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The Effect of Nicotine and Cotinine on the Development of Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Undergraduate
(2019-03-26)
Nicotine, readily available in electronic nicotine delivery systems, poses a lethal threat as it is easily accessible and highly toxic in its liquid form. Seventy-five percent of nicotine is metabolized into cotinine, and ...
After the Revolution: The Natural Rights of Women Undergraduate
(2019-04-25)
The post-Revolutionary American woman was idealized as an embodiment of virtue, heralded for fulfilling her duties to family and society, but kept well outside of politics, academia, and other traditionally masculine ...
Lingering Effects: U.S. Media and the Case for Nationalism in the Iran Hostage Crisis Undergraduate
(2019-05)
In his article on legitimacy and the Iran hostage crisis, R. K. Ramazani makes the claim that the hostility at play in foreign relations between Iran and the U.S. comes as a result of the Iran hostage crisis and the events ...
The Shadow Government: Influence of Elite Safavid Women Undergraduate
(2019-01-07)
Until recently, the history of women in Safavid Iran has remained practically unexplored by scholars and historians. The lack of research done on women of the period can be mostly attributed to the scarcity of information ...
Tur and Iraj: Azeri Turks and ‘Persian’ Iran Undergraduate
(2019-07)
Despite the prominence of the Middle East and Islamic world in Western news media, it is a region that suffers from severe misunderstanding. Out of the countries in those regions, Iran is perhaps the most poorly understood ...
Queer Theology: Theological, Theocratic, and Secular Influences on Iran's Relationship with Transgender Bodies Undergraduate
(2019-06)
On November 13, 2005, the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan published a story about the public execution of two young men named Mokhtar and Ali. The charge that brought them to the gallows of Shahid Bahonar Square, alleges ...
Clericalism, Constitutionalism, and Cautiousness: Iran's 1905 Revolution Through the Eyes of Sheikh Fazollah Nuri Undergraduate
(2019-08)
The summer of 1909 was a summer of retribution. The first target was Mohammad Ali Shah, the Qajar king who had forcefully opposed constitutionalism and was responsible for the bombardment of the Majlis the year prior. After ...
Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema: Unveiling the Reality of Iranian Women under the Islamic Republic Undergraduate
(2019-02)
In post-revolutionary Iran, cinema became a medium for social critique of the prevailing issues in modern Iranian society. The problems of women under the Islamic Republic became a major focal point in these post-revolutionary ...
Fatwas and Feminism: How Iran's Religious Leadership Obstructs Feminist Reforms Undergraduate
(2019-04)
In 2009, a pro-government Basiji militia member shot Neda Agha Soltan in the chest. Neda was a philosophy student who participated in protests against a possibly corrupt election, and her death was the spark that started ...
Kantorovich Duality and Optimal Transport Problems on Magnetic Graphs Undergraduate
(2019-01-31)
We consider Lipschitz- and Arens-Eells-type function spaces constructed for magnetic graphs, which are adapted to the magnetic setting from the classical area of optimal transport on discrete spaces. After establishing the ...