R-3 Repository

Rice University Research Repository

The Rice Research Repository (R-3) provides access to research produced at Rice University, including theses and dissertations, journal articles, research center publications, datasets, and academic journals. Managed by Fondren Library, R-3 is indexed by Google and Google Scholar, follows best practices for preservation, and provides DOIs to facilitate citation. Woodson Research Center collections, including Rice Images and Documents and the Task Force on Slavery, Segregation, and Racial Injustice, have moved here.

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Texas State Legislative Session

(Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Valikhanova, Aiganym; Dawson, Lauren; Delisi, Anna; Goolsby, Karen; Niznik, Aaron; Njeh, Joy; Perez, Katherine; Potter, Daniel; Simburger, Dylan; Williams, Lee

The Texas legislature’s 89th regular session commenced on January 14, 2025, and will run until June 2, 2025. During this 140-day legislative period, the state legislature will introduce and vote on bills, resolutions, and emergency matters. School vouchers, public school funding, water supply, and cannabis regulations are some of the key issues in this session. To evaluate public expectations for this legislative session and support for proposed policies, residents in Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery Counties who are part of the Greater Houston Community Panel were asked about their top priorities for state legislators and how strongly they support or oppose the proposed issues.

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Financial Knowledge, Banking, and Fintech in Houston and Harris County

(Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Potter, Daniel; Dawson, Lauren; DeLisi, Anna; Goolsby, Karen; Niznik, Aaron; Njeh, Joy; Perez, Katherine; Simburger, Dylan; Valikhanova, Aiganym; Williams, Lee

Financial literacy and access to capital through a bank are both related to improved economic well-being. To better understand these issues, the Greater Houston Community Panel (GHCP) asked residents of Houston and Harris County, Texas, to report on their financial knowledge, use of banks, and use of more modern financial technology applications (fintech). This report provides a snapshot of the findings.

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Laser-induced graphene sensors and methods of making and using same

(2025-02-18) Tour, James Mitchell; Luong X, Duy; Yang, Kaichun; Arnusch, Christopher John; Singh, Swatantra Pratap; Thakur, Amit Kumar; Stanford, Michael G.; Li, John T.; Presutti, Steven E.; Rice University; B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY; United States Patent and Trademark Office

Gas sensors having laser-induced graphene (LIG) and/or LIG composites, and methods of making and using gas sensors having LIG and/or LIG composites.

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An Overview of the Nuclear Age

(2024) Kean, Tom

This piece is an overview of more than seventy-five years of technological growth in the use of nucle-ar material for the military, power production, and the exploration of new applications of nuclear en-ergy, such as nuclear medicine. It has three major sections: 1) the discovery of uranium and the sub-sequent research, testing, development, and deployment of nuclear weapons; 2) the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes (e.g., energy production and medical care); and 3) the potential of recent advances in nuclear technologies to provide smaller, safer, and more efficient means of nuclear power generation. Overlaying each of these sections are three subsections: a) public perceptions of the use of nuclear technologies both for military and peaceful purposes; b) safety issues, such as design flaws, accidents, unintended consequences, human error, and our willingness (or lack thereof) to learn from our mistakes; and c) the state of domestic and international relationships and tensions in the world we live in. Throughout the piece, the author has inserted opinions on aspects of the history, materials, and issues it raises; these opinions are solely the author’s.

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Methods, compositions and uses thereof for reversing sarcopenia

(2025-02-04) Karsenty, Gerard; Berger, Julian; Xiao, Han; Rice University; The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York; United States Patent and Trademark Office

Exemplary methods, compositions and uses thereof can be provided for preventing, reducing and/or treating loss of muscle function. In particular, e.g., it is possible to administer to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that enhances Interleukin-6 (IL) release during exercise, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.