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Group Threat in the News: a Comparative Study of the Expression of Group Threat and Media Framing in European Union Immigration News Stories.
(2013-12)
The member nations of the Europe Union (EU) faced a dilemma born of troubling economic times during the years between 2000 and 2012. The political turmoil currently plaguing the continent created an environment rife with ...
ADVANCES TOWARD THE UTILIZATION OF CUCURBIT[7]URIL AND SELECTED VIOLOGENS IN MOLECULAR MACHINES AND DEVICES
(2013-10-18)
The study of technology at the molecular level is the perhaps the final frontier in materials science, and is fertile ground for the application of supramolecular chemistry. Cucurbit[7]uril is a particularly unique ...
Order in a Chaotic Subsystem: A Comparative Analysis of Nuclear Facility Siting Using Coalition Opportunity Structures and the Advocacy Coalition Framework
(2013-11)
This dissertation attempts to highlight existing patterns surrounding locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) and explain how institutional features of a country influence the likelihood those LULUs become operational. Focusing ...
Breeding and migration ecology of bar-headed goose Anser indicus and swan goose Anser cygnoides in Asia
(2013-12)
Most waterfowl that breed in Mongolia, part of the semiarid northern region of East Asia, are long distant migrants. They depend on availability of lake, river, and wetland habitats on their breeding and wintering grounds ...
Do As I Say Not As I Do: A Study of Representation in Congress
(2013-08-26)
This dissertation examines the behavior of members of the House of Representatives on economic issues in order to ascertain how economic characteristics of their constituencies affect their actions. Specifically, this ...
Analyzing the Human Sex Ratio at Birth
(2013-12-13)
The effect of income, education, employment, marital status, age, race, birth order, and national economic conditions on the sex ratio at birth were analyzed for the N = 21,597 children of the National Longitudinal Survey ...