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Theoretical Approach Towards A Greener Synthesis Of Macrocyclic Ligands For Iron Based Oxidation Catalysts, Eric Stephens Jan 2017

Theoretical Approach Towards A Greener Synthesis Of Macrocyclic Ligands For Iron Based Oxidation Catalysts, Eric Stephens

Theses & ETDs

Iron tetra-amido macrocyclic ligand (TAML) complexes are a class of biomimetic catalytic oxidants whose design and function embody the principles of green chemistry. This study develops a computational method to geometrically optimize a number of these structures – used to generate and select possible TAML conformers. A target structure was selected, and a synthetic scheme was constructed in an effort to produce the structure with less waste and derivatives than conventional methods. The computational model yielded accurate results for existing class of TAMLs, the best conformers were those that have been extensively characterized by Dr. Terrence J Collins. The synthetic …


Constructing A Digital Elevation Model Of The Lower Maumee River, Connor Geis Jan 2017

Constructing A Digital Elevation Model Of The Lower Maumee River, Connor Geis

Theses & ETDs

High-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs), especially those that include both topography and bathymetry, have proven to be an invaluable resource for scientific applications in various areas of research, particularly the fields of ecology and water chemistry. The importance of coastal environments and ecosystems located near the terrestrial/aquatic interface are widely recognized but often, topographic and bathymetric data are collected independently for different purposes, making it difficult to use the data together. This project focuses on sourcing and processing the best publically available topographic and bathymetric data, in an effort to create a topographic/bathymetric digital elevation model of the Lower Maumee …


In Search Of A Modern, Chinese Theater: The Politics Of Performance In The Twentieth Century, Samantha Sanford Jan 2017

In Search Of A Modern, Chinese Theater: The Politics Of Performance In The Twentieth Century, Samantha Sanford

Theses & ETDs

This thesis looks at the development of modern Chinese theater in the twentieth-century, both as a theatrical genre and a literary historiographical category. By moving chronologically through various theatrical reform attempts by intellectuals across the political spectrum, this thesis discusses the politicization of Chinese theater, the development of hybrid mixtures of Chinese and European theater, and the creation of historiographical periods and categories. Additionally, discussing what is and is not considered a “modern” genre of theater dissects the modernity in twentieth-century Chinese culture as a post-colonial notion. After Western theater entered the Chinese consciousness in the mid-nineteenth century, Chinese dramatists …


Trans-Sahel Armed Groups, Center On Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups Jan 2017

Trans-Sahel Armed Groups, Center On Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups

CIWAG Reading Lists

No abstract provided.


Terror And Territory: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Isil, Robert Riley Strider Jan 2017

Terror And Territory: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Isil, Robert Riley Strider

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), alternatively the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is one of many non-state organizations that resulted from the extensive foreign intervention in the Middle East leading up to current conflicts there. Like the wider network that it used to be part of, ISIL is considered to be a great threat to modern first world countries. Using data from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), this paper analyzed the relationship between the amount of territory ISIL held from June 2014 to December 2015 and the attacks it carried out in that time, …


Graduate Research Conference Program, 2017, Emu Graduate School Jan 2017

Graduate Research Conference Program, 2017, Emu Graduate School

Graduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


2001 Proceedings Of The Eighteenth World Methodist Conference, World Methodist Council Jan 2017

2001 Proceedings Of The Eighteenth World Methodist Conference, World Methodist Council

Conference Proceedings

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Distribution And Habitat Use Of The Golden Crab Chaceon Fenneri Off Eastern Florida Based On In Situ Submersible And Rov Observations And Potential For Impacts To Deep Water Coral/Sponge Habitat, John Reed, Stephanie Farrington, Charles Messing, Andre David Jan 2017

Distribution And Habitat Use Of The Golden Crab Chaceon Fenneri Off Eastern Florida Based On In Situ Submersible And Rov Observations And Potential For Impacts To Deep Water Coral/Sponge Habitat, John Reed, Stephanie Farrington, Charles Messing, Andre David

