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Exploring the Legal Parameters of the Crime of Genocide and Analyzing the Efficacy of the Application of the Genocide Convention
(2022-05-21)Genocide is often considered the height of atrocity; the worst example of what humanity can inflict on each other. After the adoption and ratification of the Genocide Convention by the United Nations in 1948 in the aftermath ... -
A Ride on the Trump Train: Using Affective Intelligence Theory to Understand how Source Cues Effect Emotional Responses to Policy Positions
(2022-04-29)To what effect does Donald Trump have on emotions and opinion formation? Emotions have been shown to strongly influence an individual's thoughts, actions, and evaluation. Elite cues have been increasingly used by the masses ... -
Empathy and Adverse Childhood Experiences' Role in Choice of Major
(2022-04-25)Prior research suggests that those pursuing college majors with the intent of helping others may be more likely to have higher levels of empathy, and a higher average of adverse childhood experiences. In turn, these ... -
How Does Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Affect GDP per Capita and Trade Volume in Land Locked Developing Countries in Asia, Africa, and South America?
(2022-05-25)This paper aims to quantify the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Trade volume and GDP per Capita. Due to lack direct access to the warm waters, high transport and transit costs land locked ... -
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: Textual Trauma Within Beloved and Citizen
(2022-04-25)This paper will explore Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved and Claudia Rankine’s 2014 book-length poem Citizen to examine the parallelism between trauma within African American Literature and American history as these texts ... -
Identification of HIV Mutations in Donors Experiencing Virologic Failure on Raltegravir-Containing Regimens
(2022-04-25)HIV still remains a public global health concern with 38 million people living with HIV. There is no cure to HIV, however combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a highly effective treatment that suppresses the virus. ... -
An Analysis of the Effectiveness of HUD Assisted Housing in its Mission to Decrease Wealth Disparities
(2022-04-24)This research project is focused on the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and its effectiveness through both a political approach and an economic context. The Housing Choice Voucher Program comes most usually in two forms, ... -
The Memorialization of Marginalized Communities: Three Case Studies in Memorials of Trauma in the United States
(2022-04-24)This essay examines the ways in which marginalized communities are represented in memorials of trauma in the United States using three case studies. The case studies critically analyze the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, ... -
Expanding Outdoor and Environmental Education in Public Schools
(2022-04-24)Outdoor and environmental education programs in public schools have the potential to change the outcomes for students, targeting academic success, mental health, and physical health. This paper compiles evidence of these ... -
The Highway Pegasus: Illustrated Poems
(2022-04-15)The Highway Pegasus: Illustrated Poems, consists of 45 poems and 6 oil paintings (illustrations), and is comprised of free verse as well as experimental forms. The manuscript includes pastorals, elegies, odes, and the Ars ... -
The Relationship Between Minority Student Organization Membership and Willingness to Seek Mental Health Treatment, Mediated by Ethnic Identity
(2022-04-21)The following paper explored the relationship between ethnic minority student organization membership and involvement and willingness to seek professional mental health treatment, as mediated by ethnic identity. The ... -
Studies on the Cellulase Inhibition by Phenols from Hydrothermal Pretreated Soybean Wastes
Biofuels can be generated through the processing of lignocellulosic plant material. Chemical and biological processes known as pretreatment are utilized to process plant material. Pretreatment contributes to the breakdown ... -
Comparative Evaluation of Access Control Models
(2022-04-19)In cybersecurity, access control models dictate what actions a person can perform, which programs they have permission to execute and overall, the level and type of access of information technology resources. This work ... -
The Parenthood Premium for Lesbians in the US
Previous studies have found that lesbians earn more than straight women, and mothers earn less than non-mothers. Studies about lesbian women and mothers are often considered when explaining the gender wage gap but have ... -
Western Colonization and Its Impact on Female Migrant Workers: The Study of Labor Management of Domestic Migrant Workers from Indonesia and the Philippines
(2021-05-26)Indonesia and the Philippines are two countries of origin for labor migration. These countries share similar historical roots; however, female Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are often more successful than Indonesian ... -
Preserving The Past, A Case Study: The General Greene Inn, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
(2021-04-26)This essay will examine the historical significance of The General Greene Inn, a historic property in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Considering the development of historic preservation guidelines nationally ... -
My Splendor is Temporary: Poems
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Supporting Students with Adverse Childhood Experiences Within the Classroom
(2021-04-26)ACEs have the potential to cause lifelong negative impacts on the person who has experienced. These effects include but are not limited to: 1. Health Issues a. Obesity b. Diabetes c. Depressions d. Suicide Attempts 2. ... -
Residential Segregation, Socioeconomic Deprivation, and Neighborhood Homicide Victimization
(2021-04-25)This paper estimates the effects of racial residential segregation and various factors of socioeconomic deprivation on Black and White neighborhood homicide victimization rates, in an effort to explain the gap in homicide ...
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