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Pushing the Medium Forward: Commissioned Wind Band Works from Female Composers

Description: Since the early 1900s, wind band conductors have encouraged composers to write original works for the medium. Through commissioning projects, the body of wind band repertoire has grown significantly over the past century. Historically, these commissions have heavily favored male-identifying composers, and it was not until the last several decades that contributions from female composers regularly occurred. This document reviews early female wind band composers and the societal standards of the … more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Larson, Jerianne Sue
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Understanding the Mental Health Care Gap: The Role of Barriers and Social Determinants of Health on Utilization

Description: Despite the emergence of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, a health care law attempting to redress the gaps in health service utilization due to cost, rates of unmet health needs continue to soar with Texas positioned last in access to care rankings (Reinert, Fritze, & Nguyen, 2023). Established barriers (e.g., cost and coverage) have insufficiently explained low health care utilization rates with the health belief model revealing an alternative avenue through which other variables, namely… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Herrera, Christa Natalie
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A Dirichlet Theorem for Rank-1 Elliptic Curves

Description: Following the work of Waldschmidt, we investigate problems in Diophantine approximation on abelian varieties. First we show that a conjecture of Waldschmidt for a given simple abelian variety is equivalent to a well-known Diophantine condition holding for a certain matrix related to that variety. For rank-1 elliptic curves defined over a number field $K \subsetneqq \mathbb{R}$, we then obtain a weak-type Dirichlet theorem in this setting, and establish the optimality of this statement.
Date: July 2025
Creator: Lambert, David Robert
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Urban Home Range, Dispersal, and Social Behaviors of South Texas Harris’s Hawks

Description: Harris’s Hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus) are a social raptor species that form cooperative groups to hunt, breed, and defend territories. In chapter 2, I evaluated the effectiveness of Apple AirTags, a Bluetooth tracking device, for tracking Harris's Hawks in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. I estimated a 95% KDE home range of 618 ha for five adults and 694 ha on average for five juveniles. Logistic regression models showed hawks selected for fragmentation in their 95% KDE ranges (P=0.013), and a hig… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Poplin, Brooke Ann
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Matching And Decoupling Network Design: Theoretical Insights and Practical Implementations

Description: Self-interference cancellation plays a vital role in the design of multiple-input multiple- output (MIMO) and in-band full-duplex (IBFD) antenna systems, which are foundational to modern wireless communication technologies. In MIMO arrays, particularly when the spacing between elements is electrically small (i.e., significantly less than half a wavelength), mutual coupling can lead to reduced radiation efficiency and distortions in the radiation pattern. Enhancing inter-element isolation throug… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Vu, Hong Son
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The Victimization of the Vulnerable: A Comprehensive Study on Time in Sex Trafficking with an Index of Coercion Using Global Synthetic Data Based on Real Victims

Description: This study examines how coercion shapes the duration of sex trafficking experiences among adult women, using global synthetic data from the Counter-Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC). Focusing on 700 female survivors aged 18–47, the research employs a multinomial regression model to analyze how a multidimensional index of coercion, based on Biderman’s (1957) framework, influences time spent in trafficking. Controlling for age and year of registration, the findings reveal higher levels of coe… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Kennedy, Emery Cait
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Photocaged DNA Methods for Biomimetic Materials

Description: The ability to replicate and manipulate the cellular microenvironment in vitro is essential for advancing our understanding of cell behavior, disease progression, and tissue regeneration. Traditional two-dimensional culture systems lack the spatial and mechanical complexity of native tissues, limiting their physiological relevance. To address these limitations, I developed engineered platforms that offer precise control over substrate stiffness, geometry, and cell organization. My goal was to c… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Banks, Katelyn Meredith
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Navigating Race, Language, and Leadership: District Emergent Bilingual Leaders and the Implementation of Language Policy

Description: This qualitative case study explored how district-level leaders’ experiences with race and language shaped the interpretation and implementation of language policies for Emergent Bilingual (EB) students in a Texas school district operating under a bilingual exception and ESL waiver. Guided by a critical lens grounded in Raciolinguistics and LangCrit, the study examined how three bilingual/ESL leaders navigated the intersections of personal identity, policy constraints, and institutional expecta… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Gallow, Jessica
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Effects of Self-Monitoring Training on Procedural Fidelity during Discrete-Trial Instruction

