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Community Development For A White City: Race Making, Improvementism, And The Cincinnati Race Riots And Anti-Abolition Riots Of 1829, 1836, And 1841, Silas Niobeh Crowfoot

Dissertations and Theses

This project is an historical ethnography and a cultural history of the anti-black race riots and anti-abolition riots in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1829, 1836, and 1841. It is also a case history in an urban and commercial/early industrial context of the idea that violent social practices such as riots, as well as law and the customary practices of everyday living, are deployed as race making technologies, actually constructing racial categories. By extending this constructivist concept to the conversion of space to place through the human ascription of meaning, this study also examines racial violence as a strategy for place making …

American Belly Dance And The Invention Of The New Exotic: Orientalism, Feminism, And Popular Culture, Jennifer Lynn Haynes-Clark

Dissertations and Theses

Belly dance classes have become increasingly popular in recent decades in the United States. Many of the predominantly white, middle-class American women who belly dance proclaim that it is a source of feminist identity and empowerment that brings deeper meaning to their lives. American practitioners of this art form commonly explain that it originated from ritual-based dances of ancient Middle Eastern cultures and regard their participation as a link in a continuous lineage of female dancers. In contrast to the stigmatization and marginalization of public dance performers in the Middle East today, the favorable meaning that American dancers attribute to …

Changes In Oregon Batterer Intervention Program Characteristics In Relation To State Standards, Ashley Lynn Boal

Dissertations and Theses

The social problem of intimate partner violence affects approximately one-half to two million individuals each year in the United States (Catalano, 2007; Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). Commonly the criminal justice system mandates completion of a group-based intervention intended to prevent violent behavior (Dalton, 2007). These groups are typically referred to as a batterer intervention program (BIP). Despite the popularity of this intervention approach, research findings examining the efficacy of these programs remain inconsistent (Babcock, Green & Robie, 2004). Nonetheless, 45 U.S. states including the District of Columbia, have implemented standards that aim to proscribe and regulate elements of program functioning. …

Exploring Prehistoric Salmon Subsistence In The Willamette Valley Using Zooarchaeological Records And Optimal Foraging Theory, J. Tait Elder

Dissertations and Theses

My research examines the prehistoric subsistence of native peoples of the Willamette Valley, Oregon through an analysis of the regional zooarchaeological records, and then modeling regional diet breadth. Through this analysis, I challenge commonly held stereotypes that the indigenous people of the Willamette Valley were strictly root eaters, and the basis for this claim, that salmon were not part of Native subsistence. The results of my research indicate that given the incomplete nature of the ethnohistoric record, very little can be said about expected cultural behaviors, such as salmon consumption, that appear to be absent in the Willamette Valley. In …

Medical Image Segmentation Using A Genetic Algorithm, Payel Ghosh

Dissertations and Theses

Advances in medical imaging technology have led to the acquisition of large number of images in different modalities. On some of these images the boundaries of key organs need to be accurately identified for treatment planning and diagnosis. This is typically performed manually by a physician who uses prior knowledge of organ shapes and locations to demarcate the boundaries of organs. Such manual segmentation is subjective, time consuming and prone to inconsistency. Automating this task has been found to be very challenging due to poor tissue contrast and ill-defined organ/tissue boundaries. This dissertation presents a genetic algorithm for combining representations …

Northeast Asia And The Avoidance Of A Nuclear Arms Race, Samuel Fogleman

Dissertations and Theses

Since the end of the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979, Northeast Asia and its comprising countries have avoided international conflict as well as any regional set has done over the past few decades. The absence of nuclear weapons among Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, in particular, is striking, given their technological and scientific capabilities. Though each of those countries has come close at times to developing their own nuclear weapons, one factor or another contributed to the failure of those upstart programs. The United States has played a significant role in all of them. Still, other factors remain. The purpose of …

Molecular Changes Associated With Anoxia Tolerance In Austrofundulus Limnaeus Embryos, Camie Lynn Meller

Dissertations and Theses

Embryos from the annual killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus have a unique and unequalled ability among vertebrates to withstand extended periods of anoxia (maximum lethal time to 50% mortality of 65 days at 25°C). In addition, tolerance of anoxia is gained and subsequently lost during the normal development of this species. Thus, anoxia tolerant and anoxia sensitive individuals can be compared within the same species, making A. limnaeus an excellent model for studying the molecular changes associated with survival of oxygen deprivation in vertebrates. The aim of this project is to analyze the molecular changes associated with anoxia tolerance in the embryos …

Weder Bürger Noch Mensch: Gefangener Der Medien Und Des Rechtsstaats Gekoppelte Entmenschlichung Mit Radikalisierung Zwei Auffassungen Heinrich Bölls Die Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum Oder: Wie Gewalt Entstehen Und Wohin Sie Führen Kann, Tyler Robert Russ