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

This study documents the distribution and habitat preferences of the golden crab, a commercially fished species, in relation to deep-sea coral/sponge ecosystems (DSCEs) at 200-900 m depths off eastern Florida. A total of 386 h of videotapes from 94 submersible and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives from 1999 to 2009, covering a total distance of 376 km, were reviewed and characterized for habitat type and presence of crabs. The DSCEs surveyed included Lophelia coral mounds, Miami Terrace, Pourtalès Terrace, and Tortugas Valleys. Video transect data also included environmental surveys of proposed deep-water routes for Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) pipelines, LNG …


Wild Stimulant Production Methods For American Ginseng Farms In Tennessee, Shannon Smith, John Dubois, Nate Phillips, Arvazena Clardy Jan 2017

Wild Stimulant Production Methods For American Ginseng Farms In Tennessee, Shannon Smith, John Dubois, Nate Phillips, Arvazena Clardy

Extension Publications

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A Leadership Analysis Of The Un Security Council, Omar Moallim Jan 2017

A Leadership Analysis Of The Un Security Council, Omar Moallim

Theses and Graduate Projects

The United Nations (LN) is an organization established to "maintain international peace and security...develop friendly relations among nations [and] to achieve international cooperation ("UnitedNation",20l6). The Security Council is the UN's primary leadership body. It is led by five powerful countries - United States of America (USA), Russia, Great Britain, France and China -- that sit as "permanent members". The leadership of the Security Council is augmented by ten representatives from other countries who are elected by the General Assembly to serve two-year terms. The UN has guidelines for insuring and maintaining world peace. In spite of these positive intentions, international …


Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms In Pathological Gambling: Potential Evidence Of Anti-Reward Processes, Cheryl L. Green, Ramzi W. Nahhas, Arielle A. Scoglio, Igor Elman Jan 2017

Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms In Pathological Gambling: Potential Evidence Of Anti-Reward Processes, Cheryl L. Green, Ramzi W. Nahhas, Arielle A. Scoglio, Igor Elman

Population and Public Health Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Excessive gambling is considered to be a part of the addiction spectrum. Stress-like emotional states are a key feature both of pathological gambling (PG) and of substance addiction. In substance addiction, stress symptomatology has been attributed in part to "anti-reward" allostatic neuroadaptations, while a potential involvement of anti-reward processes in the course of PG has not yet been investigated. Methods: To that end, individuals with PG (n = 22) and mentally healthy subjects (n = 13) were assessed for trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS) using the Life Events Checklist and the Civilian Mississippi Scale, respectively. Results: In …


A Critique Of The Uniquely Adversarial Nature Of The U.S. Legal, Economic And Political System And Its Implications For Reinforcing Existing Power Hierarchies, James D. Wilets, Areto A. Imoukhuede Jan 2017

A Critique Of The Uniquely Adversarial Nature Of The U.S. Legal, Economic And Political System And Its Implications For Reinforcing Existing Power Hierarchies, James D. Wilets, Areto A. Imoukhuede

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Challenges And New Frontiers: National Courts As The Frontline Of International Law, Margaret Mckeown Jan 2017

Challenges And New Frontiers: National Courts As The Frontline Of International Law, Margaret Mckeown

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil War Time: From Grotius To The Global War On Terror, David Armitage Jan 2017

Civil War Time: From Grotius To The Global War On Terror, David Armitage

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Corporate Directors' And Officers' Cybersecurity Standard Of Care: The Yahoo Data Breach, Lawrence J. Trautman, Peter C. Ormerod Jan 2017

Corporate Directors' And Officers' Cybersecurity Standard Of Care: The Yahoo Data Breach, Lawrence J. Trautman, Peter C. Ormerod

American University Law Review

On September 22, 2016, Yahoo! Inc. ("Yahoo") announced that a data breach and theft of information from over 500 million user accounts had taken place during 2014, marking the largest data breach ever at the time. The information stolen likely included names, birthdays, telephone numbers, email addresses, hashed passwords, and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers. Yahoo further disclosed its belief that the stolen data "did not include unprotected passwords, payment card data, or bank account information." Just two months before Yahoo disclosed its 2014 data breach, it announced a proposed sale of the company's core …


