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Guns and Suicidal Thoughts in Adolescence: An Understudied Relationship
(05/06/22)
The prevalent school of thought states that suicidal ideation and suicide planning are not associated with living in households with... Go to Article » Stereotypes in Bollywood Cinema: Does Article 15 Reinforce the Dalit Narrative?
(01/26/21)
‘Article 15’, released in 2019 is the first mainstream Bollywood film to focus on caste based atrocities. It depicts several... Go to Article » Mary Magdalene as a Renewed Feminist Icon: Representations in the Christian Tradition as a Resource for Contemporary Liberation Theology
(05/02/17)
Mary Magdalene remains prevalent within Christianity and popular culture. A mysterious and enigmatic figure, she continues to capture... Go to Article » How Have Corruption Scandals and President Roussef's Impeachment in Brazil Impacted its Economy?
(04/30/17)
In 2009, Brazil was in the path to become a superpower. Immune to the economic crises of 2008, the country's economy benefitted from... Go to Article » The Drama and Romance of Suicide in "Mrs. Dalloway" and "Madame Bovary"
(10/12/14)
Is it noble to take your own life? Across the ages there have been many different interpretations of the morality of suicide, leading... Go to Article » Graphic Novels: Preparing for a Mulitmodal and Multiliterate World
(08/05/14)
Graphic novels have become increasingly popular in the classroom as a means to engage English language learners (ELL) in new ways (... Go to Article » Crisis Management and Sports in the Age of Social Media: A Case Study Analysis of the Tiger Woods Scandal
(12/14/13)
Tiger Woods saw his reputation crumble as reports of infidelity leaked to the press in November of 2009. This research evaluated the... Go to Article » Image Restoration in Political Sex Scandals: What To Do (And What Not To Do) When You're Caught With Your Pants Down
(12/14/13)
This study sought to apply a Crisis Communications lens to the area of American political sex scandals. Applying William Benoit's "... Go to Article » Turning Behaviors in the Cockroach Blaberus discoidalis
(11/22/13)
Legged insects are able to traverse a wide range of unpredictable terrain and assess their surroundings by responding to sensory input... Go to Article » The Eternal Search for Truth: A Comparative Analysis of Marie Denise Viller's A Young Woman Drawing and George De La Tour's The Penitent Magdalen
(07/23/12)
The search for truth is a struggle that has plagued humanity since the dawn of time. At the core of all human beings is an authentic... Go to Article » William Tyndale: Contribution to the English Language and Father of the English Bible
(02/23/12)
The English language is constantly changing. More and more editions of the Webster’s Dictionary are being published every decade... Go to Article » Bipedalism: A Response to Climate and Other Evolutionary Pressures
(03/24/11)
Many theories regarding bipedalism in early hominids, as well as the advantages provided by bipedalism have arisen and have been debated... Go to Article » The Dalai Lama, Buddhism, and Tibet: Reflecting on a Half-Century of Change
(04/27/10)
Throughout history, there have been several ways in which people perceive Tibet. Since it has traditionally been isolated from the... Go to Article » Unity in Virginia Woolf and Hannah Arendt: Creating Reality in the Insensitive and Inaccessible
(09/22/22)
Woolfian Scholars regularly denote the moments where Woolf’s characters feel inexplicably connected and inseparable from one... Go to Article » Against Eco-Camp: Analyzing the Flaws of the Modern Climate Movement
(09/19/22)
This interdisciplinary paper investigates the shortfalls and obstacles to success currently facing the climate movement, examining... Go to Article » Occupation and the Road Not Traveled in Habibi Rasak Kharban (2011)
(09/19/22)
In adapting the twelfth-century story Layla and Majnun, Susan Youssef’s 2011 film Habibi Rasak Kharban re-imagines... Go to Article » How Media Influences the Use of Violence in Protests: An Analysis of the Black Lives Matter and #StopTheSteal Movements
(06/07/22)
Two of the most prevalent protest movements in recent history were the Black Lives Matter and the #StopTheSteal movements. While there... Go to Article » Change Blindness: The Influence of Positive Mood on Change Detection in Visual Scenes
(06/07/22)
