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Faith-based higher education and the religiosity of Christian college students.
(, 2014-06-11)While many Christian colleges and universities in the United States have lost their religious character over time, members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) actively seek to make Christian ... -
Family values : the empirical impact of internet use.
(, 2011-09-14)Family values are a set of ethical viewpoints pertaining to family matters that have the potential to have divisive effects for the private and public spheres. The formation of family values can be broken down into a ... -
The fantastic and related subgenres in three contemporary novels.
(2006-07-29)Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine (1984), Amy Tan's The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001), and Cynthia Ozick's The Puttermesser Papers (1997) manifest the fantastic and related subgenres. According to structuralist critic Tzvetan ... -
Fantasy-Exposure Life-Narrative Therapy (FELT) for anxious children : a pilot and feasibility study.
(, 2014-09-05)A small, pilot study was conducted for the development of the Fantasy-Exposure Life-Narrative Therapy (FELT) treatment manual. One primary objective of the study is to investigate initial promise of efficacy of training ... -
Faster k-means clustering.
(, 2013-09-24)The popular k-means algorithm is used to discover clusters in vector data automatically. We present three accelerated algorithms that compute exactly the same clusters much faster than the standard method. First, we redesign ... -
Fate and transport of emerging contaminants across a dynamic urban landscape.
(2016-07-27)Two major classes of emerging contaminants (flame retardants/plasticizers and current-use pesticides (CUPs)) were measured across Houston, TX. Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) samples were taken at high spatial resolution ... -
The fate of phosphate in the MixAlco process and its applicability to a Central Texas watershed.
(2007-01-19)The MixAlco process is proposed as a means to reduce phosphorus concentrations in dairy cow manure in order to help improve water quality in the Lake Waco watershed. Numerous dairy farms and intensive agricultural practices ... -
Fate, providence, and free will: clashing perspectives of world order in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
(2006-12-11)Through the medium of a fictional world, Tolkien returns his modern audience to the ancient yet extremely relevant conflict between fate, providence, and the person's freedom before them. Tolkien's expression of a ... -
Feasibility of microwave radar system for proton emission therapy control.
(2015-03-26)Non-invasive medical procedures are desired in modern medicine because of advantages they provide in patients safety and comfort. A cutting edge non-invasive medical procedure implemented specifically for cancer treatment ... -
Federal employment concentration and regional process in nonmetropolitan America.
(2008-10-15)Nonmetropolitan America has undergone significant changes over the past quarter of a century. From the population turnaround in the 1970s, to population decline in the 1980s, to population rebound in the 1990s, nonmetro ... -
"Feed my lambs" : the spiritual direction ministry of Calvinistic British Baptist Anne Dutton during the early years of the evangelical revival.
(2010-02-02)This dissertation contends that Anne Dutton (1692-1765) contributed a transatlantic ministry of spiritual direction to the Evangelical Revival in the early 1740s. The first chapter provides a historiographical review of ... -
Fiction based on fact : subversions of power and propriety in Charles Reade's matter-of-fact romances.
(, 2011-09-14)As Charles Reade began to write It Is Never Too Late to Mend, he developed a method of research and writing that he would use throughout the remainder of his career. In the Memoir, he declares: “The plan I propose to ... -
Fidelity to God: perseverance in Hebrews in light of the reciprocity systems of the ancient Mediterranean world.
(2006-07-25)The primary focus of this dissertation is to demonstrate how Hebrews represents, in view of its historical and religious context, human fidelity to God. Reciprocity was one primary dynamic in the ancient Mediterranean ... -
Field, micromorphologic and geochemical study of modern and ancient soils from Riesel, Texas and Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya.
(, 2014-06-11)Paleosol are utilized to reconstruct paleoclimate and paleoenvironment by paleopedologists. However, paleopedologists must constrain for all of the state factors that create a soil before paleoclimate or paleoenvironment ... -
Figuring Jesus : the power of rhetorical figures of speech in the Gospel of Luke.
(2010-06-23)This dissertation examines Luke's use of rhetorical figures of speech on the lips of Jesus as a means of persuading his audience to accept a role-reversing message that challenged the social, religious, economic and political ... -
Filled with purpose : the effects of deviant religious experiences on sense of purpose.
(, 2012-08-08)The discourse on religious compensators argues that people will pursue different religious experiences and activities based on the social class in which they belong because the rewards of religion are contingent upon one’s ... -
Film and intuition : an exploration of rhythm, pace, and the moving image.
(, 2011-12-19)Well-edited films are deeply rooted in the concepts of rhythm and pace. Many film editors argue that this sense of rhythm and pace is born out of a generalized sense of “intuition.” This concept of intuition is very rarely ... -
Finitary incidence algebras.
(, 2014-06-11)Let P be an arbitrary partially ordered set and I(P) its incidence space. Then F(P) is the finitary incidence algebra and I(P) is a bimodule over it. Consequently we can form D(P) = FI(P) ⊕ I(P) the idealization of I(P). ... -
Finite element analysis tool for factor of safety prediction in the tie-back (casing in casing) region for oil wells.
(2016-06-28)Within the oil and gas field the tie-back technique is used to enhance blowout and collapse resistance within the well. Approved methods do not currently exist for analyzing the tie-back due to casing eccentricities and ... -
Fire disturbance effects on regional carbon cycling in a sub-humid woodland.
(, 2013-05-15)Fire disturbance affects many ecosystem processes, especially carbon (C) cycling. In addition, fire is routinely used as a management tool in wildland ecosystems. In this study, I measured the fire-affected C storage, ...