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Assessing the Mutational Landscape of BRAF- and KRAS-Wild Type Colorectal Cancer
(2018-02-28)
Colorectal cancer is one of the most deadly cancers and is the second leading cause of death in the United States. As incidence of colorectal cancer is higher among developed countries, research continues in hopes to make ...
The Native Exotic: The Reintroduction of Pawpaw Tree Cultivation
(2018-05-21)
This project models the potential profitability of planting the pawpaw tree, Asimina triloba, in New England. Due to the consumer-driven local food movement, and desire to expand local food options, the increase in farmers ...
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 ...
The Abenomics Difference: Three Arrows of Roosevelt Resolve in Japan
(2016-03-07)
This study investigates Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic policy package, known as “Abenomics.” Abenomics is intended to end two decades of deflation in Japan, based on a Three Arrow approach (monetary policy, ...
Supranational Union and New Medievalism: Forging a New Scottish State
(2016-03-29)
This study aims to understand why the Scottish National Party (SNP) accelerated to prominence after the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following question: To ...
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 ...
A No-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Poker Jam/Fold Endgame Equilibrium
(2015-10-20)
Omaha Hi-Lo Poker is a variant of the game of Poker, with more possibilities resulting from having four cards per player and a split Hi and Lo pot, compared to Texas Hold’em Poker. Recently published algorithms, commodity ...
How Many Moralities? a Bottom-Up Approach to Mapping the Brain’s Natural Moral Categories
(2015-10-07)
The external structure and internal boundaries of the moral domain are not sharply defined. Substantive definitions of morality struggle to cleanly encapsulate the full diversity of human moral concern without including ...
Reliving the Life of Louis Bachelier
(2015-10-06)
This thesis is made up of two parts: a critical essay (I) and (II) an original epic length screenplay – 210 pages script plus fifteen pages appendix. The critical essay contains a short essay on The Yin-Yang Creative Writing ...
The Shift Towards Non-Monetary Currency and the Rise of Crypto-Currencies: Incorporating Non-Monetary Measurements to Allow a Nation to Take Stock of Its Well-Being
(2015-11-12)
This thesis posits that governments around the world have failed to account for a vast percentage of the economic output of their citizens in their recordkeeping and policy-making. Through ineffective measures such as the ...