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Game Theoretical Framework for Distributed Dynamic Control in Smart Grids
(2013-12)In the emerging smart grids, production increasingly relies on a greater number of decentralized generation sites based on renewable energy sources. The variable nature of the new renewable energy sources will require a ... -
GAMIFY YOUR LIFE: GOAL ATTAINMENT USING VIDEO GAME MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS
(2016-05)Over the past two decades, advancements in technology have paved the way for the rise of video games as the world’s most popular entertainment medium. Researchers have dedicated a great deal of time and energy exploring ... -
Gaming While Black: The Social Identity of Black Gamers
(2016-12)Tabletop game, such as Dungeons and Dragons, are interactive worlds in which a person creates an avatar representation to explore fictional worlds. These avatars provide fertile ground for a person to explore different ... -
GaN Characterization by X-ray Techniques
(2015-08)Gallium nitride (GaN) is a binary III/V direct bandgap semiconductor. In recent years, due to its unique characteristics such as hard, mechanically stable, superior carrier saturation velocity, high heat capacity, and ... -
Gas Analysis using Auroral Spectroscopy
(2017)The Undergraduate Student Instrumentation Project (USIP) at the University of Houston is sending an Auroral Spectroscopy team to Alaska in March 2017. The team has designed a balloon-borne payload that contains a spectroscope ... -
Gas Shale Anisotropy and Mechanical Property: Laboratory Measurements and Mathematical Modeling
(2016-11-21)This dissertation focus on the study of elasticity, permeability, mechanical properties, and the mathematical modeling of Barnett shale. This study is based on the laboratory core measurements, literature data, and data ... -
Gas Shale Permeability and Velocity Measurement at Laboratory Scale
(December 2)Matrix permeability of gas shales is a crucial parameter for their characterization, production potential, and commercial development. Gas shales are an important reservoir type from an economic perspective because of their ... -
Gauging the Need for Scholarly Communications Library Support at a Research University
(2016-02-14)Due to increasing interest in Open Access (OA) on the University of Houston (UH) campus, librarians at UH collaborated with members of the Faculty Senate OA subcommittee to develop a survey to determine the extent of ... -
Gaussian Polynomial Filters and Generalized Shift-Invariant Frames
(December 2)We present and study a family of filters on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ consisting of Gaussian polynomials. That is, multipliers in the frequency domain that are products of polynomials and Gaussians. These filters are constructed ... -
GENDER ASSIGNMENT IN L2 SPANISH INTERLANGUAGE: COMPARISON AMONG ENLIGH, GERMAN, AND FRENCH L1 ADULT LEARNERS
(2013-05)The purpose of the present study was to examine gender assignment in second language Spanish at an advanced-beginner level. It also aimed to describe the nature of the relationship between the presence or absence of the ... -
Gender difference affects absorption and disposition of soy isoflavones in rats
(2010-05)Female Sprague-Dawley rats showed 2-fold higher total oral bioavailability (14C genistein) than male rats. Due to experimental limitations of measurement of radioactivity count, the absolute oral bioavailability of genistein ... -
Gender Differences in Creative Thinking in a Gifted and Talented and Artistically Talented Population
(2012-12)Gender differences in adolescents are a thoroughly researched topic of educational psychology. One of the gender differences between adolescents is creative thinking. Current findings have inconsistent results of which ... -
Gender Differences in Distress Tolerance Among a Psychiatric Inpatient Sample
(2018)Distress Tolerance (DT), defined as the perceived (i.e., self-report) or actual/behaviorally-indexed (e.g., breath holding (BH)) ability to tolerate negative or aversive emotional or physical states, is associated with ... -
Gender Role Identity, Gender Role Conflict, Conformity to Role Norms and Men’s Attitudes Toward Psychological Help-Seeking
(2013-08)Men typically seek less help than women in a variety of domains, including health concerns and psychological distress (see Courtenay, 2000, for a review). In order to understand this disparity, men’s attitudes toward seeking ... -
Gender Variation among Perceived Social Concomitants of Sexual Behavior in Emerging Adulthood
(2018)The decision to engage in sex may be associated with perceived social rewards and consequences, and are therefore referred to as social concomitants of sexual behavior. Likewise, such social concomitants may vary by gender. ... -
Gender, Video Game Playing and Kindergarten Children’s Mental Rotation Abilities
(2012-05)Strength in spatial abilities, specifically mental rotation abilities, has been consistently associated with increased mathematical achievement (Casey, Nuttall, & Pezaris, 1997). This particular skill, mental rotation, has ... -
Generalized Framework for Time-Sensitive Decision Support Systems
(2015-05)The University of Houston has various monitoring systems that feed information to Emergency Operations Centers for emergency decisions. Emergency decisions must be made utilizing the information available to Emergency ... -
GENESIS: Geospatial Environmental Nutrient Evaluation System for Inland Streams
(2013-08)Nutrients in natural water systems are necessary and not inherently harmful; however, in excess, they pose environmental harm and are thus considered “pollutants” necessitating management and control. While numerous models ... -
Genetic Background and Environment Influence the Effects of Mutations in pykF and Help Reveal Mechanisms Underlying Their Benefit
(2015-08)Resolving the relationship between genotypic and their effects remains a central challenge in the study of adaptation. Although parallel mutations, a signature of adaptation, have been observed a lot in natural and lab-evolved ...