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Adult Sexual Assault as a Moderator Between Religiosity and Sexual Risk Taking Among College Women
(2013-08)Sexual risk taking among college women is a major public health concern, as it leads to negative health consequences, such as sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, ... -
Advanced Control of Ion and Electron Energy Distributions and Investigation of in-situ Photo-Assisted Etching
(2014-05)Precise control of ion energy distribution (IED) is critical to achieve highly selective, low damage etching. A novel approach to control IED using pulsed plasma with synchronously pulsed dc bias on a boundary electrode ... -
Advanced Modeling and Applications of Smart Materials and Structures on Passive Vibration Suppression
(2012-08)In the past two decades, smart materials and structures have been increasingly used in active and passive structural vibration suppression, since such materials or structures can convert kinetic energy of vibrations into ... -
ADVERTISING OR PR, TELLING OR SELLING? A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON HOW PRACTITIONERS CONSIDER STEALTH MARKETING AND USER-GENERATED CONTENT IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
(2012-12)As technology advances and makes online communication available to mass audiences, consumers are increasingly making their opinions on brands, products and services available by generating reviews, posts and conversations ... -
AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE STUDENTS: USING A CRITICAL RACE APPROACH TO EXPLORE DIVERSITY PEDAGOGY IN PUBLIC RELATIONS
(2012-12)The purpose of this study was to explore African American female students’ perceptions and experiences with diversity in their public relations education. Additionally, the purpose of this study was to gain insight from ... -
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 ... -
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 ...