Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Genetic Diversity of Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Sea Turtles on South Padre Island, Texas, Hilary R. Frandsen
Genetic Variation in Two Economically Important Arthropod Vectors of Citrus Diseases, Alejandra Fuentes
Coupled Telegraph and SIR Model of Information and Diseases, Jose de Jesus Galarza
Cenzontle/Mockingbird: Empowerment through Mimicry, Daniel Garcia
Brava & Gloria: A Mexican Counterstory Screenplay, Jose David Garcia Gilling
El Desarrollo de la Escritura en Dos Idiomas en Niños de Kindergarten, Gloria S. Garcia
Oxidative Insults Disrupt Mitochondrial Dynamics, Iraselia A. Garcia
Algan/Gan Hemt By Magnetron Sputtering System, Roman Garcia Perez
Examining Culture and Gender Roles in Latina Undergraduate Participation in STEM at UTRGV, Stephanie Garza
Utilizing Accelerometer Telemetry Tags to Compare Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) Behavior on Artificial and Natural Reefs, Ethan T. Getz
Teacher Retention in Rural Schools Nested in Large Districts: An Ethnographic Qualitative Study, Sandra Gomez Cerda
Development of Lower Rio Grande River Water Quality Transportation Numerical Model for Bi-National River Management, Jose O. Gonzalez
Applications of Side Scan and Parametric Echosounders for Mapping Shallow Seagrass Habitats and Their Associated Organic Carbon, Austin L. Greene
Multi-Functional System for Biomedical Application Using AC Electrokinetics, Rakesh Guduru
Security Evaluation of Virtualized Computing Platforms, Ganesh Reddy Gunnam
Central Precocious Puberty Alters the Mammary Gland Epithelial Landscape in Female Rats, Alina M. Hamilton
Parameterization of AR231453: A Potent Agonist of the GPR119 Receptor, a Target for Diabetes Treatment, John E. Hamilton
Development of an Innovative Observational Astronomy Class for High School Students in Collaboration with the University of Texas/Rio Grande Valley, Alan W. Hendrick
Reclaiming the Dark: Defining Darkness as Feminist Agency within The Garden of Eden, "Never Marry a Mexican," and Selected Social Media Platforms, Teresa Hernandez
Value cocreation as a double-edged sword in customers' quality of life and service outcomes, Arash Hosseinzadeh
A New Approach to Ramanujan's Partition Congruences, Mayra C. Huerta
Using Pedagogical Tools to Help Hispanics be Successful in Computer Science, Rodger Irish
Solitude and Our Projected Dreams, David E. Jamison
Effect of Land Use Change on South Texas Bats, Katharine Leigh Jones
Revolution, Mario J. Jorge
A High Density Micro-Electrocorticography Device for a Rodent Model, Mukhesh Kumar Koripalli
The Development of Theory of Mind and Inhibitory Processing Among 7-11 Year Old Mexican and Mexican American Children, Daniela Kuri
Hablando De Negocios: Three Rio Grande Valley Businesses during the Great Depression, 1929-1939, Karla A. Lira
Three essays on likability factors, crowdfunding, and entrepreneurial performance, Yuanqing Li
Formation of LiFePO4-Pan Submicron Fibers Via Forcespinning ® for Battery Cathode Applications, Ashlee L. Lopez
A Simple Multi-Core Functional Cache Design Simulator, Rano Mal
Decomposition of Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans ) Leaf Litter: Calibrating Estuarine Indicators of Functional Recovery, Leticia Martinez Contreras
Foxo3 Regulation of Stem Cell Markers OCT4 and SOX2 in PTEN-null Glioblastomas, Eduardo Martinez
Investigating the Relationships of Attitude Clarity and Correctness with Political Identification Strength and Evaluations of an Ideological Group, Gustavo Martinez
Disease Modeling Using Fractional Differential Equations and Estimation, Daniel P. Medina
Removal of Lead and Arsenic from Aqueous Solution by Biochar Produced from Locally-Sourced Biomass, Sergio I. Mireles
Multi-Type Branching Processes Model of Nosocomial Epidemic, Zeinab Nageh Mohamed
Safe Passage, John Molina
College Readiness Indicators of First-Generation Hispanic High School Students in South Texas, William Morley
Neuromuscular and Arterial Compliance Responses to Different Resistance Training Frequencies and Protocols, Patrick Murphy
Does a Criminal Justice Degree Produce Law Enforcement Officers?, Bryan Keith Murray
Essays on the Unintended Consequences of Banking Regulation, John Patrick Ned
Three Essays on Shareholder Activism, Khoa Huu Nguyen
Wayne Booth's Rhetoric of Pluralism, William John Ordeman
The Lived Experiences of Counseling Graduate Students and the Impact of Their Studies in Their Marital Satisfaction, Vania S. Palacios
Time Dependent Solution for an Incompressible Viscous Fluid Flow in a Cavity, Bishnu Parajuli
Please Hold: Pushing the Comedic Movie Culture Forward, LonAnthony Phillip Parker
Hormonal Influence on Female Consumption of Revealing and Sexy Fashion Products, Ngoc B. Pham
Numerical Cognition in Action: Hand Trajectories Reveal Effects of Early Musical Training on Numerical Processing in Spanish-English Bilingual Musicians, Daniel Arturo Pizaña
Problem Book on Higher Algebra and Number Theory, Ryanto Putra
Mathematical Modeling of MERS-CoV Nosocomial Epidemic, Adriana Quiroz
Existing con el Lobo, Traversing la Frontera con Mis Nepantla Coyotes, y Buscando la Vida del Zorro: An Autoethnographic Exploration of a Chicano in Academia, Ernesto Fidel Ramirez
The Origins and Development of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson's Perceptions of American Foreign Policy toward East Asia, Juan C. Razo Jr.
