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DIFFERENCES IN THE READING PERFORMANCE OF TEXAS GRADE 4 STUDENTS AS A FUNCTION OF THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY/RACE: A MULTIYEAR, STATEWIDE INVESTIGATION
(2018-10-25)
The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to examine the extent to which economic status, gender, and ethnic/racial differences were present in the reading achievement of Texas Grade 4 students. In the first ...
Evaluating self-set goals and performance feedback to increase trials completed by Registered Behavior Technicians
(2017-04-18)
In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, many of whom will be enrolled in ABA therapy at some point in their lives. The Behavior ...
Remembering the Battle of Milliken's Bend
(2018-11-20)
On June 7, 1863 Union and Confederate forces clashed at a Federal encampment
on the Mississippi River near the town of Milliken’s Bend. While this engagement was
influential for the future of the United States Colored ...
Differences in Public Postsecondary Enrollment Rates of Texas Public High School Graduates as a Function of Gender, Ethnicity/Race, and Economic Status: A Multiyear, Statewide Study
(2018-03-06)
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The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to examine the extent to which differences were present in gender, ethnicity/race, and economic status in the postsecondary enrollment of Texas public high school ...
USE OF MICROPROPAGATION TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE GERMINATION SUCCESS IN SIX SPECIES OF CACTI
(2019-04-17)
Cacti have been a major contributor to the ecosystem of desert fauna as a constant food source during dry seasons. However, this resource has reached a point of dwindling due to many human interferences. In situ conservative ...
EVALUATION OF LYTHRINE, AN ALKALOID FROM HEIMIA SALICIFOLIA, IN AN AVIAN MODEL OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
(2020-04-13)
The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate whether an acute exposure to lythrine, a
naturally occurring alkaloid substance from Heimia salicifolia, has anxiolytic properties
in a validated avian model of anxiety and ...
Life After Death: How Olivewood's Cemetery Records Resurrect the History of Houston's Black Community
(2018-11-20)
Cemeteries contribute to the tapestry of a community’s social history. Olivewood, the oldest incorporated African American cemetery in Houston, tells the stories of courage, struggle, joys, and the sorrows that contribute ...
Inmates on display: The reinforcements of social exclusion and silences through the presentation of history at the Texas Prison Museum
(2015-12)
The aim of this research is to provide an understanding of how the representation of an ostracized social group, that also happens to be a stakeholder, is affected by museum exhibits. Moreover, it intends to provide critical ...
"The Most Damnable Thing:" Women Who Want to be Women and the Fight to Rescind the Equal Rights Amendment in Texas
(2020-11-13)
In the 1970s states were quickly ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which aimed to bring equality between men and women. Success, however, was short lived as a vocal and well-organized opposition of middle class, ...
Corrupting Humanity: The Morale and Physical Well-Being of Civil War POW's in Texas
(2020-04-01)
Between June 1863 and May 1865, almost seven thousand Union prisoners were held in two Confederate prisoner of war camps in Texas: Camp Groce near Hempstead, Texas, and Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas. While both camps had ...