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Conceptual Knowledge of Evolution and Natural Selection: How Culture Affects Knowledge Aquisition
(2011-02-22)
This study examined what effects, if any, cultural factors have on conceptual knowledge of evolutionary theory through natural selection. In particular, the study determines if Latino and non-Latino students differ in ...
Modeling, Optimization and Testing for Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits in Deeply Scaled CMOS Technologies
(2011-02-22)
As CMOS technologies move to sub-100nm regions, the design and verification
for analog/mixed-signal circuits become more and more difficult due to the problems
including the decrease of transconductance, severe gate leakage ...
Heterosis and Composition of Sweet Sorghum
(2011-02-22)
Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) has potential as a bioenergy feedstock due to
its high yield potential and the production of simple sugars for fermentation. Sweet
sorghum cultivars are typically tall, high biomass types ...
Theoretical Studies on Proteins to Reveal the Mechanism of Their Folding and Biological Functions
(2011-02-22)
The folding mechanism of several β-structures (e.g., β-hairpins and β-sheets) was studied using newly developed enhanced sampling methods along with MD simulations in all implicit solvent environments. The influence of ...
Assessing the Impact of Religious Beliefs on Public Perceptions and U.S. Government Policies: The Case of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
(2011-02-22)
This dissertation presents three separate studies designed to provide structure and evidence-based insight into the impact of religious beliefs on public perceptions and U.S. government policies regarding embryonic stem ...
Testing the Effectiveness of Various Commonly Used Fit Indices for Detecting Misspecifications in Multilevel Structure Equation Models
(2011-02-22)
Two Monte Carlo studies were conducted to investigate the sensitivity of fit indices in detecting model misspecification in multilevel structural equation models (MSEM) with normally distributed or dichotomous outcome ...
Variation in and Responses to Brood Pheromone of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
(2011-02-22)
Brood pheromone of the honey bee, (Apis mellifera) has been shown to elicit a wide array of primer and releaser effects on non‐foragers and foragers leading to the
regulation of nursing, pollen foraging, and behavioral ...
High School Science Teacher Induction in Texas: Implications for Policy
(2011-02-22)
Texas public high schools induct beginning science teachers each year; yet, little is known about how schools induct beginning teachers. The three studies included in this dissertation use a mixed methods approach to explore ...
Compliance and Best Practices in Transition Planning: Effects of Disability and Ethnicity
(2011-02-22)
It is well known that individuals with disabilities have poor postsecondary
outcomes. As a result, state and local education agencies are held accountable for the
post-school achievements of their students with disabilities. ...
Physicochemical Characterization of the Bacterial Cu(I) Sensor CsoR
(2011-02-22)
M. tuberculosis copper-sensitive operon repressor (Mtb CsoR) is the founding
member of a new metalloregulatory protein family in prokaryotes that regulates the
transcription of the cso operon in response to copper toxicity. ...