Search
Now showing items 11-19 of 19
An evaluation of the 4-H master livestock volunteer program in Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The purpose of this study was to assess the perceptions of Master Livestock
Volunteer program participants regarding the effectiveness of the program, their role in
the county 4-H volunteer program, and the role of various ...
Structural study of the interaction between poxvirus-encoded cc chemokine inhibitor vcci and human mip-1beta
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
Chemokines (chemotactic cytokines) comprise a large family of proteins that
recruit and activate leukocytes, giving chemokines a major role in both immune response
and inflammation-related diseases. Viral CC chemokine ...
The piecewise linear discontinuous finite element method applied to the RZ and XYZ transport equations
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
In this dissertation we discuss the development, implementation, analysis and testing of
the Piecewise Linear Discontinuous Finite Element Method (PWLD) applied to the
particle transport equation in two-dimensional ...
Integer programming models for the branchwidth problem
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
We consider the problem of computing the branchwidth and an optimal branch decomposition
of a graph. Branch decompositions and branchwidth were introduced in
1991 by Robertson and Seymour and were used in the proof of ...
Quantum stabilizer codes and beyond
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The importance of quantum error correction in paving the way to build a practical
quantum computer is no longer in doubt. Despite the large body of literature in quantum
coding theory, many important questions, especially ...
Women negotiating collaborative learning: an exploratory study of undergraduate students in a select university setting
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
The purpose of the study is to explore women's experiences as they negotiate
collaborative group projects in a college course. This qualitative study extends the
existing literature by providing depth to the research on ...
Two essays on incentives
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
I examine two sets of incentives faced by corporate CEOs to determine how they
respond to those incentives. I compare firms that restate financial statements to firms
that do not restate to test the hypotheses that bank ...
Quantum error control codes
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
It is conjectured that quantum computers are able to solve certain problems more
quickly than any deterministic or probabilistic computer. For instance, Shor's algorithm
is able to factor large integers in polynomial ...
Political participation and transformation in urban China, 1993 and 2002
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
My dissertation examines political participation in non-democratic countries.
Specifically, it looks into China's urban political participation in the past decade and
examines how Chinese urban citizens are mobilized to ...