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Analysis and Interpretation of Neolithic Near Eastern Mortuary Rituals from a Community-Based Perspective
(2012-04-26)
Early farming communities located in the ancient Near Eastparticipated in unique mortuary practices throughout the Neolithic period (9300-4700 B.C.). These practices include a “skull cult,” which involved preserving and ...
Smoking Behavior Among College Students: A Survey
(2012-04-30)
Despite reductions in rates of tobacco use in recent years, smoking remains an important public health concern. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of death in the United States, and regular smoking is usually established ...
Bearing God, Echoing the Word: Mary as Contemplative Exemplar
(2012-05-04)
Mary, the Mother of God, is offered in Scripture as a model of prayer after which contemplatives may shape their own prayers. This thesis exegetes Scripture passages involving Mary, and enters into dialogue with numerous ...
You Should Have Expected Us - An Explanation of Anonymous
(2012-05-07)
Anonymous is a decentralized activist collective that has evolved using the technology of the information age. This paper traces its origins as a way of contextualizing and better understanding its actions. The groups ...
How Churches and Nonprofits Are Meeting the Spiritual and Physical Needs of the People of East Africa
(2012-05-07)
Everyone has needs. Whether we are struck by physical or spiritual hunger, poverty and brokenness, we all must have something or someone come and meet our needs. Ultimately, our physical and spiritual needs reflect our ...
Pediatric Heat Stress Injuries and Death in Vehicle Trunk Entrapments: Internal Trunk Temperatures Can Rapidly Reach Lethal Levels
(2012-05-01)
Over the last 15 years, more than 500 children have died in the United States after being trapped in the hazardous conditions within motor vehicles. Most of these deaths involved children left unattended in the cabin of ...
Memory's Consolation: Right Remembrance in Boethius
(2012-05-01)
The impetus for my thesis is the psychological predicament injustice creates,
namely, the paralyzing effect of suffering. As presented in Boethius’ Consolation of
Philosophy, I examine how the resolution to this problem ...
The Lens Through Which Ye See: Philosophy of Time in the Works of C.S. Lewis
(2012-05-03)
What can modern philosophers of time learn from the fictional works of C.S. Lewis? In this thesis I demonstrate that Lewis’s conception of time as exemplified throughout his works, but particularly in the Chronicles of ...
Critical Chain Project Management: An Overview
(2012-05-02)
The purpose of this thesis is to introduce to the reader Critical Chain Project Management, which is the application of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) process to project management. Eli Goldratt describes the process in ...
Development, Effects, and Treatment of Arachnoid Cysts
(2012-05-01)
I discuss arachnoid cysts, or excess fluid build up in the brain and spinal cord, and the treatments that are used to control or eliminate them. First, I talk about the causes and origin of arachnoid cysts in the central ...