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The preparation of novel modified cyclodextrins and their application in enantioseparations by gas chromatography.

Allen, Sheree N.

Since biological processes depend on the stereospecific creation and conversion of chiral molecules, each enantiomer of a molecule can have a different biological effect. While numerous synthetic drugs are sold in racemic ...

Prestige inequality : the effects of family status and occupational segregation.

Garland, Anna Nicole.

Wage inequality has been extensively studied in the social sciences, but few researchers have studied prestige inequality. This paper looks not only at prestige and wage inequality between genders, but also within genders, ...

The prevenient piety of Samuel Wesley, Sr.

Torpy, Arthur Alan.

The life and times of Samuel Wesley, Sr. have been addressed since the time of John and Charles Wesley as an absentee father with little positive influence on the Wesley family. However, the literary contributins of Samuel ...

Principal component and neural network calibration of a microwave frequency composition measurement sensor.

Maule, Charles Stephen.

Microwave sensors are becoming more prevalent throughout a variety of industries. While providing an effective form of measurement, microwave sensors are difficult to calibrate and provide results which can be difficult ...

The principled constitutionalism of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

Bartl, Anthony D. (, )

Justice Kennedy is the nation's most influential jurist, but he is given little respect as a constitutional and legal thinker. Often called the "swing justice" for his pivotal position between the Supreme Court's "liberal" ...

A Priori Laws and the External World

Byrd, Cameron

This thesis demonstrates that any interpretation of the status of ‘mind-independent reality’ or ‘the external world’ in Kant’s transcendental idealism is incomplete if it fails to account for the metaphysical implications ...

Privatization and the resistance to change: technological, political, and sociological issues.

Lackmeyer, Jay.

Both Florida and Texas child welfare systems function heavily off of legislative mandates. In 1996, the Florida legislature mandated four pilot programs that privatized child welfare services through contracts with ...

Probing the sheath electric field using thermophoresis in dusty plasma

Land, Victor; Smith, Bernie; Matthews, Lorin; Hyde, Truell (IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, )

A self-consistent dusty plasma fluid model has been extended to incorporate all the oble gases as the carrier gas. An analysis of void closure in complex plasma composed of these gases over a wide range of experimental ...

The Process of Healing in Multiple Sclerosis: The Role and Experiences of the Patient, Physician, Family and Peers

Cameron, Kyrie

Patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis are faced with the reality that this disease, which causes such tremendous physical and emotional distress, simply cannot be cured. Though medical researchers have not yet been ...

The professionalization of youth sports in America.

Cox, Jordan D. (, )

Adolescent athletes in America have unknowingly been turned into de facto professionals by existing organized youth sports systems. The current approaches have become overly injurious to participants and their families. ...

Profiles and Policy: Evaluating how the Social Structure and Motivating Factors of Modern Terrorist Organizations Impact US Foreign Policy

Clark, Tiffany

This thesis asks who becomes an operative for modern terrorist networks and why. In order to effectively formulate counterterrorism strategy, it is imperative to consider motivating factors and end goals of each organization. ...

Promoting generalization of communication training by use of the iPad™.

Strickland, Erica L. (, )

The current study examined the effects of communication training with an iPad™ used as a speech generating device (SGD) to promote generalization to community settings. The participants were taught to use the iPad™ with ...

The "proper stuff" of biography : Woolf and the problem of the other in Jacob's Room and Orlando.

Wiedenfeld, Logan. (, )

In the following thesis, I will examine Virginia Woolf's often contentious views concerning the theory and execution of biography. By focusing on the epistemology adumbrated in her essays and fiction, I will argue that the ...

The protective effect of α-lipoic acid in doxorubicin induced cardiotoxicity in rats.

Ramadan, Waile.

This study examined the protective effects of α-lipoic acid in rats exposed to a cardiotoxic dose of the widely used chemotherapy agent doxorubicin. α-Lipoic acid significantly enhanced the survival of rats exposed to a ...

A Protestant doctrine of nature and grace as illustrated by Jerome Zanchi's appropriation of Thomas Aquinas.

Budiman, Kalvin S. (, )

This dissertation is an attempt to present the historical influence and significance of Thomas Aquinas’s thoughts in a particular Protestant leader in the sixteenth century, namely, Jerome Zanchi (1516-1590). The study ...

Prymnesium parvum effects on green algae, cladocerans and fish in field and laboratory studies.

Ureña-Boeck, Fabiola.

Prymnesium parvum, commonly named “golden algae,” has severely impacted fisheries in Texas, USA and other parts of the world. This study explored the environmental conditions during fish kills in Texas inland waters known ...

Prymnesium parvum in inland waters : comparative toxicity, microcystin allelopathy, and toxin photodegradation.

James, Susan Virginia.

The harmful algal species Prymnesium parvum, a toxin-producing mixotrophic haptophyte, has caused massive fish kills in slightly saline inland Texas water bodies. In the first study, standardized aquatic test models from ...

The Psalmist in the Psalm: a persona-critical reading of Book IV of the Psalter.

Maxwell, Nathan Dean.

This dissertation offers a literary and theological reading of Book IV of the Psalter, a reading that is informed by the theory of the literary persona, as well as canonical-critical approaches to the Book of Psalms. This ...

Psalms 146-150: the final hallelujah Psalms as a fivefold doxology to the Hebrew Psalter.

Cha, Kilnam.

This dissertation is an attempt to interpret Psalms 146-150 in the context of the Hebrew Psalter, employing a canonical methodology. Chapter 1 introduces a brief history of Psalms studies with a particular emphasis to the ...

The Psalms of Asaph : a study of the function of a psalm collection.

Jones, Christine Danette Brown.

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the collection of psalms containing the superscription "of Asaph"(Pss 50; 73–83), to understand the messages communicated through it, and to explore the unique contribution ...

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