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In field studies documenting the behavioral impact of social norms, there often exists a “spurious correlation” dilemma with exogenous variables (Manski 1993; Young 2015). At Texas A&M University’s Memorial Student Center, ...
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(2011-08-08)This study examined the impact of social space design on student behavioral problems in middle schools. A mixed-method approach was used in the form of focus groups and surveys with teachers and students from four central ...
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(2021-05-03)Demand for establishing a sustainable food system has increased in past decades. Brewers' Spent Grain (BSG) is main byproduct of beer production process. Global beer industries produce up to 39 million tons of waste ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-01-01)Subject-specific gender disparities appear and widen as students advance through school. In PERC Working Paper 1509, PERC Professor Jonathan Meer and Jaegeum Lim examine test scores for South Korean middle school students ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-11-23)Gender disparities in academic performance may be driven in part by the interaction of teacher and student gender, but systematic sorting of students into classrooms makes it difficult to identify causal effects. The authors ...
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(1983)This paper gives an in-depth look at the proposed regulations written by the Internal Revenue Service and authorized under Section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code. Included in the paper is a chart summarizing the various ...
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(2015-09-19)Radiosonde data from weather balloons are critical because they are essential inputs for numerical weather prediction models and are used for climate research. However, radiosonde programs are costly to maintain, in ...
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As tensions rose in Germany before World War II, the danger faced by high-risk populations also rose. In response to this threat, organized evacuation efforts eventually became necessary for the survival of these targeted ...
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(1996)The 1996 Farm Bill, signed into law on April 4, is a significant departure from the focus of modem and historical domestic farm policy. As a provision of the proposed Federal balanced budget, it will deregulate income ...
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According to the US Energy Information Administration, over 50% of the oil and natural gas produced in the US came from hydraulically fractured wells in 2015. While the economic and geopolitical benefits of this new industry ...
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(Ecological Processes; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)BackgroundEven though increasing population pressure and associated increased demand for food and economic development have led to overexploitation and degradation of wetlands throughout the world, the drivers are most ...
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(1998)The following is an attempt to measure the economic effects of bringing CRP land back into production in the Texas Panhandle. I will focus on 60 counties within this region. In the research, I have used an input-output ...
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An implantable continuous glucose monitor (iCGM) is necessary for diabetic patients to keep their glucose levels within a safe range. To build a more accessible iCGM with a longer lifetime and cheaper cost, we propose to ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)This thesis presents an algorithm for a randomized distributed stack, a coded simulator for examining its behavior, and an analysis of data collected from simulations configured to investigate its performance in particular ...
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(2011-08-08)Hearing loss victims suffer from loss of hearing at specific bands of the frequency spectrum. We designed a programmable filter that can compensate for hearing losses at different frequency bands. We design the circuit ...
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(1997)As the result of the creation of advanced information technology within the past two decades, we are entering into a new era of civilization. In this new day and age, where large industry was once the dominant force in our ...
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Thermal imaging of plants allows for the assessment of plants’ response to heat and water deprivation. A cyber-physical system(CPS) that can collect, monitor, and deliver Infrared (IR) and Visible Light(VL) images can ...
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(2013-10-01)Among the many applications that require solutions of the particle transport equation are nuclear reactors, medical imaging, medical therapy, photon interaction in the atmosphere and oceans, industrial systems, and radiative ...
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(2009-06-09)Increasing population and increasing urbanization threatens both the health and availability of water resources. The volume and timing of water that is readily available may not be sufficient to supply the demand for ...
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(Feed the Future; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)