Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)A 1998 joint survey undertaken by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and Portuguese authorities located and identified the sunken remains of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Pallas (1757-1783) off of the Azorean island of ...
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(2015-05-04)In 2010, the discovery of a wreck identified as HMS Solebay off Nevis’ southwest seacoast prompted an investigation by a graduate student from Texas A&M University and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, in collaboration ...
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(2017-04-10)In this thesis, I shall present an integrated approach to control and sensing design. The framework assumes sensor noise as a design variable along with the controller and determines l1 regularized optimal sensing precision. ...
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(2019-07-03)The mitigation of NOx pollutants continues to be a matter of environmental and economic interest in the gas-turbine industry, and an improved understanding of fundamental NOx chemical kinetics has led to reductions in NOx ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Habitat associations of sea otters during resting and feeding were investigated in Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska during the summer months of 2001-2003. Sea otter locations collected during boat surveys were ...
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(2009-05-15)Several species of small, cavity-nesting owls occur in the Sierra Nevada, including in areas impacted by human activities. The owls typically use standing dead trees (snags) for nest sites. Although descriptive studies ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Over the past 100150 years Texas rangelands have dramatically changed from native open savannahs to dense woodlands. On the Edwards plateau, a major management concern is the increasing encroachment of Ashe juniper ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)This study investigated the use of high resolution satellite imagery in research involving habitat selection, and movement patterns of white-tailed deer and cattle in a semi-arid landscape. Vegetation classification was ...
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(2016-01-11)Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) are important gamefish that co-occur in estuarine seascapes throughout their range and support recreational fisheries of considerable economic value. ...
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(2023-04-25)Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) are capable of long-distance migrations (hundreds of kilometers) but also exhibit resident behaviors in estuarine and coastal habitats. The aim of this study was to characterize essential ...
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(2009-05-15)Understanding species-habitat relationships is fundamental to the conservation of a species. This is especially important when the species is considered endangered. The Golden-cheeked Warbler is a habitat specialist ...
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(2009-05-15)Three low-relief banks (Heald Bank, Sabine Bank, Freeport Rocks) in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico were evaluated as lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris Linnaeus, 1758) nursery habitat. Trawl surveys were conducted in three ...
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Habitat-Host-Vector Interactions of Ornithodoros turicata Dugès (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Texas, USA. (2017-06-12)Ticks (Class Arachnida: Order Ixodida) are obligatory ectoparasites with diverse vertebrate host groups and vectors of more than 35 human and zoonotic pathogens, which causes untold economic damages. For the past several ...
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(2012-02-14)The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) is one of the oldest federal programs in the United States. In 1933, the HABS culture of documentation started with the mission of creating a permanent record of the nation's ...
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(2014-04-17)The new generations of mobile devices have high processing power and storage, but they lag behind in terms of software systems for big data storage and processing. Hadoop is a scalable platform that provides distributed ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)A novel high-k gate dielectric material, i.e., hafnium-doped tantalum oxide (Hf-doped TaOx), has been studied for the application of the future generation metal-oxidesemiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET). The ...
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(2014-04-04)The present study continued an examination of haiku poetry within the context of the writing paradigm. Groups were compared with respect to three factors—writing type (narrative, haiku, or haibun), image content (nature ...
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(2009-05-15)The research of this work describes the degradation and conservation of archaeological hair fibers. Chapter I will be a brief overview, with Chapter II following with a literary review and definition of terms. Chapter III ...
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(2015-05-07)Immigration has played a significant role in the structure of American society. Different immigrant groups have different trajectories in the United States: some groups have assimilated quickly into the existing structure ...
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(2009-05-15)The current study uses a structured survey with a sample of 97 Haitian women who are or have been involved in violent domestic relationships, to examine the impact of the daughters’ levels of differentiation from their ...