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Calibration methodology for a microwave non-invasive glucose sensor.

McClung, Melanie J.

Non-invasive measuring techniques for determining biological parameters are more heavily researched with the growth of the biomedical industry. One of the top areas in non-invasive research deals with diabetes. This ...

Caligula in Jerusalem : the hostile relationship between Emperor Gaius and his Jewish subjects.

Sturdy, Michael C. (, )

This thesis examines the relationship between Gaius (Caligula) and his Jewish subjects via unrest in Alexandria and the emperor’s decree that the Jerusalem Temple be converted into a pagan shrine. It is concluded that Gaius ...

A canonical exegesis of the eighth Psalm : YHWH's maintenance of the created order through divine reversal.

Keener, Hubert James.

This dissertation presents a canonical exegesis of Psalm 8. The dissertation seeks to contribute to two areas of scholarship: 1) literature on the canonical approach to exegesis carrying forward the emphases first articulated ...

Capital Regulation, Heterogeneous Monitoring Costs, and Aggregate Loan Quality

Kopecky, Kenneth; VanHoose, David D.

This paper develops a banking-sector framework with heterogeneous loan monitoring costs. Banks are exposed to the moral hazard behavior of borrowers and endogenously choose whether to monitor their loans to eliminate this ...

Career-focused field trips as experienced by at-risk rural students : a case study.

Hutson, Tommye L.

A lack of recent research focused on field trips as pedagogy in K-12 settings established the foundation for this work. The research design followed multiple-case case study model. The participants were four male students ...

Career paths to the presidency of private black colleges in Texas as perceived by present and past occupants of the office.

Henry, Clifton W.

The state of Texas has five historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) that remain operational. Such schools have numerous factors in common that make them unique among institutions of higher learning and also ...

Cartels: The New Face of Mexico's Democracy

Nye, Barret Jackson

This thesis demonstrates why the Mexican drug cartels pose the single greatest threat to Mexico’s democratic institutions. A comprehensive analysis of the shift in Mexican politics from the authoritarian rule of the PRI ...

A case study of the teacher education faculty’s perception of the eFolio program at a private Central Texas university.

Trimble, Shannon Owen.

The qualitative case study approach investigated the perceptions that Teacher Education Faculty (TEF) developed as a result of using the electronic portfolio, or eFolio, in the teacher education program at the institution ...

A case study of two Cherokee newspapers and their fight against censorship.

Evans, Desiree Y.

This study attempts to illuminate an injustice to the Cherokee Nation through denial of First Amendment rights in newspapers and communities. Through case studies and in-depth interviews it examines the avenues by which ...

Cassia cinnamon and acute endurance exercise for the enhancement of glucose uptake in healthy young women.

Gutierrez, Jean L.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects Cassia cinnamon, cellulose placebo and endurance exercise on an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) blood glucose (BG), serum insulin (SI) values, fasting HOMA insulin ...

Caste, class, and city : the shaping of religious social capital in contemporary India.

Stroope, Samuel M.

Building on the implications of qualitative work from India and urbanism theories, I aim to understand how religious bonding social capital in contemporary India varies along greater urbanization and whether social class ...

Categories for Component Level Design

Maurer, Peter M.

Several research problems are discussed, including communication mechanisms and the interface between components and the glue logic used to tie them together. A technique for engineering new component-level applications ...

The Catholic Church and the nonviolent resistance in Chile.

Edmonds, Amy E.

When can nonviolent action be effective? That is the question that originally initiated this research project. While studying the different factors scholars believe to be important to a successful nonviolent action, I ...

Catholic liberation theology and Islamic Jihadism : a comparative analysis.

Toll, Benjamin.

This thesis compares Catholic liberation theology which gained notoriety in the late 1960s and early 1970s as popularized by the works of Gustavo Gutierrez with modern Islamic Jihadism, which was ideologically driven by ...

Causes and differences in retention of white, African American, and Hispanic students who progressed toward graduation after first year in college.

Matthews, Kenneth, 1958-

African American and Hispanic students' retention rates in college have revealed that minority students are much more likely than white students to drop out of college. Additionally, minority students' graduation rates ...

Cave: An Animated Film

Heinrich, Philip

The allegory of the cave from Plato's Republic is one of the most famous and influential ideas from ancient philosophy. In my thesis, a fictional narrative, I have created a fantasy story that examines the theme of ...

A Cerebellar Deficit in Dyslexia and How it Affects the Classroom

Shafer, Lynn

The cerebellar deficit hypothesis is one theory explaining developmental dyslexia. Reviewing the current literature, I explained the theory, identified some key components of dyslexia research that are agreed upon, and ...

The Changing Arthur: A Comparison of Malory and White

Semmes, Kristen C.

T.H. White transforms the story of Arthur with his retelling of Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Dathur in his novel The Once and Future King. I argue that White’s perception as a man of the twentieth century influences his take ...

Characteristic measurements within a GEC rf Reference Cell.

Creel, James Ruell.

Since its introduction, the GEC rf Reference Cell has provided a baseline for comparison among various experiments performed within the complex (dusty) plasma community. The GEC cell, while providing for data comparison ...

The characteristics of parent-child relationships and their effects on God images.

Pagel, Andrew T.

It has been proposed that an individual's attitudes and beliefs strongly reflect their concepts of what God is and what God represents. However, where do these attitudes and beliefs originate? I theorize that they come ...

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