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"Lacking an Emotional Country...": Motion, Instability, and the Female Cosmopolitan in the Fiction of Mavis Gallant
(2023-12-08)
Twentieth century Canadian expatriate writer Mavis Gallant (1922-2014) explores the lingering effects of authoritarian power on social instability through themes of transnational migration, displacement, and loss. A prolific ...
Etheridge Knight and Shane McCrae: A Comparison of the Theme of Poetry as a Means to Freedom from Imprisonment in Two African American Poets
(2023-12-08)
Abstract
This thesis will compare two contemporary African American poets, Etheridge
Knight and Shane McCrae, and compare their respective treatments of the question: can
poetry provide freedom from imprisonment? We attempt ...
Public Health and Metal Mining Pollution: A GIS Study in the Republic of Armenia
(2022-05-10)
This research filled a critical gap in the literature by measuring the effect of toxic contaminants from metal mining activities on public health in Armenia. Soil polluted by toxic chemicals in mining areas is a widespread ...
Fostering Physics Comprehension in Secondary School Students
(2023-12-19)
Science's pivotal role in advancing human civilization underscores its significance. Metacognition –-understanding how we think about our thinking –proves pivotal in achieving groundbreaking discoveries in science. Achieving ...
Factors of Climate Change and Their Influence on Lyme Disease Infection Rates
(2023-12-15)
Lyme disease is carried solely by the Blacklegged Tick, or Ixodes scapularis,
which transmit it from host animal to host animal. I. scapularis causes most Lyme
disease infections as they are the best at feeding on animals ...
Novel Excerpt: Paulownia
(2023-12-15)
This project is an excerpt from a full-length novel in progress. In the space of one
year, the novel explores the essence of family; from the lifelong impact of childhood
traumas, and the commonplace yet lasting imprint ...
Quantifying Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions for Small Businesses in the US: Effective Policies to Reduce GHG
(2023-12-18)
Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 99% of businesses in the United States (US) and account for almost half of GDP. Collectively, SMEs play a large role in the economy and should play a large role in sustainability ...
Purification and characterization of checkpoint blockade enhancing molecules from Coprobacillus cateniformis.
(2023-12-19)
Checkpoint blockade treatment enhancement is one of the frontline areas of study in cancer treatment, however it comes with two large drawbacks, the limited number of cancer lines in which efficacy is shown and the difficulty ...
Utilizing a Next Generation Sequencing Platform to Investigate Patterns of Chromosome Arm Loss and Gain in Rare Hypomtuated Tumors.
(2021-05-21)
Chromosome aneuploidies are the most pervasive genomic aberration seen in cancer. Despite this, much is still unknown about the cellular mechanisms that cause these genomic events and their prognostic value across cancer ...