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Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

The Desire for Chaste Love in Book Three of The Faerie Queene, Hayley McClenny

EXPLORING WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORK TEAMS, Nandini O. McClurg

TOWARD REDUCING STRESS AND ANXIETY IN NURSING STUDENTS: IMPLEMENTING AN EVIDENCE-BASED MINDFULNESS PROGRAM, Susan McKee

PREHOSPITAL TROPONIN TESTING PROTOCOL FOR ACCELERATED DIAGNOSIS AND EARLY INTERVENTION IN CHEST PAIN PATIENTS, Ronald D. Meador

Breathe In Breathe Out...Now What? Improved Pediatric Asthma Outcomes Through Improved Inhaler Technique, Gina M. Nickels-Nelson

MODERNIZATION OF LABORATORY CURRICULUM FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE DIGITAL SYSTEMS COURSE, Brolyne H. Onyango

MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN COMPUTER INTEGRATED MATERIAL DESIGN AND MODELING, Joseph O. Oyedele

Physicochemical Properties of Blend Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) and Sodium Alginate Membranes for Potential Application in Wound Dressings, Martha Pieper

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF WHITMORE SECTION AND BLOCK SHEAR FAILURES IN STEEL GUSSET PLATES USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION, Prajwal Pokhrel

NO REFERENCE IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT, Ravi S. Ravela

EVALUATION OF AN UNDERAGE DRINKING AND DRIVING AFTER DRINKING INTERVENTION IN RUSK COUNTY, TEXAS, Tim Sefa

SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING AND COLD-TOLERANCE OF A FUNGUS-FARMING ANT SYMBIOSIS, Sarah F. Senula

Examining the Relationship Between Self-Care and Professional Quality of Life in Counseling and Clinical Psychology Trainees, Beverly Sharifian

IN-SITU FIELD MONITORING OF A UHPC AND HPC BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE UNDER DIAGNOSTIC LOAD TESTING USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION, Prajwol Sharma

Research, Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement, Tonya Traylor

AN EVIDENCE-BASED PROJECT: IMPLEMENTING A NURSING HANDOFF PROTOCOL TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES, Marcella Y. Upshaw-Owens

EXPLORING HELP-SEEKING INTENTIONS OF HOMELESS VETERANS ATTENDING A STAND DOWN EVENT, Tara Vaughn

Characterization of the Nuclear Pore Complex in Red Alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae, Michelle Veronin

Hospital-Based Palliative Care Programs: Perspectives Regarding Conceptualization and Accreditation, Karen L. Walker

Experimental Investigation of Adobe Structures with Digital Image Correlation, Ashmita Wasti

THE “ACTIVE INGREDIENTS” OF YIN, YANG AND NEUTRAL FOOD AND THE EFFECT OF THESE NUTRIENTS ON IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING HEALTH, Jingle Xu

SYSTEM INTEGRATION OF C-ARM ROBOTIC PROTOTYPE USING MOTION CAPTURE GUIDANCE FOR ACCURATE REPOSITIONING, Alireza Yazdanshenas

Acute Angle Repositioning in Mobile C-Arm Using Image Processing and Deep Learning, Armin Yazdanshenas

Hamstring Fatigue for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) rehabilitation, shiqi Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF ROOM-SCALE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER, Karuna Adhikari

ASSESSMENT OF RISK IN PRETERM INFANTS USING POINT PROCESS AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES, Venkata Naga Sai Apurupa Amperayani

Detecting Suicide Risk From Wristworn Activity Tracker Data Using Machine Learning Approaches, Pallavi Atluri

AN EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCES OF ORGANIZATIONAL, SUPERVISOR, AND COWORKER SUPPORT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS AND TURNOVER INTENTION OF CIVILIAN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, Marvin Bontrager

EXAMINING THE MEDIATING INFLUENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL SELF-EFFICACY AND PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED MANAGERIAL COACHING BEHAVIORS AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS, William S. Carrell

REAL-TIME DETECTION OF CRAVINGS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE USING WEARABLE BIOSENSORS AND MACHINE LEARNING, keerthi kumar chintha

THE INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PERSONALITY TRAITS ON EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, Joy N. Cooper

HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS AND DETECTABILITY OF THREE UNIONID SPECIES ALONG THE UPPER SABINE RIVER IN EAST TEXAS, Jared Dickson

Functional Mastery of Health Ownership in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Maria Donnelley

EXAMINING WORK-LIFE BALANCE OF FEMALE FACULTY IN CHAIR ROLES AT MEDICAL ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Stephanie N. Dunn

Home Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Users Quality of Life: Is Response Shift Supported?, Casey Faigle

A CASE STUDY OF CONGREGATIONAL AND SEARCH COMMITTEE DESIRED LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN A SENIOR PASTOR, David Fowler

TESTING THE STRUCTURAL INVARIANCE OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT ON UNETHICAL PRO-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ACROSS CLAN AND HIERARCHY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE TYPES, Julia A. Fulmore

Simulated Role-Play to Improve Attitudes and Empathy Towards Older Adults in Accelerated Nursing Students, Elizabeth A. Galetz

OPTIMIZING STUDENT RETENTION: MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED WITHIN TRADITIONAL BACHELOR’S IN NURSING PROGRAMS, Bethanie K. Gamble Dr.

