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The Birth Of The Beat Generation, Anna K. Johns Jan 2010

The Birth Of The Beat Generation, Anna K. Johns

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 296-299


Culture Of Inevitability: The American Popular Press Reports On Hitler's Germany, J W. Boone Jan 2010

Culture Of Inevitability: The American Popular Press Reports On Hitler's Germany, J W. Boone

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 28-46


The Blinding Of Isaac Woodard And Its Impact On The Civil Rights Movement, Lonnie Goldberg Jan 2010

The Blinding Of Isaac Woodard And Its Impact On The Civil Rights Movement, Lonnie Goldberg

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 152-170


Tableland At Zero, Greg Alan Brownderville Jan 2010

Tableland At Zero, Greg Alan Brownderville

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 14-15


Fisherman, Michael Lavers Jan 2010

Fisherman, Michael Lavers

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 50


Fashion In The Empires, William Logan Jan 2010

Fashion In The Empires, William Logan

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 57


Junior Cotillion, Hastings Hensell Jan 2010

Junior Cotillion, Hastings Hensell

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 43


Barn Swallow, Michael Lavers Jan 2010

Barn Swallow, Michael Lavers

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 48


Please Release Me, Amy Arthur Jan 2010

Please Release Me, Amy Arthur

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 8


Garden, Jill Mccorkle Jan 2010

Garden, Jill Mccorkle

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 65-66


On The Northern Lights, Michael Lavers Jan 2010

On The Northern Lights, Michael Lavers

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 49


August Rhapsody, William Logan Jan 2010

August Rhapsody, William Logan

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 55


From The School By The Zoo, Caki Wilkinson Jan 2010

From The School By The Zoo, Caki Wilkinson

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 87-89


Birmingham Poetry Review 37 (Complete Issue), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff Jan 2010

Birmingham Poetry Review 37 (Complete Issue), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

No abstract provided.


For Good, Peter F. Murphy Jan 2010

For Good, Peter F. Murphy

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 74


Sir Thomas Wyatt's Rondeaux: Early Modern Perception During And After The English Reformation, Anne Begin Myer Jan 2010

Sir Thomas Wyatt's Rondeaux: Early Modern Perception During And After The English Reformation, Anne Begin Myer

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This paper examines the implications of Sir Thomas Wyatt's use of the rondeaux during the English Reformation and the reception and editorial emendations of that French poetic form in subsequent anti-Reformation publications. The first chapter, "Contemporary Publications and Controversy," explores the two texts by which Wyatt's works would have been disseminated to the public, namely, Tottel's Songes and Sonettes (or Miscellany) and The Court of Venus. In addition to these texts, I also consider the relationship between Wyatt and his deeply Protestant patrons, Sir Thomas Cromwell and Anne Boleyn, and how these relationships would have influenced the public perception of …


Spectral Properties Of Structurally Disordered Media, Roger Allen Nichols Jan 2010

Spectral Properties Of Structurally Disordered Media, Roger Allen Nichols

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Central to the study of the motion of an electron in a structurally disordered medium under a tight-binding approximation is the family of discrete Schrodinger operators of the form h +V. The h term models the kinetic energy of the electron and the potential term V models the medium, the environment through which the electron moves. The potential V, indexed by a so-called displacement configuration, is formed by summing identical single-site potentials which have been displaced from the points of a sublattice of Z. The goal of this work is to investigate certain spectral properties of the operators h + …


A Highly Reliable Gpu-Based Raid System, Matthew L. Curry Jan 2010

A Highly Reliable Gpu-Based Raid System, Matthew L. Curry

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In this work, I have shown that current parity-based RAID levels are nearing the end of their usefulness. Further, the widely used parity-based hierarchical RAID levels are not capable of significantly improving reliability over their component parity-based levels without requiring massively increased hardware investment. In response, I have proposed k + m RAID, a family of RAID levels that allow m, the number of parity blocks per stripe, to vary based on the desired reliability of the volume. I have compared its failure rates to those of RAIDs 5 and 6, and RAIDs 1+0, 5+0, and 6+0 with varying numbers …


The Imperial Face Of China At Turn Of The Twentieth Century--An Analysis Of Empress Dowager Cixi's Portraits, Qi Tie Jan 2010

The Imperial Face Of China At Turn Of The Twentieth Century--An Analysis Of Empress Dowager Cixi's Portraits, Qi Tie

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This thesis focuses on the late Qing imperial portraits. Examining representative photographic portraits of the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) taken by Yu Xunling (ca.1880s-1943), this thesis explores different concepts associated with portraiture, including representing the ruler's authority, individual identity and self-fashioning, and the function of the monarch's image. I discuss how Cixi's exploited photographs to convey her authority and to establish her identity as a merciful and transcendent ruler by fashioning herself as Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. In addition, I analyze the political function Cixi's photographic portraits served when they were made into multiple copies and more widely circulated. …


