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Sino-Soviet border clashes of 1969 and its implications on the making of U.S. foreign policy.
(2010-10-08)
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Sino-U.S. relations have experienced twists and turns. Along with the changing postwar international situation, both Washington and Beijing turned to develop ...
Reflections on general relativity from perspectives of black hole physics and Hořava-Lifshitz gravity.
(2015-07-30)
The physical logic of the Theory of General Relativity is summarized employing differential geometry of surfaces in three dimensional Euclidean space as a visual assistance for understanding. The applications of general ...
Educational attainment in second generation immigrants : creating context for predicting college graduation.
(, 2013-09-16)
Educational attainment is a commonly used variable when looking at outcomes of immigration in the United States. This paper contributes to educational and immigrant research in three ways. First, this paper will account ...
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. ...
Implementation of a Multi-Agent System in Java Agent Development Framework for a large-scale fossil-fuel electrical power unit control.
(, 2014-01-28)
With technology and a larger-than-ever population, the society demand for energy
has achieved records in the last few years. Currently, large-scale fossil fuel power plants, ranging in the hundreds of MW’s, produce most ...
Geology of the Late Pleistocene artifact-bearing Wasiriya Beds at the Nyamita locality, Rusinga Island, Kenya.
(, 2011-12-19)
This study investigated the sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Late Pleistocene Wasiriya Beds at the Nyamita locality on Rusinga Island, Kenya in northeastern Lake Victoria. Little is yet known about this region during ...
Tinkering with technology and religion in the digital age : the effects of Internet use on religious belief, behavior, and belonging.
(2015-04-15)
The intersection of religion and technology has been a primary issue in sociology since the inception of the discipline. Internet technology presents a new conceptual reality, one that could potentially challenge religion ...
"Feed my lambs" : the spiritual direction ministry of Calvinistic British Baptist Anne Dutton during the early years of the evangelical revival.
(2010-02-02)
This dissertation contends that Anne Dutton (1692-1765) contributed a transatlantic ministry of spiritual direction to the Evangelical Revival in the early 1740s. The first chapter provides a historiographical review of ...
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. ...
Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of dihydronaphthalene and chalcone-based anticancer agents inspired by the natural product combretastatin A-4.
(2019-04-17)
Hallmarks of tumor progression include, abnormal tumor-associated vasculature, regions of hypoxia, and overexpressed proteins. These abnormalities provide opportunities for therapeutic intervention though various targeting ...