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Multiple Paternity Analysis in a Hybrid Zone
(2013-09-25)
Hybridization is an important evolutionary process. Hybrid zones can illustrate mechanisms which lead to introgression. Two live bearing freshwater fish, Xiphophorus malinche and X. birchmanni have formed several natural ...
Through the [Image]inary Door: Lyotard, Baudrillard, Jameson and Postmodernism in Film
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
"Through the [Image]inary Door: Lyotard, Baudrillard, Jameson and Postmodernism in Film" combines a chronological history of postmodernism in the work of Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard and Frederic Jameson with a ...
Skylab: the forgotten missions
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
The Skylab program featured three manned missions to America's first and only space station from May 1973 to February 1974. A total of nine astronauts, including one scientist each mission, flew aboard the orbital workshop. ...
Effect of desmin peptides and the characterization of nebulin family proteins in glial cells
(2013-09-26)
A 3-dimensional highly integrated cytoskeletal network dynamically responds to numerous mechanical stresses faced by cells in various tissue types. Intermediate filament proteins are a major part of the cytoskeleton of ...
A GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF HOMINID MAXILLAE AND MANDIBLES
(2013-09-26)
Fossil mandibular elements assigned to the taxon Australopithecus sediba were found at Malapa, South Africa. The mandibular elements have since been used to create a fully reconstructed version of the mandible of the animal. ...
College Students' Involvement in Student Advocacy: Engaging Millennials
(2013-09-25)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of Millennial involvement in student advocacy. Some trends that show what it takes to keep Millennials involved have been found, but exactly what engages them in ...
Neural Network Approach to Feature Sensitive Motion Planning
(2013-09-26)
Motion planning (MP) is the problem of finding a valid path (e.g., collision free) from a start to a goal state for a movable object. MP is a complex problem with a myriad of applications, ranging from robotics, to ...
Borrelia burgdorferi Seroprevalence in Deer across Travis County, Texas: Relevance for Lyme Disease Ecology
(2013-09-25)
The goal of this study is to evaluate the role of deer in the transmission of Lyme disease (LD) in Travis County, Texas. This disease is transmitted by the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. LD was first identified in Texas ...
The Conjunction of American Politics and Social Contract Theory
(2013-09-25)
Using American political party platforms, I will identify and analyze the influence of social contract theory in contemporary American politics. The relationship between the Lockean model of government and the Hobbesian ...
Barnett Shale Municipal Oil and Gas Ordinance Dynamics: A Spatial Perspective
(2013-09-27)
Previously unattainable shale gas deposits have become accessible since the late 1990s using a technique called hydraulic fracturing — the injection of chemicals, water, and sand into subsurface shale to free extractable ...