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This thesis addresses the fact that we often obey our perceived authorities to the point of immorality. Why do we obey? How does education affect obedience in either a good or bad way? Ought we always obey? If not, when ...
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(1977)Computers have become an integral part of accounting practice but have been ignored in the area of accounting education. This study proposes to determine the feeling of the accounting profession in both the public and ...
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(2013-09-19)My project intends to analyze the education potential of comic heroes for the humanities in the development of a democratic citizenry. Drawing on critiques of certain Enlightenment conceptions of an individual autonomous ...
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In 2017, the United States provided foster care for approximately 691,000 children. During years in foster care, these children face significant deficits in medical and dental care. Foster children are known for having ...
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(2012-07-11)In the past, research has considered what types of structures and settings influence cooperation and emotions in social dilemmas. However, there is little examination about how a crisis or change in the situation affects ...
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(1990)A single-cylinder diesel engine was operated with both a baseline fuel and a additive-modified fuel to determine the variation in particulate emissions between the two fuels. Exhaust gases were sampled through a constant ...
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Acceptance training has been used to help individuals cope with negative emotion and pain (Hayes et al., 1999), however little is known about the neural mechanisms mediating these effects. The present study examined whether ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Eukaryotic transcription is a complex and highly regulated process. The adenovirus major late (AdML) promoter, a model promoter for transcription by RNA polymerase II (pol II), contains a binding site for the transcriptional ...
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(2008-08-24)Chromosomal DNA in our cells is wrapped around a histone protein octomer like thread on a spool, forming a structure called a nucleosome. Series of nucleosomes form the nuclear chromosomes found in all eukaryotic organisms. ...
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(2012-04-12)I conducted experiments to determine whether anonymity affects the gap between the willingness to accept (WTA) and willingness to pay (WTP) in endowment effect games. Plott and Zeiler (2005) theorize complete anonymity is ...
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(2015-11-12)Infants' representation of objects is critical in learning about their environment and the way objects within the environment interact with each other. Two aspects of object processing that contribute to this understanding ...
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(2013-02-04)Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria that is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. C. difficile infections (CDI) are thought to be caused by ingestion of spores by a ...
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(Computers and Electronics in Agriculture; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)Estimating the potential land resources suitable for irrigation and evaluating the possible impact of climate change on land suitability is essential for planning a sustainable agricultural system. This study applied a ...
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(2014-09-15)Contraceptive management is critical in women with epilepsy because of the potential for maternal and fetal risks if unexpected pregnancy develops while on AED treatment. Although oral contraceptives (OCs) are widely used ...
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(1997)This study investigated how international students from both collective and individualistic cultures change attitudes toward their ethnicity, dating and social relationships, and academics as a result of spending one ...
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(2006-07-11)The spatial distribution of the melt phase can affect many properties of partially molten rocks, including viscosity and seismic wave velocity. A good way to quantify this distribution is the grain boundary wetness, the ...
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(2013-09-26)A 3-dimensional highly integrated cytoskeletal network dynamically responds to numerous mechanical stresses faced by cells in various tissue types. Intermediate filament proteins are a major part of the cytoskeleton of ...
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(2015-11-10)Although interest in the gut microbiome is at the forefront of research in recent years, there is still much to discover about its ever-changing nature and its importance to our health. This study examined the effects of ...
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(1990)The type and amount of a person's dietary fatty acids have been shown to affect the tendency towards thrombogenesis. Diets which are high in polyunsaturated fats tend to reduce the risk of thrombogenesis, and long-chain ...
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(2013-12-16)Plea bargaining is a defining characteristic of the United States criminal justice system; according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 95% of the 1,079,000 felons convicted in state courts during 2004 pleaded guilty ...