Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
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Theses/Dissertations from 2010
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.
Constitution of the market through social media: Dialogical co-production of medicine in a virtual health community organization, Handan Vicdan
Soliton solutions to integrable equations, Haiqi Wang
The impact of Caesar Augustus on Roman trade, William Edwin Wilson
A Stochastic Product Priority Optimization Method for Remanufacturing System Based on Genetic Algorithm, Xiong Xiong
South Texas journalism: A case study of historical agenda-setting, 1861-1865, Diana Rosa Ybañez
Attitudinal measures of college students' punitiveness toward sex offenders, Antonio Zamorano
Does The Manipulation of Tail Position Facilitate Extinction of Canine Phobic Behavior?, Rebecca A. Zarate
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
An Experimental Study of Potential Residential and Commercial Applications of Small-Scale Hybrid Power Systems, Michael Anthony Acosta
Two essays on financial sector performance in Latin America, Omar M. Al Nassar
Cuando te pierdes en mí, Carolina E. Alonso
Built environment: Does geographical proximity play a role in exercise frequency and adherence?, Nancy Anzaldua
Following Cleng Peerson: A Niece's Journey, Christine Suzanne Ardis
Percepcion de maestros y padres hispanos sobre la participacion en la educacion de sus hijos en relacion con sus logros academicos, Maria Roxana Avalos
Field of tears: A tribute to Los Braceros, Maria Esperanza Balboa
Evaluation of Streptomycetes for biological control of gummy stem blight disease of cantaloupe, Shima Chaudhary
Armor during WWII: The defeat of the superior Panther, Phillip D. Clark
Stress responses to salinity in a native fresh water snake (Nerodia rhombifer), Joana A. Cordoba
Synculturation: The residual variable of bilingualism, Claudia Coronado
Chicana identity: Recognizing the hybrid self in Demetria Martínez's “Mother Tongue”, Cathy Ann Cortina
Completing Chemistry TAKS Objective 4(9D): The Effect of Flash Animation, Judith B. Dano
The borderline between the personal and political, Celeste De Luna
UWB Antennas for Medical Imaging, Khabat Ebnabbasi
Quest for Spirituality, Teodoro Estrada
An automatic regrouping mechanism to deal with stagnation in Particle Swarm Optimization, George I. Evers
Touching The Truth: Applying Literary Realist Theory to Jose Rizal's “Noli Me Tangere” (Touch Me Not), Francesca T. Falqueza
“Jugando en Serio” and other works, Shoney Flores
The impact of exchange rate movements on firm value in emerging markets: The case of Mexico, Chrystell Flota
Sechin Alto Early Horizon ceramics assemblage, Omar Fonseca
The development of the elementary principal as a technology leader, Alejandro Garcia
Memorization techniques: Using mnemonics to learn fifth grade science terms, Juan O. Garcia
La Noche y Sus Silencios: Imágenes del Tiempo, Ansiedad y Muerte, Erika Elisa Garza
The Animal Coming Together, Rodney Gomez
Visual Cultural Identity in South Texas Art and Design, Mirla Gonzalez De Martinez
Similar Districts with Different Results: Using The Baldrige Scale To Understand Outcome Differences in Rural School Districts in The Lower Rio Grande Valley, Miguel Angel Gonzalez
Slavery and The Constitution: A Study As To How Constitutional Principles Were Used As The Primary Instrument In The Legal Protection and Propagation of Slavery, Jose Juan Guajardo
Phenotypic and genetic differences in soil bacterial communities among successional stages, Rowena A. G. Hamlet
Edge of Existence, Mack Liao
Thermodynamic, Heat Transfer Analysis and Simulation of A Domestic Size, Double Stage, Lithium Bromide Absorption System, Carlos R. Lima
Integrable equations with non-smooth solitons, Xianqi Li
Three Essays on The Effects of Reverting Capital Flows on U.S. Financial Markets, Rahames A. Lizardo
A Realization and Application of Appropriate French Baroque Ornamentation for The First Four Preludes of “L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin” by Francois Couperin, Andres Javier Lopez
Health care accessibility among a Hispanic community in South Texas, Juan F. Lopez
Set and Light Design for “Con Mis Manos/With My Hands”: A Play in Two Acts By Misael Martinez, Lawrence Andrew Lopez
Synthesis and characterization of two metal-organic frameworks, Roxanna Schaffino Moore
The Return to Aztlan, Eliseo Moreno
Adult sexual adjustment after experiencing sexual abuse in childhood, Liliana G. Moyers-Ruiz
Analytical and Computational Studies of Magneto-Convection in Solidifying Mushy Layer, Mallikarjunaiah Siddapura Muddamallappa
Asynchronous designs on FPGA with soft error tolerance for security algorithms, Deepya Reddy Nalubolu
A Study on Gas Penetration and Fingering Behavior in Injection Molding of Polymer and Powder Metal Feedstock, Edna I. Orozco
A comparative study of risk factors involved in diabetes between Texas and other states, Andres Padilla Oviedo
The Impact of Focused Tutoring and Science Lab Instruction Strategies for An Elementary School in South Texas, Annabelle Paloma
Curanderismo and Healing Rituals: An Ethnographic and Historical Study of The Casma Valley in Northern Peru, Maria Esmeralda Perez
S2ST: A Relational RDF Database Management System, Anthony T. Piazza
Ethnobotanical Study in Casma, Peru: The Important Knowledge of Ethnobotanicals from Local People, Rebecca L. Reyes
The Attic and The Wheelchair V.C. Andrews's Accident and The Dollanganger Series, Angela H. Rice
Racial Discrimination, Skin Tone, Locus of Control, and Acculturation Among Mennonite Latino/as of The Rio Grande Valley, Nancy Rivera
Conflict Between The National Park Service and The Bureau of Indian Affairs in The Glacier Region of Montana, 1896–1934, Renee A. Rodriguez
Genetic and phenotypic characterization of plant pathogen inhibitory Streptomyces isolates, Uylissa A. Rodriguez
Electrospinning polystyrene reinforced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Parameters for obtaining nanofibers with enhanced thermal properties, Ana Veronica Rodriguez Ybarra
A DNA approach to the Road-Coloring Problem, Arindam Roy
An Exploratory Investigation of The Implementation of Quality Staff Development and Campus Success, Cindy Hays Sadler
A Quest for Understanding Finding My Way Back, Juan Saenz
Teacher Leadership Practices in Large Texas High Schools with Different Accountability Ratings: A Mixed Methods Study, Cynthia Molina Saldivar
The influence of environmental factors on the activity and movement of Bufo nebulifer (coastal plain toad) in a disturbed area, Crystal Salinas
Impact of flash animation in learning concepts of matter among elementary students, Rhodora S. Santos
Myspace, Write Space: An Analysis of Student Achievement in Texts for Digital Audiences, Stephanie Marie Sauceda
Sex At The Park: Stories From My Days With Ninfa, Dalel Serda
Two-dimensional Wigner-Ville transforms and their basic properties, Bheemaiah Veena Shankara Narayana Rao