Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Comparison of soil chemistry and microbial communities that inhabit the rhizosphere of native and non-native grasses of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Jacqueline Valencia
Awake: A young adult novel in verse, Minerva Vasquez
An Analysis of The Dynamic Properties of The American Depositary Receipt Cross Market Premium, Jorge Vidal
Partition a 3-colorable graph into a small bipartite subgraph and a large independent set, Qing Wang
The Culturally Adapted Public Administrator: How Accredited MPA Programs Are Preparing Administrators with Cultural Competency, Nicholas Weimer
Qualitative Analysis to a Nonlinear System, Pengcheng Xiao
Soliton solutions of ultradiscrete integrable systems, Wei Yin
Looking for Adam: An analysis of the works of Marilynne Robinson, Kristina Y. Zavala
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The uncivil war waged against Unionists in Texas 1860-1890, Randall Herman Adrian
Design and testing of orifice valves for use in freight railcars hydraulic suspension system, Awni K. Alshakhshir
Texas Rangers to Border Patrol the shift in border security in the 1920's: The legacy of undemocratic and often violent origins, Rodolfo Arriaga
Hospital investments in high technology and community services: The role of local market uninsurance, Lakshmi Balasubramanian
An information technology suitability index for mass customization, Oscar Leonardo Barrenechea
Gender Differences in Advanced Theory of Mind and Social Competence Among School-Age Children, Cheryl A. Barton
Coping Strategies of L2 Writers During The Writing Process: Case Studies of Non-English Dominant Students in Mainstream English Composition Courses, Petra Jakulin Baruca
Reel Talk: Deconstructing Communication Disorders in A Sampling of Modern Films, Lisa M. Beccera
Viviendo sin inglés: Los efectos sociales del dominio limitado en inglés entre residentes mexicanos en el condado de Hidalgo, Texas, Ericka Benavides
Estampas de mi Tierra- Vignettes of my Land, Angel Berrios
Identification of parameters and the distribution of the maximum and the minimum, Lijuan Bi
Two essays on the impact of rational and irrational investor sentiments on equity market return and volatility: Evidence from the U.S. and Brazil, Pablo Javier Calafiore
‘Diversa de mí Misma’: Silence as performative resistance in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Marcia A. Caltabiano-Ponce
Parenting Stress on Mothers of Children with Autism, Janett Cantu
Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Speaking Instruction on Students Cognitive Learning, Skill Development, and Communication Apprehension, Gilberto A. Castillo
Commodifying Creativity: Class, Labor, and Authorship in Isabella Whitney's “A Sweet Nosgay”, Janette Cavazos
El Huisache Es Pocho, Pero Las Raíces No: Poems, Isaac Chavarria
An improved wideband Vivaldi antenna design, Fang Chen
Juntos, pero no revueltos: Actitudes entre monolingües y bilingües en el aula, Miriam Cruz
"Spreading the good word": Toward an understanding of brand evangelism, Samuel K. Doss
The Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Revictimization Among Hispanic Women, Eleni Isis Escorza
Impact of Workplace Stress on Job Satisfaction Moderated by Religious Coping, Celina A. Esparza
A critical analysis of the identification, placement, and assessment policies for achieving educational parity of bilingual learners, Lilia Rocio Estrada
Con Mis Manos / With My Hands: A Documentation of Specific Cultural Elements Required for A Play Set in South Texas, Emily Ruby Fierros
An investigation of high school dual enrollment participation and allied health program enrollment in a South Texas University, Martina Flores
Electrorheological fluid effect of polymer coated carbon nanofibers and/or fullerenes in liquid crystals, Steven S. French
Algorithmic Temperature 1 Self-Assembly, Yunhui Fu
With His Guitar in His Hand: Representations of U.S. - Mexico Border Masculinity in Robert Rodriguez's “El Mariachi”, Marlene Galvan
Duffing-van der Pol type oscillator, Guangyue Gao
Parameterized Algorithm for 3-SAT, Yi Gao
School Public Relations: Relating with LEP Families, Annette Serventi Garcia
The U.S.-Mexico Border Fence: An Exploration of The Effectiveness of This Immigration Policy, Froylan Garza
Angel Walking: A Documentary, Jesse F. Garza
Poeta power: The poetic journey of La Erika: Poems, Erika Marie Garza-Johnson
Feminism, Imperialism, Utopianism, and Science Fiction in Margaret Cavendish's “Blazing World", Terina Garza Vazquez
Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce: Reassessing the career of a cultural broker, Daniel R. Gibbs
Wrestling Windmills, Christopher Girman
A study of the effect of vibration on railroad bearing temperature, Bertha Alicia Gonzalez
False positive rates in the neuropsychological assessment of neurologically intact bilingual Hispanic American adults, Cassandra Dayanira Gonzalez
