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"And I shall make thee a great nation..." Anglo-Israelism and the quest for a racial theology of Empire
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Anglo-Israelism created a national history for the British people that justified and explained the Empire they had created. This movement stated that the British people were the literal descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes ...
An analysis of the PERL Magnetic Resonance Imaging theory and implementation
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
The goal of PERL MRI in its most basic form is single shot imaging without the need to rapidly switch gradients to encode spatial information into the signal. PERL MRI incorporates the application of the PERL field into ...
Through the [Image]inary Door: Lyotard, Baudrillard, Jameson and Postmodernism in Film
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
"Through the [Image]inary Door: Lyotard, Baudrillard, Jameson and Postmodernism in Film" combines a chronological history of postmodernism in the work of Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard and Frederic Jameson with a ...
Skylab: the forgotten missions
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
The Skylab program featured three manned missions to America's first and only space station from May 1973 to February 1974. A total of nine astronauts, including one scientist each mission, flew aboard the orbital workshop. ...
Grain-size distributions of tsunami sediments
(2011-08-08)
Tsunami deposits indicate that suspended load transport is the main mechanism of movement throughout a tsunami event. Recent studies have touched on whether bed load transport
is also occurring, but not seen in deposits ...
Implementation of a Signal Processor with Intelligibility for Hearing Aid Devices
(2011-08-08)
Hearing loss victims suffer from loss of hearing at specific bands of the frequency spectrum. We designed a programmable filter that can compensate for hearing losses at different frequency bands. We design the circuit ...
Preparation of Carbon Nanotube-Composite
(2011-08-08)
A composite is made up of two distinct materials and the resulted properties are different from the individual precursors. Composite combines a huge or bulkier element called matrix and reinforcement called filler or fiber. ...
Privilege as a Function of Profit: Network Neutrality and the Digital Public Sphere
(2011-08-08)
This paper seeks to evaluate the role that Network Neutrality policies play in terms of access to knowledge in the public sphere, as well as the role that approaches to
distributive justice might play in offering justification ...
A Novel Approach: Religious Epistemology in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead
(2011-08-08)
Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer prize-winning novel Gilead is preoccupied with religious
epistemology. Protagonist John Ames, an aging and ill Congregationalist preacher in
1950s small town Iowa, maintains his Christian ...
Desistance in the Transition to Adulthood: The Roles of Marriage, Military, and Gender
(2011-08-08)
Research is needed on desistance from crime using samples of males and females. Through the use of three waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) data which represents a diverse and ...