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The role of stress in recovery of function after spinal cord injury
(2009-05-15)
Research has shown that exposure to just 6 minutes of uncontrollable shock 24
hours following contusion injury impairs locomotor recovery and leads to greater tissue
loss at the injury epicenter. Uncontrollable shock is ...
Characterization of asphalt concrete using anisotropic damage viscoelastic-viscoplastic model
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)
This dissertation presents the integration of a damage viscoelastic constitutive
relationship with a viscoplastic relationship in order to develop a comprehensive
anisotropic damage viscoelastic-viscoplastic model that is ...
Work quality in the avocation of sports officiating as determined by selected members of the Texas Association of Sports Officials
(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)
The major purpose of this study was to examine work quality in the avocation of
sports officiating, as determined by selected Texas High School Sports Officials.
Specifically, the study investigated work quality indicators ...
Explicit deconvolution of wellbore storage distorted well test data
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)
The analysis/interpretation of wellbore storage distorted pressure transient test data remains one of the
most significant challenges in well test analysis. Deconvolution (i.e., the "conversion" of a variable-rate
distorted ...
Storytelling and truthtelling: discursive practices of news-storytelling in Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and John Hersey
(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)
Focusing on new-journalistic nonfiction novels by Truman Capote,
Norman Mailer, and John Hersey, this dissertation conceptualizes the
discursive practices of news-storytelling as a necessary matrix of storytelling
and ...
An ab-initio analysis of bimetallic oligoaniline molecular junctions
(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)
The electron transport characteristics of Oligoaniline molecular junctions
terminated with thiol-ends are analyzed with the density functional theory and the
Green's function approach. The molecular junction consists of ...
Operation transformation based concurrency control in group editors
(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)
Collaborative editing systems (or group editors) allow a geographically dispersed
group of human users to view and modify shared multimedia documents, such as
research papers, design diagrams, web pages and source code ...
Stress reduction as a link between aerobic activity and academic performance experienced by undergraduate women through the use of the Student Recreation Center at Texas A&M University
(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between aerobic activity and academic performance through stress reduction using a student recreational facility. Research indicated that learning in college ...
Evaluating the technique of using nitrogen retention as a response criterion for amino acid studies in the horse
(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)
Six Quarter Horse yearling fillies were used in a duplicated 3 x 3 Latin square
designed experiment to evaluate the technique of nitrogen retention as a response
criterion for amino acid studies in the horse. The yearlings ...