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"Creating new archives and reinventing the old" : the development of authority and professionalization in archives and the challenges to them.
(, 2012-08-08)Archives management has developed from a subcategory of history to its own profession through measures such as guidelines for archival practices and access, as well as standards in education and certification, all of which ... -
Creatures of the Triumvirs: A Study of the Patron-Client Relationship in the Late Roman Republic
(2016-08-08)Dr. Erich S. Gruen’s article “P. Clodius: Instrument or Independent Agent?” addressed for the first time the problems inherent to viewing the clients of the Late Roman Republic as merely the puppets of their patrons. This ... -
Crisis Management in Nonprofit Organizations
(2013-05-23)A mishandled crisis has the power to devastate a nonprofit organization. This paper explores the importance of a well-orchestrated response to a crisis for the purpose of minimizing this devastation. In their books ... -
The crisis of sectarianism : Restorationist, Catholic, and Mormon converts in antebellum America.
(2009-06-30)The antebellum era is often portrayed a time of religious flourishing, when the state got along with the church, when revivalism gave a voice to the voiceless, and when churches grew faster than the population. While these ... -
CRISPR: Its Origins, Function and Future
(2017-05-04)What started as simply an observation of a confusing set of tandem palindromic repeats in bacterial genomes grew into the discovery and harnessing of the CRISPR-Cas9 mechanism of gene editing. Clustered regularly inters ... -
A Critical Analysis of Inception with Respect to the Culture Industry
(2012-05-03)Prima facie Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster movie Inception presents a seemingly fanciful idea: the idea that one can successfully implant an idea in the mind of an unaware subject insomuch that the subject believes that ... -
Critical Chain Project Management: An Overview
(2012-05-02)The purpose of this thesis is to introduce to the reader Critical Chain Project Management, which is the application of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) process to project management. Eli Goldratt describes the process in ... -
A critique of the universal church theory
(2013-11-06)The following pages embody the research, observations and reflections of the author on the difficult problem of ascertaining the nature of the church. It will be obvious to the reader that the author is a Baptist and ... -
A Cross-Sectional Study of Co-Infection with Helminths and Malaria: The Effect on Hemoglobin Levels among Luo Children in Rural Western Kenya
(2014-06-02)Soil-transmitted helminths, also known as intestinal worms, are ubiquitous in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In SSA, malaria accounts for 80-90% of all worldwide cases (WHO Malaria Report 2011), and there is significant ... -
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Effects of Goat Milk on Malnourished Children in a Community-Based Program
(2014-05-02)In May-July of 2013, a cross-sectional research project was undertaken in rural western Kenya on the Nyakach Plateau in the Nyanza Province examining the effects of goat milk consumption on long-term and short-term growth ... -
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Effects of Stressors Upon Blood Glucose Levels in Non-Obese Patients in Rural Western Kenya
(2012-05-09)In order to more effectively address the expansion of type 2 diabetes worldwide, this study investigated the role that stressors and the stress response play in the development of diabetes. This study analyzed clinical ... -
A Cross-sectional Study of the Relative Associations of Nutrition and Water Quality with Child Body Size in a Rural Kenyan Community
(2015-04-30)An adequate, diverse, and nutritious diet is critical to early development. Due to a number of factors, however, access to quality food sources is limited for much of the developing world. This research study investigates ... -
Crossing the color line.
(, 2011-09-14)Miscegenation, a word not coined until the Civil War, has been an intrinsic part of American History. There is a rich field of scholars discussing the experiences of interracial couples from Colonial America through ... -
Crystallization Dynamics of a Single Layer Complex Plasma
(Physical Review Letters, 2010-09)We report a series of complex (dusty) plasma experiments, aimed at the study of the detailed time evolution of the recrystallization process following a rapid quench of a two-dimensional dust liquid. The experiments were ... -
CSCOPE's effect on Texas' state mandated standardized test scores in mathematics.
(, 2011-09-14)The purpose of the study was to examine standardized test scores of school districts in the state of Texas that have implemented CSCOPE, a popular curriculum management system, in an effort to determine what effect, if ... -
CTR2 and the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
(, 2012-11-29)The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway recognizes and degrades mRNA with premature termination codon and some natural mRNA as well. CTR2 is a natural mRNA degraded by NMD in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The goals of ... -
Cultivating character : spiritual exercises, remedial virtues, and the formation of the heart.
(2016-02-05)According to philosophical situationists, empirical psychology suggests that most people are not virtuous, and that we should be skeptical about the possibility of cultivating virtue. I argue against the second claim by ... -
Cultivating connections : a survey of Dallas Heritage Village donors.
(2011-05-12)Historic house museums and villages have been struggling for the last 25 years to sustain their operating costs. Many have been focusing on interpretation as a way to engage the public and gain a new audience. This project ... -
Cultivating the common good : civic life and religious contexts in American society.
(2009-06-01)Social scientists have long recognized a positive link between religion and civic life in the United States. Americans who attend religious services more frequently, who pray more often, and who are more involved in the ... -
The Cultural and Medical Conceptions of Deafness: Their Effects on the Self and Culturally Affirmative Mental Health Care
(2017-05-23)The cultural model of deafness is one that affirms the legitimacy of the Deaf community as a whole. The medical model of deafness is one that is predicated on disability and focuses on “deaf can’t” rather than “Deaf can”. ...