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Hamiltonianism : Alexander Hamilton on American foreign policy.
(2019-03-01)American foreign policy-making often involves a choice between various “traditions.” Hamiltonianism is one such tradition that has informed decision making throughout American history. However, Hamiltonianism has not been ... -
Harding Black : rediscovered.
(2016-09-08)This project documents the effort to process and exhibit the Harding Black Collection. Donated to Baylor University in 1995, this collection of approximately 12,000 ceramic objects by the master ceramist and researcher ... -
Harry Potter and the search for a church : spiritual community and sacrificial love in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
(2010-06-23)Examining the Harry Potter series through the lens of late Baptist theologian Stanley Grenz and his theories on community as it reflects the triune God, the themes of love and sacrifice in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series ... -
“He ain't heavy, he’s my brother" : the influence of a culturally specific mentoring program for at-risk Black and Latino college-bound male youth.
(2021-07-21)The widening achievement gap between Black and Latino male students, when compared to their White peers, is a phenomenon that continues to garner the attention of urban communities on local and national levels. The number ... -
He was ours: Lyndon Baines Johnson and American identity.
(2006-12-04)President Lyndon B. Johnson challenged his fellow citizens to build a Great Society based on traditional conceptions of American identity. Johnson's cultivation of a personal identity as a Texan, rather than a southerner, ... -
A Head Start on Health: Early Childhood Interventions and Health Across the Life Course
(2021-05-18)Rich theoretical and empirical literature link early childhood factors to adult health outcomes, providing evidence that health disparities start early in life and propagate throughout the life course, with non-cognitive ... -
A Healing God Comes to Rome: Aesculapius and the Effects of the Arrival of His Cult
(2013-05-23)The importation of Aesculapius, the Greco-Roman god of medicine, into Rome was a monumental event in Roman history. In order to comprehend the implications of the arrival of Aesculapius as well as the importance of his ... -
Healing Hands: A Bicontinental Study of Medicine
(2021-01-06)A student’s journey to becoming a physician is long and arduous. The process exists to properly train and educate physicians, ensuring their competence before entering the complex world of patient care and healthcare policy. ... -
Health Care for Hispanic Immigrants: Improving the Accessibility and Quality of Preventive Services
(2016-08-10)There are over 20 million foreign-born Hispanics currently living in the United States. Research shows Hispanic immigrants are healthier than U.S. natives upon arrival, yet their health deteriorates over time. Lifestyle ... -
Health disparities in India : the role of gender, family, and culture.
(, 2013-09-16)This dissertation examines how cultural contexts play a role in gender differences in health in India. After an introductory chapter, chapter two asks whether the extent of dowry practice perception in local communities ... -
Health services research : how economics plays a role in public health for children in Somaliland and inmates in Texas.
(2021-04-26)Throughout this dissertation, I will assess three studies: (1) a cost-effectiveness analysis for pediatric surgery uptake for children in Somaliland with congenital conditions; (2) a survival analysis for time to suicidality ... -
Healthcare as a Fundamental Human Right: The Alma Ata’s Role in Shaping Health Policy in Three North American Countries
(2022-05-20)The World Health Organization’s Alma Ata Declaration set a new world standard for human rights following its publication in 1978. By declaring health and healthcare as fundamental human rights, it pushed the boundaries of ... -
Healthcare provider state restrictions on elective care : effects on direct-to-consumer healthcare advertising.
(2022-04-27)SARS-COV-2’s high virulence and rapid transmission caused uncertainty in the global economy which caused leaders to enact unprecedented measures to slow the spread of the virus and limit its economic impact. In this paper, ... -
Hearing between the lines: the audience as fellow-worker in Luke-Acts and its literary milieu.
(2008-04-15)The audience, and its varying levels of participation, is a vital element for the communication of a story. The stories of Jesus Christ as told in the gospels, and of the early Church as found in Acts, rely on the audience ... -
Hearing Humanities: A Holistic Approach to Audiology Education
(2021-05-17)This thesis explores the intersection of Deaf/disability identity and the practice of audiology, and has three aims: first, to establish broad background information about the common cultures, identities, and models that ... -
Hearing kyriotic sonship : rhetoric and the characterization of Mark's Jesus.
(2015-01-05)This study utilizes a host of tools, from ancient rhetoric to modern cognitive science, in order to best approximate the diverse audience reactions to Mark’s Jesus within a hypothetical first-century audience present at a ... -
"Hearing what we cannot see" : contradictions and complications in a multimodal community-based writing project.
(2015-07-16)The purpose of this dissertation is to share the results of a case study that analyzes the contradictions that emerge between stakeholders involved in a multimodal community-based writing project in which students partnered ... -
Hegel, Kojeve, Marx, and Yoder: An Examination of Christianity and Social Justice
(2012-05-03)In the Phenomenology of Spirit G.W. F. Hegel puts forth a number of ideas on man’s relationship with the world. In his chapter on the “Dialectic of Subject,” specifically, Hegel looks at the ability of self-consciousness ... -
Helical Structures in Vertically Aligned Dust Particle Chains in a Complex Plasma
(Physical Review E, 2013-05-16)Self-assembly of structures from vertically aligned, charged dust particle bundles within a glass box placed on the lower, powered electrode of a Gaseous Electronics Conference rf reference cell were produced and examined ... -
Help Me, I'm Succeeding: A Critical Look at Microfinance Institutions' Measurements of Success
(2013-12-10)My thesis outlines the origin of microfinance institutions and their “double bottom line” business structure. Working to achieve a social good and a desired profit is worth the investment. Assessing the impact of these ...