Background: The literacy skills acquired by children by the third grade is a predictor of their ability to successfully navigate school and achieve success in their careers. Consequently, scholars, policymakers, and educators ...

In designing low-rise metal building systems, column-base connections are commonly assumed to be pinned with no rotational stiffness for both serviceability and strength limit states; however, practical experience indicates ...

Faces constitute a susceptible portion of an image, which in this age has become vulnerable with the increasing use of applications involving face detectors. Increasing concerns over the privacy of people have led to ...

The work presented in this dissertation focuses on studying the anti-fouling behavior of "conflicted" interfaces, where phase separation is restricted or eliminated, using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The adsorbates ...

In Texas, fifth grade students are required to pass both the reading and math sections of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS test, in order to be promoted to the next grade level. The purpose of this ...

Due to the advances in remote sensors and sensor networks, different types of spatio-temporal datasets have become increasingly available. Revealing interesting spatio-temporal patterns from such datasets is very important, ...

Background: Texas House Bill 5 (2013) changed graduation requirements across the state by requiring that students select a career path or endorsement as they enter high school. Over the past five years, central office ...

Age, Period, and Cohort (APC) models have been applied to analyze disease incidence or mortality rates, and the estimated trend in age, period, and birth cohort effects. However, the identification problem -- the linear ...

The importance of beginner books in the lives of nascent readers cannot be understated. In an effort to recognize these critical tools for early reading, the American Library Association created the Theodor Geisel Award ...

Based on the Barnes method of discontinuity filters, I created a new fault-detection attribute and compared it with the constrained least squares spectral analysis (CLSSA) method in Barnett Shale fault detection. The ...