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Disorderly And Inhumane: The United States And The Expulsion Of Germans After World War Ii, Bradley J. Brewer May 2015

Disorderly And Inhumane: The United States And The Expulsion Of Germans After World War Ii, Bradley J. Brewer

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the role of the United States in the mass expulsion of Germans from East-Central Europe from spring 1945 through 1947. By agreeing to allow Czechoslovakia and Poland to expel their German minority populations in 1943, and again in 1945 under Article XIII of the Potsdam Agreement, the United States permitted approximately 14 million to 16 million Germans to be forcibly relocated into a truncated, war-torn Germany, an incident that is the largest example of ethnic cleansing in world history. Although these expulsions threatened the postwar stability of Europe and were of great concern they were of marginal …


Pesticide Toxicants And Atherosclerosis; Role Of Oxidative Stress And Dysregulated Lipid Metabolism In Human Monocytes And Macrophages, Lee Christopher Mangum May 2015

Pesticide Toxicants And Atherosclerosis; Role Of Oxidative Stress And Dysregulated Lipid Metabolism In Human Monocytes And Macrophages, Lee Christopher Mangum

Theses and Dissertations

Evidence suggests that pesticide exposure is a risk factor for atherosclerosis, a pathology involving oxidative stress and dysregulated cholesterol metabolism in monocytes and macrophages as vital causative factors. This research focused on understanding two different mechanisms by which organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides may contribute to atherogenesis. First, the ability of organochlorine insecticides to contribute to elevated oxidative stress was investigated. Urinary concentrations of F2-isoprostanes (a systemic oxidative stress biomarker) and serum levels of the persistent organochlorine compounds p,p’-DDE, trans-nonachlor and oxychlordane were quantified in human samples and the association of these factors with diagnosis of atherosclerosis was described in a …


Analysis Of Complex Volatile Organic Compound Mixtures Using Active Spme-Gc-Ms, Lord Famiyeh May 2015

Analysis Of Complex Volatile Organic Compound Mixtures Using Active Spme-Gc-Ms, Lord Famiyeh

Theses and Dissertations

The ultimate goal of this research is to develop an efficient, reproducible and low cost method for analysis of VOCs in complex mixtures such as those in exhaled breath and in headspace of fungi cultures. In Chapter I; analytical methods for volatile biomarkers identification is reviewed In Chapter II, active SPME GCMS was employed to analyze VOCs in the breath of a single healthy male and a single female. The goal was to determine the extent of intra-individual variations in the VOC profiles. In Chapter III, a preliminary study was carried out in a greenhouse to determine the pathogenicity of …


Development And Analysis Of A Computational Model For Blast Effects On The Human Lower Extremity, Robbin Elizabeth Bertucci May 2015

Development And Analysis Of A Computational Model For Blast Effects On The Human Lower Extremity, Robbin Elizabeth Bertucci

Theses and Dissertations

Explosives have become increasingly common on the battlefield worldwide. Military personnel and civilians often experience blast loading to the lower extremity due to its direct contact with the ground and floor of vehicles. The pressure and axial loading from these incidents often lead to detrimental injuries. These injuries can be due to a number of mechanisms terming them primary, secondary, tertiary, or quaternary blast injuries. Of these injuries, this study will focus on primary and tertiary injuries, specifically bone fractures, compartment syndrome, and soft tissue disruption which often result from blast loading due to these mechanisms. However, the pressure and …


Count The Rings, Kayla Pearce May 2015

Count The Rings, Kayla Pearce

Theses and Dissertations

Though Sandra Beasley is not generally considered a feminist poet, many of her poems in I Was the Jukebox contain feminist undertones. This critical introduction takes into consideration the implications of these feminist undertones and examines Beasley’s cultural critique of masculinity, violence, and how the two are occasionally interchangeable. Because Beasley uses mythic personae to make these cultural critiques, her poems often work to subvert literary norms and patriarchal narratives. Similar to the way Beasley interrogates masculinity, I use a feminist perspective to interrogate both masculinity as perceived from my own lived experiences as well as my heritage as a …


Defining Cybercrime & Government Involvement, Kristen Kile May 2015

Defining Cybercrime & Government Involvement, Kristen Kile

Senior Seminars

No abstract provided.


