Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(2009-05-15)As the cost of wireless devices approaches zero, it becomes more feasible to replace wires with wireless communication. Vehicle wiring harnesses are traditionally wired to communicate both power and information simultaneously, ...
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(2015-02-09)20S proteasomes are large, multicatalytic N- terminal threonine proteases which are tasked with maintaining intracellular homeostasis by the breaking down of mis-folded, oxidized, or tagged proteins into small peptides. ...
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(2017-05-02)Knowledge about the interactions between gas molecules and adsorption sites is essential to customize Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as adsorbents. The dynamic interactions occurring during adsorption/desorption working ...
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(2015-10-12)In the fall of 2014 and the spring of 2015, 33 paintings by the Texas painter Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922) were analyzed using a portable X-ray fluorescence detector. The resulting spectral information revealed the elemental ...
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(2010-01-14)Pt-group metals were some of the first metals to be studied as catalysts for industrial use. The goal of these studies was to ascertain a fundamental understanding of CO oxidation and acetylene cyclotrimerization reactions ...
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(2015-08-08)Cell fate decisions are made in response to small quantitative differences in signal molecules. However the mechanisms by which small differences in protein levels regulate all-or-nothing responses remain mysterious. Sex ...
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(2022-03-22)The proliferation of AI applications to various devices, such as smartphones, electric cars, robots, etc., has led to the need for optimized price-performance solutions. GPUs and specialized ASIC are implemented inside the ...
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(2018-11-26)Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is an important cash crop that is constantly pressured by various biotic stresses. Bacterial blight of cotton (BBC) caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum (Xcm) is a destructive ...
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(2016-05-24)Pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a ligand-activated nuclear receptor that regulates gene expression of the metabolizing enzymes that are involved in detoxification of endogenous and exogenous compounds in the gastrointestinal ...
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(2016-08-05)As world demand for energy continues to grow at unprecedented rates, the world energy portfolio of the future will inevitably include a nuclear energy contribution. It has been suggested that the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) ...
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(2017-12-12)The 27 flightless grasshopper species of the Puer Group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae: Melanoplus) comprise a biological system of fascinating complexity in the southeastern U.S.A. that was heavily influenced by sea ...
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(2021-05-14)Microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ), an error-prone pathway for DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair, is implicated in genomic rearrangement and oncogenic transformation; however, its contribution to repair of ...
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(2020-11-30)This record of study presents the intern’s engineering and leadership experiences that took place over an internship at Amazon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Engineering program at Texas A&M ...
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A Year in the Works: A Record of Engineering and Management Experience at Freese and Nichols, Inc. (2012-02-14)This manuscript presents the author's experience as a fulltime graduate engineer at Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI), a professional engineering an servicebased consulting firm, as a Record of Study (ROS) for the Doctor of ...
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(2015-05-07)Lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive source of renewable energy. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is often a biocatalyst of choice because of its ability to produce ethanol, as well as its robustness to harsh processing ...
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(2019-06-07)This project investigates the case of a prominent bibliography and dataset of American fiction, the Wright American Fiction bibliography, and traces how the discrete items within that set come to compose a part of the whole ...
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(2012-10-19)To fully exploit the capability of NV centers in diamond as magnetic sensors and quantum bits, the optimum production recipe as well as the method to enhance its optical performance has been studied in this work. The NV ...
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(2014-07-08)The purpose of this dissertation is to provide an initial examination into Mormon missionaries from an anthropological, and ethnographic, perspective. Through the use of autoethnography, I provide an emic understanding ...
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(2009-05-15)Feedback sign (positive, negative, or no feedback sign) and feedback style (autonomous, controlling, or no feedback style) were manipulated in a 3x3 repeated measures design. Two hundred thirty-three undergraduate students ...
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(2012-10-19)In 1977, a Seattle judge, exasperated at having to make life-altering decisions for children with little information, founded the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program. In 2010, 75,000 people in 49 states volunteered ...