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An assessment of university instructors' and their pre-service teachers' knowledge of basic language constructs before and after university instructor professional development
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Reading is a basic skill for survival and those who have reading difficulties in early
grades continue to struggle in school and later in life. Previous studies have shown that
instructional procedures that incorporate ...
An investigation of the interpersonal sensitivity of selected secondary school principals as perceived by campus improvement teams
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
To anyone who wishes to work in educational administration, having a clear understanding of how one perceives others, how one is perceived, and how one interprets what one perceives is a great advantage in relating to many ...
Joint source channel coding for non-ergodic channels: the distortion signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) exponent perspective
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
We study the problem of communicating a discrete time analog source over
a channel such that the resulting distortion is minimized. For ergodic channels,
Shannon showed that separate source and channel coding is optimal. ...
Collection, focusing, and metering of DNA in microchannels using addressable electrode arrays for portable low-power bioanalysis
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Although advances in microfluidic technology have enabled increasingly
sophisticated biosensing and bioassay operations to be performed at the microscale,
many of these applications employ such small amounts of charged ...
Products of representations of the symmetric group and non-commutative versions
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
We construct a new operation among representations of the symmetric group that
interpolates between the classical internal and external products, which are defined in
terms of tensor product and induction of representations. ...
Impact of written emotional disclosure of trauma on laboratory induced pain
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
This study was undertaken to determine whether written emotional disclosure of
trauma impacted capsaicin induced pain immediately after writing and at a one-month
follow-up, and the extent to which a lifetime history of ...
Radial limits of holomorphic functions on the ball
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
In this dissertation, we consider various aspects of the boundary behavior of holomorphic
functions of several complex variables. In dimension one, a characterization
of the radial limit zero sets of nonconstant holomorphic ...
Structural and functional characterization of the polled interval on bovine chromosome 1
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The horned condition in cattle is believed to be the wild type with morphogenesis
primarily occurring after birth. The polled condition has existed since domestication and
has been selected for its economic importance. The ...
Intergenerational mobility in earnings in Brazil spanning three generations and optimal investment in electricity generation in Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
This dissertation contains three essays. The first and second essays examine
intergenerational mobility in earnings in Brazil using a data set spanning three generations. I use data from PNAD{a nationally representative ...
Natural gas hydrates - issues for gas production and geomechanical stability
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Natural gas hydrates are solid crystalline substances found in the subsurface. Since
gas hydrates are stable at low temperatures and moderate pressures, gas hydrates are
found either near the surface in arctic regions ...