Published Thesis and Capstone Collection

Pregnancy Specific Protein B as a Predictor of Gestation Length in Angus Cows and Heifers

Chairez, Candida Katalina

The objectives of this study were to characterize a relationship between Pregnancy Specific Protein B (PSPB) concentrations and the stage of gestation for cows and heifers and to determine if these concentrations can predict ...

Effects of perceived professor deception on students' competence, attitudes, and rapport

Good, Cody Matthew

Student-teacher relationships are one of the most vital predictors in determining academic performance at a college (Yoon, 2002). Sánchez and colleagues (2011) found the second highest factor for student’s perspective of ...

Perjury: Establishing a Better Understanding of the Forgotten Crime

Crank, Stephanie Dayle

Research in the forensic psychology field has primarily focused on eye-witness testimony. Although eye-witness testimony is an important topic to review, it leaves many issues in the legal system, such as perjury, to rely ...

Agave flower visitation by pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, in the Big Bend region of Texas

Jaquish, Virginia Gail

Pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, though primarily insectivorous gleaning predators, are known to consume nectar of the cardón cactus, Pachycereus pringlei, in the Sonoran Desert. It is unknown whether a similar nectar ...

Calculation of One-Loop Vertex Corrections in Quantum Field Theory

Brewer II, Charlie Preston

The greatest conceptual advancements of theoretical physics in the early 1900s were the development of quantum mechanics and special relativity. Special relativity tells us that measurements are relative, that they depend ...

ATYPICAL EXPRESSION OF CELL CYCLE GENES IN A DROSOPHILA MODEL OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Chen, Angela

The cell cycle generates all cells in an individual from a single egg and regulates development and maintenance in the human body. Atypical gene expression in cell cycle genes can lead to pathology such as developmental ...

IDENTIFICATION OF AFFIBODY MOLECULES THAT TARGET CROTALID VENOM AND TARGETED PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION

Collom, Clancy Kate

The Crotalinae subfamily of pit vipers, which includes rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins, are commonly found in many parts of the U. S., including Texas. CroFab® and AnaVip®, the current antivenoms for pit ...

WOMEN BEHAVING BADLY: THE PROBLEM OF FEMININE DISSENT IN BOOK V OF THE FAERIE QUEENE

Shoemake, Talon Christian

The canonical poem, The Faerie Queene, investigates the nature of six virtues through the adventures of individual titular heroes. The fifth book, “The Legend of Justice,” seems to be where Spenser’s allegory begins to ...

THE GEOPOLITICS OF POWER: UNDERSTANDING CHINA’S MILITARIZATION OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

Burch, Evelyn Jo

The South China Sea (SCS) has become an international focal point in recent years largely due to China’s reclamation and militarization of island features in contested waters. Many pundits, journalists, analysts, and ...

PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF NORTHERN YELLOW BATS, DASYPTERUS INTERMEDIUS, BY MOLECULAR ANALYSIS

Decker, Sydney Kay

Northern yellow bats (Dasypterus intermedius) are tree-roosting bats in the family Vespertilionidae comprised of two subspecies: D. intermedius intermedius and D. intermedius floridanus distributed in North and Central ...

PARASITES OF THE REDBREAST SUNFISH (LEPOMIS AURITUS) IN THE SOUTH CONCHO RIVER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

Johnson, Keith

Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis arturis) were caught from Head of the River Ranch, Texas, and their parasite communities were documented. Fish were caught in the spring (n= 8), summer (n= 12) and fall (n= 6) so that seasonal ...

Genetic variability and connectivity of the Mexican long-nosed bat based on microsatellites

Pourshoushtari, Roxanne Desiree

Mexican long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris nivalis) are endangered, migratory nectarivores. It is important to assess genetic variability in endangered species, because genetic variability is generally associated with adaptive ...

DUAL COMPUTER DISPLAYS REDUCE EXTRANEOUS COGNITIVE LOAD

Miller, Robert Allen

Dual display desktop computers are becoming more prevalent in the home, workplace, and schools, yet there has been little research into how learning and productivity are impacted by having a second display. One useful ...

An Assessment of Efforts to Reform the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

Tokola, Kevin Mark

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) was the culmination of decades of negotiations and compromise. Compromises, changes in the security environment, and the ambitious nature of the CWC as meant that the implementation ...

The Joint Intelligence Center: An Exploratory Study of Military Intelligence Operations in the Modern-Day Fight Against an Asymmetric Threat

Port, Heather Marie

Reformation efforts in all aspects of intelligence operations have taken place since the inception of the U.S. Intelligence Community yet have been largely based on conventional methods of warfare. This trend continues ...