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AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY ON SCHOOL FACTORS THAT AFFECT RESILIENCE AND COLLEGE READINESS
(2012-08)The purpose of this study is to identify elements of the school environment that foster resilience and positively influence African American male students’ state of college readiness. A qualitative approach was used to ... -
AGE ESTIMATES OF HOLOCENE GLACIAL RETREAT IN LAPEYRÈRE BAY, AN ANVERS ISLAND FJORD
(2012-05)Lapeyrère Bay is located on the eastern side of Anvers Island, off the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Though a large amount of data has been gathered in Lapeyrère Bay, very little has been published on the fjord’s glacial ... -
ALGORITHMS AND DATA STRUCTURES TO DETECT ONCOVIRUSES IN HUMAN CANCER USING NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING DATA
(2012-12)Evidence suggests human cancer can be induced by viruses. One way to test this hypothesis is to look for viral sequences in the human cancer genome. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology sequences the whole human ... -
Alignment- and Alignment-refining Algorithms: Effects on Branch-length Estimation and Selection Pattern Analyses
(2015-05)This dissertation consists of a study of the effects of multiple-alignment method on phylogenetic analyses. First, I investigated the effects of multiple-sequence alignment quality on branch-length estimation, which can ... -
Altered Glucose Metabolism in Cancer Metastasis and Drug Resistance
(2013-08)Glucose, one of the most important energy sources for living organisms, is first broken down through glycolysis then either undergoes oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondrion or fermentation in the cytosol. Abnormal ... -
Alternative Access: A Creative Solution to an Imperfect Digital Library
(2016-08-06)The University of Houston Libraries is currently undergoing a transition in Digital Asset Management systems. With current limitations of the Digital Library making video playback difficult, this presentation discusses use ... -
American Library Association GLBT Roundtable 50th Anniversary Archival Digitization Project
(2017-06-23)The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2020. Founded in 1970 as the Task Force on Gay Liberation, it was the first gay and lesbian professional organization ... -
An Account of Chemical and Mechanical Regulation of TRPC6 Channels in Podocytes
(2013-05)Podocytes play a dynamic role in regulating glomerular filtration. The focus here is on the regulatory mechanisms of podocyte expressed transient receptor potential 6 (TRPC6) channels, an ion channel implicated in certain ... -
AN ADAPTIVE SENSORLESS CONTROL FOR MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING IN WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM
(2014-05)This thesis presents a novel mechanical sensorless adaptive control algorithm for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) in Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS). The proposed control algorithm allows the generator to track ... -
An Analysis of Classroom Teaching Practices Associated with Middle School Students’ Self-Efficacy for Writing
(2014-05)This study explores the strength of correlations between 109 middle school students’ levels of self-efficacy for writing and 9 of their language arts teachers’ practices in the classroom as perceived by the students. Four ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP BELIEFS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DISTRICT FINANCIAL STABILITY
(2015-12)Funding Texas schools and the effect those finances have had on student achievement has been the center of many recent debates. Since the Gilmer-Aiken Act of 1949, which established the basis for the Foundation School ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF PRINCIPALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TECHNOLOGY’S INFLUENCE IN TODAY’S SCHOOLS
(2011-05)In this era of accountability created by federally mandated initiatives, school leaders are still searching for ways to improve schools. Principals must learn to manage schools efficiently while moving classrooms out of ... -
An Analysis of TExES Scores: Evaluating Teacher Preparation At One Institution in the State of Texas
(2011-08)Education continues to remain at the forefront of research and discussion in the United States. As a result, the requirements for teachers to be able to teach in the classroom have become more stringent. More specifically, ... -
AN APPLICATION OF FLUID MOBILITY ATTRIBUTE FOR PERMEABILITY PROGNOSIS WITHIN THE MIDDLE JURASSIC SEDIMENTS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF WESTERN SIBERIA
(2015-05)The study area is located in the southern part of Western Siberia. The main hydrocarbon productivity in this area is related to the middle Jurassic Ju3-4 formation. The target interval is laterally changeable and characterized ... -
An Efficient Hemodynamic Workflow in Computational Surgery
(2013-08)For few decades, it has been shown that atherosclerosis is the cause of the majority of clinical cardiovascular diseases including peripheral arterial diseases. The diagnosis and treatment for vascular disease has evolved ... -
An Empirical characterization of concrete channel and modulation schemes with piezoelectric transducers based transceivers
(2012-08)Structural Health Monitoring plays a vital role in improving the safety and maintainability of critical engineering structures. A network comprised of Piezo-electric sensors and actuators has been devised to monitor the ... -
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE SUITABILITY OF CLASS DECOMPOSITION FOR LINEAR CLASSIFIERS
(2012-12)The presence of sub-classes within a data sample suggests a class decomposition approach to classification, where each subclass is treated as a new class. Class decomposition can be effected using multiple linear classifiers ... -
An Energy-Aware Management Technique for Real-Time Multi-Core Systems
(2013-12)In this work, we propose a new dynamic migration (DM) heuristic method integrating dynamic voltage scaling (DVS), dynamic power management (DPM) and task migration in multi-core real-time systems which can feasibly balance ... -
An Energy-Saving Approach for Real-Time Highway Traffic Estimation Using GPS-Enabled Smartphones
(2014-12)This paper presents a microscopic traffic estimation algorithm for smartphones by employing their built-in probes such as GPS and acceleration sensors to increase the accuracy of real-time traffic condition estimation ... -
AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY OF ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
(2015-12)The purpose of this ethnographic study is to explore the experiences of orchestras directors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). While there have been a few studies regarding African American orchestra ...