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INTERACTIONS OF THE INTRAGROUP MEDIUM IN DEFORMING GALAXY MORPHOLOGIES
(2014-09-20)
We utilize high resolution data from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to study the role of the group environment in galaxy evolution. The majority of galaxies in the universe fall into this regime, and thus are of paramount ...
Songs of Discord: Ballads of Revolution and Revolt
(2014-10-02)
Born out of an oral tradition, the ballad remained for centuries a way of passing information and instilling social mores. Their wide use in the public sphere made the ballad a conducive medium for propaganda in times of ...
The Influence of Gender Norm Violation on Secondary Victimization
(2014-12-08)
Victim blaming is an act of holding someone responsible for a negative outcome or harm they have experienced. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether describing a woman as racially stereotypical or counter-st ...
Sir Walter Scott
(2014-10-29)
Medieval literary works ranging from Beowulf to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight highlight
various ideologies and themes—such as courtly love, chivalry, and heroism. Famous British authors such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, and ...
Minimizing Magnitude of Current Spikes Resulting from Argon Non-Thermal Dielectric Barrier Discharge Jets
(2014-10-06)
The electrical current profiles of two mediums, helium and argon, in a sinusoidally driven floating electrode dielectric barrier discharge jet acting on a substrate were examined for differences. It was noted that the argon ...
Malaria Mosquito Larvae in Competition for Limited Resources
(2016-08-30)
The mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae species complex are the primary vectors of malaria in Africa. These Anopheles species demonstrate large geographical overlap and their larvae often inhabit the same small aquatic ...
Romantic Literature and Contemporary Philosophy, Science, and Medicine: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(2016-08-15)
Literature Review
Mary Shelley’s novel places important emphasis on three major subjects, experimentation, medicine, and ethics. The analysis of Victor Frankenstein through a historical and cultural lens provides necessary ...
Optimal Motion Planning with constraints for mobile robot navigation
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Motion planning is the process of planning a sequence of motions to move an object from one configuration to another. Recently, randomized techniques known as PRMs have shown great potential for solving motion planning ...
Norepinephrine mediates the effects of restraint stress on Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus (TMEV) is an important model of multiple sclerosis (MS) (Lipton, 1975). Theiler's virus induces a biphasic disease that, in the chronic phase, causes a remitting relapsing demyelination ...
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 ...