Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Existential psychology attempts to enhance psychological well-being through the awareness of meaning and purpose in life. Similarly, counseling theories based on Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development promote ...
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(1994)E. M. Forster firmly believed in the value of human relations; the supreme achievement which a person could make was to form a true connection. The connection could be formed between a person and almost anything from which ...
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(1987)A renal cell carcinoma neoplastic antigen was purified from a freeze-thaw extract of cultured tumor cells using immunoaffinity chromatography. In addition, renal cell carcinoma immune complexes were also isolated from the ...
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(1994)Potyviruses belong to the picornavirus-like supergroup of positive-strand RNA viruses 6. Potyviruses form the largest and most economically important group of plant viruses 7. This group includes such viruses as potato Y ...
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(1997)Brucellosis is a serious infection in swine, goats, and cattle that may also infect humans through contact with infected animals. The bacteria, known as Brucella, that causes this disease survive within the host by ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)In The Lonely Crowd, David Riesman proposes the distinction between inner- and other-directed people. Inner-directed people have core values and are internally driven. Contrast this with the other-directed individual who ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The feline meiotic cycle is poorly understood. In order to elucidate the events occurring during meiosis in the cat oocyte, a study of the levels of Maturation Promoting Factor (MPF) and MAP Kinase (MAPK), enzymes thought ...
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(1990)New insight into the choice of the number of hidden nodes for three layered neural networks is presented. I have conceived a method to reduce the total complexity and size of a network by testing for linear dependence of ...
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(2012-05-02)This endeavor focuses on the formation and expansion of the Inca Empire and its effects on western South American societies in the fifteenth century. The research examines the Incan cultural, economic, and administrative ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The change in resistance of Teflon due to the implantation of carbon atoms was measured. The procedure involved implanting carbon at energies of 40 kV, 50 kV, and 140 kV using beam currents ranging from 0.5 [mu]A to 3 ...
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(1995)My objectives in the experiment described here were to determine if the most common mitochondrial haplotypes, type 1 and type 2 were actually the same in international populations. Also a restriction site map of the ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Psychoanalysis and Film have been inseparable since Breuer and Freud published Studies on Hysteria the same year the Lumier ̌brothers released the first film, Train Entering the Station, in 1895. In the century since, films ...
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(1983)What is the relation of mind to body? Are there separate entities called "mind" and "body," or is there only one kind of substance of which they are manifestations. If so, what is that one kind of substance? These are the ...
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(1994)Tumor suppressor genes are an important factor in the transformation of normal to cancerous cells. The retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (Rb), when deleted, removes an important cell growth negative regulator and thus ...
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(1987)Nine rabbits were studied after injection intramuscularly with xylazine¹ (8mg/kg) and ketamine² (50mg/kg). Twenty minutes later, rabbits received intravenous injections of yohimbine³ (0.5mg/kg), tolazoline⁴(6.6mg/kg), or ...
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(2011-04-19)MHV strains are routinely used as models for various diseases. MHV-1, which has been known for some time to be highly pneumotropic, has been shown to reproduce the clinical and pathological symptoms seen in humans infected ...
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(2012-07-11)Congestive heart failure (CHF) holds millions in the grip of an endless cycle of decreased cardiac output and degenerative remodeling, often with little hope of recovery. Diastolic dysfunction, or failure of the heart to ...
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(1993)Revitalization is not only good for the historic preservation of a town's architecture, it is also a salable commodity. A central business district that has been restored with a sense of continuity and faithfulness to the ...
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(1976)This study was primarily designed to determine whether “The Revolt of Islam” by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a Medieval Romance or not. In the course of this study, it was found that I first had to arrive at a definition of ...
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(1994)In order to provide the CS Robotics Lab with a functional tool in the form of an instrumented compliant wrist two main goals were identified for completion during the 1993-1994 school year. The first goal, the acquisition ...