Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (Fall 2015 - Present) by Title
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Gender ideology and influencing society: Destabilizing the normalization of gender-based violence through infographics
(2021-12-08)Informing individuals about how gender ideology influences society is vital in today’s world. Changing the conversations about sexual assault and rape can help destabilize the normalization of gender-based violence. It is ... -
Genre and Audience Reception in The Rake's Progress
(2019-05-13)W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman’s libretto for Igor Stravinsky's 1951 opera The Rake's Progress has challenged audiences' expectations since its premiere, especially concerning its narrative arc. These frustrations resolve ... -
Geometric Spinors
(2021-08-02)Geometric Algebra is a unique variant of what is otherwise known as Clifford Algebra. In this work we show that the geometric algebra provides better tools to visualize physical problems, benefited by our natural geometric ... -
Habitat Use, Distribution, and Density of Dwarf Seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) Populations along the Texas Gulf Coast
(2022-05-24)The Dwarf Seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) is one of the smallest species of seahorse and resides in shallow waters throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Coast of Florida, and Caribbean. They rely on seagrass beds for ... -
Heart Rate Reactivity In Stressed and Sleep Deprived Individuals
(2020-07-29)Acute sleep deprivation and acute stress lead to similar changes in physiological and cognitive functioning. However, very little research has investigated the combined effects of acute sleep deprivation and acute stress ... -
Helicopter parenting: Exploring the motivations and defining behaviors of parents who hover
(2019-08-08)Helicopter parenting is defined by popular culture as a set of parenting practices characterized by overinvolvement which reduce child autonomy and are potentially associated with a host of negative child outcomes. However, ... -
High School Administrator Gender and the Impact on School Factors
(2020-04-13)Female representation in leadership position around the country is on the rise. More and more females hold CEO positions, political leadership, and partnerships in law firms, fields typically dominated by males. It would ... -
Hispanic males and the factors contributing to their decisions to pursue and complete a college education
(2020-11-24)The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the experiences and perceptions of Hispanic male students who have made plans to pursue and complete a college education. This study used two theoretical frameworks to ... -
Hope transcends: creating ladders to opportunity for at-risk students
(2018-05-03)The specific purpose of this study was to elevate the previous research on the construct of hope to identify the factors and attributes that at-risk students who are academically and socially successful perceive contributed ... -
How Elementary and Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions of Supportive Principals’ Behavior Impact the Overall T-Tess Evaluation Process
(2021-03-22)The purpose of this explanatory sequential design was to (a) investigate teachers’ perceptions of supportive principal behaviors, (b) investigate teachers’ perceptions of the overall T-TESS evaluation process, and (c) find ... -
Human motion modeling and evaluation using wearable sensor devices
(2017-12-05)Wearable sensors devices are getting integrated into our daily life. Giving precise and accurate data on individual's exercises and practices are one of the most important tasks in extensive computing. These sensor devices ... -
"I am a Free Human Being With an Independent Will": Resisting the Victorian Patriarchy
(2017-12-05)Victorian authors Wilkie Collins, Anne Brontë, and Charlotte Brontë create female characters in their novels who resist the Victorian patriarchal culture through their speech, behavior, and writing. Although female characters ... -
I'm not who you think I am: the intersectional collegiate experiences of Indian American women
(2018-04-02)Indian Americans constitute one of the most academically and economically successful ethnic groups in the United States, however, their higher education experiences have been understudied in recent literature. When their ... -
Identification of culturable bacteria isolated from sponges affected in the 2016 massive die-off at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS)
(2017-12-06)This project was conducted to identify culturable bacteria isolated from sponges affected in the 2016 massive die-off at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS). The FGBNMS was considered a healthy reef ... -
Identifying STEM Awareness of Secondary Art Educators: A Statewide Assessment
(2020-04-10)The advent of STEAM programs could be a product of budget cuts and lower student enrollment within the arts. However, art educators, typically, possess minimal training in STEM related fields. The lack of training is ... -
Identifying Teachers' Perceptions And Beliefs Of Dyslexia And The Inclusion Of Students With Dyslexia In General Education
(2018-07-20)The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of dyslexia and the beliefs of inclusion of students identified with dyslexia in the general education setting. The perceptions of general education and special ... -
Implementation of a graphical user interface for thread protocol using OpenThread platform
(2018-12-13)OpenThread is an open source implementation of Thread protocol. It uses command Line Interface. This research focuses on adding a GUI for OpenThread which makes visualizing Thread network using OpenThread very easy. -
Improving Aviation Data Communication and Storage Security using Blockchain Based Approach
(2020-05-04)Data Security and integrity remains a major challenge for the aviation industry data storage. Many data breaches have happened in the past which has directly caused financial loss to airlines and indirect losses to their ... -
Improving Reliability and Latency of High Critical Tasks in Mixed Criticality Systems through Task Rescheduling
(2019-12-10)A Mixed Criticality System (MCS) consists of various hardware and software components executing tasks with different criticality levels. The criticality of a task is determined by its impact on the overall system output ... -
Improving sentiment analysis of disaster related social media content
(2018-12-14)Social media platforms have become the most accessible public communication and broadcast channels. Recently, the world has witnessed the prevailing usage of social media for communication during disasters. Being able to ...
