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Celebrating Diversity & Inclusion: The Evolution of Gender-Neutral Pronouns
(2016-04-26)
When the Supreme Court of the United States guaranteed the right to marry for same-sex couples in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015, the issue of integrating the LGBTQ community into society was propelled into the ...
Inserting a Mutation into the Putative Clostridium difficile Bile Salt Hydrolase-Encoding Gene
(2015-05-25)
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium that causes infections in the gastrointestinal tract. The mechanisms by which C. difficile is able to germinate in such a toxic environment are ...
Monomial Solutions to Generalized Yang-Baxter Equations in Low Dimensions
(2014-09-17)
Unitary solutions to the Yang-Baxter equation are important to quantum information science because they lead to unitary representations of the braid group, which can be used to design quantum logic gates that make up ...
Nothing Works: The Enlightenment, Discourse, and the Failure of Reason
(2013-09-28)
In this project I study the history of the American penal system. By studying the history of both the structure and ideology behind the penitentiary, I hope to come to a greater understanding of how we have arrived at our ...
MULTIPLE MATING IN XIPHOPHORUS BIRCHMANNI, A LIVE-BEARING SWORDTAIL FISH
(2011-04-27)
Male and female mating behaviors have been extensively studied in Xiphophorus birchmanni; however the genetic mating system has not been characterized in this species. X. birchmanni is a live-bearing fish, so females can ...
A Collation Tool for Humanists
(2014-02-03)
Comparing a set of similar texts, often called collation, gives a scholar insight into the author's thoughts and motives and into the culture of the time period. Multiple editions can be published by an author for a diverse ...
Estimating the Rate of Return of Education in the Informal Sector of Ghana
(2013-10-04)
This research aims to investigate the rate of return of education at different educational levels in order to prove that obtaining a basic education is beneficial for employment in the formal and informal sector. The ...
STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF MILITARY SPENDING ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE WORLD SYSTEM FROM 1870 TO 1950
(2012-05-08)
This research project involves testing the relationship between military expenditure and the economic growth of countries from 1870 to 1950. We examine the graphs of a country’s economic growth with military expenditure ...
From the Job Applicant's Viewpoint, What Are the Perceptual Differences Between Video and Telephone Screening?
(2016-01-21)
With technology evolving, corporate employers are constantly examining more accessible modes of reviewing job applicants. Executives want the hiring process to be seamless, unveiling, and efficient. Complicating this ...
The Impact of the Summit Station, Greenland Radiosonde Program on Weather and Climate Prediction
(2015-09-19)
Radiosonde data from weather balloons are critical because they are essential inputs for numerical weather prediction models and are used for climate research. However, radiosonde programs are costly to maintain, in ...