Browsing Rice University Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Ras-dependent and Ras-independent effects of PI3K in Drosophila motor neurons
(2012)The lipid kinase PI3K plays key roles in cellular responses to activation of receptor tyrosine kinases or G protein coupled receptors such as the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR). Activation of the PI3K catalytic ... -
Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupled Quantum Gases
(2014-04-04)Spin-orbit (SO) coupling leads to many fundamental phenomena in a wide range of quantum systems from nuclear physics, condensed matter physics to atomic physics. For instance, in electronic condensed matter systems, SO ... -
RATE EFFECTS IN PLASTICITY
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Rate-distortion optimized packet scheduling for video streaming
(2006)Internet video streaming places new demands on source coding and network transport algorithms. The challenge is to deliver compressed video packets before their play-out deadline, despite of varying throughput, packet ... -
RATES OF METHYL TRANSFERS WITH VARIABLE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS
(1986)Identity rate constants were measured for the reaction of arylphenylsulfides with arylphenylsulfonium triflates in sulfolane, with the aim of using these as input for the Marcus equation and to find the transition state ... -
Rates of solubilization of triolein and triolein/fatty acid mixtures and dissolution processes of neat surfactants
(1998)Videomicroscopy was used to measure rates of solubilization of triolein drops injected into thin, rectangular glass cells containing solutions of nonionic surfactants and their mixtures with alcohols at various temperatures. ... -
Rational points on del Pezzo surfaces of degree 1 and 2
(2011)One of the fundamental problems in Algebraic Geometry is to study solutions to certain systems of polynomial equations in several variables, or in other words, find rational points on a given variety which is defined by ... -
Rbt1 is required for Nitric Oxide Stress Resistance in the Human Commensal Fungus Candida albicans
(2013-12-03)Candida albicans is a human‐resident opportunistic fungal pathogen. Persistence of C. albicans is largely affected by resistance to host‐generate nitric oxide (NO) mediated nitrosative stress. The transcription factor Cta4 ... -
RCC: A compiler for the R language for statistical computing
(2004)R is a programming language for statistics that enables users to express computation at a high level of abstraction. Until now, its only implementation has been the R interpreter. Though interpretation is convenient for ... -
(Re)collecting the past: Fashion, wardrobe, and memory
(2003)An ethnographic look at different segments of the vintage clothing and used clothing markets in order to understand the practices of people who sell, purchase, collect, keep, display in museums, and auction used clothes ... -
(Re)growing the Tree: Early Christian Mysticism, Angelomorphic Identity, and the Shepherd of Hermas
(2014-04-08)This study analyzes the Shepherd of Hermas with a focus on those elements within the text that relate to the transformation of the righteous into the androgynous embodied divine glory. In so doing, Hermas is placed within ... -
Re-Engineering the alkanolamine absorption process to economize carbon capture
(2013-09-16)Climate change caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) released from the combustion of fossil fuels threatens to have a devastating impact on human life. Power plants that burn coal and natural gas to produce electricity generate ... -
Re-imagining race and representation: The black body in the Nation of Islam
(2009)As a project located in the academic field of the study of African American religion, this dissertation examines the black body in four critical moments of the Nation of Islam (NOI), represented by the ministries of Elijah ... -
Re-inscribing the figure within the machinic sublime
(1995)Emerging morphology of American megalopoli includes a parallel arrival of megastructures and correlative empty spaces. Anthropomorphic relations to these phenomenon have been ignored in favor of economic efficacy and mass ... -
Re-inventing Europe: Culture, style and post-socialist change in Bulgaria
(2010)On the basis of extended field research in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 2004 and 2006, this project provides an ethnographic account of the predicament of art and culture producers after the end of socialism. The end of socialism ... -
Re-locating rural Portugal: Narrative clues to community and culture
(1994)This dissertation describes the multiple ways in which the Portuguese place named Cavaleiro can be construed as a community in terms of local subjectivities, the social positioning which occurs in relation to broader ... -
Reaction dynamics of excited states of helium and magneto-optical trapping of helium metastable atoms
(1993)The temperature dependence of conversion of $\rm He(2\sp3S\sb1)$ metastable atoms to $\rm He\sb2(a\sp3\Sigma\sbsp{u}{+})$ metastable molecules in the three-body reaction $\rm He(2\sp3S\sb1)+ 2He(1\sp1S\sb0)\to He\sb2(a\s ... -
Reaction kinetics and mechanisms of inorganic hydrides on germanium surfaces
(1992)The surface reactivity of germanium is of interest because of novel Si$\sb{x}$Ge$\sb{1-x}$ heterostructure applications and the insight into semiconductor surface chemistry attainable through comparative studies on silicon ...