Dissertations and Theses

In his 1974 novella The lost Honor of Katharina Blum Heinrich Böll argues for the constitutional guarantee of presumption of innocence. He states that this principle is violated when defamatory media headlines make unwarranted accusations against a private citizen destroying their reputation as part of a targeted smear campaign. The novella characterizes such intentional campaigns as both criminalizing and dehumanizing. Böll argues that the government should influence the press to conform to the limits implied in the institution of freedom of press. He shows the helplessness of a private citizen under attack from a smear campaign …

The Moderating Effect Of Role Quality On The Relationship Between Work-Family Conflict And Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study, Jenna Risa Lecomte-Hinely

Dissertations and Theses

Work-family conflict (WFC) is a stressor that can cause negative consequences, including deleterious effects on an individual's health and well-being. This study examined this relationship through the lens of the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Model. This study expanded on two recent applicable studies to examine role quality as a moderator of the WFC-well-being relationship. Well-being was operationalized by three constructs: overall health, depression, and life satisfaction. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses that a negative relationship existed between WFC and the three well-being outcomes over time, and that this negative relationship between WFC and well-being could be reduced …

S-Nitrosothiols: Formation, Decomposition, Reactivity And Possible Physiological Effects, Moshood Kayode Morakinyo

Dissertations and Theses

Three biologically-active aminothiols cysteamine (CA), DL-cysteine (CYSH) and DL-homocysteine, were studied in this thesis. These aminothiols react with nitrous acid (HNO₂), prepared in situ, to produce S-nitrosothiols (RSNOs): S-nitrosocyteamine (CANO), S-nitrosocysteine (CYSNO) and S-nitrosohomocysteine (HCYSNO). They also react with S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) through a transnitrosation reaction to produce their corresponding RSNOs. A detailed kinetics and mechanistic study on the formation of these RSNOs and their subsequent decomposition to release nitric oxide (NO) were studied.

For all three aminothiols the stoichiometry of their reaction with nitrous acid is strictly 1:1 with the formation of one mole …

The Effects Of Animals On Children's Development Of Perspective-Taking Abilities, Mika Maruyama

Dissertations and Theses

Although attention to the effects of child-animal interactions on children's development has increased in the last three decades, developmental psychology has not attended to the importance of the effects of animals on children's development. There is a need to consider the possible impacts of animals as significant social partners for children's socioemotional development. The current study, through survey questionnaires and interview methods, investigated whether interacting with animals, especially when children have responsibilities for the welfare of pets and perhaps have formed strong attachments with pets, will promote children's socio-emotional development, specifically their abilities to take the perspective of others. Sixty-five …

Responses To Childhood Trauma And Suicidal Behavior Among Northern Plains American Indians And Caucasians, Stephanie Parisien

Theses and Dissertations

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They're Just Kids : Role Conflict And Emerging Adulthood Among College Students, Ashley Rae Peltier

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Place, Politics, And Gay And Lesbian Life In Grand Forks, North Dakota, Alison J. Rood

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Klebsiella Pneumoniae Induces Dna Damage In Lung Cells And The Potential Role Of Dna Repair Pathways In Klebsiella Pneumonia, Huang Huang

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Nineteen Years In The Wilderness : A Study Of Fur Trader Daniel Williams Harmon And His Responses To The Landscapes Of The Western Canadian Interior, Jean M. Trenbeath

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Effect Of Childhood Bullying Experiences On Attitudes About Hate Crimes, Alyssa Weber

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Gender Role Stereotypes In Children's Literature : A Content Analysis Of Award Winning Children's Books, Mary A. Woinarowicz

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Landscape Utilization Of Four Anuran Species In Northeastern North Dakota, Kyna M. Hogg

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The Frequency Of Typically Developing Children Acknowledging Semantic Absurdities In Spoken Language, Aynsley K. Allen

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Renshaw Interneuron Loss In A Mouse Model Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Sarmad I. Al-Marsoummi

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Persone Incapaci E Decisioni Di Fine Vita (Con Uno Sguardo Oltreoceano), O. Carter Snead, Andrea Simoncini

Journal Articles

Title in English: Incapacitated Persons and End of Life Decision Making (with an Across-the-Ocean View) No translation available.

