Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Examining the Increasing Prevalence of Academic Dishonesty: An Investigation of Students’ Perceptions of Academic Integrity in Higher Education, Luis Angel Garcia
Formation Control of Multiple Quadrotors, Miguel Alejandro Garcia
Tamaulipan thornforest restoration: factors influencing restoration outcomes and impacts of cover crops during replanting, Jerald Thomas Garrett
The Processing of /ɪ/-/i/ and /ɑ/-/æ/ Contrasts in Spanish-English Bilingualism, Elizabeth M. Garza
Quality of Life Among Caregivers of Individuals With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Intellectual Disability, Sandra Garza Ochoa
Self-Supervised Representation Learning for Motion Time Series: A Case Study in Activity Recognition, Luis Carlos Garza Perez
Soil Moisture Dynamics in Cover Cropping Systems: From Local to Global Scales, Manish Gautam
Graphene-Conductive Ink Coated Laser Engraved Kapton Electrochemical Biosensor for the Detection of Dopamine and Immune Sensing, Dipannita Ghosh
A Preliminary Characterization and Assessment of Mesophotic Octocoral Microbiomes in the Western Gulf of Mexico, Edward P. Gniffke
Microwave-Assisted Depolymerization of Poly (Ethylene Terephthalate) via Ethanolysis, Mayra Alejandra Gomez Cortez
TiO2 Coating Methods on Sb2O3 and Their Use as Anode Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries, Kithzia Czarina Gomez
Mathematical Evaluation of Ulnar Nerve Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPS), Maribel Carmen Gomez
Irreverent Womanhood: The Healing of Intergenerational and Cultural Trauma in the Chicanx and Latinx Sonic Poetry of Amalia Ortiz and Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Yasmine A. Gomez
Understanding the Distribution and Abundance of Asclepias prostrata in South Texas, Elizabeth Ann Gonzalez
Attitudes and Compassion of Student Counselors-In-Training Toward Individuals Who Are Homeless, Kristine R. Gonzalez
Latino Men’s Barriers and Obstacles Towards Treatment Seeking Attitudes, Rebecca Gonzalez
Generational Gap: Tales from a Vaquero Fracasado, Shawn Michael Gonzalez
An Examination of Factors Impacting Student Decisions to Engage in Physical Activity at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Glenn R. Gray
Essays on the Influence of Review and Reviewer Attributes on Online Review Helpfulness: Attribution Theory Perspective, Rakesh Guduru
Population Genetics Among Rhipicephalus sanguineus Ticks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Bianca Liana Guerra
A Combinatorial Proof of Supercranks For Partitions With a Fixed Number of Parts, Jacob J. Gutierrez
Exploring the Localization of Light in Discrete Systems With Conducted Symmetries, Aria Hajikhani
Design of Topological Structures with desired-shape mid-gap state, Elnaz Hamdarsi
The First Peoples of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Northern Mexico: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Defining the Paleoindian Period, Starr Elena Hein
Simple Mechanically Reconfigurable Patch Antennas, Luis Alonso Hernandez Galvan
Student Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Collegiate Recovery Programs and Collegiate Recovery Communities, Michael Anthony Herold
Factors Influencing the Faunal Recolonization of Restored Thornscrub Forest Habitats, Audrey J. Hicks
Determination of Effective Index of Refraction of Structured Materials (Photonic Crystals), Md Arafat Hossain
Chemical Investigation of Dichloromethane Extract of Aloe Vera Peels: An Agricultural Waste, Nazmul Huda
Professional Development for Teaching in the Digital Age: Addressing Teachers’ Digital Competency, Blanca Nery Ibarra
Investigating the Localization of FOXO4 Transcription Factor in U87MG Glioblastoma Cell Line, Millat Jahan
Self-Perceived Stigma of Caregivers With Children on the Autism Spectrum in Latin America, Leah Michelle Jara
Data Science for Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship, Saikou Jawla
Strategies Community College Mexican American Adult College Algebra Students Use When Graphing Function Transformations, Roxana Pamela Jimenez
Being a Trafficked Teacher: An AsianCrit Autoethnography Exploring the Exploitation of Filipino Migrant Teachers in Louisiana, Christopher R. Jose
Gaze Tracking Embedded Collaborative Robots for Automated Metrology and Reverse Engineering, Sachithra H. Karunathilake
Effect of pre-growth conditions on foodborne pathogen survival kinetics in fresh produce, Avninder Kaur
Understanding the Developmental Regulation of OPA1 Processing in C2C12 Myoblasts, Harpreet Kaur
Estimating the Functional Consequences of Intra-Specific Trichome Variation of Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum on the Specialist Herbivore, Manduca sexta, Satinderpal Kaur
Study of Population Dynamics of Sugarcane Aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) in Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Neetu Khanal
Monitoring the Effectiveness of Wildlife Exits and Bobcat Use Along a South Texas Highway, Jamie E. Langbein
An Investigation Into Optimal Descent Trajectories for Multipurpose Long Range Space Vehicles Under Advanced Conditions, John M. Levis
Examining Factors Among People With Opioid Use Disorder and Comorbid Mental Health Disorders, Tori Denae Livingston
Identifying Direct FOXO Targets Through Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assays with Sequencing, Alma Lopez
Age-Related Oligodendrocyte Lineage and Learning Abnormalities Driven by Nf1 Mutation in Mice, Saul Lopez
Developing Executable Digital Models with Model-Based Systems Engineering – An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Surveillance Scenario Example, Viviana Guadalupe Lopez
