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Disarming Athena: militarism from Homeric epics to Callimachus
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Within the Homeric epics, Iliad and Odyssey, and Callimachus' Hymn to Athena, two contradictory depictions of Athena are presented. The Homeric poet represents Athena as a warrior goddess, while Callimachus focuses on her femininity. The...
Synthesis and characterization of the self-assembling Alzheimer's [beta]-amyloid protein
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The self-assembling beta-amyloid (Aβ) protein has long been linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD). It may exist in various amino acid lengths, two of which (Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42) are most commonly found in vivo. The 35th residue, methionine-35...
Discovering roots running under ground: reading Emerson from a Cixousian perspective
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One might not find many comparisons between the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a leader in the nineteenth century American Transcendental Movement, and the 1975 manifesto, The Laugh of the Medusa, by the French feminist, Héléne Cixous....
Levels of narcissism and self-reported expression of anger
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Much of the research on narcissism has produced mixed results, specifically regarding levels of self-esteem and biological sex in relation to expression of anger. It was expected that narcissism, self-esteem, and biological sex would...
Traditional histories have credited the Beat Generation writers with helping to bring about the counterculture of the 1960s by challenging the mainstream cultural mores of the 1950s. In this oft-cited and tired interpretation, the Beats...
The relationship between anxiety sensitivity and sleep problems
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Previous research proposed that there could be important associations between anxiety sensitivity and sleep problems. While there are few studies that examine this relationship, none of them account for the role of depression, despite...
Nickel induced rhabdomyosarcoma in cultured cardiac myocytes
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Rhabdomyosarcoma, or RMS is defined as a soft tissue lesion or tumor that allows cells to undergo myogenesis indefinitely. In order to study the components of RMS, tumors have been induced through exposure of nickel sulfide. Despite...
Abstract: The decisions people make about the tasks they choose to partake in are very important. These decisions must have major personality components that affect them as well as the outcomes of those decisions. This project proposes...
Late Quaternary history of southern Cumberland Island, Georgia
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The response of coastal barrier environments to late Quaternary sea-level oscillations and environmental change has long been of interest to coastal scientists. The coast of southeast Georgia and northeast Florida provides a relatively...
This thesis serves as an analysis of Toru Takemitsu's "Equinox." This piece is one of a group of compositions for solo classical guitar that was written by a composer who was well established outside the world of classical guitar during...
Effects of adult treatment with nicotine and the antidepressant fluoxetine on male rats exposed to nicotine during adolescense
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Approximately three million adolescents abuse nicotine in the United States today, and the vast majority of smokers began smoking during adolescence. Preliminary findings suggest a significant depressant effect in male rats treated with...
Hurricane reconnaissance has greatly helped forecasters to more accurately analyze and predict hurricanes in the Atlantic. "Vortex messages" sent by the reconnaissance flights summarize a multi-hour inspection of the hurricane's core....
Ever since the American criminal justice system explicitly outlawed the use of race to determine one's criminal guilt, it has been the objective of many studies to determine whether or not agents within the criminal justice system have...
Guilt and compulsive washing: an experimental test of interrelationships
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Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) tend to experience more guilt than those without the disorder. The present studies sought to test multiple relationships between guilt and compulsive behaviors. Study 1 examined the...
This study analyzed the correlation between a belief in free will, from temporary manual workers, and better workplace performance. Free will is the ability to override one's natural tendency to choose another action, and research shows...
The practice of remittance sending: the case of Haitians in Broward and Miami-Dade counties
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This paper shall examine Haitian immigrant communities in Broward and Miami Dade counties and their contributions to family welfare and development in their country of origin through remittances of money. These communities are...
Design of a bio-inspired, dynamic tree climbing robot
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In recent years, researchers have developed a variety of bio-inspired robots that can climb surfaces ranging from brick and stucco to smooth glass. Instrumental in this development has been the utilization of specialized compliant foot...
Physician power: understanding and exploring physicans' cultural, economic and political power in the United States, Great Britain and Germany
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Physicians have a great deal of power in the United States, and Paul Starr attributes this power to three things: Cultural Authority, Economic Power and Political Power. According to a set of criteria proposed by Starr in The Social...
Program design effects on SCHIP's enrollment rates
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Abstract: The State Children Health Insurance Program has been around 10 years now, has it fulfill its objective? Making sure that children are not uninsured has been the focus of this program but the statistical evidence shows that the...
