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The Great War in Waco, Texas: African Americans, Race Relations, and the White Primary, 1916-1922
(2000-08)No abstract prepared. -
Social Facilitation with an Online Gaming Audience
(2022-08)The study examined whether social facilitation took place when examining video game performance with an online audience present. Using a survey design, participants reported on their mastery of a set of video games and ... -
Optimizing Photobiological Treatment of Reverse Osmosis Concentrate
(2021-08)Water scarcity as an emerging concern worldwide highlights the importance of alternative water management and augmentation strategies. As one of the important water treatment technologies, reverse osmosis (RO) has been ...
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A Comprehensive Economic Analysis of Vertical Farming: Quantitative Models and a Decision Support System for the Competitive Marketplace
(2020-08)There are various problems associated with our conventional practice of farming. In the past few years alone, agriculture has been responsible for a million square kilometers of deforestation. The world is facing a water ... -
Sequence-Based Properties that Identify Intrinsically Disordered Phase-Separating Protein Regions
(2022-08)We aimed to investigate the molecular mechanisms that drive liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). This phenomenon is critical in many cellular processes (including RNA ...
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El Jardín for Latina Scholars: Cultivating, Nurturing, and Sustaining Pedagogical Spaces for Identity Formation and Community Building
(2022-08)Historical, cultural, and educational policies based on deficit thought are ubiquitous in the identity formation of Latinas. These politics and practices are governed and informed by the dominant ideology and culture, ... -
"Might As Well Try To Direct The Wind": A Study of Women, Labor, and the Millinery Industry in Dallas, 1900-1940
(2022-08)No abstract prepared. -
Policy Trajectories in Myanmar’s Education Reform and the Relationship Between Policymakers and Policy Actors
(2022-08)Myanmar has been undertaking education reforms since 2012. Tensions have arisen between central-level policymakers and teachers’ union leaders regarding the implementation of some reforms. While this give-and-take between ... -
Asylum Policies of Expulsion and Grassroots Refugee Governance at the US-Mexico Border
(2022-08)During the Trump presidency, US immigration policies of deterrence were transformed into asylum policies of expulsion, manifesting in policies such as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) and Title 42. MPP, also known ... -
Change Detection of Tamarix spp. in the Upper Brazos River Corridor using Object-Based Image Analysis
(2022-08)Woody phreatophytes are some of the most impactful invasive species in the upper Brazos River (UBR), with saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) being of most concern. Since saltcedar’s introduction to the eastern United States in the ... -
An Examination of Internalized Consensual Non-Monogamy Negativity and Help Seeking Beliefs, Attitudes, and Intentions
(2022-08)Although consensually non-monogamous (CNM) relationships have grown in prevalence (Haupert et al., 2017; Rubel & Bogaert, 2014), a high degree of stigma surrounding CNM relationships remains (Balzarini et al., 2018; A. C. ... -
The Influence of Personalities on Cognition in African American Adults
(2022-08)The five-factor personalities, openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism were examined to find if these personalities have an influence on cognition in African Americans. The quantitative ... -
Judgments of Learning in the Context of Worked Mathematics Questions in College Students
(2022-08)No abstract prepared. -
Upcycling Invasive Species to Address Social Issues: Developing a Compostable Menstrual Pad from Water Hyacinth
(2022-08)The water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), exhibits unique qualities that can be harnessed to create a product that promotes social equality: a compostable menstrual pad. Two countries, India and the United States share ...
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The Impact of Fat Mass on Decomposition Rate and Postmortem Interval Estimation
(2022-08)It is unclear whether body mass, or fat mass, affects the rate of human decomposition. This study is aimed at further investigation of the true effect of fat mass on the rate of early to advanced human decomposition in ... -
Magnetic Characterization of Fe/PLA 3-D Printed Filaments and Fe-Doped Ga2O3 Thin Films
(2022-08)The work of this thesis consisted of magnetic characterization on two different materials: soft magnetic Fe/PLA filaments 3-D printed using magnetic field assisted additive manufacturing (MFAAM) and Fe-doped Ga2O3 ...
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A multidimensional study of kinematics and excitation of molecular gas in planet-forming regions
(2022-08)Protoplanetary disks are rotating gas and dust around young, pre main sequence stars and are predecessors to planetary systems like our solar system. The fundamental rovibrational emission band of CO at 4.7 μm is a key ... -
Black-White Disparities In Healthcare Utilization For Women Transitioning Through Menopause
(2022-08)No abstract prepared. -
