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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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Using high-p intervention to reduce difficulties in task transition for children with autism.
(2017-07-31)
Difficulties with task transition is a problem that cannot be neglected as it interferes with instruction times. This study extended the use of high probability request sequence (high-p) intervention to reduce challenging ...
Synthesis and evaluation of 8-substituted adenine derivatives as toll-like receptor 7 agonists.
(2015-04-08)
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are immune cell receptors that have the ability to recognize microbial pathogens and trigger innate immune responses. Research into TLR7 agonists is of specific interest because they can induce ...
Fiction based on fact : subversions of power and propriety in Charles Reade's matter-of-fact romances.
(, 2011-09-14)
As Charles Reade began to write It Is Never Too Late to Mend, he developed a method of research and writing that he would use throughout the remainder of his career. In the Memoir, he declares: “The plan I propose to ...
The origins and consequences of the American feedlot system.
(2010-10-08)
This thesis examines the history and the consequences of the American feedlot system. Until this system came into place, cattle were rarely eaten as they were more valuable alive for their milk and labor than they were ...
Examining women superintendents' perceptions of the importance of types of mentoring functions.
(2011-05-12)
In American public school systems, women hold the majority of teaching positions, while men hold the majority of administrative positions. Reasons for low numbers of women superintendents have been researched for years. ...