An abundance of scholarly work indicates that the practice of requiring a student to repeat a grade likely has significant academic, social and long-term effects on students. Grade retention, prevalent in elementary schools ...

The following two claims have each captivated some of the very most penetrating intellects both in and out of philosophy, yet they are typically taken to be mutually exclusive: (1) The world exists and has its nature ...

The Riemannian submersion π : SO_0(1,n) ->H^n is a principal bundle and its fiber at π (e) is the imbedding of SO(n) into SO_0(1,n) , where e is the identity of both SO_0(1,n) and SO(n). In this study, we associate ...

This dissertation investigates the experience of the numinous in a specific category of Gothic literature, which employs a vampire as the primary focus of its action, regardless of whether that figure is literal or metaphoric. ...

American Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary tried for twenty-six years to be the first man to reach the North Pole. The dissertation focuses on Peary's stateside efforts to raise money for his multiple expeditions. During his ...

The East Mojave is a hot, dry place. As Americans moved into the desert during the early twentieth century, motivated by a national movement championing country life and dry farming, promotional literature from railroads, ...

This work investigates an approach to pressure sensor design in which a homogeneous vessel is used as the active element to sense pressure. The goal of this project was to synthesize a standard model for the design and ...

Most prior research on cultures of honor has focused on interpersonal aggression. The present studies examined the novel hypothesis that honor-culture ideology enhances the stigmatization of mental health needs and inhibits ...

Three studies were conducted to investigate the potential relationship between honor ideology and loyalty to close others. Study 1 demonstrated strong correlational relationship between honor and concerns of morality ...