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Pétain and the French: Authority, Propaganda, and Collaboration in Vichy France, 1940-1942
(2014-07-01)
In the summer of 1940, Nazi forces invaded France and defeated the French army in a matter of weeks. Germany occupied the majority of France and established strict regulations upon the entirety of France, but allowed the ...
Identifying Infrastructure Impediments to Higher-Speed Rail in the Cascadia Megaregion Using GIS Analysis
(2014-07-01)
Increased interest in rail transportation, and specifically high-speed rail, has led to research on how can people and goods be transported more efficiently by the United States rail system. Rail is an important form of ...
Conquest, Empire, Impact, and Context: The Early Islamic Empire in a Medieval World System
(2014-07-01)
The expansion of the early Islamic Empire has long been associated with the Fall of the West and the End of Antiquity. In fact, in his thesis, Henri Pirenne argued in 1939 that the seventh-century Islamic conquests solidified ...
Wing Scale Morphology of a Sexually Dimorphic Color Pattern Element in the Butterfly Co-Mimics Heliconius melpomene and Heliconius erato
(2014-07-01)
Heliconius, a Neotropical genus of butterfly, has served as a model organism for the study of mimicry since the 19th century. Despite the extensive research conducted on this organism, very little is known about sexually ...
The Effectiveness of Reading Comprehension Strategies
(2014-07-02)
This study examined the underlying cognitive processes of high and low working memory (WM) individuals, how these processes are affected by test presentation and how comprehension performance is affected by the various ...
Development of a LAMP Assay to Screen for Animal Chlamydiosis
(2014-07-07)
Chlamydial species are gram-negative bacteria that are obligate intracellular parasites. They can infect humans, avians, ruminants, guinea pigs, mice, cats, and pigs. Chlamydiosis produces a wide range of health problems ...
Mapping Emotions: Visualizing Affective Impact on Our Internal Framework
(2014-07-02)
Specific mental and physical phenomena activate our experience of emotions. In response, our bodies attempt to counteract and overcome the heightened affective state that results from these forcible episodes. Through ...
Employing Cascaded Energy Structures in Next-Generation Photovoltaic Devices
(2014-06-30)
Next generation solar cells have the potential to be cost effective without compromising efficiency. Stacks of semiconducting thin films comprised of organic polymers or small molecules have superior absorbance and fabrication ...
Feminism, Womanism, and the Christian Liturgical Year: A Trinity of Spiritual Memoir, Exegesis, and Theology
(2014-06-30)
Through a synthesis of personal narrative, liturgical theology, and feminist/womanist Biblical exegesis, this project explores the six major seasons of the Christian liturgical year. I seek to re-conceptualize these seasons ...
Chinese Transracial Adoptees’ Experiences with Discrimination
(2014-06-02)
Many transracial adoptees in the United States face challenges as they live and develop in a society with a racial hierarchy in which “White” is perceived to be normal, White privilege is often unacknowledged, and adoption ...