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Youth, Art, and Life on the Border: An Examination of Coping and Support among Participants in a Migrant Art Program
(2012-07-16)
This case study examined coping strategies and support systems utilized by 33 children of Hispanic migrant farmworkers from Fabens, Texas. The youth participated in the summer 2011 Creative Kids Incorporated Migrant Program ...
Deformation Analysis of Sand Specimens using 3D Digital Image Correlation for the Calibration of an Elasto-Plastic Model
(2012-10-19)
The use of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique has become increasingly popular for displacement measurements and for characterizing localized material deformation. In this study, a three-dimensional digital image ...
Optimal Control of Perimeter Patrol Using Reinforcement Learning
(2011-08-08)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being used more frequently in surveillance scenarios for both civilian and military applications. One such application addresses
a UAV patrolling a perimeter, where certain stations can ...
Sulfate Induced Heave: Addressing Ettringite Behavior in Lime Treated Soils and in Cementitious Materials
(2012-02-14)
Civil engineers are at times required to stabilize sulfate bearing clay soils with calcium based stabilizers. Deleterious heaving in these stabilized soils may result over time. This dissertation addresses critical questions ...
Chemical and Physical Properties of Breakfast Cereals and Snacks Made from Specialty Sorghums and Sorghum Bran Using Twin Screw Extruder
(2012-02-14)
Whole ground white, high tannin and black sorghum with and without additional high tannin sorghum bran were used in different proportions to develop ready to eat breakfast cereals and snacks. The effect of extrusion on the ...
Accounting for Parameter Uncertainty in Reduced-Order Static and Dynamic Systems
(2012-02-14)
Parametric uncertainty is one of many possible causes of divergence for the Kalman filter. Frequently, state estimation errors caused by imperfect model parameters are reduced by including the uncertain parameters as states ...
The Association of Virulent Vibrio Spp. Bacteria on Gafftopsail and Hardhead Catfish in Galveston Bay
(2011-10-21)
Vibrio vulnificus (Vv) and V. parahaemolyticus (Vp) are gram negative, halophilic bacteria that occur naturally in estuarine waters of Galveston Bay. Both bacteria have the potential to cause infections in humans either ...
Best Practices of Print Journalists Who Have Won Awards for Mental-Health Reporting: A Qualitative Interview Study
(2012-02-14)
Both in the United States and abroad, newspapers tend to portray people with mental illness negatively, making them vulnerable to social rejection, discrimination, and forced treatment. This portrayal also makes them ...
Brothers of the Trade: Intersections of Racial Framing and Identity Processes upon African-Americans and African Immigrants in America - Ancestral Kinsmen of the American Slave Trade
(2012-07-16)
The "implicit rules" of the white racial framing shape meanings, structure interactions, and impose identities upon all who enter American society. The context of this current study conceptualizes how this racialized frame ...
The Influence of Non-state Actors on International Environmental Policy
(2012-02-14)
This dissertation examines the sources and consequences of non-state actor
influence in international environmental policymaking. I argue that non-state variables
inside of a country, such as the strength of environmental ...