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Origins of Democracy in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
(2018-05-21)An incredible disparity exists between the current political state of affairs in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Costa Rica is a stable democracy with a high rate of development for its region, while Nicaragua is widely considered ... -
Orthodoxy and Existentialism: The Religious Root of Dostoevsky's Moral Dialectic
In my thesis, I show the ways in which Russian Eastern Orthodoxy relates to and impacts Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Existentialism. I begin by identifying and explaining the Orthodox theme of transformative suffering, as it appears ... -
Orthographic Effects on the Perception and Production of Certain Japanese Phones by L2 Learners
(2018-05-21)The purpose of this thesis is to test the influence of orthography on how second language (L2) learners of Japanese perceive and produce sounds absent from their native language English. The study tests whether Japanese ... -
Orthographic Reform and Language Planning in Russian History
(2020-05-26)An oft-neglected topic of book history and culture, both in histories of writing development and in cultural histories of Russia and Eastern Europe, is the rich history of orthographic reform and language planning in Russian ... -
Oscillating satellites about the straight line equilibrium points.
(1952)The problem as studied in this thesis is the behavior of a satellite at the three equilibrium points. When a satellite is displaced from rest at one of these points it will either oscillate or rapidly leave the system. The ... -
The ostracode Cypridopsis vidua: physiological response due to thermal stress.
(1973)Upper temperature effects were measured on the mean oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, ingestion, assimilation, and egestion rates of the ostracode Cypridopsis vidua. to determine positive or negative effects ... -
The other as friend : a platonic response to the political thought of Jacques Derrida.
(, 2012-08-08)This dissertation presents a critical examination of the political thought of Jacques Derrida, suggesting that some of its aims are better realized by Plato. I argue that Derrida's late political works respond to a concern ... -
Others like me: what constitutes a "uniracial" congregation and how do they affect attitude and action?
(2007-12-03)Multiracial congregations have become a popular field of study despite the fact that they constitute a small fraction of religious organizations. Due to this recent focus, a lack of examination has been given to more ... -
Otto and Hilde's Journey to Waco, Texas: A Narrative of Migration in the 1930's
(2017-05-24)This Honor Thesis builds on archival materials at Baylor University, providing a cohesive narrative of the Rosenfeld-Levy family, which offers insights into the migration process during the 1930s. Otto and Hilde Levy-Rosenfeld ... -
Ought we kiss the hand that smites us? : Black Protestants in the age of lynching, 1890-1919.
(2021-10-26)The decades-long phenomenon of racialized lynching in the United States took thousands of lives, but beyond the death toll, it also created a culture of terror in Black communities. These communities powerfully resisted ... -
Ought We to Sell All We Have? Wealth, Poverty, and the Virtue of Living Simply
(2022-05-18)Christian thought has not always been situated in the context of the modern consumerist economy, but it has always found itself concerned with the proper treatment of wealth, that it might accord with—and dispose one ... -
"Our grand narrative of women and war" : writing, and writing past, a gendered understanding of war front and home front in the war writing of Hemingway, O'Brien, Plath, and Salinger.
(, 2014-09-05)Scholars and theorists who discuss the relationship between gender and war agree that the divide between the war front and the home front is gendered. This boundary is also a cause of pain, of misunderstanding, and of the ... -
“Our Real Family, The One We Chose” : the function of comfort in the sitcom family.
(2019-01-31)Throughout history, the sitcom has continually been used as a form of comfort for the viewer. The original sitcoms of the 1950s were filled with themes that reinforced the stability of the traditional family model after ... -
Out of Saffron Ashes: Revival of Hindutva in India
(2016-08-10)In early 2014, citizens of the largest democratic nation on the planet turned up in record-breaking numbers to vote in India's sixteenth Lok Sabha elections. This election was particularly monumental for several reasons: ... -
“Out, out brief candle!” : an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study exploring burnout among drama teachers.
(2022-03-28)Burnout is a universal problem in the workplace, and teachers are very susceptible to facing the effects (Friedman, 1991). Burnout is a global phenomenon characterized as a syndrome of three feelings (Maslach et al., 2018). ... -
Outsiders within : a phenomenological qualitative study of how Black female faculty navigate race and gender in predominately White institutions.
(2022-03-31)The purpose of this study was to obtain greater insight into the experiences of Black women who work as full-time faculty at two and four-year colleges and universities. This phenomenological qualitative study investigated ... -
Overexpression and Characterization of Metallo-β-lactamase from Klebsilla pneumoniae: NDM-1
(2014-06-02)Since bacterial pathogens are able to develop resistance after exposure to antibiotics, antibiotic resistance is a serious problem in medicine. Resistance to antibiotics occurs by the production of β-lactamases, which ... -
Overtraining in sport: physiological, psychological and performance effects of participation in division I competitive softball.
(2007-02-23)Overtraining has been one of the most popular topics in meetings and journals dealing with top-level sports. The problem has been well known for 70 years, but many specifics concerning overtraining are still very unclear. ... -
An Overview of Research in Manual Therapy
(2013-05-24)Manual therapy techniques are often used to augment the healing process by professionals such as massage therapists, athletic trainers, and physical therapists. The term manual therapy includes a wide variety of techniques ... -
An Overview on Death and Dying Including Cultural Influences within the Major Non-White Populations of the United States
(2014-06-02)This piece outlines the meaning of death, dying, and bereavement in the United States through artistic, medical, and psychological definitions of the words, all unique and different in their own ways. Medically, death may ...