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Mercury (Hg) is a neurotoxin that can cause health issues or even death. In Alaskan Steller sea lion (SSL) populations, Hg concentrations were observed to vary by region and time. These observations are of interest because ...
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(1986)The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of the “well-educated” person as theorized in the literature of the eighteenth-century , Novels and periodical essays by writers such as Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, ...
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(1989)This paper examines the rhetoric of the Cold War, as reflected in the speeches of the two primary candidates in the 1988 Presidential election, for the purpose of determining the extent to which Cragan's assessment is ...
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(2009-06-09)As miniaturization of computer components is approaching the limits of physics, researchers in computer architecture are looking for less conventional means to perpetuate Moore's law. Recent trends in hardware ve been ...
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(1983)Murray Straus is the leading researcher in the area of family violence. He conducted a study in 1976 of 2,143 American families. Following the study, Straus and his co-workers wrote the book �Behind Closed Doors� in which ...
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The 2012 attacks on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, Libya, caused a lasting impact on U.S. politics continuing today. However, little research regarding how the attack came to create such an impact, has been conducted. By ...
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(1993)In 1988, the Institute for the Contemporary Gallery of Art used a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to exhibit art works by the photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe. Unfortunately for the art world ...
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(2013-09-25)Using American political party platforms, I will identify and analyze the influence of social contract theory in contemporary American politics. The relationship between the Lockean model of government and the Hobbesian ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)This paper contains the results of my research on the conscientious objectors of World War II in Great Britain. After a brief overview of the events of the 1920's and 1930's which led to the formation of pacifist sentiments ...
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(2014-12-10)Neural development is initiated by several signaling molecules including BMP-4, noggin, and chordin. These molecules induce the formation of neural plate, which later folds to become the spinal cord and part of the primitive ...
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Conservation Agriculture Saves Irrigation Water in the Dry Monsoon Phase in the Ethiopian Highlands (Water; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)Water resources in sub-Saharan Africa are more overstressed than in many other regions of the world. Experiments on commercial farms have shown that conservation agriculture (CA) can save water and improve the soil. ...
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(Journal of Soil and Water Conservation; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2020)The traditional agriculture production system in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) caused significant soil erosion and degradation of soil quality. In addition, dependability of rainfall for irrigation needs limits the crop production. ...
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(Water; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2022)Agriculture in Africa is adversely affected by the loss of soil fertility. Conservation agriculture (CA) was introduced to curb the loss of soil fertility and water shortages and improve crop productivity. However, information ...
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The nectar-feeding Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis or L. nivalis) population has been experiencing a steep decline over the past ten years. Conservation of this species is vital for the mutualistic relationship ...
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(2011-08-08)The question of the executive’s authority over foreign affairs has been debated constantly over the life of the Constitution. Rather than try to discern the answer to this question from only the well-known Framers, this ...
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(2014-09-30)In this work we present a behavioral modeling framework that accounts for a battery constraint. This framework allows for a user to model robot teams of varying configuration performing com- mon robotic tasks such as ...
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(1991)Women lack freedom. They lack the freedom to be their individual selves, since society and tradition dictate their obligation and obedience first to their parents, and then to their husbands. Women have no long-standing ...
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(2017-04-24)High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are multi-principal element alloys at near-equiatomic concentrations that can have superior properties such as high irradiation resistance, high fatigue resistance, and high temperature usage, ...
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(Agricultural Water Management; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2021)Livestock is an integral part of the agricultural system in sub-Saharan Africa, serving as a food source, income, fertilizer, and power for farming and transportation. However, the productivity of the livestock system has ...
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(Agricultural Water Management; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2021)Livestock is an integral part of the agricultural system in sub-Saharan Africa, serving as a food source, income, fertilizer, and power for farming and transportation. However, the productivity of the livestock system has ...