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(2020-04-21)Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. It is responsible for 16% of death around the world, making it a major health concern in the 21th Century. Approximately, 18.1 million people were diagnosed with ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)It is proposed here that the anti-affirmative action policies which were put in place at Texas' public colleges and universities as a result of the Hopwood decision will have a negative impact on minority interest in ...
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(2014-09-22)In this paper, I use data from the American Time Use Survey to determine whether there is a causal relationship between the minimum wage and hours of work. As hiring and firing decisions are costly, it may be the case that ...
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(2006-08-16)The eventual outcome of spinal cord injury is largely influenced by damage that occurs after the injury. Damaged connections between spinal cord cells and the brain allow a positive feedback mechanism to go unchecked when ...
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(1978)Experiments were performed to determine the effect of various concentrations of calcium, phosphorous, and pH on sporophyte growth of Notholaena sinuata and Pellaea atropurpurea. Growth of both species was limited in media ...
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(2014-12-17)Subjective age, or how old one feels, is associated with one’s mental and physical well-being. Recent research suggests that subjective age may be malleable and can be affected by contextual variables. This proposed study ...
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(2013-02-12)Desirable difficulties during the learning process have been shown to enhance learning. In this study we examined how increasing contextual variation boosts memory. Specifically, we investigated how gradually making retrieval ...
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The most common site of running-related injury in athletes is the knee joint, or patellofemoral interface. Therefore, lower-extremity biomechanics is extensively studied in order to understand the factors that contribute ...
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(2013-09-28)Coastal Dune systems often are the first line of defense against storm surge and wave attack for coastal infrastructure and communities. The preservation of existing dune systems and the restoration of degraded ones should ...
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(2015-09-28)Timber railroad bridges comprise approximately 25% of the total railroad bridge inventory by length. Increasingly, the age of existing timber spans exceeds the original anticipated design life of the structures. This vehicle ...
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(2013-02-06)As a result of increasing oil prices and consumer environmental awareness, “green” products such as electric vehicles (EVs) have grown in popularity, but the energy storage technologies that make such products possible ...
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(1979)An in vitro fermentation trial was conducted to compare nutrient disappearance and end product production of weathered and nonweathered sorghum. Grain of one line was harvested before and after the rains, cleaned and ...
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(2012-05-03)Currently, measles (also known as English measles) is detrimentally affecting the youth of the developing world. The shortage of vaccines and the devastating consequences of measles yield disturbing consequences globally. ...
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This study was conducted to analyze the alignment of various collegiate dancers’ ankles in order to strengthen the muscles surrounding the ankle joint and improve balance. The research was conducted using a pre and post-test ...
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(1997)A program analysis was attempted on the thirty day program offered by the crisis recovery unit in Bryan/College Station, Texas to mentally ill out-patients in crisis. Thirteen interviews were conducted with clients at least ...
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This paper explores ways of letting users interact with daylighting spaces in a virtual reality (VR) environment. Two methods for viewing daylighting in VR are presented, both of which use a physically-based raytracer to ...
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(1977)Rats were trained to asymptotic running speed in a straight runway and were then given pretraining with either escapable shock, inescapable shock, or no shock. Subjects were then tested in the runway in the presence of ...
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(2015-11-12)Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is a popular over-the-counter pain reliever. Recent studies suggest that acetaminophen blunts not only physical pain but also emotional pain (DeWall et al., 2010; Durso, ...
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(2008-09-10)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) affecting 1 in 2000 of the US population. Susceptibility to MS is influenced by environmental, gender, ...
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(2009-09-30)ABSTRACT The Effects of Alcohol, and Age on Astrocytes in Female Rats Following an Inflammatory Stimulus (May 2006) Ashley N. Simpson Department of Biology Texas A&M University Research Advisor: Dr. Farida ...