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I Can't Breathe: A History of Excessive Force and Race
(2019-05-22)This thesis analyzes how and within what context the Supreme Court of the United States has interpreted excessive force and police brutality since 1968, when Terry v. Ohio was decided, and the ramifications that these ... -
"I can't go on, I'll go on" : narrative consolation in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.
(2018-11-13)This dissertation examines the role of narrative consolation in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Specifically, I argue that narrative holds immense consolatory power for Joyce and Beckett. Despite the clear ... -
“I never meant to write atheistically” : reevaluating religion in the writings of Charles Darwin.
(2015-07-30)This thesis will argue that although much has been written about Charles Darwin, his religion has often been misrepresented or oversimplified into a linear trend of secularization leading to atheism. Instead, I will argue ... -
"I only love them" : Dorothy Scarborough and the supernatural in literature.
(2010-06-23)This thesis examines the life and accomplishments of Emily Dorothy Scarborough, graduate of both Baylor University and Columbia University and professor of English, as they relate to her interest in the supernatural. Born ... -
"I se and undirstonde" : vision, reason, and tragedy in Late Middle English literature.
(2017-04-19)When modern readers encounter sensory experiences in medieval literature, we often assume that they look, sound, smell, taste, and feel as they do today. However, while the physiological experience may be similar across ... -
"I will gather the nations" : the fate of the nations on the day of Yahweh in the Book of the Twelve.
(2011-05-12)This study explores the correlation between pronouncements of judgment against specific nations on the day of Yahweh and accusations of aggression by those nations toward Israel or Judah in the Book of the Twelve. This ... -
I'm a Christmas Unicorn: A musicological and theological analysis of Sufjan Stevens's song, "Christmas Unicorn"
(2014-06-02)The purpose of this thesis is to introduce the reader to Sufjan Stevens’s 2012 fifty-eight track album Silver & Gold, and specifically the final song, “Christmas Unicorn,” a twelve and half minute anti-epic pop song that ... -
An ideal woman : literary, parliamentary, and sexual representations of model femininity in mid-Victorian England.
(2009-08-26)The manner in which middle-class women of the Victorian era were excluded from various aspects of the outside world, in favor of the "woman's sphere," was due to the masculine desire to protect the virtues of domesticity. ... -
The ideal world of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac : a director's approach.
(2009-06-01)Edmond Rostand wrote Cyrano de Bergerac during a time when realism was beginning to assert its dominance over French theatre. Rostand’s masterpiece, with its neo-Romantic attributes, is often perceived as a reaction against ... -
Identification and quantitation of potential fermentation inhibitors in biomass pretreatment hydrolysates using high performance liquid chromatography in combination with ultraviolet detection and tandem mass spectrometry.
(2010-02-02)Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol involves pretreatment of biomass materials to increase the accessibility of carbohydrates in lignocellulose for enzymatic hydrolysis prior to ethanol fermentation. The ... -
Identification of dysregulated miRNA targets in human prostate cancer.
(2010-02-02)MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs (18~24 nt) that regulate diverse cell functions in mammalian cells, including proliferation, differentiation, metabolism, stress resistance, and death. There is increasing ... -
Identification of GCN4 homologues in maize using a bioinformatics approach
(2014-05-01)In yeast, GCN4 is a b-zip transcription factor responsible for controlling various amino acid biosynthesis pathways. Under amino acid starvation, GCN4 is derepressed and amino acid biosynthesis increases. This is known as ... -
Identification of germline and somatic cell specific genes essential for ovulation in Caenorhabditis elegans.
(2011-05-12)The process of ovulation is an integral part of sexual reproduction in Caenorhabditis elegans. Various genes and signaling pathways are responsible for the successful process of ovulation to occur. Identification of these ... -
Identification of phenotypes in Caenorabhditis elegans on the basis of sequence similarity.
(2009-06-02)In biomedical research, Caenorabhditis elegans is an ideal choice as experimental organism due to striking similarity with human genome and its distinct features such as short life span, small reproductive cycle, simple ... -
Identification of primary formaldehyde emissions in the greater Houston region : a Houston advanced research center project.
(2009-07-08)The Greater Houston Area is currently an EPA designated non-attainment area for the secondary pollutant, ground level ozone. The underestimation of certain volatile organic compound precursors may be behind the discrepancy ... -
Identifying with the Lowly: Jonathan Edwards, Charity, and the Stockbridge Mission.
(2017-05-24)Jonathan Edwards is commonly thought of as a cold but brilliant theologian, a fire-breathing railer, quick to use his genius with words to reprove, a man bookishly removed from the daily concerns of life. However, recent ... -
Identity correlates of academic achievement : how influential are self, academic and ethnic identity statuses among college students?
(, 2012-11-29)The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of different identity statuses on academic achievement among a sample of students attending a community college. There were three identities of interest: ego, academic ... -
An Ideological War on Terror: Deradicalization Programs and the Future of Counterterrorism
(2018-05-21)The rise of radical Islamist extremism has plagued the international community throughout the 21st century. More than 32,000 people died as a direct results of terrorist activity in 2014 alone, and that year terrorism cost ... -
Idols and Empire: Preludes to Philosophy of Art in Early Christianity
(2019-05-21)Prior to the eruption of the Iconoclastic Controversy in the eighth century, complex traditions of artistic practices and theories had begun to emerge in Christian communities throughout the Roman world. As a minority ... -
If I see, let me see double.
(2018-11-27)If I See, Let Me See Double is comprised of four essays, including one critical introduction and three creative nonfiction pieces, which consider the concept of negative space. The introduction places the theme of negative ...