Electronic Theses and Dissertations
About: Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) are the graduate research outputs of Texas Tech University. They represent years of work from our Master's and Doctoral graduates. If you find the ThinkTech digital repository useful, please tell us! Share how open access to scholarship benefits you. Your story matters to us.
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THE EXPLORATION OF FAMILY MEMBER STATE ADULT ATTACHMENT AND NEUROLOGIAL ACTIVATION WHEN VIEWING IMAGES OF AN AUD LOVED ONE: AN FMRI STUDY
(2022-05-06)Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has negative impacts on family member relational dynamics and attachment. Increased stress and fear imposed on family members creates emotional distress resulting in unmet attachment needs, ... -
Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Co-crystals and Functionalized Polymers for Micropollutant Remediation
(2022-03-24)Crystal engineering, as a rapidly growing and developing research field, aims at design and synthesis of new solids with desired physical and chemical properties via reliable intermolecular interactions such as hydrogen ... -
Effects of rumen-protected lysine supplement on growth and carcass traits in a traditional finishing scheme with crossbred beef steers.
(2022-02-09)Abstract The effects of rumen protected amino acids on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics are inconsistent in the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to study the effects of rumen-protected ... -
Raman spectroscopy of bulk and thin layers of van der Waals magnet CrI3
(2022-03-31)Van der Waals (VDW, 2D) magnets have drawn a lot of attention because of their exotic fundamental properties and significant potential applications in spintronic devices and data storage. Among various family members of ... -
Modeling the Theory of Planned Behavior of California Secondary Science Teachers Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study
(2022-04-19)The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) as the centerpiece of the current research-based national science educational reform, were adopted with minor alterations by the California State Board of Education (SBE) in ... -
Conceptual Design of a Reconfigureable Multi-Flight Regime Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
(2022-04-19)The reconfiguration design framework applied to a high-speed unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) enables a single platform to perform across a wide flight regime with large differences in cruise conditions (Mach 0.5 – ... -
Effects of Audio Quality on Retention and Viewer Perception in Online Educational Video
(2022-04-06)Several studies have found that noise in learning environments increases cognitive load and reduces a student’s ability to absorb, retain, and develop understanding of the content being taught. Although much work has been ... -
Addressing the Deficit Mindset of Rural Educators: An Action Research Study of a Rural High School's Implemenation of Culturally Responsive Pedagogical Procedures
(2022-03-11)When educators speak of deficit mindset they often speak to the conscious and subconscious thoughts that individuals may exhibit within the classroom that affects classroom instruction. The methods chosen to alter these ... -
Diving into the past: recovering historic dive records for decade-to-decade comparison of diving behavior in Weddell seals
(2022-04-06)Over the past four decades, time depth recorders (TDRs) have become a useful tool to research the previously unexplored diving behavior of marine organisms. Of the early TDRs invented in the 1970’s, the Kooyman-Billups TDR ... -
The effects of a nutritional packet (live yeast, vitamins C and B1, and electrolytes) offered during the final phase of feedlot steers on growth performance, nutrient digestion, feeding behavior, and methane emissions
(2022-04-18)The effects of a nutritional packet offered to beef steers during the final 64 d of the feedlot finishing phase on growth performance, carcass characteristics, total tract apparent nutrient digestibility, and feeding ... -
School Counselor Leadership: An Action Research Intervention Study for Building Counselor Skills to Improve College Readiness Knowledge in Middle School English Learners by Teaching Social-Emotional Competencies
(2022-02-28)Middle school counselors under the Texas Education Code (TEC) §33.005 and §33.006 must implement a comprehensive school counseling program; counselors are responsible for helping students achieve success in school, pursue ... -
The Challenges of Cross-Training Between Western Classical and Musical Theatre in Learning, Performing, and Teaching.
(2022-04-19)This document examines the challenges of cross-training between western classical and musical theatre vocal styles, a current trend in the music industry is diversity. Opera companies are willing to program some musical ... -
Consumer Beef Preferences and Risk Mitigation in the Beef Supply Chain in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Willingness to Pay Study
(2022-04-14)High infection rates among employees led to the closure of several beef processing plants during the COVID-19 pandemic and caused major supply chain disruptions in the United States. With beef packing currently operating ... -
Communicating during the eye of the storm: A study on agricultural communicators’ crisis response to Hurricane Harvey
(2022-04-21)Natural disasters have and will continuously pose a threat to those in agriculture. August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall and left devastating damages along with catastrophic flooding, wiping out livelihoods of ... -
Visualizing 1980s Timbres
(2022-04-18)Current research lacks consensus on a detailed definition of timbre, complicating analytical techniques and discourse (Krumhansl 1989; Malloch 1997; Siedenburg and McAdams 2017). This thesis develops a methodology that ... -
Increasing Student Active Engagement and Deeper Learning in the Classroom: Using Targeted Professional Learning Interventions to Enhance Instructional Practices Through Expanding Teachers’ Capacity and Self-Efficacy in a Rural K-12 School
(2022-02-28)There is a huge divide in the academic performance of economically disadvantaged students and their peers. Many school districts, especially those that serve a disproportionate percentage of economically disadvantaged ... -
In it Together: A Qualitative Case Study of Advocacy Communication in a Community Mental Health Clinic
(2022-04-04)The purpose of this qualitative case study is to analyze communication surrounding mental illness stigma and advocacy by stakeholders at a community mental health clinic. Through a cyclical, participatory methodology, this ... -
Speak Me a Song: The Study and Application of Modified Sprechstimme Production in a Selection of French and German Art Songs by Kurt Weill
(2022-04-27)Vocal versatility is a necessity for modern performers. From classical to musical theater to Contemporary Commercial Music, performers are widening their repertoire dossiers to become more marketable. Versatility is ... -
Mediating the migrant experience: Views on media from people who support migrants in Mexico
(2022-04-18)This study investigates the ways in which migrants are inaccurately constructed and represented in U.S. and Mexican mainstream media and identifies changes that could be made to better represent the migrant journey. This ... -
Implementing Aural Skills and Theory into the Private Horn Lesson: A Discussion of Common Pedagogical Tactics and Integration into Lesson Plans
(2022-04-18)This paper discusses the issue of college horn players’ difficulty to apply their theory and aural skills knowledge to their instrumental playing. This study will cover the skills needed by the horn player that they gain ...
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