Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
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
Social Anxiety and Sexual Victimization in a Latina Sample: A Moderated Mediation, Andrew E. Dials
Assessing the Rehabilitation Status of the Reflooded Bahia Grande, Texas Based on Trace Gas Fluxes, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Fish Community Data Along Salinity and Seagrass Gradients, Catherine M. Eckert
Veteran Wellness and Reintegration: Factors Contributing to Their Success in the Community, Melissa A. Escamilla
Identification of Inhibitors of the Glutaminyl and Prolyl tRNA Synthetases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Yaritza Escamilla
Evaluating Responses of Benthic Macrofauna to Artificial Reef Presence in the Gulf of Mexico, Douglas Faircloth
Essays on the Roles of Employee Representatives on the Board in Corporate Policy-Making, Amirhossein Fard
Mobile Solar Energy Environmental Control System with Remote Accessibility, Luis S. Garay
Educator Perspectives of High-Stakes Testing in an Urban School District in Deep South Texas, Sergio R. Garcia
To Love the Birds and the Places They’ve Made Their Home: Poems from the Magic Valley, Alyssa B. Garza
The Role of Technology in Bilingual Education: Developing a Culture of Excellence, Belinda Gomez
Comparison of RL Algorithms for Learning to Learn Problems, Adolfo Gonzalez III
Design and Testing of a Modular Laser System with Laser Machining and Bioprinting Capabilities, Jesus Gonzalez
Parametric Study of Selective Laser Alloying of Elemental Titanium and Boron Powders Using an Automated Deposition Mechanism, Julian V. Gonzalez
Constructing Associative Rings from Certain Hypergroups, Oscar Gonzalez
A Study of Human Balance and Coordination Using a Head Mounted Display, Daniel Gracia de Luna
A Case Study of Hispanic STEM Teacher Preparation, Pamela L. Groves
An Evaluation of Wastewater Pumping Station Facilities Using Statistical Techniques in Analyzing Each for Rehabilitation Design and to Improve the Adverse Environmental Affects, Zenaida S. Guerrero
Design of a Bedside Walker-Cane Hybrid to Aid Senior Adults Avoid Falls during Night Walks, Jorge L. Gutierrez
The Digital Reading Experiences of Middle School Readers: A Phenomenological Study, Laura A. Hayward
The Soft-Spoken Girl, Ashley Hernandez
Development of Flexible Photo-Mechanoluminescent Polymeric Based Systems, Carlos Hernandez
Histological Evidence of Annual and Lunar Reproductive Rhythms of Atlantic Sea Urchin, Arbacia punctulata in the Gulf of Mexico: Changes in Nutritive Phagocytes in Relation to Gametogenesis, Eleazar Hernandez II
Security Assessment of Select Computer Systems under Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Performed by Botnets, Hugo Armando Herrera Martinez
Cultural Clashes and Cultural Bridges: My Story in Afghanistan, Joe A. Hinojosa Jr.
Developing Multispectral Imaging Techniques to Determine Canopy Coverage and Carbon Storage of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Mexico, Ivy Michelle Hinson
The Development of Screening Platforms to Identify Novel Anti-Infectives that Inhibit Protein Synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Casey Anne Hughes
Object Enhancement, Noise Reduction, Conversion and Collection of Spatiotemporal Image Data, Michael Izaguirre Jr.
Effects of Elevated Temperature on Gonadal Functions, Cellular Apoptosis, and Oxidative Stress in Atlantic Sea Urchin (Arbacia punctulata), Jackson B. Johnstone
Electrostatically Actuated Double Wall Carbon Nanotubes to Include Intertube van der Waals Forces, Ezequiel Juarez Ocanas
Investigating Limitations to Nitrogen Fixation by Leguminous Cover Crops in South Texas, Stephanie L. Kasper
Gulf Trade Networks and Family Ties: French Migration via New Orleans to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1848-1881, Kristen D. Kline
Contributions of Historical Ecology to Ecological Services Assessments in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas, Julianna Katherine Schaefer Kurpis
Essays on Alternative Investments, Chad Kwon
A Case Study of Hispanic Students in Cooperative Learning, Louis Lee
PM2.5 Data Reliability and Air Quality Improvement Trends in Beijing, Huimin Li
Non-Space: The Perception of Reality, Carlos Limas
Wildlife Road Mortality Survey Methodologies, Trinity Dale Livingston
Investigating the Potential of Weeds as Host Reservoir for Plant Parasitic Nematodes in South Texas, Habraham F. Lopez
A Citrus Wildfire, Mark Anthony Lopez
The Acute Effects of Warm-up with and Without Blood Flow Restriction Cuffs on Lower Body Temperature, Flexibility, and Vertical Jump Power, Phillipe Thomas Lopez
The Wound of the Malinches [Las Heridas de Las Malinches], Leticia Margarita Lowry-Garcilazo
Shattering Taciturnity: The Use of Visual Arts as a Method of Communication and Expression, Jesmil M. Maldonado Rodriguez
Social Influences on Vocal Development in a Wild Parrot, Caleb Michael Mand Arellano
Investigating the Use and Effectiveness of the Istation Advanced Reading Program with Fourth-Grade At-Risk Struggling Readers, Andres Martinez
Polymeric PVDF Fibers for Piezoelectric Applications in Energy Harvesting, Misael E. Martinez
