Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (Fall 2015 - Present) by Title
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Ecamera: a real-time facial expression recognition system
(2018-12-10)According to a report from the United Nations, “There is approximately 20 percent of youth experiencing a mental health condition each year on a global level”. Young generation is at great risk for a variety of mental-health ... -
Effectiveness of Drones for Freshwater Turtle Surveys Aimed Toward Detecting the Cryptic Western Chicken Turtle. (Deirochelys Reticularia Miaria).
(2023-04-28)The rise in the use of drones in wildlife research has shown promising results for conservation practices. Few studies have focused on drone surveys for aquatic freshwater turtles. This study evaluated the effectiveness ... -
Effects of the 5-HT2A Receptor Inverse-Agonist Pimavanserin on a Rodent Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(2019-05-14)Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and debilitating psychological disorder that manifests in individuals that are witness to or directly exposed to intense life-threatening situations. Exposure to such ... -
Effects of Volinanserin on Sleep and Wake Stages and the EEG Spectrum During Nicotine Withdrawal in Rats
(2020-05-29)Sleep disturbances, such as sleep onset latency and fragmentation commonly occur during nicotine intake and withdrawal. They may be one major factor in supporting relapse during smoking cessation. In a laboratory model of ... -
Efficient routs to oxazolines and oxazolies through activation of amides
(2018-08-07)Oxazolines are nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds that are of a special interest due to their applications as active components in a broad range of pharmaceutical products. A challenging task remains in developing ... -
Elementary Campus Principal Perceptions of the Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation System in Texas
(2019-05-06)The purpose of this mixed methods study was to: (a) examine the new and experienced elementary campus principals’ perceptions of the Texas standards-based teacher evaluation system which measured teacher performance and ... -
Elementary Teachers of Writing: Personal Writing Beliefs and Their Impact on Teaching Writing
(2017-08-14)The purpose of this study was to determine teachers’ beliefs of themselves as writers and the impact of these beliefs on their teaching of writing. Case studies of seven teachers of writing on two elementary campuses in ... -
Elementary teachers' self-efficacy beliefs related to teaching students displaying externalizing and internalizing behaviors
(2019-08-08)The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there is a relationship between teacher-reported self-efficacy beliefs when working with students displaying externalizing and internalizing behaviors and the ... -
Emotional attributes relevancy to special educators' job satisfaction
(2018-05-08)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the emotional attributes of joy, anger, and fear and special education teachers’ job satisfaction. Data, which included surveys, interview, and demographics ... -
Emotional Intelligence Leadership Development Program
(2018-05-16)The proposed project examines the current literature on Emotional Intelligence (EI) and leadership development. Recent research on EI indicates that there is a vast amount of potential for the use of EI in leadership ... -
Environmental (in)justice and unequal burden: Race, income, and solid waste sites in Houston
(2019-12-06)Since the 1980s, the environmental justice (EJ) movement, academics, and advocates have raised much awareness for EJ issues and concerns. Many EJ studies have found that environmental burdens such as waste sites, polluting ... -
Evaluating Sentiment Analysis Mechanism for Labelled Amazon Reviews
(2023-05-09)Sentiment analysis has become increasingly important in understanding customer opinions, feedback, and preferences towards products and services, particularly on marketplaces like Amazon. Researchers have proposed various ... -
Examining Executive Functioning in Children with Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors Using the BRIEF2
(2019-12-04)Many children struggle with externalizing and internalizing behaviors, with some reaching diagnosable levels. Research has suggested these children also have significant difficulty with executive functioning. The BRIEF is ... -
Examining Factors Contributing to the Resiliency of Unaccompanied Immigrant Students in High School
(2017-04-18)The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the resiliency factors that influence academic achievement in unaccompanied alien children in high school. To determine factors that motivate unaccompanied alien children ... -
Examining general education teachers' perceptions about the factors that affect the academic progress of former bilingual education students who exit into all English classes
(2016-12-05)The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the general education teachers’ perceptions of factors that affect academic progress of former early-exit bilingual education students once they exit to all-English ... -
Examining instructor and instructional effects on students' statistics attitudes
(2019-12-13)A long-standing hypothesis in statistics education has posited that instructors could have a large impact on students’ attitudes toward statistics. This hypothesis remained untested over the years. Moreover, if instructors ... -
Examining principal perceptions of self-efficacy and emergent bilingual student’s achievement in K-12 public schools
(2023-04-28)The purpose of this qualitative inquiry study examined principal perceptions of self-efficacy and EB’s student achievement. This study collected interview data from a purposeful sample of six elementary, six middle school, ... -
Examining Student Achievement Factors and Post-Secondary Readiness
(2021-03-22)The purpose of this sequential mixed methods study was to examine the relationship among student achievement factors, gifted and talented status and post-secondary readiness. The study included a review of archived data ... -
Examining the dynamics between parent participation and fifth-grade student achievement
(2019-04-15)The purpose of this study was to examine the dynamics between parent participation in education and student achievement. Fifth-grade parents from seven elementary schools in a large suburban school district in southeast ... -
Examining the ecological function of small-scale living shorelines in Galveston Bay
(2022-12-01)Living shorelines are an increasingly popular shoreline protection strategy. In contrast to traditional armoring techniques such as concrete bulkheads, living shorelines are designed to provide the many ecological functions ...