Description: Procedural fidelity -the extent to which an intervention is implemented as designed—is a key measure of staff performance in applied behavior analysis (ABA). Self-monitoring has been established as an effective performance management strategy; however, limited research has explored how to effectively train staff to self-monitor their implementation when working with clients. In-vivo self-monitoring involves assessing performance during or immediately after implementation, while video self-monit… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Salazar, Isaiah
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The Lasting Impact of Ephemera; Considerations of Art and Proximity in a Conflict Zone

Description: Ephemeral art is problematic because it disappears, leaving potentially critical cultural information at risk of erasure. Any art that is produced in a conflict zone, a region of precarity, or by a people facing erasure is at risk of erasure. We ask, how do artists contend with the ephemerality of their work and how can we make accessible for future users the reality and circumstances of the art as it was produced. This concerns various research areas such as documentation and archival theory, … more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Khader, Deama Amjad
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Exploratory Examination of Neural Networks in Naturalistic Language Mapping Using the SEEG

Description: The use of passive intracranial mapping is increasingly employed to complement and, in some cases, replace direct cortical stimulation as part of the epilepsy surgery workup in pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy for the identification of brain regions supporting language. Most research on intracranial language mapping has employed single-domain language tasks (e.g., picture naming), which do not capture the complexity of natural language, resulting in a limited understanding of the… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Cernokova, Ivana
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Ammi

Description: "Ammi," a 30-minute documentary, offers a window on the bond between Rihanna, a daring “Well of Death” performer, and her ten-year-old son, Rihan. The narrative intricately explores Rihanna’s commitment to work and her relationship with her son. Using observational footage and direct interviews, the film weaves a narrative of passion, emancipation, motherhood and longing.
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Ginnela, Tejasvi
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Contested Development as Urban Transformation: The Case of Accra, Ghana

Description: This study explores the impacts of urban development policies and practices on the urban poor in Accra, regarding access to basic services. The urban poor are often neglected by the state, which leaves them open to diverse challenges, and makes their lives more difficult and vulnerable. They are mostly found in run-down neighborhoods, popularly called slums. Slums lack basic services including housing, potable drinking water, health facilities, schools, toilet facilities, electricity, and waste… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Mahama, Saide
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Radial Fourier Coefficient Formulas for Siegel Modular Forms

Description: This work explores Siegel modular forms with a focus on Hecke operators and Fourier expansions. We begin by proving an approximation theorem for double cosets that appear in the definition of Hecke operators, showing that a single coset decomposition in the local case can be extended to the global paramodular group. This allows us to derive Fourier coefficient formulas for several relevant Hecke operators for Siegel modular forms of level~$N$. We use these results to derive a rationality resu… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Smith, Camma
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The Role of Grassroots Campaigns in Influencing Vote Switching

Description: Does grassroots campaigning influence voters to switch their votes? Research has indicated a positive correlation in regards to grassroots campaigning and its effects on voter behavior. However, literature has yet to study the effects of grassroots campaigning on vote switching. This thesis examines the idea that direct contact from a candidate or representative of a campaign can influence voters to switch their votes to that candidate. Vote switching can be defined as when a voter’s intended v… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: La Mastra, Ari Elsie
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Teaching a Child with Autism to Answer Questions about Pictures

Description: It is important to be able to respond to multiple questions about the same item. For example, at the dog park, a parent may ask their child “What animal do you see?” and “What does it say?” both in reference to a dog. Some children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have difficulty answering different questions in the presence of the same item (e.g., answering “dog” to both questions). Correct responding in the presence of visual stimuli, referred to as an intraverbal-tact, requires the ch… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Shields, Kaylee Denae
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Dynamic Cancer-Immune Cell Interactions in a Pillar/Perfusion Plate for the Assessment of Immune-Mediated Killing of Tumor Cells

