Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (Fall 2015 - Present) by Title
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Data Visualization in Augmented Reality
(2019-05-12)During critical procedures with limited resources, astronauts are expected to operate at a high level of efficiency and effectiveness. Recently, NASA has begun development of an advanced space suit design with many ... -
Dearest Rhia
(2022-05-06)Dearest Rhia is an autoethnographic documentary film that explores whether humans have psychic abilities. It places the researcher (myself) as the subject of this autoethnographic documentary, defined as a type of ... -
Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Facial Expression
(2017-12-07)This research designs a Facial Expression Recognition (FER) system based on the deep convolutional neural network using facial parts. An FER is one of the most important nonverbal channels through which Human Machine ... -
Deep Neural Network & Dynamic Functional Connectivity Analysis of Functional MRI Data
(2022-05-05)DEEP NEURAL NETWORK & DYNAMIC FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL MRI DATA Amaresh Kumar Mishra University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2022 Thesis Chair: Unal ‘Zak’ Sakoglu, PhD This thesis work ... -
Deriving the initial conditions of the electroweak and QCD phase transitions and testing a numerical relativity code.
(2021-08-05)The field of Numerical Relativity (NR) has been primarily driven by the study of largescale dynamics involving binary systems of black holes and neutron stars. Due to the nature of the underlying theory, NR also has the ... -
Design Process Optimization with Evolutionary Algorithms
(2018-05-15)In this thesis, a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm is proposed to improve car wheel design. Designing such a high-end product often includes various goals. In order to achieve an optimal solution, there has to be ... -
Designing to learn tangible programming
(2018-05-16)The thesis describes a ubiquitous technique for learning tangible coding in R programming language for middle and late elementary school students. It emphasizes the use of inexpensive and durable wooden blocks with no ... -
Destruction of "Unworthy Lives": Eugenics and Medical Discourse in Weimar and Third Reich Cinema
This project tracks the eugenic discourse of the 1920s through the Nazi era, and analyzes the eugenic links within mainstream Weimar and Nazi films. This thesis argues that M (1931), La Habanera (1937), and Ich Klage An ... -
Detecting the onset of an epileptic seizure using a novel time-series approach
(2018-05-08)Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the most popular non-invasive techniques for acquiring electrical signals from the brain. Data mining EEG signals finds numerous applications in the field of neuroscience for obtaining ... -
Detecting the onset of an epileptic seizure using a novel time-series approach
(2018-05-08)Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the most popular non-invasive techniques for acquiring electrical signals from the brain. Data mining EEG signals finds numerous applications in the field of neuroscience for obtaining ... -
Determination of Aliphatic Organo-Phosphorus Compounds in Environmental Samples by Integrated Pulsed Amperometric Detection-Ion Chromatography
(2021-12-13)Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine) is globally the most commonly used herbicidal active ingredient. Public concerns have elicited environmental agencies to monitor the persistence and occurrence of glyphosate. Recent ... -
Determining Equivalence in learning outcomes for freshman-level composition courses taught online and via face-to-face delivery
(2016-03-15)Distance learning has become an increasingly important element in the landscape of higher education, with more colleges and universities considering distance learning course delivery as part of their strategic plans. While ... -
Determining teachers’ reported implementation of newly acquired content knowledge and pedagogical strategies based on receptivity characteristics
(2019-08-08)Teachers play one of the most pivotal roles in successful student outcomes (Hattie, 2013; Kincheloe, Slattery, & Steinberg, 2000; Meijer, Geijsel, Kuijpers, Boei, & Vrieling, 2016). A major challenge for teachers is that ... -
Development and Evaluation of a Decision-Making Tool for Evaluating and Selecting Prompting Strategies
(2020-05-27)An extensive literature has demonstrated the successful application of various response prompts and prompt-fading strategies for teaching students with developmental and intellectual disabilities. However, few practical ... -
Development of an Effective Organizational Performance Instrument to Facilitate Post-Secondary Institutional Change: A Variation on Likert's Management Systems 1-5
(2020-10-13)This study stemmed from the need to develop an instrument for assessing the characteristics of an organization in terms of internal consistency of leadership behavior, interaction-influences between colleagues, communication ... -
Dialecticism, Collectivism, and Stereotype Change
(2022-12-01)This study explores the relationship between cultural variables, individualism, collectivism, and dialecticism, with the tendency to modify initial beliefs (i.e., stereotypes) after being presented with contradictory ... -
Differences in students' stem identity, game play motivations, and game preferences
(2018-02-27)The purpose of this sequential mixed methods study was to explore differences in students’ STEM identities, game play motivations, and game preferences. The need to grow and support STEM education and careers in the U. ... -
Different Factors Affecting Teenage Latina Pregnancy
(2018-05-07)The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the factors that contributed to Latina teenagers’ decisions to remain sexually abstinent or to become sexually active. The participants in this study included four Latina ... -
Do wraparound services mediate academic achievement for "at risk” Latinx youth?
(2019-12-19)Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory provides the framework to examining the academic outcomes of at-risk students at a Latinx-serving Title 1 charter school in Houston, Texas which models itself as a Full Service Community ... -
Drone Based Object Tracking with Camshift Algorithm and Neural Network
(2021-04-30)Integration of tracking system and the drone has been a novel research topic in recent years, especially when drones are required to implement complex tasks which cannot be done easily with human control. Usually, the drone ...
