Browsing by Subject "Perception"
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Benchmarking Current Perceptions of General Contractors of Return on Investment on Affordable Rehabilitation Housing Projects: A Case Study in the State of Texas
(2014-05-05)This exploratory case study investigates the perception of general contractors of affordable rehabilitation housing projects in the state of Texas. This study was carried out in collaboration with a corporation that is ... -
Breaking Outside the Walls: Teachers of Gifted and Talented African American Males in a Texas Urban Middle School
(2013-08-07)Education and its associated resources continue to be unequally administered and delivered in the United States. All stakeholders in the education of the nation‘s children—parents, teachers, unions, school administrators, ... -
Differences in Person Perception
(2015-12-10)The purpose of this study was to investigate trait characteristics that influence a person’s perspective towards the prisoner population. Participants completed a perception exercise where they scored prisoners with and ... -
Effects of Labels on Visual Perceptions
(2009-06-09)Labels simplify our world by reducing complex ideas into simple phrases. Research suggests that labels even alter our visual perception to the point that we think images carrying common labels look similar to each other ... -
Exploring Secondary Agriscience Teachers' and Students' Use, Attitude Toward, Knowledge and Perceptions of Computers and Technology Tools
(2012-07-16)Computers are an ever changing facet of everyday life; almost all businesses, including schools, are dependent on technology, from research to information delivery. With the rapid advances in computer technology made every ... -
INVESTIGATING THE PERCEPTION OF CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE STUDENTS REGARDING THE URGENCY FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: A CASE STUDY IN TEXAS
(2019-07-01)The Construction Industry impacts the environment worldwide and will affect the future of following generations. A complex network of stakeholders ranging from government agencies to investors, designers, contractors and ... -
INVESTIGATING THE PERCEPTION OF CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE STUDENTS REGARDING THE URGENCY FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: A CASE STUDY IN TEXAS
(2019-07-01)The Construction Industry impacts the environment worldwide and will affect the future of following generations. A complex network of stakeholders ranging from government agencies to investors, designers, contractors and ... -
Managerial perceptions of operational flexibility
(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Large complex construction projects such as building an interstate highway, a dam, a chemical plant, an off-shore oil rig and a waste-to-energy plant often include unpredictable geological conditions, labor supplies, ... -
Optimization of Single and Layered Surface Texturing
(2010-07-14)In visualization problems, surface shape is often a piece of data that must be shown effectively. One factor that strongly affects shape perception is texture. For example, patterns of texture on a surface can show the ... -
Perceptual Effects in Physically Based Animation with Rigid and Deformable Objects
(2017-05-09)We perform four psychophysical studies to investigate the perceptual effect of factors in the rendering and simulation stages of physically based animation production. Our study provides helpful insights in how to improve ... -
Reliability of a measure of perception of autonomic responses to affective visual stimuli
(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The purpose of this study was to examine the stability of a measure of participants' perception of autonomic responses to affective visual stimuli. Specifically this study was to determine the accuracy of participants' ... -
Stereotypes of special admission students: peer perceptions of athlete and non-athlete special admit students.
(2009-06-02)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the different stereotypes that individuals, within a university’s general student population, held toward studentathletes and non-athlete students admitted to the university on a ... -
A study of the characteristics of natural light in selected buildings designed by Le Corbusier, Louis I. Kahn and Tadao Ando
(2009-06-02)The thesis discusses the characteristics of natural light that are visible inside concrete buildings designed in the late twentieth century. The study addresses three major objectives. First is to identify the characteristics ... -
Texas public relations association members' perceptions of an academic major in agricultural communications and journalism
(2009-05-15)The purpose of this study was to determine Texas Public Relations Association (TPRA) members' perception of the word agriculture and how that perception influences perceptions of the skills and qualifications of graduates ... -
Whistleblowing Intention in Sport: Perceptions, Antecedent Conditions, and Cost-Benefit Analysis
(2015-08-03)The increased prevalence of whistleblowing in sport has precipitated the need to understand the antecedent conditions that underpin whistleblowing intentions. The act of whistleblowing centers on reporting an illegal (or ...