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No. 334: A Visual Exploration Of Race And Identity, Naudline Pierre

Honors Theses

Throughout history, humans have invented several methods of classification - most of which are unsettling. The human need to classify is one that is deeply rooted in the search for identity. The need to fit, the need to explain, and the need to rationalize the world around us is a powerful incubator in which the process of human classification takes place. Although this thesis project involves a substantial amount of research, it is essentially a documentation of my journey to finding my identity through the lens of human classification based on physical attributes. Through the research of various human classification …

A Language Without Words: Music As An Agent Of Identity In Brian Friel's Dancing At Lughnasa, Catherine Tetz

Honors Theses

Music has consistently played a major role in the work of Irish playwright Brian Friel and provides a steady backdrop for Dancing at Lughnasa (1990), a memory play about a family in Northern Ireland struggling to stay together in the August of 1936. This paper examines the function of music within the context of the play to see how it heightens the themes of identity, otherness, and memory. It also examines the history and various genres of selected works from the play to further investigate how Friel's selection of particular songs reflects the emotional states and ideologies of the characters.

Mating Patterns And Breeding Success In The Larus Glaucescens-Occidentalis Complex, Protection Island, Washington, Andre E. Moncrieff

Honors Theses

Glaucous-winged gulls (Larus glaucescens) and Western gulls (Larus occidentalis) are found along the Pacific Coast. Where their breeding ranges overlap in Oregon and Washington they hybridize, producing a continuum of phenotypic variation. Whereas most colonies containing these hybrids are found on islands along the coast, several, including a large colony on Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge, WA, are located in the Salish Sea. In 2010 I scored the henotypes of 81 gull pairs at the Protection Island cology using an index based on plumage melanism and bare-part coloration. Gulls from the entire range of phenotypes in the L. glaucescens-occidentalis complex, …

Temporal Dynamics Of Galapagos Marine Iguna (Amblyhynchus Cristatus) Haulout, Brianna Gale Payne

Master's Theses

Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) briefly forage in marine habitats but spend their remaining time hauled out on land. A wide range of diurnal activities, from social and thermoregulatory behaviors to sleep and food processing, occurs during haulout. To understand the dynamics of haulout and foraging in relation to environmental factors, I fit compartmental models derived from ordinary differential equations to field data collected daily from 30 April to 16 May 2011 at two sites—one Sandy and one Rocky—at Cabo Douglas, Isla Fernandina. The best model for haulout at the Sandy site accounts for 77–80% of observed variability and includes …

National Healthcare And American Constitutional Culture, William P. Marshall

Faculty Publications

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The Power Of Music: Application Of The First Amendment To Copyright Regulation Of Internet Radio, Amanda Reid

Faculty Publications

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A Critique On The Current Standards For Evaluating Costs For Invasive Species In Economic Literature, Michael P. Hensley

Research Papers

The paper surveys the current invasive species literature in order to form the basis of a evaluation, and then presents the evaluation.

“The Wilds, The Irish, And Hermaphrodites In Spenser's The Faerie Queen”, James O'Donoghue

Research Papers

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Scholarly Program Notes For The Graduate Voice Recital Of Laura Neal, Laura Neal

Research Papers

This document introduces George Frideric Handel's Non ha piu che temere from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Hugo Wolf's Mörike gedichte, Siete Canciones Populares Españolas by Manuel de Falla, Sein wir wieder gut from Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, and What a Movie from Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein. Included with each is a brief biography of the composer, followed by relevant historical information, analysis of their work, and translations if necessary.

Academics And Extracurriculars: A National Study Of College Radio, Lucas R. Mccallister

Research Papers

This study was designed to follow in the steps of a 1969 study of college radio management and structure, both to see how college radio in general has changed, and to update the models presented. A survey was issued through an email listserv affiliated with College Broadcasters Incorporated, and received 50 responses.

Some issues that college radio face have remain unchanged, such staff turnover, training, and college radio and it's relation to the broadcast industry. At the same time, older technologies such as carrier current have fallen by the wayside, while streaming radio has become the new low-cost entry choice. …

Illegitimacy And Sex, Old And New, Susan Frelich Appleton

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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What's So New About The New Illegitimacy, Melissa Murray

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Life Begins At Ejaculation: Legislating Sperm As The Potential To Create Life And The Effects On Contracts For Artificial Insemination, Harvey L. Fiser, Paula K. Garrett

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Mtorc1 Signaling And Regulation Of Pancreatic Β-Cell Mass, Manuel Blandino-Rosano, Angela Y. Chen, Joshua O. Scheys, Emilyn U. Alejandro, Aaron P. Gould, Tatyana Taranukha, Lynda Elghazi, Corentin Cras-Meneur, Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi

