Browsing Undergraduate Research and Capstones by Type "thesis"
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Protein folding is one of the major thrusts of biochemical research today. It is the study of how proteins fold into their tertiary structure based solely on their sequence of amino acids. It was once believed that no ...
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(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 ...
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(2010-07-14)The goal of this study was to identify a sensorimotor behavioral test that predicts infarct volume in animals with ischemic stroke. Stroke is the major cause of behavioral deficits in humans and research on stroke therapies ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) infection induces a bi-phasic disease with distinct acute and chronic infection patterns. This study characterizes the behavioral markers of disease during the acute phase ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Benign is a story set in the microscopic world of cellular respiration and reproduction. The plot is concerned with the epiphanies and adventures of Pro, a microorganism who stumbles upon a shocking conspiracy being sustained ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The ultimate goal of the Texas A&M Biocomplexity Project is to numerically and visually simulate a complete chemical mechanism for a simplified cell. It will incorporate the rapidly growing knowledge about cellular ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Mediated public deliberation involves professional communicators communicating with the public to ensure that the public's policy preferences are informed, enlightened, and authentic. In a basic sense, good information can ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Blanche No More: Voice, Letter, Agency seeks to locate, examine and trace the role of the author in culture. The subject of Authorship is one that is seemingly endless, therefore, Blanch No More: Voice, Letter, Agency ...
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(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 ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Previous research indicates that while media images of women and men are becoming more thin and muscular (respectively), the size and weight of American people is increasing. Several researchers have found that media ...
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(2010-07-14)Although there has been a large focus on dark tourism in recent times, there is still limited information on the motivation of consumption and the type of experience that is derived from the visit to a dark tourism site. ...
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(2010-07-14)When studying the expansion of the universe, a significant problem is measuring the red shifts of stellar absorption lines with sufficiently high accuracy; this requires extremely accurate reference frequencies for ...
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(2010-07-14)Many scholars have claimed that humor is not powerful enough to bring about social change. However, this study argues that humor is a pervasive form of critique used in America, and is worthy of being examined. With the ...
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(2010-07-14)Capacitive stress transducers are used to measure mechanical stresses in the windings of superconducting dipole magnets. These transducers consist of a bonded laminate composed of alternating foils of stainless steel and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that is believed to have developed as a method of resistance for slaves in Brazil. Out of fear of their slaves' defensive abilities, this street fighting was outlawed. As a result, ...
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(2011-08-08)Nanomedicine is a growing field of medicine that seeks to take advantage of nanoscale materials in order to address current challenges such as the ability to cross the epithelial mucus of the lungs to deliver treatment. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)This study seeks to explicate the complex relationship between crime and drama in early modern England. In a historical context of social, political, and religious upheaval, defining criminality becomes an essential ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)The outrageous corporate accounting and fraud scandals in the past years have all but demolished investors' faith in our accounting framework. One big area of concern is executive compensation. In 1992, Congress enacted ...
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(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 ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Most organisms display daily rhythms in biochemical, physiological, and behavioral events. Examples of these rhythms include photosynthesis in plants and sleep/wake cycles in birds and mammals. These daily rhythms are ...