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The Idea of Personality in Kant’s Moral Philosophy
(2010-10-12)
Kant’s idea of the person and its place within his so-called “Formula of Humanity” has taken on an important role in contemporary discussions of normative ethics. Yet, despite its popularity, confusion remains as to what ...
Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) Associated with Maintenance of Bread Making Quality under Heat Stress in Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
(2010-10-12)
The aim of this study was to identify QTLs associated with the maintenance of
grain quality following post-anthesis heat stress. A population of 64 F6Halberd X Cutter
recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was exposed to either ...
Characteristics of Effective Mentoring in a Formal Mentoring Setting
(2011-02-22)
A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted to determine the perceived
levels of effectiveness and barriers for a successful mentoring relationship between
mentors and mentees. Specifically, this study explored ...
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Exercise Leader Source Credibility, Participant Self-Efficacy, and Exercise Adherence
(2010-10-12)
Using Social Cognitive Theory, Social Identity Theory, and Source
Credibility, this study examined the role of instructor source credibility as related to
exercise adherence. A one-time survey was given to participants of ...
The War in the Desert: The Vietnam Antiwar Movement in the American Southwest
(2010-10-12)
The Vietnam antiwar movement developed in the American Southwest out of a coalition of Chicanos, GI's, and students who agreed that the Vietnam War was racist, imperialist, costly, and negatively affected them and their ...
MultiTrack: A Delay and Cost Aware P2P Overlay Architecture
(2010-10-12)
The rapid growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in the past few years has
brought with it increases in transit cost to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), as peers
exchange large amounts of traffic across ISP boundaries. ...
Measuring Frac-pack Conductivity at Reservoir Temperature and High Closure Stress
(2010-10-12)
Ultra-deepwater reservoirs are important non-conventional reservoirs that hold
the potential to produce billions of barrels of hydrocarbons but present major
challenges. Hydraulic fracturing or frac-packing high permeability ...
Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O thin films grown by flash evaporation and pulsed laser deposition
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)
Bismuth-Strontium-Calcium-Copper-Oxide (BSCCO) compounds are an important family of compounds that have one of the highest transition temperatures among all high-temperature superconductors. The compound is known to exist ...
Automation of a Wireless Cotton Module Tracking System for Cotton Fiber Quality Mapping
(2010-10-12)
The ability to map the profit made across a cotton field would enable producers to see in
detail where money is being made or lost on their farms. This ability, which requires sitespecific
knowledge of yield, fiber quality, ...
Radar-Derived Forecasts of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Over Houston, Texas
(2011-02-22)
Ten years (1997 - 2006) of summer (June, July, August) daytime (14 - 00 Z)
Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler data for Houston, TX were examined to
determine the best radar-derived lightning forecasting predictors. ...