Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Breeding distribution and habitat use of Audubon's oriole in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Steven Gerald Monk
Diurnal rhythms: The daily life and art of a Mexican American migrant, Lillia Munoz
Visualization of Internet Web pages based on authority and word frequency, David Navarro
Healthcare trends and attitudes of migratory winter visitors in the Rio Grande Valley, Caprica Ann Neal
Clay and creative vision, Raymond Clifford Pocquette
Breaking up is hard to do: The dissolution of business relationships in the global market place, Jennifer A. Pope
The Red-Light District of the Heart, Octavio Quintanilla Jr.
The effects of nationality in the intercultural relationship in a maquila environment, cultural dimensions a practical approach, Daniel Martin Reynoso Ortiz
Three essays on the use of financial derivatives by Latin American banks in Brazil, Chile and Mexico, Andres E. Rivas-Chavez
International drug trafficking: Police corruption on the US/Mexico border, John Jacob Rodriguez
Expert system development for hard disk drive failure analysis, Fernando Rodriguez Rosas
Human reliability analysis in the performance of advanced cardiac life support tasks, Lucia Veronica Rosas
An investigation of pre-nursing and second-year baccalaureate nursing students' perception of spirituality, Jacquelyn Kay R. Williams
Love, labor and life: Existence through a neo-surrealist style, Manuel Saenz Jr.
An Arabesque Tango: Dancing Letters. From two continents and one ocean far away my memories!, Fulden Sara
The effect of Web interface features on consumer online shopping intentions, Jeffrey Sam Siekpe
All the Elephants Faced the Door: Fiction and poetry, Stephanie B. Thome
Analysis of performance capacity of hand grip through an integrated learning curve model, Miguel Torres
Data analysis in the ANTES System, Yavuz Tor
Four-year longitudinal study on the impact of migrant student identification on academic achievement, Graciela Villegas Perez
ANTES: A Web-based acanthosis nigricans and other obesity related information system, Chunyue Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Stock return volatility in emerging equity markets: The relative effects of country and global factors, Benjamin Adam Abugri
The relationship between perceived self-efficacy, regimen adherence, and glycemic control in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus: A pilot study, Antonieta Pelias Alteza
Automated robotic inspection system for electronic manufacturing, Roberto Alejandro Balderas
Attitudes of migrant receiving and home district teachers and the academic successes of migrant children, Martha Alicia Cantu
Wordless picture books versus standard stories for language assessment of Spanish-speaking children, Yvonne De Anda
Alignment, mechanical and thermo-physical characterization of nanofiber-reinforced polyethylene, Veronica M. Diaz-Serrato
Texas school finance equalization and student performance, Christopher Duque
Community, fortitude, satisfaction, and loyalty: Tests of Oliver's proposed frameworks, J. Martin Fraering
Identification of a genetic locus involved in ppGpp metabolism in Escherichia coli, Roxanne Enid Garza
A case study of a school-age stutterer's response to delayed auditory feedback, Marcia Lynn Gonzalez
An exploratory analysis of Mexican-American parental involvement perspectives on home, school, and community collaboration, Lisa Kay Hall-Irby
United States GAAP versus international accounting standards: Convergence or divergence. Evidence from Form 20-F, Kendra Jo Huff
Desert passages: Reflections in clay, Opal Jane LeMaster
Retention of beginning teachers: A comparison of teachers prepared through an alternative certification program and a Center for Professional Development of Teachers field-based program, Glendelia Muniz Zavala
Effects of ethanol on the toxicity and metabolism of acetonitrile and acrylonitrile, Nancy Ochoa-Garza
Teachers' perception of school climate as a function of personality traits, Mary Carmen Pacheco
Cascading Visions, Noel Palmenez
Effects of self-monitoring on hyperactivity in a student diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Lillian Lee Pedroza
Switching decisions for diversity antennas using autoregressive techniques, Sebastian Mani Puthenpurayil
Mexican American women: Unique superintendents in Texas, Maria Cristina Quilantan
Effect of guanosine tetraphosphate on growth rate and stable RNA synthesis in Escherichia coli, Heather Anne Quintanilla
Children of Mexican immigrants: Negotiating school in a two -way setting on the Texas -Mexico border, Diana Maria Ramirez
Academic achievement as a function of attributions of success and failure and socio-cultural variables in Mexican-American students, Mary Alice Reyes
Troubled waters: A reprisal of sea power and maritime importance in the turbulent years of the Texas revolt, Andrew Reynolds Galloway
Herstory, Rita Kathryn Roney
The art and myth of the coyote and related folk tales from the South Texas and northern Mexican border, Esau Rubio Pena
Four case studies of Hispanic children's responses to a videotaped language sampling procedure, Adelaida E. Saenz
Mexican American persistence at a Hispanic-serving institution: Lessons and anomalies in a 10-year university cohort, Alfredo Salinas
Relationships between teachers' perceptions of principals' leadership behavior and level of work motivation, Raquenel Sanchez-Perkins
Ocelot distribution in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Kevin James Shinn
Longitudinal analysis of behavior patterns in a captive chimpanzee population, Amy Augusta Tirone
R&D, advertising and the market value of Internet firms, Damir Tokic
The rheological behavior of carbon nanofiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites, Qiang Zeng
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
An analysis of key leadership behaviors of the principal in a high -performing elementary school serving Mexican American children in South Texas, Alda T. Benavides
Relationship between cognitive performance and sociocultural and linguistic variables in bilingual Mexican American children, Lorraine Geralyn Boudville
The effects of inclusion on learning-disabled students' self-esteem, Ruth Ann Cardoza
Economic impacts of NAFTA and transfer pricing legislation along the United States-Mexico border, Alton Henry Cook Jr.
