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A critical biography of Bernard Ramm: an exemplar of the development of a neo-evangelical-Baptist identity in the American Baptist Convention.
(2017-07-06)Bernard Ramm (1916-1992) was an American Baptist (ABC-USA) theologian who lived during the heart of the twentieth century. His embrace of the neo-evangelical movement, which arose during the 1940s, led to the development ... -
A design-based research study of school-based makerspaces in the discipline of mathematics.
(2021-08-03)The Maker Movement is a trend that has gained momentum in education which places students at the center of learning where they become creators or makers of things in a makerspace. While educational leaders see the potential ... -
A director's approach to Arthur Arent's One Third of a Nation.
(2015-04-15)The Federal Theatre Project, under director Hallie Flanagan, had many projects throughout its short existence from 1935-1939; however, few were as innovative and impactful as the Living Newspaper. The most successful Living ... -
A director's approach to Dancing at Lughnasa.
(2017-03-21)This thesis details the production process for Baylor Theatre’s mainstage production of Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, directed by Heidi Breeden, in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts in Directing. Dancing ... -
A director's approach to Helen Edmundson's Anna Karenina.
(2018-04-09)Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is an engaging yet complicated script that presents a challenge to directors and designers alike. The play breaks down the eight hundred-page novel into an ... -
A director's approach to Ken Ludwig's Moon over Buffalo.
(2016-07-05)Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo is a comedy that presents its audience with a unique theatrical experience. While attempting to follow the dramatic structure of certain classical comedies, the thematic plot of Ludwig’s play ... -
A director's approach to Sam Shepard's True West.
(2015-07-14)Sam Shepard’s True West is a black comedy that tells the story of Austin and Lee, two brothers leading vastly different lives who meet unexpectedly at their mother’s home in suburban Los Angeles, and through a series of ... -
A director’s approach to Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville : a Sherlock Holmes mystery.
(2021-08-05)This thesis documents the production process and the directorial approach to Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery performed at Baylor University in the spring of 2021. The work explores Ken Ludwig’s biography, how his ... -
A director’s approach to the new Gershwin musical Crazy for You.
(2018-03-08)In 1992, The “new” Gershwin musical Crazy for You premiered on Broadway to rave reviews. The musical production, adapted from the 1930 Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, featured a new book by Ken Ludwig, choreography by Susan ... -
A differences-in-differences approach to the UPP policy and crime displacement in the city neighborhoods and metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro.
(2020-04-27)This thesis uses differences-in-differences causal inference method to study the impact of the UPP policy in the surrounding neighborhoods of the city of Rio and also the spillover effects potentially caused by it. Five ... -
A dual case study : students' perceptions, self-efficacy, and understanding of the nature of science in varied introductory biology laboratories.
(2016-11-27)Since World War II, science education has been at the forefront of curricular reforms. Although the philosophical approach to science education has changed numerous times, the importance of the laboratory has not waned. ... -
A dynamic approach to examine the growth trajectory of e-participation factors.
(2021-08-05)This research explores key factors that drive e-participation growth among 147 nation-states over seven years (2014-2020). While the literature utilizing information and communication technologies (ICT) to advance ... -
A fast seeding technique for k-means algorithm.
(2014-11-06)The k-means algorithm is one of the most popular clustering techniques because of its speed and simplicity. This algorithm is very simple and easy to understand and implement. The first step of this algorithm is choosing ... -
A fruitless crown : the logic and limits of foreign policy in revolutionist dictatorships.
(2015-03-25)This dissertation examines the process of foreign policymaking in dictatorial regimes, using historical examples to illustrate contemporary implications for American foreign policy. I introduce a sub-category of regimes ... -
A holy stream and a strange marriage : environmental and sacramental healing in Wendell Berry's Jayber Crow.
(2019-04-11)Wendell Berry’s novel, Jayber Crow, dramatizes both ecological and theological realities, and is invested in the fields of blue-ecocriticism, environmental humanities, ecofeminism, and ecotheology. I consider the images ... -
A hydrologic assessment of water chemistry and aquifer properties in the Middle Trinity Aquifer in Bell and McLennan Counties in Texas.
(2018-05-02)The Middle Trinity Aquifer is part of a freshwater aquifer spanning southern Oklahoma and Central Texas. Increasing demand from population growth has promoted a need to better understand productivity and associated aquifer ... -
A hypnosis intervention reduces anxiety among postmenopausal women with hot flashes : results from a randomized controlled trial.
(2018-07-13)Anxiety is common, yet under-treated, among women in menopause and postmenopause. This study examined the effect of a hypnotic intervention designed to reduce hot flashes, on anxiety levels of postmenopausal women. Anxiety ... -
A low-cost embedded network analyzer for the measurement of material properties.
(2015-04-08)Many industrial processes involve the production of complex composite mixtures of multiple constituents that must be combined according to carefully controlled ratios. Inaccuracies in the control of the production processes ... -
A method for replicating ice accretion roughness using multi-scale analog distributions.
(2018-03-23)A new approach of creating an analog surface for a surface with natural roughness is presented based on the hypothesis that the dominant skin friction and heat transfer augmentation mechanisms are 1) the vortex shedding ... -
A methodology for chemoselective carbonyl ylide formation, total synthesis of (±)-aspergilline A, cyclopiamide A and speradine E and progress toward the total synthesis of (±)-isopalhinine A.
(2018-10-12)In 2001, the total synthesis of (±)-epoxysorbicillinol was completed by Wood and coworkers. This work featured as the key step a Rh(II) catalyzed carbonyl ylide formation and subsequent dipolar cycloaddition of a diazomalonate ...