Alcohol and nicotine use are both highly prevalent in the United States. It is estimated that over 19% of the population over the age of 18 smokes cigarettes, while over 51% of people over the age of 18 are current, regular ...

The Old English Genesis is a poetic paraphrase, in Anglo-Saxon oral-formulaic verse, of the first twenty-two chapters of the Biblical book, ending with the Sacrifice of Isaac. In this thesis I argue that the poem is ...

Life to the Full: Anything But Boring is a collection of stories, reflections, and musings culminating into the central argument that the Christian life is anything but boring. Drawing on the words of Jesus in John ...

The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution grants the accused individual the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury. To insure that this standard is upheld and exercised, the court system has deemed ...

The Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) is a useful algorithm for describing local features in an image. This research successfully demonstrates a model for optimizing SIFT using a Field Programmable Analog Array ...

Past studies in the United States and Canada have found that the prevalence for fibromyalgia (FM) is approximately 2%, but there are very few studies of this condition in developing countries. With the organic basis unknown, ...

This thesis posits a hermeneutical principle by which a contemporary reader can understand the function of racism in imperial literature. Rather than ascribe racism to the author without consideration for how it is used ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive pathogen responsible for minor skin infections, deep tissue infections, and even death. Due to the increasing resistance of S. aureus strains to antibiotics, it is important to ...

In attempts to alleviate the conditions of poverty and create stronger communities, Americans, motivated to do good, often provide quick fixes to help the impoverished, rather than focusing on root causes and long-term ...

Manual therapy techniques are often used to augment the healing process by professionals such as massage therapists, athletic trainers, and physical therapists. The term manual therapy includes a wide variety of techniques ...