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(1957)
• #### Progress toward the development of an enzymatic zonulolytic reagent for the noninvasive treatment of cataracts ﻿

(2004)
A cataract is an opacification of the ocular lens, which is suspended behind the pupil by filaments called zonules. While cataracts are surgically treatable, limited economic resources currently hinder the treatment of ...
• #### Progress towards a model compound for the active site of sulfite reductase. Part I. Synthesis of tetrathiol porphyrin ligands. Part II. Reaction of a tetrathiol porphyrin with the iron-sulfur cubane cluster ﻿

(1993)
Part I. Novel mercaptoethoxy and mercaptoxylyleneoxy derivatives of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin, H$\sb2$TPP, and meso-tetranaphthalporphyrin, H$\sb2$TNP, with the potential for coordinating an iron-sulfur cubane cluster, ...
• #### Progressive haptic guidance for a dynamic task in a virtual training environment ﻿

(2009)
This thesis presents the motivation for and implementation of a novel progressive haptic guidance scheme designed to improve the efficiency of a virtual training environment used for skill acquisition. A detailed expertise-based ...
• #### Progressive shoaling of the equatorial Pacific thermocline over the last eight glacial periods ﻿

(2015)
The depth of equatorial Pacific thermocline is diagnostic of the main modes of tropical climates. Past estimates of Pacific thermocline dynamics have been reconstructed either for the Last Glacial Maximum or on longer ...
• #### Progressive source-channel coding of images over bursty error channels ﻿

(1998-10-20)
Transmission of compressed image data over noisy channels is an important problem and has been investigated in a variety of scenarios. In this paper, we propose a progressive time-varying source-channel coding system for ...
• #### A Project ﻿

(1960-02-13)
• #### Project Accelerated ﻿

(1964-09-24)
• #### Projecting the Ringstraße-Building ﻿

(2015-04-09)
1. Architecture and urbanism works at a scale today like never before. We tend to make building out of certain scale, as we attempt to make building at larger scale, they separate and become independent buildings, and that ...
• #### Projection algorithms for conic programming with applications in compressed sensing ﻿

(2007)
Convex conic programming is a general optimization model which includes linear, second-order-cone and semi-definite programming. Many of these programs can be solved via interior-point methods, yet the high demands on ...
• #### Projection methods for model reduction of large-scale dynamical systems ﻿

(2003)
Numerical simulation of dynamical systems have been a successful means for studying complex physical phenomena. However, in large-scale settings, the system dimension makes the computations infeasible due to memory and ...
• #### Projective transformations in two complex variables ﻿

(1936)
Abstract Not Available.

(1976-10)
• #### Promenade at Highland Park, Houston, Tex. ﻿

(1907-01-01)
• #### Promenade in the Esbekieh Garden, Cairo ﻿

(1906)
Woman walking along a path through greenery and trees

(1980-10)
• #### Promiscuity ﻿

(1978-11-02)
• #### Promises broken: Breach of promise of marriage in England and Wales, 1753-1970 ﻿

(1991)
Breach of promise of marriage suits originated in the ecclesiastical courts; the Hardwicke Marriage Act, however, invalidated betrothals and forced jilted lovers to use the common law courts for redress. This study is based ...
• #### Promises To Keep ﻿

(1965-09-30)
• #### Promoting Growth, Maintaining Progressivity, and Dealing with the Fiscal Crisis CGE Simulations of a Temporary VAT Used for Debt Reduction ﻿

(2013)
Trade-offs between economic efficiency, growth, and distributional equity permeate economics, including discussions of tax policy and tax reform. Computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling is one tool that is often used ...
• #### Promoting Growth, Maintaining Progressivity, and Dealing with the Fiscal Crisis: CGE Simulations of a Temporary VAT Used for Debt Reduction ﻿

(2013)
Trade-offs between economic efficiency, growth, and distributional equity permeate economics, including discussions of tax policy and tax reform. Computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling is one tool that is often used ...
• #### Promoting Tobacco Cessation and Smoke-Free Workplaces Through Community Outreach Partnerships in Puerto Rico ﻿

(2014)
Background: Puerto Rico (PR) has a lower smoking prevalence than the United States (14.8% vs. 21.2%, respectively); nevertheless, the five leading causes of death are associated with smoking. There is a need to implement ...
• #### Promotions to Advance Eighteen; Rorschach Chosen As Chairman ﻿

(1966-05-05)
• #### Prompt neutrons from proton-induced fission ﻿

(1966)
Spectra of neutron time-of-flight vs fission fragment energy have been measured for proton-induced fission of U238 and Th232 at a bombarding energy of 9 MeV. The proton beam was provided by the Rice University Tandem Van ...
• #### The Pronaos and Entrance to the Funeral Chamber. ﻿

(1902)
Drawing of the entrance to the catacombs at Alexandria, with ornamented pillars and statues around the room.
• #### Proof of the Pudding ﻿

(1962-03-09)
• #### Proof Of The Pudding ﻿

(1963-10-16)
• #### Proof: an implementation of theorem-proving with equality ﻿

(1969)
Mechanical theorem-proving has, in the past, been hindered by the lack of an efficient method of treating the equality relation. A system (developed by E. E. Sibert) of first-order logic has been defined based on the ...

