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Ecophsiology of Growth in the Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
(2010-07-14)
Ecophysiological responses of Litopenaeus vannamei were evaluated as
functions of 1) salinity and animal size, 2) temperature and the animal's nutritive state,
and 3) dissolved-oxygen concentration and animal size. Growth ...
Film Cooling, Heat Transfer and Aerodynamic Measurements in a Three Stage Research Gas Turbine
(2010-07-14)
The existing 3-stage turbine research facility at the Turbomachinery Performance and Flow
Research Laboratory (TPFL), Texas A and M University, is re-designed and newly installed to enable coolant
gas injection on the first ...
COMPARISON OF PICKER AND STRIPPER HARVESTERS ON IRRIGATED COTTON ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF TEXAS
(2010-01-16)
Over a fourth of the cotton produced in the US since 2002 has been produced in
Texas, with most coming from the High Plains. In recent years, Texas has accounted for
almost half of all US cotton production (USDA-NASS, ...
Discretization and Approximation Methods for Reinforcement Learning of Highly Reconfigurable Systems
(2010-07-14)
There are a number of techniques that are used to solve reinforcement learning
problems, but very few that have been developed for and tested on highly reconfigurable
systems cast as reinforcement learning problems. ...
Experimental and Simulation Studies to Evaluate the Improvement of Oil Recovery by Different Modes of CO2 Injection in Carbonate Reservoirs
(2011-02-22)
Experimental and numerical simulation studies were conducted to investigate the improvement of light oil recovery in carbonate cores during CO2 injection. The main steps in the study are as follows. First, the minimum ...
Influence of Insulin Resistance on Contractile Activity-Induced Anabolic Response of Skeletal Muscle
(2011-02-22)
Although the long-term therapeutic benefits of exercise are indisputable, contractile activity may induce divergent adaptations in insulin-resistant vs. insulin-sensitive skeletal muscle. The purpose of this study was to ...
Multi-Proxy Approach on Black Carbon Characterization and Combustion Products Source Discrimination in Environmental Media
(2011-02-22)
Environmental applications of pyrogenic carbon, aka black carbon (BC), have
been hampered due to the poor characterization and quantification of environmental BC.
This dissertation was dedicated to the better characterization ...
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Advanced Mixed-Oxide Fuel Assemblies with VIPRE-01
(2010-07-14)
Two new fuel assembly designs for light water reactors using advanced mixed-oxide
fuels have been proposed to reduce the radiotoxicity of used nuclear fuel discharged
from nuclear power plants. The research efforts of this ...
Water Scarcity, Climate Change, and Water Quality: Three Economic Essays
(2010-07-14)
This dissertation is composed of three essays investigating three aspects of future water issues. The first essay focuses on an examination of water scarcity issues caused by rapid population growth and economic development ...
Alternative Least-Squares Finite Element Models of Navier-Stokes Equations for Power-Law Fluids
(2010-01-16)
The Navier-Stokes equations can be expressed in terms of the primary variables
(e.g., velocities and pressure), secondary variables (velocity gradients, vorticity, stream
function, stresses, etc.), or a combination of the ...