Open Access Publications

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Guidelines For The Use And Interpretation Of Assays For Monitoring Autophagy, Abhinav Diwan, Seungmin Hwang, Indira Mysorekar, William A. Weiss, Et Al

Open Access Publications

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Deconvoluting Mtor Biology, Jason D. Weber, David H. Gutmann

Open Access Publications

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African American Parents' Hpv Vaccination Intent And Concerns, Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, Lauren D. Arnold, Sheri R. Notaro

Open Access Publications

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Evidence For Adult Lung Growth In Humans, James P. Butler, Stephen H. Loring, Samuel Patz, Akira Tsuda, Dimitriy A. Yablonskiy, Steven J. Mentzer

Open Access Publications

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Human Muscle-Derived Cell Populations Isolated By Differential Adhesion Rates: Phenotype And Contribution To Skeletal Muscle Regeneration In Mdx/Scid Mice, Steven M. Chirieleison, Joseph M. Feduska, Rebecca C. Schugar, Yuko Askew, Bridget M. Deasy

Open Access Publications

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C-Src Links A Rank/Αvβ3 Integrin Complex To The Osteoclast Cytoskeleton, Takashi Izawa, Wei Zou, Jean C. Chappel, Jason W. Ashley, Xu Feng, Steven L. Teitelbaum

Open Access Publications

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The Ampk Β2 Subunit Is Required For Energy Homeostasis During Metabolic Stress, Biplab Diasgupta, Jeong Sun Ju, Yo Sasaki, Xiaona Liu, Su-Ryun Jung, Kazuhiko Higashida, Diana Lindquist, Jeffrey Milbrandt

Open Access Publications

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Testing Multiple Levels Of Influence In The Intergenerational Transmission Of Alcohol Disorders From A Developmental Perspective: The Example Of Alcohol Use Promoting Peers And Μ-Opioid Receptor M1 Variation, Laurie Chassin, Matthew R. Lee, Young I. Cho, Frances L. Wang, Arpana Agrawal, Kenneth J. Sher, Michael T. Lynskey

Open Access Publications

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Marked Response To Vns In A Post-Cingulotomy Patient: Implications For The Mechanism Of Action Of Vns In Trd, Charles R. Conway, Mehret D. Gebretsadik, Richard D. Bucholz

Open Access Publications

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Electrophysiological Correlates Of Stimulus-Driven Reorienting Deficits After Interference With Right Parietal Cortex During A Spatial Attention Task: A Tms-Eeg Study, Paolo Capotosto, Maurizio Corbetta, Gian Luca Romani, Claudio Babiloni

Open Access Publications

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Bone Marrow Transplantation Alters The Tremor Phenotype In The Murine Model Of Globoid-Cell Leukodystrophy, Adarsh S. Reddy, David F. Wozniak, Nuri B. Farber, Joshua T. Dearborn, Stephen C. Fowler, Mark S. Sands

Open Access Publications

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Differences In Corneal Phenotypes Between Destrin Mutants Are Due To Allelic Difference And Modified By Genetic Background, Sharon V. Kawakami-Schulz, Angela M. Verdoni, Shannon G. Sattler, Akihiro Ikeda, Sakae Ikeda

Open Access Publications

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Five-Year Update On The Mouse Model Of Orthotopic Lung Transplantation: Scientific Uses, Tricks Of The Trade, And Tips For Success, Xue Lin, Wenjun Li, Jiaming Lai, Mikio Okazaki, Seiichiro Sugimoto, Sumiharu Yamamoto, Xingan Wang, Andrew E. Gelman, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander S. Krupnick

Open Access Publications

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Killed But Metabolically Active Leishmania Infantum As A Novel Whole-Cell Vaccine For Visceral Leishmaniasis, Kevin W. Bruhn, Ron Birnbaum, Jacquelyn Haskell, Veena Vanchinathan, Stephanie Greger, Rupa Narayan, Pei-Lin Chang, Thu Anh Tran, Suzanne M. Hickerson, Stephen M. Beverley, Mary E. Wilson, Noah Craft

Open Access Publications

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Geminin Regulates The Transcriptional And Epigenetic Status Of Neuronal Fate-Promoting Genes During Mammalian Neurogenesis, Dhananjay Yellajoshyula, Jong-Won Lim, Dominic M. Thompson, Jacob S. Witt, Ethan S. Patterson, Kristen L. Kroll

Open Access Publications

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Robot-Assisted Pyeloplasty: Outcomes For Primary And Secondary Repairs, A Single Institution Experience, Matthew R. Thom, Mohammed Haseebuddin, Timur M. Roytman, Brian M. Benway, Sam B. Bhayani, Robert S. Figenshau

Open Access Publications

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