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The Act of Becoming: Audio Visual Aesthetics in Intelligent Immersive Systems

Description: This dissertation investigates audiovisual composition as a practice of system design, embodied performance, and perceptual organization within immersive computational environments. Through the creation and analysis of The Act of Becoming (TAOB), a five-movement audiovisual work for live performer, generative sound, and real-time visual systems, my research examines how form emerges from the interaction of machine learning models, feedback-based audio processes, generative visual structures, an… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Stokes, Colin Ewing, 1987-
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Advanced Daily Technique for Violin & Viola: A Compact Maintenance System for Pre-Professional and Professional Performers

Description: Advanced Daily Technique for Violin & Viola presents a compact maintenance system designed to sustain advanced technical readiness under limited and variable practice conditions. Developed through long-term studio teaching and professional performance, the project addresses a practical gap between the breadth of canonical technical literature and the realities of contemporary academic and professional schedules. Rather than proposing an encyclopedic method, it defines a focused, reproducible pr… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Djumaev, Sardor, 1988-
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Agentic Multimodal Systems to Enhance Radiology Decision Support for Report Generation and Visual Question Answering

Description: Radiology report generation (RRG) and radiology visual question answering (RVQA) are two impactful multimodal tasks that can facilitate clinical documentation and enable interactive decision-making. Despite recent progress in multimodal large language models (MLLMs), current systems remain limited by insufficient interpretability and vulnerability to hallucinations. Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) can improve factual consistency, but it introduces a trade-off between under-retrieval and ov… more
Date: May 2026
Creator: Yi, Ziruo
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An Analysis of Cesar Franck’s L’Organiste (1890) As a Pedagogical Model

Description: During the final months of his life, César Franck devoted his last strengths to composing two collections of music. The first, his monumental Trois Chorals (1890), is a landmark of the organ repertory. The second, a set of liturgical works for the harmonium, has received less attention. Posthumously titled l’Organiste (1890), this collection consists of nine suites of versets, offertories, communions, and postludes that reflect Franck’s cyclical approach to composition. This dissertation examin… more
Date: May 2026
Creator: Soto, Michael
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An Analysis of Measurement Selections and Interobserver Agreement Considerations within Coaching Programs for Parents and Their Toddlers with Autism

Description: Parent coaching programs aim to improve child outcome behaviors that are complex and often occur in tandem. However, due to the complexity of these behaviors, establishing reliability across investigators proves to be challenging. There is limited research within applied behavior analysis comparing reliability outcomes using different forms of visual analysis. The current study examined data from a previous parent-training program targeting parent outcomes, child outcomes, and parent-child enga… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Canales, Roxana Guadalupe
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An Analytical and Performance Guide to Stephen Hough’s Sonata for Piano (Broken Branches) (2010)

Description: This dissertation examines Stephen Hough’s Sonata for Piano (broken branches) and offers both an analytical study and a performance guide for pianists preparing the work. Although Hough is widely recognized as a concert pianist, writer, painter, and composer, his compositions have not received the same level of scholarly attention. This study focuses on the structure of the sonata, its use of brief movements, and the expressive ideas that shape the work. A central part of the discussion conside… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Wei, Chun-Syuan
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Analyzing Regional Energy Efficiency Trends: A Data-Driven Approach to Sustainable Urban Planning in the United States

Description: This study develops and evaluates a county-level Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) to analyze regional energy efficiency patterns across counties in the contiguous United States. Addressing a gap in nationally standardized, sub-state analyses, the research integrates demographic, economic, climatic, energy, and built environment variables into a composite index using min–max normalization and equal weighting. Spatial dependence is assessed using Moran’s I, followed by a Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) t… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Reyna, Jesse, 2001-
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Analyzing The Effects Of a Video Game Intervention In Experimental Family Therapy

Description: Although mental health clinicians and researchers are dedicated to helping adolescents overcome their psychological struggles, the emotional neglect frequently experienced by this population remains a prevalent issue within individual, familial, and communal levels of society. Prior empirical studies have highlighted the significance of caregiver-adolescent dyads forming strong emotional connections with one another to help adolescents overcome their maladaptive behaviors, lessen their mental h… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Coltharp, Robert, 1990-
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"And Who Killed the President?:" Shifting Hollywood Narratives of the John F. Kennedy Assassination

