Browsing DCE Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Race, Land and Climate Change: Equitable Resilience in California
(2023-04-20)Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) experience extreme climate change vulnerability, which is complicated by historical, environmental, and social factors (Sims et al., 2022). The spatial distribution of BIPOC ... -
Radical Care as Social Action: Mierle Laderman Ukeles' Manifesto and Maintenance Art
(2022-05-23)As a manifesto, Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ Manifesto! Maintenance Art – Proposal for an Exhibition “Care,” 1969 stems from the political and artistic traditions of declaring radical ideas and disrupting oppressive power systems ... -
Rapid Response, High-Throughput Extraction of Biosafety Level 4 Viral Nucleic Acids
(2017-09-13)Recent outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa virus have highlighted the need for real-time monitoring of virus evolution and spread using genome sequencing to enable rapid response efforts. For these category A pathogens, this ... -
Re-Analyzing the Links Between Terrorism and Poverty: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
(2021-05-14)This thesis investigates the exclusion and persecution of Palestinians, as well as poverty among the Palestinian people, to determine if those factors have become secondary to politics, revenge, and an often-violent supreme ... -
Real Time Cell Analysis of VEGF and PlGF-Induced Endothelial Cell Proliferation in the Presence of Heparin and Growth Factor Inhibitors
(2017-10-24)Real-time Cell Analysis (RTCA) has been made possible by new instruments that exploit the ability of cells to impede electric current to determine cell proliferation. Because impedance measurement does not interfere with ... -
Recombinant Protein Production using a Mammalian Unconventional Secretory Pathway
(2023-10-19)Recombinant proteins are widely used throughout biomedical research, and the expansive and diversified usage of such reagents requires continued development of novel production processes. Unconventional protein secretion ... -
Recommendations for Improving the Diagnostic Criteria for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
(2024-01-02)Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is a disorder in which patients experience a wide variety of frequently debilitating allergic reactions and symptoms. The onset can be sudden, and it is often a life-changing disorder ... -
Reconstructing Body Size and Center of Mass in Synapsids
(2021-11-08)Body size and center of mass of an organism have an influence on ecology, physiology, and locomotion. Vertebrates are typically preserved in the fossil record only as bones, so reconstructing their full body size requires ... -
Red, White, And Sushi: The Journey of Sushi in the United States from 1893-1960s
(2024-01-03)This thesis investigated the journey of sushi in the United States before the 1960s, which is when previous examinations of sushi claim that it made its first appearance in the United States. This study traced sushi’s ... -
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the ‘Operations’ Phase of the Life Cycle in Commercial Office Buildings
(2019-04-08)Office buildings, largely occupied by the commercial sector, are not perceived as a large emitter of greenhouse gases, so the companies that occupy them and those that manage them are not required to measure, report, and ... -
Reestablishing United States Hemp as a Fiber Crop for Textiles: Addressing Barriers and Leveraging Financial Opportunities.
(2023-04-20)A financial model was developed to determine the profitability of hemp fiber farming in the northeastern US. The textile and fashion industry have experienced a sharp increase in demand for more sustainable and traceable ... -
Reframing the Bloody Hell: Menstrual Rituals and Practices Among Arab and Arab-Americans
(2016-03-26)This study investigates menstrual rituals and practices in the Arab and Arab-American population, in order to better understand if menstruation is taboo. Scholarly work has led us to believe that menstruation in the Arab ... -
Regulating belief: Does emotion regulation ability predict belief in conspiracy theories?
(2023-10-12)A growing body of evidence suggests that conspiracy beliefs are often harmful both to individuals and to society at large. Defined as explanations for events that involve secret plots by powerful groups, conspiracy beliefs ... -
Reinventing the International Human Rights Regime: Evolution and Effectiveness of the UN Human Rights Council
(2016-10-09)The United Nations human rights regime was transformed into a new apparatus that received the approbation of the international community. The past United Nations human rights regime was seen as ineffective, divisive, ... -
Relating Soil Organic Carbon Increases to Available Water Storage and Drought Vulnerability in South-Central Idaho
(2017-03-11)Preventing topsoil loss and increasing soil water holding capacity is critical to the sustainability of dryland, drought-prone agricultural areas. The growing pressure on freshwater resources combined with an increased ... -
The Relationship Between Extracellular Free-Water and Gray Matter Volume in Retired Professional Football Players With History of Mild Repetitive Head Injuries
(2017-02-25)The goal of this work was to investigate whether there was a relationship present between extracellular free water and gray matter volumes in the brains of retired professional football players. A study done by Maier-Hein ... -
The Relationship between Norwegian Media Coverage and Policy Changes: The War in Afghanistan.
(2016-10-21)This thesis examines three online newspapers’ coverage of the Norwegian involvement in the Afghan war during 2006 and 2007, and foreign and defense policy changes from 2006 to 2008. Three research questions were explored, ... -
The Relationship Between Parental Nature Relatedness and Overweight/Obesity in Elementary School Children
(2017-03-03)This survey based study involving 97 adult participants (86 mothers and 11 fathers) recruited at a small suburban pediatric clinic examined possible associations between parental nature relatedness and the body composition ... -
The Relationship Between the Media and the Military
(2016-10-13)This thesis research seeks to analyze the significance of the relationship between the media and the United States military during periods of international warfare. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between press ... -
Religious Influences on Crisis Presidential Decision-Making: A New Belief in the Operational Code Analysis of George W. Bush
(2017-04-17)This investigation explores religious influences on foreign policy decision-making of American presidents in times of national crisis. It focuses on one heuristic case study, George W. Bush during the crisis of 9/11. Part ...