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Impact of Herbicides on Winter Canola (Brassica napus L.) Production and Fatty Acid Composition in South Texas
(2013-01-16)
Canola is a cool-season, oilseed crop grown throughout Europe, Canada, and the Northern Great Plains region of the United States. The expansion of canola production into new growing regions, such as the Southern Plains ...
Concatenated Polar Codes and Joint Source-Channel Decoding
(2017-07-18)
In this dissertation, we mainly address two issues: 1. improving the finite-length performance of capacity-achieving polar codes; 2. use polar codes to efficiently exploit the source redundancy to improve the reliability ...
Re-analysis of Conejo Shelter: A Legacy Archaeological Collection from the Amistad Reservoir Area, Texas
(2018-07-26)
Although the critical importance and research potential of archaeological collections have long been recognized, care and management of these collections and research within them have not always been at the forefront of ...
Estimating Losses from Hurricane Harvey Using FEMA's HAZUS-MH Model
(2019-05-30)
Hurricane Harvey was one of the most destructive and costliest hurricanes to ever make landfall on the Texas coast and one of the many tropical cyclones that impacted the United States during the 2017 North Atlantic Hurricane ...
Improving Human-Robot Interaction in Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeletons through Human-Like Path Generation and Patient-Cooperative Control
(2019-11-19)
Exoskeleton-based therapy is a growing area and can provide benefits over conventional manual therapy due to the robots’ ability in providing high intensity and long therapy sessions, accurate measurements, and precise ...
Electromechanical Design and Control of an Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeleton
(2019-11-22)
Motor disabilities caused by neurological disorders such as stroke are a prevailing health issue in modern societies. To expedite the rehabilitation of patients with such disabilities, the scientific community has been ...
Clipping the Eagle's Wings: The Limiting of the Korean Air War, 1950-1953
(2013-03-21)
Purpose: This work examines the transition in aerial warfare that took place during the Korean War (1950-1953). Before the conflict, air power was conceived of primarily an instrument of unlimited, or total, warfare. ...
Perception and Handling of Inanimate Objects by the Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta Buren with an Emphasis on Polymorphism and Recognition Chemicals
(2016-12-07)
Invasive ant species can cause serious impacts ecologically and economically. One of the most documented invasive ant species is the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta. This invasive ant species has an impact on ...
Development of an Alternative to the Helium-3 Based Active Well Coincidence Counter with Boron Coated Straws
(2018-05-31)
An active well coincidence counter (AWCC) is used for Nondestructive Assay (NDA) of
special nuclear material. This counter was developed for the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) to perform in field inspections. ...