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Race and ethnicity influences on mock-juror evaluations of eyewitness testimony.
(2019-11-14)These experiments were the first to manipulate both defendant and eyewitness race/ethnicity to examine their influence on mock jurors’ decisions in a criminal case. In Experiment 1, Black mock jurors rated the testimony ... -
Race, Class, and Title I Schools: A Critical Analysis of Undergraduate Discursive Practices
(2017-05-24)Do race and class still matter in American society today? Unfortunately, it is likely that race- and class-based biases continue to permeate contemporary society. Colorblind language disguises biases while coded, politically ... -
Race, faith and fear: general press and black press coverage of Arabs, Muslims and the stigma of terrorism in the United States.
(2006-07-22)The global impact of the events of September 11, 2001, provoked an interest in American media coverage of terrorism. With African-Americans making up more than 12 percent of the country’s population and more than 40 percent ... -
Race, gender, and new technology advertising.
(2014-12-05)This study investigates representations of gender and race in recent advertisements for technology products and services through the lens of semiotics and critical race and gender theories. This thesis comprises a quantitative ... -
Race, religion, and homosexuality: Black Protestants and homosexual acceptance.
(2006-12-05)This paper explores the relationship between race, religion, and acceptance of homosexuality. Many question the disapproval of African Americans in the homosexual fight for gay rights, especially considering their activity ... -
Race, space, and saving face.
(2020-04-09)Despite diversity on college campuses increasing nationwide, higher education institutions still struggle to promote diversity and inclusion equally. The current literature shows a need to better understand the relationship ... -
Race, The Role Model Effect, and Bias in the Classroom at a Predominantly White Institution
(2017-05-24)Do black students at a PWI experience college differently than other students? If so, in what ways? How can black students’ experiences be improved? If race creates complexities for Black students at a predominantly White ... -
Race-and-Sex-Specific Modeling of Infant Mortality: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. National Linked Birth/Death Data
The primary objective of the study of fetal growth and development has been to reduce fetal and infant mortality, including the elimination of excess mortality that is observed in certain race/sex groups (i.e. African ... -
Racism in the hands of an angry God : how image of God can activate or resist colorblind racism narrative frames regarding police treatment of African Americans.
(2020-04-09)Previous research suggests an angry God image is a narrative framework predicting punitive views regarding criminal justice. However, no research examines the correlation of God image to racial attitudes nor how God image ... -
Radiation Exposure and Cement Volume During Fluoroscopy-Guided Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
According to new state and federal mandates, radiation exposure and patient safety are being evaluated, tracked, and recorded. Through our Department of State Health Services, Texas has enacted regulations to establish ... -
"Railroad iron is a magician's rod" : preserving and presenting historic railroad maps through the "magic" of digitization.
(2011-01-05)As digitization projects have become increasingly common, museums of all sizes have fallen under the spell of putting their archival materials online. But the process involves a great deal of advanced planning, sifting ... -
Raphael's rhetoric : the progymnasmata in Paradise Lost.
(2019-11-18)In the middle third of Paradise Lost, Milton famously depicts Adam and Eve receiving an education from the angel Raphael. My dissertation examines the rhetorical nature of this education, noting specifically Milton's ... -
Rates and Equilibria of Vial-In-Vial Vapor Diffusion for Common Laboratory Solvents
(2017-05-24)Vapor diffusion crystallization is the chief method of crystallization used throughout the world for preparing X-ray crystals. While the extensively studied hanging drop method remains the most popular, almost no research ... -
Rates of photon induced, metal Ion assisted, unimolecular decomposition of gaseous organometallic complexes using a custom built molecular beam apparatus.
(2010-10-08)This dissertation will focus on the development of a novel technique to study the kinetics and dynamics of transition metal ion assisted σ-bond activation of gaseous organic molecules. The measurements reported represent ... -
Ray-tracing Techniques and The Simulation of Large-Scale In-Flight Wi-Fi Signal Propagation
(2018-05-21)As consumer expectations for data usage continue to rise, the acceptance of poor connectivity on airplanes will become increasingly untenable. Reliable, high speed inflight connectivity is in high demand in the airline ... -
Raymond Aron and his dialogues in an age of ideologies.
(2020-01-10)This dissertation examines the thought and rhetoric of scholar and editorialist Raymond Aron by exploring his conversations on politics during the Cold War with several of his more well-known interlocutors, including ... -
(Re)covering lost lore : folklore adaptations in Zora Neale Hurston and Gloria Naylor.
(, 2012-08-08)Though folklore is a knowledge-sharing, identity-forming practice that is utilized by a number of cultural groups, many scholars deride its emphasis on orality and storytelling. One reason may be that folklore practitioners ... -
Re-defining Rationality: An Analysis of Criminal Behavior
(2016-08-09)At the core of economics is the idea that humans behave rationally and will maximize their own utility in any given situation. Illegal behavior, then, can be hard to explain; a criminal must reason that breaking the law ... -
Re-evaluating species boundaries in the freshwater mussel Fusconaia mitchelli
(2019-05-23)Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are the most imperiled groups of organisms in North America. Accurately defining species boundaries is vital for ongoing biological conservation and management efforts. The false ... -
Re-imaging the warrior : divine warrior imagery in the book of Revelation.
(, 2012-08-08)The focus of this dissertation is to investigate whether the ancient motif of Divine Warrior imagery can aid in understanding the violent imagery in the book of Revelation. The specific strategy is to examine how John’s ...