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Joseph Allen Skinner and the Culture of Collecting in the Gilded Age
(2017-05-18)I examine the development of the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum through a critical study of Joseph Allen Skinner’s collecting habits and display strategies. I argue that while Skinner follows some Gilded Age collecting trends, ... -
Jumping behavior and the effects of caudal autotomy on performance in Anolis carolinensis
(2011-02-16)Maximal locomotor performance in Anolis lizards has been studied extensively within and across species. Hindlimb length is correlated with jump distances in a number of species of anoles, and differences in the structural ... -
Justice at Work: Towards an Adaptive Workplace
(2017-05-30)Why is it that some bodies, but not others, are able to comfortably navigate the workplace? What would it mean to imagine a workplace that allowed all bodies to exist and succeed in it fully? In this thesis, I explore how ... -
The Kamikaze Pilots of World War II and their Image in American Media
(2011-02-16)In October of 1944, during the late stages of World War II, Admiral Ōnishi Takijiro of the Japanese Navy proposed one final solution to Japan s situation: to organize suicide attack units composed of Zero fighters armed ... -
A Karst Lake System in the High Arctic: A Case Study at Linnédalen, Svalbard
(2012-07-03)The island of Spitsbergen, which makes up the largest portion of the Svalbard archipelago, is located in the high arctic, between 74° and 81° north. This high latitude Arctic environment provides the means for widespread ... -
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Kendade 10
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Kendade 90
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Kendall 09
(2011)All building footprints were obtained from Facilities Management and are updated annually as necessary. -
Kendall 10
(2011)All building footprints were obtained from Facilities Management and are updated annually as necessary. -
Kendall 20
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Kendall with Field House 10
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Kenya: Decolonization, Democracy and the Struggle for Uhuru
(2015-07-01)The former British colony of Kenya achieved independence in December 1963, but separation from the policies and legacy of the British Empire is an ongoing process. In 2011, a British High Court case brought by detainees ... -
Ketogenic Diet and Seizure Susceptibility in a Whole-Animal Drosophila melanogaster Model: Effects and Mechanisms
(2016-05-18)Seizures are abnormal epochs of neuronal hyperexcitability. The lowcarbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diet (KD) is an effective treatment for epilepsy in juveniles especially for drug-resistant seizures. KD produces ketone ... -
Khayali Pulao: Dreaming up the Family
(2015-12-07)Khayali Pulao is a collection of poetry and prose that weaves my family’s oral accounts into a non-linear family history. The title, an Urdu phrase that could be translated as “Imagined Pilaf,” typically used to describe ... -
The Kindness of Strangers: Genetic Diversity Within Social Insect Colonies
(2011-05-20)It is generally believed that high relatedness between sisters, a characteristic of the hymenopteran method of sex determination, is what allows this insect order to build harmonious social organizations. However, at least ... -
Knowledge and Death in Animal Care: An Ethnographic Project in a Chicago Animal Shelter
(2018-04-30)This thesis traces the development of authoritative knowledge about animal care and euthanasia as developed in the Anti-Cruelty Society, a Chicago animal shelter.