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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-07-30)Economists have used the risk premium and the probability premium that are revealed through individual choices to compare how risk averse two individuals are. These behavioral, or choice-based, measures of risk aversion ...
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(2014-09-18)With Pu-238 in short supply, it is necessary to investigate other potential fuel sources that may be suitable for powering radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs). This report has investigated several candidate ...
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(2015-07-16)The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of nematodes (Panagrellus redivivus and Turbatrix aceti), Artemia, and rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) as diet options for larval Scartella cristata to see how ...
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(2015-09-25)Safe prime is a unique subset of the general prime number where both p and (p-1)/2 are primes. Commonly used Public Key encryption scheme Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm utilizes ultra large safe primes as the private ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-12-20)In the educational setting, it is well known that relative achievement can affect individual outcomes. The ordinal academic rank of a student may affect the student’s academic achievement through a student’s self-confidence, ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-06-28)The idea that through perseverance and hard work, one can achieve his or her dreams is a pervasive one. There is already an established literature that studies the link between relative achievement and individual outcomes, ...
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(2021-05-04)This work examines the causes behind the surge of moral amendment proposals to the federal Constitution in the late nineteenth century. These amendments began to take shape in 1860 when Congressmen attempted to pass a ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Economists have long studied innovation and its effects on business cycles. Economist Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950) was the first economist to thoroughly discuss these ideas in his Theorie der wirtschaftlichen ...
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(2011-05-05)In the post 9/11 world of American Foreign Policy, where interdependence and globalization are variables that influence every aspect of world affairs, what should the priorities of the United States be and what instruments ...
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(1982)Autonomy is generally diminished within society. The effects of this diminution are examined in two groups: hospitalized patients and hospital nurses. Hospitalized patients experience reduced or absent autonomy as a result ...
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In Bostock v. Clayton County (hereafter, Bostock), the United States Supreme Court answered the legal question, "does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (hereafter, "Title VII") encompass discrimination based on an ...
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(1981)Nutrient digestibilities in three high-protein feedstuffs used for swine feeding were determined. An effort was made to obtain meals that were representative of those available to pork producers and feed manufacturers in ...
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(2014-09-08)Important neurological and psychiatric diseases, including Alzheimer disease, nicotine addiction, and schizophrenia, are influenced by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Understanding the structure and function ...
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(2020-04-07)According to the 2015 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, one in every seven United States children, between the ages two and eight, have untreated dental caries. Arresting dental caries is critical within ...
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(2021-04-21)Healthcare professionals recommend many methods of restorative and therapeutic treatments, such as medicine, surgery, radiation, and rehabilitation to treat chronic diseases and conditions. However, evidence suggests that ...
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Enhydra lutris nereis, otherwise known as the Southern Sea Otter, has been listed as threatened since 1977. The initial reasoning for their listing was the population deficit due to hunting in the era of fur trading and ...
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(1985)The purpose of this study is to establish objective criteria for assessing environmental education literature for preschool children. Once the criteria have been established, literature can be applied to the scale and ...
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(1985)Ronchamp is a departure of the modern movement, yet it is not at odds with functionalism but extends the concept of function beyond its physical aspects. Meaning and character again received primary importance and the ...
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(1986)The kidney is one of the most vital organs in the body. When a significant number of the kidney's functional units, the nephrons, are failing, an artificial means of fulfilling the kidney's duties is required in order to ...
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Since the inception of the media, they have tried to report on and cover information that we deem to be either interesting or important to our lives. Unfortunately, we often place too much emphasis on simply whether or not ...