border Research

border research reports vol. 7

Contained in this issue are summaries of the research projects funded under the 2005-2006 Texas Center Research Fellows Grant Program. The opinions, ideas, and conclusions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Texas Center or Texas A&M International University.

• Ticks / Las Garrapatas: What is their potential impact?
  Presented by Dr. David L. Beck
• The Use of Exchange Rates in the U.S.-Mexico Border
  Presented by Dr. Jorge Brusa
• Personality, Parental and Media Influences on Violent Crime in Young Adults
  Presented by Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson
• At-Risk Students Achieve High School Graduation
  Presented by Dr. Cecilia Garza
• Historic Archives of Nvo. Guerrero, Tamaulipas (English)
  Archivo Municipal de Nvo. Guerrero, Tamaulipas (Spanish)
  Presented by Dr. Stanley C. Green
• The Effectiveness of an After-School Intervention Program for Improving the Reading Performance
  of First and Second Grade Latino Students
  Presented by Dr. Barbara Greybeck
• Comprehension of Idiomatic Expressions by Bilinguals
  Presented by Dr. Roberto R. Heredia
• The Border Beyond the Border
  Presented by Mr. Rogelio Hinojosa
• College Readiness: A Study of Perceptions of Students and Faculty at the Secondary and Post-Secondary Levels
  in the Laredo/Webb County Area
  Presented by Dr. Faridoun Farrokh, Dr. Rohitha Goonatilake, Dr. Firooz Khosraviyani, and Dr. Juan R. Lira
• Implementation of Active Intervention Program using Dietary Education and Exercise Training
  for Lowering Obesity in Hispanic Male Children
  Presented by Dr. Sukho Lee
• Preferable-Interval Approaches to the Single-Sink Fixed-Charge Transportation Problem
  Presented by Dr. Runchang Lin
• Virtual Regional Dissertation & Thesis Archive
  Presented by Ms. Jeanette Hatcher and Ms. Fen Lu
• Nutritional Information Usage and Socio-economic Status: An Enquiry of Hispanic Consumers in Laredo
  with Implications for Public Policy and Social Marketing
  Presented by Dr. Jyotsna Mukherji
• Effects of Structured and Unstructured Education on the Elements of the Metabolic Syndrome in Hispanic Adults
  Presented by Ms. Irma Lara and Mr. Horacio Palacios
• Elder Care Expectations Among Hispanic Undergraduates: Do Acculturation and or Gender Make A Difference?
  Presented by Dr. Bonnie A. Rudolph
• A Study of the Acquisition of Leadership Competencies Among Educational Administration Students
  resented by Dr. Claudio Salinas
• Violence on the Border - Too Close to Home: Prevalence of Proprietariness, Jealousy, and Aggression
  in Latino/a Intimate Partner Relationships
  Presented by Dr. Christy Teranishi
• The Interlanguage Continuum of Spanish Speaking Second Language Learners acquiring English and Effective Educational Pedagogy
  Presented by Dr. Miroslava B. Vargas
• The Infrastructure of International Trade, and the Political and Economic Landscapes
  of Cameron County, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas
  Presented by Dr. Michael Yoder
• A Statistical Evaluation of Femicide in South Border Cities
  Presented by Dr. Pedro H. Albuquerque