(De)Constructing The Nazi State: Criminal Organizations And The Constitutional Theory Of The International Military Tribunal, David Fraser Jan 2017

(De)Constructing The Nazi State: Criminal Organizations And The Constitutional Theory Of The International Military Tribunal, David Fraser

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Under What Conditions Does Ethnic Conflict Result In Armed Conflict?, Clark R. Mccauley, Joseph G. Bock Jan 2017

Under What Conditions Does Ethnic Conflict Result In Armed Conflict?, Clark R. Mccauley, Joseph G. Bock

Psychology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Manufacturing And Trafficking Of Narcotics: An Overview Of Global Laws, 50 J. Marshall L. Rev. 813 (2017), Waseem Ahmad Qureshi Jan 2017

The Manufacturing And Trafficking Of Narcotics: An Overview Of Global Laws, 50 J. Marshall L. Rev. 813 (2017), Waseem Ahmad Qureshi

UIC Law Review

This paper will focus mainly on the use, manufacturing, trafficking, and adverse effects of narcotic drugs. In addition, the major laws against the manufacturing, use, and trafficking of drugs will also be discussed, and the successes and hurdles in preventing the trafficking, use, and manufacturing of narcotic drugs will also be evaluated. Strictly curbing the manufacturing and trafficking of narcotic drugs can reduce the spread of this abhorrence in society.


Cyberensuring Security, Justin Hurwitz Jan 2017

Cyberensuring Security, Justin Hurwitz

Connecticut Law Review

Cybersecurity is one of the most pressing and legally difficult issues facing this country today. It touches every aspect of modern political and social life, the economy, and national security. From the OPM and IRS breaches, to the Sony hack, to attacks on hospitals and health insurers, to attacks on domestic and international infrastructure, to domestic and international surveillance, cybersecurity concerns are omnipresent. For technical, legal, and practical, reasons, they also have proven extremely difficult to address. This Article draws from the economic literatures on strict liability and insurance to argue that cyber incidents generally, and data breaches specifically, should …


Consequences Of Sexual Violence During Civil Conflicts For Post-Colonial Democratization, Kathleen Clark Jan 2017

Consequences Of Sexual Violence During Civil Conflicts For Post-Colonial Democratization, Kathleen Clark

Commonwealth Review of Political Science

Countries face large obstacles in the post-civil conflict period, including democratization. The nature of the warfare during the civil conflict may have important implications for the prospects for future democratization. Specifically, the experience of sexual violence during civil conflicts may hinder democratization. I argue that countries that experience prevalent sexual violence during civil conflicts have lower chances for post-conflict democratization than those without. This occurs through the psychological consequences of sexual violence on victims and communities. Sexual violence negatively impacts victims, but it can also have more widespread negative consequences for society. Communities of the victims may collectively respond to …


Transcribed Remarks From Loyola Lemkin Award Q&A, Ben Ferencz Jan 2017

Transcribed Remarks From Loyola Lemkin Award Q&A, Ben Ferencz

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Practical Approaches To Cybersecurity In Arbitration, Jim Pastore Jan 2017

Practical Approaches To Cybersecurity In Arbitration, Jim Pastore

Fordham International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


War And Passion: Who Keeps The Art?, Margaret M. Miles Jan 2017

War And Passion: Who Keeps The Art?, Margaret M. Miles

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

Here, I would like to recall how and where ideas about repatriation, restitution, and proper ownership of art got started, a subject I have explored in detail elsewhere.


The Danger Of Foreignization: Ling Shuhua’S Ancient Melodies, Xiaoqing Liu Jan 2017

The Danger Of Foreignization: Ling Shuhua’S Ancient Melodies, Xiaoqing Liu

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Lawrence Venuti’s foreignization theory, with its link of translation strategy with power struggle, is one of the most influential theories in translation studies since the 1990s. At the same time, his theory has also been subject to heated debate due to its loosely defined terms, prescriptive approach, binary thinking, elitist tendency, and other issues. One issue stands out in particular: contrary to its goal of resistance against Anglo- American hegemony, foreignization can lead to its opposite—exoticism or Orientalism—under certain circumstances. In this paper, I examine the validity and application of Venuti’s foregnization theory in Ling Shuhua’s English autobiographical work Ancient …


