Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
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.
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
Probabilistic Shortest Time Queries Over Uncertain Road Networks, Yaqing Chen
An examination of G10 carry trade during non-crisis and crisis period (2007-2009), Charles Kwame Armah Danso
A digital backend for the low frequency all sky monitor, Louis Percy Dartez
A decision support system to measure product suitability for additive manufacturing processes, Cynthia De Vasconcellos Barros
Landing: On The Other Side, Marianita Escamilla
Applications of magnetostrictive materials in the real-time monitoring of vehicle suspension components, Raul Estrada
The relationship between institutional ownership and firm performance, Javeria Farooqi
The feminization of the literary voice and the rhetorical tradition in The Lais of Marie de France, The Mirror of Simple Souls, and The Book of the City of Ladies, Elisa B. Filippone
A comparison of fish communities over different reef configurations in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich
Postmodern and posthuman literature, John P. Gallagher
A 129NW Neural Amplifier and Gm-C Filter for EEG Using gm/ID Methodology, Samuel A. Gallegos
Can I Smile with Spirit? Towards a Process Model Associating Workplace Spirituality and Emotional Labor, Ashwini Gangadharan
Benefits of using reading strategies in elementary bilingual classrooms, Diana Arely Garcia
Mímesis, Ficción y ética: El Dinero En Los Cuentos De Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Karen Garcia Escorcia
On toroidal knots, chirality, and molecules, Ramiro Garza
Role-identity prominence of the 'migrant' role-identity in migrant college students, Raul Garza
Characterization of GaN thin films grown by RF Magnetron Sputtering for fabrication of an AlGaN/GaN HEMT biosensor, Rocio Yolanda Garza
Posmodernismo e identidad en la narrativa de Juan Villoro, Jonathan Godinez Perez
GPS-MIV: The General Purpose System for Multi-display Interactive Visualization, Irving A. Gonzalez Garza
Premenstrual experiences: The simultaneous examination of the association of self-perceived stress, college-related stress, and sleep quality, Sara Julia Gonzalez
Two dimensional mathematical model of fluid flow in a growing solid tumor, Adriana Gracia
Sedimentation and barnacle recruitment and growth in a shallow coastal lagoon of south Texas, John Jack Gray
Snow monkeys in South Texas, a thirty year study of behavioral adaptation, Lou E. Griffin
Narrative structure in the works of Frederic Rzewski, Bree K. Guerra
Conocimiento de los padres acerca del programa de educación bilingue [Parental knowledge about bilingual education programs], Eliaber Jimenez
Globular cluster simulations by MOCCA code, Dongming Jin
Exponential replication of patterns in the Signal Tile Assembly Model and experimental non-deterministic assembly of lines in the Probabilistic Tile Assembly Model, Alexandra B. Keenan
Study of creative processes that lead to successful visually narrative art products, Denissa U. Kiehl
Bicultural self-efficacy, student achievement, and persistence of Mexican American college students, Richard Kirk
Bilingualism and age of onset of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in Hispanic Americans, Deborah M. Lawton
Language attitudes, ideologies, maintenance, and Spanish Heritage Learners in the South Texas border, Hyanghee Lee
Nanostructured Transition Metal Oxides for Energy Storage and Conversion, Qiang Li
Radar Image Processing and Its Applications Based on Convolution Back Projection, Qitong Li
Stakeholders' perceptions of parental involvement and home-school connections in a South Texas border town, Cynthia A. Lopez
Monitoring citrus nutrition in the Rio Grande Valley for fertilizer recommendations, Iram Lopez
Tejanos and the Texas Revolution: Their reaction to the Centralist threat, Michael Marino
The role of app development and mobile computing in motivating the secondary mathematics classroom, Jennifer Lee Marquez
The Born approximation, multiple scattering, and the butterfly algorithm, Alejandro F. Martinez
Pulsar J0453+1559, the 10th double neutron star system in the universe, Jose Guadalupe Martinez
A decision support model for process planning in remanufacturing using fuzzy set theory and genetic algorithm, Juan C. Martinez
Resaca ecosystem development: colonization and succession of the macroinvertebrate community, Leah M. McIntosh
A dual band high impedance antenna for RF Harvest applications, Andres J. Medina
Balanced modular parameterizations, Esteban J. Melendez
Mispricing, Speculation and Real Activities Manipulation, Cristhian R. Mellado-Cid
Los años sin causa, Victor Adolfo Menco Haeckermann
Creating an information systems security culture through an integrated model of employees compliance, Mohammad I. Merhi
Studies of a mathematical model for generating rhythmic behavior with a simple brain, Juan C. Morales
Organizational Culture and Generation Cohorts: A Comparative Analysis Between A Public and Private Organization, David A. Morgan
Cubic B-spline: Derivation with two applications, Maria Mungia
Transylvania, Texas, Joshua Murray
Topological pressure and fractal dimensions for bi-Lipschitz mappings, Hugo E. Olvera
"Yes, we are Latino women but very proud to have serve[d] our country": Ethnic Mexican women's contributions to World War II, Laura L. Oviedo
Effects of Climate Change on The Potential Distribution of 12 Endemic Lizards of The Genus Plestiodon of Mexico, Mayra Oyervides
Factors affecting attitudes towards individuals with schizophrenia: Perceptions of Mexican American college students, Valerie Paredes
Difference in the perception of political art inside and outside the art gallery, Jose Maria Parga
The relationship between course design, sense of community, and student achievement of students in online courses, Maria Eugenia Perez-Butron
The acute effects of different blood flow restriction settings on blood lactate, electromyography and leg strength during bilateral knee extensions, Guillermo Eduardo Perez
Manuel Guerra and the politics of Starr County, Texas 1880-1920, Jesus Perez
A study comparing the pedagogical effectiveness of virtual worlds and of traditional training methods, Benjamin Peters
Corrosion assessment and enhanced biocompatibility analysis of biodegradable magnesium-based alloys, Luis Enrique Pompa
Influence of Surface Modification on Corrosion and Biocompatibility of Titanium Alloys, Zia Ur Rahman
Companies' Responses to Negative Online Reviews, Claudia L. Ramos
From Laredo to Matamoros: The Constitutionalist Battles Along the Rio Grande 1913-1914, Jesus Ramos
Del Norte: A collection of short stories y El corrido de Dani, Jesus Alfredo Reyna
Underpricing and buy and hold abnormal returns in venture capitals' portfolio firm IPOs, Abdelhamid Riani