Thermodynamic And Hydrodynamic Properties Of Escherichia Coli Clpa Assembly And Correlation With Polypeptide Binding, Phillip Keith Veronese Jan 2010

Thermodynamic And Hydrodynamic Properties Of Escherichia Coli Clpa Assembly And Correlation With Polypeptide Binding, Phillip Keith Veronese

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Escherichia coli ClpAP, akin to other energy dependent proteases, is constructed from two distinct enzymes, a protein unfoldase, ClpA, and a protease, ClpP. ClpA is responsible for enzyme catalyzed protein unfolding and polypeptide translocation, while ClpP accepts and proteolytically degrades the newly unfolded protein. ClpA is defined as a molecular chaperone since it has been shown to remodel protein complexes in the absence of ClpP. In order for ClpA to bind protein substrates targeted for removal or remodeling, ClpA requires nucleotide binding to assemble into an oligomeric form with protein binding activity. In addition to this nucleotide driven assembly activity, …


Clustering Spam Domains And Hosts: Anti-Spam Forensics With Data Mining, Chun Wei Jan 2010

Clustering Spam Domains And Hosts: Anti-Spam Forensics With Data Mining, Chun Wei

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Spam related cyber crimes, including phishing, malware and online fraud, are a serious threat to society. Spam filtering has been the major weapon against spam for many years but failed to reduce the number of spam emails. To hinder spammers' capability of sending spam, their supporting infrastructure needs to be disrupted. Terminating spam hosts will greatly reduce spammers' profit and thwart their ability to commit spam-related cyber crimes. This research proposes an algorithm for clustering spam domains based on the hosting IP addresses and related email subjects. The algorithm can also detect significant hosts over a period of time. Experimental …


Studies Of Solid Carbon Dioxide In Interstellar Ice Analogs Subject To Thermal Processing, Douglas Wynne White Jan 2010

Studies Of Solid Carbon Dioxide In Interstellar Ice Analogs Subject To Thermal Processing, Douglas Wynne White

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Solid CO2 has been detected in many lines of sight in the interstellar medium from infrared observatories. Spectral profiles from space-based observatories have suggested that CO2 on icy grain mantles is mixed with other common molecules such as H2O and CH3OH in interstellar regions and that thermal annealing has occurred. The vibrational mode at 658 cm-1 (15.2μ) is suspected to be a powerful diagnostic tool as to the composition of species on icy grain mantles as well as thermal histories. However, previous studies have not systematically investigated ice composition and temperature. Laboratory spectra of interstellar ice analogs have been created …


Growth Of Chromium-Doped Zinc Selenide Thin Films By Pulsed Laser Deposition For Mid-Infrared Applications, Jonathan Ezekiel Williams Jan 2010

Growth Of Chromium-Doped Zinc Selenide Thin Films By Pulsed Laser Deposition For Mid-Infrared Applications, Jonathan Ezekiel Williams

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Transition metal doped II-VI semiconductor materials features excellent spectroscopic and lasing characteristics in the middle infrared (mid-IR). Among this class of laser material, the most impressive results have been obtained from chromium-doped zinc selenide (Cr2+:ZnSe) crystals. To date, Cr2+:ZnSe materials are arguably the best choice of laser gain material for the advancements of high power mid-IR lasers broadly tunable over the 2-3 μm spectral range. The dissertation objectives are to demonstrate technological advancements in the development Cr2+:ZnSe thin films by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) thus establishing a viable route for the synthesis of mid-IR laser gain media based on Cr2+:ZnSe …


Place-Based Approaches To Rural Economic Revitalization: A Public Funding Analysis And Implications For The Alabama Black Belt, David Sheldon Williams Jan 2010

Place-Based Approaches To Rural Economic Revitalization: A Public Funding Analysis And Implications For The Alabama Black Belt, David Sheldon Williams

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Many rural areas in Alabama are underdeveloped and economically depressed. The Black Belt Counties are a subset within Alabama that tend to lag behind other counties and nationwide indicators for social and economic well-being. Targeted place-based policies for economic development and community improvement have resurfaced on the federal policy agenda under the Obama Administration. Place-based policies have the potential to change the condition of places like the Black Belt by adding the place-based approaches to rural development policy. The purpose of this research is to analyze the specific rural needs and policies utilized in the state of Alabama by understanding …


The Comparison Of Mitochondrial Functions Of 2 Drosophila Species: Drosophila Ananassae And Drosophila Subobscura, Hye J. Shin Jan 2010

