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Dead Babies, Bowel Disturbances, and Other Combat Humor in Afghanistan and Iraq
(2013-02-18)
The United States has deployed American soldiers to Afghanistan and Iraq for over a decade, often sending its soldiers for a second or third tour. The soldiers’ combat experience has changed dramatically since previous ...
SELECTIVE MOVEMENT OF SYNAPTIC VESICLES FROM REGIONS OF THE VESICLE CLOUD TOWARD THE ACTIVE ZONE FOLLOWING SYNAPTIC IMPULSE ACTIVITY
(2013-02-04)
Clouds of synaptic vesicles, which contain neurotransmitter molecules, are distributed along the length of a neuron's axon terminal. A small number of synaptic vesicles are docked on (held at) specialized regions of the ...
Bacterial Metabolites and Obesogens as Regulators of Inflammation in Adipose Tissue
(2013-02-27)
Obesity and the metabolic diseases associated with it, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, are areas of major concern in the USA. Obesity is associated with low grade inflammation in adipose tissue; therefore, ...
Relationship Between Behaviors and Group Sizes Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Galveston Ship Channel, Texas.
(2013-02-04)
Galveston Bay is an inlet from the Gulf of Mexico that connects to the Galveston Ship Channel where common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are regularly observed. These dolphins live in fission-fusion societies ...
The Effect of Varying Degrees of Difficulty of Retrieval Practice on Long Term Memory Retention
(2013-02-12)
Desirable difficulties during the learning process have been shown to enhance learning. In this study we examined how increasing contextual variation boosts memory. Specifically, we investigated how gradually making retrieval ...
A Photographic Atlas to the Early Development of the Bullhead Minnow (Pimephales vigilax)
(2013-12-16)
The identification of larval fishes is difficult due to their small size and transparent nature. Deciphering between different species placed within the same genus or even family can prove near impossible. Literature ...
An investigation of communications process within the Texas beef industry
(2013-12-18)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify and describe the communication process between and among sectors, and their corresponding members, in the Texas beef cattle industry. An inductive, qualitative approach ...
Antioxidant Effects of Phytochemicals in Texas Red Wine in Breast Cancer Cells
(2013-02-26)
The anti-cancer effects of wine have been greatly studied, mainly on Vitis Vinifera grapes. There is a lack of information about the effects of Texas wines in particular, and it was the goal of this study to investigate ...
Genetic Dissecting Innate Immune Signaling Networks in Arabidopsis
(2013-09-25)
The plant innate immune system is built on a great number of processes, many of which are uncharacterized, or incompletely identified. Infection of Arabidopsis thaliana with bac- terium Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato ...
Nothing Works: The Enlightenment, Discourse, and the Failure of Reason
(2013-09-28)
In this project I study the history of the American penal system. By studying the history of both the structure and ideology behind the penitentiary, I hope to come to a greater understanding of how we have arrived at our ...