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) Habitat Use and Differential Response to Playback of Host Song, Mary Jennifer Gorton
DNA Staged Self-Assembly at Temperature 1, Nicholas H. Guiterrez
The conservative conversation, Heather Hall
A Synthetic Approach Toward Novel β-Lactams, Mohamed Hashim
First generation Hispanic high school students going to college: experiences that support decisions and college going pathways, Norma Ibarra-Cantú
Investigating heavy metal accumulation and oxidative stress tolerance of non-accumulators and hyperaccumulators in the Brassicaceae plant family, Fritzie Joy Into
Digit ratio and sexually dimorphic psychopathology, Miriam Sarahi Izaguirre
Surface optimization of high density polyethylene and carbon nanofiber composites for the improvement of electromagnetic shielding effectiveness, Brandon C. Jarvis
Politics of Pansies: D. H. Lawrence's Philosophical Vision of Reform, Andrew Keese
Valley palm, Melissa E. King
Predicting college student classroom performance with a simple metacomprehension scale, Amber Lee Klein
Context versus rote learning in the martial arts, Pearson F. Klein
On nonlinear response of micro and nano capacitive resonators, Martin William Knecht
Ethnobotanical History and Seed Oil Chemistry of The Physic Nut, Jatropha Curcas, Nathan M. Leclear
Social networks and beliefs of Mexican-American parents as predictors of parent involvement, Maria Filomena Leo
Ecos de barro De la memoria a la imagen de la imagen al poema, Rossy Evelin Lima-Padilla
An Analytic Hierarchy Process approach to assess health service quality, Yan Li
Between Silver and Glass, Catherine V. Lopez
New Algorithms for Protein Structure Comparison and Protein Structure Prediction, Zaixin Lu
Design and implementation of an actively adjustable spring mechanism via redundant actuation, Eleazar Marquez
Walking Back, Benjamin Martinez-Alvarez
Testing the neutralizing effects of nonverbal teacher immediacy cues on offensive teacher misbehaviors in higher education classrooms, Claudia Esther Martinez
Emotion Understanding and Social Competence in Balanced Bilinguals and Language-Dominant Children, Katrina Meza
Identification of Phosphatases Involved in E2F-Associated Apoptosis, Liza D. Morales Smith
Predictors of Pap Smear Utilization Among Female Mexican American College Students, Sylvia M. Morales
Scores: A Story Collection, Robert Paul Moreira
Sibling Stress in Families of Children with Autism, Valerie N. Moreno
Distributed storage and queryng techniques for a semantic web of scientific workflow provenance, Jaime Alberto Navarro
Thermal Analysis of Railroad Bearings: Effect of Wheel Heating, Lariza A. Navarro
Photonic crystal design and fabrication assisted by tunable femtosecond oscillator laser, Kristofer B. Ohlinger
Modeling instabilities of electrically driven jets with finite conductivity under constant or variable applied field, Saulo I. Orizaga
Hispanic Students' Voices in Writing, Regine Pellicer
Spectral reflectance as an indicator of foliar concentrations of arsenic in common sunflower (Helianthus annuus), Yuridia Patricia Peralta De Gandy
Sociocultural Attitudes and Expectations As A Result of Media Internalization: An Exploration of Potential Cultural Resiliency Factors Among Mexican-American College Women, Natalie Marie Perez
A preliminary study on effects of Graphic Organizers on reading comprehension, Trang Phan
Multi-Soliton solutions to a model equation for shallow water waves, Zhijiang Qiao
Experimental evaluation of select servers and firewalls under denial of service security attacks, Raja Sekhar Reddy Gade
Does Tactile Stimulation Attenuate The Adverse Effects of Maternal Separations in Rats?, Nancy I. Salinas
The effects of SSRIs on sexual function in college students, Adriana Ivette Sanchez
Study on energy absorption behaviors of hydrophobic mesoporous materials, Zhongyuan Sun
Security Vulnerability Evaluation of Popular Personal Firewalls and Operating Systems, Sirisha Surisetty
Sequelae of childhood sexual abuse and chronic headache pain in women, Kathy L. Theiss
Photolithographic fabrication of 3D Penrose-like quasi-photonic crystal polymeric templates utilizing lab-made phasemask, Faraon Torres-Lazos
Trace Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in The Water of The Arroyo Colorado and the Lower Laguna Madre Utilizing E.P.A.SW846 Method 8260, Humberto Valdez
Patterns of Attachment and Factors from The NEO PI-R as Predictors of Deviant Sexuality, Michelle L. Varon
AVID through student perspectives: a qualitative study on AVID students' experiences in the program, Aidee Vasquez
A Proposal for The Mechanism of The Iron-Ascorbate, Fenton, and Hydroxyl Radical-Quenching Series, Jonathan Velasco
Genotyping of TGIF Polymorphisms Associated with Schizophrenia and Psychosis, George Vera Jr.