The Comparison Of Mitochondrial Functions Of 2 Drosophila Species: Drosophila Ananassae And Drosophila Subobscura, Hye J. Shin

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Recently, it has been suggested that differences in mitochondrial function enabled Homo sapiens to migrate out of Africa by enabling humans to adapt to colder environments as they migrated to higher latitude areas. Through mitochondrial mutations that partially uncoupled oxidative phosphorylation, humans that moved to colder areas were able to generate more heat for better survival, while producing less energy. However, due to challenges in working with human populations, no specific studies have been able to show the existence of such differences in mitochondrial function within healthy humans. Because of numerous advantages of Drosophila as a developmental model, such as …


H.D.'S Incantations: Reading Trilogy As An Occultist's Creed, Sarah Grace Harrell Jan 2010

H.D.'S Incantations: Reading Trilogy As An Occultist's Creed, Sarah Grace Harrell

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The focus of this thesis is H.D.'s epic poem, Trilogy, composed during 1942-1944, while she was living in World War II London. This project's primary aim is to investigate how the poet's participation in occult spiritual practices impacts the work's language. This reading examines terms, concepts, and ritualistic language from a range of esoteric traditions. While H.D. was involved in a wide range of occult practices, the specific traditions with which this investigation is mainly concerned are: astrology, spiritualism, Kabbalism, and gnostic Christianity. Explicating Trilogy exclusively through this lens places significantly more importance on the poem's metaphysical, historical, and archeological …


The Social Network: An Analysis Of The Use Of Facebook By Nonprofit Organizations In The South, Meghan Ann Hauswirth Jan 2010

The Social Network: An Analysis Of The Use Of Facebook By Nonprofit Organizations In The South, Meghan Ann Hauswirth

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Facebook has become a social networking phenomenon. Investigation into the specific features that Facebook offers nonprofits is vital to determining whether the benefits of having a Facebook presence outweigh the costs. Given the current economic climate and the fact that nonprofits are always looking for ways to expand their client base in the most efficient and cost effective ways possible, alternate ways to interact with constituents and reach new ones should be considered This descriptive analysis seeks to build upon the total body of work by examining nonprofit organizations knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding Facebook. A sam-ple of 400 nonprofit …


Computerized Cognitive Testing Among Older Adults: Exploring The Effect Of Computer Experience, Anxiety, And Attitudes On Performance, Pariya L. Fazeli Jan 2010

Computerized Cognitive Testing Among Older Adults: Exploring The Effect Of Computer Experience, Anxiety, And Attitudes On Performance, Pariya L. Fazeli

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While computerized cognitive testing among older adults has become more common, such tests have not replaced traditional paper and pencil measures due to potential barriers to implementation. One potential barrier of concern is that prior computer attitudes, anxiety, and experience may affect performance. The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship of prior computer attitudes, anxiety, and experience on the performance of three computerized cognitive tests: the Useful Field of View (UFOV®) test, the Road Sign Test (RST), and the Stroop Task. Specifically, one objective was to compare the differential effects of these computer variables on the …


An Investigation Of The Molecular Mechanisms Involved In The Generation Of Breast Cancer, Joseph Tyson Deangelis Jan 2010

An Investigation Of The Molecular Mechanisms Involved In The Generation Of Breast Cancer, Joseph Tyson Deangelis

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Cell culture models of oncogenesis that use cellular reprogramming to generate a neoplastic cell from a normal cell provide one of the few opportunities to study the early stages of breast cancer development. Human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs) were induced to undergo a neoplastic transformation using defined genetic elements to generate transformed HMECs (THMECs). We conducted proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of three points in the neoplastic progression of breast cancer. First we monitored alterations in the proteome that revealed a progressive trend towards a metastatic state. Next, we identified a set of genes from transcriptomic analysis that displayed this same …


On Inverse Problem For Left-Definite Discrete Sturm-Liouville Equations, Rami Al Ahmad Jan 2010

On Inverse Problem For Left-Definite Discrete Sturm-Liouville Equations, Rami Al Ahmad

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ON INVERSE PROBLEMS FOR LEFT-DEFINITE DISCRETE STURM-LIOUVILLE EQUATIONS RAMI ALAHMAD APPLIED MATHEMATICS ABSTRACT We are interested in studying a class of discrete Sturm-Liouville problems called left-de nite problems corresponding to a positive definite quadratic form associated with the left side of the Sturm-Liouville equations. Important tools for studying Sturm-Liouville equations are the eigenfunction expansions and the corresponding Fourier transforms. Here, we introduce the generalized Fourier transform associated with the left-definite problems. Also, we extend the discussion to inverse problems for discrete Sturm-Liouville equations. In inverse spectral problems, the task is to find a coefficient in the equation using the spectral …