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Machine learning approach for relating conjugated polymer conformation to location of the exciton.
(2017)This project was completed with contributions from Lena Simine, Thomas Allen, and Peter Rossky from the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University. -
Magnetic Slippery Extreme Icephobic Surfaces
(2017)Here we report new magnetic slippery surfaces outperforming state-of-the-art icephobic surfaces with a ice formation temperature of 34 C, 2–3 orders of magnitude higher delay time in ice formation, extremely low ice adhesion ... -
MAGNETIC, SUPERCONDUCTING AND TOPOLOGICAL ORDERS IN IRON-BASED t2g SYSTEM
(2014-05)Iron-based superconductors (FeSCs) are a class set of high-temperature supercon- ductor (HTS) based on different crystal structure and pairing symmetry from the Cu- based HTS. The world’s physicists, chemists and scientists ... -
Magnetic, Superconducting Orders and Impurity Effect in 122 Iron-Pnictides
(2015-05)Iron-based high temperature superconductors (HTS) were discovered in 2008; many experimental and theoretical studies have been initiated since then. Driven by several interesting experiments and based on a phenomenological ... -
Maintaining a Satisfying Marriage: A Narrative Analysis of Communication Skills, Stories, and Meanings in Marriage Education
(2010-12)In this study I explore how FamilyLife, a Christian organization committed to marriage education, stories marriage and the communicative behaviors that are emphasized. I completed a review of the current communication ... -
Maintaining Legacy Metadata in CONTENTdm: The Metadata Upgrade Project at the University of Houston
(2015-02-12)To ensure robust, reliable, retrievable and sharable metadata, the University of Houston (UH) Libraries initiated a Metadata Upgrade Project in 2013 to systematically audit and refine the quality of the metadata in the ... -
MAKING AUSTRIAN: CULTURAL MEMORY, NATIONALISM, AND PERFORMING IDENTITY POLITICS IN LATE IMPERIAL VIENNA
(2016-05)Since Carl Schorske’s seminal Fin-de-Siècle Vienna, an explosion of scholarship has focused on the capital city’s years leading to the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s collapse. While the veritable Petrie dish of nationalism in ... -
Managerial Overconfidence and Bank Loan Contracting
(August 201)I study the effect of managerial overconfidence on bank loan contracting. I find empirical evidence supporting that overconfidence as a personal trait of borrowing firm’s manager impacts loan contracting terms. Specifically, ... -
Managing Role Boundaries with Low Value Congruence: An Examination of Work-to-Family Conflict, Conscientiousness, and Unethical Work Behavior Intentions
(2016-12)This study investigated the impact of segmentation/integration value congruence on work interference with family (WIF) and how WIF may influence employees’ intentions to engage in unethical work behavior (UWB). The scarcity ... -
Managing the Rights to Your Publications
(2018-02-02)Slideshow from a presentation given at the University of Houston Libraries on February 2, 2018, as part of its second annual "Get Ready to Publish!" scholarly publishing event for UH graduate students. -
Mandatory Audit Rotation: An International Investigation
(2012-05)This study investigates whether mandatory auditor rotation rules are associated with changes in audit quality using available data from three countries that have adopted mandatory auditor rotation (MAR) rules. Consistent ... -
Manipulating Cells with a Dynamically Reconfigurable Electro-magnetic Coil
(2015-05)Current cancer screening techniques are often labor-intensive, require high initial costs, and are difficult to apply to cytology samples because of their heterogeneous nature. To address these issues, we are participating ... -
Mapping Gas-charged Fault Blocks Around the Vinton Salt Dome, Louisiana Using Gravity Gradiometry Data
(2012-08)Reflection seismic imaging of complex faulting and associated petroleum reservoirs adjacent to onshore salt domes in the Gulf Coast region is both expensive and time consuming. Modeling studies show that gravity gradiometry ... -
Mapping Iceland's Crustal Structure using Ambient seismic Noise
(2012-08)Iceland is a place of great geophysical interest due to its location over a mantle plume and on the Mid-Atlantic seafloor spreading ridge. Despite numerous geophysics studies, disagreements still exist in regards to crustal ... -
Mapping Subsurface Structures by Least-Squares Inversion of Seismic Data
(December 2)Accurate mapping of subsurface structure through seismic techniques is essential in oil and gas exploration. With the development of computational power, there has been an increased focus on data-fitting related seismic-inversion ... -
Mapping With Uniformly Controlled Stochastic Swarms
(2018)Multi-robot mapping of static worlds has presented a challenge of combining sensor data from each robot to generate accurate maps. Although much progress has been made towards solving this problem, this method is inapplicable ... -
Marine Data-Ferrying Using Swarms of Autonomous Underwater Robots to Network Sensor Modules with a Surface Ship
(2017)The emerging field of Ocean Big Data (OBD) aims to create efficient methods of collecting marine data used for military, environmental research, oil & gas, and fishing industries. Traditionally, sensors must be deployed, ... -
Maritime Vehicle Routing under Uncertainty: Liquefied Natural Gas Shipping and Offshore Pipeline Damage Assessment Problems
(2016-08-15)Maritime vehicle routing and scheduling problem has been studied extensively in the context of risk mitigation. This dissertation addresses three maritime vehicle routing problems and its mathematical frameworks considering ... -
MARÍA LUISA ROSS EN LA LITERATURA HISPANA DE ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL CUENTO INFANTIL COMO ESTRATEGIA DIDÁCTICA PARA LA CONSERVACIÓN DE LOS VALORES CULTURALES EN EL “MÉXICO DE AFUERA”
(2014-05)El presente trabajo examina la contribución de los cuentos de María Luisa Ross publicados en el periódico La Prensa de San Antonio, Texas, para para la conservación de los valores culturales en el “México de afuera” de la ... -
Marking and Meaning
(2017)Arboretum: the inner loop trail is an interpretive sound map of a trail in the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. It is a form of cognitive map that combines methods from the visual arts to diagrammatically represent the ...