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Flexible spatial interpolation and uncertainty quantification : with applications in radar rainfall estimation.
(2016-08-23)In quantitative precipitation estimation, prediction and uncertainty quantification are difficult due to the errors in the available data sources. Weather radars are used to predict precipitation with high spatial and ... -
Flight performance testing of ethanol/100LL fuel blends during cruise flight.
(2008-06-05)Aviation gasoline, 100LL, is the last fuel in the U.S. containing lead. Additionally, the cost of 100LL avgas now averages close to $4.64/gal. This combination will eventually require an operational transition within the ... -
Flow, hypnotizability, absorption, and neuroticism in a college student population.
(2016-07-11)The concept of “flow” refers to a state of attention and concentration in a current task. Benefits of entering a flow state may include the ability to optimize performance by reducing conscious cognitive processing (Nakamura ... -
Fluvial sequence stratigraphy and paleoclimate of the Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) Chinle Strata, northern New Mexico.
(Tulsa, OK : Society for Sedimentary Geology., 2007-11)Two age-equivalent Upper Triassic (Norian and Rhaetian) fluvial successions in New Mexico were evaluated from a sequence-stratigraphic and paleopedologic perspective. Meter-scale fining-upward fluvial aggradation cycles ... -
Folding, dynamics and interaction studies of the Neuropeptide Y family.
(, 2011-12-19)Detailed molecular knowledge of the complex dynamics of biological processes such as folding and the interaction with cellular membranes may greatly advance the treatment of human disease. The Neuropeptide Y family of ... -
Following Flannery, locating ourselves : the theological significance of place in Flannery O’Connor.
(2016-07-28)This dissertation investigates the theological significance of place in the work of Flannery O’Connor. By bringing together her fiction and nonfiction (essays, letters, and journals), it demonstrates how place is a concept ... -
Food for thought : a social cognitive approach to assessing children’s food environments.
(2015-04-08)The objective of this study was to describe the process of developing and piloting a Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)-based assessment tool to capture the interaction between environmental and social determinants of child ... -
For such a time as this : classical music and 9/11.
(, 2012-11-29)This thesis takes as a foundational principle the conviction that music is a vital component of the process of mourning. From this foundation, I focus on three of classical music's responses to 9/11: John Adams' On the ... -
For the old, rich, and cultured? Historic house museums and their relationship with young adults.
(, 2012-08-08)It has been traditionally understood that young adults are not active participants in historic house museums. This is a concern because if it is true, it means that historic house museums are not fulfilling their ... -
"For the pleasure of the people" : a centennial history of William Cameron Park, Waco, Texas.
(2009-08-26)In this thesis I seek to trace the one hundred year history of William Cameron Park, Waco, Texas. The history of the park will be placed within the larger context of Waco and the United States. Special attention will be ... -
Force and persuasion in Plato's Republic.
(2009-08-25)Plato’s Republic begins with an act of force (327b) and ends with an act of persuasion (621c). Between these two bookends, force and persuasion appear well over one hundred more times, permeating the dialogue as recurring ... -
Foreign language learning: an exploratory study on the external and internal influences affecting success.
(2006-07-24)This study explores the influence that determinants such as age, length of exposure, learning environment, personality, attitude, study habits, personal practice, and personal motivation have on individuals studying a ... -
Foreign language teachers' attitudes and the benefits of learning a second language.
(2015-04-02)This project analyzes foreign language teachers’ attitudes towards learning a second language and the numerous student benefits associated with becoming bilingual. The scholarly research was narrowed to focus on four ... -
Forensic speeches in Acts 22-26 in their literary environment: a rhetorical study.
(2006-12-11)This dissertation offers an analysis of the form of the forensic speeches that occur in Acts 22-26 and the function of these speeches and the trial scenes of which they are a part. The study argues that these speeches ... -
The forest : a history of ideas : the movement for civil rights in suburban Madison, New Jersey 1955-1970.
(, 2013-05-15)The ideas emergent from the movement for civil rights in the American South transformed suburban Madison, New Jersey, and its nearby townships in the span of one generation. Protests burgeoned from the largely one-dimensional, ... -
Forgiveness in Kierkegaard's ethic of neighbor love.
(2009-08-26)I argue that Kierkegaard contributes to the contemporary philosophical discussion concerning forgiveness in at least two ways. First, he grounds his understanding of forgiveness in neighbor love so that neighbor love is a ... -
"Forms and ceremonies to be gone through" : performance and self-knowledge in Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, North and south, and Wives and daughters.
(2009-08-24)This thesis looks at blatant and subversive performances in Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters. Referencing studies of nineteenth-century performance theory, I will argue that Gaskell, ... -
Forwards and backwards : reading Harper Lee across time and text.
(2017-03-22)The recent discovery of Harper Lee’s manuscript, Go Set a Watchman, irrevocably changed the way readers approach her original text, To Kill a Mockingbird. Introducing a found manuscript and presenting it as a distinct work ... -
Frank O'Connor's "world of appearances" : epiphany and false personality in his stories of childhood.
(, 2012-08-08)This study illuminates the influence of two vastly different short story writers on the work of Frank O’Connor: James Joyce and Anton Chekhov. O’Connor vowed never to imitate the Russian master, and yet Chekhov’s theme ... -
The Freedmen's Bureau schools in McLennan County, Texas.
(2011-05-12)The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was established by the War Department on March 3, 1865, in an effort to provide relief to the 4,000,000 slaves emancipated at the end of the Civil War. From the beginning, ...