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Water Quality and Health of Coral Reefs
(2015-09-10)
This study estimates the impacts of degraded water quality parameters and a continued warmer climate on coral reef abundance in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). Degraded water quality effects can be ...
Electrorefining Uranium
(2015-09-29)
The Fuel Cycle and Materials Laboratory at Texas A&M University needs a method of removing impurities from depleted uranium samples. A non-aqueous, lab-scale electrorefiner will be constructed to solve this problem. The ...
Personality Correlates of Birth Weight and Family Birth Order
(2015-09-21)
In an attempt to better understand relationships between birth weight, birth order, and later psychological adjustment, three scales were administered to a sample of 192 undergraduate students (53 males, 139 females), ...
A Novel Continuum Manipulator
(2015-09-21)
We address the problem of controlling continuum manipulators and evaluate Reinforcement Learning to produce a control policy for a robotic platform. Our approach discretizes the state and action spaces to reduce the training ...
Deformations of Sheared Marginal Granites and the Forceful Emplacement of the Tungstonia Pluton, Kern Mountains, Nevada
(2015-09-25)
Marginal granites of the Tungstonia Pluton of the Kern Mountains, Eastern Nevada, are foliated with poles to foliation that are nearly parallel to those of foliations developed in surrounding dolostones. Thus, the dolostones ...
Topping Off the Capstone: Constraints on the Timing of Deformational Fabric Development: ca. 1780 Ma Big Sky Orogeny, Southwestern Montana
(2015-09-29)
The study of ancient collisional belts gives insight into the tectonic settings that shaped the continents today. The Big Sky orogeny, at ca. 1800-1760 million years ago, marks the suturing of two Archean cratons that ...
Factors Limiting Germination in Triploid Watermelon
(2015-09-28)
Seedless watermelon, a major crop in Texas, grows from sterile triploid seeds. The triploid seed
varieties have poor germination rates and are typically more expensive. Identifying techniques
that increase vigor and rates ...
Foreign Women on the Ancient Mediterranean Sea
(2015-09-25)
Throughout history, the roles of men and women have been sharply divided due to in part each gender’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as the customs and beliefs of the various cultures in which they resided. Although men ...
An Instrumentation System to Measure In-Situ Hydrodynamics during Barrier Island Overwash and Inundation
(2015-09-29)
Barrier islands serve as the first line of defense against severe storm events threatening our coastlines and associated infrastructure. The morphology of barrier islands can change dramatically during overtopping and ...
Haptic Interactive Deformable Models
(2015-10-06)
Haptic devices are devices that emulate the sense of touch through a force feedback mechanism that enables users to physically interact with virtual objects. This supplementary element of interaction allows users to ...