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Exploring the relationships between vegetation measurements and temperature in residential areas by integrating LIDAR and remotely sensed imagery
(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Population growth and urban sprawl have contributed to the formation of significant urban heat island phenomena in Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States. The population growth in Houston was 25.8% ... -
Exploring the Role of Positive Psychology Constructs as Protective Factors Against the Impact of Negative Environmental Variables on the Subjective Well-being of Older Adults
(2011-08-08)The present study explored how older adults adapt to the negative changes that often occur as people age. This study sought to provide a comprehensive investigation of how the positive psychology variables of hope, optimism, ... -
Exploring the Underlying Factor Structure of the Home Literacy Environment (HLE) in a Spanish Translation of the Familia Inventory
(2014-06-02)Differences in children?s skills at the beginning of formal schooling have been reported, with Hispanic children, often performing below their Caucasian counterparts. The home literacy environment (HLE) has been reported ... -
Exploring Two Phases of Design-by-Analogy "Multiple Solutions" and "Multiple Analogies"
(2010-10-12)Idea generation and design-by-analogy are core parts of design. Designers need tools to assist them in developing creative and innovative ideas. Analogy is one such tool that helps designers solve design problems. It is a ... -
Exploring Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) for Emergency Management: Toward a Wiki GIS Framework
(2011-10-21)The past three years have witnessed unprecedented growth of user-generated volunteered geographic information (VGI) on the Web. Although scholars, decision makers, and citizens have recognized the potential value of VGI ... -
Exponentially-convergent Monte Carlo for the One-dimensional Transport Equation
(2014-04-23)An exponentially-convergent Monte Carlo (ECMC) method is analyzed using the one-group, one-dimension, slab-geometry transport equation. The method is based upon the use of a linear discontinuous finite-element trial space ... -
Expression and Evaluation of Recombinant Babesia bovis Antigens of Vaccine Potential Against Tick Fever in Cattle
(2013-01-07)Babesia bovis is a causative agent of bovine babesiosis and is transmitted by vector ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp. The disease has a high mortality rate in susceptible cattle, causing serious economic loss. At ... -
Expression and regulation of select interferon stimulated genes in porcine endometrium during pregnancy
(2009-05-15)Coordinated signals between the maternal endometrium and conceptus during the peri-implantation period are essential for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. In pigs, this involves estrogen secretion from ... -
Expression of Candidate Genes for Horn Growth in Early Bovine Development
(2011-02-22)Bovine horns develop primarily after birth and the presence or absence of horns is due to a single gene. It has been reported that the horn bud appears in the bovine embryo at d 60 of gestation. Our hypothesis is that ... -
Expression of defense genes in sorghum grain mold and tagging and mapping a sorghum anthracnose resistance gene
(2009-05-15)Sorghum grain mold and anthracnose are two major diseases of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) that constrain sorghum production worldwide. Grain mold is caused by several species of fungi, but the two most common are Curvularia ... -
Expression of the bovine DNA (cytosine 5) methyltransferase family during preimplantation development and aberrations induced by somatic cell nuclear transfer
(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Bovine preimplantation embryos derived from nuclear transfer experiments exhibit a global state of genomic hypermethylation that likely account for the large number of developmental abnormalities observed to date. The ... -
Expression of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone in Cervical Epithelial Cells
(2015-02-19)Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is an important endocrine hormone of the pituitary affecting metabolism, development, and immunity. However, TSH has lesser known roles in other bodily processes. Cells of the peripheral ... -
Extended Homozygosity Score Tests to Detect Positive Selection in Genome-wide Scans
(2011-08-08)Positive natural selection is recognized as the driving force underneath evolution. One of the surest signatures of recent positive selection is a local elevation of advantageous allele frequency and linkage disequilibrium ... -
Extended three-dimensional ADCIRC hydrodynamic model to include baroclinic flow and sediment transport
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The objective of this research is to identify the circulation patterns of the water and sediment fluxes in coastal and estuarine zones, where the shoaling processes correlate with tide generating flow patterns. The research ... -
Extending and Formalizing the Energy Signature Method for Calibrating Simulations and Illustrating with Application for Three California Climates
(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)This thesis extends and formalizes the energy signature method developed by Wei et al. (1998) for the rapid calibration of cooling and heating energy consumption simulations for commercial buildings. This method is based ... -
Extending Coherent Effects from Atomic and Molecular Media to Plasmas and Nanostructures
(2012-02-14)Quantum coherence and interference(QCI) effects have been studied for decades and are widely exploited in many areas. For media with QCI effect, the optical properties can change drastically, which leads to many interesting ... -
Extending Shelf Life of Sliced Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) by using Vacuum Impregnation and Electron-beam Irradiation
(2013-01-14)Mushrooms are one of the protein rich foods, however they have a short pro-harvest life (2 to 3 days) compared to most vegetables. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether applying an anti-browning solution using ... -
Extending the Petrel Model Builder for Educational and Research Purposes
(2013-04-11)Reservoir Simulation is a very powerful tool used in the Oil and Gas industry to perform and provide various functions including but not limited to predicting reservoir performance, conduct sensitivity analysis to quantify ... -
Extending the utility of machine based height sensors to spatially monitor cotton growth
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The recommended procedures for implementing COTMAN; a cotton management expert system; suggest frequent crop scouting at numerous locations for each field. Machine based height sensors coupled with the ability to spatially ... -
Extending the Writing Paradigm: Is Writing Haiku Poetry Healing?
(2009-10-28)Haiku poetry was investigated in the context of the narrative writing paradigm to evaluate its healing potential. Participants, 98 introductory psychology students at a large southwestern university, wrote for 20 minutes ...