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How Headscarves Have Shaped Muslim Experience in America
(2019-01-17)
This study focuses first on the role of the headscarf in creating space for Muslim women in the social fabric of America and shaping their American experience. I examine the symbolism of the headscarf from two different ...
Imperialism’s Effects on Language Loss and Endangerment: Two North American Cases of Resilience, the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy and Wôpanâak Language Communities
(2019-05-02)
This project aimed to look at the causes of linguistic diversity loss, the factors for language resiliency, and potential setbacks in the field behind saving languages. Of the world’s estimated 7,500 languages, over half ...
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 ...
A Study of Factors Influencing Teachers’ Usage of E-Learning for Teaching Math in the Public Secondary Schools in Makati City, Philippines
(2019)
This thesis study examines the factors influencing teachers’ use of e-learning to teach math. The study aims to identify those variables that have a significant correlation with the use of e-learning. The purpose of the ...
Towards Learned Access Path Selection: Using Artificial Intelligence to Determine the Decision Boundary of Scan vs Index Probes in Data Systems
(2019-11)
All data systems require optimization. Determining the most performant recipe for data retrieval is commonly referred to as access path selection (APS). This paper introduces the use of artificial neural networks for query ...
Factors Preventing U.S. Adoption of Triple-Bottom-Line Sustainability Frameworks and Performance Indicators in Museum Strategic Planning
(2019-04-10)
This thesis investigated the potential factors preventing the adoption of triple-bottom-line (TBL) strategies and indicators in U.S. museums. Previous research has examined what makes museums sustainable or proposed ...
Ethnic Political Settlements in Post-Colonial Africa: A Comparative Study of Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda
(2019-10-26)
Inter-ethnic conflict was rampant in many countries of post-colonial Africa, often due to ethnic tensions introduced or exacerbated by colonial rule. After independence, different countries developed different ethnic ...
University of California Sustainability: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of Distance Learning
(2019-03-30)
Achieving sustainability in universities is key to achieving a resilient society. Universities educate students, engage local communities, raise awareness about impacts, and encourage the incorporation of sustainability ...
Peace Education Studies and Post-Conflict Sri Lanka
(2019-05-28)
Peace education is educational instruction focusing on a pupil’s sense of community, civic duty and cooperation. Peace education scholars hypothesize that it offers a way to foster peace and reconciliation in countries and ...
Bridging the Socioeconomic Divide in Environmental Education and Sustainability Studies in New York City Public High Schools
(2019-07-04)
Given the exigencies of climate change, it is crucial to foster environmental awareness, practices, and leadership among the rising generation of students. Nevertheless, in the age of common core standards and ‘teaching ...