Volume Cxxxii, Number 22, May 8, 2015, Lawrence University May 2015

Volume Cxxxii, Number 22, May 8, 2015, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

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Vanguardia Mujerista Haciendo Escuela: An Oral History Of Cuban Feminism, Marie Eszenyi May 2015

Vanguardia Mujerista Haciendo Escuela: An Oral History Of Cuban Feminism, Marie Eszenyi

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

The high rate of female political participation in Cuba has led many journalists, political scientists, and activists to claim that the country is quite possibly the most feminist in Latin America (Torregrosa, 2012). As the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality (2012) indicates, Cuba ranks third in the world for female participation in legislative bodies. Indeed, Cuba has a long history of female political and revolutionary involvement that positions Cuban feminism both on the forefront and the margins of the economy, governmental institutions, culture, society, military systems, and the workplace during various historical points. Moreover, Cuba’s location just 90 miles …


American Identity Crisis, 1789-1815: Foreign Affairs And The Formation Of American National Identity, George E. Best May 2015

American Identity Crisis, 1789-1815: Foreign Affairs And The Formation Of American National Identity, George E. Best

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

When the Constitution was drafted in 1789, Americans did not have a sense of national identity. The process toward achieving a national identity was long and fraught with conflict. Some of the most influential events on the United States were foreign affairs. American reactions to these events reveal the gradual coalescence of national identity. The French Revolution was incredibly divisive and Americans defined their political views in relation to it. The wars spawned by it caused Great Britain and France to seize American ships believed to be carrying contraband. The American public took an active role in making its opinions …


Conservatives And The End Of The Draft, Shad Ashcroft May 2015

Conservatives And The End Of The Draft, Shad Ashcroft

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

While conservatives of all stripes generally supported the Vietnam War, particularly at its onset, I will show that the debate to end conscription reveals a rift between traditional conservatives who supported the draft and libertarian conservatives who opposed it (while generally supporting the war). Furthermore, though they shared the goal of ending the draft, libertarian conservatives and New Left protesters agreed on little else. The protesters' primary goal was to prevent future wars like Vietnam. Conservatives, on the other hand, embraced the all-volunteer army in part to maintain executive branch independence in foreign affiars.


Canada Unprepared For War In 1939 What Difference Did It Make?, Larry Rose May 2015

Canada Unprepared For War In 1939 What Difference Did It Make?, Larry Rose

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


The Guns Of Sicily The 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery In Operation Husky, David Grebstad May 2015

The Guns Of Sicily The 1st Canadian Divisional Artillery In Operation Husky, David Grebstad

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Forgotten Revolution? Army Co-Operation Command And Artillery Co-Operation, 1940-1942, Matthew Powell May 2015

Forgotten Revolution? Army Co-Operation Command And Artillery Co-Operation, 1940-1942, Matthew Powell

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Advice And Indecision Canada And The Cuban Missile Crisis, Brad Gladman, Peter Archambault May 2015

Advice And Indecision Canada And The Cuban Missile Crisis, Brad Gladman, Peter Archambault

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Spring 1997 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Spring 1997

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Spring 1996 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Spring 1996

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Spring 2007 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Spring 2007

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Summer 2005 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Summer 2005

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Summer 2004 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Summer 2004

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Autumn 2003 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Autumn 2003

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Summer 2002 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Summer 2002

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Autumn 2001 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Autumn 2001

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Autumn 2000 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Autumn 2000

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Spring 2000 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Spring 2000

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Spring 1999 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Spring 1999

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Autumn 1998 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Autumn 1998

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Spring 1998 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Spring 1998

Canadian Military History

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Book Review Supplement Autumn 1997 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Autumn 1997

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Autumn 1996 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Autumn 1996

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.


Book Review Supplement Spring 1995 May 2015

Book Review Supplement Spring 1995

Canadian Military History

No abstract provided.