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The National and Plurinational Community: Necessary and Impossible
Traditional renditions of the idea of community have faced many new critiques in the face of our increasingly globalized world that has come to be organized into national communities, or nation-states. Following a ... -
Nature in Play: Measuring the Relationship of Nature and Unstructured Play through Case Studies
(2009-06-09)A strong link has been established between children playing in nature and improved physical and emotional health. The intriguing biophilia hypothesis suggests that humans are hardwired with an innate love of nature and ... -
The Nature of the Low Energy Isovector Dipole Excitations in Nuclei
(2011-08-04)Calculations of the nuclear response function for the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance (IVGDR) have been carried out in the past using the discretized Hartree-Fock Random Phase Approximation (HF-DRPA). In many cases they ... -
Navigation in Radio Frequency Landscapes Using Autonomous Vehicles and Multiple Antenna Systems
Autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles have been making headlines in recent years as new technologies develop. While they are increasingly used for human transportation, it frequently remains important for autonomous rovers ... -
The Near-infrared Period-luminosity Relations of Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud
(2011-08-08)We present near-infrared (J & Ks) observations of Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The goals of these observations are to better characterize the Cepheid Period-Luminosity relation at these wavelengths, especially ... -
A Nebulizer System For Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Aerosols and Nanoparticles for Use in Preclinical Pulmonary Drug Delivery Studies
(2017-05-09)This research project proposes to develop, integrate and characterize a nebulizer system for the nasal pulmonary delivery of radiopharmaceuticals in the form of aerosols containing nanoparticles for dynamic imaging studies ... -
Neumann Bounded Partitions of Eigenfunctions
(2008-08-19)A new partitioning scheme, analogous to nodal domains, for the eigenfunctions of differential operators is constructed. The new scheme produces subdomains with Neumann boundaries instead of Dirichlet boundaries and will ... -
Neural Correlates of Sympathy
(2011-01-11)Sympathy has not been not fully studied in the context of neural processes. Thanks to new methods of brain imaging and recording, the emotions anger, disgust, desire, and fear have been intensely studied, and new theories ... -
Neural Network Approach to Feature Sensitive Motion Planning
(2013-09-26)Motion planning (MP) is the problem of finding a valid path (e.g., collision free) from a start to a goal state for a movable object. MP is a complex problem with a myriad of applications, ranging from robotics, to ... -
Neural Network-Based Classification of Single-Phase Distribution Transformer Fault Data
(2006-08-16)The ultimate goal of this research is to develop an online, non-destructive, incipient fault detection system that is able to detect incipient faults in transformers and other electric equipment before the faults become ... -
The neurobiological mechanisms underlying the sensitization of pain and learning
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Why animals learn and how they do so has long been a topic of inquiry and research. Recently, King, Joynes, Meagher and Grau (1996) showed that exposure to a mild aversive event (a brief shock) can enhance both learning ... -
Neurokinin Receptor Expression in the Lymphatic System
(2011-01-11)Neurokinin Receptor Expression in the Lymphatic System. (April 2009) Parth Vijay Khade. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University. Research Advisor: Dr. Dave C. Zawieja, Department of Systems Biology ... -
Neutron Spectrum Unfolding using the Lasso Regression Method
(2015-09-27)Neutron spectrum unfolding is used to adjust a known distribution in a reactor that is known to contain uncertainty. This known neutron spectrum is commonly determined in high resolution using transport codes such as MCNP. ... -
A NEW ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR STRESS CONCENTRATION AROUND HARD SPHERICAL PARTICLES IN METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
(2007-09-17)This analytical model predicts the stress concentration around an elastic, spherical particle in an elastic-plastic metal matrix using strain gradient plasticity theory and a finite unit cell. The model reduces to the ... -
A New Mutation Causing Male-Male Courtship in Drosophila
(2007-09-17)Courtship in Drosophila is an innate behavior, one that is hardwired into the genetic architecture of the fly. A small number of mutations are known to disrupt the genes controlling the neurological basis of courtship; ... -
A new Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Austin, Texas
(2011-08-04)A new fossil vertebrate fauna consisting of fish, snake, and small mammalian remains was discovered near McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, Texas. Identification and analysis of the species in the cave deposit reveals ... -
The new voice of antisemitism: recent Holocaust negationist literature in America
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)This honors thesis argues that the literature of Holocaust negationism is a repackaging of classical antisemitism. The propositional content of negationist discourse is less significant, I argue, than its rhetoric. And its ... -
The new woman punished: Thomas Hardy's heroines and happiness in Victorian England
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)It is the task of every literary critic to determine the author's intent and the reasons for his intent with his writings when analyzing a work. Thomas Hardy deals with women in many harsh manners in his novels. His ... -
New York City School Evaluations: Comparing Parent, Teacher, and Government Assessments
(2012-04-20)This thesis contains two studies examining survey evaluations of public schools. Survey evaluation results provide a novel means of measuring program performance, which is of particular interest to public administration ... -
Next Generation Living
(2013-02-06)The idea and attempts of sustainable design in architecture is common today. Sustainability as it relates to architecture ranges from small modifications or minute enhancements all the way to full projects. There is no ...