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76 Lee, Alexis PearlShifting physical activity patterns among women: The historical and potential future impacts on pelvic floor and skeletal healthSuccesses in the battle for gender equality have helped empower women to become more physically active through exercise and sport in recent times than any other point in history, particularly since the passage of Title IX. As a result, many women are choosing programs of high intensity with impact, ...Exercise - Physiological aspects2016-04
77 Hunter, SamuelSignaling Role of the Hamp Domain in the Escherichia Coli Serine ChemoreceptorThe chemoreceptor Tsr enables Escherichia coli to track serine gradients in its environment. Binding of serine to the periplasmic domain propagates a signaling conformational change through other domains of the chemoreceptor molecule to modulate the activity of CheA, a kinase associated with t...Chemoreceptors - Research2016-07
78 Smith, EnochSisterwives & submission?: gender power dynamics in polygynist marriagesPolygamy has caught national attention. Most of it has focused on court proceedings against the FLDS Church's alleged child sexual abuse practices, and TV shows like Big Love and Sisterwives. Both present polar opposite perspectives on the practice, but what do we really know about the practice? My...Apostolic United Brethren; Polygamy - United States2015-06
79 Newton, JamesSocial behaviors in the developing Danio Rerio larva and adult DanionellaLarval zebrafish (Danio rerio) in most respects excel as an animal model in the study of neural networks, due to their small size and optical transparency. These traits permit optogenetic manipulation and live neuronal imaging of the entire brain, which when paired with behavioral analysis, have pot...Zebrafish (Zebra danio) - behavior; Zebrafish - embryology; Zebrafish - physiology2016-04
80 Le, VanSocial externalities of community college educationIt has been repeatedly shown that increasing a person's level of education increases their income earning potential as well. This correlation is used to support recent tuition-subsidies for community college students that several states -such as Oregon and Tennessee -have begun to implement and t...Municipal universities and colleges2016-04
81 Jimenez, Cecilia CardozoSocial-Emotional Problems in Toddlers: Relationship with Language Development and Autism RiskPurpose:Children with language delays are at increased risk for persistent difficulties such as language disorder, learning disability, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Further, the presence of a language delay may also indicate risk for social-emotional problems. However, research examining so...Language Development Disorders - in infancy & childhood2016-08
82 Loveland, JessicaSociolinguistic differences between Japanese and English as seen through English translations of MangaManga (Japanese graphic novels) is a growing market in the United States and allows readers from foreign countries access to literature in a way that is enjoyable and easily accessible. However, translating manga from Japanese to English provides an interesting challenge as the Japanese language enc...Comic books, strips, etc -- Japan; Japanese language -- Social aspects; English language -- Social aspects2016-05
83 Whalen, ZacharyStatesmen in the arena: The policy and politics of the ancient gamesThe intent of this work is to illuminate the many ways in which policy and politics influenced the games of Ancient Greece and Rome, and to demonstrate their importance in understanding the persistence of the games beyond their religiously driven origins. Utilizing numerous ancient sources, this th...Olympic games (Ancient); Athletics - Greece - History; Athletics - Rome - History2016-04
84 Hawe, SamanthaStrained alliance: American ideal and Saudi expertise in fostering Islamic extremismDuring the Cold War, the United States and Saudi Arabia worked together to bolster the efforts of Islamic fundamentalist groups who were battling the Soviet Union. The training, funding, and connections given to some groups in that era led to many of the conflicts in the Middle East today, such as...Islamic fundamentalism; Radicalism2016-05
85 Clark, CalliStudying hypothetical electromagnetic earthquake precursors using a global finite-difference time-domain modelElectromagnetic (EM) precursors may be detectable by satellites and ground-based stations before large earthquakes strike and destroy entire cities. However, earthquakes are near impossible to predict as the physics of earthquake precursors is still poorly understood. This paper reports a global...earthquake prediction - Research; Seismology - Research; Earthquake hazard analysis; Earthquake precursors; Electromagnetic signals; Ionospheric physics; Finite-difference time-domain model2016-04
86 Hunter, LeaThe "tampon tax" public discourse of policies concerning menstrual tabooThe "tampon tax" is a policy in which feminine hygiene products are taxed as "luxury goods" despite the fact that many countries exempt "necessary goods" - such as basic groceries and medical products-from sales tax. In the summer of 2015, the Canadian parliament took steps to exempt feminine hygien...Women's rights - United States; Sales tax - Law and legislation2016-04
87 Nash, AlexanderThe Proto-Indo-European urheimat: The Armenian hypothesisThis thesis analyzes the viability of the Armenian Hypothesis, which places the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Armenian Highland (Gamkrelidze & Ivanov 1990, Kavoukjian 1987). Arguments supporting the hypothesis are evaluated in the light of linguistic, archeological, and genetic evidence. Afte...Proto-Indo-European langauge; Armenian Highlands2015-12
