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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 ... -
Determining Biological Significance Of Putative Exons Through The Application Of Annotation-Agnostic Methods To Measure Potential Hallmarks Of Functionality
(2022-05)The aim of this study is to infer the potential for biological function of putative exons which arise from repetitive element (REL) exonization events in human brain tissues. The data pipeline in this project utilizes ... -
Evaluation of a Rapid and Automated Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test in Comparison to a Pseudovirus and Live Virus Neutralization Assay
(2022-05-04)The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has resulted in roughly 500 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 including an estimated 6 million deaths ... -
Principals' Perceptions of School Climate Surveys and How They Influence Their Practice
(2022-05-05)In schools, principals are responsible for many things, but one of the primary responsibilities is to create a positive school environment. School climate has a different meaning to different stakeholders, including school ... -
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 ... -
Literature of the Great War and its Relation to the Modern Reader
(2022-04-29)This study offers an analysis of the relation between wartime fiction, specifically that of World War I novels, and the understanding of the modern-day reader. Literature from America, England, and Germany will be explored, ... -
The Invasive Spread of the Rusty Crayfish Faxonius rusticus and Its Impacts on the Established Virile Crayfish Faxonius virilis in the Monocacy River
(2022-04-25)The rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) has invaded lakes and rivers across North America, displacing resident crayfish species in the process. Faxonius rusticus has been moving down the Monocacy River since at least 2007 ... -
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 ... -
Federal Funding as a Driver of School Reform through Budgetary Decision Making Among Transformational Leaders in Title I Schools
(2022-04-25)Educational equity has been a long-standing goal among legislators since the passing of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (McLaughlin, 1975). While initially the focus was examining the disparity in resources available ... -
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 Perceptions of Elementary Principals on Promoting Positive Staff Morale
(2022-04-22)Elementary principals influence organizational behavior and school climate through their actions and behaviors. The leader’s style can have a lasting impact on staff morale. Employee morale refers to an employee's sense ... -
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 ... -
Predictors of Turnover Intent in the Executive Branch: A Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis Using Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Indices
The purpose of this research is to highlight the antecedents of employee turnover, one of the most understudied areas in human resource management. Given the phenomenon of the “great resignation” that is resulting from ... -
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 ...
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