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The Silver Bullet Hypothesis : Case Studies Of Post-Webster Virginia Gubernatorial Elections, Anne M. Morgan

Master's Theses

The 1989 Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services U.S. Supreme Court decision triggered a "new politics of abortion," marked by a shift in venue of the abortion political debate to the states and by invigorated mobilization of pro-choice activists alarmed about a potential erosion of abortion rights in state laws. Surfacing in the wake of the decision was a "silver bullet" theory of abortion: that unrestricted support for legal abortion guarantees a candidate's electoral victory. Case studies of two post-Webster gubernatorial elections in Virginia fail to confirm the validity of the silver bullet theory. Public opinion findings reveal that the electorate …

A Case Study The Effects Of A Powerful Committee Chair On The Passage Of The Wilderness Bill, Kenneth S. Livingston

Master's Theses

The case of the Wilderness Bill reveals several important insights into the process, policy and politics of wilderness legislation in the late 1950s and early 1960's. The process generally conformed well with the expectations of a strong committee chair model that characterized Congress during the late 1950s and early 1960s. To be sure, the politics involved accommodation of competing interests and was facilitated by a president eager to pass a pro-wilderness bill. Above all, the compromise which ultimately led to the passage of the Wilderness Bill was influenced by the powerful committee chairman of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee …

Osteology, Morphology, And Female Choice In Species Of The Genus Cynolebias (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), Marcelo Loureiro Barrella

Master's Theses

Relationships among the species of the annual fish Cynolebias are unclear. An analysis of the utility of different osteological and morphological characters for phylogenetic analyses was done using clear and double stained specimens and measurements of morphometric parameters respectively. Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the morphology of the egg chorion. Female choice tests were also conducted to test male traits that may be preferred by females. The osteological analysis showed that some characters previously unreported may be phylogenetically useful. Head scalation patterns were found to be intraspecifically variable, making them inappropriate to use in systematics. Each morphometric parameter …

The Effect Of Thyroid Hormone On The Expression Of A7 Myosin Heavy Chain Mrna In Xenopus Laevis, Bradley Thomas Butkovich

Master's Theses

It has long been known that thyroid hormone (TH) is responsible for metamorphosis in tadpoles. It is also known that A7 MHC, an adult muscle isoform, is expressed in adult Xenopus laevis frogs, but not in larvae. Furthermore, the appearance of A7 corresponds with the onset of metamorphosis. The present study investigated the relationship between TH and the expression of A7 MHC mRNA in Xenopus laevis. Isolated tails in culture and 6-n-propyl 2-thiouracil (PTU) treated tails were treated with TH and the presence of A7 mRNA analyzed with in-situ hybridization, and RT-PCR. It was found that TH caused substantial …

The Effects Of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid On The Diazotrophic Soil Microbial Community, Denise M. Brown

Master's Theses

This study measures the effects of 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) on growth and nitrogen fixation capabilities of the native microbial soil community during eight field trials conducted over an eight month period. After application of 2,4-D, soil samples were analyzed for enumeration of diazotrophic and general microbial communities, and for nitrogenase activity as measured by the acetylene reduction assay (ARA). Statistical analyses were conducted using Minitab. Results show that 2,4-D significantly stimulated growth of diazotrophic microbes in 87.5% of the trials and was found to have a stimulatory growth effect on the general microbes in 62.5% of the trials. A …

Feasibility Of Stocking Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon Idella; Cyprinidae) To Control Hydrilla (Hydrilla Verticillata; Hydrocharitaceae) In Lake Anna, Virginia, Paul Matthew Overton

Master's Theses

The goal of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of using triploid ·Ctenopharvngodon idella (grass carp) to control Hydrilla verticillata in the Waste Heat Treatment Facility (WHTF) in Lake Anna, Virginia. The four objectives were to determine: the frequency of occurrences of grass carp over hydrilla; the proportions of hydrilla to other aquatic macrophytes in the guts of grass carp; effects of physical and chemical factors on movement of grass carp; and a theoretical stocking rate of grass carp for the WHTF. Frequency of occurrence of grass carp over hydrilla was calculated to be 84% and correlated with impoundment …

Central Opioid Regulation Of Parental Behavior In Juvenile Rats, Jacquelyn C. Wellman

Master's Theses

Morphine disrupts full parental behavior (FPB) in adult rats when administered into the preoptic area; effects are reversed with naloxone. The current study emphasizes central administration of morphine into the preoptic area and effects on parental behavior in juveniles and possible naloxone blockade. In Experiment 1, juveniles outfitted with cannulae assemblies aimed at the preoptic region were administered a regimen of morphine, naloxone, or saline, and 30 minutes later were exposed to neonates. Behavior was scored for 1 hour and animals were considered parental if they responded with FPB for 2 consecutive days. Saline and naloxone groups responded to the …

"Nothingness/ In Words Enclose" : Supplementarity And The "Veil" Of Language In Samuel Beckett's Murphy And Watt, Justin P. Jakovac

Master's Theses

Samuel Beckett has asserted that language is a "veil" in which he must "bore one hole after another..., until what lurks behind it - be it something or nothing - begins to seep through." This thesis employs Derrida's assertion that language involves the play of differance and the supplementarity of the sign. Since the supplement, in Derrida's words, "fills and marks a determined lack," language calls attention to the gap of nothingness already present in the play of differance. Murphy and Watt present both the desire for "semantic succour" of the veil and the awareness - more fully …

Senior Volunteerism: Dissatisfaction And Turnover Among Older Volunteers, Joan Pokroy

Master's Theses

This study examined levels of satisfaction with dimensions of the volunteer job to determine whether there was a meaningful association between dissatisfaction with the volunteer job and the decision to discontinue volunteering among senior volunteers.

