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"No place on Earth does Carnival like Rio!": a feminist critique of racial democracy through the analysis of transnational tourism
(2018-02-22)
Embedded with strong nationalist values, the Brazilian State perpetuated the idea of being a racial democracy. Considering the many ethnic groups that had been living in the country before the Portuguese colonization and ...
A lab-based study of temperate forest termite impacts on plant and wood-rot fungal growth
(2018-02-26)
The ecological role of temperate subterranean termites, such as Reticulitermes flavipes is largely unknown because of their cryptic foraging activities. This is also due to the fact that termites are primarily perceived ...
Predicting the impacts of anthropogenic stress on aquatic populations: a case study in resource-consumer-toxicant dynamics
(2018-03-14)
The overarching theme of this research was bridging the gap between individual- and population-level effects of anthropogenic stressors under the current paradigm of ecological risk assessment. There is a general dissonance ...
Locomotor and physiological performances of striped bass relevant to Darwinian fitness under natural levels of hypoxia
(2018-01-09)
Due to climate change and anthropogenic influences, aquatic hypoxia is occurring more frequently, is more severe and it persist for longer periods of time. Juvenile striped bass being obligate aerobes and occupying an ...
Social network variance and organizational outcomes: a comparison across individuals exhibiting varying degrees of autism-related traits
(2018-01-16)
There is limited research on the social networks of working individuals who possess characteristics associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of this study was to identify differences in ego-networks based ...
Multi-core implementation for Bare Machine Computing
(2018-01-17)
This dissertation extends on-going Bare Machine Computing (BMC) research at Towson University. BMC applications run on a bare machine without any commercial operating system, kernel, or any other centralized support. This ...
Activity patterns and well-being in commuters: an occupational perspective
(2018-03-16)
This study explored the predictors of commuter well-being in college students using an occupational framework. While past studies focused more on the physical impact of commuting on health, there was a gap in the scholarly ...
Appealing to the people: a content analysis of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
(2018-01-09)
In the 2016 U.S presidential election, Donald Trump defeated several experienced opponents to become the president of the United States. However, he did so without having held any previous political office. This thesis ...
Toward patient-centered personal health records systems to promote evidence-based decision-making and information sharing
(2018-03-16)
We started out by exploring the barriers in adopting PHRs and proposed a few approaches that can promote the adoption of PHRS by the general public so it is possible to implement continuity of care in community settings, ...
Preparing industry-ready analysts in classroom: a module injection based approach
(2018-03-16)
An analyst plays one of the most influential and important roles in an Information System Development (ISD) project, especially in the Requirements Elicitation (RE) phase of Requirement Engineering. Soft skills of an analyst ...