Search
Now showing items 21-30 of 55
The influence of parenting style and ethnicity on academic self-efficacy and academic performance
(2006-08-16)
Baumrind (1971) developed one of the two major traditions of Parental Acceptance/ Rejection Theory, in which she categorizes parenting styles into authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive categories. Research indicates ...
THE ROLE OF FERRIC IRON UPTAKE REGULATOR (FUR) PROTEIN ON IRON REGULATION IN COXIELLA BURNETII
(2006-08-16)
Coxiella burnetii is a gram negative, obligate intracellular bacterium. It is the etiologic agent of Q fever in a variety of species including livestock, humans and arthropods. The bacterium infects the monocytes of its ...
Detection of Physiologically Relevant Alcohol Concentrations Using Raman Spectroscopy
(2006-08-16)
This is the first step in a series of studies to test the feasibility of using Raman Spectroscopy (RS) to non-invasively detect physiologically relevant blood alcohol concentrations. Blood tests, urine tests, and the ...
Applications of MRI in Fluidics: Single Echo Acquisition MRI Toward Microfluidics
(2006-08-16)
Microscale devices capable of manipulating fluids have potential to give rise to a paradigm shift in the fields of biology and medicine. The purpose of this research is to assess the feasibility of applying single echo ...
Presidential Decisions to Intern and Detain Uncharged Persons: A Comparison of the Franklin D. Roosevelt and the George W. Bush Administrations
(2006-08-16)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the internment and detainment policies used by Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and George W. Bush as methods for protecting the United States from attack during World War II and ...
SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) CORONAVIRUS NSP 15 ENDORIBONUCLEASE
(2006-08-16)
ABSTRACT
Site Directed Mutagenesis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Cornavirus Nsp 15 Endoribonuclease (April 2006)
K. Maravet Baig
Department of Biology
Texas A&M University
Fellows Advisor: Dr. ...
Neural Network-Based Classification of Single-Phase Distribution Transformer Fault Data
(2006-08-16)
The ultimate goal of this research is to develop an online, non-destructive, incipient fault detection system that is able to detect incipient faults in transformers and other electric equipment before the faults become ...
Solving Slavery in Sudan: Solving a Social Problem Through Nation Building
(2006-08-16)
Almost unique in the world, chattel slavery persists in Sudan into the 21st century. The U.N. and various NGOs have provided evidence that slavery exists in modern Sudan and that the government has done little, if anything, ...
ECONOMIC REFORM AND COMMUNIST REGIME SURVIVABILTY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
(2006-08-16)
While the collapse of communist rule and process of transitioning to democracy in the former-Soviet Union and its numerous satellite states certainly warrants the wealth of attention received, by no means does this signal ...
The Effect of Gender on Student Writers' Evaluations of Peer Tutors
(2006-08-16)
This study examines how the genders of both student writers and their peer tutors affect the dynamics of writing tutoring sessions and influence the student writers’ subsequent evaluations of their peer tutors. Even though ...