Caspase Activation Of P21-Activated Kinase 2 Occurs During Cisplatin-Induced Apoptosis Of Sh-Sy5y Neuroblastoma Cells And In Sh-Sy5y Cell Culture Models Of Alzheimer’S And Parkinson’S Disease, Jerry Marlin, Yu-Wen E. Chang, Rolf Jakobi

Faculty and Staff Publications

p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK-2) appears to have a dual function in the regulation of cell survival and cell death. Activation of full-length PAK-2 by the p21 G-proteins Rac or Cdc42stimulates cell survival. However, PAK-2 is unique among the PAK family because it is also activated through proteolytic cleavage by caspase 3 or similar caspases to generate the constitutively active PAK-2p34 fragment. Caspase activation of PAK-2 correlates with the induction of apoptosis in response to many stimuli and recombinant expression of PAK-2p34has been shown to stimulate apoptosis in several human cell lines. Here, we show that caspase activation of PAK-2 also …

Reason And Reasonableness In Review Of Agency Decisions, Jeffrey Pojanowski

Journal Articles

A company markets computer software that provides day traders with real-time data and recommendations for buying and selling futures on commodities markets. In a late night infomercial, the firm touts the spectacular "certified" profits that purchasers would have earned had they been using this one-of-a-kind system over the past seven years. What the suntanned host does not tell viewers at home is that these "certified" results are not based on actual trades, but simulations of what the system would have produced based on historical data. A regulator initiates administrative proceedings against the firm, charging that this omission "defrauded" customers under …

Federalism At The Cathedral: Property Rules, Liability Rules, And Inalienability Rules In Tenth Amendment Infrastructure, Erin Ryan

University of Colorado Law Review

This Article explores the consequences for good governance of poorly constructed legal infrastructure in the Tenth Amendment context, and recommends a simple jurisprudential fix: exchanging a property rule for the inalienability remedy rule that the Supreme Court used to protect the anticommandeering entitlement in New York v. United States. Grounded in a values-based theory of American federalism, it shows how the New York inalienability rule unnecessarily removes tools for resolving interjurisdictional quagmiresexemplified by the radioactive waste capacity problem at the heart of the New York litigation-by prohibiting novel forms of state-federal bargaining. In New York, the Court held that Congress …

An Unfortunate "Tail": Reconsidering Risk Management Incentives After The Financial Crisis Of 2007-2009, Douglas O. Edwards

University of Colorado Law Review

In recent months, the legal academic community has taken a greater interest in the practice of risk management. Doubtless a response to the recent financial crisis, many have concluded that our current market structure allows for uninhibited risk taking and the pooling of systemic risk. Accordingly, most have suggested a regulatory response is necessary. This Comment, in unreserved agreement with these writers, attempts to contribute to this literature in two ways. First, this Comment explains the development of quantitative risk management to fill in the gaps in the existing legal research. Though I present nothing groundbreaking, my purpose is to …

Fine-Labor: The Symbiosis Between Monetary And Work Sanctions, Martin H. Pritikin

University of Colorado Law Review

Monetary sanctions (fines and restitution) and work sanctions are theoretically superior to incarceration: they can deliver deterrence more cheaply, benefit victims tangibly, and promote offender rehabilitation. Yet incarceration remains the dominant punishment in America, even where incapacitation concerns are secondary. This is due in large part to practical drawbacks to the alternatives: monetary sanctions are difficult to enforce and do not seem punitive enough, and unions have successfully lobbied against the competitive threat of convict labor. In a hybrid "fine-labor" system, in which offenders are made to work to pay fines and restitution, the work component could remedy the flaws …

The Global Law Of The Land, Amnon Lehavi

University of Colorado Law Review

Are we witnessing the gradual universality of national land laws, which have traditionally been considered to be the paradigm of legal idiosyncrasy by virtue of their reflection of place-specific society, culture, and politics? This Article offers an innovative analysis of the conflicting forces at work in this legal field, based on a historical, comparative, and theoretical study of the structures and strictures of domestic land laws and current cross-border phenomena that dramatically affect national land systems. The central thesis of this Article is that, irrespective of our basic normative viewpoint regarding the opening up of domestic land laws to the …

A Training Ground For Contemporary Art: Massachusetts Museum Of Contemporary Art V. Biichel's Overly Broad Exclusion Of Artistic Collaborations, Sarah Louise Rector

University of Colorado Law Review

In 2007, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art sought a declaratory judgment permitting it to display an unfinished installation artwork by artist Christoph Buchel without Buchel's permission. Bchel attempted to stop the display by arguing that it violated his moral rights under the Visual Artists Rights Act ("VARA'). The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of the museum, holding in part that the "collaborative" nature of the installation's construction precluded VARA protection. The court analogized the artwork to a motion picture, which the Act's legislative history characterized as the type of collaborative effort VARA …

Davis V. Federal Election Commission: A Further Step Towards Campaign Finance Deregulation And The Preservation Of The Millionaires' Club, Grant Fevurly

University of Colorado Law Review

In the middle of the 2008 election cycle, the United States Supreme Court altered the permissible limits of campaign finance regulation by striking down the "Millionaire's Amendment" in Davis v. Federal Election Commission. The struck provision attempted to equalize the resource differential between self-financing and non-self-financing candidates for electoral office by temporarily increasing the contribution limits for the non-self-financing candidates when those candidates who self-financed crossed a threshold amount of personal expenditures. Once the disparity between the two candidates equalized, the normal regulatory regime resumed effect. While important for its own immediate implications to a number of public financing schemes …