Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(1989)Three-dimensional binary represenations of continuous objects are analyzed for shape properties. Theoretical results are descibed that suggest a method for developing three-dimensional shape measures. New shape measures ...
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(1984)This paper considers models of physical phenomena, in particular models from population dynamics. The main model of concern is a combination of two previously developed models: the model of non-linear age dependent population ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Educating and preparing the leaders of tomorrow for the challenges they will face is the most important job of teachers today. It is up to those who pass laws and make decisions regarding how this task will be carried out ...
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(1983)There now exist sufficient numbers of recovered marine and ophiolitic samples to correlate their measured velocities and densities with marine seismic survey data in order to determine the mean density of the oceanic crust. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2001)This present study examined the relationship between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, attitudes about sexuality, number of incidents of lifetime interpersonal violence (directly experienced, witnessed, and ...
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(1995)Current estimates state that approximately 60,000 tons of spent fuel (with burn-ups of 33,000 MW-days/MTU) currently await shipment to the repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This amount is likely to double before the ...
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(1989)The goal of this project is to measure the forward scattered light from a small sphere at angles down to zero degrees. By cancelling the unscattered illumination beam with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, it was possible to ...
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(1994)Samples of 1.0 mil thick low density polyethylene, also known under the trade name Stratofilm®, were retrieved from the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) Satellite. These samples were exposed to diffuse atomic oxygen ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The majority of plant cells contain plastids that are self-replicating, double membrane organelles with their own unique genetic component. The current investigation concerns the developmental events that strictly determine ...
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(1994)The uptake of manganese (Mn) by human fibroblast cells was studied to determine the chemical form of Mn used by the cells. These experiments tested the uptake of free Mn and Mn bound to the plasma protein, transferrin. Mn ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Medical transcription is the act of transferring a patient's medical history and treatment from oral to written form. Medical transcription services focus on providing medical transcription to a variety of medical ...
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(1990)The ability to adapt to environmental conditions is a fundamental property of living organisms. The adaptive ability of a cell membrane has been studied extensively in E. coli bacterial cells. This experiment focused on ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Smith et al. (2003) found powerful memory blocking and recovery effects for recall of categorized word lists. The present study investigated whether affect, or emotional words could be similarly blocked and recovered, or ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The social and political movements of the 1960s created a contemporary crisis in white masculinity. The civil rights, women's liberation, and counterculture movements all challenged traditional notions of white masculinity ...
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(1983)This study investigated men's attitudes toward intelligent vs. unintelligent women and women who do vs. do not initiate dates. Subjects were 209 male introductory psychology students. Each viewed one of four videotapes ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The relationship between menstrual cycle hormones and performance on gender-linked spatial tasks was examined in college women. Healthy women and men over the age of 18 and not taking hormonal preparations completed tasks ...
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(1986)A meta-analytic review was conducted on 97 studies to determine the magnitude of sex differences in subjective well-being. Overall, no sex differences were found in the cognitive component of subjective well-being known ...
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(1977)This research proposal was presented in order to determine the metabolic fate of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) and its bismuth and palladium complexes. This was done by manner of determining the levels of the metals, bismuth and ...
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(1978)Because of their apparent metalliferous concentrations, six metamorphosed sedimentary rocks were collected from the island of Newfoundland. The samples were studied in order to determine the origins of the metals contained ...
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(1990)John Wesley had a tremendous impact on eighteenth century religion in both England and America. His reform movement in the Anglican church resulted in the labeling of a sect of "people called Methodists." The evangelical ...