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Real-time player positioning in mobile exergames using wireless sensors
(2018-12-14)Exergames combine exercising with game play by requiring the users to perform exercise in order to score points in the game. Exergaming is a plausible approach for decreasing obesity by promoting physical activity through ... -
Recovery of Xestospongia muta and Agelas clathrodes Bacterial Microbiome Since the 2016 Mortality Event at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
(2020-05-28)On July 25, 2016, divers discovered a large localized mortality event at the East Bank of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. This event killed 80% of invertebrates on the site. This sanctuary is a complex ... -
Reflections of Fear: Mass Hysteria in Cold War Cinema 1946-1991
(2021-05-12)The Cold War was one of the longest and most complicated wars in American History. It lasted from 1946-1991 and was entrenched in every person’s life in the United States. It was a time of great fear and suspicion. Americans ... -
Resiliency: Factors Effecting Academic Achievement of At Risk Fifth Grade Girls Living In Poverty
(2016-08-26)In this study, the researcher explored the perceptions of academically successful at risk fifth grade girls living in poverty regarding risk factors present in their everyday lives. Also, the researcher explored the various ... -
Retaining Effective Principals: A Case Study of Principals in a High Needs School District
(2017-11-02)The purpose of this mixed methods case study was to determine the influence of a district leadership development program on first, second, 3rd and, 4th year principals. A purposeful sample of first, second, 3rd and 4th ... -
Revisiting Neutron Star Physics Including Finite Temperature and Density Effects on the Medium
(2020-08-17)Neutron stars are highly compact stellar evolutionary endpoints whose formation and existence rely on a complex interplay between the overall hydrodynamic equilibrium and the local approach of quantum mechanics. The extreme ... -
Role of Negative Personality on Sleep Quality and Emotion Regulation
(2021-05-10)The relationship between sleep and emotion regulation has been well-established. Worsened sleep quality is associated with a diminished ability to regulate emotions. However, research has yet to examine potential mediators. ... -
Rule Extraction for Infrequent Class
(2019-05-07)The thesis narrates the classification rules that are developed in the infrequent class to make decisions about their future actions. Rules are the most expressive and most human-readable representation for any kind of ... -
School Administrators' Use of Social Media with Stakeholders to Build Social Capital
(2018-04-02)The purpose of the study was to examine elementary school administrators’ practices and perceptions of using social media to communicate with stakeholders and explore recommended social media communication practices to ... -
School leaders' efficacies and perceptions on the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) in bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms
(2018-01-19)The purpose of this sequential mixed method study was to determine if there were differences between central office administrators', school administrators', and bilingual and English as a second language (ESL) teachers' ... -
Science learners, science teachers, science courses, and curiosity: Information for teacher education programs
(2019-11-07)It requires a unique set of skills to teach science to young children. Not only do future elementary educators need the requisite content knowledge to address the broad base of science topics that fall under the innocuous ... -
Second-generation immigrant graduate students' persistence toward graduation: Factors affecting their ability to complete a program of study
(2021-04-05)The demand for more knowledgeable employees has created a renewed focus in the United States to produce more postgraduate degreed individuals. Researchers have noted that a master’s degree could become the new bachelor’s ... -
Secondary Co-Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Competence in Co-Teaching and Utilizing Integrative Technology
(2020-10-19)When ensuring the least restrictive environment for students eligible and receiving special education services a delivery option frequently considered is providing a second teacher in the general education classroom. This ... -
Secondary teachers' and administrators' perceptions of teacher leadership within the implementation of professional learning communities
(2018-12-20)The purpose of this study was to examine secondary or high school teachers’ and administrators’ perception of teacher leadership within the PLC model. The study included a review of data collected from the Professional ... -
Semi-automated extraction of perinasal region of interest (ROI) from thremal facial images
(2018-12-14)S-Interface is a C# WinForms software developed by Computational Physiology Lab (CPL) at University of Houston for studying physiological variables such as perinasal perspiration, breathing rate etc. These physiological ... -
Shaping a new suburban reality: a school district's response to its changing student demographic
(2016-12-14)Despite historical patterns of racial homogeneity, the composition of suburban areas and their schools are changing throughout the United States. This fact presents major challenges to the suburban schools charged with ... -
Social Media as a Marketing Tool for Public Schools
(2022-01-19)This study utilized a sequential mixed-methods design to investigate the role of social media as a marketing tool for public schools. The quantitative portion applied content analysis to 18 elementary schools with Facebook ... -
Social revitalization, urban development, and community food gardens for “The Cove” in Orange, Texas: can creating tiny living and micro agri-hood spaces revitalize a diverse low income neighborhood?
(2019-05-16)In this study, two methods being utilized to combat the issues affecting many of the low income or run down neighborhoods in the United States will be examined as possible solutions for revitalization in the Cove neighborhood ... -
Societal Pressure and Makeup Usage
(2019-05-12)This study explores how pressure to conform to beauty standards can influence women’s behavior, attitudes, and motivations. Survey data was collected from 132 female college students at a university in southeast Texas. ... -
Software Engineering for All - Why and How
(2020-04-28)A lot of the software industry has moved from the planned method of software development to an Agile development process. Agile is one of the widely used methodologies today and has several benefits over the planned method. ...
