Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (Fall 2015 - Present) by Title
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Bending barriers: African American women in education leadership
(2022-11-30)ABSTRACT BENDING BARRIERS: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP Barbara A. Ramirez University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2022 Dissertation Chair: Antonio Corrales, EdD The purpose of ... -
Biology of the perforate dome snail, Ventridens Demissus (Gastropoda: Zonitidae) from Seabrook, Texas
(2018-05-07)The perforate dome snail (Ventridens demissus) is a terrestrial gastropod in the Zonitidae family. In this study I observed morphological variance, shell strength, reproductive behavior, egg size, hatchling growth, microbial ... -
Biometrics-based user identification with optimal feature evaluation and selection
(2019-12-16)Recently, biometrics-based identification algorithms have gained popularity as a means of identifying a person using their unique behavioral characteristics such as gait or hand movement pattern. Classifications based on ... -
Breastfeeding in the social context: The influence of stereotypes and benevolent sexism
(2019-12-04)Despite providing numerous benefits for both mothers and babies, breastfeeding remains a non-normative means of infant feeding among mothers in the United States. Past research suggests that many women face social obstacles ... -
Build a Game-Theoretic Framework for Community’s Role in Counter-Terrorism
(2021-03-24)Terrorism poses a major challenge to the government whenever it surfaces in any nation. It degrades the economic, infrastructural and trading systems. Furthermore, it reduces international revenues from tourism and foreign ... -
Changes in culture and values among Saudi students' families in the United States, and their impact on the centrality of financial management and purchasing decisions within the family
(2019-05-17)Saudi Arabia and the United States of America have a strong relationship both politically and economically. This is exemplified by the number of Saudi students sent on scholarship to study in the US. Roughly, there are 70 ... -
Charles H. "Chuck" Laubach Collection
(2017-12-05)This project details the organization, preservation and digitization of the Charles H. “Chuck” Laubach collection, which includes a process narrative, a detailed finding aid, and a sample selection of digitized sources ... -
Chrome, Neon, and Cyborgs: The Cyberpunk Genre in the 1980’s United States
(2021-12-08)This project was done to prove the viability of fiction as a crucial source of historical artifacts by focusing on the genre of cyberpunk, a genre localized in the 1980s United States, to show how the cultural anxieties ... -
Classification of Cocaine Addicted Patients Using 3D to 1D Hilbert Space-Filling Curve Ordering of fMRI Activation Maps
In analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transformation of the 3D brain imaging data to 1D is required for further analyses, which often includes the classification of different groups of participants. ... -
Classification of fMRI Brain Activation Maps by Using Space Filling Curves
(2019-12-04)Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) is a brain imaging technique which is used to measure brain activity by detecting changes associated with the blood flow and oxygenation, which are indirect ... -
Classification of Positive and Negative Stimuli Using EEG Data Functional Connectivity and Machine Learning
(2019-12-06)Electroencephalography (EEG) provides electrical measures of brain activity by monitoring voltage fluctuations of the collective neural activity in different parts on the cortex of the brain. Recently, there have been ... -
Classroom management self-efficacy and burnout of teachers who began their career during the 2020/2021 school year
(2022-12-07)The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the difference in classroom management self-efficacy (CMSE) of year one taught virtually and year two taught in-person for beginning teachers and if this transition ... -
Closing the advanced placement opportunity gap for traditionally underrepresented students
(2018-04-10)Exposure to rigorous curriculum is a significant predictor of college persistence and success. Traditionally underrepresented students, those who are African American, Hispanic, and identified as economically disadvantaged ... -
Collective teacher efficacy: Its influence on teacher beliefs and behaviors in classroom instruction
(2019-08-09)The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the influence of collective teacher efficacy (CTE) on teacher beliefs and behaviors that result in engagement of all students and persistence with those who struggle ... -
College readiness variables for African American high school seniors
(2022-08-05)This sequential mixed methods study examined the variables of attendance, discipline, school feeder patterns, economically disadvantaged, and extracurricular activity participation on the college readiness of African ... -
Comparative study of decelluralized extracellular matrix from porcine derived tissues as a substrate for in-vitro mouse mesenchymal stem cell culture
(2018-12-14)The main goal of this research is to create a 3-D natural scaffold for the Mouse Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to carry out in-vitro growth without losing its physiological and morphological characteristics. MSCs are ... -
Comparison of Texas and Finnish Education Systems
(2020-05-29)The Finnish education system is widely considered to be one of the best in the world (Chung, 2019). Educators from many countries have examined Finland’s system to determine what makes it so successful (Nieme et al., 2012). ... -
Computational Analysis of Various Reactions Between Hydroxyl Radicals and Organic Mercury Species
(2021-07-29)The interactions between hydroxy radicals and both dimethylmercury and methylmercury hydroxide have been studied using ab-initio methods. The density functional theory (DFT) method M06-2X was used to optimize the structures ... -
Correlation of Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning as a Writing Framework and Students’ Success Rates in High School Science District Standardized Tests
(2020-04-15)The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the relationship between science writing and student science achievement and how teachers implement the writing strategy claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) in their ... -
Creating belonging for minority university students through multicultural organizations
(2019-05-14)This study explores how minority students who participate in multi-cultural student organizations find belonging on their university campuses. Using focus groups from students across the University of Houston system and ...
