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An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Exercise Leader Source Credibility, Participant Self-Efficacy, and Exercise Adherence
(2010-10-12)
Using Social Cognitive Theory, Social Identity Theory, and Source
Credibility, this study examined the role of instructor source credibility as related to
exercise adherence. A one-time survey was given to participants of ...
The War in the Desert: The Vietnam Antiwar Movement in the American Southwest
(2010-10-12)
The Vietnam antiwar movement developed in the American Southwest out of a coalition of Chicanos, GI's, and students who agreed that the Vietnam War was racist, imperialist, costly, and negatively affected them and their ...
MultiTrack: A Delay and Cost Aware P2P Overlay Architecture
(2010-10-12)
The rapid growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in the past few years has
brought with it increases in transit cost to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), as peers
exchange large amounts of traffic across ISP boundaries. ...
Measuring Frac-pack Conductivity at Reservoir Temperature and High Closure Stress
(2010-10-12)
Ultra-deepwater reservoirs are important non-conventional reservoirs that hold
the potential to produce billions of barrels of hydrocarbons but present major
challenges. Hydraulic fracturing or frac-packing high permeability ...
Automation of a Wireless Cotton Module Tracking System for Cotton Fiber Quality Mapping
(2010-10-12)
The ability to map the profit made across a cotton field would enable producers to see in
detail where money is being made or lost on their farms. This ability, which requires sitespecific
knowledge of yield, fiber quality, ...
Radar-Derived Forecasts of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Over Houston, Texas
(2011-02-22)
Ten years (1997 - 2006) of summer (June, July, August) daytime (14 - 00 Z)
Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler data for Houston, TX were examined to
determine the best radar-derived lightning forecasting predictors. ...
Structural Changes in United States Cotton Supply
(2010-10-12)
Agricultural supply represents the quantity supplied for a given price of a commodity. The supply function is an algebraic representation that shows, in this case, how much yield and acreage output changes from variations ...
Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimize Bathymetric Surveys for Hydrodynamic Model Input
(2010-07-14)
The first part of this thesis deals with studying the effect of the specified bathymetric resolution and ideal bathymetric form parameters on the output from the wave and hydrodynamic modules of Delft-3D. This thesis then ...
Amphibian and Reptile Trade in Texas: Current Status and Trends
(2010-10-12)
The non-game wildlife trade poses a risk to our natural landscape, natural
heritage, economy, and security. Specifically, the trade in non-game reptiles and
amphibians exploits native populations, and is likely not sustainable ...
The Conservation of Seventeenth Century Archaeological Glass
(2010-10-12)
The primary goal of the conservator is to stabilize and conserve artifacts with the best possible treatment available. Ideally, these treatments are noninvasive and reversible, and maintain the integrity of the object as ...