Influence of age on lean body mass, grip strength, and sensory motor function in young and old F344 rats: a cross sectional and longitudinal approach
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Previous studies in humans indicate that cross sectional as compared to a longitudinal study design underestimates age-related declines in lean body mass and functionality. While animal models have an advantage of performing lifelong...
No resolution: tension & truth in Cherrie Moraga's "Loving in the War Years"
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This article focuses on the book "Loving in the War Years" by Cherrie Moraga, published originally by South End Press in 1983 and then again in 2007. The aim of this essay is to challenge previous critics' interpretation of the text as a...
The construction and consequences of fear for women and men
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Abstract: This study examines gender differences in fear of crime, the precautionary behaviors women and men take in response to that fear, and the consequences of taking those precautionary behaviors. The data from this study come from...
Comparative mortuary analysis of early Copper Age burials from the Great Hungarian Plain
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Mortuary analysis in archaeology allows the evaluation of the sociocultural constructs of a society to be inferred from the burial characteristics of graves. The theoretical framework initially set forth by Arthur Saxe (1970) is used in...
Light scattering from solutions of mixtures of nanoparticles
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Abstract: Light scattering is a technique used to characterize the physical properties of solutions of nanoparticles. Properties such as the molecular weight, the radius of gyration, and the second virial coefficient can be found with...
Feasibility of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from rice fields
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Being inspired by the current research on the greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, we began to look at other greenhouse gas sources. As the result, we have begun to take a deeper look into rice paddies and coal mines. Both produce...
Why do certain things achieve widespread popularity and what are the effects of gaining popularity? This research thesis will attempt to analyze how pieces of text and certain personas gain acceptance in the popular culture community....
A survey of the dietary habits of a group of Leon County high school students planned to investigate the relation of dietary practices to the adequacy of the diet
Credible commitments: the role of effective domestic legal systems in resolving territory and water conflict
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Audience costs are often seen as a useful tool in decoding a number of puzzles, one of which is the tendency for democracies to settle their disputes peacefully and to make credible commitments in the international arena. Although...
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: exposing religious incongruity
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are two very funny comedians with television programs on Comedy Central. In their "infotainment" news parodies, they mock many aspects of American life: politics, economics, media, and religion. How does...
Daniel 7, 1 Enoch 14, and 4Q530 all contain a throne-vision with similar characteristics. All three texts feature God enthroned upon a chariot surrounded by numerous heavenly hosts. This tradition can be traced back to the biblical book...
Real-time assessment of microbial quality of salmon treated with natural antimicrobial materials using a novel microrespirometer
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The effectiveness of the CO2 evolution rate (CER) method using a novel microrespirometer was evaluated to determine the effects of soy sauce, white wine, and ginger on the microbial quality of raw salmon and to compare it with the...
I am the periphery: conceptual and material space in Salvador, Brazil's capoeira angola
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To know the reasons behind the geographic placement of capoeira angola works in Salvador, Brazil, the application of models and traditional, economically driven theories of location selection are not enough; one must understand the...
Vorticity-based detection of tropical cyclogenesis in the Eastern Pacific Basin
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A vorticity-based detection technique developed by Gierach et al. (2007), which was based on a method developed by Sharp et al. (2002), is tested in the Eastern Pacific basin. The computer program used in this study was a modification by...
Exploratory studies of the helicity difference in double-polarization photo-production at Jefferson Laboratory
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Abstract: Many mysteries remain in the study of excited states of the nucleon. It is expected that photo-production experiments, polarization experiments in particular, will reveal previously unseen information about some of these...
National identity & self definition during the Holocaust
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This project was a historiography of anti-Semitism and its effect on Europe, particularly in German speaking countries leading up to and during World War II and the Holocaust. It focuses on the personal and social identity of Germans and...
Light scattering is a powerful technique for characterization of polymers. It can be used to characterize the polymer molecular weight, radius of gyration, hydrodynamic radius and also the second virial coefficient of proteins or...
Characterization of sarcopenic skeletal muscle using MR imaging and spectroscopy
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Abstract: Sarcopenia, defined as the progressive loss of muscle tissue that occurs with aging, is primarily responsible for age-related decreases in muscle strength and power. Accelerating after age 50, sarcopenia leads to functional...
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