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Activity patterns in two rodent communities at El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Today, natural systems are undergoing drastic human-induced changes and losses of biodiversity. During this time of change it is extremely important that we understand the underlying mechanisms controlling the structure ...
Application of micro-heat pipes for the thermal control of semiconductor devices
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Electronic components produce heat that hinders their performance and reliability. Heat pipes, two-phase heat transfer devices, may be used to effectively cool electronic components. This project focuses on two different ...
A comparative study of women in early modern England and their contemporaries in the Ottoman Empire
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
An old Arab proverb says, "People are more akin to their contemporaries than they are to their own forefathers." Do the early modern women of England and the Ottoman Empire share more than their gender? English women of ...
Analysis of improvements in system efficiency and safety at highway-railroad-pedestrian grade crossings
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
The purpose of this project was to perform micro-simulation analyses on intersections near Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings to determine if controlling mean train speed and train speed variability would improve safety and ...
An adaptive framework for 'single shot' motion planning
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Automatic motion planning has applications in many areas such as robotics, virtual reality systems, and computer-aided design. Although many different motion planning methods have been proposed, most are not used in practice ...
Board scheduling for circuit board assembly : computational testing of an integer programming approach
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Circuit boards are integral parts of almost all electronic products, which are widespread in today's society. Companies utilizing circuit board assembly processes must remain competitive by using new technologies, shortening ...
ASP 79 makes a large, unfavorable contribution to the conformational stability of Ribonuclease SA
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
An important unsolved problem in the field of biochemistry is the protein folding problem. Extensive research is being done to predict the structure and function of a protein given just its linear sequence of amino acids. ...
Observation-based test set generation
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
When circuits are manufactured, there are unavoidable defects that occur in a small but significant portion of the products. Input test patterns that can detect these defects are uniquely generated for each circuit in ...
Beer powered bicycle: narrative ethnography and print representations of punk/hardcore culture
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
A "zine" is not considered an abbreviated form of magazine. Instead it is a separate category of publication based around the non-profit and non-professional nature of its authors and producers. Zines regularly address ...
The politics of mind reading: cartography and brain science in the discourse of medicine
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Medicine, like all other contemporary discourses, has a history. As such, medical discourse has been shaped by a wide range of ideologies in the long course of its development, and is open to criticism and analysis. In ...