Mestastasis is a devastating component associated with tumor progression which claims the majority of lives lost to cancer. Upregulation of cathepsin L, a powerful cysteine protease capable of degrading components in the ...

One aim of this dissertation is to remove ambiguities that have impeded a clear discussion and adequate evaluation of animalism. To that end I develop a taxonomy of different varieties of animalism and argue that there are ...

This thesis will argue that although much has been written about Charles Darwin, his religion has often been misrepresented or oversimplified into a linear trend of secularization leading to atheism. Instead, I will argue ...

Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the scientific study of behavior that utilizes procedures aimed at improving socially significant behavior, relying heavily on the use of reinforcement, which increases the future frequency ...

Small-scale Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) are becoming increasingly important in the field of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. As the desire for higher payloads and longer flight times increases, so does ...

The Culex pipiens complex of mosquitoes is a major vector for several pathogens responsible for infectious human diseases including West Nile virus in North America. With the growth of the American population, the prevalence ...

This dissertation addresses questions on blastoid (Deltoblastus) speciation and phylogeny, as well as investigation the sedimentology of an echinoderm-defined (Marsupites) stratotype. Deltoblastus is a genus of Permian ...

A recent change in EPA regulation lowered the maximum contaminate limit (MCL) of arsenic in drinking water from 50 to 10 μg/l. Lowering the MCL has put numerous water systems in Texas over the limit. An arsenic “hot spot” ...

Distress tolerance (DT) is characterized as a person’s capacity and willingness to tolerate negative emotional states. It is theorized that DT may contribute to the development, maintenance, and therapeutic extinction of ...

Building on current scholarship indicating the need for students' spiritual identities to be welcomed in the academy, this argument proposes using the reading and writing of spiritual autobiography to prompt students' ...