Form And Function : Settler Women As Cultural Conveyors In Narratives Of The Early Frontier, Rowenna Miller Jan 2017

Form And Function : Settler Women As Cultural Conveyors In Narratives Of The Early Frontier, Rowenna Miller

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Narratives of the early American frontier precede even the founding of the American nation, and continued to serve as the setting for novelists and, later, filmmakers. This thesis explores the representation and role of women in three distinct eras of narrative, all focusing on narratives written about the 1750-1780s time period. These three eras, when examined for roles women play in these narratives, reveal variations in themes as cultural anxieties of both authors and audiences move from wartime concerns to settlement to reassertions of culture. While early primary source narratives take little interest in women's perspectives and roles, novels of …


What Does It Mean To Be Well? Understanding The Acehnese Youth Refugees' Resettlement Experience, Fairuziana Humam, Traci L. Weinstein, Holly L. Angelique Jan 2017

What Does It Mean To Be Well? Understanding The Acehnese Youth Refugees' Resettlement Experience, Fairuziana Humam, Traci L. Weinstein, Holly L. Angelique

Antropologi Indonesia

This qualitative study describes the extent to which there is a perception of wellbeing among Acehnese refugees who arrived as adolescents to the United States and settled in the Mid - Atlantic States. Aceh is a province in Northwestern Indonesia consisting of approximately four million people. During 1990 to 2005, approximately 20,000 people left the province due to political conflict to seek asylum in Malaysia, their neighboring country, before resettling in a third country. The participants in this research study are Acehnese refugees that were resettled to the United States as adolescents during that peak migration phase. Results describe how …


Laying The Foundation: The Private Rental Market And Affordable Housing, Ezra Rosser Jan 2017

Laying The Foundation: The Private Rental Market And Affordable Housing, Ezra Rosser

Fordham Urban Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Responding To Marginalization: Language Practices Of African-Born Muslim Refugee Youths In An American Urban High School, Jie Y. Park Jan 2017

Responding To Marginalization: Language Practices Of African-Born Muslim Refugee Youths In An American Urban High School, Jie Y. Park

Education

This article offers an analysis of how refugee youths from Africa used and shifted languages and discourses in the United States. Drawing on sociocultural theories of language and utilizing ethnographic discourse and classroom observation data, the author illustrates the varied ways in which three high school–aged refugee youths used languages to make sense of who and where they are; respond to social, religious, and linguistic marginalization in the United States; and challenge narrow perceptions of African Muslims. This article brings to fore a group that, although facing a unique set of challenges in the United States, is rarely included in …


Arvo Part, Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen: A Transcription For Wind Ensemble, Julian Hartridge Sconyers Iii Jan 2017

Arvo Part, Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen: A Transcription For Wind Ensemble, Julian Hartridge Sconyers Iii

Theses and Dissertations

Amongst late twentieth and early twenty-first century music, Arvo Pärt’s compositional style is a unique musical voice and has led to the composer becoming the most performed living classical composer for multiple years. His unmistakable tintinnabuli style is often labeled as part of the post-modernist movement, the minimalist genre, sacred minimalism, or even as neo-medieval. Despite any label, his music is as distinctive as it is revolutionary, and many of his works are considered cornerstone works of the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries. However, despite the popularity of his works, most of his music is written for choir, orchestra, small chamber …


The Institutional Case For Partisan Gerrymandering Claims, G. Michael Parsons Jan 2017

The Institutional Case For Partisan Gerrymandering Claims, G. Michael Parsons

Cardozo Law Review de•novo

For voters hoping the Supreme Court’s 2017 Term brings relief from partisan gerrymandering, the end of the 2016 Term was inauspicious. In Cooper v. Harris, the majority assumed the legitimacy of “partisan advantage” arguments while the dissent—including Justice Kennedy—warned about the “serious institutional and federalism implications” of judicial intervention in the redistricting process. If past is prologue, this concern for institutional and structural interests does not bode well.