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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The political spectacle is a show and a way of seeing things. In effect, the media reduces politics to theatre, simplifying complex issues into a world of black and white, where leaders compete with an enemy for influence ...
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For our creative work thesis, we developed a VR (Virtual Reality) Program that allows a user to view and interact with muscles and nerves of a canine leg that would support students to understand the relationships between ...
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(2010-07-14)During the past decade the professional news industry has continued to lose ground to citizen journalists and other alternative forms of news in the war for credibility and readers. At the same time, the Internet has ...
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(1978)Creel census data were taken at the warmwater discharge site of Houston Power and Lighting Company's P.H. Robinson Generating Station during June 1977 through February 1978. Fifty five surveys were conducted during which ...
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(1989)A universal problem that exists in society is finding an optimal punishment that will deter individuals from a certain unwanted behavior. Sociologists, psychologists, economists and even businessmen have grappled with the ...
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(1982)The report, "Criteria for Underwater Recreational Design," accomplished two major goals. The first proved that structures designed specifically for the diver and management of the ecosystem are more responsive to diver and ...
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A Critical Analysis of the Fourth Ward North of West Gray Street: Recommendations for Rehabilitation (1979)The Fourth Ward-north of West gray study area is a predominantly residential neighborhood of approximately 300 acres. It is located in two major parts surrounded by redeveloped neighborhoods, burgeoning commercial enterprise, ...
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With the advent of mobile computing devices such as smartphones, modern mobile processors are designed by compromising two opposite characteristics. In one hand, performance needs to be maximized in order to hold up with ...
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(1996)Contemporary Chicano/a writers are in the process of creating an artistic and cultural aesthetic which resists racism and avoids homogeneous stigmatization by the traditional Euro-American cultural paradigm. This Borderlands ...
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(1976)Gravity data from the Cape May region of the eastern United States was employed to determine the behavior of the crust-mantle interface in the transition region of the continental margin. By using the Talwani method of ...
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(1987)This paper examines the feasibility of using a cryogenic optical fiber link for an irradiation study of the quantum Hall effect (QHE). Commercially available GaAs₁₋ₓPₓ light-emitting diodes (LED's) were studied at temperatures ...
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(2014-09-15)Parasites, in particular trematodes (Platyhelminthes: Digenea), play major roles in the population dynamics and community structure of invertebrates on soft-sediment mudflats (Leung, 2009). Austrobilharzia variglandis and ...
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(1995)With the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States formally recognized Mexico as a country of great economic importance. In doing so, the United States opened the door to increased interdependence ...
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(2014-08-21)On the one hand, liberals, such as John Rawls (1971), assume that individuals are morally unencumbered by their community affiliations. Their only obligations are those that they voluntarily accept. On the other hand, ...
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(2021-04-26)The existing electric grid is transitioning to a smart grid with increased penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as photovoltaic (PV) units, battery storage units, electric vehicles (EV), and EV chargers. ...
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(2012-07-11)Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD is characterized by the accumulation of fat in the liver, also known as steatosis. This is one of the most common types of liver diseases and can occur in a range of individuals. ...
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(1994)Robots have contributed a great deal to manufacturing industry, increasing both productivity and quality. However, they often achieve accuracy for quality by adding mass to their links, increasing weight and power required ...
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(2020-04-16)How can virtual reality be used to advance modern dance education methods? As a rapidly evolving technology, virtual reality has the potential to be developed for many different educational purposes. Previous research has ...
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This creative project serves to explore the fields of choreography, lighting and music design, and virtual reality technology to create a performance piece. There is a growing surge of advances in virtual reality technology, ...
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When was the last time you did something for the first time? The goal of the Dare to Be First campaign is to inspire girls and women to be trailblazers by seeing how historical female figures from the past rose above to ...