Description: This thesis examines how American cinema has represented—and resisted representing—the assassination of President John F. Kennedy across shifting political and cultural contexts. Drawing on theories of “deep politics” and “parapolitics,” it argues that films about the assassination do not merely reflect historical understanding but actively shape the limits of public skepticism toward state power. Through a comparative analysis of films including Executive Action (1973), The Trial of Lee Harvey… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Mangan, Charlie Paige, 1997-
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Application of Schenkerian Analysis and Karen Tuttle's Coordination Concepts to the Rediscovered Suite for Viola Solo (1940) by Reinhard Oppel (1878-1941)

Description: This dissertation provides a Schenkerian analysis and conceptual application of Karen Tuttle’s coordination concepts to the performance of a rediscovered piece, Suite for Viola Solo (1940), by Reinhard Oppel (1878–1941). In this study, a Schenkerian analysis, including the background, middleground, and foreground, provides the basis for the interpretation in performance of the work’s compositional ideas, form, structure, linear progressions, and musical directions. Facilitated by such an unders… more
Date: May 2026
Creator: Tong, Wing Ka Penny
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Assessing the Relationship Between Tree Canopy Structure Metrics and Seasonal Land Surface Temperature Using LiDAR and Satellite Imagery: A Case Study of Denton, Texas

Description: Khanal, Saurav Raj, Assessing the Relationship between Tree Canopy Structure Metrics with Seasonal Land Surface Temperature Using LiDAR and Satellite Imagery: A Case Study of Denton, Texas. Master of Science (Geography), April 2026, 105 pp., 8 tables, 24 figures, 60 titles. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is exacerbated by urbanization, and the role of tree canopies in controlling land surface temperature (LST) becomes increasingly important. The multidimensional correlation between three-d… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Khanal, Saurav Raj, 1999 October 4-
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Assessing the Validity of the GIF-Based Social Interaction Preference Assessment

Description: Social interaction preference assessments aid in identifying individualized social interactions that function as reinforcers, thereby expanding reinforcer variability with socially relevant and readily available stimuli. A GIF-based preference assessment may offer a practical way to evaluate these preferences. Morris and Vollmer (2020b) validated a GIF-based paired-stimulus preference assessment, and Morris and Vollmer (2019) validated the Social Interaction Preference Assessment (SIPA), demons… more
Date: May 2026
Creator: Bridges, Katherine Grace
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Athletic Trainers Identify Factors Influencing Athlete Help-Seeking: Barriers and Facilitators in Collegiate Athletic Departments

Description: Collegiate athletes are at a high risk of suffering from mental health concerns due to their myriad unique stressors, including: maintaining academic eligibility, sport competition travel, injuries, time demands for practices/competitions, physical exhaustion, and name, image, and likeness (NIL), to name a few. Collegiate athletes generally underutilize available mental health (MH) services, despite widespread acknowledgement of mental health as foundational to performance and well-being. Altho… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Williams, Javon, 2000-
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Beyond The Gridiron: Exploring The Artistic Roots and Enduring Influences of The HBCU Marching Aesthetic 1946-1974

Description: This dissertation examines the development of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Marching Band aesthetic, situating the style within the broader narrative of Black artistic and cultural expression. It emphasizes the roots of the HBCU marching aesthetic in West African dance traditions. It traces the evolution of HBCU marching movements through the African Diaspora, the Middle Passage, and adaptations shaped by cultural amalgamation during enslavement. The HBCU marching tradition m… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Bullock, Gretchen Marie, 1980-
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Bioinformatic Identification and Characterization of Fungal Biosynthetic Gene Clusters

Description: This dissertation explores the chemical diversity and biosynthetic potential of endophytic fungi through natural product isolation, structural elucidation, and genome-guided investigations. These principals resulted in the isolation of novel open-chain merocytochalasans, perochalasins A–C, from cultures of the marine-derived Peroneutypa sp. M16 fungus. Structural analyses revealed an unusual N–O six-membered heterocyclic motif, and genome sequencing identified a cytochalasan biosynthetic gene c… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Schoellhorn, Sydney Michael, 1994-
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Black Motherhood: A Feminist Autoenthography and Historical Case Studies

