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More than a canal: real estate investment in Panama
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Abstract: In 2008 the first of an 86 million population often referred to as the 'baby boomer' population was eligible for social security. In the following years this population is poised for retirement on what are now diminishing...
Environmental and genetic modulation of morphology, memory, olfactory ability, and anxiety in mice
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In response to increasing rates of obesity among Americans of varying ages, a great deal of research has been dedicated to understanding the causes and consequences of the disease. Energy dense diets have been shown to be a crucial...
The mafia in America: the media's influence on stereotypes of Italian Americans
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The Italian mafia has been a prominent theme in the media for decades. The media's portrayal of the mafia has created stereotypes for Italians that are largely accepted in American culture. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the...
The effect of music versus non-music activities on English word acquisition in a toddler group with ESL learners
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of music versus non-music activities on new English word acquisition with young children in a group with first and second language learners. American and ELS learning toddlers from...
Validation study to analyze the suitability of a modified BRDU injection paradigm
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Gonadol steroid hormones have been implicated to influence several aspects of adult neurogenesis. In particular, a previous study by Fowler et al. (2003) showed that the treatment with estrogen benzoate (EB) increased the rate of cell...
Abstract: Ordered Logistical Regression of nine variables chosen from Randy Hodson and Ohio State University's Workplace Ethnography Project. Variables were categorized into three level of analysis as either organizational, relational, ...
Exploring early Maya foodways using bulk stable carbon isotope analysis on ancient ceramics
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This study uses molecular analysis to determine maize use in ceramics from archaeological sites located in northern Belize. The ceramics include three Early Formative period (1300 cal. B. C.) sherds from Pulltrouser Swamp and a Late...
The extent to which the U.S. Constitution can be considered a social contract
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The goal of this analysis is to show the extent to which the U.S. Constitution and other pertinent American legal documents (i.e. the Declaration of Independence and the Amendments to the Constitution) can be considered a Lockean social...
Copper bis(phenanthroline) complexes as simple models for molecular transducers
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Copper(II) complexes of the form [Cu(N~N)2](PF6)2 have been investigated as models for molecular transducers (N~N is 4, 4'-dimethyl-2, 2'-bipyridine; 6, 6'-dimethyl-2, 2'-bipyridine; 1, 10-phenanthroline; and 2, 9-dimethyl-1, 10-phenanthroline)...
This essay discusses the character of Salome during the Decadent Era in mid-to-late nineteenth century France. It considers Salome from a historical and societal perspective, as well as her over-all Biblical history. It discusses works...
Abstract: This research project is a content analysis of official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision member web sites. 120 colleges and universities are members of the highest collegiate athletic division, ...
The role of youth in tipping evolutionary thresholds in China and Taiwan
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Abstract: In his essay about the revolutions that happened in Eastern Europe during 1989, Timur Kuran gives a theory of how revolutions happen in repressive societies called the tipping models. Using his model in a slightly altered...
This project deconstructs and analyzes the features of several natural dialects of English in order to identify the cultural implications and inherent theatricality of each. It reveals and challenges assumptions regarding race, class, ...
Melting the solid South: the 1928 presidential election in Florida
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This thesis directly deals with the 1928 presidential election in Florida. This work examines how the Florida's three different regions (North, Central, and South) and their newspapers perceived the religion question and the prohibition...
Attributions and gender differences in post-breakup adjustment
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The study of relationship failure and adjustment has fueled the majority of research with the topic of divorce. This study attempts to replicate the findings in divorce studies on attributions and adjustment using 188 college-age...
The effects of mating motivation on associative memory
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The goal of the current study was to test effects of mating motivation on associative memory. Associate memory, like general intelligence, may communicate a person's level of genetic fitness. Genetic fitness indicators signal to...
The eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has the highest suicide rate of any mental disorder (Sullivan, 1995), as well as exceeding rates of suicide in the general population. According to Joiner's theory of suicide (Joiner, 2007), ...
The reduction of impulsive drives through negative affect and its effects on goal pursuit
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In our day to day pursuit of goals it is difficult and mentally tiring to resist temptations, but it is only difficult to the extent that the temptation is desirable. Resisting temptation is a difficult task requiring the use of energy...
St. George Island is a microtidal barrier island located on the Gulf Coast of the Florida panhandle. This research evaluated different plant species for use in restoration of disturbed coastal areas across barrier island foredune, ...
Viral networks: a nonlinear analysis of biological conspiracy theories in the media
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The delocalization of communication through digital media has had a profound effect on the way in which information and knowledge flows, as well as on the institutions that have traditionally controlled information. Morgellons is a...
Power, physical attractiveness, and sexual overperception
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The experience of power may lead to heightened perceptions of sexual interest. In particular, the current work tests whether power motivates perceptions of sexual interest from subordinates of the opposite sex. We suggest that under...
It is important to create a political identity as citizens in a democratic society. The purpose of this thesis was to conduct open-ended inter views with college students (ages 18-24) to learn what motivates them, who and what they...
The economic and social justice impacts of Rwandan education policy
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Since the 1994 genocide of Rwanda, the country has grown into a symbol of peace and reconciliation, and has been placed as the poster-child for economic success in the Great Lakes region. In its new form, Rwanda has adopted progressive...
The distribution and program design of the IMF's poverty reduction and growth facility
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The PRGF is commonly considered a curious foray by the IMF into areas outside of its mandate. By investigating the distribution of this facility through regression analysis and case studies, the PRGF does not appear to operate as a...
Scruples over Tamagotchis: a study of scrupulosity, OC cognitions, responsibility, and religious devotion
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Concerns of a religious nature are termed scrupulosity, which entails disturbing sacrilegious thoughts, excessive doubt, and ritual. A cognitive vulnerability commonly associated with scrupulosity is an inflated sense of responsibility....
Drifting in-and-out of mass murder: the utility of drift theory in explaining crimes against humanity
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Although crimes against humanity are considered criminal under national and international law and constitute some of the most extreme versions of criminal behavior, the field of criminology has largely disregarded the study of these...
The effects of gross time pressure on fluency and speech rate in adults
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Anecdotal reports implicate time pressure as negatively impacting fluency and language organization in individuals who stutter. Conventional expectations are for communication quality to suffer due to increased demand for quick...
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