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Political Science in Late Medieval Europe: The Aristotelian Paradigm and How It Shaped the Study of Politics in the West
(2011-10-21)
This dissertation looks at Aristotelian political thinkers of the later Middle Ages
and argues that they meet all of the criteria of a mature Kuhnian science. Scholars of
medieval Europe have spent decades arguing over ...
Exploring the Role of Positive Psychology Constructs as Protective Factors Against the Impact of Negative Environmental Variables on the Subjective Well-being of Older Adults
(2011-08-08)
The present study explored how older adults adapt to the negative changes that often occur as people age. This study sought to provide a comprehensive investigation of how the positive psychology variables of hope, optimism, ...
Development of Oxidative Lime Pretreatment and Shock Treatment to Produce Highly Digestible Lignocellulose for Biofuel and Ruminant Feed Applications
(2011-10-21)
At present, the United States generates biofuels (ethanol) from corn grain. Unfortunately, low crop yields and limited growth regions result in limited availability. Furthermore, the use of staple food crops for ethanol ...
Metal Catalyzed Formation of Aliphatic Polycarbonates Involving Oxetanes and Carbon Dioxide as Monomers
(2011-08-08)
Biodegradable aliphatic polycarbonates are important components of non-toxic
thermoplastic elastomers, which have a variety of medical applications. Industrially,
aliphatic polycarbonates derived from six-membered cyclic ...
Mechanistic Investigation into the Sommelet-Hauser Rearrangement of an Allyl Ammonium Ylide Through Determination of 13C KIEs
(2011-10-21)
The [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement is a pericyclic reaction of great synthetic
utility to organic chemists. Within the scope of this reaction exist some cases in which
the product corresponding to a [1,2] rearrangement ...
High School Principals' Perceptions of Central Office Administrator Support For Planning, Coordinating, and Evaluating Teaching and the Curriculum
(2011-10-21)
This dissertation was designed to gain insight in the area of central office instructional leadership support from the perception of the high school principal. With increasing standards and high student performance ...
Safeguards for Uranium Extraction (UREX) +1a Process
(2011-08-08)
As nuclear energy grows in the United States and around the world, the expansion
of the nuclear fuel cycle is inevitable. All currently deployed commercial reprocessing
plants are based on the Plutonium - Uranium Extraction ...
Voseo to Tuteo Accommodation among Two Salvadoran Communities in the United States
(2011-08-08)
This study documents and accounts for maintenance and change in dialectal features of Salvadoran Spanish in the United States, especially voseo, as opposed to tuteo, terms signifying the use of the second person singular ...
Development of Systems to Improve Cotton Module Shape
(2011-10-21)
Properly constructed modules will prevent reduced lint value and increased ginning costs when significant rainfall occurs. Additionally, cotton producers often have difficulty finding adequate labor during harvest. These ...
Modeling of Electronically Commutated Motor Controlled Fan-powered Terminal Units
(2011-02-22)
Empirical models of airflow and power consumption were developed for series
and parallel variable air volume fan powered terminal units (FPTUs). An experimental
setup and test procedure were developed to test the terminal ...