BEARdocs at Baylor University: Recent submissions
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The effect of the ACA Medicaid expansions on mortality : evidence from state border counties.
(2021-04-20)This thesis examines the effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid Reform on adult mortality at the county level. This thesis uses a difference-in-difference (DD) causal inference research design to study the ... -
A social networks framework to study the influence of language on international trade in services.
(2021-04-23)Social network theory has been overlooked as a tool to examine relationships in economics whereas all economic interactions create networks, some more complex than others. Specifically, attempts to estimate drivers of ... -
The effects of carbon insoles on reactive strength and vertical leg stiffness as an indicator to sprint performance.
(2021-05-02)Sprinting is the peak expression of performance. Different strength and physical characteristics play roles in the expression speed. Leg stiffness is a major factor on rate of force development, and performance. The pairing ... -
Numerical and theoretical study of natural oscillations of supported drops with free and pinned contact lines.
(2021-04-19)The oscillation of drops supported by solid surfaces is important to a wide variety of applications, such as dropwise condensation. Identification of the natural frequencies of supported drops of different sizes and liquids ... -
The role of identity negotiation in father involvement : Southern, evangelical, and professional identities' influence on father involvement.
(2021-05-05)Despite efforts advocating heterosexual marital equality in the United States, barriers to father involvement (FI) persist. In effort to identify the causes of this disparity, FI research frequently examines how various ... -
Inclusion in fandom : how Harry Potter fans rhetorically create representation.
(2021-05-03)Drawing on Jenkins’ concept of textual poachers, this thesis looks at how Harry Potter fans rhetorically invent representation by drawing on aspects of the original story and reinterpreting them in more inclusive ways. I ... -
Quareosonics : beyond respectable sonics in hip-hop/rap.
(2021-05-04)The notion that ‘Black life is not monolithic’ is a sentiment many Black queer folks would confirm. Black queer folks often inhabit a place of disownment from queer folks, Black folks, and even intricacies that occur within ... -
Gravitational waves and cosmology.
(2021-04-14)The recent discovery of GW140915 and the confirmation of the existence of gravitational waves (GWs) has garnered the attention of many physicists as they seek to understand their behavior as they travel across the universe. ... -
Implementing multiple schedules after functional communication training in natural settings with natural change agents and natural stimuli.
(2021-05-04)Individuals with autism spectrum disorder are much more likely to engage in challenging behavior than their typically developing peers. Challenging behavior is not only problematic for the individual, but also the key ... -
Multicultural & social justice competence and leadership in student affairs : a structural model.
(2021-05-02)This study aims to provide a framework for understanding the development of student affairs professionals’ self-perception of leadership ability through the improvement of multicultural/social justice competencies. The ... -
“Now what?” : understanding the organizational exit experience of nonprofit board members.
(2021-04-28)Organizational exit is an inevitable phenomenon that organization members experience. However, extant research disproportionately focuses on the onboarding process, which overshadows the exit process. Understanding exit ... -
A multi-level analysis of the spread of COVID-19.
(2021-04-23)This paper uses extensions of the traditional methods for evaluating panel data to evaluate the effect of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI) on the spread of COVID-19. I utilize data from weather conditions, policy ... -
Effects of prophylactic lace-up ankle braces on kinetics and kinematics of the lower extremity during a state of fatigue.
(2021-04-23)Prophylactic lace-up braces are commonly used on athletes regardless of ankle injury history to reduce lateral ankle sprains (LAS). However, their ability to limit ankle sagittal range of motion has the potential to alter ... -
Power struggle and systematic oppression as reflected in twentieth-century Spanish and Latin American novels.
(2021-04-30)This thesis examines three novels: Sonata de otoño (1903) by Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Los santos inocentes (1981) by Miguel Delibes, and El indio (1935) by Gregorio López y Fuentes to identify the similar socioeconomic ... -
El desarraigo en la narrativa latinoamericana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX : el caso de Juan Rulfo = Unhomeliness in the Latin American narrative of the second half of the 20th Century : the case of Juan Rulfo.
(2021-04-23)En base a una perspectiva analítica ecléctica con énfasis en la crítica cultural, esta tesis analiza el concepto del desarraigo que se reitera en textos narrativos latinoamericanos publicados a partir de la segunda parte ... -
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 ... -
Plasmonics and epsilon-near-zero photonics in optical fiber and thin film platforms : from extreme light nanofocusing to enhanced spontaneous emission.
(2021-04-12)The major challenges in the study of light-matter interaction in the deep subwavelength regime are the inefficient conversion of nearfield to farfield energy, low signal-to-noise ratio, complicated device designs requiring ... -
Coping with COVID-19 : employee use of virtual communities.
(2021-05-01)The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of employee participation in virtual communities while coping with organizational change. The current coronavirus pandemic offers a unique and unprecedented context ... -
Contributions to algebraic pattern recognition and integrated likelihood ratio confidence intervals.
(2021-04-12)Nonlinear polynomial equations describing positive-dimensional solution sets are called real varieties that in general may be quite complex but locally look like smooth manifolds. In the first chapter, we describe ways to ... -
Punitive women? : gender differences in dissatisfaction with criminal courts.
(2021-05-01)Past research examining punitive attitudes has largely ignored gender or relegated it to the periphery of most analysis. Prevailing assumptions posit that women should be less harsh than their male counterparts in their ...