Change blindness is the finding that people often fail to notice substantial changes between different views of a visual scene. The... Go to Article » Look Me in the Eyes: Witkacy's 'Portrait Gaze' as a Critique and Anticipation of Culture Industry
(05/06/22)
This paper analyzes the construction of ‘portrait gaze’ as a visual device that orients, manipulates, and challenges the... Go to Article » Guns and Suicidal Thoughts in Adolescence: An Understudied Relationship
(05/06/22)
The prevalent school of thought states that suicidal ideation and suicide planning are not associated with living in households with... Go to Article » Biased Narratives in the Media: Coverage of Fatal Shootings During Black Lives Matter Demonstrations
(04/15/22)
During the summer of 2020, two fatal shootings occurred following Black Lives Matter protests. The first event involved Kyle Rittenhouse... Go to Article » Architectural Beauty as a Public Good Through the Lens of Ritzer and Kohn
(03/25/22)
After World War II, America’s baby boom and rapid migration into cities sparked a damaging housing crisis. This marked a turning... Go to Article » An Assessment of the Origins and Culpability of the Opioid Crisis in the United States
(03/11/22)
The use of synthetic opioids in the United States in the past 30 years has created an epidemic the likes of which our healthcare and... Go to Article » The Relationship Between Stress, Coping Strategies, and Problem-Solving Skills Among College Students
(03/11/22)
The study investigated stress, coping strategies, and problem-solving skills among college students. A total of 202 university students... Go to Article » Imperial Mughal Literature: A Rich Source of Scientific Information
(02/25/22)
India was ruled by the Timurid-Mughal dynasty from 1526 to 1857. This period is mainly recognised for its art and architecture. The... Go to Article » Explaining the Gender Gap in the Criminal Justice System: How Family-Based Gender Roles Shape Perceptions of Defendants in Criminal Court
(02/09/22)
Numerous studies have investigated why women are vastly underrepresented in prisons across the United States. In explaining this &... Go to Article » Do Textbooks Shape Attitudes Toward War? Narrative 'Images' and Implicit Social Cognition
(01/19/22)
To explore the relationship between history education and attitudes to war, narrative primes about World War II were read by 20 undergraduate... Go to Article » The Politics of Nation-Building, Ethnicity, and Democratization in Ethiopia
(01/17/22)
This article explores the political relationship between nation-building, ethnicity, and democracy in the context of Ethiopia. It... Go to Article » Structural Violence in the Queer Community: A Comparative Analysis of International Human Rights Protections for LBTIQ+ People
(12/20/21)
This paper discusses the structural violence experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, or queer (LGBTIQ+) people and... Go to Article » Deconstructing Social Classification and Mobility: The Hindu Varna System, Plato's Magnificent Myth, and the British Caste System
(12/10/21)
This research elucidates the striking parallelism between the Hindu Varna System and Plato's Magnificent Myth through an unorthodox... Go to Article » American Construction, Reconstruction, and Destruction: The Cultural, Historical, and Literary Underpinnings of our Great Divide
(12/09/21)
This thesis explores the inherent conflict between liberty and equality—the twin pillars on which the United States and its... Go to Article » Deng's War: Assessing the Success of the Sino-Vietnamese War
(11/22/21)
The Sino-Vietnamese War remains one of the most peculiar military engagements during the Cold War. Conventional wisdom would hold... Go to Article » Vindication for Tin Foil Hats: An Analysis of Unethical Cold War Experiments and Their Enduring Consequences
(11/10/21)
While the Cold War is popularly regarded as a war of ideological conflict, to consider it solely as such does the long-winded tension... Go to Article » How Religiosity Shapes Satisfaction with Democracy: A Mediterranean Case Study
(10/26/21)
More and more countries are democratic, but at the same time, the number of people dissatisfied with it has constantly been increasing... Go to Article » Euthanasia and Consensual Harm: Evaluating the Moral and Legal Asymmetry of Self- and Other-Regarding Acts
(10/25/21)
Suicide is legal in almost every country, but places where euthanasia is permitted remain in the minority (Mishara and Weisstub 2016... Go to Article » Cancer Epidemiology in Romani-Americans: A Review of the Current Literature