(1973-10)

(2001)

(2001)
• #### Propagation of antiplane waves in an elastic solid containing a distribution of parallel cracks ﻿

(1993)
The propagation of antiplane waves in an unbounded linearly elastic solid that contains a distribution of flat cracks is considered. The cracks are parallel to each other, the distribution is dilute, and a wave is obliquely ...
• #### Propagation via a Peridynamics Formulation: A Stochastic\Deterministic Perspective ﻿

(2011)
Novel numerical methods for treating fractional differential and integrodifferential equations arising in non local mechanics formulations are proposed. For fractional differential equations arising in modeling oscillatory systems ...
• #### Properties and applications of bottlebrush polymers ﻿

(2014-04-21)
This work presented in this dissertation aims to understand physical and chemical properties of bottlebrush polymers and determine their potential for applications including for anti-fouling surfaces and for reduction in ...
• #### Properties of cooperatively induced phases in sensing models ﻿

(2015)
A large number of eukaryotic cells are able to directly detect external chemical gradients with great accuracy and the ultimate limit to their sensitivity has been a topic of debate for many years. Previous work has been ...
• #### Properties of functions which uniformize certain classes of simply connected Riemann surfaces ﻿

(1958)
Three classes of simply connected Riemann surfaces are considered in the following study. They are designated as Class III, Class IV, and Class V in keeping with the notation of Classes I, II, and III already considered ...
• #### PROPERTIES OF STYRENE-DIMETHYLSILOXANE BLOCK COPOLYMERS AND STYRENE-DIMETHYLSILOXANE DIBLOCK COPOLYMER/POLYSTYRENE HOMOPOLYMER BLENDS ﻿

(1987)
Styrene-dimethylsiloxane (S-DMS) di- and triblock copolymers, whose overall molecular weight ranged from 3,800 to 4.7 $\times$ 10$\sp5$, and styrene contents from 4 to 96%, were studied using differential scanning calorimetry ...

(1960-07)
• #### property Conveyor ﻿

(2015-04-15)
The innovative and entrepreneurial drive are constructs that inform the collective American psyche, and a balance between exclusive, limited rights to knowledge and the free conveyance of knowledge within the public realm ...

(1972)
• #### PROPERTY RIGHTS, ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR -- TANZANIA AND KENYA ﻿

(1983)
This dissertation is an application of recent innovations in analytical economic history to the field of development. It applies the modern economic theory of property rights and North's recently advanced theory of the ...

(2007)

(2000)
• #### Prophet: A context-aware framework for construction site applications ﻿

(2004)
Construction sites are information intensive environments. The timely and satisfactory completion of any project depends on the accessibility of project information to the construction project engineers. Up to now, accessing ...

(1971)

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(1910)
• #### A Proposal for Immigration Reform ﻿

(2007)
It is not possible to deport the 10 million to 20 million undocumented workers currently in the United States without incurring unacceptable political and economic costs. However, there is not a consensus in the United ...

(1929)

(1929)

(1903)
• #### Proposed Constitution Amendment ﻿

(1966-01-06)
• #### Proposed cover for Rice Stadium ﻿

(1966)
Architect John McGinty's model for a proposed rain cover for the Rice Stadium. Original resource is a black and white photograph.
• #### Proposed location of Rice Institute Stadium ﻿

(1948-01-15)
• #### Proposed monument at Chinese Pavilion in Hermann Park, Houston, architectural drawing ﻿

(1983)
This monument, called the Silver Spike Monument, was installed in 1983 at Hermann Park, Houston, Texas. Charles S. Chan is known as the first Chinese architect in Houston.
• #### Proposed physical environment for a specific cultural setting ﻿

(1972)
The purpose of formulating and implementing development plans has always been, in its outcome, an effort to ensure the continuity and maintenance of cultural growth. Development planners, however, have always concerned ...

(1920)

(1920)
• #### The Pros . . . ﻿

(1961-12-08)