DSpace at SHSU: Recent submissions
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TEACHER PERCEPTION OF STUDENT CAREER READINESS FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION ATTAINMENT IN A SPECIFIED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE
(2020-07-02)The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of CTE high school teachers regarding student career readiness following certification attainment in a specified CTE. A mixed purposeful sampling scheme was utilized ... -
Sheep and Goat Preference of Five Common Cover Crops
(2020-07-13)While the use of cover crops continues to gain widespread acceptance, producers frequently seek other means of deriving economic value from such crops. The alternative use of cover crops as livestock forage is of interest ... -
Immigrants convicted of homicide: Exploring disparate sentencing outcomes
(2020-07-02)Throughout U.S. history, persistent negative stereotypes about immigrants have abounded in public discourse, leading to negative outcomes for people without U.S. citizenship across social and economic life. Stereotypes ... -
Attitudes, Norms, and Behavioral Control Factors Associated with Intention to Receive Cervical Cancer Screening in Hispanic Americans
(2020-07-02)Cervical cancer screening rates are significantly lower in Hispanic Americans than non-Hispanic Americans. This may lead to thousands of unnecessary deaths per year. The current study sought to understand cervical cancer ... -
A survey of music therapists' experiencing seeking therapy
(2020-07-06)The purpose of this study was to investigate therapy-seeking behaviors of board-certified music therapists, specifically regarding the rate of past and present therapy attendance, type of therapy utilized, the reason(s) ... -
Factors Informing Clinicians’ Decisions Regarding Risk for Violence and Discharge Recommendations for Insanity Acquittees in Texas
(2020-07-02)The insanity defense has been in place for centuries to address cases in which mental illness is thought to underlie criminal behavior. Those who are found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) are usually involuntarily ... -
FACE VALIDITY AND INTER-RATER RELIABILITY OF THE ENGAGEMENT SCALE PROVIDED IN THE MUSIC THERAPY SOCIAL SKILLS ASSESSMENT: A FULL CROSSED DESIGN
(2020-07-02)Engagement in music is the precursor to neurologic change in music therapy through neuroplasticity, which necessarily depends on neuronal stimulation from the environment (Castren, 2005; Taylor, 2010). Music therapists ... -
FOUNDATION EFFECT FROM PIONEER SPECIES AFTER PHYSICAL DISRUPTION OF THE FISH SKIN MICROBIOME OF GAMBUSIA AFFINIS
(2020-07-08)Multicellular organisms provide an important ecosystem for bacteria to live and thrive upon, and in return, they support the host in many aspects, like protection from pathogens and enhancing digestion. The microbiome has ... -
The Impact of Student Activism on Higher Education Administrators: Implications for Institutional Response, Strategy, and Social Media
(2020-07-09)The purpose of this research study was to use a phenomenological qualitative research approach to gain insight into how university administrators were prepared to respond to student activism, discover what strategies ... -
THE IMPACT OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OUTCOMES IN THE WINDHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT ON OFFENDER POST-RELEASE EMPLOYMENT STATUS
(2020-07-09)Lopez, Amy K., The impact of career and technical education program outcomes in the Windham School District on offender post-release employment status. Doctor of Education (Developmental Education Administration), August ... -
The Role of Parenting Style in Cultural Transition
(2020-07-08)This study presents a dynamic view of change in parenting style and emancipatory values over time and across diverse cultural regions within the United States. Focusing on the parent and their relation to culture rather ... -
Inside the Labyrinth: Assembly of Ladies and Chartres Cathedral
(2020-07-10)This thesis explores the possible meanings and functions of medieval labyrinths and mazes in architecture and literature. Information on labyrinths, including historical and oral traditions, as well as descriptions in ... -
Examining Mediators of the Effects of Yoga on Sleep in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
(2020-07-13)Yoga has been increasingly utilized as a complementary therapy by cancer patients. Literature supports the use of yoga therapy as a prophylactic intervention that can improve sleep and preserve the long-term QOL outcomes ... -
Terra, capitale, lavoro e la ristrutturazione neoliberale dell’agricoltura
(Agriregionieuropa, 2015)Negli ultimi 120 anni di storia del capitalismo, la questione della relazione tra terra, capitale e lavoro è stata caratterizzata da un susseguirsi di periodi di equilibrio e crisi che ne hanno definito l’evoluzione. La ... -
La Questione del Lavoro nel Settore Agro-Alimentare: Questioni Teoriche e Problemi Storici
(Agriregionieuropa, 2014)A livello internazionale1, la questione agro-alimentare contemporanea contiene, per lo meno, due processi contraddittori. Il primo si riferisce all’importanza dell’uso, nelle varie fasi del processo produttivo, di una ... -
Responses to the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization: State Intervention in Palm Oil Production in Chiapas, Mexico
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture, 2013)Employing the case study of the cultivation of African palms for the production of palm oil in Chiapas, Mexico, this article probes the theme of alternative patterns of development to neo-liberal globalization. In particular, ... -
Globalization, Food Quality and Labor: The Case of Grape Production in North-Eastern Brazil
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture, 2012)This article investigates the consequences of the production of table grapes for export to corporate supermarkets in the global North on labor in a region of the Brazilian North-east. This production is destined to meet ... -
GLOBALIZATION, TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, THE STATE AND DEMOCRACY
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture, 2004)In this article I argue that TNCs are the most powerful actors under globalization. Additionally, I contend that the contradictory relationship between TNCs and the state represents one of the most important aspects of ... -
Global Post-Fordism and Concepts of the State
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 1994)Following a review of the literature on the State and some of the basic features of global post-Fordism, it is maintained that global post-Fordism can be synthesized through a set of four dialectical relationships: ... -
Theory, Epistemology and Critical Rural Sociology
(International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 1992)This paper would like to provide an alternative to the Marx-Weber dichotomy which has recently emerged in rural sociological studies. It consists of the re-proposition of critical sociology as a mode of scientific investigation ...