Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Long-Term Persistence and Tissue Tropism of Brazilian Zika Virus in Monodelphis domestica, Marisol Morales
Association Study: APOE Alleles Association with Neurodegenerative Disorders in the Hispanic Population, Kimberly Moreno
Native Plant Allelopathy: A Potential Approach to Limit Invasive Grass Encroachment in Thorn Forest Restoration, Emily A. Mullins
Security Evaluation of Microsoft’s Windows Under Cyber-Flood Attacks, Christina Y. Navarro
Vivir Abajo, De Gustavo Faverón patriau la novela fractal de las postrimerías del posmodernismo, Elias David Navarro
Analysis of the Facilitative Interaction between Batis Maritima and Avicennia Germinans as a Mangrove Restoration Strategy, Javier R. Navarro
Displacement: An Analysis of Foreign Aid and Its Effects on Migration Patterns in Latin America, Edgar Abraham Navejar
Underlying Principles of U.S. Media Coverage: A Case Study of Venezuela’s Political Crisis from January-July 2019, Solange Nirere
Pebblechild, Brenda Ochoa
Chemical Modification and In Silico Validation of Medicinally Privileged Molecular Scaffolds as Kras and SARS-CoV-2 Protease Inhibitors, Precious M. Okwuchukwu
Thermal and Spectroscopic Investigations on Polymer-Based Nanofibers, Omosola Oriretan
Water-Soluble Polymers with Ceramic/Metal Nanoparticles for Use as Anode Materials in Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion Batteries, Roberto Orrostieta Chavez
Equity Crowdfunding in the United States: Evolution, Determinants and Performance, Kenny Ozuna
Analysis of the Functional Relationship of Protein Kinase Families Using Phospho-Proteomics Data, David A. Parra Peña
AC Electrokinetic Effect of V-Electrode Pattern on Microfluids, Mohammad Salman Parvez
Analysis of Fantasy Fiction Series of Sarah J. Maas: A Court of Thorns and Roses, Raelynn D. Peña
Exploring Pyrochlore Host for Upconversion and Downconversion Luminescence Materials, Mitzy A. Penilla Garcia
College Students' and Educators' Attitudes Toward Offenders with Mental Illness, Sulema Perales
Resisting Whiteness & White Supremacy Through Mexican American Studies, Josue Puente
Methods for Multi-Source Resolution in Pulsar Timing Array Based Gravitational Wave Detection, Yiqian Qian
Infection and Persistence of Zika Virus in Female Immune-Competent Gray Short-Tailed Opossums (Monodelphis domestica), Oscar Quintanilla
Mono and Multi-Objective Optimization and Modeling of Machining Performance in Face Milling of Ti6Al4V Alloy, Al Mazedur Rahman
Effects of Elevated Temperature on 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine Expression, DNA Damage and Cellular Apoptosis in the American Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Md Faizur Rahman
Effects of Seasonal Variations and Heat Exposure on Antioxidant Expression and Redox Status in the American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica: Field and Laboratory Studies, Md Sadequr Rahman
Aquatic Stage Mosquito Biocontrol: Effects of Entomopathogenic Fungi Blastospores and Conidia on Aedes aegypti Pupae, Ricardo Alberto Ramirez Garcia Rojas
Understanding Associations between Social Vulnerability and Impacts of Declared Disasters in U.S. Coastal Counties, Magaly Ramirez
Individual Difference as a Factor in Ethical Decision-Making, Dan W. Reagan Jr.
Bivariate Markov Chain Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Subtypes and Abdominal Pain, Ricardo Reyna Jr.
Cyber Security Evaluation of CentOS Red Hat Based Operating System Under Cyber Attack with Increasing Magnitude, William E. R. Rivas
Wildlife Use of Road Mitigation Structures in Relation to Their Construction, Structural Characteristics, and Environmental Factors along a South Texas Highway, Anna D. Rivera Roy
A Targeted Adversarial Attack on Support Vector Machine Using the Boundary Line, Yessenia Rodriguez
Elucidating the Binding Pockect of the GPR119 Receptor, a Type 2 Diabetes Target, Matthew Dy Rosales
Fabrication and Flow Dynamics Analysis of Micromixer for Lab-on-a-Chip Devices, Md Fazlay Rubby
Development and Assessment of an Environmental DNA (eDNA) Assay for the Rio Grande Siren and Review of eDNA Metabarcoding Applications, Krista M. Ruppert
Mexican Politicians and British Investors: A Symbiotic Relationship, Daliarlene Saenz
Effects of Artificial Substrates on the Recruitment of Juvenile Fishes in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Stefany Salinas
Pipe Flow of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids, Erick Sanchez
Exploring Customers' Reactions to Enforcement of Fine Print, Sudipto Sarkar
Multi Wall Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) Laminar Composite Structures Reinforced with Titanium Carbide (TIC), Rakibul Alam Shohan
The Wind Still Blows: Poems, Sarah Alicia Solis
Solitary and Periodic Wave Solutions for Several Short Wave Model Equations, Andrey V. Stukopin
Artificial Intelligence in a Main Warehouse in Panasonic: Los Indios, Texas, Edison Antonio Trejo Hernandez
Role of Glycolytic Metabolism in Glioblastoma Multiforme, Shreya Udawant
Mathematical Modeling of Nonlinear Dynamics of Blood Hormones on the Regulatory System, Gabriela Urbina
