Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(2015-12-02)Silicon based complementary metallic oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (BiCMOS) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), including microwave and millimeter-wave (MMW), are ...
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(2009-06-02)Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 85% of kidney cancer incidence in the US. Since 1950 there has been a 126% increase in kidney cancer incidence in the US. Thirty percent of new patients present with a localized ...
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(2009-05-15)The field of agricultural education relies on multiple research journals to disseminate findings. This study focused on a 10-year content analysis of research published in premier journals in agricultural education. The ...
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(2010-10-12)As demand for higher bandwidth I/O grows, the front end design of serial link becomes significant to overcome stringent timing requirements on noisy and bandwidthlimited channels. As a clock reconstructing module in a ...
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11th Grade Students' English Reading Motivation, Language Problems and Reading Achievement in Taiwan (2012-07-16)Motivation has been viewed as a very influential factor to successful reading for English as foreign language learners. Learners can be motivated to read English by extrinsic or intrinsic motivation, and the motivational ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)A beta-emitting glass seed was proposed for the brachytherapy treatment of prostate cancer. Criteria for seed design were derived and several beta-emitting nuclides were examined for suitability. 142Pr was selected as the ...
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(2014-04-01)Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among females in the United States. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a powerful tool for detecting and evaluating the disease, with notable advantages ...
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(2012-02-14)Environmental microbiology has traditionally been performed using culture-based methods. However, in the last few decades, the emergence of molecular methods has changed the field considerably. The latest development in ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Within the collections of the Museu de Angra do Heroismo (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal) are nine cast bronze guns from the 16th century. Most were raised from the seafloor between the 1960s and 1990s, but this study ...
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(2018-04-25)The second Ku Klux Klan made its first public appearance in Texas at a United Confederate Veterans parade in October 1920, then quickly expanded across the state. Founder William J. Simmons created this organization as an ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Hard disk drive applications require a high Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR), 6-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) at conversion rates of 1GHz and beyond. This work proposes a robust, fault-tolerant scheme to achieve ...
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(2019-10-17)Fischer Tropsch synthesis (FT) is a highly exothermic catalyzed reaction to produce a variety of hydrocarbon products and value-added chemicals. To overcome the limitations associated with conventional FT reactors, utilizing ...
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(2012-07-16)Many scientific studies have been conducted on the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (KTB) in the Gulf coast region and, in particular, the Brazos River section in Falls County, Texas. Despite this, there remains much to be ...
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(2016-04-22)Phase locked loops (PLLs) are widely used as frequency synthesizers in modern communication systems because of the frequency accuracy and programmability of output frequency. Reference spur is an issue of concern in the ...
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(2014-09-11)This research focuses on the design and implementation of a digital active phase modulator path of a polar transmitter in the case of orthogonal frequency division multiplex WLAN application. The phase modulation path of ...
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A 200-MHz fully-differential CMOS front-end with an on-chip inductor for magnetic resonance imaging (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Recently, there is a growing interest in applying electronic circuit design for biomedical applications, especially in the area of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). NMR has been used for many years as a spectroscopy technique ...
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(2011-02-22)The United States contains an estimated 100,000 miles (160000 km) of levees in which erosion related issues are the top priorities. Proper documentation of overtopping induced erosion is a complicated issue involving the ...
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(2020-07-21)This project targets design of a Delta Sigma ADC with a signal bandwidth of 200MHz and an SNR of 74 dB. Reducing the power consumption in the ADC is one of the top priorities during the design phase. To achieve this, in ...