¿Dónde Vamos?: Exploring Neoliberal Gentrification Within an Oak Cliff Barrio, Luis E. Macias Barrientos
Wave Excited Mass-Spring-Damper System for a Self-recharging Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Mahmodul Hasan Maheen
Long-Term Spatial and Temporal Assessment of Criteria Air Pollutants Concentration Trends in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Region of Texas, USA, Md Salahuddin Majumder
Quasipolynomials and the Unimodality of Gaussian Polynomials, Paul Marsh
Fungal Plant Pathogens Affecting Crops in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Isabel Martinez
Vibration-Based Machine Learning Models for Condition Monitoring of Railroad Rolling Stock, Sergio M. Martinez
Mitigate the flood risk at the parking lots at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Edinburg Campus, Mishell Carolina Mazon
The Wackiness of Wacky World, Michael Dan McCormick
Rhythmic Ritual: Hand Papermaking as A Transformative Process, Keatan McKeever
Optimizing Convolutional Neural Networks for Transient Detection in Optical Astronomy With Augmented Datasets, Wendy Mendoza
Design and Implementation of a Load Sensor in a Bearing Adapter Assembly for Freight Railcar Applications, Prince E. Mensah
The Impacts of Caregiving and Social Support on Stress for Multiple Sclerosis: A Study on Informal Caregivers, Jacqueline Mercado
Effects of the Build Orientation and Support Patterns on the Geometric Accuracy in Printing Parts With Overhang Structure: An Experimental Study, Bala Murali Krishna Mohan
Teachers’ Perspectives on Multimodal Texts in Middle School Reading Language Arts Classrooms in the Rio Grande Valley, Angelica Montoya Ybarra
No Middle Ground: Demagogic Rhetorical Practices at the Truth and Courage Bus Stop in Harlingen, TX, Kymberly O. Morquecho
Vertical Transmission of Zika Virus in Monodelphis domestica, Mohini Moulick
An Analysis of Antichimeral Ramanujan Type Congruences for Quotients of the Rogers-Ramanujan Functions, Ryan A. Mowers
Monitoring of AC Motors Parameters Using Industrial Internet of Things, Mohammad Muheisen
Thin Film Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Nanostructured Materials: Tailoring Size, Porosity, Morphology of Zinc Stannate Perovskites (ABX3), Christopher Munoz
An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Board Chairperson Activism, Board Gender Diversity, Board Gender Inclusion, and Firm Performance, Phyu Phyu Aung Myint
Evaluation of Black Holes in an Evolving Universe, John P. Naan
Intellibeehive, Christian Ivan Narcia-Macias
Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Incidence of Specific Learning Disability: A Quantitative Study, Nora Nevarez
Effects of Missing Data Imputation Methods on Univariate Time Series Forecasting with Arima and LSTM, Nicholas Niako
Electrolysis Degradation of Cyanuric Acid in Wastewater at Cu/GO Cathodes, Chioma Chinwe Nwakanobi
Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Predictors of Academic Performance/GPA, Uzoamaka Barbara Okori
Forecasting Retention Among At-Risk College Freshmen Students Through Completion of a STEM Intervention, Edna Orozco
Performance Improvements of Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete Using Carbon-Based Fillers, Leonardo A. Ortega Ruiz
Attitudes Towards Mathematics of Developmental Mathematics Students in a Community College, Benjamin Ortiz
Two essays on credit risk correlation, Theophilus Teye Osah
Reimagining Associate Degree Nursing Education: An Insider’s View, Ntiense E. Otu
Identification of Heart Disorders With Symbolic Aggregate Approximation, Moses K. Owusu
Using Deep Learning for Encrypted Traffic Analysis of Amazon Echo, Surendra Pathak
Biological Optimization of Polymer-Based Antiretroviral Drug Towards the Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT), Arkajyoti Paul
Robust Uncertainty Estimation Framework in Deep Reinforcement Learning for Active SLAM, Bryan Joseph Pedraza
A Data-Driven Method for Damage Detection in an Open Deck Steel Truss Railroad Bridge Under the Moving Train Load, Mahesh Pokhrel
Development of Intensity Duration Frequency Curve of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Binaya Poudel
Exploring a Bilingual Teacher Implementation of Small Group Guided Reading Instruction Through Preview, View and Review, Vivian Pratts
Impacts of Land Use on Stormwater Runoff in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Improving Long Term Municipal Stormwater Management Systems, Maria Vanessa Pruneda
Initial Investigation of Using the Waste Rubber Tires as a New Sustainable Material for Electric Conductive Rigid Pavement, Islam Radwan
Robust and Uncertainty-Aware Image Classification using Bayesian Vision Transformer Model, Fazlur Rahman Bin Karim
Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Sensing, Separation, and Energy Applications, Md Ashiqur Rahman
A Novel Technique to Solve Fractional Differential Equations Using Fractional-Order B-Polynomial Basis Set, Md Habibur Rahman
Examining Nonadherence to Family Values and Anxiety in College Latinas, Veronica Paola Ramirez
Translanguaging Practices and Perspectives of Three Bilingual Teachers, Lillian Ramos
Fifth Grade Teachers Use of Cooperative Learning in Science, Liza Ramos
Comparing Socioeconomic Status to Educational Diagnosis of Serious Emotional Disturbances: A Linear Analysis of Texas Data, Cristina Rangel
Electronic Books: Educational Enhancement or Novelty?, Felipe O. Reyes
Meeting Students’ Needs to Improve Motivation and Higher Academic Achievement in Rio Grande Valley Schools, Tanya Jessica Reyes