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INCORPORATING MULTIPLE HISTORIES: THE POSSIBILITY OF NARRATIVE RUPTURE OF THE ARCHIVE IN V. AND BELOVED
(2010)
Novels of the twentieth century are grappling with the questions of identity in relation to history, but a self-reflexive history, a history that is always suspicious of itself. Alienated from cultural, religious and ...
The Gina Bachauer Piano Competitions: An Organizational History and Survey of Offered Repertoire
(2010)
This study documented the history of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition from its 1976 inception through 2010. Particular attention was given to the organizational elements of the events such as types of ...
A Convergence Account of Ethics and Aesthetics Through A Composite Understanding of Evaluative Judgments
(2010)
In this dissertation, I argue for a convergence account of the ontological status of the fields of ethics and aesthetics. This project is accomplished in three parts.
Do Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation Predict Anti-China Attitudes?
(2010)
This paper addresses the question of why some Americans hold negative attitudes toward China’s government and people, and the impact that such attitudes have on their preferred China policies. We hypothesized that the ...
The diffusion of new media and radar technology and the role of broadcasters' prior experience and public perceptions in television severe weather coverage
(2010)
Broadcast meteorologists are the top source of information for people during severe weather in the U.S. (Hayes, 2009; Legates & Biddle, 1999; Schmidlin & King, 1997; Sherman-Morris, 2009) and play an important role in ...
THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON MYOSTATIN PATHWAY ACTIVITY AFTER THREE SEQUENTIAL BOUTS OF RESISTANCE EXERCISE
(2010)
Background. Myostatin signaling serves to regulate skeletal muscle mass by influencing genes responsible for regulating satellite cell activity and by participating in glucocorticoid induced skeletal muscle atrophy; however ...
Arterial Compliance in Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Study
(Angiology, 2010-02-01)
A reduction in arterial compliance in patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus has been previously reported. It is caused by the effect that systemic inflammation has ...
Analysis of Leadership Behaviors Among Top Commissioned and Top Noncommissioned Officers in Key Leadership Positions
(2010)
Since the inception of the USAF leadership, unit level leadership has been function of officers, particularly senior commissioned officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel (Lt Col.) and colonel (Col.). The NCO corps was ...
Integrated diagenetic, structural and paleomagnetic study of remagnetized folded Mississippian-Triassic units from the Southern Canadian Cordillera, Alberta and British Columbia
(2010)
Determining the timing and origin of fluid-related diagenetic events relative to orogenesis is crucial for understanding the interaction between orogenesis and diagenesis. Two folds in Mississippian carbonates (Line Creek ...