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Art and Text: An Exploration of the Graphic Novel
(2016-08-08)The graphic novel is one of the most exciting forms of storytelling in use today. Its combination of art and text offers endless possibilities for creative expression and can produce incredibly complex and rich narratives. ... -
Art Object and Holy Image: The Attribution and Contextualization of the "Madonna and Child" by a Follower of Pietro Lorenzetti
(2017-05-24)We primarily experience paintings en masse on the walls of museums, yet this greatly limits our experience of the artworks. Collecting and displaying religious art in particular always requires removing the object from ... -
The Artist as "Is": A Creative and Critical Analysis of the Aesthetics of E.E. Cummings in his Poetry and Painting
(2013-05-24)Edward Estlin Cummings, more commonly known as E.E. Cummings, dedicated his life to the pursuit of remaining in an active state of creating, and therefore experimented with a plethora of artistic mediums including, but not ... -
Assessing the Impact of a School Garden on the Attitudes of Children Towards Agriculture in Rural Western Kenya
(2015)A school garden was established at the Bethlehem Home Academy by the Straw to Bread non-profit organization in rural western Kenya in 2012. This school serves very poor and often malnourished children from the Luo tribe ... -
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Associated with Human Intestinal Helminthes in a Traditional Community in Rural Western Kenya
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) constitute a broad category of illnesses that continue to plague those living in developing nations. 85% of NTD morbidity results from helminthic infections; collectively, infections ... -
Assessment of the Toxicologic Interaction of Diphenhydramine and Diazinon in the Invertebrate Daphnia magna
(2012-05-07)This paper will investigate a toxicologically relevant mixture interaction between the antihistamine diphenhydramine and the OP diazinon in a cladoceran model, D. magna. OPs function by irreversibly inhibiting AChE, the ... -
Associations Among Multicultural Personality and Health-Related Quality of Life in a University Student Population
(2013-12-06)The purpose of this thesis was to assess the associations among multicultural personality and health-related quality of life in a university student population. As university campuses throughout the United States become ... -
Associations Between Self-Reported Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and Social-Emotional Functions of Facebook
(2012-04-29)The popularity of Facebook has instigated a wealth of research from the fields of psychology and social media. Narcissism and self-esteem have been independently linked to Facebook usage and Facebook-related behaviors. Few ... -
Astrophysical Applications of Dusty Plasma Physics
(2013-05-24)An ionized gas is a plasma, a sea of ions and electrons. The introduction of dust into the ionized gas forms a dusty plasma, a colloidal mixture of micron- to submicronsized grains and charged particles. The dust becomes ... -
Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behavior Concerning Reproductive Health and High-Risk Sexual Behavior among Males in Rural Western Kenya
(2014-04-29)Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the importance of male reproductive health has been overshadowed by an emphasis on maternal and child health. However, men also face a high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, ... -
The Auditory Brainstem Response and Autism
(2017-05-23)The goal of this thesis is to explain the use of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) in research on autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Following an explanation of the ABR and its evolution as a diagnostic and ... -
The Auditory Brainstem Response: History and Future in Medicine
(2013-05-24)The Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) is a neurophysiological test used to assess the functionality of the central auditory pathway, which includes structures from the auditory nerve to the rostral brainstem. The ABR ... -
Authority and Inspiration: Jerome’s Precedent in Biblical Translation
(2013-05-23)Until Jerome translated the Latin Vulgate version of the Bible in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, the Scriptures and translations used by the church were based on the Septuagint. Jerome’s preference for the ... -
Autonomy or Beneficence: An Analysis of End-of-Life Care in Pediatric Patients
(2017-05-23)Autonomy and beneficence are two core principles of biomedical ethics. However, autonomy, the patient’s right to decide what he or she wants regarding medical care, can often conflict with beneficence, what the doctor ... -
Avalon Burning
(2017-05-24)This short novel is the story of a boy and a girl who discover the magical island of Avalon and accidentally destroy it. Yet as with many stories, that is only the surface. Underneath the magic and monsters lies a simple ... -
Ave Maria: Mary and Redemption in Renaissance Paintings of the Visitation
(2016-08-10)This thesis seeks to trace changes in the interpretation of the Visitation narrative from the Gospel of Luke through the study of religious artwork. The research focuses on the Renaissance period of the West between the ... -
Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine: Influences and Implications
Avicenna was a philosopher and physician around the year 1000 in what is modern day Uzbekistan. He was a revolutionary thinker, and had a profound influence on the way medicine was practiced for centuries through his medical ... -
Awake and Blind: A Novella
(2013-05-24)In my thesis, a fictional narrative, I have created a fantasy story that explores the philosophies of Descartes, Hobbes, and Plato with regard to the question of reality. Awake and Blind follows Liam through a journey when ... -
Banking on Friendship: Mercantile Language and Epicureanism in Horace's Odes Concerning Vergil
(2012-05-04)During their own lifetime, Horace and Vergil were Rome’s two most celebrated living poets, and history relates that they were also friends. Unfortunately, little is known of their friendship, and few avenues exist by which ... -
Baptism and Membership in the Baptist Tradition: A Study of the Relationship Between Church Practice and Community Life
(2014-04-29)Baptism and membership are two practices that have persisted within the Baptist tradition for years. Using the examples of Mission Hills Church (Littleton, CO) and DaySpring Baptist Church (Waco, TX), the purpose of this ...