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The Effects of Environment on Memory and Reasoning Skills: Comparing Natural and Artificial Environments
(2020-05)The Attention Restoration Theory (ART) suggests that our directed attention is subject to fatigue, and that the presence of nature and natural environments allows us to recover from that fatigue, consequently improving ... -
The Effects of Live Plants and Windows on Peoples' Use of Interior Study Spaces and their Perceived Quality of Life and Stress Levels
(2011-12)The main objective of this study was to examine the effects of live plants and windows in interior spaces on space usage and stress levels of users. Sites were selected based on their accessibility to the general population, ... -
The Effects of Live Plants and Window Views of Green Spaces on Employee Perceptions of Job Satisfaction
(2006-12)The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the presence of live interior plants or window views of exterior green spaces on perceptions of employee job satisfaction. The survey was posted on the Aggie ... -
The Impact of Interior Houseplants in University Classrooms on Course Performance and on Perceptions of the Course and Instructor
(2006-08)While the aesthetic values of interior greenery are obvious, some research has suggested that interior living plants may offer some psychological and restorative values, such as reduced tension, better coping mechanisms, ... -
Localization of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) in the Hypothalamus of Fetal Bovine
(2001-05)Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) are mammalian gonadotropins released from the anterior pituitary by Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) in the hypothalamus. Various analogs ofGnRH have ... -
Tenderness and pH Evaluation of Beef Loins and Cooking Loss of Ground Beef from Three Different Sources
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Anthelmintic Potential of Plant Extracts on Helminths in Small Ruminants
(2019-12)Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) cause substantial economic loss in the livestock industry. Currently, many anthelmintic drugs being used to treat GIN fall under only three classes of drugs. This leaves relatively few ... -
Examining the Quality of a Compost Product Derived from Sargassum (Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum Natans)
(2019-04-23)The free-floating algae known as sargassum (Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans) drifts onto coastlines throughout the Atlantic during spring and summer months. Beach communities, such as those along the Texas Gulf ... -
A Feasibility Study of Hydroponic Shipping Container Farms in Businesses and Schools: Identifying the Influential Factors, Benefits, and Challenges
(2018-11-27)Agriculture is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the United States. It generated $992 billion in 2015 (Glaser, 2016). However, studies have identified that the agriculture sector has become increasingly ...
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The Correlation Between Color and Electrical Conductivity in Beef
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The Effect of Horticultural Community Service Programs on Recidivism Numbers of Offenders
(2017-07-27)The average cost of housing a single inmate in the United States is roughly $31,286 a year, bringing the total average cost states spend on corrections to an average of more than $50 billion a year. Statistics show 1 in ... -
Low-molecular-weight organic acids as a phosphorus nutrient amendment for Solanum melongena production in calcareous soils of the Central Texas Region
(2015-04-30)Phosphorus (P) is a vital component for crop production systems and a non-renewable fertilizer resource. Although P applications to farms has been considered a root cause of increased global yields, it has come at the ... -
Secondary Agriculture Educators' Perceptions of the Importance and Capability of Teaching Agricultural Food Science
(2017-04-21)Throughout the last decade, numerous research reports have highlighted the importance of food science and its critical role in maintaining the nation's food supply (Marsh & Bugusu, 2007). Though this is an important trend ... -
Predicting Water Holding Capacity and Forms of Water Loss in Beef Sources
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Tenderness, Consistency and Cooking Loss of Beef Loins and Ground Beef from two Different Genetic Types of Cattle
(2017-04-19)Producing consist quality beef that satisfies the consumers' demand is one of the major challenges in the beef industry. The focus of this study involved two experiments designed to measure two parameters of meat quality, ... -
Agriculture Teachers of Texas: Who will stay and who will go?
(2017-04-14)This study focused on the factors that affect the retention of agriculture teachers in the state of Texas. Results of the study concluded that the key reasons agriculture teachers are staying in the teaching profession ... -
Career Satisfaction of Texas School-Based Female Agriculture Mechanics Teachers: An Examination of Influential Factors
(2015-07)The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental descriptive study is to assess the job satisfaction of female agricultural mechanics teachers in the state of Texas. Job satisfaction of agriculture teachers is an ...
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Rangeland Biomass Utilization: Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) as a model for energy, food and fodder in Central and South Texas
(2015-08)This study is a descriptive study of Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) as a useful crop in bio-energy and agroforestry and landowner interest in the utilization of mesquite. Mesquite historically had been seen as a useful plant ... -
Willingness to Pay for a Native Central Texan Plant as a Food Source</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
(2013-12)The purpose of this study is to test the consumer willingness to pay rate of a native Texas plant fruit product for the restaurant industry as well as for the consumer market. Farmers' markets and restaurants specializing ...