Very little association was found to exist. Senior volunteers who stopped volunteering were only somewhat less satisfied with their volunteer jobs than those who continued to volunteer. Rather, the findings suggest that other reasons, namely poor health, the need for paid employment, and other personal reasons accounted for turnover among older volunteers.

Characterization Of A Newly Cloned Dna Damage- Inducible Gene From Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Strain D43, June-Home Chen

Master's Theses

The identification and characterization of DNA damage-inducible genes is an important topic in the study of the integrity of the cellular genome. Previously, a TnlO-lacZ derivative was inserted randomly into yeast cells and the resulting mutants were screened for insertions in DNA damage-inducible genes. S. cerevisiae strain D43 was identified as one such TnlO-lacZ insertion mutant. DNA sequencing results show the insertion in D43 is located within the TDH2 gene, which encodes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Treatment of strain D43 with DNA damaging agents and heat shock suggest TDH2 is responsive to DNA damage, but not to heat shock. Haploid mutants carrying …

For Appearance's Sake : Gender Attitudes And Risky Health Behavior, Jennifer L. Douglas

Master's Theses

One hundred and forty male and female students were given questionnaires which assessed their gender attitudes, their tanning and smoking behavior, their knowledge about and perceived personal risk of lung and skin cancer, and their beliefs that tanning and slenderness are attractive. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) revealed significant gender differences in tanning and in gender attitudes; women tanned more than men ... and women had more egalitarian attitudes toward gender than did men ... However, there were no differences between men and women in amount of weight-control smoking. A standard multiple regression revealed that the belief that tanning …

Impression Management And Cross-Cultural Adaptation Measures, Amy J. Montagliani

Master's Theses

The presence of the new world economy has forced individuals and groups representing various organizations historically foreign to each other in terms of language, norms, and culture to actively interact and communicate with each other in order to conduct business. These interactions are often not as successful as either side had originally hoped for a variety of reasons that typically reflect an ignorance of cultural standards, the most notable being the rules governing routine communication. Often, as in the case of expatriate business managers, a successful exchange is thwarted due to a certain degree of miscommunication, misperception, and misevaluation on …

Morphine Disruption Of Maternal Behavior And Modifications Of Underlying Neural Activity, Graciela Stafisso-Sandoz

Master's Theses

Morphine significantly impairs maternal behavior; N aloxone, an opiate antagonist, restores it. Maternal behavior is associated with c-fos expression, an immediate early gene product, in medial preoptic area (mPOA) of females. In this series of experiments, the effects of morphine and Naloxone on the expression of c-fos were examined. On postpartum day 5 or 6, females were injected with morphine or saline ( Exp. 1 ), or morphine+Naloxone or morphine+saline (Exp. 2) and placed back in the homepage, separated from their pups by a wire-mesh partition. Sixty minutes later processing for cfos immunohistochemistry commenced. The c-fos positive cells in a …

Twixt Ocean And Pines : The Seaside Resort At Virginia Beach, 1880-1930, Jonathan Mark Souther

Master's Theses

America's seashore was virtually untouched prior to the Civil War. The American attitude toward leisure held that any time spent engaging in unproductive activities was time wasted. In antebellum society, industrialization had yet to transform the lifestyles of rank and- file Americans. In a predominantly agrarian society, work and leisure were ill-defined. No widespread notion of"leisure time" existed. To be sure, a few resorts did flourish in the antebellum United States. With the notable exceptions of Newport, Rhode Island, and Cape May, New Jersey, these tended to be health resorts situated in close proximity to inland springs believed to offer …

Visual Cortical Plasticity Following Unilateral Sensorimotor Cortical Lesions In The Neonatal Rat, Eleftherios Stelios Papathanasiou

Master's Theses

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Elderly Patient Satisfaction At An Outpatient Clinic, Dennis E. Dew

Master's Theses

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Applications Of The Scientific Method In Recent Studies Pertaining To Survivors Of Incest, Jane E. Dillingham

Master's Theses

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City Of Chicago Housing Programs: An Analysis 1994 & 1995 Programs And Expenditures, Michael D. Leachman

Master's Theses

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The Distribution Of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Gaba) And Glutamate In The Electrosensory System Of The Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus, Christian M. Fay

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of High Colony Density On Filtration, Mortality And Behavior In The Zebra Mussel, Dreissena Polymorpha, Christopher A. Call

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between Social Skills And Social Support Among Caregivers Of Older Adults With Dementia, Sheila Johnson Carter

Master's Theses

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Gender And Juvenile Crime: Implications For Deterrence, Laura Rizzardini

Master's Theses

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An Investigation Into The Psycho-Social Factors Related To The Academic Attrition Of Minority Graduate Students, Denise Daniels

Master's Theses

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Confidence Factors In Performing Science Related Tasks Among Students In A Teacher Preparation Program, Bryan William Wunar

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Of Racial Identity And Gender Identity Attitudes Among College-Aged African-American Women, Samoan C. Johnson

Master's Theses

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The Use Of Literature As A Source Of Occupational Modeling For Children, Tracy L. Nemecek

Master's Theses

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A Discerning Heart: The Core Of Psycho-Spiritual Healing, Dudley Mendonca

Master's Theses

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Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Computer Based Instruction With Video Cassette Instruction For Cardio-Pulmonaary Resuscitation, Janine Ricketts-Byrne

Master's Theses

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Illinois School Boards That Hired Female Superintendents In 1994: Preferences, Characteristics, Practices, And Influences, Sandra L. Martin

Master's Theses

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A Study Of Instructional And Leadership Strategies That Support The National Council Of Teachers Of Mathematics Standards For Mathematics Education At The Secondary Level, Rick L. Hoy

Master's Theses

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