Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(2012-02-14)Approximately one third of the genes for the completely sequenced bacterial genomes have an unknown, uncertain, or incorrect functional annotation. Approximately 11,000 putative proteins identified from the fully-sequenced ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)We study the ∂-Neumann operator and the Kobayashi metric. We observe that under certain conditions, a higher-dimensional domain fibered over Ω can inherit noncompactness of the d-bar-Neumann operator from the base ...
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(2011-08-08)Excessive risk-taking is a characteristic of several psychopathological disorders. In order to alleviate maladaptive risky behavior, a thorough understanding of the neurobiological and pharmacological substrates of risky ...
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(2012-02-14)Digital-to-Analog Converters (DAC) form the feedback element in sigma-delta modulators. Any non-linearity in the DAC directly degrades the linearity of the modulator at low and medium frequencies. Hence, there is a need ...
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(2009-06-02)This study utilized two diets (25 and 35% crude protein) fed at 10 different rates to produce differences in shrimp specific growth rate which were regressed against daily digestible protein (DP) and digestible energy (DE) ...
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(2017-07-14)Growing quality turf in shade is a significant management concern for many turf managers. Proper turfgrass selection for shaded environments can be challenging due to difficulty in quantifying necessary light levels ...
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(2011-02-22)Surface water availability models often use monthly simulation time steps for reasons of data availability, model parameter parsimony, and reduced computational time. Representing realistic streamflow variability, ...
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(2019-11-15)Herbaceous, perennial, warm-season native North America legumes can contribute to agricultural objectives. Dalea aurea (golden prairie clover), D. multiflora (roundhead prairie clover), D. purpurea (purple prairie clover) ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Asphalt pavements experience damage due to traffic loading under various environmental conditions. Damage can be caused by viscopl microcracks, fracture due to fatigue cracking, or fracture due to thermal cracking. Asphalt ...
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(2009-05-15)A finite element model based on the layer-wise theory and the von Kármán type nonlinear strains is used to analyze damage in laminated composite beams. In the formulation, the Heaviside step function is employed to express ...
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(2009-06-02)Field and greenhouse experiments were conducted from 2003 to 2006 at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Beaumont and commercial rice fields throughout the Texas Rice Belt with the ...
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Damage Initiation in Unidirectional Polymeric Composites with Manufacturing Induced Irregularities (2018-05-03)In this work, the initiation of the first failure event in unidirectional polymer composites subjected to different loading conditions is studied. Two energy based point failure criteria – critical dilatational and critical ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)In polymer matrix composites (PMCs) manufacturing processes can induce de- fects, e.g., voids, fiber misalignment, irregular fiber distribution in the cross-section and broken fibers. The effects of such defects can be ...
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(2015-08-11)The present work investigates the damping potential of carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced polymer matrix composites through integrated experiments and continuum modeling techniques. Both “passive" and “active” damping are ...
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(2016-05-03)The recent seismic scale that the world has been experiencing, with earthquakes of uncommon intensity has triggered the alarms of the world scientific community due to the devastating aftermaths in terms of infrastructure ...
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(2015-08-10)In recent years, electronic dance music (EDM) and dance music culture have gained immense popularity. This thesis looks at EDM’s contemporary cultural landscape and what changes this popularity has brought about. While ...
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(2009-05-15)This dissertation seeks to expose the importance of the grotesque in the poetry and writings of Trans-Atlantic poets of the early twentieth century, particularly Ezra Pound, H.D., William Carlos Williams, Mina Loy, Marianne ...
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(2016-08-08)In this study I integrate self-determination theory and social comparison theory to create a new theoretical lens that highlights the multilevel dark side of empowering leadership. Examining how team leaders differentially ...
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(2022-07-27)Obesity is an underlying condition for the development of inflammatory and metabolic disorders such as hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, obesity has been related to cognitive impairment and alterations ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)People are fascinated with death and disaster. One simply has to watch traffic slow to a crawl when passing a car accident to understand this. However, this fascination goes beyond the side of a highway and enters the ...