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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Reduced-Order Modeling Using Orthogonal and Bi-orthogonal Wavelet Transforms, Miguel Hernandez Iv
Microstructure and Properties for Titanium Aluminide Superalloy Prototypes Fabricated by Electron Beam Melting and Thermally Processed, Jennifer Hernandez
Examining The Effects Of Impression Management And Self-Deception On Self-Reports Of Alcohol Use And Alcohol Related Problems In Hispanic College Students And Municipal Firefighters, Kristen Eileen Hernandez
Assessment Of Abaqus Capabilities For Crack Growth And Calculation Of Energy Release Rate, Luis Alonso Hernandez
Determination Of The Effects Of ZnO And CeO2 Nanoparticles In Mesquite (Prosopis Juliflora) And Soybean (Glycine Max): Synchrotron And Spectroscopic Approaches, Jose Angel Hernandez Viezcas
Functional Data Analysis to Guide a Conditional Likelihood Regression in a Case-Crossover Study Investigating Whether Social Characteristics Modify the Health Effects of Air Pollution, Juana Maribel Herrera Hernandez
Validation of N-myristoyltransferase as Potential Chemotherapeutic Target in Chagas Disease, Linda Herrera
An Intra-Individual Event-Related Potential-Based Concealed Attitude Test, David R. Herring
Predictors of Academic Success Between On-Track and Off-Track Students in a Mexican University, Jesus Francisco Hinojos
Solving Logistic System Design Problem Considering Various Biomass Feedstock Using Two Metaheuristic Optimization Methods, Jesusita Ibarra
Ruthenium-Azole Complexes as Chemotherapeutic Agents Against Leishmaniasis, Eva Iniguez
A Damage-Trap Interfacial Design To Improve Impact Resistance Of Polymers, Md Shariful Islam
Security Games with Interval Uncertainty, Md Towhidul Islam
The Antecedents and Consequences of Trust in Authorities for Protection Against Cartel Violence and Terrorism Threat, Nishad Jabeen
Automatic Memory Management Policies For Low Power, Memory Limited, And Delay Intolerant Devices, Md Abu Jahid
Traditionalism, Institutions, and Rational Bargaining in Sub-Saharan African Civil Conflict, Joseph Anthony Jastrzembski
The Effect of Co-witness Information and Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities on the Suggestibility of Pre-school children, Rachell Leanne Jones
Development Of `Lick And Stick' Passive Wireless Temperature Sensor For Harsh Environment, Hasanul Karim
Using Emotion As Inferred From Prosody In Language Modeling, Shreyas Ashok Karkhedkar
Arab Muslim Immigrant Women's Experiences of Living in the United States: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Maissa Khatib
Deprivation and Hispanic Health Paradox: Neighborhood Effects on Children's Wheezing in El Paso, Texas, Young-An Kim
Structural, Optical And Electrical Properties Of Yttrium-Doped Hafnium Oxide Nanocrystalline Thin Films, Abhilash Kongu
Critical Parts Retrieval and Profit Maximization for Medical Sustainability using Design for Disassembly and Modularity, Karthik Varma Manikanta Koppella
Online Support Communication Among Military Spouses, Larissa Krenzer
Anasic Design And Test Methodology For An Undergraduate Design And Fabrication Project, Arun Joseph Kurian
Geology and Geochemistry of the Sierra Blanca Rare Earth Complex, Sierra Blanca, Texas, Nicole Kyger
Motivations for a Source to Resist an Interrogation: Consequences to the Self versus Consequences to an Other, Julia Labianca
Homelessness and Migration at the Edge of America: Transnational Mobility and Survival on the Streets of El Paso, Josue Gilberto Lachica
Toward New Data and Information Management Solutions for Data-Intensive Ecological Research, Christine Marie Laney
The Threat of Domestic Bioterrorism: Fact or Fiction, Stacy M. Langston
Mental Health and Medication Adherence as a Function of Early Life Physical and Sexual Trauma in HIV+ Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men, Carolina Lara
