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Characterizing marine mammal stranding events along the Texas coast
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TMMSN) is a valuable data resource for the marine mammal community. Limitations of funding and personnel severely impact the ability of the Network to maintain impeccable databases. ...
How has grief tourism re-defined the social and judicial progress of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo?
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The intent of this thesis is to examine the ways in which grief tourism has
changed the nature and progress of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo as an organized group
of mothers who have spent thirty years searching for answers ...
The aesthetic turn in the face of nihilism
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
This thesis outlines one's overcoming of nihilism by consulting two figures,
Martin Heidegger and John Dewey. Each thinker holds a pivotal role for art, such that, a
turn to the aesthetic allows the individual to overcome ...
Efficiency analysis of varying EGR under PCI mode of combustion in a light duty diesel engine
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The recent pollution norms have brought a strong emphasis on the reduction of diesel engine emissions. Low temperature combustion technology such as premixed compression ignition (PCI) has the capability to significantly ...
A potential technique to determine the unsaturated soil shear strength parameter
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The shear strength behavior of unsaturated soils is a complex phenomenon. The major factors that lead to the complex behavior are grain size, natural alteration in status of moisture and associated capillary potential. The ...
Development of Electrochemical Micro Machining
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The machining of materials on micrometer and sub-micrometer scale is
considered the technology of the future. The current techniques for micro manufacturing
mostly are silicon based. These manufacturing techniques are ...
The relationship between graphing calculator use and the development of classroom norms in an exemplay teacher's college algebra course
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The purpose of this study was to advance knowledge about the relationship between graphing calculator use and classroom norm development. An interpretive case study design incorporating qualitative and quantitative research ...
Secret agonies, hidden wolves, leper-sins: the personal pains and prostitutes of Dickens, Trollope, and Gaskell
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
This dissertation explores the ways in which Charles Dickens writes Nancy in Oliver Twist, Anthony Trollope writes Carry Brattle in The Vicar of Bullhampton, and Elizabeth Gaskell writes Esther in Mary Barton to represent ...
Is the coal industry worth protecting? an examination of the effects of competing advocacy coalitions on implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Harold Lasswell (1936) defined politics as the exploration of "who gets what,
when, and how." As such, one of the central concerns of democratic governance is the
role that affected interests play not only in politics, ...
The relationships between object relations development, God image, spiritual maturity, and religious fundamentalism among Christians
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
This study attempts to incorporate religious fundamentalism into an existing framework for understanding spiritual variables from an object relations perspective of development. Out of this theory have emerged two ...