DSpace at UH: Recent submissions
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Viaticum
(2020-05)My poetry works to increase representation of FTM men in poetry, a minimally represented identity, and make meaningful contributions to the way this identity is discussed or analyzed. My poetry focuses on critically thinking ... -
Home Address
(2020-05)This manuscript aims to do exactly what it claims to in the title—to address home. Home is a word that gets used without thought and often multiple times per day. “Let’s go home” and “I’m on my way home” are thrown out ... -
The Anti-Civilizational Queer: Reconceiving the Subject-Subject Consciousness of the Radical Faeries
(2020-04)The first section of this thesis is a consideration of Harry Hay’s writings about “subject-SUBJECT” consciousness and Sanford’s critiques thereof. A refutation of Hay’s writings on the topic, which is not a central component ... -
Against the Machine
(2020-05)With its preoccupation with misogyny and violence towards women, the Romance genre instructs its female readers how to react to what has become unavoidable in a patriarchal world. Unfortunately, the abuse perpetrated by ... -
A comparison of speech patterns in children with cochlear implants and their peers with normal hearing
(2020-05)Purpose: The current study investigates the speech patterns of young children with cochlear implants and their peers with normal hearing by comparing group differences on typical and atypical phonological processes, ... -
Bathing in History - Damascus
(2020-05)“England knows Egypt; Egypt is what England knows; England knows that Egypt cannot have self-government; England confirms that by occupying Egypt; for the Egyptians. Egypt is what England has occupied and now governs; ... -
Parent-Adolescent Attachment Patterns in Inpatient Adolescents with Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use
(2020-05)Although Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often comorbid with substance use (SU), both have been associated with unique attachment strategies. BPD is associated with preoccupation and disorganization while SU is ... -
An Evaluation of the Number of Response Options for Scales in Psychology
(2020-04)Self-report scales are used widely in the field of psychology. These scales tend to widely differ on scale format for many reasons including consistency, time issues, and convenience. Previous studies have found that scale ... -
Van der Waals Interactions in the Hadron Resonance Gas Model
(2019-08)The Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) and its phase transition on the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) phase diagram have been at the forefront of high energy physics research for the past few decades. In order to study the QGP and its ... -
Representations of Influences in the Identities of Young Migrant Girls of the Borderlands and their Relationship to Gender, Childhood, and Motherhood
(2020-05)This thesis seeks to analyze the representations of border-related trauma in contemporary written works. The introductory chapter seeks to set the foundation for this thesis using Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera: ... -
Serialized Comic Book Storytelling As Modern Myth-Making
(2020-04)This work sets out to investigate serialized comic book storytelling as a medium through its low-culture historical roots and the unique qualities it possesses. In doing so, it identifies the characteristics integral to ... -
Overcoming Imposter Phenomenon in Academic Faculty: Using Cognitive Processing Therapy to Address Distorted Perceptions
(2019-11)Despite recent research into the effects of imposter phenomenon (IP) on academic faculty members, there has been no research on empirically tested, non-clinical interventions that could help individuals address the distorted ... -
Sakimirai
(2020-04)This thesis, a fiction novella, examines themes of nostalgia, perception against reality, redemption and forgiveness, and the inner human. Drawing from a mix of literary classics by greats such as Shakespeare, Morrison, ... -
Petrography, Geochemistry, and Geochronology of Cretaceous Porphyry Intrusives near Red Lode, Montana
(2020-05)There are many localities of Cretaceous porphyry intrusives in and around the Beartooth Range and particularly along the Beartooth Front near Red Lodge, Montana. Although Rouse et al. (1937) carried out a study devoted to ... -
Transit Deserts: An Analysis of Their Impact On Health and Access to Health Care
(2020-05)A transit desert is defined as an area with limited transportation supply and or infrastructure, which may limit people’s ability to procure jobs, access health care, and obstructs economic mobility (Junfeng & Dillivan, ... -
A Dosimetric Evaluation of MiniPIX Performance Using In-situ and Simulated Environments
(2020-05)Space weather is becoming increasingly relevant as human activity in space and around grows. Primary contributors to this space radiation are galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) which continue to mystify scientists with their high ... -
Identity in the Writings of Lucian of Samosata
(2020-05)The second-century CE Greek sophist, rhetorician, and satirist Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-185 CE) presents a complex figure in his writings. A native of the province of Syria who wrote in Greek under the Roman Empire, ... -
The Trickle-Down Effect of Academic Mentoring
(2020-05)The mentoring literature has not sufficiently explored the potential trickle-down effects of mentoring, and there has yet to be an examination of how and why amount of mentoring received might lead a person to mentor a ... -
Civilian Voices from the Iraq War: Profiles of Iraqi Refugees in Houston
(2020-04)Following the Iraq War of 2003, a rich stream of information analyzing PTSD in American soldiers, the realities of war, and other important narratives began to appear. However, in part because journalists were embedded ... -
Exploring Food Safety and Occupational Behaviors Among Platform-to-Consumer Online Food Delivery Couriers
(2020-05)In the digital age, consumers have the opportunity to utilize new channels when making purchasing decisions. In the restaurant industry, one of these new channels is online food delivery (OFD), wherein guests order food ...