The Impact Of Fear Of Falling On Functional Independence, Katherine Aileen Lawson
The Purposeful Demonization Of Muslims And Arabs By The Mass Media, Rafael Lerma
A Revision Of The New World Ants Of The Genus Platythyrea Roger 1863 (hymenoptera: Formicidae), Mayra Janett Leyva
Method Development For A Chemical And Biological Analysis Of Glucocorticoids In Wastewater, Maria Carmen Lozano
An Exploration Of Social Media Use Among Multiply Minoritized LGBTQ Youth, Alfie Leanna Lucero
Comparison Of Ectoparasitic Mite Loads Between Gonochoristic (aspidoscelis Marmorata) And Parthenogenic (a. Tesselata) Syntopic Whiptail Lizards (teiidae) From The Northern Chihuahuan Desert Of Trans-Pecos, Texas, William Dawson Lukefahr
Complexity Of Affective Disposition And Reflective Transphenomenality: An Exploratory Study Of Middle School Mathematics Teacher And Student Self-Positioning And Positioning-By-Others Toward Mathematics, Mathematics Teaching, And Learning, Ruby Lorilee Lynch-Arroyo
Analyzing The Effectiveness Of Al Qaeda's Online Influence Operations By Means Of Propaganda Theory, David K. Lyons
Framed Golden Arch Messages: A Content Analysis Of Mcdonald's Television Commercials In Correlation With The Obesity Epidemic Around The Globe, Laura Leanne Macauley
Nanocomposite and Mechanically Alloyed Reactive Materials as Energetic Additives in Chemical Oxygen Generators, Marco Antonio Machado
El Paso Residential Electricity Demand, David Ronald Macias
Attitude Towards Green Warehousing in El Paso, Texas: An Exploratory Analysis, Lynda Jeanette Macias
The Strength Of Family Bonds: A Look Into The Lives Of A Family That Has Overcome Adversity And Marginality, Angelique Nevarez Maes
In-Situ, Integrated U-Pb, Hf And O Isotopic Study Of Igneous, Metamorphic And Detrital Zircons. Implications To Crustal Evolution And Geodynamics, Munazzam Ali Mahar
Potential For Sylvatic Mammals And Stray Canines In Transmission Of Leishmaniasis And Trypanosoma Cruzi In Paso Del Norte Border Area, Jacqueline Alyssa Mariscal
Mental Health in a Colonia, Guadalupe Marquez-Velarde
Exploring New Concepts In Directional Solidification By Electron Beam Melting and Selective Laser Melting, Edwin Martinez
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties Of Titanium Nitride Optical Coatings Made By Dc Magnetron Sputtering, Gustavo Martinez
New Topics On Nanoindentation Of Polymers And Composite Materials, Ricardo Martinez-Hernandez
Assessment Of Water Quality And Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community In A Wastewater Receiving Constructed Wetland, Jennifer Lynn Martinez
Endocrine Disrupting Compound 4-Nonylphenol and Neurodegeneration, Jessica Martinez Jurado
Cross-Border Mobility, Access To Healthcare Through Health Coverage, And Other Correlates For Utilization Of Healthcare Services Along The U.S.-Mexico Border, Krystal Martinez
My Mother's Daughter, Monica Vanessa Martinez
Optimization Of Biomass Logistics System Using Genetic Algorithm And Particle Swarm Optimization For Biofuel Production, Ethel Regina Martinez-Schabez
The Eolian-Sabkha Transition in the Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone, SE Utah, Alexandra Massad
Academic and Social Adjustment of Students Transitioning from an Early College High School Program to an Institution of Higher Education, Catie Mccorry-Andalis
"Operation Stone Garden": A Case Study Of Legitimation Of Violence And The Consequences For Mexican Immigrants In Chaparral, New Mexico, David Haller Mckenney
Modeling Visibility In The El Paso Del Norte (PdN) Region, Richard Medina Calderon
Reducing Metal Alloy Powder Costs For Use In Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing: Improving The Economics For Production, Fransisco Medina
SUMOylation Exerts Minimal Effects on the Splicing Regulatory Activity of the Influenza A Virus Non-Structural Protein NS1, Griselda Melendez
