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Litigating Women: The Path to Intermediate Scrutiny in American Law
(2018-04-19)
In the 1970s, the Supreme Court pronounced a new test for laws that treated the two sexes differently. This test, known as “intermediate scrutiny,” was stricter than the Court’s usual standard (the “rational basis” test), ...
High Frequency Two-Phase Inverter with Active Decoupling
(2018-04-23)
This thesis proposes a novel topology for active decoupling in a two-phase inverter circuit to reduce converter size, improve converter lifetime, and increase efficiency. The two-phase output is particularly significant ...
Novel Nanomaterial Ink Coating Method for Functional 3D-Printed Parts
(2018-05-01)
Nanocomposites have many useful and functional properties, yet additive manufacturing has only recently begun to take advantage of many of these properties. This work details a nanomaterial ink coati ng method for 3D printer ...
Minimum Wage and Time Spent Looking for Work
(2018-05-07)
To evaluate the effect of minimum wage increases, theoretical search-and-matching models of the labor market rely on supply side responses attributed to increased incentives. The current minimum wage literature lacks an ...
Recreating Values: Morality in Adaptations of Beowulf for Children
(2018-05-01)
Language and control in children’s literature is a major topic of discussion within the field of children’s literature. While the full extent of the effects of children’s literature on shaping children’s worldviews is ...
Determining Which Taxonomic Resolution Provides Greatest Insight to Impact of Mass Morality Events on Early Carrion Colonizers
(2018-04-23)
Mass mortality events (MME) impact local ecosystems especially in systems where insects play a major role in recycling carrion. Insects may be unable to efficiently recycle the carrion. Selecting the appropriate taxonomic ...
Exploring the Relationship Between Impulsivity and Shame and Guilt-Proneness
(2018-04-30)
The emotional experience of shame is characterized by negative self-evaluations, while guilt is characterized by negative behavioral-evaluations. Previous research has found shame to be the more maladaptive of these ...
Assessing Effort Disutility in Decision Delegation Tasks
(2018-05-04)
There is an ongoing debate in the field of engineering over different approaches to the process of delegation, two of which are requirements allocation (RA) and value-driven design (VDD). In the RA approach, requirements ...
Contribution of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis to Temporally Uncertain Threat
(2018-05-03)
Anxiety disorders are some of the most common and debilitating forms of mental illnesses in our society. Understanding the behavioral and brain mechanisms of anxiety is essential in the development of novel therapeutic ...
Over the Counter Liquid Bandage Application Results in Precocious Wound Closure Following Distal Amputation of the Terminal Phalangeal Digit in Mice
(2018-05-04)
CVS Liquid Bandage -- a “value brand” version of wound closure devices such as Dermabond -- following a distal, P3 amputation in mice initiates precocious wound closure; inducing a hypoxic microenvironment, and/or leading ...