Graduate Theses and Dissertations
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Item Treading Water After the Thaw: Conflict Between Civilian Policy Makers and Military Leaders Over Post-Cold War Humanitarian Intervention(1999-12) Consie, Crissa Monday; Gorman, Robert F.; DeSoto, William H.; Leder, ArnoldNo abstract prepared.Item The Effects of Selected Environmental Parameters on the Hatching of Eulimnadia Texana(1972-08) Conrads, Caroline; Sissom, Stanley L.; Davis, W.K.; Parks, A.O.No abstract prepared.Item A Rhetorical Evaluation of Radio Messages Directed Toward the Mexican American Population of San Marcos, Texas(1976-08) Conoley, Catherine Ellen; Gabbard-Alley, A.; Gratz, Robert; Miller, DamonNo abstract prepared.Item Seasonal and Longitudinal Variation in Nitrate and Chlorophyll a in a Central Texas Reservoir(1998-05) Cook, Bryan P.; Groeger, Alan W.; Hannan, Herbert H.; Whiteside, Bobby G.Canyon Reservoir is a subtropical impoundment located on the Guadalupe River in southcentral Texas. A wet February through June, including one of the largest flood events in Canyon's history, occurred during the 1997 sampling year. NO3+NO2-N concentrations were unusually low during the winter months, presumably from reduced river inflows due to a drought in 1996. Surface NO3+NO2-N was higher after a large June 22 storm, which established a decreasing longitudinal gradient in NO3+NO2-N from up-reservoir to the dam throughout the summer. Surface NO3+NO2-N was depleted in the lacustrine epilimnion during the growing season, apparently both from phytoplankton uptake and isolation from upstream and hypolimnetic inputs. Storm inflows rich in NO3+NO2-N tended to increase chlorophyll a concentrations in the transitional zone. Chlorophyll a concentrations were generally highest in the transitional zone throughout the year. Results of nutrient limitation assays suggested that nitrogen was co-limiting, along with phosphorus, to the phytoplankton. Temperature and dissolved oxygen patterns were similar to those in the record wet year of 1992. Cold hypolimnetic water from the winter months was released through the deep-release penstock during the growing season, resulting in a warmer, anoxic hypolimnion and an early fall turnover.Item Effects of Humor on a Persuasive Sermon(1972-07) Conner, Jane; Gratz, Robert; Brunson, Bill; Porter, ErinNo abstract prepared.Item The North American Free Trade Agreement's Impact on U.S. Airline Market Selection in Mexico(1994-08) Connelly, Joseph E.; Milhomme, Albert; Stephenson, Stanley; Mogab, JohnNo abstract prepared.Item Descriptive Analysis of the Information Flow and Communication Patterns Within the Framework of the Sharpstown Stock Organization(1974-08) Cone, Cynthia Jane; Porter, M. Erin; Alley, A. Gabbard; Moore, Joe M.No abstract prepared.Item A Computer Simulated Model of a Level II Trauma Facility: The Pediatric Emergency Center of Brackenridge Hospital(1999-12) Cook, Pamela K.; DeMouy, Richard W.; Jones, Kevin S.; Johnson, Charles M.This research study uses computer simulation to document patient flow and resource utilization of Brackenridge Hospital's Children's Emergency Center. The models documented in this study were developed using MedModel healthcare simulation software version 3.5. A base model representing the Children's Emergency Center was built and tested during the experimental phase of the study. Scenarios developed in this study incorporated changes in resource levels and examined their impact on the system. The results of experimental Scenario I showed that the Children's Emergency Center would significantly lower resource utilization rates and patient throughput times (p < .05) in the treatment area with the new physician's schedule. This scenario did, however, show a significant increase (p < .05) in the minor emergency clinic waiting and throughput times. Scenario II looked at the effects of adding two additional beds to the treatment area of the Children's Emergency Center. The results did show a significant increase in physician utilization (p < .05), but did not show significant decreases in patient throughput or waiting times (p > .05). Scenario III demonstrated that the addition of a dynamic resource during historically peak patient volume times would significantly decrease the waiting time and throughput time for the patient category that represents the highest volume (p < .05). The results of this study can be used by system planners to analyze the impact of potential changes to the current operating system and as a tool in the continuous improvement of the Children's Emergency Center operations. The examination of potential system changes and their impact on patient throughput times will directly impact the perceived quality of patient care.Item The Dramatic Method of Teaching History in the Elementary School(1942-08) Comstock, Ruth Spore; Rogers, J.L.; Elliott, ClaudeNo abstract prepared.Item The Death of Hope: The Historical Basis and Significance of the Adoption and Failure of the Ghost Dance Religion Among the Teton Sioux, 1890(1973-08) Cook, James J.; Wilson, James; Craddock, Emmie; Conoley, ColleenNo abstract prepared.Item Fire Fighter Strikes(1978-05) Cook, John Lee, Jr.; Williams, Thomas J.; Weinberger, George M.; Balanoff, Howard R.No abstract prepared.Item The Development of Sinclair Lewis' Ideas of Religious Criticism(1970-06) Coleman, Elsie JeanNo abstract prepared.Item A Leftward Glance: The Depression Era Politics of Dreiser, Dos Passos, and Anderson(1994-05) Coker, Jeffrey W.; Brown, Ronald; Swinney, Everette; Mihalkanin, EdwardNo abstract prepared.Item Plankton Periodicity in Two Man-Made Ponds in Central Texas(1973-05) Colbert, Billy K.; Longley, Glenn; Young, Willard C.; Hannan, H.H.No abstract prepared.Item Pinene in Bastrop Cedar Leaf Oil(1940-08) Coil, John A.; Burman, Harold G.; Derrick, L.E.; Rogers, J.L.No abstract prepared.Item What Eyleth the Man, So Synfully to Swere?: Oaths in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight(1987-06) Cohen, Robin Payne; Laird, Edgar; Lochman, Daniel; Hindson, TheodoreNo abstract prepared.Item The Preparation and Properties of 3,3'-Dicarbitoxybenzidine(1960-05) Cofer, Debs E.; Parks, A.O.; Tulloch, Lynn H.; Willms, CharlesNo abstract prepared.Item A Study of the Activities of a High School Principal and the Evaluation of This Information in Relation to the Improvement of Instruction(1949-08) Coers, Henry A.; Wiley, E.O.; Rogers, J. LloydNo abstract prepared.Item Improving Graphics System Performance in a Symmetric Multiprocessing System(1992-05) Compton, Christian; Peng, W.; Davis, W.; Hazlewood, C.No abstract prepared.Item Recurrent Matter in Hawthorne(1941-08) Commander, Valaree; Snellings, D.A.; Read, J. LloydNo abstract prepared.