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(2013-09-25)The Flower Garden Banks consist of two salt domes raised above the continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico roughly 190 km southeast of Galveston, Texas. With mean annual temperature variations of 18 to 32°C and relatively ...
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(1993)With the tremendous economic, political, and social problems existing in the United States today, the game of golf seems to be quite insignificant. This may be true when viewing the entire overall "picture" of the world, ...
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(2011-08-08)Increased environmental regulatory policy has been put in place by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in response to waterborne oil pollution events. We examine the IMO regulatory response to these incidences. ...
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(2018-04-19)Stress has been identified by the Word Health Organization as an epidemic that has negative impacts on work productivity. It costs the American industry approximately $300 billion/year and is also the leading contributor ...
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(1987)Protease-catalyzed peptide synthesis, involving 𝛼-chymotrypsin as catalyst and unusual amino acids as acyl acceptors, has been studied. The irreversibility of peptide bonds formed by this method has been explained by ...
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(1980)The enzymes cellulase and pectinase were examined during ethylene induced leaf abscission in cotton (TAMCOT CAMD-E). Pectinase proved unassayable due to an enzymatic factor that jelled the assay mixture. Cellulase was ...
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(2012-07-11)Here we focus on the stability characteristics of a rectangular liquid-filled vessel. The position vector of the center of gravity of the liquid volume is derived and used to express the equilibrium angles of the vessel. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Eschatology in Christian theology means doctrines about the return of Christ to Earth and matters related to that return, such as the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, the beginning of the etemal Kingdom of ...
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(Hydrological Processes,; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2020)Feeding 9 billion people in 2050 will require sustainable development of all water resources, both surface and subsurface. Yet, little is known about the irrigation potential of hillside shallow aquifers in many highland ...
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(2013-02-27)We observe phenotypic variations in the human population every day; however, the underlying genetic mechanism behind these variations is difficult to decipher. In this project I investigate the links between phenotypic and ...
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(2019-04-29)Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium is the leading cause of foodborne illnesses in the United States causing nearly 1.4 million cases and causes hundreds of millions of cases worldwide each year. A multidrug efflux ...
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(1977)Air conditioning costs are currently increasing at a faster rate than the initial costs of a building, and still, energy conservation is often considered a low priority objective during the design process. Alternatives in ...
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(1991)A new method has been developed for estimating the extinction coefficient for a protein. The only information that is needed is the amino acid composition of the protein, and this is readily available if the gene coding ...
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(Ecosystem Services; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)Estimating the impacts of land use/land cover (LULC) changes in Ecosystem Service Values (ESV) is indispensable to provide public awareness about the status of ESV, and to help in policy-making processes. This study was ...
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(2013-10-04)This research aims to investigate the rate of return of education at different educational levels in order to prove that obtaining a basic education is beneficial for employment in the formal and informal sector. The ...
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(2018-04-23)One of the most endangered marine mammals in the coastal areas of the United States is the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). The Florida manatee population has been increasing and decreasing since 1991 along ...
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(2018-04-19)Deepwater Horizon (DWH) was the largest offshore oil spill in US history. The result was approximately 3.19 million barrels of oil being released into the ocean. Deepwater Horizon significantly affected the Gulf of Mexico ...
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(1982)Proper function of industrial society mandates large supplies of oil both now and in the foreseeable future. In order to meet the great demand for oil, the oil industry uses several enhanced oil recovery techniques. One ...
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(2010-07-14)One hundred thirty six men and women die every day from colon cancer in the United States (2008 statistics). Estrogen has been shown to reduce colonic tumor inflammation; however, it is unclear in the tumor development and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Ethical issues in scientific communication have existed in the scientific community since before the 17[th] century publication of the first scientific journal. To understand the historical development of scientific ...