability to control gas permeability are crucial to packaging and purification applications. The addition of impermeable nanoparticles into neat polymers improves barrier/separation properties by creating ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)This project is a research into the effect of gas condensate damage in hydraulically fractured wells. It is the result of a problem encountered in producing a low permeability formation from a well in South Texas owned by ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This project is a research into the effect of gas condensate damage in hydraulically fractured wells. It is the result of a problem encountered in producing a low permeability formation from a well in South Texas owned ...
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(2010-01-15)Productivity index (PI) is an important indicator of a well?s production capacity. For conventional reservoirs, well productivity is usually calculated using the pressure response of the reservoir in its pseudosteady-state ...
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(2009-05-15)A generalized ejector model was successfully developed for gas ejector design and performance analysis. Previous 1-D analytical models can be derived from this new comprehensive model as particular cases. For the first ...
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(2014-04-07)Qatar holds the world's third-largest proven reserves of natural gas at 885 trillion cubic feet according to a recent report. Because of its desert climate, gas hydrate formation may seem an unlikely event in Qatar. However, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The shift of hydrocarbon exploration and production to deepwater has resulted in new opportunities for the petroleum industry(in this project, the deepwater depth greater than 1,000 ft) but also, it has introduced new ...