Theses/Dissertations from 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Caffeine Consumption Habits, Sleep Quality, Sleep Quantity, and Perceived Stress of Clinical Nurses, Mykin R. Higbee
Hemingway and the Soča Front, Rebecca Johnston
AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN'S PROSTATE CANCER KNOWLEDGE AND SELF-EFFICACY FOR INFORMED DECISION-MAKING: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Dionne J. Jones-Dendy PhD
TESTING THE MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF DATA FROM THE UTRECHT WORK ENGAGEMENT SCALE BY GENERATIONAL COHORT FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, Greggory Keiffer
NEURAL EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION OF AUTISM CANDIDATE GENES IN ZEBRAFISH, Elyse P. Kite
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL CASE STUDY OF TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING IN A NON-TRADITIONAL DIVERSITY TRAINING PROGRAM, Ame Lambert
Examining the Relationships Between Performance Appraisal Reactions and Employee Engagement, Kenneth B. LeVan
IMPACTS OF POWER SYSTEM-TIED DISTRIBUTED GENERATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PROTECTION SYSTEMS, Terver T. Maor
EAST MEETS WEST: CULTURAL VALUES AND DUTY TO CARE FOR DISASTER RESPONSE, Tracy J. Nash
DIFFERENTIATING THE NECHES RIVER ROSE MALLOW (HIBISCUS DASYCALYX) FROM ITS CONGENERS BY MEANS OF PHYLOGENETICS AND POPULATION GENETICS, Julia Norrell
Conrad's Pronoun Usage as a Stylistic Marker and Its Relation to His Density of Text and Themes, Jennifer K. Onishi
POLYPLOIDY AND HYBRIDIZATION HAVE A ROLE IN PLANT DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES: A BIOINFORMATICS STUDY, Andrea Ortiz
EFFECT OF ACTIVITY TRACKERS AND TEXT MESSAGING ON EXERCISE, FITNESS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SELF-EFFICACY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Alison F. Pittman
REEVALUATING THE OCCURRENCE AND PHYLOGENY OF THE PIGTOE UNIONID MUSSELS FUSCONAIA ASKEWI, FUSCONAIA LANANENSIS, FUSCONAIA FLAVA, AND PLEUROBEMA RIDDELLI IN TEXAS, Charles J. Pratt
Emerging Cold War Ideologies During the Populist Era in Latin America and the US Media Response, Katherine D. Prince
GREENHOUSE GAS METHANE AND NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION AND MIRCOBIAL FUNCTIONING GENE CHARACTERIZATION IN GRASSLANDS AND THE INFLUENCES BY GRAZING LAND MANAGEMENT, Maura M. Purcell
POSTMODERN PUZZLES: CREATING VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH AND IDENTITY IN MARGARET ATWOOD’S THE ROBBER BRIDE, ALIAS GRACE, AND THE BLIND ASSASSIN, Maggie Raymond
EFFECTS OF A SCRIPTED ONLINE VIDEO ON SCHOOL NURSE PERCEPTIONS OF CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT, Kathleen Holligan Schneider
HELL IN THE SNOW: THE U.S. ARMY IN THE COLMAR POCKET, JANUARY 22 - FEBRUARY 9, 1945, Clinton W. Thompson
THE ROLE OF TRIBUTARIES IN STRUCTURING MUSSEL COMMUNITIES, Cassie M. Vaughan
Design and Simulation of an 8-Bit Successive Approximation Register Charge-Redistribution Analog-To-Digital Converter, Sumit K. Verma
Caspar David Friedrich, the Romantic Hero, and Early German Nationalism, Morgan D. Ward
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A FOLLOWER - CENTRIC MODEL: PREDICTORS OF JOB SATISFACTION AND PERCEPTION OF LEADER EFFECTIVENESS IN LEBANESE REGISTERED NURSES, Rana S. Abdel Malak
BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA IN HISPANIC WOMEN: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Juanita C. Acebedo
BARIATRIC SURGERY WEIGHT-LOSS MAINTENANCE AMONG HISPANICS: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY, Minerva Aguilera
ENERGY MODELS OF THE TxAIRE HOUSES, Tajudeen Amadu Annafi
INTEGRATING HABITAT SUITABILITY MODELING AND RADIO TELEMETRY TO DESCRIBE HABITAT USE OF THE WESTERN MASSASAUGAS, SISTRURUS T. TERGEMINUS, IN TEXAS, Mitchell R. Barazowski
EFFECT OF A YOGURT INTERVENTION ON ADIPOSITY AND METABOLIC OUTCOMES IN WOMEN, Eryn N. Boyet
Hydraulic and Hydrologic Properties of the Sabine River, Annie L. Bryant
The World of Elagabalus, Jay Carriker
EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGICAL TERRITORIALITY THROUGH THE DOMESTIC GOTHIC IN BELOVED AND MAMA DAY, Lori L. Cook
CHICAGO HOMICIDES COMPLETED WITH A FIREARM FROM 1971 TO 1993: A LENS OF SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY AND FIREARM LEGISLATION, Andrew Dehart
A COMPARISON OF MANAGERIAL AND LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS OF VETERAN AND CIVILIAN DEVELOPED LEADERS IN A CIVILIAN CONTEXT, John C. Dexter
EFFECTS OF A SLEEP HYGIENE TEXT-MESSAGE INTERVENTION ON SLEEP IN COLLEGE STUDENTS, Christine S. Gipson
Exploration of Factors Affecting Nurse Faculty Use or Resistance to Online Education, Lisa M. Harless