Browsing DCE Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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Challenging the Status Quo: A Review on Second-Generation Latinos Joining American Mainstream
(2016-01-15)This study examines second-generation Latinos born in the U.S. after 1965 and their prospects of achieving traditional assimilation in the United States. Some social scientists argue that “classic” straight-line assimilation ... -
Bridling the Black Dragon: Chinese Soft Power in the Russian Far East
(2016-01-20)This paper considers the efforts of the Russian government to counter the growth of China’s soft power in the Russian Far East in the context of the dramatic rise in trade between the two nations in the 15 years of the ... -
The Embodied Poet in the Work of Emerson, Whitman, and Hesiod
(2016-01-20)This thesis examines Ralph Waldo Emerson’s lecture and essay version of “The Poet;” Walt Whitman’s Preface to his 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass and poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry;” and Hesiod’s Theogony. The beginning ... -
Is There an Effective US Legal Remedy for Original Owners of Art Looted During the Nazi Era in Europe?
(2016-01-21)This research project attempts to answer the question of whether it is possible to design a system wherein the rights of current possessors and the rights of original owners or their descendants of art that may have been ... -
Persistence in Europe and Its Surround of the Pagan Cleric-Smith Tradition in the Christian Age
(2016-01-21)This study examines the continuation in European Christian society of magical-religious traditions previously associated with pagan gods of the forge. What was the importance of the forge god in the pantheons of worship? ... -
Token and Promise: The Saintly Role of Royal Bodies in Ælfric's Lives of Oswald, Æthelthryth and Edmund
(2016-02-04)This thesis examines the role and depiction of the body in the vitae of three Anglo-Saxon royal saints (Oswald of Northumbria, Æthelthryth of Ely, and Edmund of East Anglia); these hagiographical narratives are contained ... -
The Mythological Function of Female Adolescent Individuation Narratives as Exemplified by Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga and Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games Trilogy
(2016-02-11)Beloved and bemoaned, Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga and Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games trilogy permeated and persist in our cultural conversations and imaginations. What about these particular narratives enthrall and ... -
A Role for DOCK4 in Intestinal Barrier Properties
(2016-02-16)Restoration of epithelial and endothelial barrier function is critical for tissue homeostasis. Yet, the molecular pathways response for modulating barrier properties remains largely unknown. This study investigates the ... -
The Witch-Hunt Against Online Gambling: Why the United States Government Hasn’t Regulated Internet Gaming and Why States’ Rights Are Being Trampled.
(2016-02-16)This study investigates why the United States Government and other parties have systematically targeted online gambling/poker since its inception. Gambling is and always has been a divisive issue, but for the most part ... -
Victorian Novels and Educational Reform: A Study of Dickens, Hughes, and Peacock
(2016-02-16)This thesis analyzes how Victorian novelists Charles Dickens, Thomas Hughes, and Thomas Love Peacock depict the influences of educational reformers in their three works: Hard Times, Tom Brown’s School Days, and Gryll Grange ... -
Combining the Fantastic and the Hyper-Real: Stylistic and Thematic Influences on the Dead and the Desert
(2016-02-16)This critical essay looks at the influences on and inspiration for the original feature-length screenplay The Dead and the Desert. Specifically, it explores George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones as a model for developing ... -
Minerva’s Army and the Battle for Green Gold: Leiden University as a Catalyst for the Seventeenth Century Spice Trade
(2016-02-17)This thesis examines the socio-cultural climate of the Dutch Republic and its primary established knowledge systems that aided in the identification, access, production, use and transmission of plant-based knowledge. A ... -
The Lure of the Exotic: An Examination of John Singer Sargent's Orientalist Mode
(2016-02-17)This paper investigates John Singer Sargent’s Orientalist paintings, branding them as a new mode of the pictorial genre. From a peripatetic upbringing emerged an artist with a penchant for the exotic. A painter-traveller ... -
On-Treatment DNA Damage Response Biomarkers in Surrogate Tissue Types
(2016-02-18)Given the challenges associated with collection of tumor specimens for biomarker monitoring, collection of surrogate tissues (e.g., normal tissues such as hair or blood) may enable the assessment of pharmacodynamic (PD) ... -
Partial Depletion of Pth Increases Susceptibility to Macrolide Drug Treatment in M. Tuberculosis
(2016-02-18)The goal of this work was to investigate whether a ubiquitous bacterial protein, peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth), would be an appropriate candidate for target-based drug discovery research directed against pathogenic M. ... -
Genetic Diversity in Urban and Rural Indigenous Mexico
(2016-02-18)The goal of this study was to examine the genetic diversity of indigenous (and semi-indigenous) populations in Mexico and determine if any genetic variation correlated to culture and language. Mexico’s indigenous populations ... -
Key Business Strategy Tools to Survive a Patent Cliff in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
(2016-02-18)This case study presents the research gathered in seeking to identify a number of key business strategy tools that biopharmaceutical companies have used to revitalize their growth following the patent cliff. Consequences ... -
An Empirical Examination of the Adjudication and Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuits in the United States Court of Federal Claims
(2016-02-19)This study examined and analyzed data on how often patent lawsuits settle or are adjudicated on the merits against the U.S. Government at the Court of Claims in comparison to lawsuits against non-governmental defendants ... -
Two Caspian Sea Resource Rich Countries Encounter the East-West Rift: A Comparative Analysis of the Foreign Policy Objectives of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in a Turbulent Region
(2016-02-19)This study examines the foreign policy decisions of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in the complex international relations environment of the Caspian Sea region. Specifically, this investigation attempts to answer how regional ... -
Assessing the Influence of Educational Interventions on the Climate Change Beliefs of Evangelical College Students
(2016-02-19)Despite an overwhelming scientific consensus, much of the American public remains skeptical of anthropogenic climate change. This disparity seems particularly evident among evangelical Christians, who consistently demonstrate ...