(10/14/21)
Romanies are one of history’s most misunderstood ethnic populations. Since medieval times, they have faced slavery, forced assimilation... Go to Article » Performance of Class in the Socioeconomic Institutions of Early Medieval Ireland
(10/08/21)
Early medieval Irish society operated on an elaborate power structure formalized by law, practiced through social interaction, and... Go to Article » E.O. Wilson's Sociobiology and the Marxist Response: A Critique of the Critics
(10/05/21)
Sociobiology is a sub-discipline of biology that aims to examine and explain social behavior in terms of evolution. It is interdisciplinary... Go to Article » Populist Authoritarian Readings of Machiavelli's Prince: From Interwar to the Present
(09/30/21)
In his book, The Prince, written in 1513, Niccolò Machiavelli argued for the autonomy of politics from religion and ethics,... Go to Article » The Price of Predatory Marketing on Older Adults: A Perspective on Prevagen Potency
(09/20/21)
The calcium-binding protein apoaequorin has been studied for its possible indication to improve human cognition and memory. Faculty... Go to Article » Biologization of Capital and Capitalization of Biopower: Connecting Foucault and Marx
(05/25/21)
Foucault raised the concept of biopower in the first volume of The History of Sexuality and placed its emergence in the context of... Go to Article » The Jazz Ambassadors: Intersections of American Foreign Power and Black Artistry in Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
(05/25/21)
During the height of the Cold War, the US State Department sponsored a series of racially integrated “Jazz Ambassador”... Go to Article » Ethnography, Folklore, Afanasev, and Russian Self-Identity
(04/08/21)
While the history of ethnography in Russia dates back to the Kievan Rus era, modern ethnographic production in Russia developed in... Go to Article » Revenant Narratives and the Representation of Demonic Lovers in English Gothic Ballads
(04/06/21)
The Demon-Lover functions as a significant motif in English Gothic ballad tradition, which scholar Hugh Shields articulates as a &... Go to Article » Foreignness and Freedom in the Plays of Christopher Marlowe
(03/16/21)
In recent years, questions of racial, religious, and sexual inequalities across classic literature have left many educators and students... Go to Article » Single-Payer Reform and Rural Health in the United States: Lessons from Our Northern Neighbor
(03/15/21)
Single-payer health reform has secured its place in the mainstream American health policy debate, yet its implications for particular... Go to Article » Sisters in Solidarity: The Fight for Feminism in Modern Day China
(03/12/21)
Feminism has grown to be a complex, multifaceted topic of conversation in China. It has witnessed a series of peaks and troughs that... Go to Article » Reconstructing Ruin as Future: Rethinking the Spatiotemporality of Race and Gender in Glissant and Spillers' Middle Passage
(03/10/21)
Intersecting Edouard Glissant’s poetics with Hortense Spillers’ theory of race, gender, and sexuality alchemizes a new... Go to Article » The Modern American Family in AMC's The Walking Dead
(03/10/21)
AMC's The Walking Dead (TWD) has maintained a dedicated viewership since its premiere in 2010 and serves as a well-known example of... Go to Article » Penelope, Helen, and the Ancient Greek Spectrum of Femininity: Observations of Womanhood in the Homeric Epics
(02/26/21)
Although most Ancient Greek literature focused on male characters, a literary analysis of Homeric poetry reveals an inquisition of... Go to Article » A Critical Analysis of the Biopsychosocial Risks Associated with Postpartum Depression in Indian Mothers
(02/22/21)
Motherhood is an essential yet challenging feat that requires constant emotional, social, and physical support. Postpartum depression... Go to Article » Sensationalism of Trauma in American Film and Literature
(02/19/21)
The Virgin Suicides written by Jeffrey Eugenides, as well as Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation, utilize the literary and cinematic... Go to Article » Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children: A Comprehensive Review
(02/04/21)
Post-traumatic stress disorder in children under six years old has been formally recognized since 2013 (Veteran’s Affairs, 2019... Go to Article » Stereotypes in Bollywood Cinema: Does Article 15 Reinforce the Dalit Narrative?
