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Effects of choir participation and gender on fifth and sixth graders' attitudes towards music and intentions to enroll in secondary music ensembles
(Texas Tech University, 2006-08)
Research has shown that students involved in music at a young age, with teacher and parental support, have a higher occurrence of participating in music at the secondary level. This research project compares two groups of ...
Ogranizational communication consulting: A communiciation of a small West Texas bank
(2006-08)
This project was designed to obtain valuable experience and knowledge in understanding communication consulting. To obtain this goal, a small bank in West Texas offered the opportunity to conduct a three-step program. The ...
St. Basil's address to young men: metaphors to live by
(Texas Tech University, 2006-05)
Saint Basil the Great, in his Address to Young Men, instructs his readers on how they may benefit from the reading of Greek literature. This thesis examines the metaphors used by Basil with a view to more broadly understanding ...
Albert at no. 83
(2006-05)
Architecture can become rhizomatic by exempling
the qualities of multivalency, complexity,
and ambiguity.
Segmentation of radiographs of cervical spine using level sets
(Texas Tech University, 2006-05)
This thesis proposes a novel level set segmentation technique to segment medical radiographs of cervical spine. In the past, the level set technique has been used alongside shape information of the target object. To the ...
Family, ethnic identity and education in relation to generational heritage language maintenance and shift among Chicanos of the South Plains
(Texas Tech University, 2006-12)
Research in recent years has devoted increasing attention to the maintenance and shift of heritage languages among ethnic minorities in the United States, with Chicanos being no exception. The purpose of this study is to ...
Case studies of American women academicians in the Arab countries of the Gulf Region: Cultural adaptation and contribution to globalization of higher education
(Texas Tech University, 2006-12)
In the 21st century, more and more American women educators are going overseas to work, often to developing countries (Elfenbein, Lucas, Ewell, Cirksena, & McFadden, 1998). However, few studies have been conducted about ...
Image branding in architecture
(2006-12)
With the rise of non-store venue popularity,
architecture must face the challenge
of creating an environment that
evokes an experience, coupled with
image branding, that not only sells the
product, but also physically ...
The Spanish female detective: A study of Petra Delicado and the evolution of a professional sleuth
(Texas Tech University, 2006-12)
Female Spanish Detective Fiction is a growing literary genre which offers unique variations upon and subversions of traditional detective formulas. Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s sleuth, Petra Delicado, portrays variations on ...
Impact of logotherapy on at-risk African American elementary students
(2006-08)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a school counseling intervention based on logotherapy, an existential approach, with at-risk African American upper elementary students on students’ search for ...