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U.S.-China-Brazil Relations - The Role of Perceptions in International Relations
(2011-06-27)Throughout the 20th century, Brazil pursued a foreign policy focused in two ultimate goals: economic development and regional leadership. During the same period, the relationship with the United States had been the key ... -
Ultrasonic Backscatter Coefficients, Attenuation Coefficients, and Speed of Sound Measurements on Human Colon Carcinoma Cells
(2017-07-10)Measuring and analyzing the ultrasonic properties of cancer cells in vitro may identify specific properties of these cells leading to better ultrasound diagnostics. We aim to quantify human colon carcinoma cells through ... -
Ultrasonic characterization of HCT cells in the 5-25 MHz range
(2017-06-30)Early recognition of cancerous tissue is crucial in receiving a favorable prognosis. There is a need for fast and easy diagnosis of tumors provided in real time. Ultrasound techniques that can be used to differentiate ... -
Unchecked Authority
(2020-07-06)The Politics Department thesis “Unchecked Authority: How the Supreme Court Expanded the President’s Foreign Powers in Trump v. Hawaii” argues that the Supreme Court rejected settled jurisprudence to fulfill the partisan ... -
Uncovering Chaperone Activity in Uncommon Places: Determining the Chaperone Activity of the N-terminal Sequence of HspB1 and Chaperone-Functionalized Nanoparticles
(2016-05-01)The small heat shock proteins (sHsp), ubiquitous cellular homeostasis machinery, are oligomeric chaperone proteins. sHsps play an important role in maintaining cell function and survival under stress conditions such as ... -
UNCOVERING THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF CLPC DURING SPORULATION IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
(2017-06-22)ClpC is a AAA+ ATPase chaperone/unfoldase that interacts with the ClpP protease during proteolysis in the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis. ClpC has roles in several cellular processes including sporulation, cell ... -
Und heilig ist der Sieg im Streit : Die interkonfessionelle Ehe als Streitmittel im Restaurationspreußen
(2011-02-16)In a society where one s religion represented one s identity, the decision of the Congress of Vienna (1815) to give the catholic regions of the Rhineland and Westphalia to protestant Prussia was a politically expedient ... -
Understanding College Students' Sense of Home and Its Effect on Well-Being
(2015-05-19)Feeling “at home” is a universal experience that develops during childhood and is maintained throughout adulthood. Despite the importance of home in all stages of life, the psychological literature is lacking in studies ... -
Understanding Protein Cold Denaturation with Molecular Dynamics Simulations
(2018-03-26)The deformation of proteins under the impact of high temperature has been the main interest of many biochemical researches. However, very little is known about protein’s behavior at low temperature. In recent years, when ... -
Understanding Religiosity and Mental Health through Attribution Styles: A Resiliency-Based Framework
(2021-07-05)Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the need to examine the relationship between religiosity and mental health during stressful situations. With a recent increase in religious discrimination against the Muslim ... -
UNDERSTANDING THE EXPERIENCES OF RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION STAFF
(2015-05-11)The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences and impact of microaggressions in the workplace. By drawing upon the lived experiences of higher education staff who had participated in diversity and inclusion ... -
UNDERSTANDING “COFFEE-RINGS” ON MOLECULARLY SMOOTH AND CHEMICALLY MODIFIED SUBSTRATES USING AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES STABILIZED BY POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL)
(2015-05-11)While gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have many potential applications, a common obstacle to their use is their propensity to aggregate together. We propose a solution to this issue through conjugation with poly(vinyl alcohol) ... -
Unheard Voices: An Ethnographic Study of Childhood Onset Disability, Cerebral Palsy, Society, and Medicine
(2016-08-31)Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability among children, yet little is understood about this disability throughout the lifespan, from childhood into adulthood. Young adults with CP are facing ... -
Unhinging the Closet Doors: The Evolution of Mount Holyoke College’s LGBT Movement
(2015-06-30)This thesis began with the hope of chronicling Mount Holyoke’s hidden transgender history in the twentieth century. But as I combed through the College’s archives, I found myself engrossed in the evolution of the college’s ... -
UNICEF Viet Nam: Is This the Right Place for Me?
(2015-08-24)Have you ever thought about working at UNICEF, a very large and well-established international organization? Do you know how UNICEF operates and what people do there? Is UNICEF a great place for you to hone your skills and ... -
United Nations Peacekeeping: Reevaluating Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers
(2022-07-05)In 2004, UN Peacekeepers were deployed to Haiti to protect civilians and bring stability to the region. Reports from the United Nations Stabilizing Mission in Haiti, however, tell a story of exploitation, abuse, and egregious ... -
Unsustainable glacier ablation at 78 N latitude, Linne’breen, Svalbard
(2009-07-14)Caleb's project was to compare the glacier margin positions documented by aerial photographs and to place the observed glacier retreat in the context of measure changes in mass balance. -
An Untold Story of Access: Title X Grantees & Abortion Referrals in Rural America
(2013-05-24)I called over 700 Title X grantees in 8 rural states (West Virginia, Kentucky, Iowa, Vermont, Wyoming, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Maine) posing as a pregnant woman seeking abortion services. The goal of this project was ...