EFFECTS OF A VISUAL ARTWORK INTERVENTION AND PERSONAL PROGRESS FACTORS ON MATERNAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS BREASTFEEDING AMONG BLACK WOMEN, Erika L. Gathron

TREATED VERSUS UNTREATED AGGREGATE BASES FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS: A NATIONWIDE COMPARITIVE STUDY, Hemant Gc and Mena I. Souliman

EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, JOB SATISFACTION, JOB BURNOUT, AND TURNOVER INTENTION OF STUDENT SERVICES EMPLOYEES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Susan Grove

Testing the Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences of Data from the Employee Perceptions of Supervisor/Line Manager Coaching Behavior Measure Between Virtual and Traditional Employees from Generation X and Y, Bryn Hammack-Brown

SUITABLE HOST FISH, POPULATION STRUCTURE, AND LIFE-HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE STATE-LISTED, LOUISIANA PIGTOE, PLEUROBEMA RIDDELLII, Elizabeth Hinkle

Merlin’s Role as Nationalist in Monmouth and Malory, Ashley C. Johnson

EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MOTHERS FOLLOWING INFANT DEATH, Katina W. Jones

Digital Enhancement of Analog Measurement Systems for Temperature Compensation of Strain Gages, Islombek Karimov

The Phenomenological Beat: Allen Ginsberg's Many Multitudes, Joseph Karwin

THE EFFECT OF MY HEALTH COMPANION© ON SELF-MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PERSONS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY APPROACH, Julie D. Leming

Simplified Approach for Structural Evaluation of Flexible Pavements at the Network Level, Karthikeyan Loganathan

EXTRACTION OF VITAL SIGNS USING REAL TIME VIDEO ANALYSIS FOR NEONATAL MONITORING, BHUSHAN LOHANI

EXAMINING MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR, PERCEIVED PROXIMITY, AND JOB SATISFACTION IN DISTRIBUTED WORK ARRANGEMENTS, David D. Macauley

Exploring Grit in the Experiences of Higher Education Development Officers: A Phenomenological Study, Jessica A. McCann

WHEN CARE BECOMES FUTILE: PERSPECTIVES OF ACUTE CARE MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSES, Angela Mulcahy

TESTING AN ADAPTED AND INTEGRATED MODEL OF MOTIVATION TO LEAD AND INTENTION TO APPLY, Mandolen Mull

AN EXPLORATION OF BARRIERS TO INTEGRATION OF STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FIRE SERVICE: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CHIEF OFFICERS' PERCEPTIONS, Jon D. Musgrave

EFFECT OF METACOGNITIVE STRATEGY ON NURSING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN AN ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISE, Theresa M. Naldoza

Spiritual Perspectives, Spiritual Care, and Recovery-Oriented Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses, Melissa Neathery

PAIN, NEED-DRIVEN BEHAVIORS IN DEMENTIA, AND NURSES' PERCEPTIONS: AN EMBEDDED MIXED METHODS STUDY, Suzanne E. Parkman

Connected Spirits: Adolescent Females and Animal Agents, Elizabeth A. Parrish

STANDARDIZED PATIENTS TO INCREASE EMPATHY OF NURSING STUDENTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Jodi Patterson

Exploration and Discussion of Modern Green Construction Practices Demonstrated in the TXAIRE Homes, Megan Nicole Patterson

Nurses Role in Health Home Mixed Methods Study, Jacqueline S. Prokop

EXPLORING SPIRITUALITY AND AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT AS ANTECEDENTS TO ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR, Elva A. Resendez

Toward a Model of Strategic Human Capital Management Using the Balanced Scorecard - An Exploratory Case Study, Jeffrey A. Risinger

MATING FREQUENCIES AND ECOLOGICAL MODELING OF HARVESTER ANT: POGONOMYRMEX COMANCHE, Rachel Romo

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE STATE – LISTED TEXAS PIGTOE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS, Sara M. Rumbelow

A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF JUNIOR ENLISTED MARINE CORPS VETERANS’ CAREER TRANSITION AND ORGANIZATIONAL ATTACHMENT: FROM THE MILITARY TO CIVILIAN WORK ENVIRONMENT, Kevin R. Sanford

