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San Antonio 360: The Rise and Decline of the Concentric City 1890–2010
(4/19/2017)This paper catalogs the suburban expansion of San Antonio, Texas by decade between the years 1890 and 2009, a time frame that saw the city reorganize its morphological structure four times. The city inhabited a 36-square ... -
San Saba Mill Pond Park survey, San Saba County, Texas
(Archaeological Report No. 220, 1993)The Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, was contracted by L. K. Travis & Associates, Inc., to perform an archival research and field survey of 60 acres under consideration for the ... -
Satellite-based Cloudiness and Solar Energy Potential in Texas and Surrounding Regions
(5/11/2019)Global horizontal irradiance (i.e., shortwave downward solar radiation received by a horizontal surface on the ground) is an important geophysical variable for climate and energy research. Since solar radiation is attenuated ... -
Science People: Promoting Science Identity Development in Undergraduate Students
(2022-07-29)Science identity, or the ability to see one’s self as a scientist or “science person,” is a key indicator of academic trajectory and student success in STEM fields. The association between science identity and performance ... -
Sea Ice Freeboard in the Ross Sea from Airborne Altimetry IcePod 2016–2017 and a Comparison with IceBridge 2013 and ICESat 2003–2008
(7/11/2020)As part of the Polynyas and Ice Production in the Ross Sea (PIPERS) project, the IcePod system onboard the LC-130 aircraft based at McMurdo Station was flown over the Ross Sea, Antarctica in November 2016 and 2017, with ... -
Seasonal to Interannual Variability of Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates in the Pacific Ocean Associated with ENSO from 1998 to 2014
(10/11/2016)Based on a widely used satellite precipitation product (TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis 3B43), we analyzed the spatiotemporal variability of precipitation over the Pacific Ocean for 1998–2014 at seasonal and ... -
Secular Volunteerism among Texan Emerging Adults: Exploring Pathways of Childhood and Adulthood Religiosity
(6/13/2016)Prior research suggests that religiosity, especially public religious participation, is related to greater volunteerism. However, less is known about religious transmission across the life course, in particular whether and ... -
Secure and privacy-preserving 3D vehicle positioning schemes for vehicular ad hoc network
(EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking;271, 2018-11-29)Industrial wireless networks (IWNs) have applications in areas such as critical infrastructure sectors and manufacturing industries such as car manufacturing. In car manufacturing, IWNs can facilitate manufacturers to ... -
Select survey results from academic librarians and professors on teaching and using pirate websites
(2022-07-29)I will share select survey results from professors and academic librarians on their use of pirate websites. With the never-ending rising cost of academic journal subscriptions, shrinking library budgets and a need for ... -
Selective laser melting of aluminium metal matrix composite
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is well established as a reliable manufacturing process for its speed of manufacture, resource savings and overall efficiency in processing ‘difficult to machine materials’ with users able ... -
Semantic Segmentation for Materials Classification of Nuclear Fuels
(7/28/2022)Semantic segmentation, the task of classifying objects in an image at a pixel level, has been done since 2012. While our method is not new, our application is. Unlike most tasks which are on clearly-defined objects, the ... -
Senior leader commitment to continuous process improvement : an exploratory study of a military organization
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)Research indicates leadership commitment is an essential ingredient in the successful implementation of continuous process improvement in organizations. The purpose of this qualitative research was to gain a better ... -
Sensitivity Analysis for Transient Thermal Problems Using the Complex-Variable Finite Element Method
(3/7/2022)Solving transient heat transfer equations is required to understand the evolution of temperature and heat flux. This physics is highly dependent on the materials and environmental conditions. If these factors change with ... -
Sensitivity analysis of wall coating thickness to paint characteristics in the spray painting process phase 1 : paint characterization
(Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 2014)This report represents the first stage of producing a new CFD model capable of calculating paint deposition rate in a robot spray gun for a range of input variables. This will be achieved by analysing the sensitivity of ... -
Sensitivity of Distributed Hydrologic Simulations to Ground and Satellite Based Rainfall Products
(5/7/2014)In this study, seven precipitation products (rain gauges, NEXRAD MPE, PERSIANN 0.25 degree, PERSIANN CCS-3hr, PERSIANN CCS-1hr, TRMM 3B42V7, and CMORPH) were used to force a physically-based distributed hydrologic model. ... -
Separated kin: location of multiple children and mental health trajectories of older parents in rural China
(Aging & Mental Health;, 2021-12-24)Objective: This study examines the longitudinal association between the location of multiple children and depressive symptoms of older parents in rural China, where massive rural-to-urban migration has profoundly altered ... -
Service Animals in PreK-12 Schools: Legal and Policy Implications for School Leaders
(NASSP Bulletin;104(3), 2020-05-19)Despite increasing animal prevalence in public spaces, few districts have proactively developed policies to integrate assistance, therapy, service, and emotional support animals that are both legally sound and support the ... -
Shaping History
(2020-08-30)This short paper looks back to the past and describes a defining moment in my families history. -
A short story of my father
(2021-02-10)This piece is about the sacrifices and struggles my father went through in order to give me the life I have today and how he continues to strive for more despite his age.