Description: In this thesis I will be analyzing the ways colonization, slavery, and economic status affect the roles families force women and girls to assume the Strong Black Woman Myth. How did colonialism and capitalism change the Black family dynamic? How does the narrative of Black girls and women being the caretakers and nurturers of the world/ family circulate? In what ways does this narrative dictate or possess throughout their lives? In what ways does the sexual politics of Black women contort their… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Thomas, Destiny
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Book Censorship, Beliefs, Emotions, and Teaching Practices: The Influence of Political Discourse and Legislation on Texas Teachers

Description: This qualitative study examines the lived experiences, perceptions, emotions, and beliefs of Texas teachers in an era of increased book bans and censorship. The conceptual lenses of critical race theory and queer theory, and the methods of critical discourse analysis and critical narrative analysis were used to investigate participants' self-selected legislation they find impactful to their teaching practices, as well as storytelling of their lived experiences. This study involved semi-structur… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Ashcraft, Erin
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The Breath Before Amen

Description: The Breath Before Amen investigates what remains in the face of change, loss, and death, as well as what could serve as adequate means to preserve or even restore whatever might be lost. The speaker of the poems mainly engages with these questions by exploring his relationships with the members of his family and the distinct ways in which they each manifest or represent possible losses. With the father now in his mid-seventies, the speaker must anticipate death’s approach and the losses inheren… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Daw, Daniel Albert, 1995-
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Bridging Design Gaps for Blind and Visually Impaired Users: Challenges across Learning and Mobile Technology Contexts

Description: As digital platforms become central to education and daily life, ensuring equitable access for blind and visually impaired (BVI) users is a critical design imperative. This dissertation identifies persistent gaps in system support by synthesizing three complementary studies that examine how digital environments shape participation, interaction, and inclusion for this population. The first two studies utilize systematic literature reviews to investigate the challenges and support strategies inhe… more
Date: May 2026
Creator: Ghoneim, Rana Saeed
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Buried Seeds

Description: Buried Seeds is a collection of poems centered on absence and loss. Preoccupied with erasures of family history and cultural memory wrought by death and time, these poems explore the lasting impact of immigration, the Great Depression, and World War II on my Polish-American family in an attempt to counteract the silences imposed by death, poverty, history, and American assimilationism. The poems also contend with family relationships, inheritance, and legacy, examining my relationships with my … more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Czyzyk, Brian
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Cardiac Development and Hypoxia Injury Response in Developing and Adult Teleost Fishes

Description: Cardiac development and injury responses in vertebrates reflect the integration of autonomic regulation, physiological plasticity, and molecular remodeling. Teleost fishes provide powerful comparative models for investigating these processes due to their experimental accessibility, environmental tolerance, and conserved cardiac mechanisms. This dissertation examines how cardiac function, structure, and gene expression respond to developmental and hypoxic stressors across multiple life stages in… more
Date: May 2026
Creator: Williams, Steven Lee, 1985-
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Centering the Lived Experiences of Latiné Early Childhood Educators

Description: This study examined how the unique lived experiences of Latiné bilingual early childhood educators influenced their decisions to become teachers, remain in the field, and how this informed their perspectives on teaching practices when working with young Latiné children. To honor participating educators’ lived experiences as experiential knowledge, I engaged with Chicana/Latina feminist theory, coupled with oral testimonios as a methodology, inviting the educators, through critical reflection, t… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Barces, Antonieta
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Centering the Voices of Children: A Call for an Affirming and Humanizing Histor-IES Curriculum

Description: This study explores how an affirming and humanizing Black History curriculum influences elementary students’ engagement, identity development, and understanding of historical narratives. Social studies curriculum in the United States has historically centered dominant narratives that privilege Eurocentric perspectives while minimizing the experiences and contributions of Black communities (King, 2020; Woodson, 1933). Guided by the frameworks of Black Historical Consciousness (King, 2020), Cultu… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Jones, Christean Renee, 1992-
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Characterizing Undergraduate Chemistry Students' Engagement with Epistemic Uncertainty

Description: Overall the past several years, there have been numerous calls for science education reform that provides students with opportunities to learn appropriate ways of uptaking the practices necessary to engage with science. Part of these reform efforts center on providing students with opportunities to grapple with epistemic uncertainty as a motivator for engaging in such practices. Despite the importance that uncertainty plays in driving scientific inquiry, questions still remain regarding how stu… more
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Date: May 2026
Creator: Urbanek, Mary Tess, 1999-
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