Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(2009-05-15)Scientific discovery is at the heart of solving many of the problems facing contemporary society. Scientists are retiring at rates that exceed the numbers of new scientists. Unfortunately, scientific careers still appear ...
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Overexpression of Tobacco Osmotin Protein in Carrot (Daucus carota L.) to Enhance Drought Tolerance (2012-10-31)Lack of water is one of the most significant issues that already threaten world agriculture as many countries are unable to meet the demand for water to grow the crops. To make matters worse, the water availability is ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Time of concentration parameter is defined very loosely in literature and it is calculated rather subjectively in practice (Akan 1986). The situation becomes adverse as the terrain slope approaches zero; because the slope ...
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(2022-04-19)Chromium (Cr) redox chemistry in the environment occurs through intermediate species penta-valent Cr (Cr(V)) and tetra-valent Cr (Cr(IV)) which are highly reactive. Environmental literature lacks substantial information ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Predicting correct pore-pressure is important for drilling applications. Wellbore stability problems, kicks, or even blow-outs can be avoided with a good estimate of porepressure. Conventional pore-pressure estimation ...
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(2014-04-25)Dun Mountain is the northern-most ultramafic massif of the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt, South Island, New Zealand, and is the type-locale of dunite. The dunites that are preserved at this location provide an opportunity ...
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(2014-01-09)Convection can rapidly and irreversibly transport tropospheric air into the upper troposphere and, in some cases, through the tropopause into the lower stratosphere. Previous studies have shown that stratosphere-troposphere ...
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(2019-04-05)The digital divide between rural and urban communities continues to be a challenge for broadband stakeholder groups across the nation. Broadband accessibility relates to economic theory through challenges of both supply ...
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(2009-05-15)Erosion problems are not only in the Texas area, but exist also along the coastline all over the world. Even though many researchers have studied coastal processes related with beach erosion and deposition over the decades, ...
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(2017-11-10)Obesity and overweight have become national health concerns and have contributed to many non-communicable or chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular complications, and cancers. A variety of factors, ...
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(2010-07-14)Reverse auction bidding is an online auction system. A purchaser's primary objective in using a reverse auction is to obtain the lowest possible bid for goods and services on a construction project. With this type of ...
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(2013-05-01)The United States Health Care sector is a large and growing segment of the US economy. Herein, I present three distinct research projects regarding aspects of that industry, especially how it responds to public policy and ...
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(2012-10-19)This dissertation engages a number of currents of environmental criticism and rhetoric in an analysis of the poetry, fiction, and non-fiction of the southeastern United States. I examine conceptions of genitive relationships ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)The production and trade in copper and bronze was one of the major features of the complex societies in the Near East and Mediterranean during the third to first millennia B.C. While finished metal objects are common finds ...
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(2012-07-16)The focus of the present work is on the empirical characterization and modeling of ignition trends of ternary blends of three distinct hydrocarbon classes, namely a methyl ester (C9H18O2), a linear alkane (n-C9H20), and a ...
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(2011-02-22)The Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea comprise a sensitive and important region, both oceanographically and climatically. A better understanding of the history of climate and marine environmental conditions in this region ...
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(2014-12-10)In an attempt to better understand and model transport of oxygen, O2, from capillaries to living cells in surrounding tissue, the group combustion (O2 deficient) concept from the field of combustion science in engineering ...
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(2011-10-21)Pt-based alloy surfaces are used to catalyze the electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), where molecular oxygen is converted into water on fuel cell electrodes. In this work, we address challenges due to the cost ...
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(2017-12-11)Lipid signals derived from lipoxygenases (LOX), called oxylipins, emerge as pivotal mediators in responses to environmental constraints including biotic and abiotic stresses. Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot caused ...
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(2017-08-30)The increased occurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARBs) in the environment is posing significant and increasing pressure on human health care in the U.S. and globally. The misuse, overuse and partial metabolism ...