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Kinetic and Kinematic Differences of Barefoot versus High-Heeled Gait in Healthy, Young Adult Females: A Pilot Study
Background & Purpose: High-heeled shoes (HHSs) are a well known part of women’s footwear repertoire that can influence ankle and foot position during functional activities. Few studies have quantified the impact of HHSs ... -
Knots, Tangles, and Their Applications to DNA
Mathematics is an interconnected subject with many concepts intersecting in various ways that allow for new understanding and research topics to arise. This paper gives an overview of mathematical knots, links, and tangles, ... -
LAWS AND ATTITUDES CONCERNING PAUPERISM IN TEXAS DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES
(5/23/2014)This thesis examines the poor laws of Texas during the 19th and 20th centuries. It argues that even though laws required counties to provide enough aid to the poor to make them comfortable, commissioners provided only a ... -
Leadership Skills and Stress
The present study induced stress in order to examine the relationship between leadership skills and stress. The study evaluated leadership skills, personality, and affect in order to measure the differences between perceived ... -
Leading and Learning: Understanding and Reducing Intelligence Leadership Failures
This research study is an analysis of leadership qualities and traits that are required in our Intelligence Community (IC) leaders in order to reduce intelligence failures. This work has involved gathering and studying ... -
LMX and CWX: are same gender teams more effective?
(2013-08-16)This study examined the impact of gender dyads on the classical Leader-Member Exchange relationship and the subsequent association with supervisor performance ratings, subordinate’s Organizational Citizenship Behavior and ... -
Lying lawyers: Investigating the social cognitive label
People lie regularly and often (Vrij, 2008). However, though this is accepted, people do not like to be lied to (Epley & Huff, 2007). Because of the prevalence of the practice, people are constantly on the lookout for liars ... -
Lynching on the border: the death of Antonio Rodriguez and the rise of anti-Americanism during the Mexican Revolution
(2012-05-12)This thesis examines the lynching of Antonio Rodríguez along with the incident’s aftermath. Analysis interjects the narrative at crucial points throughout, and especially in chapter conclusions. The use of a transnational ... -
Maternal influence on juniper consumption in Boer-cross goats
(2012-05-12)The objectives of this study were to determine if maternal influences increased redberry juniper (Junipers pinchottii Sudw.) consumption by goats. Twenty-one Boer nannies were bred to determine the effects of maternal ... -
MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY BELIZEANS IN THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH ISSUES
During 2012, 30 herbal doctors in Belize, Central America, each viewed 50 plant specimens with reported medicinal value. Each participant was asked to provide a plant name and a medicinal use to identify species used to ... -
Millennial assessment of credibility among news sources
(2012-05-12)With so many types of news sources available on the Web, this study sought to examine where those in the millennial generation are turning for credible news and how they are assessing the credibility of that news. A total ... -
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE DIET OF PARASTRELLUS HESPERUS, THE AMERICAN PARASTRELLE
The objective of this study was to use a molecular approach to analyze the diet of Parastrellus hesperus, the American parastrelle, and determine if the diet varied across sex and age-classes. I collected guano pellets ... -
Molecular systematics of bonneted bats (Molossidae: Eumops) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences
(2012-05-12)Previous understanding of the relationships among the species of bats in the genus Eumops has been based on phenetic and cladistic analyses of morphological data. The objective of this study was to construct a phylogeny ... -
Morphological and molecular variation in Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townseendii) in West Texas
(2012-05-12)Previous studies of Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) from Big Bend National Park (Brewster Co.) have been limited and inconclusive regarding the expected subspecific identity of specimens from this region. ... -
Movie Etiquette: Discursive Struggles with Co-Constructed Norms of Behavior
Perceptions of etiquette, involving expected behavioral norms in movie theaters, clash in discursive struggles of contradictory behaviors. This focus group driven research examines social constructions of space, context, ... -
Navigating static: A layered autoethnographic account of family identity and television
In this thesis, I write to explore lived realities of family life, identity development, and the influence of television. I inquire into the constructed television narratives and realities we consume in our daily life. I ... -
Nightcaps and Vignettes: Reflections Through Poetry
Through the Honors Program at Angelo State University I have traveled and been given opportunities beyond those generally available to undergraduates. Throughout these experiences I wrote poetry and other creative works ... -
ON THE USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES TO RAPIDLY ASSESS MICROHABITATS OF TWO TEXAS LIZARD SPECIES, COPHOSAURUS TEXANUS AND ASPIDOSCELIS GULARIS
We examined the effectiveness of using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a tool for the rapid assessment of microhabitat in Texas spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis) and greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus). ... -
Outcome Measures Correlated to Falls in Nursing Home Residents- A Pilot Study
Most fall risk and normal values are collected from the community-dwelling population, which is not representative of nursing home residents. The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to determine the relationship of ... -
PARENTAL DECEPTION: INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF DECEPTION ON PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS
(2015-05-29)Psychologists have completed much research in the broad field of deception, but an emerging topic is the deception within parent/child relationships. Previous studies have shown that parents lie to their children in order ...