Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)As medical educators strive to produce qualified physicians who are able to meet societal needs, the medical education system must continually reform itself to meet the demands of that changing society. Understanding the ...
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(2012-04-06)The effectiveness and validity of three indicators of response distortion on the Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A; Morey, 2007a), potentially useful to detect malingering, were evaluated by having college ...
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(1993)This study probed the hypothesis that individual differences in agreeableness are related to patterns of interpersonal conflict. Participants (N = 124) were assigned partners, and then asked to solve jointly two social ...
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(1979)During the past fifty years, health care delivery has been in a state of constant change. As increasing demands have been placed upon the delivery system, personnel and programs have evolved to respond to these needs. This ...
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(1983)In this study four theoretical perspectives are used to develop seven sets of testable hypotheses about the behavior of collective action organizations. These four perspectives are: (1) Coalition theory, (2) Alliance theory, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The purpose of this study was to establish baseline data from international students regarding health care system perspectives, access, barriers, and utilization. International students bring preconceived ideas regarding ...
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(1991)This study explored the relationship between current and childhood pet ownership/bonding, and current levels of empathy and moral reasoning. The subjects completed the Mehrabian and Epstein Emotional Empathy Scale (1972), ...
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(1980)Intracranial electrical stimulation of the brain can serve as a reward when administered to certain areas in and around the hypothalamus. These stimulation sites seem to be associated with major catecholamine (CA) pathways. ...
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(1993)Since teratogen-induce congenital malformations are likely to result from changes in programmed gene expression, we have monitored the level of expression of a population of 20 candidate genes in order to identify any ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The complex system of rights we have in our society has its foundations in philosophical liberalism. This paper analyzes the sphere of individual rights, referred to as the private, within philosophical liberalism. The ...
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(1994)The study of insect immunology has been hampered by the limited quantity of material from any one individual. We have developed several techniques to make use of flow cytometry for the isolation and characterization of ...
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(1994)At present there are eight published telomerase RNA sequences available for analysis. There are six RNAs sequenced that are within the genus Tetrahymena and the closely related genus Glaucoma.(All of these RNAs are ...
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(1996)This research is an attempt to shed light on a serious difficulty for contemporary physicalism. The methodological approach includes both historical critique and logical analysis. The first section shows that one type of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)This study examines a Jungian picture interpretation schema, which can be used to analyze artistic creations in a therapeutic format. This proposed schema attaches significance to specific areas of a drawing. The upper ...
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(2001)This study examines a Jungian picture interpretation schema, which can be used to analyze artistic creations in a therapeutic format. This proposed schema attaches significance to specific areas of a drawing. The upper ...
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(1981)A rapid method was proposed to detect whether the herbicide atrazine could be converted into a mutagenic compound by plant metabolism. The method is based on the use of Vicia texana plants. Extracts were prepared from the ...
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(1998)Constructed wetlands are one of the newest wastewater treatment technologies. They should reduce the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and utilize a large amount of the influent. The BOD determines how much oxygen is used ...
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(1982)A major component of a wood pyrolysis oil, i.e., 4-methyl guaiacol was substituted for phenol in a standard phenol-formaldehyde methylolation reaction. The purpose was to prepare an adhesive resin from the reaction products. ...
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(1982)Information was obtained to aid the development of a pneumatic pine seed harvester. Methods from related research were used to determine the characteristics of slash pine seeds: Mass 0.63 g Frontal area 26.0 mm² Terminal ...
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(1981)A method for measuring the vector polarization of collision-induced radiation is described and implemented. Studied in this research are the polarized de-excitations at 3889 Å characteristic of the 2³S₁ - 3³P₂,₁,₀ transitions ...