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"What Mean Ye by These Stones?": The Origins and Architecture of the First Baptist Church of Amarillo
(2020-05-20)
The First Baptist Church of Amarillo is an architectural treasure that resembles the great cathedrals of Europe. How did such a beautiful church come to exist on the Panhandle of Texas at the beginning of the Great Depression? ...
The Art of Worship: Recognizing the Character of God in Human Expression
(2020-05-20)
Worship is a human response to God’s revelation of Himself. God’s character is not relegated solely to that which is deemed holy and perfect. Rather, God is pleased to reveal Himself even amidst this broken world, and ...
Sacred and Secular Affliction: Fasting in the history of the West and Western Christianity
(2020-05-20)
Fasting has been a part of human history from the very beginning. Whether involuntary due to a lack of food or voluntary due to a religious practice, fasting has remained a part of human culture; now, the practice has even ...
Critical Dipoles in Dimensions n ≥ 3
(2020-05-20)
We consider generalizations of Hardy's inequality corresponding to the case of (point) dipole potentials in three or more spatial dimensions. More precisely, we prove the existence of a critical dipole coupling constant ...
Does Naturalization Increase Years of Education? Effect of IRCA on Educational Attainment of Undocumented Immigrant Children
(2020-05-20)
This paper studies the effect of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (“IRCA”) on the educational attainment of undocumented immigrant children. IRCA provided a path to citizenship for over 3 million undocumented ...
Through the Looking Glass: The Influence of 18th Century Child Theorists on 19th Century Children's Literature
(2020-05-20)
In this thesis, I argue that we can see the influence of 18th century child theorists in 19th century children’s literature. Through the Looking Glass examines three theorists and three children’s novels. The theorists are ...
Synthesis of Vascular Disrupting Agent Payloads, Protease Specific Linkers, and their Corresponding Constructs
(2020-05-20)
The discovery and development of small-molecule anticancer agents that are both highly efficacious and selectively targeted remains a formidable goal and challenge. Conventional chemotherapy regimens often employ the use ...
Spanish Heritage Language Acquisition: What Factors Influence the Use of Subjunctive in Future and Adult Heritage Speakers?
(2020-05-20)
This study compared subjunctive (SUBJ) use in obligatory, early-acquired contexts among Spanish-English bilingual children in the early years of elementary school (where English is dominant language) to obligatory SUBJ use ...
From Self to Society to Divinity: A Relational Ontology of Music
(2020-05-20)
Since ancient times, the ontology and formation of human consciousness have been widely debated topics, and scholars have agreed that art is crucial in both expressing and forming consciousness across cultures. Within this ...
If only we were Ageless and Immortal: Human Existence under the Immanence and Transcendence of the Gods of the Iliad
(2020-05-21)
Homer’s portrayal of the gods in the Iliad has long been a source of scandal. Traditionally problematic depictions of the gods have been those that attest to their divine immanence, their similarity to human beings in ...