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Intimacy issues : a content analysis of intimacy levels and engagement rates between celebrities and influencers.
(2018-04-30)
The development of social media marketing has amplified the value of peer recommendations, leading brands to utilize the inclusive nature of Instagram to employ celebrity endorsement and/or influencer techniques. Though ...
Turning points of closeness in the sibling relationship.
(2008-04-15)
The sibling relationship is an important relationship within the family system because it greatly affects the intellectual, emotional, and social development of these family members; as a result, the sibling relationship ...
Re-imaging the warrior : divine warrior imagery in the book of Revelation.
(, 2012-08-08)
The focus of this dissertation is to investigate whether the ancient motif of Divine
Warrior imagery can aid in understanding the violent imagery in the book of Revelation.
The specific strategy is to examine how John’s ...
"The ace of clubs" : a social and architectural history of the Draughon-Moore House, Texarkana, Texas, 1885-1985.
(2008-10-15)
The Draughon-Moore house in Texarkana, Texas is a nationally significant example of Victorian architecture. Built in 1885, the unusual design is an adaptation of the little-known octagonal style of architecture. It also ...
Design and synthesis of novel β-cyclodextrins and their application as chiral stationary phases for gas chromatography.
(2011-01-05)
Enantiomers can be directly separated only with use of systems containing a chiral selector. Cyclodextrins (CDs) and modified cyclodextrins have been used as chiral selectors for their ability to form host-guest complexes ...
The search for true hospitality in the travel writing of Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain.
(2018-05-22)
In their travel books, Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, and Mark Twain participated in a nineteenth-century debate about American hospitality. Having inherited a Puritan perspective regarding land and ...
Inhibition of TLR4 minimizes islet damage due to sterile inflammation and improves islet transplant outcomes.
(2018-06-01)
Islet transplantation has emerged as an important treatment option for brittle type 1 diabetes and as an adjunct procedure after total pancreatectomy to prevent brittle diabetes. The efficacy and long-term function of islet ...
Poisson regression models for interval censored count data.
(2011-05-12)
In this dissertation, we develop Bayesian models for interval censored Poisson counts in the presence of zero inflation and missing data. As a motivating example, we consider data arising from a Human Immunodeficiency Virus ...
Social networking sites and intent to vote in the 2008 presidential election.
(2009-04-01)
This study examines the potential link between communication on social networking sites and the users’ intent to vote in the 2008 presidential election. By surveying a group of undergraduate students, most of whom are ...
Freedom in the thought and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(, 2013-09-16)
The purpose of this dissertation is to discover Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s interpretation of freedom. King’s life was dedicated to a pursuit of freedom for African Americans, the poor, and unfree people around the world. ...