Stem Cell Technology for Age Related Macular Degeneration Intervention, Laura Valdez
Characterization and Quantification of Dopamine Neurons in the Ventral Midbrain: Implications for Neurological Disorders, Magaly Vargas
It Must Have Been Your Eyes, Christian Vasquez
Exploring Plant-Plant Interactions and Nutrient Manipulation as Strategies for Thorn Scrub and Thorn Forest Restoration, Edgar D. Vasquez
Principal Instructional Leadership Behavior as Perceived by Middle School Principals in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Joseph R. Villarreal
Labor Rights and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: The Empirical Analysis of Proximity Hypothesis, Cesar H. Villegas
Implementation of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals in Fibrous Based Membranes, Ydana Yanell Virgen Gracia
The Impact of Social Constructivist Mathematics Learning Experiences on Latino, Middle School Students’ Proportional Reasoning, Victor M. Vizcaino
Creativity and Engagement in Ideas Crowdsourcing: A Situation Awareness Perspective, James Gitau Wairimu
Using Artificial Neural Networks to Detect Astronomical Transients, Katarzyna Wardęga
The Influence of Human Disturbance on Wildlife Use of a Highway in South Texas, Thomas J. Yamashita
Seeking a Perfect Match: The Effect of Spousal Capital on Performance of Family Firms, Xi Yang
A Study of /sk/-Metathesis in Old English, Catharina Clara Ybarra
Predicting Patterns of Heavy Metal Contamination in Rio Grande Valley Agricultural Soils, Joy Z. Youwakim
A Study on the Triaxial Shear Behavior of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil by Discrete Element Method, Md Wasif Zaman
Survival of Off-Host Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) Larvae in Study Arenas in Relation to Climatic Factors and Habitats in South Texas, USA, Emily Jesselle Zamora
Detecting Snake Fungal Disease (Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola) in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Manuel Zavala
Drama Del Dia, Eleazar Zuniga Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Interplay between Change and Project Management for Business Results, Taiwo O.O. Abraham
Genetic Determinants of Variation in the GH/IGF-1 Axis and Their Relationship to Cardiometabolic Health, Rafael Luis Aguirre Guillen
Enabling High Quality Oxygen Measurements during Robotic Based Studies of Ocean Ecological and Biogeochemical Processes, Brianna A. Alanis
A Search for A High-Order Excitation of Surface Phonon Polaritons on Silicon Carbide Metasurfaces, MD Litan Ali
Existence and Classification of Solutions to Nonlinear Elliptic Equations, Haseeb E. Ansari
Coming to an Understanding: Daoist Rhetoric as Dialogue in Composition Studies, Veronica Anzaldua
Desecration, Natalia T. Arredondo
Application of Solar Water Heaters for Industrial Use, Lucas T. Atkins
Understanding Local Vulnerability in the Rio Grande Valley, Yajaira I. Ayala
The Role of Sediment Resuspension in Estuarine Inorganic Nutrient Cycling, Kirsten Jo Ayres
Experimental Study of Condensation in Different 3D Printed Regenerators in a Thermoacoustic Cooler, Aibek Bekkulov
2-Hyponormality on Unilateral Weighted Shifts, Juan G. Benitez
Energy Harvesting Techniques to Power Onboard Railway Bearing Condition Monitoring Systems, Jacob Nathaniel Bensen
The Blackbird Blood, Danielle Birnell
Identity Fluidity, Empowerment, and Engendered Poverty: Performing a Veteran-Latina-Online-Graduate Student, Maricela Burns
Biomechanics of Lower Limb during the Golf Swing Using Opensim Modeling, Andrew B. Butler
Graphene-Fibers Hybrid Structures as Adsorbents for Heavy Metal Ions in Aqueous Solutions, Dulce C. Capitanachi
Same Air: Human Relationships in Playwriting, Nicole Cardenas
An Examination of Professional Learning Community and Teacher Leadership Practices as Perceived by Educators in a District-wide PLC, Melissa Castaneda
Photocatalytic Degradation of Simazine under Visible Light Using Zinc Oxide/Molybdenum Disulfide Heterostructures, Alexandria Castillo
Dehumidification Water Quality Analysis of the South Texas Gulf of Mexico, Erik Esteban Castillo
Pipeline for Variable Star Detection and Eclipsing Binary Characterization, Moises Castillo
Teachers' Attitudes and Perceptions on Bring Your Own Device Programs in the Secondary Classroom, Michelle Marie Cavazos
My Culture Art in Healing Action, Fabian Chavarria
Learning to Detect Pedestrians by Watching Videos, Andrew Y. Chen
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Piezoelectric/Triboelectric Nanogenerator, Aminur Rashid Chowdhury
Viability of Wetland Crops for Use in Treatment Wetlands: Nitrogen Removal from Water and Production of Food, Andrew Denson Corder
Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals: Professional Growth in the Age of Compliance, Kelly Cox
Music, Dance, and Tourism in Los Cabos, Mexico, Melanie E. Davis
The Conical Diffraction and Adiabatic Elimination in PT-Symmetric Systems, Mojgan Dehghani
Development of Prognostics Techniques for Surface Defect Growth in Railroad Bearing Rolling Elements, Nancy De Los Santos