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Phenomenological implications of three generation heterotic string models
(1992)
This dissertation is devoted to the study of the phenomenological consequences of the three-generation heterotic string models based on the Calabi-Yau compactifications and the N = 2 superconformal constructions.
An evaluation of volunteerism in Project Learning Tree and Project Wild in Texas
(1992)
Many environmental education programs have been developed by state and private natural resource organizations partly in response to a lack of knowledge by the public. Project Learning Tree (PLT) and Project WILD (WILD) are ...
The rhetoric of ethos in business and technical writing textbooks
(1992)
Rhetoric, as defined by Aristotle, is persuasion, "the art of finding the arguments." Aristotle described three appeals, methods of persuasion: logos (logic), pathos (emotion), and ethos (ethical persuasion through character). ...
Prediction models and recovery strategies for the savings and loan industry : an evaluation of the endogenous and exogenous elements
(1992)
It is the purpose of this study to determine the turnaround strategies used by recovered savings institutions and use them to predict which thrifts might regain their solvency given sufficient time. The study focused upon ...
The effective use of microcomputers for information management as perceived by school public relations specialists and public school superintendents
(1992)
The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the perceptions of school public relations specialists and selected public school superintendents concerning die effective use of micro-computers for the management of ...
The kinematics and deformation of a thrust sheet over frontal-transverse ramps : a field and experimental study
(1992)
Map-view curves in thrust-fault traces are common in fold-and-thrust belts. Frontal-transverse-frontal ramp geometries are typically the reason. However, not all curves in thrust-fault traces can be related directly to ...
Tourism impact assessment : a test of a vested interests model
(1992)
The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which residents' expectations and perceptions of tourism impacts are related to their positive or negative dispositions of tourism development. An exploratory field ...
The impact of a peer-based student conflict management training program in a middle school
(1992)
The major purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of an experimental Peer-based Conflict Management Training Program in a middle school of South-Central Texas. The purpose of the training program is directed ...
Hard real-time scheduling for the rate-group model
(1992)
Many real-time systems built in the past based their scheduling on the cyclic executive model because it produces predictable schedules which facilitate exhaustive testing. The rate-monotonic algorithm has the advantage ...
Molecular characterization of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase multigene family in hexaploid wheat
(1992)
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco, EC 4.1.1.39) catalyzes the first step in the Calvin pentose phosphate cycle. It is composed of eight large subunits and eight small subunits. The large subunits are ...