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Inhibitors of tubulin, nitric oxide synthase, and HIF-1 alpha; synthesis, biological, and biochemical evaluation.
(2008-06-16)
Vascular disruption is an innovative method for treating cancer. By selectively altering the endothelial cells of tumor vasculature, the tumor can be destroyed by oxygen deprivation and starvation. The combretastatin ...
Who is like God? : divine versus demonic authority in the works of Dostoevsky and Flannery O'Connor.
(2009-08-24)
This dissertation explores issues of authority in the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Flannery O'Connor, using René Girard's theory of mimesis. O'Connor and Dostoevsky recognize the rejection of divine authority as the ...
Resilience as organicist metaphor in OneNYC : the plan for a strong and just city.
(2017-04-27)
This thesis analyzes the discursive and material effects of resilience as organicist metaphor in One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City (OneNYC). The resilience metaphor’s form and function is inherently ...
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. ...
Contextualizing immigrant adolescents’ high school outcomes by their school environments and friend groups.
(2015-03-19)
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study in combination with conducting hierarchical linear modeling analyses, this dissertation looks ...
Patriotic piety : the ideals and experiences of conservative Protestant women on the American home front during World War II.
(, 2013-09-24)
Rosie the Riveter remains the most iconic image of the United States home front during World War II. However, not every American woman subscribed to the ideals set forth by the mainstream media, patriotic femininity. ...
The relationship between psychological inflexibility and the interpersonal needs underlying suicidality in a juvenile offender sample.
(2019-07-11)
According to the interpersonal theory of suicide, thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness are necessary components underlying suicidal desire (Van Orden et al., 2010). Theorists suggest that psychological ...
Paul Simon's Graceland and its social and political statements on apartheid in South Africa.
(2007-01-11)
Paul Simon's Graceland album is one of the most controversial rock-and-roll albums in history because of its strong connection with South Africa during the apartheid. Simon's interest in South African music led him to ...
Characterization of optically pumped interband cascade lasers.
(2019-07-12)
Interband cascade laser (ICL) devices have been optically pumped and the results observed are presented here. The samples being used for this research were grown by molecular beam epitaxy at the Naval Research Laboratory. ...
A study of a workflow management system in higher education.
(2009-06-10)
The Online Protocol Submission system is web-based workflow management system designed and implemented by Information Technology Services and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Baylor University. The system ...