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Dissertations from 2018
STEM SUCCESS FOR ALL: HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICE OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND MATH CLASSES, Stephanie Boyce
Fabrication and In Vitro Characterization of an Implant for the Detection of Metastatic Cancer Cells, Carlos Martin Cantu
Using snake genomes to illuminate the patterns and mechanisms of rapid adaptation, Daren Carter Card
Obscured Leisure: Crafting as Leisure for Stay-At-Home Mothers, Christina Laura Carney
STATISTICAL META-MODEL FOR AIR TRAFFIC FLOW AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON AIRSPACE OPTIMIZATION-SIMULATION: THE CONTINUOUS CHALLENGE OF THE HUB OF THE AMERICA CONGESTION, Juan Marcos Castillo
EVALUATION AND STRENGTHENING OF ELEVATED SLAB ON GRADE WITH FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER (FRP) LAMINATES, Natawut Chaiwino
A COMPREHENSIVE SEISMIC RESPONSE AND SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING THE STABILITY OF HYDRAULIC-FILL DAMS, Sayantan Chakraborty
Spectral-Domain Phase-Sensitive Interferometry for Real-Time Probing of Electrodeposition Processes, YuJen Chiu
INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE CONTAMINATION IN A Cu-BASED Al ALLOY OCCURRING DURING TEM SAMPLE PREPARATION, Kelly Claunch
Prosodic Phonology in Oklahoma Cherokee, Samantha Cornelius
Barriers to Self-sufficiency for Syrian Refugees After Resettlement, Alexi Ellen De Lathouder
A Phenomenological Approach to Understanding Residence Directors' Perceptions of a Departure of a Colleague, Mari Kathleen Duncan
SONGS OF SALVATION: SHAKESPEARE’S DEFENSE OF PERFORMING ARTISTS THROUGH SECULAR BALLADS IN THREE PLAYS, Latisha Dawn Fletcher
Artificial Intelligence For Cognitive Behavior Assessment In Children, Srujana Gattupalli
Exploring Predictors of Information Exchange: A Behavioral Validation of the ISSIE Scale, Ryan Thomas Gertner
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Concrete Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts under Uniformly Distributed Load, Masoud Ghahremannejad
Religion and Resiliency Among Female Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Holders, Sahil K. Gilani
The Capacity of Postpartum Depression Resources in Underserved Communities, Brandie Green
A Calibration Chamber for Thermo-hydro-mechanical Studies of Soil Behavior via Resonant Column Testing, Daniel R. C. Green
CELL-FREE STUDIES OF CATALYTIC DNA CLEAVAGE BY RUTHENIUM POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEXES (RPCS) CONTAINING REDOX-ACTIVE INTERCALATING LIGANDS, ENANTIOMERIC SEPARATION AND SEMI-PREP SCALE PURIFICATION OF RPCS, Cynthia Ann Griffith
Detection of Molecular Biomarkers involved in the Induction of EMT, migration and invasion, and drug resistance in breast cancer cells in 3D confinement, Tamara Nicole Hill
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY ON THE Cu-RICH SIDE OF ALUMINUM-COPPER PHASE DIAGRAM, Khaled Ahmed Hirmas
SHAPE OPTIMIZATION OF A FAN DUNCTE FOR A VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING, Jie Hua
Improving Performance and Security in Anonymity Systems, Mohsen Imani
AN EXPLORATION OF NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAMS SERVING INFORMAL GRANDPARENT CAREGIVERS: A DESCRIPTIVE PHENOMENOLOGY APPROACH, Dorothea LaGail Ivey
Modeling Plant Virus Propagation and an Optimal Control, Mark Jackson
Domestication of PIF transposable elements transposases as regulatory proteins in Drosophila melanogaster, Diwash Jangam
POSTERIOR NORMAL APPROXIMATION OF REAL-TIME DEGRADATION MODELING USING LAPLACE APPROXIMATION, Mahmoud Ali Jawad
Data Collection Technology in Social Work: Evaluating Barriers to Utilization, Cynthia Lynn Jewett
HYPHENATED AMERICANS: CHRISTIAN ARAB-AMERICANS’ IDENTITY STRUGGLE, Amanda Haddad Jobgen
Racial Disparity in Cardiovascular Disease and Oxidative Stress in African American Women, Auburn L. Johnson
Improving time and space efficiency of trie data structure, Nirmik Milind Kale
Assessing the relationship between acute and chronic health conditions and transportation disadvantage and quality of life among older adults in Tarrant County, Texas, James Craig Keaton
SHORT-TERM INTERMITTENT PARATHYROID HORMONE 1-34 ADMINISTRATION AND BONE VASCULAR ALTERATIONS IN C57BL/6 MICE, Seungyong Lee
NEW METHODS FOR DISCOVERY, FINGERPRINTING, AND ANALYSIS OF CANNABIS SATIVA NATURAL PRODUCTS, Allegra Leghissa
Characterization and Remediation of Wastewater from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development, Tiffany Michelle Liden
OPTIMIZATION OF BOARD LEVEL RELIABILITY OF MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGES AND MODULES, Alok Kumar Lohia
Masculinity and Chivalry: The Tenuous Relationship of the Sacred and Secular in Medieval Arthurian Literature, Kaci McCourt
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND THE IMPACTS ON HOUSING VALUE, Somayeh Moazzeni
Middle Permian (Late Guadalupian) back-reef carbonate of Panther Canyon, Apache Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas, Joshua Caleb Moore
FRACTURE DENSITY AND BRITTLENESS OF THE MESOZOIC FORMATIONS EXPOSED ON THE CANADIAN ESCARPMENT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO, Scott Alexander Moore
Woods tire model, Priyank Vasant Nandu
NANOPARTICLES FOR GENE THERAPY AND PROTEIN DELIVERY TO INDUCE ANGIOGENESIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE, Linda Christellia Noukeu
Adjusting for Time Varying Confounding in Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program, Nilabh Ohol
