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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 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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Hemicentin’s role in phosphorylation of the cytoplasmic tail of beta integrin in Caenorhabditis elegans.
(2019-11-11)The soil nematode C. elegans is an important model organism that has been widely studied and has yielded many important discoveries in biology. Our lab studies integrins in C. elegans. Integrins are a heterodimeric ... -
Here we remain : the legacy of El Movimiento in Crystal City, Texas.
(, 2013-09-24)Few examples of El Movimiento, remain as visible as the Mexican American experience in the South Texas town of Crystal City. “Here We Remain” traces the evolution of Mexican American history, offering context through which ... -
Heritage and second language learner perception of Spanish pronunciation.
(2020-04-17)Spanish heritage language (HL) learners demonstrate measurable differences in their production and accent when compared to both native speakers (NS) and second language (L2) learners of Spanish (Montrul, 2011; Potowski, ... -
A Hermeneutical Harmonic: The Four Canticles of Luke's Gospel as a Symphony of OT and NT Theological Themes
(2014-06-02)The four canticles in Luke's Gospel (Mary's Magnificat, Luke 1:46-55; Zachariah's Benedictus, 1:67-79; the angels' Gloria, 2:14; and Simeon's Nunc Dimittis, 2:29-32) hold a unique place both in the canon of Christian ... -
Heterogeneity in etiological factors for substance use among low-income African American adolescents.
(2019-06-10)Impoverished African American adolescents comprise a subgroup of individuals who are at a uniquely increased risk for substance use, making early identification of African American adolescents who are most likely to engage ... -
Heterogeneous Response to 470 nm Blue Light Amongst 25 Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
(2014-05-02)Staphylococcus aureus infections are an increasing concern for the United States as it is currently the most prevalent cause of hospital acquired infections. The growing antibiotic resistance amongst these bacteria has ... -
Hierarchical stability based model selection for clustering algorithms.
(2009-09-09)We present an algorithm called HS-means, which is able to learn the number of clusters in a mixture model based on the hierarchical analysis of clustering stability. Our method extends the concept of clustering stability ...