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Ovarian and hormonal events during synchronization of ovulation and timed appointment breeding of Bos indicus-influenced cattle using intravaginal progesterone, GnRH and prostaglandin F2(alpha)
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Objectives were to 1) evaluate the use of the CO-Synch + CIDR (COS-C) protocol for synchronization of ovulation and timed AI (TAI) in Bos indicus-influenced cattle, 2) compare cumulative pregnancy rates after COS-C ... -
Over- and Under-dispersed Crash Data: Comparing the Conway-Maxwell-Poisson and Double-Poisson Distributions
(2012-10-19)In traffic safety analysis, a large number of distributions have been proposed to analyze motor vehicle crashes. Among those distributions, the traditional Poisson and Negative Binomial (NB) distributions have been the ... -
Overcoming Clonal Interference in Escherichia coli Using Genderless High Frequency Recombination Strains
(2014-04-16)Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) is a powerful tool for strain improvement, and has been applied successfully to improve a range of desirable phenotypes in model organisms through continuous cultivation under a selective ... -
Overcoming the barriers: school success of Mexican American graduates from Pan American University in South Texas from 1955 to 1975
(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This study examined the contextual factors that led to the success of Mexican Americans who overcame extraordinary obstacles in obtaining post-secondary educations. Mexican Americans continue to experience great challenges ... -
Overcoming the obstacles: life stories of scientists with learning disabilities
(2009-05-15)Scientific discovery is at the heart of solving many of the problems facing contemporary society. Scientists are retiring at rates that exceed the numbers of new scientists. Unfortunately, scientific careers still appear ... -
Overexpression of Tobacco Osmotin Protein in Carrot (Daucus carota L.) to Enhance Drought Tolerance
(2012-10-31)Lack of water is one of the most significant issues that already threaten world agriculture as many countries are unable to meet the demand for water to grow the crops. To make matters worse, the water availability is ... -
Overland flow time of concentration on flat terrains
(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Time of concentration parameter is defined very loosely in literature and it is calculated rather subjectively in practice (Akan 1986). The situation becomes adverse as the terrain slope approaches zero; because the slope ... -
Overpressure prediction by mean total stress estimate using well logs for compressional environments with strike-slip or reverse faulting stress state
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Predicting correct pore-pressure is important for drilling applications. Wellbore stability problems, kicks, or even blow-outs can be avoided with a good estimate of porepressure. Conventional pore-pressure estimation ... -
Overprinting Deformations in Mantle Rocks, Dun Mountain, New Zealand
(2014-04-25)Dun Mountain is the northern-most ultramafic massif of the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt, South Island, New Zealand, and is the type-locale of dunite. The dunites that are preserved at this location provide an opportunity ... -
Overshooting Convection from High-resolution NEXRAD Observations
(2014-01-09)Convection can rapidly and irreversibly transport tropospheric air into the upper troposphere and, in some cases, through the tropopause into the lower stratosphere. Previous studies have shown that stratosphere-troposphere ... -
Overwash induced by storm conditions
(2009-05-15)Erosion problems are not only in the Texas area, but exist also along the coastline all over the world. Even though many researchers have studied coastal processes related with beach erosion and deposition over the decades, ... -
Owner's Interference in Reverse Auction Bidding to Skew a Free Market
(2010-07-14)Reverse auction bidding is an online auction system. A purchaser's primary objective in using a reverse auction is to obtain the lowest possible bid for goods and services on a construction project. With this type of ... -
Ownership and Health Care
(2013-05-01)The United States Health Care sector is a large and growing segment of the US economy. Herein, I present three distinct research projects regarding aspects of that industry, especially how it responds to public policy and ... -
Owning and Belonging: Southern Literature and the Environment, 1903-1979
(2012-10-19)This dissertation engages a number of currents of environmental criticism and rhetoric in an analysis of the poetry, fiction, and non-fiction of the southeastern United States. I examine conceptions of genitive relationships ... -
Oxhide ingots, copper production, and the mediterranean trade in copper and other metals in the bronze age
(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)The production and trade in copper and bronze was one of the major features of the complex societies in the Near East and Mediterranean during the third to first millennia B.C. While finished metal objects are common finds ... -
Oxidation Kinetics of Pure and Blended Methyl Octanoate/n-Nonane/Methylcyclohexane: Measurements and Modeling of OH*/CH* Chemiluminescence, Ignition Delay Times and Laminar Flame Speeds
(2012-07-16)The focus of the present work is on the empirical characterization and modeling of ignition trends of ternary blends of three distinct hydrocarbon classes, namely a methyl ester (C9H18O2), a linear alkane (n-C9H20), and a ... -
Oxygen and Carbon Isotopes and Coral Growth in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea as Environmental and Climate Indicators
(2011-02-22)The Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea comprise a sensitive and important region, both oceanographically and climatically. A better understanding of the history of climate and marine environmental conditions in this region ... -
Oxygen Deficient Metabolism in Organs: A Link to Combustion Science
(2014-12-10)In an attempt to better understand and model transport of oxygen, O2, from capillaries to living cells in surrounding tissue, the group combustion (O2 deficient) concept from the field of combustion science in engineering ... -
Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Dispersed and Core-Shell Metal Alloy Catalysts: Density Functional Theory Studies
(2011-10-21)Pt-based alloy surfaces are used to catalyze the electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), where molecular oxygen is converted into water on fuel cell electrodes. In this work, we address challenges due to the cost ... -
Ozone (o3) efficacy on reduction of phytophthora capsici in recirculated horticultural irrigation water
(2009-05-15)Microorganisms that cause plant disease have been isolated in recirculated irrigation water and increase the risks of disease incidence in horticultural operations. Ozone is an effective oxidizer used to disinfect drinking ...