LINKING PETROPHYSICAL AND GEOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION TO PRODUCTION BEHAVIOR IN THE HAYNESVILLE SHALE, Silas O'Silas
Development of Mussel Inspired Nanocomposite Adhesives for Biomedical Applications, Nikhil Pandey
An Enhancement of Light Reflectance Spectroscopy as A Modality for the Detection of Positive Surgical Margins in Radical Prostatectomy, Zengxing Pang
Hyper-optimized Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods For Geo-spatial and Temporal Function Estimation, Neelabh Pant
EXPLORING THE PREDICTORS OF WELL-BEING AND ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AMONG ELDER ORPHANS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Rupal M. Parekh
Inverse Analysis of Heat Generating Body for Safety Applications, Sandeep Patil
A community assessment of food resources available to college students in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Katelyn Frances Pearson
Insertion Mechanism of Long Interspersed Elements (LINEs) and the role of the Linker Domain, Monika Pradhan
The effect of midsole cushioning on the kinetics, kinematics, and control of running, Brian Joseph Prejean
Supervised Sparse Learning with Applications in Bioinformatics, Kin Ming Puk
A Framework for Optimal Path Planning and Nonlinear Guidance for Autonomous Mobile Robots, Paul A. Quillen
MALWARE EARLY-STAGE DETECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING ON HARDWARE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS, Anchal Raheja
Algorithms for Exploratory Queries over Web Database, Md Farhadur Rahman
MULTI-PHYSICS DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF 2D AND ADVANCED HETEROGENOUS 3D INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, Pavan Rajmane
DEVELOPING SELF-EFFICACY: MIDDLE-SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES AFTER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Aleisha Reid
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT, Christian W. Rewoldt
A Multiphysics Study of Interfacial Properties of 3D Printed Filaments, Alireza Rezaee
DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK TO OPTIMIZE THE OPERATIONS OF AN INTERMODAL UNDERGROUND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL USING SIMULATION, Fatemeh Rezaeifar
Marketing Ploy or Strategic Initiative? An Investigation of Deceptive Advertising, Pamela A. Richardson-Greenfield
BEYOND BRIBERY: AN EXPLORATION INTO LOBBYING AND INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, Polly D. Roark
STUDIES TOWARDS THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF IMIDAZOLE-CONTAINING NATURAL PRODUCTS, Lawton Anthony II Seal
A NEW APPROACH FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE USING TERRESTRIAL LIDAR AND ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL MODELING, Ali Shafikhani
CHARACTERIZING CONTAMINATION TO EXPAND ASHRAE ENVELOPE IN AIRSIDE ECONOMIZATION AND THERMAL AND RELIABILITY IN IMMERSION COOLING OF DATA CENTERS, Jimil Manojbhai Shah
PLANNING, DESIGN, AND OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF UNDERGROUND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WITH INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, Sirwan Shahooei
Teaching Elsewhere: Curating↔Calibrating Posthumanist Possibilities, Sarah Alice Shelton
Finding Representative Entities From Entity Graph By Using Neighborhood Based Entity Similarity, Ankit Anil Shingavi
Effects of Emotion and Social Desirability on Intuitive, Gist-Based Decisions, Wyn E. Taylor
Wireless Antenna Sensors for Boiler Condition Monitoring, Franck Tchafa
SEPARATION, DETECTION, AND QUANTITATION OF UNDERIVATIZED CARBOHYDRATES USING LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY- ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION-TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE- TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY, Jonathan B. Thacker
In-Service Performance Evaluation of Fire and Impact Damaged Bridges with CFRP Laminate Strengthening, Santosh Timilsina
A META-ANALYTIC INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND CONSUMERS’ RESPONSES: EFFECTS, MECHANISM, AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, Franklin G. Velasco
LiFePO4 BATTERIES: IMPACT OF HIGHLY PARALLEL PACKS ON LOAD DISTRIBUTION AND CYCLE LIFE, Caroline Storm Westenhover
Organizational Socialization: The Role of Onboarding in Employee Longevity, Jaclyn T. West
Group heterogeneity influences complex and novel outcomes, Belinda Williams
SUPPORTING EFFICIENT LARGE-SCALE KEY-VALUE SYSTEMS WITH AN OPTIMIZED STORAGE HIERARCHY, Xingbo Wu
Optimizing Krylov Subspace Methods for Linear Systems and Least Squares Problems, Mei Yang
Three Essays on Adoption and Continuous Improvement of Information Security Management in Organizations, Fereshteh Ghahramani
ASSESSMENT OF EXPANDING LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS VERSUS HIGHWAY SYSTEMS: INFLUENCE ON LAND USE CHANGE AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, Behnoud Aghapour
DEVICES TO STUDY CANCER CELL BEHAVIOR, Mohammad G. Abdallah
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMAN THUMB TRACKING DEVICE FOR TELEMANIPULATION, Abdul Hafiz Abdul Rahaman
A TWO STAGE EVENT BASED DATA DRIVEN CONTROLLER FOR IMPROVED GRASPING OF AN ARTIFICIAL HAND, Christopher Abrego
Emerging Grassroots Energy Communities: An Assemblage Theory Analysis, Ali Mohammed Adil
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF VERTICALLY SPLIT DISTRIBUTION WET- COOLING MEDIA USED IN DIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING OF DATA CENTER, Ahmed Al Khazraji