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An analysis of the representational pattterns of English language learners receiving special education services in school districts in South Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)
This study examined the representational patterns of English language learners
receiving special education services in school districts in South Texas. Additionally, this
study identified school district characteristics ...
Investigation of the utility of the vegetation condition index (VCI) as an indicator of drought
(2009-05-15)
The relationship between the satellite-based Vegetation Condition Index (VCI)
and frequently used agricultural drought indices like Palmer Drought Severity Index,
Palmer’s Z-index, Standard Precipitation Index, percent ...
Poverty, solidarity, and opportunity: the 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers' strike
(2009-05-15)
In 1938, San Antonio’s pecan shellers waged a five-week strike against their employers. The shellers had few resources at their disposal, and, moreover, most of them were Mexican women. During the work stoppage, the picketers ...
Stratigraphy and Paleodepositional Interpretation of the Lower Nacatoch Formation (Maastrichtian), Robertson County, Texas
(2014-02-03)
The lower Nacatoch Formation of the Maastrichtian Navarro Group is considered to be a secondary target for energy companies exploring oil and gas reservoirs. Previous investigators of the northern and western sections of ...
Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat as a Source of Improvement for Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Texas
(2012-02-14)
Synthetic hexaploid wheats, created from a durum (Triticum durum) cross to Aegilops tauschii Coss. (McFadden and Sears, 1946), proved to be an efficient and beneficial source of new genes for common bread wheat (Triticum ...
Dimensions of Youth Identity Formation at a Reform Jewish Summer Camp in Central Texas
(2014-04-17)
For young Jews in North America, the discovery of Jewish identity—sometimes colloquially referred to as “Jewishness”—can often be confusing, exhausting, and even surprising. Many Jewish youth in America first become ...
Spatial Trends and Factors of Pimple Mound Formation in East-Central Texas
(2012-07-16)
Pimple mounds are circular to elliptical domes with basal diameters ranging from 3 to more than 30 m, and heights of 30 cm to more than 2 m above intermound levels. For almost two centuries, the origin of these features ...
Recovery of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Microbial Community Functionality in a Post-Lignite Mining Rehabilitation Chronosequence in East Texas
(2012-10-19)
Surface mining for coal alters the original soil profile characteristics and the associated physical, chemical, and biological conditions. Our objectives were to compare soil characteristics and the distribution of nutrients ...
Globalization and the Texas metropolises: competition and complementarity in the Texas Urban Triangle
(2009-05-15)
This dissertation examines relationships between cities, and more specifically the largest
Texas cities, and the global economy. Data on headquarters location and corporation sales over
a 20-year period (1984-2004) supported ...
Applying the modified quadriform to measure efficiency in Texas public schools
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)
The purpose of this study was to identify school districts in the state of Texas that
would be considered efficient based on the modified quadriform model, and to identify
alterable school characteristics most associated ...