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Wanderlust: rootlessness and restlessness in American culture, 1950-1970
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Historian Ray Billington, in arguing that the "migratory compulsion" in Americans is partly the result of the influence of the frontier on American history, claims: "If students of the American character can agree upon any ...
Ya, Ya/Yes, Ye: A Play Concerning an Encounter Between Vietnamese Culture and Western Medicine
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Not until the 1980s did the mainstream medical community began to seriously study the field of intercultural health communications. Even today, few substantial works exist regarding this area, although interest and research ...
Velvet/fracture: David Lynch, Clayton Eshleman, and the construction of the American underworld
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
The dominant American myth of selfhood is the "Protestant English pioneer," the conquering hero that pulled in the reigns on natives and wilderness. However, this heroic selfhood comes at an astonishing price. The ...
The inherently self-destructive nature of Socialist Realism
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
From the years 1932 - 1987, the Soviet Union imposed the artistic style of Socialist Realism upon its artists. Paintings of this era have little to show of the dynamics of Russian art until they are analyzed in terms of ...
The explosive transition: an examination of the role of radical Islam in the failed mission to Somalia, 1992-1993
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
United States involvement in the international effort to prevent the mass starvation of the people of Somalia began during the Bush Administration in August of 1992, and continued after Bill Clinton defeated George Bush ...
The implications of vagueness
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
If grains of sand are added, one by one, to a growing collection of sand on an otherwise empty table, there will eventually be a "heap" of sand on the table. It seems impossible, however, to specify the precise point at ...
The effects of hand-rearing fallow deer in a captive environment
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
The European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) is an exotic animal species that originated in Europe and Asia and was brought to Texas in 1930. The European fallow deer was initially introduced as a farmed animal to be used ...
The genetics of circadian rhythms in Neurospora crassa : do multiple oscillators exist?
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Circadian biological clocks are found in virtually all organisms and function to generate daily rhythms. The circadian clock (built by one or more oscillators) controls rhythmicity in a wide range of processes, ranging ...
The development and characterization of a somatic cell line for feline nuclear transfer
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Nuclear transfer is fast becoming an alternative method for reproduction, and it is useful in producing genetically identical animals. This study was designed to develop and characterize a cell line which may be possible ...
The effect of the Hopwood decision on minority interest in attending Texas A&M University
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
It is proposed here that the anti-affirmative action policies which were put in place at Texas' public colleges and universities as a result of the Hopwood decision will have a negative impact on minority interest in ...