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Foreign language teachers' attitudes and the benefits of learning a second language.
(2015-04-02)This project analyzes foreign language teachers’ attitudes towards learning a second language and the numerous student benefits associated with becoming bilingual. The scholarly research was narrowed to focus on four ... -
Forensic speeches in Acts 22-26 in their literary environment: a rhetorical study.
(2006-12-11)This dissertation offers an analysis of the form of the forensic speeches that occur in Acts 22-26 and the function of these speeches and the trial scenes of which they are a part. The study argues that these speeches ... -
The forest : a history of ideas : the movement for civil rights in suburban Madison, New Jersey 1955-1970.
(, 2013-05-15)The ideas emergent from the movement for civil rights in the American South transformed suburban Madison, New Jersey, and its nearby townships in the span of one generation. Protests burgeoned from the largely one-dimensional, ... -
Forgiveness in Kierkegaard's ethic of neighbor love.
(2009-08-26)I argue that Kierkegaard contributes to the contemporary philosophical discussion concerning forgiveness in at least two ways. First, he grounds his understanding of forgiveness in neighbor love so that neighbor love is a ... -
Formation of Cosmic Dust Bunnies
(IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2007)Planetary formation is an efficient process now thought to take place on a relatively short astronomical time scale. Recent observations have shown that the dust surrounding a protostar emits more efficiently at longer ... -
"Forms and ceremonies to be gone through" : performance and self-knowledge in Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, North and south, and Wives and daughters.
(2009-08-24)This thesis looks at blatant and subversive performances in Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters. Referencing studies of nineteenth-century performance theory, I will argue that Gaskell, ... -
Forwards and backwards : reading Harper Lee across time and text.
(2017-03-22)The recent discovery of Harper Lee’s manuscript, Go Set a Watchman, irrevocably changed the way readers approach her original text, To Kill a Mockingbird. Introducing a found manuscript and presenting it as a distinct work ... -
Four Channel Bidirectional Motor Control on the MSP430
This project explores the initial development of a four channel bidirectional motor control for the Texas Instruments MSP430F5529 Launchpad. Motor control is one of the most common tasks for an embedded microcontroller to ... -
Four Interpretations of Isaiah 53: An Historical Excursus
(2013-05-23)Historically, Christians have interpreted Isaiah 53 as a Christological prophecy and, consequently, have drawn from this passage to develop accounts of Christ’s suffering. In this thesis, I argue that affective, imaginative ... -
Frank O'Connor's "world of appearances" : epiphany and false personality in his stories of childhood.
(, 2012-08-08)This study illuminates the influence of two vastly different short story writers on the work of Frank O’Connor: James Joyce and Anton Chekhov. O’Connor vowed never to imitate the Russian master, and yet Chekhov’s theme ... -
The Freedmen's Bureau schools in McLennan County, Texas.
(2011-05-12)The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was established by the War Department on March 3, 1865, in an effort to provide relief to the 4,000,000 slaves emancipated at the end of the Civil War. From the beginning, ... -
"Freedom faith" : the civil rights journey of Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall.
(, 2014-06-11)Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall's theology revolved around freedom faith, the belief that God wants all people to be free and equips those who work for freedom. This dissertation offers a thematic biography of Hall, paying particular ... -
Freedom in the thought and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(, 2013-09-16)The purpose of this dissertation is to discover Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s interpretation of freedom. King’s life was dedicated to a pursuit of freedom for African Americans, the poor, and unfree people around the world. ... -
Freedom or Safety: An Examination of the First Amendment and National Security
The 1970's were a decade full of change and controversy. Daniel Ellsberg singlehandedly led one of the most controversial acts of his time with his work stealing, copying and distributing the Pentagon Papers. His acts ... -
Frequentist and Bayesian Modeling in the Presence of Unmeasured Confounding
(2013-05-24)Biostatistical studies of medical data are extremely important in distinguishing relationships between drugs or treatments and the patient's medical response. These studies generally use data from large health care ... -
Frequentist, Bayesian, and Zero-One Inflated Beta Regression Models
(2014-05-02)The main objective of this paper is to introduce readers to the beta regression. The beta regression is unique in its ability to adapt to many data trends despite skewness and other factors. The beta regression is also ... -
The Freshmen
(2013-05-24)This series of short stories explores the relevant issues plaguing young adults. Each of the characters overcome obstacles during their freshman year of college, forming a common bond by the conclusion. I hope these stories ... -
Friendship, rights, and community : Aristotle and John Locke on the family and political life.
(2010-06-23)This dissertation develops an account of Aristotle's view of the family in contrast to the now more familiar and influential understanding derived from Locke's theory of rights and government. For Locke, the individual as ... -
From Airwaves to Newsfeed: Populism and Emerging Media Technologies
(2013-05-24)As can be seen in Argentina, Cuba, and Venezuela, populists are often effective in capturing the hearts of the people of the Americas. Such leaders have shaped the histories of these countries in dynamic ways, continually ... -
From extremism to extravagance : the impact of U.S. television on Iranians and Persians.
(2016-03-23)Middle Easterners are often negatively stereotyped in television, including the shows examined in this study: Showtime’s Homeland, and Bravo’s Shahs of Sunset. Both represent Middle Easterners poorly; in Homeland, they are ...