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“Copies of life, and models of conduct” : realism and female virtue in the novels of Charlotte Lennox, Frances Burney, and Jane Austen.
(2015-07-23)In the field of British literature, it is well established that during the eighteenth century the novel came into being as a genre with distinct characteristics, namely, realism. It is also well established that the ... -
Coping styles as a mediator between neuropsychological functioning and quality of life outcomes in OEF/OIF Veterans.
(, 2011-12-19)Veterans have returned from the OEF/OIF combat theatre with a multitude of physical and psychological problems that affect neuropsychological functioning and quality of life (QOL). Often, neuropsychological function is ... -
Copper ionophores induce autophagy in melanoma cells.
(, 2013-09-16)Malignant melanoma is a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer, for which the only current treatment option is excision. As melanoma is an inherently antiapoptotic model of cancer, other avenues of cell death were ... -
Cormac McCarthy's heroes : narrative perspective and morality in the novels of Cormac McCarthy.
(2008-10-14)Critics writing on Cormac McCarthy often note the striking paucity of revelations of interior thought in his novels. James Bowers, for instance, claims that few modern writers reject “the Joycean tradition of interiority” ... -
Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction Using Artificial Neural Network
(2015)Financial distress is a condition where a company has difficulty paying off its financial obligations to its creditors. Failing to relieve financial distress can lead to bankruptcy, which is very costly to the firm’s ... -
A Correlation Between Autism and Epilepsy: A Study of Social Behavior in PTEN Knockout Mice
(2013-05-24)There is increasing evidence of a strong comorbidity between autism and epilepsy. One pathway that may be a significant mediator of the two conditions is the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway. The mTOR pathway ... -
Correlation of earthquakes with seismogenic faults along the Northern Arizona Seismic Belt, southwestern margin of the Colorado Plateau.
(, 2011-09-14)The Northern Arizona Seismic Belt (NASB) is one of the most seismically active areas in Arizona, and extends from near Kanab in southernmost Utah to the Mogollon Plateau south of Flagstaff, Arizona. The NASB defines the ... -
Correlation of selected earthquakes with seismogenic faults, central Oklahoma.
(2016-02-29)Hypocenter locations for over 3000 earthquakes of M≥2.0 in central Oklahoma between the years 2014 and 2015 were used to attempt to locate seismogenic faults near the city of Guthrie. Focal mechanisms from 29 earthquakes ... -
Correspondence between caregiver relationship-specific attachment representations and child attachment representations in adoptive dyads.
(2010-10-08)This study investigated the relationship between child-specific caregiver attachment representations as measured by the Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI) and child attachment representations as measured by the ... -
Cosmic conflict and the divine warrior in Paul's letter to the Romans.
(2017-07-21)Scholars of the New Testament have noted the ways in which first century CE writers utilize and transform themes related to Israel’s divine conflict traditions, most notably in the Johannine Apocalypse, Paul’s first letter ... -
Cosmic Dust Aggregation with Stochastic Charging
(Astrophysical Journal, 2013-10-04)The coagulation of cosmic dust grains is a fundamental process which takes place in astrophysical environments, such as presolar nebulae and circumstellar and protoplanetary disks. Cosmic dust grains can become charged ... -
The Cost of Conflict: Policy Proposals to End Ethnic Violence in South Sudan
(2013-05-24)In July of 2011 South Sudan became an independent country. Since then, militias associated with several of the country's ethnicities have killed thousands of people. Though the conflict has deep roots and is multifactorial, ... -
Could sub-debts of banks be potential tools for supervision? Empirical study with data set 1999-2007.
(2008-06-11)Most previous research has discussed how spreads of sub-debts could be tools to signal the risks of banks. However, studies have focused on data preceding 1999, when the Financial Modernization Act (FMA) has not yet been ... -
Count regression models with a misclassified binary covariate : a Bayesian approach.
(2010-06-23)Mismeasurment, and specifically misclassification, are inevitable in a variety of regression applications. Fallible measurement methods are often used when infallible methods are either expensive or not available. Ignoring ... -
The county bias of severe thunderstorm warnings and severe thunderstorm weather reports for the Central Texas region.
(2008-06-09)Severe thunderstorm warnings issued by the National Weather Service and severe thunderstorm weather reports dating from January 1, 1986 to December 31, 2005 were analyzed to find a potential county bias in the issuance of ... -
Coupling changes in physical habitat and fish community structure in Central Texas streams with interannual variability in stream discharge.
(2009-08-25)Hydrological variability and instream habitat connectivity play predominant roles in governing fish communities in lotic ecosystems. Hydrologic extremes of drought (2006) and flood (2007) events were the backdrop for fish ... -
Courageous activity and the virtue of courage.
(, 2014-09-05)Chapter one uses vignettes to illustrate a set of distinctions central to this work. I claim that the full exercise of the virtue of courage, what I call paradigmatic courageous activity, is exhibited only when a courageous ... -
Covenantal ecology : the promise of covenant for a Christian environmental ethic.
(2014-12-03)Environmentally responsible lifestyles are becoming a more mainstream, if not trendy, choice in the United States. However, there is still much room to improve in terms of “green” living. This dissertation sets forth a new ... -
Crafting for a Cure: An Execution of Niche Marketing Strategy
(2016-08-10)Niche marketing provides different and unique opportunities that have thrived through the revelation of modern technology, such as the Internet. Moreover, the rise of social media has encouraged a cultural phenomenon of ... -
Creating a foundation for media literacy education : a content analysis of higher education syllabi.
(, 2012-08-08)Using a Constructivist theoretical learning approach, this study examines syllabi from higher education media-related departments to develop a uniform foundation for media literacy courses by finding common objectives and ...