Chagas’ disease is caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. As determined by the World Health Organization, effective therapeutic medications are needed for the treatment of Chagas’ disease. Cruzain, a powerful ...
A major goal in the study of knot theory is to discover more practical and universal
methods that determine knot equivalence. In this paper, we will explore two methods
of doing so through the use of rational tangles and ...
The purpose of this thesis is to introduce the reader to Latin inscriptions found in the San Antonio Museum of Art. These inscriptions are epitaphs produced during the time of Roman Empire, and studying these inscriptions ...
China’s twelfth five-year plan calls for 2.15 million kilometers of rural roads to be built and repaired through 2015, creating an unprecedented demand for a long-lasting and cost-effective construction solution. Currently, ...
What can modern philosophers of time learn from the fictional works of C.S. Lewis? In this thesis I demonstrate that Lewis’s conception of time as exemplified throughout his works, but particularly in the Chronicles of ...
Matrices such as ice cores and tree rings have been analyzed for chemical profiles that yield telling data on environmental changes, climate change, and contaminants [1, 2]. Much like these layered matrices, earplugs of ...
The “Long Tail,” is a market distribution wherein obscure products sell in large aggregate amounts, allowing them to compete comparatively well with the few popular products in the same market that sell well individually. ...
My idea of original research for this thesis project was to search inside of myself to create a work of art that is my very own: a culmination of some of the most important lessons I have learned in my life up until now, ...
The impetus for my thesis is the psychological predicament injustice creates,
namely, the paralyzing effect of suffering. As presented in Boethius’ Consolation of
Philosophy, I examine how the resolution to this problem ...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that can affect returning combat soldiers as they try to reintegrate into civilian life. Recent conservative estimates indicate that 25% of veterans returning ...
Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality in the United States as well as the developing world. Metastasis is responsible for about 90% of cancer deaths, and is a cause of morbidity in those who continue to battle ...
The social tensions between the Waco community and Baylor University, often ill-perceived, are complicated. While the university is a place that fosters a sense of community among its students, there is still a disparity ...
Polymeric reinforced composites are ideal materials for structural applications because of their low weight to high strength ratio. However, the polymers used to bond the composites are both time and temperature dependent. ...
The purpose of this thesis is to introduce the reader to the Green Collection’s copy of the Speculum humanae salvationis (Shelfmark MS.GC.000321), a previously unstudied illuminated manuscript which I have had access to ...
From the 1970s into the 1980s, Argentina and Guatemala were both ruled by ruthless military dictatorships that systematically killed and tortured men, women and children as a part of their respective wars on subversion. ...
Music is often thought of as a nonverbal language, capable of communicating emotional messages. Areas of the brain have been identified that, when damaged, affect only musical skills. At the same time, while the initial ...
The enigmatic nature of Gerhard Richter’s black and white photorealist paintings with their blurred atmospheres is what originally inspired this project. The blur of the woman’s face in his piece Woman Descending a Staircase ...
C.S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity that “If I find in myself a desire that no experience in this world can satisfy, the best possible explanation is that I was made for another world.” From this experience of desire for ...
Geographically and economically, New Orleans is unique among North American cities. New Orleans is an island city surrounded by marsh, bayous, lakes and rivers constructed on over four hundred square miles of artificial ...
In June 2012 the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This landmark case has set a new precedent that will have long-lasting effects on the relationship ...