Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(2012-07-11)Ghrelin (GHR) is a 28-amino acid peptide that is secreted in the peripheral and central nervous systems and correlates with hunger. GHR is the only gut hormone known to stimulate food intake. Psychostimulant drugs, such ...
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(1983)This study involves a threefold approach to the real demand for loan funds at Federal Land Banks and Production Credit Associations: (1) determination of a conceptual model, (2) estimation of the corresponding statistical ...
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(2011-08-08)This study examined the impact of social space design on student behavioral problems in middle schools. A mixed-method approach was used in the form of focus groups and surveys with teachers and students from four central ...
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(1983)This paper gives an in-depth look at the proposed regulations written by the Internal Revenue Service and authorized under Section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code. Included in the paper is a chart summarizing the various ...
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(1996)The 1996 Farm Bill, signed into law on April 4, is a significant departure from the focus of modem and historical domestic farm policy. As a provision of the proposed Federal balanced budget, it will deregulate income ...
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(1998)The following is an attempt to measure the economic effects of bringing CRP land back into production in the Texas Panhandle. I will focus on 60 counties within this region. In the research, I have used an input-output ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)This thesis presents an algorithm for a randomized distributed stack, a coded simulator for examining its behavior, and an analysis of data collected from simulations configured to investigate its performance in particular ...
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(1997)As the result of the creation of advanced information technology within the past two decades, we are entering into a new era of civilization. In this new day and age, where large industry was once the dominant force in our ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)If grains of sand are added, one by one, to a growing collection of sand on an otherwise empty table, there will eventually be a "heap" of sand on the table. It seems impossible, however, to specify the precise point at ...
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(1980)A high altitude scientific balloon is a flexible structure where the shape and stress are dependent on the pressure differential across the envelope. When a balloon is floating at a constant altitude, the pressure distribution ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Cotton is an economically important crop in the U.S., but is relatively poorly characterized genetically. Unlike other, more researched crops, it is lacking highly effective methods for consistent cell cycle manipulation ...
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(2013-04-13)Motion planning is the problem of computing valid paths through an environment. Since computing exact solutions is intractable, sampling-based algorithms, such as Probabilistic RoadMaps (PRMs), have gained popularity. PRMs ...
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(2008-05-27)Connectivity in sensor networks is an important metric that describes the capability of networks to be able to report sensed information. The ability of member nodes to communicate with each other and collectively report ...
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(1978)This paper compares two methods of measuring the motion of a loudspeaker cone. An accelerometer device was built by designing and attaching a preamplifier to the piezoelectric crystal transducer assembly. This crystal has ...
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(1984)In early April of 1984, a project to add computer graphics to the QUASI computer simulation system was completed and implemented at Texas A & M University. QUASI is a system that can be used in several engineering fields ...
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(1995)Over the past several years, spread spectrum radio communication systems have been increasingly viewed as attractive alternatives to more common methods of radio communication. The military has long valued spread spectrum ...
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(1983)Eighteenth-century histories, essays, criticism, and poetry suggest that certain basic attitudes toward women prevailed. have categorized and described three of those attitudes: 1. Women are merely "fair nymphs" (the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is believed to be the mechanism for depletion of lymphocytes recognizing self antigens following clonal expansion in the bursa of Fabricius. Further, some evidence suggesting that ...
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(1984)Finding the most suitable and non-invasive way for recording the chick embryo's heart rate is the principal objective of this research. The primary rationale for this project is to develop an animal model for evaluating ...
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(1991)Isolation, alienation, separation, psychic loneliness, fundamental aloneness, failure to communicate ... the words sound a twentieth century litany. This study primarily examines the methods that writers from different ...