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(2015-12-16)This research thesis focuses on the connections between Christian mission work and international development across time. The fundamental problem this study addresses is not as much a problem as it is a question: does ...
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(2021-04-15)In developing my moral compass, I became increasingly aware of people explaining morality as it pertains to others, but not as it pertains to themselves. Indeed, moral philosophy tends to approach morality as an interpersonal ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The purpose of this study is to analyze the needs of religious student centers as a means to more fully address those concerns in the facility's design. A case study on the Wesley Foundation Methodist Student Center at ...
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Despite recent progress in the past few years gender discrimination is still an ongoing problem. Eric Grollman’s work states that experiencing gender discrimination can have a negative impact on one’s mental health causing ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The expression of homeotic genes during early animal development determines the identity of specific populations of cells and thus the regions of the developing body. Furthermore, their expression is regulated so that it ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-06-03)The homeownership rate was relatively stable for the few decades preceding 1995, followed by a large increase between 1995-2005 and a subsequent decline over the next ten years. Authors Eunseong Ma and Sarah Zubairy document ...
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(2017-05-10)We conduct a field experiment at Texas A&M in which students enrolled in an online course are provided information about the correlation of homework effort on exam scores via a one-time email. Due to randomization of ...
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(2008-08-03)Previous studies have shown that for many couples, the transition to parenthood is accompanied by a marked decline in relationship satisfaction and individual functioning. However, there is substantial variability in ...
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(1983)Samuel Johnson's view of the Atonement shifts over his lifetime, from the exemplary view with its emphasis on the strict rules of conduct which lead to salvation to the propitiatory view with its faith that Christ's death ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The following investigation will focus on three of Tennessee Williams' later plays: The Red Devil Battery Sign, Vieux Carre, and The Two-Character Play. By drawing parallels between these three samples of his later work ...
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(1989)The scope of this research is to quantify phytoplankton cell numbers at the Antarctic ice edge in horizontal and vertical dimensions during austral winter. Identification is to the species level where possible. Other methods ...
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(1996)I describe addition of a submodel representing dynamics of host resistance to the cattle fever tick (Boophilus microplus) to the simulation model of host-parasite-Iandscape interactions developed by Teel et al. (1996). The ...
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Although young voters are notorious for not formally taking part in the political process, they nonetheless typically voice strong opinions on a number of societal issues. How do individual personality traits relate to ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-02-08)Since the Great Recession, policymakers have increasingly relied on fiscal policy to stabilize and stimulate the economy. This Winter 2022 issue of PERCspectives on Research summarizes a paper by PERC’s Shirley A. Lynch ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-11-02)This paper examines how the effects of government spending shocks depend on the balance-sheet position of households. Employing U.S. household survey data, the authors find that in response to a positive government spending ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-08-27)Monetary policy was used during the Great Recession to stimulate the U.S. economy, but were its effects dependent on prevailing levels of high household debt? In working paper 1806, PERC Professor Sarah Zubairy and coauthor ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-10-09)During past recessions like the Great Recession, policy makers sought to boost the economy through fiscal and monetary policy changes. Taking into account the economy’s slow recovery, how effective were the monetary ...
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(ES Food & Agroforestry; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2020)The majority of the world’s undernourished people are located in developing countries, including Sub-Saharan Africa. One way of combatting food insecurity is to increase food production and promote the consumption of ...
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(Feed the Future; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
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Curiosity is a natural way to gather more information about the world, making it directly relevant for learning. However, little research has examined the relation between children’s curiosity and formal learning. Moreover, ...