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Where are all the white kids?: the effects of race in juvenile court decision making
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Statistics consistently show that minorities are overrepresented at each level of the juvenile justice system. However, while Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in the juvenile justice system is well documented, the ...
Houston LDAR II network: design, operation, and performance analysis
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The Houston LDAR II network is an array of twelve VHF time-of-arrival (TOA)
sensors operated by Texas A&M University. The goals of the network are to conduct indepth
studies of thunderstorm electrification and provide ...
Motion planning algorithms for a group of mobile agents
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Building autonomous mobile agents has been a major research effort for a while
with cooperative mobile robotics receiving a lot of attention in recent times. Motion
planning is a critical problem in deploying autonomous ...
Organizational rhetoric from the Oval Office: a Weickian analysis of the Bush administration
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
This project attempts to bridge the gap between organizational theory and
political rhetoric by approaching the study of the George W. Bush administration
through the lens of Weick's theory of organizing. I specifically ...
Cryptosporidium parvum: enhancing our understanding of its unique fatty acid metabolism and the elucidation of putative new inhibitors
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Cryptosporidium parvum is widely known for outbreaks within the immunocompetent population, as well its sometimes excruciating effects as an opportunistic agent in AIDS patients. Our understanding of the biology and ...
Ratings of everyday academic and cognitive skills in evaluation of school learning and learning problems: initial scale development and validation
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Although research supports the use of measures of typical performance for
assessing academic and cognitive skills, there are currently few such measures in
existence. Other measures have been used for research purposes, ...
Algorithmic techniques for nanometer VLSI design and manufacturing closure
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
As Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) technology moves to the nanoscale
regime, design and manufacturing closure becomes very difficult to achieve due to
increasing chip and power density. Imperfections due to process, ...
Institutional owners and competitive rivalry
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Scholars have increasingly recognized the importance of institutional owners in
the life of the firm and have sought to explain how and when these owners influence
firm-level strategies. In spite of evidence that these ...
Structured story reading and retell related to listening comprehension and vocabulary acquisition among English language learners
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
This study compared the oral language development, vocabulary, and comprehension
of English language learners (ELLs) in second grade who were participating in a five-year
longitudinal study, Project English Language and ...
Faculty and student out-of-classroom interaction: student perceptions of quality of interaction
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The purpose of this study was to identify ways in which students interact with faculty
members outside of the classroom and learn what students believe makes for high quality
interaction. Additionally, this study sought ...