• The slave code of Texas. 

  Lockhart, W. E. (1929)

• Approaches to understanding the cumulative effects of stressors on marine mammals. 

  Winfield, Zach C., 1992-; 0000-0002-7744-3737 (2020-12-03)

  In 2017, The National Academy of Sciences reported on the approaches to understanding the cumulative effects of stressors on marine mammals and suggested the use of baleen whale earplugs to evaluate both stress and stressors. ...

• Efforts toward an enantioselective total synthesis of (–)-oxazolomycin B and simplified chemical probes for proteomics studies; pharmacophore-directed retrosynthesis applied to gracilin A : simplified bioactive derivatives. 

  Chaheine, Christian M., 1991-; 0000-0002-9613-9474 (2020-11-20)

  The oxazolomycins are bioactive peptide-polyketide hybrid natural products first isolated in 1985 by Uemura and co-workers from Streptomyces bacteria. Their complex structure and wide-ranging bioactivity against various ...

• Assessing precision and application of marker placement device to enhance motion capture studies. 

  Whiddon, Forrest J., 1994-; 0000-0002-3579-8572 (2020-11-13)

  Motion capture has become an important clinical tool used in applications of therapy and treatment plans as well as surgical evaluations. However, due to factors such as human error, having multiple examiners, and using ...

• Stochastic computing & stochastic resonance in digital & analog neuromorphic systems. 

  Boline, Jacob, 1992- (2020-11-17)

  Stochastic computing is an alternative method to standard deterministic methods. This thesis explores stochastic resonance in a spiking neuron, and leverages the effects it has to implement stochastic computing in an analog ...

• Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic design of small unmanned aircraft system propellers at low Reynolds numbers. 

  Sanchez, Ricardo D., 1996- (2020-11-19)

  The Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) has become an overwhelmingly important asset for military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in addition to a multitude of needs in the commercial industry. More research ...

• Evaluation of structural behavior using constituent material properties and finite element analysis for large format fiber reinforced composites made from recycled polymers. 

  Pulipati, Daniel P., 1991-; 0000-0002-6265-3352 (2020-12-03)

  Recycling of polymers is of great interest to society with industry and government focusing on new applications to reduce waste generation. Most polymers have low modulus and strength compared to metals, and based on the ...

• Artificial materials and the Zenneck surface wave. 

  Brighton, David A., 1996-; 0000-0002-3383-2706 (2020-11-23)

  Spatial control of electromagnetic energy has, and will continue to be, one of the preeminent factors in any electromagnetic design. This control is made possible by energy storage, which in turn comes about as a result ...

• Development of an optical cavity-based biosensor for point-of-care diagnostics. 

  Rho, Donggee, 1989- (2020-11-02)

  An optical cavity-based biosensor (OCB) has been developed using a differential detection method towards point-of-care (POC) diagnostic applications. The optical cavity consisting of two partially reflective surfaces with ...

• Ideation, validity, and practicality of using virtual reality to conduct the Wolf Motor Function Test for upper limb stroke patients. 

  Nuckols, Amanda Megan, 1997-; 0000-0001-8332-1851 (2020-11-13)

  In this study, 11 subjects between the ages of 19 and 35 years old performed tasks selected from the official Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) – Hand to Table, Hand to Box, and Lift Can. Subjects performed the tasks in ...

• Investigating the impact of interacting with real world objects in virtual environments. 

  Nelson, Bradley T., 1996- (2020-11-19)

  Virtual reality (VR) systems allow users to be fully immersed in a virtual world. Incorporating physical objects such as stairs in to virtual reality could provide better immersion and create new uses for these systems. ...

• Convection measurements in scale models of additively manufactured turbine blade cooling passages. 

  Stafford, Gabriel J., 1997-; 0000-0002-5071-8278 (2020-11-12)

  High pressure gas-turbine blades and components are typically constructed with interior cooling air passages. Additive manufacturing processes, such as direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), enable creation of novel turbine ...

• Child care affordability moderates the association between work-schedule flexibility and quality of life in working mothers of young children. 

  Pavlov, Christina Louise, 1996-; 0000-0002-6208-4137 (2020-11-06)

  Research indicates that working mothers of young children are at a heightened risk for negative outcomes resulting from work-family conflict. This study examined the associations between work-schedule flexibility, child ...

• The Americanization of Italians in Thurber, Texas, 1880-1920. 

  Idone, Raffaele, 1989-; 0000-0001-8000-0315 (2020-12-03)

  Italian families arrived in Thurber, Texas, at the beginning of the twentieth century, fleeing conditions of extreme poverty and high rates of unemployment in Italy. They responded to the American demand for low-cost ...

• Quality of life assessment in a weight loss intervention. 

  Rightmer, Lane J., 1992- (2020-11-09)

  This study evaluated whether there was a difference in quality of life scores at the end of an intervention that evaluated the effect of leucine supplementation and calorie-restricted diet over a 12-week period in mid-life ...

• Constructing a nectar delivery system for mosquito control using Impatiens walleriana. 

  Pruett, Grace E., 1991-; 0000-0002-9799-1968 (2020-11-18)

  Mosquitoes are vectors of numerous human pathogens. These pathogens are spread when female mosquitoes blood feed to lay eggs. Since males do not feed on blood and females mostly need blood to produce eggs, both consume ...

• Tyro : a first step towards automatically generating parallel programs from sequential programs. 

  Sanjel, Arun, 1995- (2020-11-03)

  Currently, MapReduce is used as the standard for automatic parallelization of programs. However, MapReduce restricts programs to a simple framework with limited parallelism but still requires the user to understand parallelism ...

• The impact of dietary acculturation and food availability in the body composition of Division I female international student-athletes. 

  Cherpe de Souza, Leticia, 1996-; 0000-0003-1753-284X (2020-11-20)

  Body composition plays an important role in sports in optimizing performance in athletes. Although there is a gap in research concerning international student-athletes, international students with high levels of acculturation ...

• Investigations of the plasma conditions in the sheath using dust grain as probes. 

  Ashrafi, Khandaker Sharmin, 1986- (2020-11-03)

  Dust particles can be levitated against gravity in the sheath of the plasma, and different types of ordered structures can be formed by adjusting the pressure and power of the system. To explain the formation and stability ...

• Meals on Wheels : change in Central Texas participants’ self-perceived nutritional health risk and comparison of demographics to national averages. 

  Onyima, Ifunanya, 1994-; 0000-0003-3340-9972 (2020-11-17)

  Meals on Wheels (MOW), a federally-supported program, provides nutrition support to older adults. Research shows positive correlations between MOW participation and increased health status and quality of life. This study ...

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