This dissertation traces the evolution of micro-patriotism as practiced in pre-Columbian Mexico; the development of parallel proto-nationalist ideologies among Indians, blacks, castas, and criollos during the colonial era; ...

Using data from a survey conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center (n=2,012) to answer them, the study asks the following research questions: Does Latinos’ value of education increase likelihood of completing or planning to ...

In this dissertation, we first discuss some of the important results in Nevanlinna Theory and Diophantine Approximation Theory. Next, a result by the author and Min Ru \cite{LR} is presented. In chapter 3, we extend the ...

Selling Mexico highlights the importance of Cancún, Mexico’s top international tourism resort, in modern Mexican history. It promotes a deeper understanding of Mexico’s social, economic, and cultural history in the late ...

Advanced energy storage and power management systems designed through rigorous materials selection, testing and analysis processes are essential to ensuring mission longevity and success for human space flight applications. ...

Historically, science and mathematics teacher educators model best practices in face-to-face settings as a way to teach about learner-centered instruction. As this challenge has begun to be met in recent years by instructors ...

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is a powerful technique to monitor ground deformation phenomena, such as landslides, ground subsidence, seismological activities, and volcano dynamics. In this dissertation, ...

PURPOSE: There is an absence of information regarding safe levels of light exposure in present ophthalmic devices, and data on the highest continuous usage of these devices is unavailable. Studies that explored similar ...

Although the tendency to ruminate is related to the frequency of intimate partner violent (IPV) perpetration (Sotelo & Babcock, 2013), it is unclear how intimate partner violent men react emotionally and physiologically ...

Genetic incompatibilities can emerge as a by-product of genetic divergence. According to Dobzhansky and Muller, alleles at different loci that have fixed in different genetic backgrounds may be incompatible when brought ...