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Nanocluster defects and their properties on TiO2(110) and (001) surfaces.
(, 2012-11-29)TiO2(110) and (001) have been investigated by low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). A nearly bulk-like (1 × 1) TiO2(110) was produced after cycles of Ar+ sputtering and surface ... -
Nanomanipulator perturbation of dust crystals in a GEC rf plasma cell.
(2010-10-08)The vast majority of observable matter is composed of complex plasma. Even with its prevalence, the interactions between the plasma's constituents are not fully understood. In many cases, clouds of dust grains from and can ... -
The narrative effect of Book IV of the Hebrew Psalter.
(2006-07-21)This dissertation asserts that a reader encountering the canonical Hebrew Psalter can read from the beginning and capture a sense of plot. The turning point of the story is Book IV (Psalms 90-106). It is at this point ... -
Narrative Strategies and Race: Analyzing the Treatment of Indigenous People in Imperial Novels
(2016-08-11)This thesis posits a hermeneutical principle by which a contemporary reader can understand the function of racism in imperial literature. Rather than ascribe racism to the author without consideration for how it is used ... -
A Nation Behind Bars: The Past, Present and Future of Mass Incarceration in the United States
(2017-05-23)Prior to the 1970’s, the total number of incarcerated Americans had scarcely ever risen above two-hundred thousand. Today there are over two million Americans behind bars. The United States of America incarcerates more ... -
"A nation can stay alive when it's culture and history stay alive" : Afghanistan's ongoing battle to protect its cultural heritage from looting, war, and terrorism.
(2011-05-12)Since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, many have heard the story and seen the images of the looting in Iraq, especially at the Baghdad Museum. While the world was quick to react to the events in Iraq, similar events ... -
Native macrophyte restoration in a spring-fed river ecosystem.
(, 2012-11-29)Restoration of native macrophytes is considered a high-priority objective in the San Marcos River in San Marcos, Texas. This study examines the effects of various factors on the short and long-term survival of seeded and ... -
A Natural Signs Approach to the Argument from Desire
(2012-05-06)C.S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity that “If I find in myself a desire that no experience in this world can satisfy, the best possible explanation is that I was made for another world.” From this experience of desire for ... -
Nature through the Lens of Number Theory
Though we might not recognize it, mathematics is manifested in the world around us. To begin to see an example of this, we first develop the theory that links together the Fibonacci numbers, the Golden Ratio, and continued ... -
Navigating between two worlds : how portrayals of the Americas in eighteenth-century novels influenced the British identity.
(, 2011-09-14)In the early English novel British emigrants to the Americas occupied an ambivalent position within the empire; changed by the transatlantic ocean voyage and daily life in the colonies, colonists were distanced spatially ... -
Navigating hell, awaiting judgment : the role of the Argentine and Chilean Catholic Church during the military regimes.
(2010-06-23)This thesis examines the personal formation of various bishops in the Chilean and Argentine episcopacies who were critical in determining the stance of the Roman Catholic Church during the military regimes of the 1970s and ... -
Navigating the multi-layered identities of the Aufseherinnen : female camp guards during and after the Holocaust.
(, 2013-09-24)The profiles, training, and roles of Aufseherinnen portray women acting out a femininity which both contradicted and fulfilled Nazi ideals of womanhood. Additionally, they account for the two layers of reality—both ought ... -
Necessary Conditions on Electric Potential for the Formation of Spectral Touching Points
(2017-12-01)In recent years special attention has been given to graphene as building material and as an energy storage medium. The main property that make graphene uniquely suited to both of these concerns is that it possesses mass-less ... -
The Necessary Hedonism of Disenchantment: Analysis of the Disenchantment of the Universe with Particular Attention to Medicine and Theology
(2017-05-24)Modern medicine claims to be something it is not: morally neutral. Thus advancements made in the field of biotechnology are hailed and welcomed as the natural order. They are refused questions of morality because the ... -
Negative emotion in romantic relationships predicts change in partner attributions, appraisal of issue importance, and communication behavior during relationship conflict.
(2009-08-26)This study investigated the function of hard, soft, and flat emotion in 67 undergraduate dating couples engaged in romantic relationship conflict. The primary objective of this study was to investigate associations among ... -
Negotiating Stronghold Table: Figuring the Badlands in National and Local News
(2019-05-21)In 2012, the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the National Park Service published their joint proposal to create a Tribal National Park in the South Unit of the Badlands National Park. In this study I compare the narrative told by ... -
The negotiation of conflict management in long-distance and geographically close romantic relationships.
(2011-05-12)This study examines conflict management strategy use in long-distance dating relationships (LDDRs) compared to conflict management strategy use in geographically close dating relationships (GCDRs). Uncertainty Reduction ... -
Neo-evangelical realism : reflections on the sociopolitical thought of Carl F. H. Henry.
(2009-08-25)Carl F. H. Henry served as a key leader within the neo-evangelical movement in America during the mid-twentieth century and continued to have a prominent role in the greater evangelical movement during the rest of the ... -
Neo-Kantian wickedness : constructivist and realist responses to moral skepticism.
(, 2013-09-16)Neo-Kantian constructivism aspires to respond to moral skepticism by compelling agents to act morally on pain of irrationality. According to Christine Korsgaard, a leading proponent of constructivism, we construct all ... -
Network meta-analysis with rare events and misclassified response.
(2016-06-23)Count data are subject to considerable sources of what is often referred to as non-sampling error. Errors such as misclassification, measurement error, and unmeasured confounding can lead to substantially biased estimators. ...