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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 ... -
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 patient 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 ...