2016 Volume 8 Issue 12

Sustainability
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
Commercialization of Biochar and the Benefits for Climate Change and Agriculture
By Nate D. Van Beilen
Biochar is biomass that has been converted into charcoal through the pyrolysis process. Biochar is applied into soils for carbon sequestration or for improving soil fertility. The carbon bonds in biochar are very stable and do not break down easily... Read Article »
Biochar Climate Change Mitigation Carbon Sequestration Soil Agriculture Sustainability Carbon Trading Environmental Economics
Feminism
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
Juxtaposing Sexist and Feminist Understandings of Pro-Life: An Analysis of Reproductive Rights Rhetoric
By Caroline B. Connor
Near the end of 2015, in the midst of recent presidential and congressional debates, House Republicans proposed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, blocking all of the organization’s federal funding, after the release of videos discussing... Read Article »
Feminism Rhetorical Analysis Planned Parenthood Reproductive Rights Pro-choice Pro-life Abortion Women's Rights American Politics
Neurodegenerative Diseases
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
Genetics, Pathology, & Potential Future Advances in the Study of Huntington's Disease
By Matthew D. Rose
Huntington’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects around five people in every 100,000. It is caused by an increase in a polyglutamine region of the Huntingtin protein, resulting in a toxic gain of function mutation... Read Article »
Neurodegenerative Disease Huntington's Disease Molecular Genetics Brain Neurology Neurological Science
Language Policy
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
Preserving Cantonese Television & Film in Guangdong: Language as Cultural Heritage in South China's Bidialectal Landscape
By Rona Y. Ji
The sheer number of distinct dialects present within the country has long complicated Chinese language standardization and language policy. Furthermore, China’s history with colonial powers throughout the past three centuries has led to a... Read Article »
China Chinese Politics Cantonese Language Policy Chinese Film Television Guangdong Mandarin Cultural Identity
Environmental Policy
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
Joint-Value Creation Between Marine Protected Areas and the Private Sector
By David C. Harary
President Richard Nixon signed the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) in 1972 to both promote research in underwater ecosystems as well as nominate national marine protected areas (MPAs) as ‘National Marine Sanctuaries... Read Article »
Sustainability Conservation Marine Protected Areas National Parks Public-Private Partnerships Environmental Policy Environmental Management Public Lands
Rhetorical Theory
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
Artistic Expression for Political Change: Comedy as Counter-Terrorist Action
By Zoe D. Fine
In 1931, Kenneth Burke challenged the idea that literature and art were merely ornamental. “All of the verbal arts,” he explained, “including literature, drama, speech, pedagogy, and reportage, affect both social knowledge and... Read Article »
Terrorism Rhetoric Dramatism Humor Comedy Critical Theory Rhetorical Theory Counter Terrorism ISIS Arab Youth
Chinese Politics
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
The LGBT Movement in China: Public Perception, Stigma, and the Human Rights Debate
By Arber Mavraj
Ever since its elimination from the list of mental illnesses in 2001, and decriminalization in 1997, homosexuality in China continues to be at the forefront of China’s growing human rights debate. The estimated 40 million lesbian, gay, bisexual... Read Article »
China Chinese Politics LGBT Rights Homosexuality Human Rights Discrimination Sexuality Gender
Language Attrition
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
First Language Attrition in German Jewish Refugees of the Nazi Dictatorship: The Impact of Age and Attitude on Language Loss
By Christian David Zeitz
First language attrition (L1) studies are a comparably young and theoretically unspecified field of research in bilingualism. Young, because the first scientifically acclaimed, related article, Andersen’s “Determining the linguistic... Read Article »
Language Attrition Nazi Germany Refugees Human Migration German Jewish Migrants Sociolinguistics World War II

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