Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Explicating sex differences in marketing managers' egoist versus utilitarian ethical orientations: The effects of the enactment of agentic versus communal social roles, Jason Blair MacDonald
Corporate diversification and the effects of firm characteristics on diversification modes: United States, European and Japanese firm behavior, Somkiat Mansumitrchai
Poems as mnemonic devices to aid grammar recall, Carolin A. Metzger
The etic/emic dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior in Mexico: A cross -cultural research study, Luis Ortiz
A Burkean analysis of Aung San Suu Kyi's leadership role in the political development of Burma, Jayshri H. Patel
A cross-cultural content analysis of television news: Weslaco and Abilene, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico, Biada Pena
Sectoral labor choice in post-revolutionary Nicaragua: The evolution of the informal labor sector in the 1990s, Michael Jack Pisani
Evangelical Episcopalians and the Church of Jesus in Mexico, 1857–1906, John Steven Rice
Small business financing sources and self -employment trends of mainland and island-born Puerto Ricans, Yolanda Ruiz-Vargas
Detoxification of 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide and benzo(a)pyrene-4,5-oxide by myristicin induced glutathione S-transferase in A/J mouse livers, Eduardo Saldivar
World Birding Center-Edinburg: An application to the Meadows Foundation, Wendy Smith Sturgis
The American Board's single missionary women in American Indian missions, 1810–1860, Lisa Jacqueline Travis
Correlation between the number of children a woman has in the Women, Infants, and Children Program and their ratings of the program, Elizabeth Trevino
Factors affecting learning effectiveness in international joint ventures (IJV): An empirical analysis of Indian IJVs, Sameer P. Vaidya
Stress in Mexican-American adolescence and its relations to family structure and socioeconomic status, Diana Villanueva
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Abraham Lincoln: Strategist of Union victory, Rolando Avila
The political realities of Rio Grande Valley women, Linda Buxton
Spillover effects on Latin American equity markets: The case of ADRs and non-ADR firms, Roberto Jairo Curci-Berrio
Development and the environment: A case study about the first attempted creation of a Texas coastal conservation district, Rene De La Rosa
Trust and ethics in international business negotiations: A cross-cultural analysis, Mohammad Niamat Elahee
Psychological correlates of pain perception: An assessment of false biofeedback, Tobie Jay Escher
The ecology and life history of the Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus, (Teleostei: Characidae) in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Mario Estrada
Acculturation level and performance of Mexican Americans on a test of malingering, Sonya Rosa Flores
Colonia Outreach Assistance and Training (C.O.A.S.T.), Eunice Aida Garcia
A management role perspective of Adult Protective Services, Isaac Garza
A comparison of prison rehabilitation classes, Linda Sue Jackson
Acculturation in Mexican American adolescents and its relation to perceived social support, Rossana Jimenez
Production of the subtropical seagrass, Halodule wrightii Aschers., in lower Laguna Madre, Texas, Joseph L. Kowalski
Effects of labor unions on regional economic development in Mexico, Rafael Otero
The public dream: A Jungian interpretation of "The Waste Land", Obed Sanchez
A research model of care-givers and/or socializing agents explored in terms of grandparenthood, Susanna Imelda Guadalupe Stephens
Sucrose metabolism in two Saccharum species, Monica Ida Valdez-Garza
The Texas Republic and the Mormon Kingdom of God : the attempt to establish a theocratic nation in the Texas - Mexico borderlands in 1844, Michael Van Wagenen
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
The impact of foreign direct investment on small business and employment formation in Mexico, Cynthia Ann Jones Brown
Depression in Mexican American adolescence and its relations to ethnic identity and self esteem, Deborah Cohen Woloski
Culturally congruent care: Predictors of patient satisfaction among adult Mexican Americans, Shannon Marie Dowdall, Alma Rosa Flores, and Karyn Elizabeth Taplay
Intermarriage in Hidalgo County, 1860-1900, Ana Cristina Downing de De Juana
A comparison of the effects of moderate- and high-carbohydrate diets on coronary heart disease risk factors: A pilot study, Margaret Helen Fernandez and Julia Ava Niehaus Soper
An analysis of equity preferences and the relationship between belief and behavioral intent to support funding as a basis for regional park allocation decisions in Brazoria County, Texas, Richard Mark Hansen
Using Dabrowski's overexcitabilities to identify gifted students and augment their gifted potential, Sande Kristiansen-Hagne
Acculturation of a Mexican-American male population and gender role conflict, Gary Evan Leka
Perceived health competency and health value, acculturation and obesity in a Mexican American population, Roberto Eliud Maldonado
Voces de las buenas mujeres: An ethnographic study of marianismo among Mexican American and Mexican women, Lori Anne Ruiz
Perceptions of competencies for AmeriCorps supervisors within the Texas Agricultural Extension Service: An exploratory study, Ruben Javier Saldana
John H. Shary and the promotion and development of Hidalgo County land, 1912-1930, Sylvia Zulema Silva-Bewley
20th century rhetorical influences on United States-Mexico relations, A. Gene Wendorf
United States policy toward China's most-favored-nation (MFN) status, Shengjun Yuan
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Risk factors in adolescents for engaging in sexual behaviors, Dolores Calderon Castellano
Effect of artificial flooding on the vegetation and avifauna of riparian woodlands at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Hidalgo County, Texas, Charles David Castillo
The disposable Mexican: Operation Wetback 1954, the deportation of undocumented workers in California and Texas, Sylvia Cavazos
Habitat selection, population density, and home range of the elf owl, Micrathene whitneyl, at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, Christopher Michael Gamel
Habitat use and activities of the piping plover, Charadrius melodus, wintering on South Padre Island, Texas, Humberto Garza Jr.
