BEARdocs at Baylor University: Recent submissions
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Initial Development and Validation of the Elementary Student Engagement Survey (ESES)
(2020-03-16)Student engagement has been researched from multiple perspectives in the literature due to its impact on academic attainment and other variables of interest. However, most of the research has focused on grades above ... -
Interactive effects of copper oxide nanoparticles and arsenic on rice (O.sativa japonica ’Koshihikari’) plant growth and development.
(2019-05-02)The emerging applications of nanomaterials (NMs) encompass a wide range of industries, including agriculture (e.g., as fertilizers, pesticides, and biosensors). NMs applied in the crop-field may influence plant growth and ... -
Salinity in the northern segment of the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer : a hydro-forensic approach.
(2019-05-10)The Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer is a minor aquifer in central and east Texas under water table conditions. It is an underutilized resource and may be considered a supplemental water source. However, variability in ... -
Test anxiety and the attention training technique (ATT) : a feasibility study.
(2019-05-01)Approximately one out of four students report experiencing high test anxiety, which has been shown to negatively affect cognitive processes, such as attentional control, often leading to impaired academic performance and ... -
Remembering the old faith in the new nation : American Protestants and the Christian past, 1780–1865.
(2019-05-07)This study demonstrates the cultural and political importance of American uses of religious history between 1780 and 1865. While scholars emphasize the ahistorical, antitraditional nature of American Christianity, a close ... -
Is this my story? Is this my song? Exploring narrative dissonance in worship music through the lens of ludomusicology.
(2019-11-14)This thesis explores connections between ludomusicology, sociology of religious narratives, and church music studies in a larger context of the digital mediatization of music and culture. Analysis of cultural trends around ... -
Bayesian adjustment for misclassification bias and prior elicitation for dependent parameters.
(2019-11-25)This research is motivated by problems in biopharmaceutical research. Prior elicitation is defined as formulating an expert's beliefs about one or more uncertain quantities into a joint probability distribution, and is ... -
Bayesian inference for vaccine efficacy and prediction of survival probability in prime-boost vaccination regimes.
(2019-11-08)This dissertation consists of two major topics on applying Bayesian statistical methods in vaccine development. Chapter two concerns the estimation of vaccine efficacy from validation samples with selection bias. Since ... -
Baylor in black and white : a study of desegregation at a Texas University as it played out through the student newspaper.
(2019-11-20)As social spaces began to desegregate, media organizations across the nation covered the process. This reporting left behind what we now use as the first draft of history. At Baylor University, the messy process of ... -
“To Keep and Bear Arms" : Heller and the public understanding of arms rights.
(2019-11-08)During the first two centuries of American jurisprudence, numerous constitutional doctrines were established, yet the Second Amendment doctrine was almost entirely ignored. In District of Columbia v. Heller, Justice Antonin ... -
Feasibility and acceptability of a brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for juvenile offenders.
(2019-08-30)Juvenile offenders are consistently found to have higher rates of mental illness than non-justice involved adolescents, yet the psychological services offered to these youth tend to be minimal, underutilized and are rarely ... -
Turbulent flow characteristics over realistic ice roughness on simulated NACA 0012 airfoils.
(2019-11-14)Ice accretion codes are integral to the design of aircraft that function safely during adverse weather conditions. Improvements to these codes are possible by characterizing the skin friction caused by ice roughness along ... -
Computational Bayesian methods applied to complex problems in bio and astro statistics.
(2019-09-05)In this dissertation we apply computational Bayesian methods to three distinct problems. In the first chapter, we address the issue of unrealistic covariance matrices used to estimate collision probabilities. We model ... -
Individualized religious styles : a latent class analysis of religion and its implications for political attitudes and family formation outcomes.
(2019-10-02)This dissertation proposes a new way to measure and analyze religiosity. It focuses on capturing the unique ways individuals express and encounter religion. In the American religious context, religious pluralism and declining ... -
A model of clocked electric field inputs for molecular quantum-dot cellular automata.
(2019-11-08)Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is a low-power, high-speed, beyond- CMOS approach to general-purpose computing [1]. Elementary devices called “cells” are implemented using mixed-valence molecules with redox centers ... -
An electromagnetic sensor and method for extraction of transient vapor fraction in dynamic systems.
(2019-11-06)The capture of transient steam quality provides valuable insight into the operational conditions needed for process control and design of saturated steam systems. Acquisition of accurate fluid phase or composition before ... -
Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder to engage in reciprocal conversations using text-message prompting.
(2019-11-19)Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulties maintaining conversations. Although there are several established interventions which target initiations and responses to questions made by others, ... -
A Rogerian case study seeking the future of VR responding to Dr. Sutherland’s ultimate display.
(2019-11-12)Throughout this thesis I will measure the progress of virtual reality (VR) development. I cover the history of the format starting with pre-film technology all the way through the commercial failure of the Virtual Boy. ... -
Proverb Lore in The Anatomy Of Melancholy
(2020-02-18)The problem of this thesis has been to study Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy for the purpose of finding as many as possible of the proverbs he uses in that famous work. Before entering upon the task proper, Apperson's ... -
Soda pop art: caring for the artwork at the Dr. Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute
(2020-02-11)I spent the summer of 2018 interning as a member of the collections management staff at the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute in Waco, Texas. During the internship, I conducted an inventory of framed artwork ...