Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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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Samuel Burk Burnett and the 6666 Ranch
(2006-08)Samuel Burk Burnett was born in Missouri in 1849. He migrated to Texas prior to the Civil War and became one of the most influential Texas cattlemen. A complex figure, Burnett played a crucial role in the growth and ... -
SANCTUARY: An opera in one act; Analysis and narrative-memoir of the collaborative-compositional process
(2019-08)This dissertation consists of an original chamber opera, a piano reduction of the same, and discussion of the methodology and collaboration inherent in the creation of this piece. Sanctuary is an original, one-act opera ... -
Estimations of Building Response to Stationary and Nonstationary Winds with Consideration of Inelastic and Aeroelastic effects
(2018-11-14)This research deals with the analysis of tall building response under stationary and nonstationary wind considering inelastic and aeroelastic effects and base-isolated tall building response under strong wind. The closed-form ... -
Sexual satisfaction among newlywed conservative christians: The role of sexual anxiety, sexual assertiveness, sexual communication, and religious coping
(2019-08)Conservative Christians are often underprepared for the initiation of a sexual relationship in marriage due to receiving negative messages about sex and sexuality (Brotherson, 2004; Ellison, 2011) as well as limited or no ... -
Psychometric validation of the momentary impulsivity scale among a high-risk sample of emerging adults
(2019-08)Impulsivity assessment has garnered significant attention in the extant literature, as impulsigenic traits relate to a variety of psychopathology; however, traditional trait impulsivity measures neglect intraindividual ... -
Sexual assault on college campuses: Rape myth acceptance, feminine gender norms, benevolent sexism, and effects of depression and hopelessness
(2019-08)Sexual violence is an important public health concern for women as the Center for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 5 women have been raped and 1 in 20 women have experienced some type of sexual assault at some point in ... -
Conformity to gender norms as a moderator of the association between intrinsic religious orientation and condom use among emerging adults
(2018-08)Emerging adults engage in sexual behaviors that may compromise their health (e.g., unprotected sex) and contribute to sexually transmitted infection health disparities. Intrinsic religious orientation has been associated ... -
Understanding DevOps: From its enablers to impact on IT performance
(2019-08)Previous research has addressed the importance of the process of delivering software as vital for the survival of Information Technology (IT) organizations. Yet, despite this valuable work, academia has struggled to keep ... -
From “Every Sunday I cried in church” to “I'm doing my own thing”: A constructivist grounded theory study of gender and sexual minority college students’ departure from Christianity
(2019-08)While LGBTQ+ individuals have witnessed rapidly increasing support from the majority of Americans in the last decade, a firm resistance remains in the Christian community as many see the LGBTQ+ human rights movement to be ... -
Role of genetic diversity in the adaptive success of silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) under variable environmental pressures
(2019-08)The genetic diversity present within a plant population is a critical indicator of its capacity for adaptation to environmental variation and change. Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav (silverleaf nightshade; SLN) is an aggressive, ... -
Boundary optimal control problems with inequality constraints
(2019-08)In my work, I will introduce and analyze different approaches to overcome some issues in computing fractional Sobolev norms in the context of PDE-constrained boundary optimal control problems with Dirichlet control. Dirichlet ... -
Optimizing of hydraulic fracturing design in unconventional gas reservoirs to mitigate the fracture and formation damages caused by conventional frac fluids
(2019-08)In this dissertation, experimental studies were conducted to evaluate the impact of the fracturing additives on the fracture and near fracture face matrix of shale and low permeability sand formations. A simulation study ... -
Llano Estacado: Landscape design alternatives for precipitation management
(2019-08)Lubbock County, Texas, in the southern portion of the High Plains ecoregion called the Llano Estacado, was historically characterized by short-grass prairie and bison herds. Today this area has a growing and urbanizing ... -
Religious couples' share meanings of infertility: A phenomenological inquiry
(2019-08)Infertility impacts 1 in 6 couples in the United States alone. This has long been seen as a medical issue that couples face but not seen as an experience they share. Researchers have sought to understand the influence ... -
Examining teacher beliefs and agency upon implementation of culturally responsive pedagogy and the engineering design process
(2019-08)The instructional practices of the engineering design process and culturally responsive pedagogy have each garnered national attention through multiple decades of research. The findings from the literature associated with ... -
Music in the mind’s ear: The effect of varied conditions on audiation accuracy
(2019-08)The primary purpose of this study was to assess the effect of varied conditions on undergraduate music majors’ audiation accuracy. Undergraduate music majors (N = 100) participated in three experimental tasks: melody ... -
Laser deposition-additive manufacturing of ceramics and ceramic reinforced composites
(2019-08)High-performance materials, including ceramics and ceramic reinforced metal matrix composites (MMCs), are widely used in severe working conditions and have been applied in biomedical, aerospace, electronic, and other ... -
Translocation of northern bobwhite and scaled quail from South Texas to the Rolling Plains of Texas
(2019-08)Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) are an incredibly important resource throughout the state of Texas, that provide recreational activities for sportsmen. Throughout the Rolling Plains of Texas many communities and ... -
Spirituality in the public domain: Rethinking educational leadership through the lives of public school administrators
(2019-08)Spirituality in educational leadership is still a relative new concept in the area of education due to the limited research available; however, in the last fifteen years, the topic has gained interest due to the increasing ... -
A well-organized mind: Death and mortality-related symbolism in select musical theater literature and the composition of a new original song cycle
(2019-08)Musical theater has long been a conduit for the human experience. Whether an audience is witnessing the wedding of two elated lovers or looking on as a band of warriors storms the battlements, the goal of the international ...
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