DSpace at SHSU: Recent submissions
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Age-Graded Thrill Seeking, Companionship, and Informal Social Control among the Clients of Street Prostitutes
(2016-11-16)The majority of empirical attention concerning the sex trade has focused on sex workers and explaining victimization among prostituted women. While this victim centered approach has led to the development and adoption ... -
Analysis of Gold Tolerance in Rhodobacter sphaeroides
(2016-10-25)Heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem with many associated health risks, including bone loss, kidney damage, and several forms of cancer. There is a great need of bioremediation of these toxic metals from the ... -
Identification and stability of synthetic cathinones in biological samples
(2017-11-15)Synthetic cathinones (“bath salts”) are a class of novel psychoactive substances abused for their psychostimulant and euphoric effects. However, these drugs have received international and national attention due to severe ... -
A Qualitative Exploration of a Select Group of Student-Athlete Mothers Who Experienced a Pregnancy While Competing at a NCAA Division I or Division II University
(2017-11-13)The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences of a select group of female student-athletes who experienced a pregnancy while competing at a NCAA Division I or Division II university. After an in-depth ... -
Civic Engagement and Mentorship as Preventative Measures to Deter Adolescent Delinquency
(2018-09-21)Positive adolescent behavior is key to a productive future for society; however, mental factors, influential peer factors, environmental factors, and socio-economic factors tend to influence adolescent behavior. This study ... -
DIFFERENCES IN PERSISTENCE AND GRADUATION RATES BY THE INSTITUTIONAL STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGES: A MULTIYEAR, STATEWIDE STUDY
(2018-10-03)Purpose The first purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the degree to which 1-year persistence rates differed by the institutional status (i.e., stayed or transferred) of International students who ... -
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 ... -
Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of Working with Students Who Identify as Transgender
Purpose Students who identify as transgender often are met with harassment and bullying in schools due to their gender expression or sexual orientation. Researchers suggest that when educators intervene, school bullying ... -
Motives of alone versus group binge watching with the uses and gratifications approach
(2018-11-14)The purpose of this study is to define binge watching using a number of hours and to identify and compare the factors of binge watching alone and binge watching in a group. Generally, a binge watching session alone is ... -
PERCEPTIONS OF MUSIC THERAPY CONTRAINDICATIONS WITH PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND REPORTED TREATMENT PRACTICES BASED ON LEVEL OF INSIGHT
(2018-11-14)This study surveyed board-certified music therapists (MT-BC’s) who worked with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia within the past twelve months to determine how and when music therapy contraindications were identified ... -
An Examination of Scales to Understand Correctional Officer Experiences
(2018-11-14)The experiences of correctional officers have historically been overshadowed by inmates’ experiences while incarcerated. However, there has been an increase in research examining the experiences of correctional officers. ... -
Music therapy internship as developmental journey: Qualitative and Arts-based inquiry
(2018-11-15)The aim of this research was to investigate the development of therapeutic identity and reflexivity within intern music therapists (IMTs) through qualitative and arts- based inquiries. This researcher utilized a First-person ... -
The Global Impact of British Naval Leadership, 1757-1805
(2018-11-19)Throughout the second half of the eighteenth century, the British Navy went through a development of its leadership that drastically changed its spirit and culture. After the court-martial and execution of Admiral John ... -
DOES BPS CAUSE LIPID SYNTHESIS AND ER STRESS IN HEPG2 CELLS?
(2018-11-20)Bisphenol A (BPA) was originally designed as a synthetic estrogen but is now used as a monomer in the production of plastics. Recent research has linked exposure to low doses of BPA, below the reference dose (the safe ... -
The Correlates of Specialized Gang Units
(2018-11-20)This study’s analyses are the result of a combination of secondary data from the U.S. Decennial Census, Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the National Gang ... -
MORPHOLOGY OF THE FOSSORIAL FORELEGS OF GRYLLOTALPIDAE (ORTHOPTERA)
(2018-11-20)Gryllotalpidae, or mole cricket, is a family of burrowing Orthoptera characterized by a pair of specially modified fossorial forelegs and a highly sclerotized pronotal thorax. The fossorial forelegs play an important role ... -
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 ... -
PROCESSES, PRACTICES, AND POLICIES AS POTENTIAL PATHWAYS TOWARD LITERACY ACHIEVEMENT AMONG EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS
(2018-11-20)Purpose The purpose of this mixed methods research study was twofold. First, the researcher sought to examine the idea that there is a difference in text analysis capacity among Grade 8 students assigned to teachers with ... -
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 ... -
MORPHOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE ACROSS LIMB-REDUCED LIZARDS FROM THREE CONTINENTS: AUSTRALIA, ASIA AND AFRICA
(2018-11-20)Evolution of a serpentiform body where the body is elongated and the limbs are attenuated is a common process among squamates (lizards and snakes). Morphological convergence of this body shape might be linked to habitat ...