Browsing by Author "McIntosh, Alex"
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Serna, Xavier (2018-11-29)Longitudinal study investigating whether 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students’ interactions with school and criminal justice authority figures affects educational outcomes in adolescence, emerging, and middle adulthood and if ...
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Erul, Emrullah (2014-07-11)All-inclusive resorts (hereafter abbreviated AIR) have a long history of contributing to tourism revenue leakage from host economies. Antalya, with its high percentage of AIRs, is a prime tourist destination in Turkey that ...
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Chung, Jin Young (2012-02-14)Pricing strategies (e.g. yield management) in the tourism industry, known as non-transparent pricing, have raised fairness issues, and more recently, new pricing schemes in the airline industry have been controversial ...
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Creel, Jennifer S; Sharkey, Joseph R; McIntosh, Alex; Anding, Jenna; Huber, J Charles (BMC Public Health, 2008)
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Elias, Sean (2010-10-12)The idea that theories of race, racial segregation and racism have played a central role in the development of sociology and that black and white sociologies have formed because of this condition is not new and has been ...
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Plemons, April (2009-05-15)How are pets being used as status symbols to display social position and wealth? This paper seeks to theoretically examine pet owners and their use of animals to convey a message of social status, position and wealth. This ...
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Davis, Jennifer 1983- (2012-12-10)In the present study, I look at the relationship between power and identity verification and the conditions under which this relationship can be disrupted. Specifically, I look at the role of information in disrupting power ...
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Rosenheim, Nathanael Proctor (2015-07-30)Persistent food insecurity and hunger increase the risk of illness, psychological dysfunction and lower educational achievement. Even though these burdens affect society at large, they are most acutely felt by the individuals ...
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Homann, Ronnie Dean (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)In this dissertation, I build on contemporary theoretical perspectives to interpret characteristics of contemporary cowboy culture. Specifically, I target the image of the cowboy in relation to solidarity. I assume that ...
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Camarillo, Omar (2015-02-18)This dissertation analyzed how the media on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border portrayed the issue of gun trafficking’s into Mexico and its impact on Mexico’s border violence. National newspapers from both sides of the ...
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Slatton, Brittany C. (2012-02-14)In this qualitative study, I examine the persistent trend of black women as an excluded relationship partner for white men. Integral to understanding the exclusion of black women as relationship partners is the construction ...
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Lee, Faegen Dillon (2012-10-19)Weight gain affects all living beings and excessive weight gain can lead to obesity and comorbidities linked to obesity. In order to better understand how the college student population gains weight and increase in BMI, ...
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Barreto-Beck, Carlos G. (2012-07-16)The thesis presented here explores the relevance of the classical works of Emile Durkheim and George Herbert Mead to contemporary postmodern cultural critiques. Postmodern social theory specifically that of Richard Rorty ...
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Clanton, Thomas Ray (2013-12-06)The relationship between adolescents and their parents has a significant impact on their positive development into adulthood. This study analyzes data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) in order to determine ...
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Kang, Myung Hwa (2011-02-22)This dissertation examines the effect of podcast tours on park visitor experiences. Podcast tours have emerged as a new medium in facilitating the interaction between tourists and destinations. Providing visitors with ...
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Love, Gayle Dienberg (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1991)Three major dimensions of the empowerment process are identified (actors, goals, guidelines for practice) through a review of the literature on the practice of empowerment. Subsequently, empowerment is formally defined as ...
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Ryu, Jungsu (2017-05-23)This study explored the relations between participation in different types of daily activities (leisure activity and eudaimonic behaviors), select dispositions (neuroticism, dispositional depression, and physical activity ...
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Zou, Suiwen (2014-08-04)This study examined Chinese non-cruisers’ images and constraints towards cruising. Seven hypotheses were proposed to explore the relationships among images of cruising, cruise constraints, desire, intention and socio-demographics. ...
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Lee, Kyung Hee (2013-11-07)Recreation demand such as national park visitation is influenced by various social, demographic, and economic factors. These key variables are important indicators in predicting future trends and provide beneficial information ...
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Terrell, Heather Kathleen Mary (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)In order to maintain itself into the future, the PeopleÂs Republic of China undertook in the 1970s a legendary demographic endeavor dealing with the artificial constraint of population growth. The Âlater, longer, fewer ...