When Medicine Divorces Morality: The Effects Of Immigration Status On Health Care Access In The United States, Angelica Menchaca
Giardia lamblia: Regulation of Cyst Production by Glycosphingolipids, Tavis Lyle Mendez
Effects of Positive Distortion Instructions on the Factor Structure of Socially Desirable Responding Scales, Corina Mendoza
Investigating the Validity of a Survey Intended to Gauge Mathematics Problem-Solving Disposition along the Impulsive-Analytic Dimension, Miguel Mendoza
Strategic Approaches To Lying: Understanding Their Impact On Psychological Processes, Cues To Deception, And Perceptions Of Observers, Stephen Worth Michael
Changes In Net Ecosystem Production Over The Past 40 Years In Arctic Tundra Ponds Near Barrow, Alaska: Application Of Historic And Modern Techniques, Nickole Ann Miller
Process Study And Control Of Electron Beam Melting Technology Using Infrared Thermography, Jorge Mireles
Summer Land Surface Temperature: Small-Local Variation In Intro-Urban Environment In El Paso, Tx, Mactar Mohamed
Synesthetes, or: Lazaro and the Apocalyptic Millennials, Fabian Molina
RbD2PO4: Room Temprature Synthesis, Chemical And Structural Stablity Upon Heating, Masoud Mollaee
Theoretical Communities of Praxis: The University Writing Center a Cultural Contact Zone, Randall William Monty
Evolución estilística de la expresión del sufrimiento en la poesía de Alfonsina Storni, Jesus Eduardo Morales
Impact Of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles On Cilantro (coriandrum Sativum), Maria Isabel Morales
Todas las muertes de Lázaro, Diego Murcia
Experimental Study on the Fabrication of Advanced Materials for Energy Applications Using High Energy Mechanical Milling, Ashvin Kumar Narayana Swamy
Benefits of Baby Sign on Cognitive Development in Infants, Clarissa Navedo
Mouth to Mouth, Blake Nemec
Investigations into the Underpricing of Seasoned Equity Offerings and the Cost of Equity, Anh Duc Ngo
Model Fusion: A New Approach To Processing Heterogeneous Data, Omar Ochoa
Organic Photovoltaics: A Charge Transfer Perspective In The Study Of Donor-Acceptor Systems, Marco Olguin
Identification of Kinase Signaling Pathways Inducing Morphological Changes in Dendritic Cells upon Leptin Treatment, Marisol Ann O'neill
Photochemical Synthesis of Amino Acid and Peptide Oxo-esters, Alfredo Ornelas
Crystal Structure, Phase, And Optical Properties Of Yttrium-Doped Hafnium Oxide Nanocrystalline Thin Films, Alejandro Ortega
Carbon Emissions From Soil Respiration in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert Shrubland, Anna Cristina Ortiz
Rewriting Revision: A Case Study of First Year Composition Students, Myshie M. Pagel
A Conductor's Interpretive Analysis Of Paul Hindemith's Konzertmusik Fur Blasorchester, Opus 41 (movement I), Francisco David Pedroza Jr
Geochemical Characterization Of Mineral Dust Sources In The Chihuahuan Desert And Southern High Plains Regions, Porfirio Peinado
Manufacturing Nerve Guidance Conduits by Stereolithography for Use in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Mireya Aidee Perez
(Re)mapping the Rhetorical Situation: Toward a Transactional Networked Ecology, Ramesh Kumar Pokharel
Surface Plasmon Polaritons And Waveguide Modes At Structured And Inhomogeneous Surfaces, Javier Polanco
The Standardization Of Printable Materials And Direct-Write Systems, Jessica Lynn Porras
Validating The Adidas miCoach And Nike+ Sport Kit For Estimating Pace, Distance And Energy Expenditure During Over-Ground Exercise, Justin Paul Porta
Efficient, Scalable, Parallel, Matrix-Matrix Multiplication, Enrique Portillo
Strong Coupled Quark Matter And Drawbacks Of Its BCS-BEC Crossover, Israel Portillo Vazquez
Development and Validation of a Novel Framework to Map Brain Function, Cristhian Mauricio Potes
Tea Party Movement Mobilization: Examining The Role Of Emotive Cues And Strategic Appeals, Rebeca Beatriz Puentes