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Effects of Ethanol on Instrumental Learning And Plasticity Within The Spinal Cord
(2013-02-04)
Due to its high prevalence as a recreational substance in our society, especially in populations with spinal cord injury (Tate, 1993), it is imperative that we study the relationship between ethanol and its possible effects ...
The Localization and Dynamics of Actin in Aspergillus nidulans
(2013-02-04)
F-actin, a cytoskeletal component of microfilaments, plays an important role in fungal growth and development. It can be found in different forms, including cables and patches. Lifeact is a fluorescent reporter of actin ...
The Differential Effects of Buprenorphine and Methadone on Adolescent Mice.
(2013-03-01)
This study focuses on understanding the consequences of administering opioid maintenance drugs, such as buprenorphine and methadone, on the adolescent brain. This is because that there are growing needs to treat opioid ...
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 ...
BLIND RRT: A PROBABILISTICALLY COMPLETE, DISTRIBUTED RRT
(2013-02-06)
Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees (RRTs) have been successful at finding feasible solutions
for high-dimensional problems. With motion planning becoming more computationally de-
manding, we turn to parallel motion planning ...
Development of Optimum Design Methodology for Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Analog-to-Digital Converters
(2013-02-15)
Today’s wireless applications have demanded low-power, high-speed, and high-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) for the reductions in cost, component count, and product size. Continuous-time (CT) Sigma-Delta ...
Optimizing Biogenic Manganese Oxide Production
(2013-02-15)
The presence of emerging organic contaminants in surface and ground water sources poses challenges for traditional drinking water treatments such as granular activated carbon and ozonation with sand filtration. Manganese ...
First vs. Third Degree Price Discrimination in the Labratory
(2013-03-28)
Differential pricing is a contentious issue within the business environment. The public’s reaction to price discrimination varies widely from discontent to indifference. I hypothesize that buyers who do not benefit from ...
Intertemporal and Cross-Sectional Substitution in Charitable Giving
(2013-02-04)
This paper focuses on two aspects of matching a project. Using aggregate data obtained from an online fundraising platform, DonorsChoose.org, Using a fixed effects regression model to control for the time invariant and ...
Characterization of Throughfall Heterogeneity in a Tropical Pre-Montane Could Forest in Costa Rica
(2013-09-26)
Understanding the water budget in tropical forests is essential because of its role in ecosystem health, drinking water supply, land, and resource management. Throughfall, the amount of precipitation reaching the forest ...