(01/26/21)
‘Article 15’, released in 2019 is the first mainstream Bollywood film to focus on caste based atrocities. It depicts several... Go to Article » Material Nostalgia in Classical and Early Modern Drama
(01/21/21)
The inescapability and influence of the past becomes most discernable with homecoming. A particularly powerful sense of nostalgia... Go to Article » Mental Illness Stigma in Criminal Justice: An Examination of Stigma on Juror Decision-Making
(01/20/21)
Negative stereotypes associated with mental illnesses can lead to discrimination towards those with these illnesses through a process... Go to Article » The Development of the Modern Author in Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto and Strawberry Hill
(01/15/21)
Much contemporary literary criticism has been devoted to Horace Walpole’s novel, The Castle of Otranto; so, too, has much... Go to Article » Reimagining Populism to Reveal Canada's Right-Wing Populist Zeitgeist
(01/11/21)
Through an examination of recent populist political formulations in Canada, this paper argues that prevailing understandings of right... Go to Article » Cultural Competencies for Healthcare Providers Working with Rural Finnish Americans
(01/08/21)
The number of Americans aged 65-years-and-older is projected to increase significantly by 2050. As rural older adults age-in-place... Go to Article » Hans Bellmer's Dolls and the Subversion of the Female Gaze
(01/05/21)
Hans Bellmer’s Die Puppe (The Doll) photographic series is perhaps one of the most bizarre works to come out of the surrealist... Go to Article » Problems and Solutions in Factory Farming: The Role of Institutions, Capital, and Rhetoric
(01/04/21)
This paper examines the intricacies of factory farming by analyzing its social, political, economic, and environmental impacts in... Go to Article » Reading Religion in Literature: Toni Morrison, Luisah Teish, and Postsecular Theory
(01/04/21)
The postsecular turn of the late 1990’s refers to the emergence of a critical theory which challenges an important modern assumption... Go to Article » The Brain, Gut and Consciousness: Microbiology of Our Mind
(12/29/20)
This paper presents a view that the brain is not the only actor responsible for emergence of our consciousness and that our consciousness... Go to Article » Bach and the Style Galant: Progressive Elements in the Italian Concerto
(12/15/20)
While the music of Johann Sebastian Bach is often characterized by elaborate Baroque counterpoint and a relatively conservative set... Go to Article » The Role of Native American Healing Traditions Within Allopathic Medicine
(12/10/20)
Although spirituality has been an essential part of healing for most of mankind, modern medicine is more likely to embrace a mechanistic... Go to Article » Examining the Complex, Subjective Filmography of Oliver Stone: A Comparison and Critique of JFK to Nixon and Platoon to Heaven & Earth
(12/08/20)
Oliver Stone's filmography has levied an unprecedented effect on the popular understanding of American history, especially of the... Go to Article » Genocide Memorialization in the Modern Era: Communal Mourning Through Institutions and Culture
(12/07/20)
Genocide Memorialization focuses on the community after a genocide in what they choose to remember and how they achieve that goal... Go to Article » Bonds of Slavery and Bonds of Love: Investigating the Role of African-American Families and Marital Unions in the Struggle Against Slavery
(11/28/20)
Resistance to oppression is often found in the most unlikely of places. This article investigates the significance that families and... Go to Article » A Postcolonial Theory of Value: Broadening Economic Scholarship Through Disciplinary-Mimetic Valuation
(11/24/20)
This work aims to integrate postcolonial scholarship into some basic theoretical foundations of a mainstream economic curriculum.... Go to Article » The Illusion of Empowerment: A Feminist Analysis of Disney's Hercules
(11/24/20)
Disney’s Hercules, which features both a strong male lead and a strong female lead, has the potential to appeal to, and therefore... Go to Article » Molding the Peasantry on the Road to Modernity: State and Peasant Relations in Russia and the Soviet Union
(11/19/20)
This paper examines the peasantry's response to modernization measures taken by Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union during the late... Go to Article » A Quantitative Evaluation of Shame Resilience Theory
(11/17/20)
Shame is an adaptive emotion. Yet, it is associated with poor mental and behavioral health as well as lower wellbeing and negative... Go to Article » Deconstructing and Renouncing the Conditioned Identities of Gender and Nationality in Modern Society
(11/09/20)
This paper investigates the convoluted societal processes to which the individual is exposed from an early age in order to form and... Go to Article » Challenging the Dichotomy Between "Natural" and "Cultural" in Museums: A Case Study of Bird Symbolism and Human Origins