88 Tanner, TrevorThe automation of a discontinuous membrane extruderOne quarter of American troop deaths in the Middle East were classified as "potentially survivable." Of these, over 90 percent of the battlefield deaths and over 80 percent of the deaths in treatment centers were attributed to one factor: blood loss. Blood's limited supply, short half-life, and r...Blood - Transfusion - Research; Membrane homogenization; Synthetic blood; Artificial oxygen carriers2016-05
89 Zamantakis, AlithiaThe death of hetero and homo"The Death of Hetero/Homo" is a theoretical examination of the ways in which sexuality, love, and desire are not merely abstract, innate concepts but have very real consequences as weapons in the process of abjection, particularly of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming individuals. As gender ...Sex (Psychology); Sex (Biology)2016-01
90 Greenberg, KevinThe effect the duration and location of rest breaks have on sustained attention and reaction timeHumans general system of sustained attention is susceptible to fatigue. The Attention Restoration Theory postulates when the system is fatigued exposure to natural environments may help to restore the fatigued resources. However, the duration and location of exposure needed is unknown, therefore the...Rest periods; Hours of labor2016-04
91 Denna, McKellThe influence of operational changes on employee engagement and customer satisfaction: an exploratory studyDue to intense financial pressure companies are increasingly adopting operational changes to cut costs by increasing an organization's efficiency. While such changes have been proven to provide some competitive advantage for organizations that implement them effectively, they may also have a negati...Success in business; Consumer satisfaction; Customer services2016-04
92 Pistorius, JordanThe operational code of presidential candidate Hillary ClintonOperational code analysis provides key insight into the fundamental views that influence the decision making process. In this paper, I explain the importance of operational code in regard to understanding how important leaders think and in forecasting their behavior in future decision making roles...Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Presidential candidates - United States; Women presidential2016-05
93 Fields, AaliaThe relationship between preschoolers' engagement in book reading and self-regulationChildren's engagement in literacy-related tasks has been identified as a contributor of literacy skills and achievement for elementary age children (Guthrie, Wigfield, & You, 2012). However, literature is limited on the development of reading engagement and its predictors, especially for young presc...Reading (Preschool); Human behavior
94 Nau, AdamThe role of heparan sulfate in maintaining stereotyped birdsongSong learning in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) occurs during a critical period between 30-90 post hatch days, and involves acquisition of an acoustic model and a sensorimotor period of increasingly improving imitation of this model. Young birds sing highly variable songs early during this pe...Birdsongs - Research; Zebra finch - Research; Songbirds - Behavior; Heparan sulfate; Taeniopygia guttata; Neural circuitry2016-04
95 Du, WantongThe role of mRNA decay in a genetic switchGenes can be switched on or off by regulatory proteins. For example, two genes may each synthesize a protein that downregulates the other gene, creating a repressor- repressor switch that has two stable steady states: one being when the first gene is "on" and the second gene is repressed, and the ot...Messenger RNA - Research; Genetic regulation - Research; Genetic switch; Gene repression; Neural circuitry2016-04
96 Hawkins, LisaThe social market: Commitment to responsibility in a changing generationAs the partisan divide in U.S. politics grows wider, actionable and proactive policy making becomes more difficult to achieve. To address growing social issues, then, a more flexible and evidence-based approach must be realized. In the last 40 years, the United States has employed varying levels of ...Public opinion; Social responsibility of business2016-05
97 Powell, CheyenneThe unforgiven: Pathways to homelessnessHomelessness is a socially constructed problem. We as a society do not take the time to truly listen to the concerns of those who are still impact us in our day to day lives. In this current study, the use of qualitative data was analyzed to determine and understand pathways to homelessness. The pur...Homelessness - United States2016-04
98 Townsend, ColbyThe use of scripture in 1 Enoch 1-36This study analyzes the use of prior authoritative literature in the Book of Watchers (BW), an ancient Jewish text written ca. 200 BCE. The authors of this text were intimately familiar with several texts that would later become part of the Hebrew Bible, and they interacted with and altered the na...Book of watchers - Criticsm2016-05
99 Kirkegaard, MatthewTransboundary water conflict, cooperation, and regional integration: Mercosur and the La Plata BasinWater politics become diplomatic concerns when watersheds cross international borders. But how do these relationships between states change when the nature of these international borders themselves change through economic and political integration? The purpose of this study is to consider the relati...MERCOSUR (Organization); Water-supply - South America; Water-supply - Political aspects2016-05
100 Crompton, PatrickUrban planning public engagement: the importance of values research in pedagogyThis paper provides a comparison of how public engagement for planners is described in academic literature and how public engagement is accomplished in real world planning projects This is accomplished through an analysis of academic writing on the subject and a selection of modern planning projects...City Planning2016-05
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