ThinkTech
ThinkTech is an online publishing and archival service for the Texas Tech University community that scholars may use to distribute and archive their scholarly works with no limitations on content or format. ThinkTech also provides access to materials that traditional publications cannot. Click here to submit a single item, or submit a CV for an open access evaluation:
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Sub-communities within this community
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Center for Geospatial Technology
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Museum of Texas Tech University
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Public Domain Music
A Test Community for Public Domain Music Scores
Collections in this community
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AcademiCast
Podcast series dedicated to telling Texas Tech University's academic story -
All Things Texas Tech
The Texas Tech Journal of Higher Education -
Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Conference
Proceedings from the 2011 inaugural conference -
Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation
Selection of published reports from the TechMRT -
Center for Nanophotonics
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College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Water Center
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Cotton Economics Research Institute
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Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Graduate student research -
Faculty Research
Institutional repository of TTU faculty scholarly works -
Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute
Publications from the institute and issues of Textile Topics -
Honors College
Undergraduate research -
Identity and Resistance in Global Contexts
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International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies (ICASALS)
Proceedings from ICASALS symposia -
International Conference on Environmental Systems
Annual technical conference focusing on human spaceflight technology and space human factors -
Nano Tech Center
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National Wind Institute
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Open Access Bench
A curated collection of studio art tools designed to be produced with 3D printing, laser-cutting and CNC milling. -
Open Textbooks and Educational Resources
Open textbooks and education Resources created or adapted at TTU -
School of Music
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Student Senate of Texas Tech University
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Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute
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The Portal
TTU Libraries newsletter -
Theater and Dance
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Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate theses, 1978-2005 -
Water Resources Center
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Wind Science and Engineering Research Center
Publications from the center
Recent Submissions
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The impact of height-independent errors in state variables on the determination of the daytime atmospheric boundary layer depth using the bulk Richardson approach
(American Meteorological Society, 2021)Rawinsonde observations have long been used to estimate the atmospheric boundary layer depth (BLD), which is an important parameter for monitoring air quality, dispersion studies, weather forecast models, and inversion ... -
Political domination and urban development: Altering the cultural identity of Tripoli's historic center
(2020)This chapter outlines three different political systems of power (two periods of colonization and one dictatorship) in Libya and examines how they collectively contributed to the alteration of the urban form and cultural ... -
Women persisting in STEM: A learning-partnership narrative of first-generation students’ experiences with academic advising through academic probation
(2020-12)Postsecondary institutions in the United States are tasked with recruiting and training the best and brightest in STEM disciplines in order to maintain the nation’s standing as a top research and production agent in these ... -
Finite element driven design domain identification of a beating left ventricular simulator
(2019)Almost ten percent of the American population have heart diseases. Since the number of available heart donors is not promising, left ventricular assist devices are implemented as bridge therapies. Development of the assist ... -
Row spacing of alfalfa interseeded into native grass pasture influences soil‐plant‐water relations
(2020)Interseeding alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) can improve forage quality of grasslands by adding a high‐protein species, but this runs the risk of accelerating soil water depletion. The objective was to evaluate effects of ... -
Comparison of bootstrap confidence interval methods for GSCA using a Monte Carlo simulation
(2019)Generalized structured component analysis (GSCA) is a theoretically well-founded approach to component-based structural equation modeling (SEM). This approach utilizes the bootstrap method to estimate the confidence intervals ... -
Effects of yuan–dollar exchange rate changes on world cotton markets
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)From April 2018 to August 2019, the Yuan has declined in value relative to the US dollar by 12.6%, and the effects of this decline have not been studied. This study analyzes the effects of this fall in Yuan value, in ... -
Crisis social media data labeled for storm-related information and toponym usage
(2020)Social media provides citizens and officials with important sources of information during times of crisis. This data article makes available labeled, storm-related social media data collected over a six-hour period during ... -
Effect of handler knowledge of the detection task on canine search behavior and performance
(2020)Detection dogs are commonly trained and tested under conditions in which the handler or the evaluator knows the true presence or absence of a target odor. Previous research has demonstrated that when handlers are deceived ... -
Sustainable, portable, and efficient electricity delivery (SPEED): Design, control, and testing
(IEEE, 2020)During emergencies or natural disasters, or at remote areas, the main electrical grid might be damaged or not accessible, therefore, a sustainable electricity generation is critical for human survivals or other electricity ... -
The winning weaning food (WWF): The development of a complementary food for food-insecure infants and young children in Malawi
(2019)Growing evidence exists for the benefits of adequate infant and young children feeding (IYCF) practices at the weaning stage (≥ 6 months), including optimal growth, building the immune system, cognitive development, healthy ... -
Intelligent diagnosis of heart murmurs in children with congenital heart disease
(Hindawi, 2020)Heart auscultation is a convenient tool for early diagnosis of heart diseases and is being developed to be an intelligent tool used in online medicine. Currently, there are few studies on intelligent diagnosis of pediatric ... -
Integrated design approaches for 3D printed tissue scaffolds: Review and outlook
(2019)Emerging 3D printing technologies are enabling the fabrication of complex scaffold structures for diverse medical applications. 3D printing allows controlled material placement for configuring porous tissue scaffolds with ... -
Development of a PCR-based, genetic marker resource for the tomato-like nightshade relative, Solanum lycopersicoides using whole genome sequence analysis
(2020)Solanum lycopersicoides is a wild nightshade relative of tomato with known resistance to a wide range of pests and pathogens, as well as tolerance to cold, drought and salt stress. To effectively utilize S. lycopersicoides ... -
Analysis of offshore wind energy in Colombia: Current status and future opportunities
(2020)Offshore wind energy is a sustainable and innovative energy source. However, its performance is extremely dependent on the local meteorology and oceanographic conditions. There are numerous opportunities as well as challenges ... -
In Vitro Toxicology and Hormone Assessment in Cetaceans
(2020-12-03)Endocrinological and toxicological data is imperative to the conservation of marine mammals. Because of their protected status, it is necessary to conduct both these analyses using minimally invasive biopsies and in vitro ... -
The Impact of Community Engagement as a Strategy in the Retention of Minority Students at an Urban, Public Commuter Campus
(2017-05-15)The demographics of higher education are changing and causing a more diverse and non-traditional college-going sect entering colleges and universities today. Institutions of higher education are faced with declining ... -
Theory and methodology of exploratory social science research
(2017-02)Confirmatory, deductive research cannot produce absolute truths, according Karl POPPER (2002). If we accept this premise, then it is worth giving inductive and explorative research another chance. Exploration can produce ... -
A theory of whiteness as symbolic racial capital: Bourdieu 2.0
(2020)This article seeks to propose a theoretical and analytical framework for examining whiteness as a symbolic, racial capital. I propose to treat whiteness as an unexplained residual for different outcomes, similar to how ... -
La epistemología y metodología de la investigación exploratoria en ciencias sociales: Cruzando Popper con Marcuse
(2015)Karl Popper demuestra que la inducción no lleva a la verdad y sugiere la deducción como única forma de llegar a propuestas científicas. Al mismo tiempo deja claro que teorías y hipoteses son modelos mentales que no ...