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A relationship between sleep quality and academic performance in first-year university students.
(2013)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship existed between sleep quality and academic performance in freshman university students. This study was significant because it is the goal of most universities ...
Genetic analysis and ecological niche modeling of an Archilochus hybrid zone reveals duality in hybrid zone characteristics.
(2016)
Two species of hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris and A. alexandri) whose breeding ranges and timing overlap in the great plains from south Texas to northern Oklahoma were hypothesized to produce hybrids in this area. ...
The cyber-economy and the nation-state
(1996)
The cyber-economy which is developing via the Internet represents a serious challenge to the ability of nation-states to exercise sovereignty over their economies. Nation-states stand to lose the ability to control their ...
Born to hula
(2023)
The thesis represents a body of poems accumulated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it continues to spread and the poet's subsequent ruminations in confinement. Born to Hula is a collection of poems exploring the ...
The multimodal rhetoric of Tinder and the algorithms that shape our choices
(2023)
As the popularity of online dating applications continues to grow in the digital world, so does the use of algorithms and multimodal rhetoric in shaping user experiences. Both multimodality and algorithms are related to ...
Effect of cinnamon oil nano-emulsion to control the foodborne bacteria Salmonella spp. on mung beans and sprouts
(2022)
Foodborne outbreaks due to Salmonella in pulses and legumes have increased recently. Essential oils extracted from plants have been recognized for their effectiveness in food preservations. It is due to their strong ...
Drag me down
(2021)
This thesis is a creative project titled Drag Me Down. Though labeled a poetry collection, the project is a hybrid of multiple genres. The bulk of the collection consists of prose poetry that follows a narrative of two ...
Sad eyewitnesses and jurors' perceptions of their believability
(2023)
Eyewitness testimony is heavily relied on in court, and there is a large amount of research on how an eyewitness's and defendant's behavior and emotion can influence a jury's verdict decision. The emotional victim effect ...
A case-based comparison of industrial, ocupational, and suicidal deaths via hydrogen sulfide inhalation in the United States
(2023)
Deaths due to accidental and intentional inhalation of chemically generated gases are not an uncommon occurrence in the field of forensic pathology and death investigations. Gases such as carbon monoxide, helium, nitrogen, ...
Saturn's sphere : astrology, mythology, and the contemplatives in Dante's Paradiso 21-22
(2023)
In the arrangement of souls in Dante's Paradiso, the poet places the most blessed category of souls, the contemplatives, in the sphere of Saturn, a planet generally considered to be "The Greater Infortune" in medieval ...