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Effects of Angry Rumination and Distraction in Partner Violent Men
(2016-05)
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 ...
TOWARDS A RHETORIC OF ROLES: SELF-FASHIONING AS INVENTION STRATEGY IN THE RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION CLASSROOM
(2016-05)
Rhetoric and composition studies addresses the problem of student self-presentation by appealing to the discourse of social roles: the “roles” of Writer and Reader, Rhetor and Audience. But this role- rhetoric is only ...
EL LÉXICO ESPAÑOL DE LOS ESTUDIANTES DE HERENCIA DE SECUNDARIA EN HOUSTON
(2016-12)
Algunos investigadores proponen que el conocimiento de vocabulario está relacionado con el conocimiento del español global del estudiante y con la comprensión lectora (Velásquez, 2015; Rodrigo, 2009). Otros proponen que ...
A case study of the influence of professional friendships among teachers on teacher retention, school culture, teacher performance, and student performance
(2016-05)
The manner in which teacher friendships influence teacher retention, student performance, and the influence they have on the quality of the school’s learning environment has not been studied in great depth. Many studies ...
CONTROLLED CLIMATES AND HUMAN VARIATION: UBIQUITOUS AIR CONDITIONING AND LOWERING HEAT THRESHOLDS IN A HOTTER WORLD
(2016-05)
This project assessed how ubiquitous air conditioning is affecting human biological and cultural adaptation to heat. Big data from the “CDC Environmental Health Tracker” on morbidity and air conditioning (AC) usage was ...
Optimizations for Energy Efficiency within Distributed Memory Programming Models
(2016-12)
With the breakdown of Dennard Scaling and Moore's law, power consumption appears to be a primary challenge on the pathway to exascale computing. Extreme Scale Research reports indicate the energy consumption during movement ...
Enhanced Debugging of Data Races in Parallel Programs Using OpenMP
(2016-12)
Parallel computing is pervasive. The variety and number of parallel hardware architectures increase daily. As this technology evolves, parallel developers will need productivity enhancing tools to analyze, debug, and ...
A College for the Community?: A Comparison of the Histories of an Urban (San Antonio College) and Rural (Navarro College) Community College in Texas
(2016-05)
This study is a historical comparison of an urban (San Antonio College) and a rural (Navarro College) community college in Texas from their establishment until 1980. Based on oral histories and archival research at each ...
EXAMINING MOMENT TO MOMENT AFFECTIVE DETERMINANTS OF SMOKING RATE FOLLOWING A QUIT ATTEMPT IN A SAMPLE OF HOMELESS ADULT DAILY SMOKERS: AN ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT STUDY
(2016-05)
Tobacco use, mainly cigarette smoking, is a prevalent and deadly habit, and disproportionately affects homeless individuals, who have fewer resources and increased stressors compared to domiciled smokers. Despite these ...
Stories About Writing (Centers): Sites of Innovation in (Online) Writing Instruction
(2016-05-19)
In this dissertation I study the University of Houston Writing Center (UHWC) as a site for innovative writing instruction while simultaneously critiquing business-model approaches to the teaching of writing. Using the ...