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U.S. Minority and Women Owned Small Businesses
(2007-09-17)The purpose of this research is to explore the effects of certain factors on the success of globalization of U.S. minority and women owned small businesses. Research in this area to date has addressed minorities and women ... -
Understanding a telomerase RNA intron sequence and structure requirement for telomerase negative regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2013-02-05)TER2 is a telomeric RNA subunit in Arabidopsis thaliana that has been suggested to be working as a negative regulator of the telomerase complex. When the TER2 is over-expressed, a significant decrease in the telomerase ... -
Understanding Actomyosin-Dependent Networking and the Role of RHD3 in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
(2013-09-29)The endoplasmic reticulum operates in a larger reticular network via membrane fusion of ER tubules. Root Hair Defective 3 (RHD3) is a membrane-bound GTPase, similar to mammalian atlastin GTPases, which may be involved in ... -
Understanding Actomyosin-Dependent Networking and the Role of RHD3 in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
(2013-09-29)The endoplasmic reticulum operates in a larger reticular network via membrane fusion of ER tubules. Root Hair Defective 3 (RHD3) is a membrane-bound GTPase, similar to mammalian atlastin GTPases, which may be involved in ... -
Understanding Plant Cell Death With “bak to life” Screens
As sessile organisms, plants often need to activate a sophisticated immune system to evade pathogen infections. However, uncontrolled activation of defense pathways can have extremely damaging effects to the host. Many ... -
Understanding the Barriers to Interspecific Hybridization in Neurospora
(2012-05-02)Crosses between two species of Neurospora are typically sterile and result in the production of non-viable or few viable ascospores. It is unclear what prevents successful sexual reproduction and the viability of hybrid ... -
Understanding the German Health Care System and Medical Education
(2012-04-24)The United States is the only technologically advanced, industrialized country that fails to provide all of its citizenry with health care coverage.1 In 2010, an estimated 16.3% of Americans (approximately 50 million ... -
Understanding the Role of Awe in Religiosity
Literature Review: Religion gives people a core set of beliefs and values. Studies have shown that there is a strong positive relationship between a person’s self-perceived Meaning in Life (MIL) and religiosity. Thesis ... -
Unintended Consequences: How the U.S.’s Fear of Socialism Affected Policy Decisions in the Middle East
(2013-02-04)No decisions are made in a vacuum, especially in regards to foreign policy. The Cold War mindset permeated every level of politics in the United States, but the question of the unintended consequences of this unwavering ... -
Uniting software tools for the archival, management and analysis of linguistic data: lessons from developing the Language Data Repository
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The complex tasks involved in both the production and use of linguistic data tend to be highly repetitive and tedious. These are the tasks at which computers excel, and at which humans perform very poorly. In this thesis ... -
Unity in Religion
(2007-07-14)Christianity, Islam, and Taoism are examined with specific reference to each tradition’s conception of unity, both with God and with other humans. Conceptions of unity are used as a heuristic device in order to examine the ... -
University Dining Decisions: Do College Students Make Rational Decisions in the Market for Meal Plans
(2013-02-04)When students come to college they take on many responsibilities their parents used to cover for them, including making significant purchase decisions. My research examines the dining plan purchases of students at Texas ... -
The unlocked home: new women, new novels, new spaces
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The Victorian ideology of separate spheres made an evident separation according to gender. The principle not only affected the interaction between men and women but also the spaces that they occupied. While men had access ... -
UNLOCKING ANCIENT DIET: USING STARCH GRANULES IN FOOD RESIDUE FROM COOKING CERAMICS TO ANALYZE PRE-COLUMBIAN ERA CADDO DIET
(2011-04-28)This thesis examines the nature of food residues on sherds of ancient Caddoan ceramic cooking vessels from East Texas, which was the homeland of Caddoan peoples for more than 2,000 years. Interior surfaces of some ceramic ... -
Unmet Housing Rehabilitation and Household Goods Needs in Texas During Katrina-Rita, 2005
(2012-07-11)The U.S. was appalled by the overall devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. Just days later the Gulf Coast was swept by Hurricane Rita which amplified the already disastrous situation. ... -
Unmet Needs for Emergency Organizations During Disaster: Red Cross and Salvation Army Referrals in Texas During Katrina-Rita, 2005
(2012-07-11)The purpose of this study is to examine unmet needs for key emergency organizations - Red Cross and Salvation Army - in Texas during Katrina and Rita Hurricanes, 2005. Using Texas 2-1-1 data from 8/1/05 - 12/31/05 (N=635,983 ... -
Unordered Associative Containers in STAPL
(2013-09-09)The Standard Template Adaptive Parallel Library (STAPL) is a parallel programming framework for C++ that provides parallel algorithms and containers similar to those found in the Standard Template Library (STL). Currently ... -
Unraveling the Demand for New-Age Dairy Alternative Functional Beverages: The Case of Almond Milk Demand in the United States
(2014-12-17)There are many different types of non-alcoholic beverages available in the United States today compared to a decade ago. Along with the increased number of beverage choices, the functionality and health dimensions of the ... -
URANIUM METAL POWDER PRODUCTION, PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS, AND REACTION RATE STUDIES OF A HYDRIDE-DEHYDRIDE PROCESS
(2011-08-08)Work was done to study a hydride-dehydride method for producing uranium metal powder. Particle distribution analysis was conducted using digital microscopy and grayscale image analysis software. The particle size was found ... -
Urban Heat Island in San Antonio, Texas
(2014-09-26)Research of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) is an area of continuous investigation for reasons including the potential effects it may have on the living conditions for people, such as increased heat stress. Problems like this ...