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(2013-09-25)My research is on the ethical theories of Aristotle and Kant – the two most influential ethical theories in Western history. Despite their persuasiveness, each presents a different view with regards to the notion of morality ...
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(2007-09-17)Courtship in Drosophila is an innate behavior, one that is hardwired into the genetic architecture of the fly. A small number of mutations are known to disrupt the genes controlling the neurological basis of courtship; ...
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(2011-08-04)A new fossil vertebrate fauna consisting of fish, snake, and small mammalian remains was discovered near McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, Texas. Identification and analysis of the species in the cave deposit reveals ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)This honors thesis argues that the literature of Holocaust negationism is a repackaging of classical antisemitism. The propositional content of negationist discourse is less significant, I argue, than its rhetoric. And its ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)It is the task of every literary critic to determine the author's intent and the reasons for his intent with his writings when analyzing a work. Thomas Hardy deals with women in many harsh manners in his novels. His ...
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(2012-04-20)This thesis contains two studies examining survey evaluations of public schools. Survey evaluation results provide a novel means of measuring program performance, which is of particular interest to public administration ...
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(1977)This study was conducted under the assumption that knowing more about readers and their reading habits will enable an editor to produce a newspaper that will be better read by more people. Many suggestions are drawn from ...
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(2013-02-06)The idea and attempts of sustainable design in architecture is common today. Sustainability as it relates to architecture ranges from small modifications or minute enhancements all the way to full projects. There is no ...
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(1979)Four horses fitted with permanent posterior ileal cannulas were assigned diets in a 4x4 Latin square experiment to measure nitrogen digestion in different segments of the digestive tract. Using a commercial protein supplement, ...
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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse and ozone-depleting gas produced in the ocean and released to the atmosphere. N2O can be produced in areas of low oxygen such as hypoxic areas and oxygen minimum zones. The shelf ...
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Literature Review Plato’s Republic (c. 380 BC) is the most critical text under examination, offering the idea of the “noble lie” around which this project is built. Seminal political documents which proclaim some form ...
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(2012-04-20)A protease-free, column-free protein purification technology was developed through a combination of an engineered thio-responsive split-intein and a stimulus-responsive elastin-like polypeptide (ELP). The DnaE split intein ...
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New and improved thermal hydraulic data is essential for ensuring safe operation for Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR). Excessive fission product buildup on fuel rods produces uneven subcooling during operation which poses ...
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Noncanonical Amino Acid Incorporated Photocaged Cysteine for Multiple Cysteine Based ACPL Approach (2020-04-30)Today, proteins and protein functionality are a major focus of biological chemistry. Every synthesized protein has a unique and innate biological function, understanding these functions and their application has been at ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The use of stress waves in several civil engineering applications such as nondestructive testing of soil deposits or pavement systems has become extremely popular over the last few years. In all cases, a dynamic impulse ...
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(1986)The inherent properties of the Operatonal Transconductance Amplifier (OTA) are used to design circuits for fundamental nonlinear applications. The OTA is a voltage controlled current source(VCCS) device in contrast to the ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-07-01)The sluggish growth in employment following the Great Recession has spurred research into investigating its cause. Economists are split as to whether it reflects the advent of “jobless recoveries� or just reflects ...
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Norepinephrine mediates the effects of restraint stress on Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus (Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus (TMEV) is an important model of multiple sclerosis (MS) (Lipton, 1975). Theiler's virus induces a biphasic disease that, in the chronic phase, causes a remitting relapsing demyelination ...
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(1994)The purpose of this paper is to determine what economic effects NAFTA could actually have on the construction industry in the State of Texas. The research presented will begin by summarizing the provisions in Volume I of ...
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Mars potentially contains a vast reservoir of buried water ice resources. Understanding the distribution and origins of these resources has become increasingly important due to the plans for a future manned mission to Mars. ...