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A qualitative study of the development of a health sciences center at a two-year community college.

Cornelius, William M.

One purpose of this research was to investigate the dynamics of collaboration in the formation of a health sciences center at a two-year college. Another purpose was to propose guidelines that other community colleges ...

Qualities of effective secondary science teachers : perspectives of university biology students.

McCall, Madelon J.

This research was an attempt to hear the student voice concerning secondary science teacher effectiveness and to share that voice with those who impact the educational process. It was a snapshot of university freshmen ...

Quantifying the presence of current-use insecticides and toxicity of sediments in urban residential watersheds in central Texas.

Hintzen, Emily P.

In the US, residential use of pyrethroid and other recently developed insecticides has increased substantially in recent years, yet the impact of these insecticides on benthic invertebrates in urban streams is largely ...

Quantifying the structural relationship of leaf mass and petiole width of extant ferns : developing a proxy for fossil applications.

Lemons, Casee R. (, )

This study developed a biomechanical model of leaf trait relationships in fern leaves. A common plant relationship is positive covariance between petiole width (PW) and leaf mass (LM). When LM and PW are area-normalized, ...

A quantitative analysis of theater criticism in four American newspapers.

Orand, Amber Werley.

The researcher systematically sampled 144 issues of four major American newspapers from reference points over the last three decades and conducted a quantitative analysis of theater reviews to determine whether the amount ...

A quantitative investigation of normative and deviant religious experiences.

Baker, Joseph O.

Previous quantitative investigations of religious experiences in the social sciences have primarily focused on broad questions. Data from the Baylor Religion Survey provide information on specific types of religious ...

A Quick Algorithm for Identifying Conjugate Groups in GF(2)

Maurer, Peter M.

This report gives the details an algorithm for determining whether two matrix groups are conjugate to one another. Each group is designated by a pair of matrices that generate the group. The algorithm is able to determine ...

Race, faith and fear: general press and black press coverage of Arabs, Muslims and the stigma of terrorism in the United States.

Stone, Robert P.

The global impact of the events of September 11, 2001, provoked an interest in American media coverage of terrorism. With African-Americans making up more than 12 percent of the country’s population and more than 40 percent ...

Race, religion, and homosexuality: Black Protestants and homosexual acceptance.

Lewis-Williams, Jeniece T.

This paper explores the relationship between race, religion, and acceptance of homosexuality. Many question the disapproval of African Americans in the homosexual fight for gay rights, especially considering their activity ...

"Railroad iron is a magician's rod" : preserving and presenting historic railroad maps through the "magic" of digitization.

Ames, Eric S.

As digitization projects have become increasingly common, museums of all sizes have fallen under the spell of putting their archival materials online. But the process involves a great deal of advanced planning, sifting ...

Rates of photon induced, metal Ion assisted, unimolecular decomposition of gaseous organometallic complexes using a custom built molecular beam apparatus.

Dee, S. Jason (Scott Jason)

This dissertation will focus on the development of a novel technique to study the kinetics and dynamics of transition metal ion assisted σ-bond activation of gaseous organic molecules. The measurements reported represent ...

Reading Dreams: An Audience-Critical Approach to the Dreams in the Gospel of Matthew

Dodson, Derek S. (Perspectives in Religious Studies., )

This dissertation seeks to read the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew (1:18b-25; 2:12, 13-15, 19-21, 22; 27:19) as the authorial audience. This approach requires an understanding of the social and literary character of ...

Reading the American Bible : its role in liberal morality, criminal justice attitudes, and attitudes about religion and science.

Franzen, Aaron B.

The Bible has had a large impact on American culture, but thus far very little research has looked at the impact that reading the Bible may have. Research shows that religion has the tendency to have a conservative influence ...

Reading the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) as the authorial audience.

Stigall, Joshua J. (, )

Since the late 19th and early 20th centuries, interpretation of the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus has tended to revolve around two primary issues: (1) the structure and unity of the parable; and (2) the search for ...

A reassessment of the authorship of the Cheap repository tracts.

Blanch, Anna Maree.

This thesis contends that the extent of Hannah More's contribution to the Cheap Repository has never been definitively established and that there is a need for clarification of the authorship of individual tracts. This ...

Rebeldía femenina en la narrativa latinoamericana contemporánea.

Martinez, Araceli S. (, )

The objective of this thesis is to examine the concept of rebellion in contemporary Latin American literature written by women. On the basis of the ideas of cultural critics Michel Foucault and Julia Kristeva, rebellion ...

Receiving "The True Name" : reading Lilith as a mystical dream-vision.

Sloan, Alathea.

George MacDonald’s penultimate novel, Lilith, has puzzled readers and critics alike with its strange symbolism and seemingly chaotic dreams. One’s comprehension of the novel ultimately hinges upon the right interpretation ...

Reclaiming peace : evangelical scientists and evolution after World War II.

Rios, Christopher M.

This dissertation argues that during the same period in which antievolutionism became a movement within American evangelicalism, two key groups of evangelical scientists attempted to initiate a countervailing trend. The ...

The recombinant expression of two pollen allergens using plant-viral and yeast expression systems.

Moehnke, Marcie H.

Allergic disease causes much distress within industrialized areas of the world, affecting approximately a quarter of the population in such areas. Current immunotherapy involves the administration of increasing concentrations ...

Reconciling the "mystery letter" : Frémont's fourth expedition, John Kern Strecker, and the Baylor University Museum.

Jenkins, Joshua D.

Found amongst the collections of the Mayborn Museum Complex, the subject of this thesis is an enthralling fragment of a "Mystery Letter." Written in 1849 by Benjamin J. Kern, a surviving member of the Fourth Frémont ...

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