Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Facile sol-gel molten salt synthesis of double perovskite La 2NiMnO6 as an electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reactions, Padmini Kukkapalli
Species Identification and Habitat Assessment of the South Texas Siren, Taylor C. LaFortune
His words spoke to me: An analysis of cult rhetoric through memoir, Devan Leigh Lemke
Exploring English Language Learners' Identity Negotiation in a Sixth Grade English Language Arts Classroom, Carolina G. Lopez
Not my son, Cynthia Marie Lopez
Professional Learning Communities and School Culture: A Case of Study in District-Wide Implementation of a PLC, Jaime Lopez
The Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise Durations on Arterial Compliance in Recreationally Active Males, Joe Angel Lopez
Racial intolerance during the California Gold Rush, Raul David Lopez
Creolization of identity in Caribbean texts: Towards the healing of the creole, Victoria A. Marin
Balanus eburneus (crustacea: cirripedia) as a potential indicator of estuarine system recovery in south Texas: A study of recruitment, growth and stable isotopes, Crystal Martinez
Physical activity as a behavioral treatment in SHR rats: An animal model of ADHD, Jessica A. Martinez
Modeling the residual useful life of railroad bearing grease, Thania Alejandra Martinez
Evaluation of control strategies for the spread of citrus greening, Vicente Valle Martinez
Queer monsters, and Bruno & his speaking queers, Charles R. Mcgregor
A new American fiction: Personal essays, observances, and interviews, Daniel M. Mendoza
3D reconstruction of close range objects using free and open source software and Raspberry Pi technologies, Juan Lorenzo Monrreal
Investigation of slective laser melting of mecanically alloyed metastable Al5Fe2 powder, Hugo Montiel
Identifying Elements of a Climate for Sustainability, Rosemond A. Moore
Re: publics: Woman of color feminist rhetorical process shaping safe spaces for a rehumanizing discourse, Eloisa E. Moreno
The competitive environment of community banking and the potential impact on microenterprise entrepreneurs' access to bank financing, Robert D. Morrison
The effect of a writing course on the English language arts state assessment examination in a South Texas high school, Esmeralda V. Munoz
The Acute Effects of Different Warm-up Techniques of Power Output, Agility, and Flexibility in Athletes, Kristopher Manuel Nava
Landslide: The 1984 presidential election, Colin J. Newton
Analysis of Variables Related to Corridor Use by Ocelots and Bobcats in South Texas, Sarah E. Nordlof
Effect of crimping, multilayering, and twisting on polymer fibers for ACL replacement, Mariana Ocampo
Efficient query processing over uncertain road networks, Bamikole A. Ogundele
Nonlinear dynamics of electrostatically actuated M/NEMS plates to include Casimir and van der Waals effects, Reynaldo Oyervides
Removal of cobalt and nickel from water using MnO2 and Mn3O4 nanomaterials, Maria Dolores Pacheco
Security integrity of EKG signal monitoring under different network attack conditions, Raghava Teja Pingali
Proper orthogonal decomposition for incompressible and compressible flows, Seyed Milad Rafieinaini
Influence of property school wealth on fifth grade student achievement in reading and mathematics, Jesus R. Reyna
My true father, David Rice
Effect of instruction and textbook adoption procedures on kindergarten students' learning of the concept of rectangle, Francisco Rivera
The Relationship Between Social Presence, Student Satisfaction and Academic Achievement in Fully Online Asynchronous Courses, Martin Rodriguez
Assessing Coral Assemblages Inhabiting Relic Coral Banks Off the South Texas Coast, Rebekah E. Rodriguez
A Conversation with Rita Moreno: Examining The Employment Challenges of The Latino Actor, Valente Rodriguez
Factors impacting vocational rehabilitation employment outcomes: An analysis of state-federal service provision, Valerie Jeannette Rodriguez
A sociolinguistic study on the use of Coke in the RGV, Kylie Ross
An exploratory investigation of tele-counseling: Looking at the power of therapeutic alliance in improving wellness, Jorge Rostro
Consumer responses to imported products: The product adoption process, antecedents, and consequences, Miguel Angel Sahagun
Liberty, equality, indebtedness: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the problem of debt in a revolutionary age, Martha Salazar Cantu
Zeros of cubic Eisenstein series, Sahak D. Sandragorsian
Exploration of Nickel Tolerance and Hyperaccumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana Transformed with Streptanthus polygaloides Metal Tolerance Protein 1 (SpMTP1) cDNA, Madeleine K. Sano
Certified rehabilitation counselors working in rehabilitation agencies: An investigation of factors impacting job satisfaction and intent to quit, Cynthia A. Serrata
De vida, regalos e historias, Monica Skrzypinski
Theory of mind and inhibitory processing among bilingual Mexican American young children, Sarah E. Stegall
Essays on insider trading, Xu Sun
Determining the dynamic co-diffusion of four e-services using country-level panel data, Samer Takieddine
Differential gene expression between two developmental stages of the Gené's organ in the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Jason P. Tidwell
On various solutions to a (2+1) dimensional general Camassa-Holm equation, Eric J. Tovar
I never left the borderland, Rosa E. Trevino
Functional analysis of the MMS19 gene in Carica papaya, Jorge A. Trujillo
E Pluribus Unum: The Pursuit of Linguistic Equality Through Adequation and Denaturalization, Natalie A. Tupta
Alternative Restoration Treatments to Maximize Growth and Survival of Tamaulipan Thornscrub Species During Seeding Establishment, Jennifer Lynn Vela
Historias de psicopatas desidiosos y solitarios en la frontera, Silvia H. Vera-Huesca
The Bourbaki-Jacobson correspondence, Jose R. Vera
Restoration Strategies to Migrate Shrub Encroachment into Coastal Prairies, Erick Mark Verderber
Use of a simulated directional social network to compare measures of user influence, Jose G. Villarreal Jr.