Discrete Element Analysis of SCB Variability: Asphalt Mixtures, David Saul Renteria
Casimir and Van der Waals Effects on Electrostatically Actuated NEMS Resonator Sensors, Christian Reyes
Testing Acceptance of Language Difference in Academia: Perceptions in a First-Year Composition Classroom, Crystal Rodriguez
Essays on Stock Market Contagion: Evidence From the Americas, Juan Andres Rodriguez-Nieto
Regression-Discontinuity Analysis of the Effects of Government Housing Policies, Alejandro Rojas
Multifunctionality of Cover Crops on Organic Vegetable Farms in South Texas, Savannah M. Rugg
Equity Mispricing, Firms' Innovation and Institutional Investors, Hamid Sakaki
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of DNA Duplex Stretching, Ramin Salimi
Effectiveness of the Flipped Classroom Model in Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Courses at a Hispanic Serving Institution, Gerardo Sanchez
Forgot My Tribe: Meditations on Hip Hop and la Frontera, Arnulfo Daniel Segovia
Essays on Financial Decision Making, Corey A. Shank
Resilience and Social Support among College Students with Disabilities, Rachita Sharma
Through Northern Eyes: Robert E. Lee and the Northern Press, Steven D. Sheller
(Re)Defining Masculinity: Creando Conciencia y Conocimiento Sobre la Educación through Food, Jesus Aaron Sierra
The Gloria E. Anzaldúa Journey: Path to Conocimiento a Testimonio of Queer Heroics, Veronica Solis
"La Reyna es El Rey": Expressions of Gender Identity by Female Mariachis in the Southwest, Erika J. Soveranes
Randomized Approach tor Set Cover with Multiple Phases*, Ujjwol Subedi
Two Essays on International Capital Flows and Cross-Listings, Lu Sui
Essays on Non-Traditional Activities in the Banking Industry, Lijuan Sun
Antecedents and Outcomes of Customer Engagement: Bridging Customer Value Co-Creation Behavior and Customer Psychological State Engagement, Samaneh Torkzadeh
Synthesis of Tetraethyl ((2-Amino-1,4-Phenylene)Bis(Methylene)) Bis(Phosphonate): An Intermediate in the Synthesis of Amino-Substituted Conjugated Materials, Ariel Ivan Torres Burgueno
Thermal Consolidation of Dredge Sand for Artificial Reef Formations, Alexandro Trevino
Single Tower Crane Allocation Models Using Ant Colony Optimization, Carlos Abelardo Trevino
Oxidation of Dibenzothiophene to Dibenzothiophene-Sufone Using a Molybdenum (VI) Oxide Catalyst: A Kinetic Study Testing Solvent Dependency and Mole Ratio Efficiency, Tomas Trevino Jr.
Hydrodesulfurization of Dibenzothiophene Using Lanthanum Doped CoMoS2, Carolina Valdes Bracamontes
Design and Implementation of a PID Controller for the Low-speed Wind Tunnel, Carlos F. Vasquez
How to Live: Growing Up as a Brown Gay Boy in a Conservative, Traditional and Christian Homophobic Family, Felipe Vasquez
Faculty Perceptions of Effectiveness and Impact of Professional Development for Teaching, Research, and Service, Claudia Vela
Hankel Partial Contraction, Contractive Completion, Moore-Penrose Inverse, Extremal Case, Manuel A. Villarreal Jr.
Nanoenergetic Gas Generators Based on Metal Hydroxides, Srbuhi Yolchinyan
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Thermal conductivity measurements of nanomaterials, Javier Acosta Martinez
Global-to-local-to-global: A model for tutoring ESL students in the writing center, David Aguilar
Love Sex God, Magdiel G. Alfonso
False positives on neuropsychological measures of effort among bilingual neurologically intact Mexican Americans, Arnoldo Amador Jr.
Accelerating object extraction and detection using a hierarchical approach with shape descriptors, Bassam Syed Arshad
A comparative approach to Question Answering Systems, Josue Balandrano Coronel
Essays on the performance and earnings management of cross-listing firms, Klaus S. Beckmann
South Padre Island beach management: Assessment of dune restoration, Shelby Rose Bessette
Multivariate calibration of a load sensor for dynamic and static freight railcar applications, Dylan Michael Blackwell
Relationships between Texas tortoise carapace length, home range size, and habitat selection at sites with invasive grass, Kiley V. Briggs
Avian communities in an urbanizing region: Abundance patterns and effects of local habitat features, John S. Brush
Adult Hispanic students' attitudes toward writing in English in a U.S. bilingual community, Analynn Bustamante
Development of Arginyl-tRNA synthetase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a platform to screen for inhibitors of protein synthesis, Daniel Cantu