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    • Why do you think I laugh? Gendered Perceptions of the Functions of Humor 
      Quiros, Alexander E. (1997)
      This study examines gendered differences in perception of humor functions in 311 male and female college students. Subjects ratings on three different test instruments were obtained: Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale ...
    • Why Representation Matters: A Look Into Asian American Voting Behavior 
      Pormasdoro, Kelsey
      Does the presence of an Asian candidate increase turnout within Asian Americans? I conduct an analysis of the 2018 Congressional election using survey and observational data to study the effects of race on voter turnout. ...
    • Wickard v Filburn and US v Lopez: Two Sides of the Same Coin? 
      Arvin, Charles Raymond (2013-02-04)
      The Supreme Court’s commerce clause jurisprudence represents a balance between ideology and institutional constraints. In this work, I examine to what extent ideology and institutional constraints affect the Court’s ...
    • Will Cryptocurrencies Replace the Money We Know? 
      Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-10-08)
      Most commerce is conducted not with physical currency but by digital transfers of titles to currency, at least in the developed world. Currently there are approximately 300 digital exchanges that will exchange cryptocurrencies ...
    • Wind and Film: Representations of Wind Energy in the On-Screen Anthropocene 
      Curtis, Lauren A
      Drawing on scholarship in energy humanities, this project uncovers the significance behind film portrayals of wind energy as a way of expanding knowledge of our relationship to alternative energy and its viability through ...
    • Wind Loads On Offshore Structures 
      Proft, Eddy (1979)
      A review of the state of the art of wind design procedures for offshore structures indicated that wind/wave interactions were not taken into account. In hurricane conditions, large amplitude waves may cause cyclic loading ...
    • Wireless Device Orientation Estimation 
      Heidtke, Derek W
      Estimation of wireless device location (localization) has been studied extensively for its usefulness in network infrastructures. However, the related issue of determining device orientation has received less attention. ...
    • Wireless Infrared Power 
      Harris, Joseph Evan
      We are creating an infrared (IR) beam using LEDs and lenses to power devices wirelessly. All electrical devices we use today are limited by either being hardwired or using batteries to power them. This technology may ...
    • With the Passing of the Years: Existential Attitude in Unamuno, Onetti, and Toscana 
      Rodriguez, Sara Anabella
      Over the years, Existentialism has grown to be a recurrent subject in literature. As the world faced periods of war and rapid development in the 19th and 20th centuries, authors with various origins began to present―almost ...
    • The Woman-Child of Fairy Tales: Achieving a Balance Between Maturity and Youth 
      Aparicio, Jaina Sarai
      Literature Review: A number of scholars have noticed similarities in what societies within fairy tales expect of women and children and how they treat them, but scholars tend to keep the spheres of childhood and adulthood ...
    • Women and Development in Ghana 
      James, Stephanie E. (1995)
      The condition of the Third World is by no means a topic of new interest to scholars, researchers, and policy-makers. Much time has already been spent trying to ascertain why this part of the world has developed the way it ...
    • Women in engineering at the undergraduate level 
      Lagoudas, Natasha Christina (2009-12)
      Only 18.1 percent of engineering bachelor degrees in the nation are awarded to women, which represents a two percent increase over the past two decades. The purpose of this research is to explore the experiences of men and ...
    • Women in STEM: True Self-Knowledge and Achievement Motivation 
      Kavanaugh, Katherine Elizabeth (2013-12-12)
      In this study, I examined whether there is a relationship between true-self knowledge and motivation to remain in a STEM major among female STEM students. Specifically, I hypothesized that a greater understanding of one’s ...
    • Women of Plautine Comedy: Representative of the Roman Ideal? 
      Floyd, Laura E. (1991)
      After considering what is said about women and analyzing their individual characterizations, one question remains: are these Plautine women representative of the Roman ideal? The Roman ideal for womanhood, as established ...
    • Women's reactions to dominant and Agreeable men: how are initial judgements of attraction affected by peer discussion 
      Dean, Cynthia Maria (2001)
      This study examined the role of social influence in females' judgments of dominant and Agreeable males' dating desirability. Three hundred and sixty participants viewed one of four videotape segments that featured an ...
    • Woodrow Wilson: Self-Determination and the Dissolution of Empire 
      Clevenger, Ty (1991)
      No single person is more associated with the concept of self-determination than Woodrow Wilson. Though the political and philosophical discussions of self-determination began centuries earlier, they never truly gained ...
    • Workforce Demand and the Skills Gap in Texas 
      Gronberg, Timothy; Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-09-06)
      Community colleges are an important provider of educational services and play a critical role in meeting the workforce demands of Texas employers. This study focuses on the role of community colleges as occupational skills ...
    • Working Nine to Five: Economic Impacts on the Gender Gap in Macro Politics . 
      Scott, Holly Katherine (2013-09-28)
      A difference in aggregate public opinion and policy preferences between men and women has long been assumed but rarely fully empirically tested. In this analysis, I look at multiple economic factors impacting men and women ...
    • World Demand for Primary Products in the Nineteenth Century 
      Avery, Brock (1989)
      Empirical studies examining the trade relationships between the lesser developed countries (LDCs) and the industrial nations have not been plentiful. A goal of this thesis is to provide statistical evidence towards the ...
    • The Writing Process in L2 Spanish Students and Heritage speakers: A Keystroke Logging Study 
      Vela De La Cruz, Jorge A
      This study belongs to the field of applied linguistics and, in particular, the area of first and second language acquisition. The two populations of interest in this project are Spanish-English bilinguals in the US, who ...