La evolución del personaje femenino y su transformación político-social en la obra de Julia Álvarez "En el tiempo de las Mariposas", Lorena M. Villarreal
Natural polymer based composite scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, Marcos R. Villarreal
Intimate partner violence in South Texas (Rio Grande Valley): An exploratory research of Latinas of Mexican descent, Georgina Villegas
Three essays on bailout banks during 2007-2009 financial crisis, Daphne Shu Nu Wang
Effects of shrub encroachment and removal on South Texas coastal prairie flora, Parker Alex Watson
Adolescent street literacy: The art of the hustle, Regina L. Welch
Mack Thomas: The total beat, James B. Welton
Lost, beat, blank: The punk unconscious in subversive and transgressive cultural productions, Joel R. West
Animal Habitat Utilization and the Impacts of Small-scale Disturbances on Vegetation Within Larch Forests in Northeastern Siberia, Aaron Phillip White
Religious consumption: Inside the minds of Apple and Catholic devotees, Yi-Chia Wu
Distributed coordinate tracking control of multiple wheeled mobile robots, Yifan Xing
Secondary complications among person's with spinal cord injury and best practices for life care planners, Noel A. Ysasi Jr.
Enhancing academic achievement and satisfaction by flipping the teacher preparation classroom, Rene R. Zuniga
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An empirical study of some branching processes with upper barrier, Alejandro Aguilar
Preliminary transcriptome analysis and Homeobox gene isonlation for Tomocerus minor (Entomobryomorpha: Tomoceridae), Alejandro Alaniz
Seeds of Solutions™: An economical & efficient approach towards power engineering education, Eli Alvarez
A Través De La Neblina, Monica Alvarez Suarez
Mirrors of Mechanized Man: Capitalism and Intertextuality as Represented in the Works of Herman Melville, Franz Kafka and Don Delillo, Samantha J. Amberson-Dominguez
Assessment and Treatment of Elopement in Young Children with Autism, Ivette Andrade
Acute effects of whole body vibration exercises with various frequencies and amplitudes on arterial stiffness in males, Omar Apodaca
Recruitment patterns of juvenile fish at an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico, Rachel Noel Arney
Effects of vapor grown carbon nanofibers on electrical and mechanical properties of a thermoplastic elastomer, Daniel Thomas Basaldua
The Best Bullies: A Critical Analysis of Young Adult Anti-Bullying Novels, Nina Marie Bone
Developing the modern heroine of fantasy literature: An examination of Lyra from "His Dark Materials" and Clary from "The Mortal Instruments", Diana Aileen Borghols Herrera
Herman Melville and Richard Wright: Camaraderie and Revolt, Linda Braune
An evaluation of alternative methods for online survey recruitment: the equivalency of data collected through amazon mechanical turk and second life to traditional undergraduate student samples, Elizabeth M. Briones
Investigating Determinants of Employer's Perspectives to Hire and Willingness to Accommodate Individuals in Addiction Recovery: A Mixed Method Approach, Alicia D. Brown
Does optimism pass on to the employees? the impact of supervisor optimism on employees in small and medium sized businesses, Roger S. Brown
Strategy, politics and Latino graduate education: A descriptive policy analysis of the South Texas/border initiative, Emily Calderon Galdeano
The construction and performance of masculinity through the voice of Mexican American male authors: Arturo Islas' "The Rain God" and Rigoberto González's "Men Without Bliss", Edna Elizabeth Camacho
Sign me up! Determining motivation for high school chemistry students enrolling in a second year chemistry course, Nilda N. Camarena
Rates of evolution and point mutations of bacterial plant pathogens compared to bacterial vertebrate pathogens, Alejandro Cantu
A historical analysis of the reasoning and rationale behind the federal prohibition of marijuana, Carlos Caro
La Intencion Pictorica en Tres Novelas de Corte Realista de Ana Maria Matute, Viviana Carvajal
Cluster computer simulation of buffer sharing schemes under bursty traffic load, Javier Castillo
Personality and socio-institutional predictors of self-employment intentions among people with disabilities: An empirical investigation, Yuleinys A. Castillo
Expression and functional characterization of MTP genes from Arabidopsis thaliana in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yessica E. Cerino
Distributed formation tracking control of multiple car-like robots, Chunyu Chen
