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ORSP Newsletter [Fall 2018]
(2018-10)Fall 2018 issue of Engaging Research, a triannual newsletter from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
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- Faculty Research Spotlight
- Eugene Lee, Theatre ...
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ORSP Newsletter [Summer 2018]
(2018-05)This is the Summer 2018 issue of Engaging Research, a triannual newsletter from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
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- Faculty Research Spotlight
- Timothy ...
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ORSP Newsletter [Spring 2018]
(2018-02)This is the Spring 2018 issue of Engaging Research, a triannual newsletter from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
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- Faculty Research Spotlight
- Shetay ...
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ORSP Newsletter [Fall 2017]
(2017-09)This is the inaugural issue of Engaging Research, a triannual newsletter from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
Table of Contents:
- Faculty Research Spotlight
- Ty ...
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Self-Compacting Concrete using Recycled-Concrete Aggregate
(2009-01)A preliminary study has been conducted to evaluate the feasibility of using recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) in self-compacting concrete (SCC). Two different sources of RCA were collected and used in proportioning SCC ... -
The Poetry of Schoenberg’s Opus 6: Jacobowski's Neue Lieder der besten neueren Dichter für’s Folk
(2009-01)The poetry anthology Neue Lieder der besten neueren Dichter für’s Volk (Ludwig Jacobowski, ed., Berlin: M. Liemann, 1899), was the source of several song texts for Arnold Schoenberg’s opera 6 & 8. In fact, no other anthology ... -
Preserving Black Theatre in Texas
(2009-01)The grant allowed me to conduct more than a dozen interviews with informants (individuals knowledgeable about black theatre in Texas) in Austin, Prairie View, Houston, and San Antonio. My research included several trips ... -
Cager: Cross-page Web Search
(2009-01)Under the umbrella of "new paradigms in web search", there are three related projects. They investigate mass-collaboration-based web search with a wiki-interface, two-box search for disambiguation, and cross-page web search. ... -
Underlying Mechanisms of Change in Spoken Discourse: Close Linguistic Inspection
(2009-01)The purpose of this retrospective study was to examine a corpus of spoken discourse samples and to determine how EF ability contributes to spoken discourse production. The specific aims of the proposed project were to ...
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Hormonal Basis to Mate Choice Behavior in a Unisexual-bisexual Mating System
(2009-01)Steroid hormones play an important role in reproductive behavior. Steroid hormone levels might explain individual differences within species in the frequency of sexual behavior and species recognition. One system where ... -
Syria and Iraq in Moscow Archives
(2009-01)I used an innovative research method to follow the labor laws of postcolonial Syria and Iraq, by consulting documents in Moscow archives. In terms of their labor codes, these are among the Arab world's most progressive ... -
An Economic Analysis of the Factors Affecting the U.S. Chile Pepper Production
(2009-01)Twenty-four novelty varieties (Mexican and Asian) of hot peppers were grown in field and hydroponic conditions on the campus of Texas State University. Peppers were evaluated for suitability for production in Central Texas ... -
Social Capital and Civic Engagement of Marginalized Youth on MySpace
(2009-01)The Social Capital and Civic Engagement of Marginalized Youth on MySpace study sought to examine the relationships among social capital, civic engagement, and MySpace usage for socio-economically and racially marginalized ... -
A Study of Consolidations between Banks and Non-Banks: Motivations and Consequences
(2008-01)This study focuses on the reasons for and the implications of banks' decisions to acquire non- bank financial service firms (non-banks). The choice to acquire non-banks is driven by both external forces such as deregulation ... -
A Nation of Friends: Diffusion of Online Social Networking
(2008-01)The purpose of this study is to understand the diffusion patterns of online social networks. The past five years have seen the growing popularity of these spaces. Several companies have emerged on the forefront of this ... -
Sex Offender Recidivism: 6 to 8 Year Follow-Up of Registered Sex Offenders
(2008-01)The research problem is as follows: More information is needed about recidivism rates of male and female sex offenders for the purpose of establishing appropriate criminal justice sanctions, treatment plans, and prevention ... -
Spaces of Narrative: Melville's Literary Cartography
(2008-01)This project contributed to a book-length, interdisciplinary study of the relations between narrative and mapping, specifically as figured forth in the narrative writings of Herman Melville. The Research Enhancement Program ... -
Advancing Educational Equity: Does K-12 Outreach Participation Affect College Success?
(2008-01)Findings revealed that both academic and social benefits from participating in the outreach program continued through the college years. Academic Benefits: Developing navigational capital. Students gained navigational ... -
Development of ‘E-glass/Bio-based Polyurethane’ ‘Multifunctional Reinforced Nanocomposites’ using ‘low-cost VARTM process’
(2008-01)Low viscosity soy-based polyol was modified using nano-silica and Halloysite nanotubes (HNT) at different loadings. Nano-silica that was dispersed in high concentration in petroleum based polyol.HNT was dispersed using ... -
Using Cognitive and Emotive Factors to Explain Outlet Mall Shoppers Intentions to Purchase Apparel: A Dual-Process Perspective
(2008-01)The SEM model reveals significant positive relationships at the P<0.05 level or better for anticipated elation (IV), attitudes toward outlet malls (IV), and self-expression (IV) on intentions to purchase apparel at outlet ...