(11/05/20)
Many natural history museums use the categories of “cultural” and “natural” as a means of separating exhibition... Go to Article » Are Isochronic Tones Effective? The Impact of Isochronic Tones on Brainwave Entrainment and Stress
(11/02/20)
Isochronic tones are a hypothesized auditory brainwave entrainment technique in which a single tone is played at regular beat intervals... Go to Article » Poor Cultural Communication as an Obstacle to Adequate Medical Care: A Case Study of the Manchurian Plague Epidemics
(10/21/20)
This study analyzes the publications of Dr. Wu Lien-teh, health commissioner during the Manchurian plague epidemics, to demonstrate... Go to Article » Solving Poverty by Reforming Moral Character: How the New Poor Law Failed 19th Century British Society
(10/21/20)
The 19th century, a tumultuous period which saw a momentous change to a way of life, also saw the implementation of the Poor Law Amendment... Go to Article » Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Teenagers with High-Functioning Autism
(10/19/20)
Research has shown that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) shares similar genetic roots with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention... Go to Article » Preserving Cultural Identity in English Language Use by Korean Immigrants
(10/14/20)
This paper argues that the Korean cultural values of humility and social deference directly influence the linguistic choices in Korean... Go to Article » Recycled Tropes and the Persistence of Islamophobia in American Films
(10/10/20)
In this essay, I provide a content analysis of commercially and critically successful films that perpetuate popularized Islamophobia... Go to Article » Redemption and Reconciliation in Oedipus at Colonus and Gran Torino: A Comparative Reading
(10/08/20)
This paper presents a comparative analysis of Oedipus at Colonus, a play written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, and Gran... Go to Article » The Sanctity and Disgust of the Female Body in Rosemary's Baby
(10/05/20)
This paper explores the woman’s body as a site of sanctity and disgust in the film Rosemary’s Baby. The character of Rosemary... Go to Article » The Cycle of Punishment in Producing Society
(10/03/20)
Punishment from the legal system is typically seen as a proper response to lawbreakers and criminal activity. However, we do not consider... Go to Article » The Effectiveness of the International Criminal Court: Challenges and Pathways for Prosecuting Human Rights Violations
(09/30/20)
Of the thousands of potential cases that could have been investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC), only 44 individuals... Go to Article » Poststructuralism and Female Identity in Sylvia Plath's Ariel
(09/30/20)
Sylvia Plath’s posthumously published collection of poetry, Ariel, is perhaps best defined by the vivid imagery that delves... Go to Article » James E. Webb and the Grand Strategy of the Moon Landing: A Political, Administrative, and Contextual Analysis
(09/28/20)
The man who powered NASA through the Apollo Era had no background in science or engineering. Rather, NASA achieved one of history&... Go to Article » Improving Medical Humanitarianism: Pitfalls and Best Practices for International Aid
(09/25/20)
The necessity of international relief is unending as new crises continue to emerge across the world. International aid plays a crucial... Go to Article » Abu Ghraib, Homonationalism, and the Rationalization of Modern Torture
(09/24/20)
Drawing on Jasbir Puar’s analysis of homonationalism in the post-9/11 United States, I investigate the Orientalist and Islamophobic... Go to Article » The Impact of Economic Complexity on Productive Structure and Income Inequality in Indonesia & Venezuela
(09/09/20)
Recent work with the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) has shown that a country’s productive structure constrains its level of... Go to Article » Ergodic Textuality in Egan and Ozeki: The Rhetorical Dialogism of Time Being
(09/08/20)
Human beings decided that time is linear. We continually assert that is made up of the past, present, and future, proceeding infinitely... Go to Article » Negotiating the Concept of National Allegory: Homosexuality, Departure, and Homecoming in Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory and Midi Z's Nina Wu
(09/06/20)
Often regarded as the glorious palace showcasing contemporary world cinema (“Press Conference”), the Cannes Film Festival... Go to Article » Toxic Royalty: Feminism and the Rhetoric of Beauty in Disney Princess Films
(07/23/20)
At Disneyland’s Magic Kingdom, light cascades across the night sky before spiraling down through the stars. The castle that... Go to Article » Towards a Theory of Leniency for Immigrants
(04/15/20)
In his compelling account of juvenile justice, “Age of Culpability,” Gideon Yaffe provides a philosophically rigorous... Go to Article » Evidence of Syllables in American Sign Language
