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Rhetoric, reason, and the problem of rule : Aristotle and J.S. Mill on speech and politics.
(, 2012-08-08)
This dissertation examines the relation between reason, public speech, and rule in the thought of J.S. Mill and Aristotle. It argues that both Mill and Aristotle present alternatives to typical liberal theories of speech ...
Variation in fluctuating asymmetry among nine damselfly species.
(, 2012-08-08)
Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), measured as random deviations from bilateral symmetry, likely results from developmental disturbances by internal or environmental stresses. However, comparisons of FA in single damselfly species ...
Multiculturalism and the museum : three case studies.
(, 2012-08-08)
With the rise of social history over the past several decades, educational institutions have increasingly been called upon to represent and showcase different cultural and minority groups within their walls. This has ...
The Topography of utopia : Revelation 21-22 in light of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman utopianism.
(, 2012-08-08)
In this dissertation, I set out to achieve two primary goals: first, to construct a detailed description of ancient utopian expectations according to Greco-Roman and Jewish literature, and second, to read Revelation 21–22 ...
Texas Hispanic students attending Texas community colleges : institutional characteristics influencing enrollment and graduation.
(, 2012-08-08)
This quantitative study used the college choice nexus developed by St. John, Paulsen, and Starkey (1996) to explore how the predictor variables of average total cost of attendance (AVGCOA), average federal/state/local ...
The ends of love : vice and charity in The End of the Affair.
(, 2012-11-29)
The End of the Affair offers a compelling portrait of the two possible ends of natural love. Sarah Miles and Maurice Bendrix are confronted with the choice to let their natural love be subsumed into the love of God, ...
Designing a wilderness : the legacy of Benton MacKaye and the Appalachian Trail.
(, 2012-08-08)
Forester and regional planner Benton MacKaye first published a plan for a long-distance hiking trail along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains in 1921. Ninety years later, MacKaye's greatest accomplishment is the ...
Targeting the tumor microenvironment through the design and synthesis of potent, small-molecule, anticancer agents.
(, 2012-08-08)
Targeting the vascular network that supplies a tumor with oxygen and nutrients is a viable methodology for the treatment of cancer. With the discovery of the combretastatin extended family of compounds in the late 1970's ...
Development and implementation of a multi-agent system for intelligent optimized power plant control.
(, 2012-08-08)
As the demand for electric power grows and regulations on power plant operation become stricter, the size, and therefore complexity, of new power plant units is increasing while the intricacies of the multiple simultaneous ...
A semantic and pragmatic analysis of the Spanish word 'lie' : implications and applications for the second language learner.
(, 2012-08-08)
In 1981 Coleman and Kay asserted a semantic prototype to define the English word lie. Hardin (2010) and Cole (1996) both replicated Coleman and Kay’s analysis in Ecuador and Saudi Arabia respectively and analyzed whether ...