The developmental abilities of neonatal intensive care unit graduates, Cynthia A. Gonzalez
Acculturation and response style on Mexican Americans on the Millon Index of Personality Styles, Alicia Stephens Guffey
Homology among the autosomal chromosomes of Boophilus annulatus (Say) and B. microplus (Canestrini), Bonnie S. Gunn
Factors that affect parental involvement in gifted education, Lynne Ann Mahony
Aquatic macroinvertebrates of Rio Grande delta ponds, Anna Maria Navarro
Teachers' attitudes and preceptions towards inclusion of gifted students, Bertha Belen Perez
Breeding densities and habitat of riparian birds along the lower Rio Grande, Texas, Corinna Elizabeth Rupert
The brood-rearing habitat, brood home range, and fecundity of the snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) in coastal southern Texas, Jeffery R. Rupert
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
The Political Resources Model of Representation: A local approach, Joe Manuel Cavazos
Mexican elites in the United States: An introductory investigation of privileged Mexicans in South Texas, Maria Elena Elias de Mounce
Bilingual special education: A comparison of the perceptions between bilingual and special education directors, Sarita Garcia
Case studies of selective mutism in Hispanic children, Colleen Anne Gittins
Nutritional requirements for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units, James Allen Nelson
Influence of social context on evaluation of municipal service delivery, Anahid Petrosian
Work role vs. familial roles: Management of work and family responsibilities among blue-collar Chicana and Mexican immigrant women in the Lower Rio Grande Valley apparel industry, Maria Olivia Villarreal-Solano
A study of factors on the performance of the Texas Academic Skills Program Test, Billy B. Watkins
A comparison of secondary successional woody vegetation in two revegetated fields in South Texas and an assessment of habitat use by the olive sparrow, Arremonops rufivirgatus, Patrick Grant Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Feeding and nesting ecology of the great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus texanus (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae) in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Robert Luis Gorena
Effect of myristicin, a constituent of parsley, on levels of glutathione and glutathione S-transferase in mice tissues, Maria Theresa Tijerina
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Comparative toxicities of aminonitriles, Timothy Lester Lacy
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Towards a revision of the history of Southern Plains-New Mexico relations: Lipan Apaches and Southern Plains ecology, 1500-1720, William Carter
A content validity analysis of the University of Texas-Pan American English 1320 grammar and usage exam, Cynthia Eilene Elder
Development of mass-rearing techniques for Aphelinus asychis Walker for use in a biological control program against Russian wheat aphid, Robin Lynn Whitaker-Deerberg
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Seasonal distribution of the ichthyofauna of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Alamo, Texas, Matthew Albert Ciomperlik
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
The Vietnam escalation: Decision making in the Johnson administration, Arnoldo Tadeo Zarate
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Indian and Spanish-Mexican cultural influence in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Juanita Elizondo Garza
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
El Horcon: United States Territory South of The Rio Grande, Stephen Jay Phelps
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Self awareness of sin as the cause of death in four of Nathaniel Hawthorne's twice-told tales, Kathryn Louise Estep
The Mexicans' and Mexican-Americans' contribution to the development of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and its citrus industry, Camilo A. Martinez Jr.
The impact of employee value systems upon management styles in a general hospital, Tommie Lee Parker
Professional baseball in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, 1949-1961, Mark Lynn Paschall
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
A retrospective survey of human birth defects as recorded at McAllen General Hospital in McAllen, Texas, 1962-1972, Deana Brown
The ferns of the Rancho Del Cielo region, Lawrence Victor Lof
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Gold in the Gulf: a history of the Rio Grande Valley shrimp industry, Thomas M. Blackwell
Organochlorine pesticide residue, physico-chemical, and bacteriological profile of the lower Rio Grande River of Texas, Juan H. Gonzalez
Four major image patterns in the poetry of May Swenson, Ruth Ida Penque
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
The New Deal Public Works Programs and Mexican-Americans in McAllen, Texas, 1933-36, Irene Ledesma
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
A descriptive profile of the philosophical, organizational, and curricular program structure of the reading programs in six selected school districts of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, June Ann McCullough Burger
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara: The Forgotten Hero, Roberto N. Contreras
The cultural development of McAllen, Texas, Sue Etchison Newman
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Coastal vegetational communities of the two Texas barrier islands, Boca Chica and Brazos, Baltazar Cisneros
Background to banditry in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas: 1900 to 1912, Rodolfo Rocha