The battle to be mayor: A case study of interethnic conflict in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Adrian Cruz
The Sacred and the Mundane: Images of Deity in Ordinary Objects in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Monica Delgado Van Wagenen
Reducing aberrant behavior utilizing functional communication training in whole-group, small-group and one-to-one settings, Twila Dawn Sprowl Figueroa
Patterns of avian productivity indices at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (1995–1999), Tina Louise Gallegos
Determinants of electronic data interchange adoption in international buyer -supplier communications, Jose V. Gavidia
The effects of multi-sensory teaching practices on the reading fluency and comprehension of bilingual 2nd grade students, Gloria Gonzalez
Military activities in Matamoros during the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1915, Sonia Hernandez
A study of parental involvement at a blue ribbon elementary school on the Texas-Mexico border, Jay Scott Hollinger
Reducing juvenile graffiti vandalism: A study of community policing problem-solving in San Benito, Texas, Yolanda Lopez
The exaltation and musicality of the gypsy cante jondo as exemplified by the poetry of Federico García Lorca, Auristela Rodriguez Merlano Lung
Moments in Time, Maria Elena Macias
Visual iconic object-oriented programming to advance computer science education and novice programming, Nancy Silva Martinez
A neural network-based vision system for automated separation of onion from clod using mechanical harvester, Demian Morquin
James Joyce and Rolando Hinojosa: Artists in a colonial milieu, John Clark Owen
Tracing the Cultural Memory in the Rio Grande Valley: Mexican-American dichos, Proverbs Interpreted Through Art, Jennifer Michele Rodriguez
Risk, return and integration in Latin American equity markets, Eduardo Enrique Sandoval
Gallos, caballos, gente y paisajes, Rosendo Sandoval
The relationship between acculturation level and patient satisfaction among adult Mexican American emergency department patients, Sharon M. Schaaf
Comparison of rodent communities of native brushland, replanted, and secondary succession sites in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Mitchell Allen Sternberg
Detection of the phototoxic dye phloxine B in Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and honey, Aleena M. Tarshis Moreno
Chthonic power versus synthetic power: Iconography and color symbolizing the female principle relative to the male principle, Kathryn M. Thorn-Simpson
Ensuring educational opportunity for students with disabilities: A legal analysis of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Jacques Evan Trevino
“To please a child”: A practical analysis of a children's theatre production from planning to performance, Brian James Warren
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
The antecedents and consequences of customer loyalty: The roles of customer satisfaction and consumer trust -commitment, Sergio Alonso
Teisho of a Tree in Light: A collection of poems, Samuel Arizpe
Highway safety funding for the “EL PROTECTOR” program from the Texas Department of Transportation, Colin Barto Ashburn
Mexican American Baptists' dependency on Anglo Baptist institutions in south Texas: A case study in Bee County, Richard Carrera
The application and performance of a generic task routine decision making algorithm to recipe selection in meal planning, Michelle M. Cox
Manipulating ethos and pathos: Accents, product complexity, and promotional messages in Chile, Victor Ramon Davila
Adult survivors of family violence and abuse, Marcie De La Cruz
Advance directives and communication styles in a lower Rio Grande Valley health facility, Armando G. Dominguez
Comparative phenology of Acacia berlandieri, A. minuata, A. rigidula, A. schaffneri, and Chloroleucon ebano in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Melissa R. Eddy
Gender identity development in self-disclosed gay men in Hidalgo County, Texas, Sammy Lee Flanagan Jr.
Optimal design of beams undergoing harmonic bending and torsion using finite elements, Arnoldo Garcia
The relationship of acculturation and social support to birth outcomes of pregnant Mexican-American adolescents, Enriqueta Garcia and Martha Ruth Ramirez
Modeling of a meat cooking process for on-line monitoring and control, Oralia Garcia
The relationship between health attitudes, beliefs, health locus of control and use of breast cancer screening modalities in elderly Hispanic women, Debra Kay Gillett and Rosamaria Ortiz
Factors affecting reproductive success in hosts of the bronzed cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Christopher R. Hathcock
An analysis of financial issues faced by microenterprises in Mexico, Heikki Heino
VAS (Visual Analysis System): An information visualization engine to interpret World Wide Web structure, Tarkan Karadayi
Women's income-generating activities in Turkey, Nihan Kayaardi
