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(2015-12-21)It is hypothesized that an increase in adipose tissue rigidity can both limit swelling and shrinking of adipocytes which predisposes people to obesity related health problems. Taking into account the alarming trend of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The purpose of this study was to identify several leadership behaviors that were deemed as being essential elements of a successful leader and then determine if these behaviors could be taught to AGED 340, Professional ...
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A search through a large database for a match similar to the object being queried is commonplace. In the field of Bioinformatics, for example, this occurs during BLAST searches, in which an E-score is provided to reflect ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The goal of this project was to study the active listening skills of Student Counseling HelpLine workers at Texas A&M University. This research project was designed to determine if the test currently used by the HelpLine ...
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Within cranial bone defect treatments, autografts remain the current gold standard for best healing outcomes. However, if the defect is of a unique shape, this process proves difficult and often requires additional surgeries. ...
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Natural disasters, such as earthquake, flood, hurricane and tornado, cause disruptions and damages in different infrastructure systems (e.g., water, electricity, road), and thus, greatly affect the quality of life. Despite ...
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest particle accelerator in the world, is planning on upgrading its performance in the upcoming High-Luminosity LHC project. This project will increase the flux of incoming particles ...
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Elastography is an ultrasonic imaging modality, which is useful in gaining new information about tissues and diagnosing diseases. Increasing the quality of an image allows for more accurate information to be gained from ...
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(2012-05-03)The nuclear energy industry is experiencing a renaissance of new reactor design and construction in Asia, North America, and Europe. The new Generation III designs are some of the largest ever built, featuring improved ...
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(Agricultural Water Management; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2021)Increasing agricultural productivity through irrigation technologies is recognized as an effective way to improve smallholders’ livelihoods and food security in developing countries. However, most smallholder farmers do ...
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(Water; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)The study was conducted in Lake Tana Basin of Ethiopia to assess potentially irrigable areas for home gardens, water availability, and feasibility of water-lifting technologies. A GIS-based Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) ...
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A common approach to distributing work to be completed simultaneously among different robots is called Multi-Robot Task Allocation. Particularly in a path planning scenario, two robots are assigned tasks to drive to two ...
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(2012-04-30)Two separate constructs, impulsivity and exercise, have been studied extensively in past literature, identifying impulsivity with risk taking behavior and exercise with health and psychological benefits. The present study ...
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SHRIMP CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO (2013-02-04)The commercial shrimp harvest is the second most important fishery in the United States, and eighty percent of this harvest by weight is caught in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Survival rate in the post larval stage in GOM ...
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(1998)Ridge mortality is a new coral malady, observed only at the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary and the Florida Keys Sanctuary. Its effects are most dramatically seen on the brain coral (Diploria strigosa). This paper ...
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(2013-09-26)Dolphins in many parts of the world follow fishing boats to eat fish and invertebrates stirred into the water column by them, and so do the dolphins that frequent Galveston Bay and the Galveston Ship Channel. These individuals ...
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The Anopheles (An.) gambiae species complex includes some of the most significant African malaria vectors, specifically An. gambiae sensu stricto (s.s.), An. coluzzii and An. arabiensis. These mosquitoes are currently ...
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This study will examine how women are marginalized within gendered concepts of humanity through the limitations of femicide as an unrecognized basis for the credible fear of persecution under human rights regimes in the ...
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Third generation (3G) artificial turf sports fields have been utilized since the 1990s. Research has shown the surface temperature of these turf fields can reach up to 170°F. This temperature is significantly higher than ...
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(2013-02-06)The flagella organelle is crucial to many different cells and organisms because it allows for sensation and movement throughout a matrix. The Intraflagellar Transport system (IFT) is of particular interest since it helps ...