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K-12 Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in a Rural School District on the High Plains of Texas: Mechanism for Teacher Support of Innovative Formative Assessment and Instruction with Technology (iFAIT)
(2013-05-06)The purpose of this study was to explore the evolution of collaborative practices of PLCs as they emerge when using technology based formative assessment via iFAIT or innovative Formative Assessment with Instruction and ... -
KaiC CII Ring Flexibility Governs the Rhythm of the Circadian Clock of Cyanobacteria
(2012-07-16)The circadian clock orchestrates metabolism and cell division and imposes important consequences to health and diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and cancer. It is well established that phosphorylation-dependent circadian ... -
Keeping The Beat: The Practice Of A Beat Movement
(2012-10-19)The literary movement of the Beat Generation continues to be a truly influential movement in our current society. From the popularization of hitchhiking across America to the rebel without a cause of James Dean, the Hippie ... -
Kernelization and Enumeration: New Approaches to Solving Hard Problems
(2011-08-08)NP-Hardness is a well-known theory to identify the hardness of computational problems. It is believed that NP-Hard problems are unlikely to admit polynomial-time algorithms. However since many NP-Hard problems are of ... -
Kerr-NUT-AdS metrics and string theory
(2009-05-15)With the advent of supergravity and superstring theory, it is of great importance to study higher-dimensional solutions to the Einstein equations. In this dissertation, we study the higher dimensional Kerr-AdS metrics, and ... -
Ketone Production from the Thermal Decomposition of Carboxylate Salts
(2012-08-15)The MixAlco process uses an anaerobic, mixed-culture fermentation to convert lignocellulosic biomass to carboxylate salts. The fermentation broth must be clarified so that only carboxylate salts, water, and minimal impurities ... -
Key Economic Drivers Impacting Eagle Ford Development from Resource to Reserves
(2013-11-25)The Eagle Ford shale of South Texas has become one of the most active and most important shale plays in the U.S. This success has been possible because of the unique geology and richness of the play, allowing significant ... -
Kick circulation analysis for extended reach and horizontal wells
(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Well control is of the utmost importance during drilling operations. Numerous well control incidents occur on land and offshore rigs. The consequences of a loss in well control can be devastating. Hydrocarbon reservoirs ... -
Killing me softly: a meta-analysis examining risk factors associated with suicide among young African American males
(2009-05-15)Increase in suicide rates of African American males since the 1960s has prompted a growing interest among researchers. Although research has increased in this area, suicide remains an issue that is explored far less often ... -
Kilogram Scale Synthesis of a Triazine-based Dendrimer and the Development of a General Strategy for the Installation of Pharmacophores to Yield Potential Drug Delivery Agents
(2011-02-22)Diverse dendrimer peripheries are often produced through convergent synthesis with multiple protection-deprotection steps. Achieving such diversity while maintaining monodispersity, has previously proven problematic. ... -
Kinematic and Mechanical Reconstruction of Walker Ridge Structures, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
(2011-02-22)Recent high-resolution seismic imaging has allowed detailed reconstruction of the relationship between fold development and crestal faulting of the Chinook and Cascade folds in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Using 3-D seismic ... -
Kinematics measurements of regular, irregular, and rogue waves by PIV/LDV
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)A comprehensive experimental study was conducted to produce benchmark wave kinematics data for five different regular waves and the maxima of four different irregular wave trains. Two of the irregular waves generated are ... -
Kinetic and Friction Head Loss Impacts on Horizontal Water Supply and Aquifer Storage and Recovery Wells
(2014-12-02)Groundwater wells can have extreme pressure buildup when injecting and extreme pressure drawdown when extracting. Greater wellbore contact with the aquifer minimizes pressure buildup and pressure drawdown. Aquifers are ... -
Kinetic isotope effects, dynamic effects, and mechanistic studies of organic reactions
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Several organic reactions that could potentially involve coarctate transition states were investigated by a combination of experimental and theoretical studies. In the thermal fragmentation of ??????-1,3,4-oxadiazolines, ... -
Kinetic Modeling and Assessment of Lime Pretreatment of Poplar Wood
(2012-02-14)Because of widespread availability, low cost, sustainability, and potential supply far greater than that of food crops, lignocellulosic biomass is one of the most promising feedstocks for producing biofuels through ... -
Kinetic Modeling of the Hydrocracking of Fused-Ring Di-Aromatic Species
(2015-01-16)The derivation of kinetic models for the development and simulation of hydrocarbon processes require detailed information on the reaction network. In the present work, experiments on the hydrocracking of fused-ring species, ... -
Kinetic modeling of the hydrotreatment of light cycle oil/diesel
(2009-05-15)A rigorous kinetic model of hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of complex mixtures such as light cycle oil (LCO) or diesel has been developed. An experimental setup was constructed to investigate the hydrotreatment of complex ... -
Kinetics and dynamics study on the allosteric pathway of phosphofructokinase from Escherichia coli
(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Phosphofructokinase from Escherichia coli (EcPFK) is allosterically regulated by MgADP and phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), which act to activate or inhibit, respectively, by changing the substrate (Fru-6-P) affinity of the ... -
Kinetics of acrylamide formation in potato chips
(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Acrylamide is considered a carcinogen in animals and a possible carcinogen in humans. It has been found in starch rich foods cooked at high temperatures. Vacuum frying (10 Torr) was studied as a possible alternative to ... -
Kinetics of an Inverse Temperature Transition Process and Its Application on Supported Lipid Bilayer
(2011-10-21)This dissertation focuses on the study of inverse temperature transition processes of the poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and the elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs). A novel temperature jump microfluidic system is ...