Browsing Undergraduate Research and Capstones by Title
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(1986)Six sample sites were chosen from over 20 sites located on Biliran and Leyte islands in the central Philippines to determine whether or not rotations associated with either a collision between the Palawan continental terrane ...
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Mindfulness-based interventions have been effective at reducing symptoms of chronic inflammatory disorders, a phenomenon proposed to be mediated by altered immune system function and inflammatory response. However, the ...
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Pancreatic Cancer (PC) is among the most difficult cancers to detect in its earliest stages when treatment is most effective. Factors that may contribute to PC include periodontal disease, smoking, chronic diabetes, obesity, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Paracanthogalea egyptensis n. gen., n. sp. is described from the fish Therapon jarbua (Forsskel, 1775) collected from November 10 to December 10, 1993 from the fishermen at Hurghada City, Egypt. The new species, Paracanthogalea ...
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(2014-09-24)The purpose of this study is to determine why the occupation of Germany after the Second World War was so successful and why we view it as the quid essential example of an occupation. It will examine the three major factors ...
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(1986)Gabriel García Márquez has said that Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano is the book he has read the most. Its "magic" intrigues him. García Márquez, of course, has written Cien años de soledad, a masterpiece of magic realism. ...
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(1995)Throughout the centuries, there has proven to be a lack of scholarly interest in the study of strictly literary devices found in the Bible. Generally, analyses of the Bible are centered on source criticism, biblical theology, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)That Britain, one of Europe's largest economies, has opted not to adopt the European common currency (Euro) has puzzled students of the European Union for some time. As recent referenda demonstrate, Britons remain ...
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(2012-07-11)Collagen is the most abundant protein in human body and the major component of the extracellular matrix. It self-assembles into fibrillar structures that exhibit characteristic 67-nm bands called the D-period. Despite ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The use of parallel processors can be a very effective method for improving the running time of large or complex calculations. The Standard Template Adaptive Parallel Library (STAPL) is being developed by Dr. Lawrence ...
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(1976)Since blood is the transport medium for the materials to be exchanged, the understanding of the flow of blood is essential to the understanding of the materials exchange. The nature of the blood flow varies considerably ...
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(2020-04-29)Respect for patient autonomy is a fundamental principle of biomedical ethics. However, it holds relatively little weight in pediatric medicine, in which parents act as proxy decision-makers for their children. Challenges ...
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(2012-04-30)Past research on parent- infant communication has failed to examine how parents communicate emotions differently and the relationships that infant sex and infant attachment may have with parental communication. The present ...
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First-generation students are worse than their non-first generation peers in their ability to recognize and respond to faculty members’ expectations (Collier & Morgan, 2008). Further, first-generation students have a lower ...
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Our goal with this research is to use our creative talents to spark change in the way society views and reacts to those living in poverty within our community. A recent study done by the Bush School of Government and Public ...
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(2020-04-20)The purpose of this research is to build, calibrate and test a parallel-plate avalanche counter (PPAC) detector, which can be used to detect low energy heavy ion particles. This detector will enable Texas A&M to conduct ...
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(2014-09-24)If a nation’s political structure is heavily influenced by political parties, it will be more difficult for a successful revolution to take place unless it is through one of the major parties. Political parties offer a ...
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(2008-08-19)Archaeological leather, especially that which comes from wet excavation sites, has long challenged conservators who wish to preserve it so that it will be long lasting, stable, and informative for cultural analysis. Both ...
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Pathophysiology of endotoxin: microvascular dysfunction, and the roles of VEGF and nitric oxide (NO) (Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) elicits nitric oxide (NO)-dependent vasodilation and plays major roles in angiogenesis and wound healing. Although bacterial endotoxin (LPS) has been shown to alter endothelial ...
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Surgery Site Infection (SSI) is an infection that occurs after surgery in the part of the body where the surgery took place. It typically occurs within 30 days after the surgery (and discharge from the hospital). With rapid ...