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A Conceptual Model of the Mechanisms by which Ego Resiliency Impacts Academic Engagement and Achievement: Social Relatedness as a Mediator
(2010-07-14)
The current study tested the effect of ego resilience on engagement and
achievement as mediated by social relatedness, using three waves of data and controlling
for the stability of each construct as well as within wave ...
Evaluation of Addition of Alkaline Solutions on Overall Quality and Functionality of Normal and Pale, Soft, and Exudative (PSE) Pork Gels
(2011-02-22)
Industry surveys indicated that up to 16percent of pork is pale, soft, and exudative (PSE); which has reduced functionality. Recently, the cost of sodium phosphates (SP) has escalated. SPs are used to improve water holding ...
The Effect of Heterogeneity on Matrix Acidizing of Carbonate Rocks
(2010-07-14)
In matrix acidizing, the goal is to dissolve minerals in the rock to increase well productivity. This is accomplished by injecting an application-specific solution of acid into the formation at a pressure between the pore ...
Utility Of The American Viticultural Areas Of Texas Information Systems (AVATXIS) As A Tool In The Characterization Of The Texas Wine Regions
(2010-01-16)
Geographic Information System (GIS) based computer applications are becoming
increasingly popular for delivering, visualizing and analyzing spatial databases. Driven
by advances in computing technologies, GIS applications ...
The Best Foreign Policy Money Can Buy? An Investigation of Foreign Lobbying and U.S. Foreign Policy
(2010-07-14)
Does foreign lobbying affect foreign aid? In this dissertation I provide compelling evidence the answer is yes. Prior scholarship has almost unequivocally focused on international bargaining as an exchange of public goods ...
Impacts of Aquatic Vegetation Management on the Ecology of Small Impoundments
(2010-01-16)
Aquatic vegetation management and fisheries management are inseparable, however
conflicts are often perceived between the two. We investigated the impact of biological,
chemical, and no vegetation control on the ecology ...
Stress-Strain Model of Unconfined and Confined Concrete and Stress-block Parameters
(2010-07-14)
Stress-strain relations for unconfined and confined concrete are proposed to overcome some shortcomings of existing commonly used models. Specifically, existing models are neither easy to invert nor integrate to obtain ...
Vibration Isolation of a Locomotive Mounted Energy Storage Flywheel
(2011-02-22)
Utilizing flywheels to store and reuse energy from regenerative braking on
locomotives is a new technology being developed in the Vibration Control and
Electromechanics Lab at Texas A&M. This thesis focuses on the motion ...
An Experimental Study of Deformation and Fracture of a Nanostructured Metallic Material
(2011-02-22)
The mechanical properties of materials strongly depend on their microstructure. Therefore, engineering the material's microstructure can lead to improving its
mechanical properties. One method for enhancing the strength ...
Fast Hash-Based Algorithms for Analyzing Large Collections of Evolutionary Trees
(2011-02-22)
Phylogenetic analysis can produce easily tens of thousands of equally plausible evolutionary trees. Consensus trees and topological distance matrices are often used to summarize the evolutionary relationships among the ...