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Contributions of fungi to carbon flow and nutrient cycling from standing dead Typha angustifolia leaf litter in a temperate freshwater marsh - Copyright by the Ecological Society of America
(Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, 2011-02-03)Standing dead plant litter often constitutes a large fraction of the detritus in many freshwater marshes and lake littoral habitats. Despite this evidence, microbial decay processes in standing litter and its contribution ... -
Effect of Framing on Public Opinion of Minimum Wage by the Mass Media
(2014)During President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address, he claimed that he would issue an Executive Order to increase the national minimum wage for federally funded employees. This increase would raise the minimum ... -
Sitting Bull, Buffalo Bill, and Native American Stereotypes
(2014)Sitting Bull was a great Sioux warrior, holy man and Chief who resisted white culture and domination in the 1800s. The chief was invited by William Cody, aka “Buffalo Bill,” to join the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show for ... -
Alternative Periodic Tables
(2014)Over 200 years since the creation of the periodic system, it would not be surprising to see more variations or completely different versions of the periodic table. Some examples of these innovative ways people thought of ... -
Changing the Perception of Chemistry through Community Outreach: Inspiring Future Scientists
(2014-03)The Kappa Epsilon Mu (KEM) Club at Texas Woman's University (TWU) plays an integral part of our Denton campus and local community. As a student organization representing TWU, our goal is to inspire the next generation of ... -
Structural and Thermodynamic Studies of the i-Motif of DNA: Sequence Context Effects
(Texas Woman's University, 2014-04)The telomere, located at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes, consists of tandem repeating nucleic acid bases. The G rich strand, with a (TTAGGG) repeat, of the human telomere has a C-rich complimentary stand (a CCCTAA ... -
Lower-limb dynamics in two approaches of stair descent initiation: walk and stand
(Texas Woman's University, Denton, 2014-04)The purpose of this study was to study the effects of different stair descent strategy on peak joint moment and peak joint power in healthy young adults. Fourteen healthy young subjects (8 males and 6 females) performed ... -
How Student-Teacher Relationships Influence School Climate: A Literature Review
(TWU Research Symposium, 2014-04)Student-teacher relationships contribute to the phenomenon of school climate (Fan, Williams, & Corkin, 2011; Lee, 2012; Thapa, Cohen, Guffey, & Higgins-D’Alessandro, 2013). A considerable amount of research has focused on ... -
Bullying of Students with Disabilities in Physical Education: A bibliometric analysis (1988 to 2013)
(2014-04-08)The purpose of the bibliometric study was to determine the quantity and quality of research on bullying of students with disabilities in physical education through a trend analysis. Using this research method, the initial ... -
Influences of a Token Economy Reward System with Visual and Verbal Cues on Treadmill Walking Time for an Adult with Autism and an Intellectual Disability
(2014-04-08)The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of a token economy reward system with visual and verbal cues on treadmill walking time for an adult diagnosed with autism and an intellectual disability. An A1-B-A2 ... -
Effects of Different Exercise Environments on Perceived Exercise Affect for an Adult with Cerebral Palsy
(2014-04-08)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of different exercise environments (public vs non-public gym) on perceived exercise affect (feelings) for an adult with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: The ... -
Charting a Green Path Ahead: Texas Woman’s University’s Journey to Sustainability
(Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium, 2014-04-09)Three years ago Texas Woman’s University took to heart the American Chemical Society’s goal to become completely sustainable within 150 years. Ever since then, we as a university have been working toward a more environmentally ... -
The importance of M140 and M141 protein complex in mouse Cytomegalovirus
(Texas Woman's University, 2014-04-15)Cytomegalovirus can be harmless to most but harmful to those with comprised immune systems. Between 50 to 80 percent of adults in the United States are infected by the age of 40. Once CMV is in a person's body, it stays ... -
SEPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF COTTONSEED OIL DEODORIZER DISTILLATE (CODD) USING MOLECULAR DISTILLATION
(2014-05-01)A molecular distillation (MD) method was developed to separate the unsaponifiables from Cottonseed oil deodorizer distillate (CODD), which contains free fatty acids (FFA), mono/diglycerides, tocopherols and sterols. Using ... -
LEARN BY DOING: MICROSCOPIC STUDIES OF A PLANT PARASITE, ORANGE RUST, GYMNOCONIA SP. (PHRAGMIDIACEAE)
(2015)Microscopy is an exciting, hands-on, active learning resource for students that can inspire a lifelong interest in science. As part of the Quality Enhancement Plan entitled ‘Pioneering Pathways: Learn by Doing’ at our ... -
Pedagogy, Art and Poetry: The Beautiful Side of Teaching
(2015)The catalyst of ongoing, enduring, self-perpetuating cycles of learning becomes the highest form of expressive art. Memorable experiences, activities, and words can add the artistic aspect and heart to teaching. Carefully ... -
Financial literacy: How it affects the choices families make about their finances
(2015-04-13)The current economic environment has fostered a major concern about Americans financial security, especially for those who lack the skills and resources to withstand the financial market downswings. Financial literacy is ... -
Biomechanical Knee Risk Factors Between Horizontal and Vertical Landing Conditions.
(2015-04-15)The purpose of this experiment was to determine biomechanical risk factors for knee injury between horizontal and vertical landing conditions. This experiment was performed using a 3 dimensional motion camera ... -
Working Memory, Attention, and Processing Speed Predict Academic Achievement
(2015-11-05)The purpose of this study was to determine if the relationship among working memory, attention, and processing speed differentially contributes to areas of academic achievement (i.e., reading, writing, mathematics, and ...
