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Water oxidation with ruthenium catalysts
(2012-08)CeIV-activated water oxidation: A family of 29 mononuclear RuII complexes have been prepared and characterized by 1H NMR, electronic absorption, and cyclic voltammetry. These complexes are studied as catalysts for water ... -
WATER RIGHTS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
(2012-05)There is growing concern in the world to better manage water resources in order to sustain increased water demands. This heightened demand can be most importantly attributed to a rapid population growth and heightened ... -
WAVE-THEORETIC PREPROCESSING TO ALLOW THE INVERSE SCATTERING SERIES METHODS FOR MULTIPLE REMOVAL AND DEPTH IMAGING TO REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND IMPACT: METHODS, EXAMPLES, AND ADDED VALUE
(2013-12)The research described in this dissertation (1) extends Green's-theorem ghost removal in the space-frequency domain to complicated synthetic (SEAM) and field data, bringing in (and solving) acquisition issues that affect ... -
Wavelet Approaches to Seismic Data Analysis
(2012-12)There have been extensive applications of wavelets to petroleum seismic data. In this dissertation, we focus on developing and testing new wavelets approaches to seismic data compression, microseismic first arrival picking, ... -
WEARABLE ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY SENSING - A VALIDATION STUDY
(2013-12)Electrodermal activity (EDA) is an important affective indicator, which is conven- tionally measured via Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) probes tethered on the fingers. Recently, a new generation of EDA sensors came into ... -
Wellbore Trajectory Control Based on Minimum Well Profile Energy for Drilling Automation
(2014-01-07)When deviated from the planned wellbore path, it is imperative for a drilling system to take correction actions. A new trajectory control model is developed based on minimum well profile energy criterion in order to achieve ... -
What Am I Thinking? Theory of Mind Development in Autism
(2014-08-14)Seventeen adolescent students from The Monarch School of Neurological Differences with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were tested for mentalizing deficits often found in individuals with ASD using the theory ... -
WHAT CAMPUS PRINCIPALS NEED TO KNOW: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ON-LINE MENTORING ON ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION INTERNS IN TEXAS
(2012-05)All new Texas first year teachers enter the classroom with the hope of receiving an attentive campus mentor. However, there is no guarantee that these new teachers may have such a mentor assigned to them. A variety of ... -
What do Elementary and Secondary School Principals Report Regarding Effective Leadership in Schools with Predominantly African American Title I Student Populations: Implications for School Leaders
(2016-05-13)The purpose of this study was to explore the leadership capabilities needed to lead a school with a predominantly African American Title I student population. The study was conducted using a semi-structured interviews with ... -
What Principals Need To Know About Predicting Ninth Grade Promotion For Hispanic Students
(2012-12)There is a significant disparity in accounting for the dropout reduction rates and their overall rate of growth among the population for Hispanic high school students. The purpose of the study was to examine the factors ... -
What School Leaders Need to Know About Teacher Retention
(2012-05)Teacher retention has been an issue of national concern for decades (Moir, 2009; Veenman, 1984). According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 49.4 million students attending public schools are educated ... -
What School Leaders Need to Know About the Performance of High-Achieving Students on Standardized Tests
(2013-05)The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 has changed the accountability of student achievement in American public schools. Since the enactment, achievement has increased for low-achieving students (Loveless, 2008). ... -
When Do Supervisors Support Followers? Role of Perceived Follower Support
(2013-12)Prior research found that supervisors’ perception that their subordinates value their contributions and care about their well-being (perceived follower support, or PFS) was positively related to subordinates’ belief that ... -
When Perception Becomes Reality: A Study of the Efficacy Beliefs of Texas Student Teachers Stemming from Personal Interactions with Cooperating Teachers
(2011-12)Teacher preparation programs help ensure that highly qualified teachers are prepared for the challenges faced in every classroom. The student teaching experiences within the teacher preparation programs have been identified ... -
When Temptations Aren’t Tempting: The Autonomy and Derogation of Alternatives Model
(2016-05-24)The perception of attractive alternative partners is a major threat to people’s commitment to their romantic relationships. In response, people derogate the attractiveness of such alternatives in an attempt to maintain ... -
WHEN WE WANT DIFFERENT THINGS: SELF-MONITORING AS A MODERATOR OF THE IDEAL STANDARDS MODEL
(2011-12)One way individuals evaluate the success of their relationship is through the consistency between their ideal standards and actual perceptions of their romantic partner and relationship. The ideal standards model suggests ... -
When workplace family-support is misallocated: The importance of value congruence and fairness perceptions in predicting work-family conflict and job attitudes
(2014-05)To better manage our work demands and family demands, we often erect mental or physical “borders” to help us provide order to our experience. However, the preference for how we preserve these borders differs across ... -
Whiteness in a hidden space—unspoken but still there, in a private space, the classroom
(2016-05-02)The purpose of this study was to address what it means that so many Black students are taught by White female teachers. Specifically, this study examined the beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of White female novice ... -
Who Stays and Why? Principal Retention in a Large Urban School District: Analysis and Implications
(2013-05)In this mixed methods study, reasons why principals choose to remain employed with a large urban school district were examined. The district faced challenges with recruiting, hiring, and retaining principals. As such, the ... -
Who you are matters to how I ‘show’ myself: The differential self-presentation to friends and intimate partners
(2012-05)Self-presentation is a communication behavior by which we convey to others who we are (Arkin, 1981). In the context of existing relationships, it can be construed as a relationship maintenance behavior (Baumeister, 1982; ...