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Ordering desires : rhetoric and virtue in Milton's Paradise Lost.
(2018-05-23)
Critics have long recognized that the writings of John Milton unite elements of biblical narrative with imaginative construction. However, despite Milton's explicit appreciation for Spenser, less critical attention has ...
Damage accumulation of bovine bone under chaotic and variable amplitude loading.
(2018-11-19)
Stress fractures are a common occurrence that can be detrimental to an athlete’s
career. At present, there is no method for early detection of stress fractures. This study is
a continuation of the pilot study to determine ...
Can changing running shoes immediately reduce the risk of tibial stress fractures?
(2018-04-23)
Running is becoming a more popular sport worldwide however many runners suffer from tibial stress fractures (TSF). While there are various kinematic, kinetic, and anthropometric risk factors associated with TSF, it is ...
Reforming manners, redeeming souls : Sunday schools, childhood, and the formation of early nineteenth-century American religious culture.
(2018-06-07)
Merging religious history with childhood studies, this dissertation analyzes Sunday schools from 1790-1860 to show how concepts of childhood, and young people themselves, helped shape American religious culture. Recent ...
Circuit modeling and optimization techniques for next-generation radar.
(2018-04-24)
Spectral emission requirements for radar systems are becoming increasingly strict. Future radar systems will require well-designed, reconfigurable circuitry to coexist with the myriads of wireless devices using the spectrum. ...
Making their own faith : Lutheranism and American culture in the Civil War era.
(2018-07-11)
From 1830 to 1900, the American Lutheran church grew from less than 50,000 members to more than 1,600,000—five times the growth rate of the U.S. population—and became the nation’s fourth largest religious denomination. ...
A Thomistic principle of virtue individuation.
(2018-10-16)
In this dissertation, I aim to accomplish two goals. The first goal is to draw contemporary moral philosophers' attention to the need for a principal approach to virtue individuation. When we individuate virtues, we answer ...
A neural inspired grid cell aid for robot intertial navigation.
(2018-05-08)
Accurate position information is needed for a robot's guidance and control systems. Therefore, the navigation system is foundational for a robot's interactions with the world. This thesis explores a biologically inspired ...
New knowledge and hopeful spaces : the significance of the frontier in martian history.
(2018-04-18)
The frontier has been an enduring mythical structure in American history and discourse and is often applied to rhetorics surrounding American space exploration. This project identifies shifts in the frontier myth in discourse ...
Convection from ice roughness surfaces using scaled Reynolds numbers for larger NACA 0012 airfoils.
(2018-04-24)
Ice accretions that develop on aircraft surfaces during flight adversely impact performance by increasing weight and drag, while also decreasing lift and stall margin. Previous studies at Baylor University characterized ...