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The Efficacy of International Volunteerism: A Qualitative Review
(2012-04-12)
International volunteer service (IVS) plays an integral role in international development by supplying non-profit, nongovernmental and charitable organizations with manpower to serve marginalized populations across the ...
Why Do They Hate Us?:The Post 9/11 Experience of Muslims and Arabs and how the Lack of Education Deepens Stereotypes and Hatred
(2012-05-02)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the experiences of Arabs, Muslims in this post 9/11 society. The research conducted delves into the experiences of these groups: the stereotypes branded on them by society, the ...
Comparison of different contrast agents when imaging shape memory polymer foams
(2012-04-20)
SMP foams have unique properties that make them well suited for certain medical applications. SMP foam has the ability to be programmed to “remember” a temporary shape, and once heated can revert back to its original ...
Marketing of Retail Signage in Different Environments
(2012-04-26)
The primary purpose of this research is to look into the design of signage in different retail locations to see how each place adapts its visual presentation to accommodate its consumers. It is clear that signs are designed ...
DECAY HEAT CONDITIONS OF CURRENT AND NEXT GENERATION REACTORS
(2012-05-04)
Decay heat is an important parameter in reactor design. Fission products generate heat in the reactor core even when the reactor has shut down. This heat has potential to melt the core if heat removal is not sufficient, ...
G Protein-coupled Estrogen receptor is activated by G-1 which induces a signaling cascade that inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation
(2012-06-08)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and is predominantly estrogen dependent [1]. About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. Failure in ...
Video Tracking Using Acoustic Triangulation
(2012-05-03)
This study focuses on the detection and triangulation of sound sources. Specifically, we focus on the detection of sound in order to track a person’s position with a video camera. Acoustic tracking, an alternative to ...
A Photographic Atlas to the Early Development of the Bullhead Minnow (Pimephales vigilax)
(2013-12-16)
The identification of larval fishes is difficult due to their small size and transparent nature. Deciphering between different species placed within the same genus or even family can prove near impossible. Literature ...
Testing the Theory of Consumer Interest
(2014-04-11)
The purpose of this study was to identify elements of the theory of consumer interest, as described by Geller (2011), and the levels of which they appear in television commercials viewed by participants born in the Millennial ...
A Genetic Dissection of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Biogenesis
(2014-04-08)
Mitochondria house the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC), the main site for cellular respiration and energy production. The MRC consists of five large protein complexes (I-V) in
the inner mitochondrial membrane. Despite ...