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The new woman punished: Thomas Hardy's heroines and happiness in Victorian England
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
It is the task of every literary critic to determine the author's intent and the reasons for his intent with his writings when analyzing a work. Thomas Hardy deals with women in many harsh manners in his novels. His ...
Chaos in a rotor system supported by ball bearings
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Nonlinearities in a system are often thought of as unimportant and negligible. It is only recently that many of the impacts of nonlinearities in a system are being fully realized. One of these impacts is chaos. Chaos ...
Don't Call Me "It": Examining the Relationship Between Experiences of Child Abuse and Creativity as an Adult
(2010-07-14)
Researchers have conducted numerous studies examining the effects of one?s home life on
future success; however, only a small portion of that research covers the specific effects
that negative home environments can have ...
Identifying protein-protein interactions of a cell cycle regulator
(2001)
The role of anachronism (ana) protein in stem cell division of Drosophila melanogaster was examined. Synthesis of identifiable ana protein was necessary. The identifying method exploited was that of antibody tagging using ...
Structural and bonding trends in platinum-carbon clusters
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
Density functional calculations with the B3-LYP functional were used to optimize the platinum-carbon cationic clusters, PtCx+, 1=x=16, in both the doublet and quartet states of the linear, fan, open-ring, closed ring, and ...
The dependence of Pb distribution in brain cells on the interactions of astroglia and neurons
(1998)
Lead (Pb) is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant which has been linked to neurobehavioral deficits, primarily in young children. A current hypothesis for Pb distribution among brain cells is that astroglia, which are ...
Resistivity changes in carbon-implanted Teflon
(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
The change in resistance of Teflon due to the implantation of carbon atoms was measured. The procedure involved implanting carbon at energies of 40 kV, 50 kV, and 140 kV using beam currents ranging from 0.5 [mu]A to 3 ...