Description: The development of physiologically relevant in vitro models is essential for advancing cancer immunotherapy. In this study, we established a high-throughput, scalable 3D co-culture platform using the 36PillarPlate and 36PerfusionPlate systems to investigate immune-mediated cytotoxicity against hepatocellular carcinoma (Hep3B) spheroids. Natural killer (NK)-92 cells, known for their potent anti-tumor activity, were employed as effector cells. Berberine, a plant-derived immunomodulatory compound,… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Jonnadula, Charishma
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Examining The Relationship Between Counselor Preparation Factors and Counseling Trainees’ Self-Perceptions of Youth Counseling Competency

Description: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the personal and professional factors that predict trainees’ self-perceived readiness to work with child and adolescent clients utilizing a newly developed measure, the Assessment of Youth Counseling Competency Indicators (AYCCI). Participants included 205 master’s-level counselors-in-training (CITs) from various counselor education programs across the United States. Through an electronic survey, participants were asked to complete a demographic … more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Thompson, Kaleb Alexander
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Catalyzing Economic Mobility: Career and Technical Education Credential Alignment in an Era of Technological Transformation

Description: Parents, educators, and policymakers have been exceedingly concerned about the role of education in promoting workforce development during a period of disruptive change caused by artificial intelligence and automation. This policy research study examined how Career and Technical Education (CTE) systems can be optimized to address declining economic mobility and rapid technological transformation, with particular emphasis on equity for historically underserved populations. Using a multifaceted q… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Blomker, Monica Jean
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Sustainable and Equitable Access to Virtual Schools

Description: Virtual schools established under TEC §29.9091 will lose all funding after the 2024-2025 academic school year, creating instability and inequitable access to learning options for K-12 students. This funding cessation greatly impacts non-traditional students who depend on virtual learning for flexibility and personalized instruction. The cessation could widen the educational gap and hinder efforts to provide equitable education. As education moves into the digital age, ensuring equitable access … more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Burden, Kafarra Q.L.
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Americans Adapting to Occupation: Imperialism, Masculinity, and Race in the Making of Twentieth Century Martial Culture

Description: In the early twentieth century, the United States built an empire based on military occupations. The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps all aided in the construction and expansion of U.S. influence across the globe. The occupations of the Philippines (1898-1902), Haiti (1915-1917), and Germany (1945-1946) provide significant case studies in how occupations founded on imperialism became hindered due to the actions of the men tasked with occupying the foreign nations. In each case, rhetoric of imp… more
Date: July 2025
Creator: Luepke, Jessica L
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Hope’s Relationship to Age in the United States

Description: Hope is a complex human experience, focused on a future outcome, but rarely studied in direct relation to age. Leveraging the inclusion of a validated psychological instrument measuring hope in a representative sample of American adults through the 2016 General Social Survey, nested regression models with linear and nonlinear variables for age are used to examine its relationship to hope. Control variables are included in the analysis to account for factors that might vary with age or influence… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Branam, Dannielle
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How green are the “Green Cities”? A Comparative Study of Environment Policy Initiatives in Austin and Dallas, Texas

Description: This research analyzes the conceptual and policy dimensions of green city perspective through a comparative study of Dallas and Austin. The findings show that under capitalist urban regimes, green sustainability initiatives often exacerbate inequalities among different socioeconomic groups. The research reveals that recent sustainable initiatives in Austin and Dallas, are not comprehensive enough or equitable enough to bring fundamental transformation and hence, can be critiqued from the perspe… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Sharma, Suraj
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Floodplain Management in the Context of Urban and Rural Areas: A Study in FEMA Region-6

Description: Floodplain management, which focuses on mitigating flood hazards and enhancing the flood resilience in communities, is an important part of emergency management and disaster risk reduction. This study explores the floodplain management in the context of urban and rural areas within FEMA Region 6. Using a mixed methods approach, this thesis highlights the various challenges faced by the floodplain administrators, their perceived expertise in their role, and training needs. A survey was conducte… more
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Date: July 2025
Creator: Rimon, Mehedi Hasan
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