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Global community : Case study of the Houston Baha'is
(1977)The Houston Baha'i community is attempting to build a community that eliminates prejudices based on national, racial, and sexual differences. A normative group, the community depends on noncoercive commitment mechanisms. ... -
Biofeedback training of 40 Hz EEG in humans : Effects on other EEG rhythms automatic activity
(1975)Biofeedback procedures have been employed to establish control over several EEG rhythms in humans and animals. This study demonstrated successful training of human subjects to increase and suppress a high-frequency EEG ... -
Random walk in the forward foreign exchange market
(1975)The present study investigates the applicability of the random walk hypothesis to the forward exchange market of British pounds in terms of U.S. dollars. The variables examined are first order daily price differences as ... -
Secretary-General U Thant and peace-keeping : An analysis of U Thant's role in five peace-keeping operations
(1975)A major function of the United Nations is to preserve international peace and security. In order to perform this function the United Nations since 1956 has established a number of peace-keeping operations designed to reduce ... -
Political style among party activists in Texas : A study of delegates to the 1972 Democratic and Republican state conventions
(1974)Delegates to the 1972 state conventions of the Republican and Democratic parties of Texas and Texas delegates to the 1972 national conventions provided the focus Cor a study of political style among state party activists. ... -
Rare Vocabulary Production in School-age Narrators from Low-income Communities
(2021-01)Purpose: This study was designed to assess the utility of a tool for automated analysis of rare vocabulary use in the spoken narratives of a group of school-age children from low-income communities. Method: We evaluated ... -
Perceptions of Black Children’s Narrative Language: A Mixed-Methods Study
(Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021-01)Purpose: In this mixed-methods study, we address two aims. First, we examine the impact of language variation on the ratings of children’s narrative language. Secondly, we identify participants’ ideologies related to ... -
Patient Assistance for Virtual Emergency Room Follow Up (PAVER)
Purpose: Patients returning to the emergency room within 30 days of a previous visit pose a transitions of care issue for hospitals; with a reported 19.9% of initial ER visits resulting in a revisit. The cost of a revisit ... -
THE IMPACT OF A PHARMACY EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM ON MEDICATION ERRO
PURPOSE: Studies have shown a positive correlation between employee engagement and performance. However, these studies are primarily focused on medical staff and nursing performance. There is limited data on the effects ... -
Systemization and evaluation of the impact of a pharmacy technician career ladder in a multi-hospital system
Purpose: Career ladders have been formally designed to assist in the motivation of pharmacy technician employees to undertake more of an active approach in career progression and participate in the advancement of innovative ... -
Implementation of Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Initiatives to Reduce Medication Overrides in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Veterans Affairs Academic Medical Center (I-REMO Study)
Background: The automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) now allow for more rapid access to medications for both providers and pharmacists. However, automation may generate its own challenges with patient care. Medication ... -
Impact of Automated Dispensing Cabinet Optimization on the Incidence of Medication Stockouts
PURPOSE: Assess the change in the incidence of medication stockouts and median stockout duration, and to determine the amount of drug wastage before and after an ADC optimization project. METHODS: Par levels were adjusted ... -
Stochastic Models for the Operating Room Scheduling Problem under Uncertainty
(2020-05-22)Surgical procedures are complex tasks requiring a variety of specialized and expensive resources. They are recognized amongst the most crucial activities in hospitals from social, medical and economic points of view. ... -
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE’S NEW OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: OT
(2018-12-18)The purpose of this thesis is to outline how the Department of Defense (DoD), through Cyber Command, can holistically incorporate the cybersecurity of both DoD and non-DoD critical infrastructure into its cyber operations ... -
Enhancing OER Support by Developing a Workflow and Service Model
(2019-05-14)This is a Capstone Project Report resulting from participation in the 2018-19 SPARC Open Education Leadership Program. The capstone project focused on developing internal infrastructure in order to support a new and quickly ... -
Navigating Support Models for OER Publishing: Case Studies from the University of Houston and the University of Washington
(Reference Services Review, 2020-07-23)"Navigating Support Models for OER Publishing: Case Studies from the University of Houston and the University of Washington” was published in Reference Services Review, Volume 48, Issue 3. DOI: 10.1108/RSR-03-2020-0019. This ... -
We Are Living in a Patriarchal World and I Am an Archetypal Girl: A Jungian Analysis of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens
(2020-08-10)Cultural archetypes embody ideas, characters, and stories, which societies use to define women and assign their gender roles accordingly. The same occurs in operas. When a composer also writes the libretto, their decision ... -
Our Crowning Glory: SIX And The Path Of The Modern Progressive Musical
(2020-08-10)The 2015 Broadway debut of the historical hip-hop musical Hamilton stands as the first in a new genre of theatre, the ‘modern progressive musical,’ which seeks to tell narratives from the past while resonating with modern ... -
Hermite-Gauss Quadrature with Generalized Hermite Weight Functions and Small Sample Sets for Sparse Polynomials
(2020-04)This thesis derives a Gaussian quadrature rule from a complete set of orthogonal lacunary polynomials. The resulting quadrature formula is exact for polynomials whose even part skips powers, with a set of sample values ... -
Finding Home in the Sunbelt: A Study Of Salvadoran Activism In Houston 1980-1999.
(2020-05)The decade of the 1980s witnessed an unprecedented migration wave from Central America to the United States. Migrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala made their way north, seeking to escape the worsening living ...