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Interannual variability of summer precipitation in Texas and its implication to summer drought
(2009-05-15)
Since Texas normally receives most of its precipitation in the warm season, precipitation deficits in summertime may bring serious agricultural and hydrological disasters. While the underlying physical processes of summer ...
Uncovering the circadian output pathways of Neurospora crassa
(2009-05-15)
The ubiquity of circadian systems has allowed their characterization in a broad range of
model systems, which has greatly improved knowledge of how these systems are
organized and the vast range of cellular and organismal ...
An object-oriented framework to organize genomic data
(2009-05-15)
Bioinformatics resources should provide simple and flexible support for genomics research. A huge amount of gene mapping data, micro-array expression data, expressed sequence tags (EST), BAC sequence data and genome sequence ...
The roles of working memory, language proficiency, and training in simultaneous interpretation performance: evidence from Chinese-English bilinguals
(2009-05-15)
Simultaneous interpretation is a cognitively demanding task involving concurrent listening and speaking in two languages. Successful performance in this task likely relies on a good working memory, which reflects a person’s ...
Superconducting Proximity Effect in Single-Crystal Nanowires
(2010-07-14)
This dissertation describes experimental studies of the superconducting proximity effect in single-crystal Pb, Sn, and Zn nanowires of lengths up to 60 um, with both ends of the nanowires in contact with macroscopic ...
Examination of supervisor assessments of employee work-life conflict, supervisor support, and subsequent outcomes
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
Research in the work-life area has typically concerned individuals' assessments
of their own conflict. The current study went beyond this by examining supervisor
assessments of employee conflict and how they relate to the ...
On Discrete Hyperbox Packing
(2010-01-14)
Bin packing is a very important and popular research area in the computer
science field. Past work showed many good and real-world packing algorithms. How-
ever, due to the complexity of the problem in multiple-dimensional ...
Dendritic and linear polymers for separations
(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)
Most new fields in chemistry usually began as a curiosity by the researchers, followed by an intrinsic interest in basic biological, physical and chemical properties of reactions, interactions, structural features, and ...
The Effects of Bilingual Education on Language, Achievement, and Self-Efficacy of Hispanic Students
(2010-01-14)
Much controversy exists surrounding the education of Hispanic English Language Learners (ELLs). This large and growing group presents significant challenges to educators. Foremost among these challenges is the question of ...
The George Bush Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University
(2010-10-12)
This was the first comprehensive doctoral dissertation on the George Bush
Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University. The Bush Presidential Library
and Museum was the focal point. The purpose was to describe the ...