Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(1984)The initial goal of this research was to develop design specifications for one section of Arlington's generalized work order system, the City Service System. However, during November of 1983 the city planners decided to ...
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(1979)Water and sediment samples taken from an area near the discharge of the Galveston Sewage Treatment Plant were analyzed for copper, nickel, lead and zinc. Two twenty-four hour sampling periods were conducted at four hour ...
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(1982)Although Islands in the Stream is a flawed novel and has received very little serious critical attention, it is valuable because Hemingway makes two important artistic statements in it. First, through the character of ...
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(1997)This research discusses the transition in the thinking of the sixteenth-century monk Desiderius Erasmus on the education of women. At first he regarded women as intellectual inferiors, but eventually he recognized that ...
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(1986)Most computer terminals only allow the transfer of text to the computer. Often there is a need to send various forms of nontextual data, such as binary (compiled programs) or graphic, from a terminal to a. larger computer. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The purpose of this study is to analyze the needs of religious student centers as a means to more fully address those concerns in the facility's design. A case study on the Wesley Foundation Methodist Student Center at ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The expression of homeotic genes during early animal development determines the identity of specific populations of cells and thus the regions of the developing body. Furthermore, their expression is regulated so that it ...
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(2008-08-03)Previous studies have shown that for many couples, the transition to parenthood is accompanied by a marked decline in relationship satisfaction and individual functioning. However, there is substantial variability in ...
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(1983)Samuel Johnson's view of the Atonement shifts over his lifetime, from the exemplary view with its emphasis on the strict rules of conduct which lead to salvation to the propitiatory view with its faith that Christ's death ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The following investigation will focus on three of Tennessee Williams' later plays: The Red Devil Battery Sign, Vieux Carre, and The Two-Character Play. By drawing parallels between these three samples of his later work ...
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(1989)The scope of this research is to quantify phytoplankton cell numbers at the Antarctic ice edge in horizontal and vertical dimensions during austral winter. Identification is to the species level where possible. Other methods ...
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(1996)I describe addition of a submodel representing dynamics of host resistance to the cattle fever tick (Boophilus microplus) to the simulation model of host-parasite-Iandscape interactions developed by Teel et al. (1996). The ...
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(1998)Two of the most pressing problems facing today's rapidly growing population of refugees are dealing with the consequences of their past traumatic experiences (PTSD symptomology) and adjusting to a new culture (acculturation). ...
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(2007-07-14)The purpose of this project was to gain a better understanding of the means used to keep large proteins from becoming too stable. As globular proteins become larger, they bury a larger fraction of their side chains and ...
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(1991)In this study, the marketing techniques of general hospitals in Texas are compared to see if any similarities or differences exist between private for-profit, private not-far-profit, and public (not-for-profit) hospitals. ...
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(1986)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the understanding of stable dispositions and the development of a realistic self-concept. It was hypothesized that once children have acquired the understanding ...
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(2011-07-20)This thesis seeks to explain the reoccurring electoral success of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in the context of Chávez‟s exposure in the media, specifically, by evaluating his weekly show, Aló Presidente, alongside ...
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(1986)The way John Barth's characters try to answer the question of their own identity is the thematic catalyst for the conflicts and crises in his fiction. Some characters come to happier and more purposeful conclusions because ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)A key question in the area of humor research is "What factors affect humor perception?" Past studies have shown humor perception depends on several factors, including the gender of the joker (or agent of the humor), the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The command to "Know thyself," ascribed to Greek wisdom, and further propounded by Socrates' proclamation "the unexamined life is not worth living" suggests that the prerequisite for life extends beyond mere existence to ...