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Since the dawn of human observation, we have been studying the interaction between light and the rest of the universe. From the harnessing of fire to the use of telephones, humans have been finding new ways to use light ...
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(1993)Archaeologists often have to rely on drawings and descriptions of artifacts because the nationalistic policies of the countries in which the artifacts are discovered prevent their subsequent removal. The artifacts are ...
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Technology is becoming increasingly more advanced daily; new generations are constantly breaking out of existing fields and creating new connections to the world around them. Technology has become so integral in everyone’s ...
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(2013-02-04)This thesis, focusing on seventeenth-century English writers, examines the genre of Mothers’ Legacies in relation to the conduct literature being written around the same time. It discusses the manner in which the women ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The political spectacle is a show and a way of seeing things. In effect, the media reduces politics to theatre, simplifying complex issues into a world of black and white, where leaders compete with an enemy for influence ...
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For our creative work thesis, we developed a VR (Virtual Reality) Program that allows a user to view and interact with muscles and nerves of a canine leg that would support students to understand the relationships between ...
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(2010-07-14)During the past decade the professional news industry has continued to lose ground to citizen journalists and other alternative forms of news in the war for credibility and readers. At the same time, the Internet has ...
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(1978)Creel census data were taken at the warmwater discharge site of Houston Power and Lighting Company's P.H. Robinson Generating Station during June 1977 through February 1978. Fifty five surveys were conducted during which ...
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(1989)A universal problem that exists in society is finding an optimal punishment that will deter individuals from a certain unwanted behavior. Sociologists, psychologists, economists and even businessmen have grappled with the ...
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(1982)The report, "Criteria for Underwater Recreational Design," accomplished two major goals. The first proved that structures designed specifically for the diver and management of the ecosystem are more responsive to diver and ...
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A Critical Analysis of the Fourth Ward North of West Gray Street: Recommendations for Rehabilitation (1979)The Fourth Ward-north of West gray study area is a predominantly residential neighborhood of approximately 300 acres. It is located in two major parts surrounded by redeveloped neighborhoods, burgeoning commercial enterprise, ...
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With the advent of mobile computing devices such as smartphones, modern mobile processors are designed by compromising two opposite characteristics. In one hand, performance needs to be maximized in order to hold up with ...
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(1996)Contemporary Chicano/a writers are in the process of creating an artistic and cultural aesthetic which resists racism and avoids homogeneous stigmatization by the traditional Euro-American cultural paradigm. This Borderlands ...
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(1976)Gravity data from the Cape May region of the eastern United States was employed to determine the behavior of the crust-mantle interface in the transition region of the continental margin. By using the Talwani method of ...
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(1987)This paper examines the feasibility of using a cryogenic optical fiber link for an irradiation study of the quantum Hall effect (QHE). Commercially available GaAs₁₋ₓPₓ light-emitting diodes (LED's) were studied at temperatures ...
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(2014-09-15)Parasites, in particular trematodes (Platyhelminthes: Digenea), play major roles in the population dynamics and community structure of invertebrates on soft-sediment mudflats (Leung, 2009). Austrobilharzia variglandis and ...
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(1995)With the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States formally recognized Mexico as a country of great economic importance. In doing so, the United States opened the door to increased interdependence ...
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(2014-08-21)On the one hand, liberals, such as John Rawls (1971), assume that individuals are morally unencumbered by their community affiliations. Their only obligations are those that they voluntarily accept. On the other hand, ...
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(2021-04-26)The existing electric grid is transitioning to a smart grid with increased penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as photovoltaic (PV) units, battery storage units, electric vehicles (EV), and EV chargers. ...
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(2012-07-11)Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD is characterized by the accumulation of fat in the liver, also known as steatosis. This is one of the most common types of liver diseases and can occur in a range of individuals. ...