Initial Evidence of Construct Validity of Data from a Self-Assessment Instrument of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in 2-Year Public College Faculty in Texas, Kristin C. Scott

NURSING BURNOUT, SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS, AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT: A CASE STUDY, Cheryl R. Sheffield

UNDERSTANDING ANTECEDENTS TO LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURS, Randall Trent Stevenson

Equivalent Constructions of Cartan Pairs, Phung Thanh Tran

MECHANISTIC ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF FIBER-REINFORCED ASPHALT MIXTURES, Ashish Tripathi

The Politics of Utopia: Examining Three Hawthorne Romances as Political Allegories, Melanie A. Whiting

IMPACT OF PODCASTING ON LEARNING OUTCOMES IN ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING STUDENTS, Daira D. Wilson

Suicide in High School Students and the Effectiveness of State Suicide Prevention Plans, Patricia G. Wilson

POPULATION STRUCTURE, DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL NICHE OF THE SAND FLY DISEASE VECTOR LUTZOMYIA SHANNONI (DYAR) (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) IN THE U.S., MEXICO, AND COLOMBIA, Matthew E. Wolkoff

CITY OF TYLER HUB-AND-SPOKE BICYCLE LANE NETWORK, Pedro A. Zavagna

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

AN EXACT ANALYSIS FOR FOUR-ORDER ACOUSTO-OPTIC BRAGG DIFFRACTION WHICH INCORPORATES BOTH INCIDENT LIGHT ANGLE AND SOUND FREQUENCY DEPENDENCIES, Adeyinka Sunday Ademola

Quality of Prenatal Care and Pregnancy Outcomes: Centering Pregnancy Versus Traditional Prenatal Care, Lisette M. Allender

EXAMINING THE MANAGERIAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES NEEDED TO TRANSITION FROM A TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL TO A DEVELOPMENTAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, James S. Aller III

MICROBIOME ANALYSIS OF TWO SYMPATRIC FUNGUS-GARDENING ANTS, TRACHYMYRMEX SEPTENTRIONALIS AND TRACHYMYRMEX TURRIFEX, Mattea Allert

THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PARENTS WITH CHRONIC SORROW WHO ARE CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH A CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION, Lori L. Batchelor

IMPLEMENTATION AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF LONG TERM EVOLUTION USING SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO, Kedar Bhusal

Phylogenetic and ecological analysis of two populations of the Kitsatchie Painted Crayfish, Orconectes maletae (Decapoda: Cambaridae), Larrimy Beth Brown

The Formation of the Autonomous Woman Through a Hegelian Lens: A Comparative Study of the British Fin de Siecle "New Woman" and the Post-Mao "Amazing" Woman, Robyn L. Buro

A DELPHI STUDY: GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCHERS WORKING WITH TEENAGE MOTHERS, Alison M. Chamberlain

SUCCESSION PLANNING IN THE RELIGIOUS NON-PROFIT SECTOR: UNDERSTANDING ASSOCIATE PASTORS’ EXPERIENCES OF SERVING AS INTERNAL INTERIMS, Darius Mason Chapman

Behavior of Petrie Lines in Certain Edge-Transitive Graphs, Ruby A. Chick

Analyzing Organizational Commitment and the Effect on Job Turnover in Nurse Residents, Cory D. Church

EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REGISTERED NURSES’ TURNOVER AND THE BENEFITS OF AN AFFIRMING CLIMATE OF DIVERSITY AS MEDIATED BY WORKPLACE OUTCOMES, James Mark Clardy

"Our attachments are our temples": Addiction, Recovery, and the Metamodernist Movement, Ashlie M. Contos

THE USE OF BILATERAL MOTOR TASK TRAINING TO AUGMENT COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN OLDER ADULTS, Colby Craddock

“THAT DARK PARADE”: EMILY DICKINSON AND THE VICTORIAN "CULT OF DEATH”, Carol M. DeGrasse

Language Proficiency and Academic Success of Bilingual Hispanic Nursing Students, Cristina Dominguez

META-REGRESSION: PROGNOSTIC MODELS AS OBJECTIVE PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY AMONG ICU CANCER PATIENTS, Sheila Donnell

The American Dream, Micronationalisms, and the Three Part National Identity as Presented by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Brianna J. Doucet

CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA ELASTASE FOR ELUCIDATING THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT ON LUNG TISSUE, Derek T. Draper

TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES ON MILITARY LAND IN WESTERN LOUISIANA, Janey Dudley

EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MESOHABITATS AND FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN AN EAST TEXAS RIVER, Andrew R. Glen