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Factor influencing headcut migration within a cohesive Texas Black-Land gully.
(2017-12-01)Gully erosion degrades the Black-Land Prairies (BLP) (Texas), affecting agricultural productivity. It is initiated by rill and inter-rill erosive processes and exacerbated by storm frequency and duration. Few studies have ... -
Factors affecting blue catfish populations in Texas reservoirs.
(2011-01-05)While some blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus populations are native in Texas reservoirs, many are the result of introductions through stocking programs. Some of these stockings result in established populations while others ... -
Factors affecting the therapeutic alliances' impact on substance use disorder treatment outcomes.
(, 2012-11-29)The therapeutic alliance has been shown to significantly affect outcomes in both general psychotherapy research and substance-use-disorder specific research. The proposed study is an attempt to improve our understanding ... -
Factors influencing African-American students enrollment in Texas law schools.
(2007-03-08)While extensive research has been conducted examining the college choice process of undergraduate students, little empirical research has been conducted on the relative factors affecting the law school choice of prospective ... -
Factors that predict the use of metacognitive strategies in the middle school classroom.
(2008-06-10)The purpose of this qualitative cross-case study was to investigate the growth and transfer of metacognitive strategies in mathematical problem solving from a university course to the classroom. In this study, six preservice ... -
Faculty interpretations of faith-integration in classroom practices.
(, 2014-06-11)The purpose of this study is to better understand faculty members' interpretation of faith-integration as a practice of teaching in the classroom. The relationship between faith and learning has continuously prompted ... -
Faculty religiosity and attitudes towards persons with disabilities.
(, 2013-09-16)Previous research suggests that religiosity may influence attitudes towards outgroups. The present study investigated the effects of faculty religiosity on attitudes towards persons with disabilities at large, faith-based ... -
Faith seeking understanding: the relationship between noetic and pneumatic differentiation in Eric Voegelin's political philosophy.
(2007-01-11)This thesis is a study of the philosophy of Eric Voegelin with particular focus on the relationship between noetic differentiation (particularly Greek philosophy) and pneumatic differentiation (particularly Christianity). ... -
Faith, work, and praxis : a process model of integration for Christian student affairs administrators.
(2015-04-13)The purpose of this study is to better understand the faith integration process of Christian student affairs administrators. The concept of faith integration has prompted scholars to study this phenomenon for institutions ... -
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 ... -
Faithful engagement : an examination of the nature and role of values in social policy practice.
(2017-07-21)In social work, a commitment to individual and societal values is foundational, professionally-sanctioned and necessary for culturally sensitive, ethical practice. Values are instrumental in the formation of cultural norms, ... -
Fall of the House of Atkinson : Gothic resonances between Graham Swift's Waterland and William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!
(2017-07-18)The voice of William Faulkner haunts the novels of Graham Swift. Following the example of writers like Faulkner, Swift adapts the Gothic tradition for narratological purposes in Waterland. This thesis treats how Tom Crick ... -
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 ... -
Fan responses to Orphan Black and The 100 via blogs, fan fiction, and ship wars.
(2016-09-15)This thesis researches the complexities of internet fandoms surrounding femslash communities on the microblogging platform tumblr.com, looking at some of the LGBTQ fans’ particular behaviors and practices. In this context, ... -
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 ...