(12/10/19)
This paper will focus on the meaning of signed-language syllables, or the signed-syllable, in American Sign Language (ASL). It is... Go to Article » Hyperreality and the Consumption of the Subject as Object in Black Mirror
(10/09/19)
Jean Baudrillard’s essay ‘The Precession of Simulacra’ from Simulacra and Simulation (1981) is a key postmodern... Go to Article » United States Patents, Biopiracy, and Cultural Imperialism: The Theft of India's Traditional Knowledge
(10/03/19)
This article aims to present the biopiracy of traditional knowledge from India by the United States, which has occurred directly through... Go to Article » Fringe Religion & the Far-Right: Dangerous Behavior Patterns Among Christian Millennialists
(03/01/19)
Radical thinking among the far-right is a growing security problem for modern western society. Over the past several decades anti-... Go to Article » The Criminal Justice System's Mistreatment of Transgender Individuals: A Call for Policy Reform to Assist a Marginalized Prisoner Community
(01/31/19)
While media coverage and politicians constantly acknowledge the inadequacies of the criminal justice system in managing victims and... Go to Article » Exploring the Origins of Achievement Goals and Their Impact on Well-Being
(12/19/18)
Achievement goals refer to the motivational approach of an individual when facing an achievement situation that challenges the person... Go to Article » Can the Value Proposition Work in Health Care?
(10/24/18)
The value proposition in the commercial setting is the functional relationship of quality and price. It is held to be a utility maximizing... Go to Article » A State of Illegitimacy: The Dynamics of Criminal and State Legitimacy in Mexico
(10/08/18)
The following paper seeks to elucidate the complex processes involved in the Mexican State’s loss of authority and the subsequent... Go to Article » Specific Language Impairment in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
(05/25/18)
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. According to the Centers for Disease Control... Go to Article » Wind Energy Legislation Strategies for the Lone Star State
(05/11/18)
Texas introduced Senate Bill 277 as its first wind energy siting law during the 2017 Legislature. The bill combats radar interference... Go to Article » Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy: A Review of the Literature
(05/09/18)
This review discusses Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy research to date. A literature review first explores mindfulness and art therapy... Go to Article » On the Necessity of Developing General Education for Undergraduates in Chinese Higher Institutions
(04/24/18)
The promotion of general education is a matter of ongoing debate owing to the pressing question of how to improve higher education... Go to Article » The Impact of Background Stimuli on the Perception of Fear in Facial Expressions
(03/26/18)
Byrnes (1983) found bright colors were associated with positive emotions (e.g., happiness) and dark colors were associated with negative... Go to Article » Newspaper Coverage of the Mau Mau Movement: A Constructivist Argument
(03/21/18)
On February 14th, 1965, just one week before he was assassinated, Malcolm X delivered a speech in Detroit. He spoke about his beliefs... Go to Article » Japan at Work in the 21st Century: An Analysis of Developing Labor Practices in Japan and Institutional Barriers to Reform
(03/08/18)
Devastated by an economic collapse at the end of the 20th century, Japan’s economy entered a decade long period of stagnation... Go to Article » A Line in the Sand: Drug Control Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
(01/31/18)
This paper analyzes the ongoing drug war being waged between Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), their rivals, and the... Go to Article » Realism and Arab Nationalism: An Uneasy Partnership
(12/18/17)
The relationship between realism and nationalism is not clearly articulated in international relations literature. On one hand, realism... Go to Article » Narratives, Binaries, and Framing in the Cultural Contest Over Climate Change
(12/13/17)
Climate change is already altering our biosphere and is projected to bring about monumental changes to our planet’s environment... Go to Article » Leaving Religion: A Qualitative Analysis of Religious Exiting
(12/12/17)
Religion has been a part of society for thousands of years and touches every life on the globe. Despite this, religious non-affiliation... Go to Article » Come, Sir Boy: Subverting Masculinity Through Cross-Gender Performance
(11/30/17)
I was the wounded soldier in the opening scene of Macbeth, lying spread-eagled on the stage, flaunting my unsightly gashes. I closed... Go to Article » Before Drones: U.S. Covert Action in Africa During the Congo Crisis
(11/30/17)
As with much of the African continent, the Congo endured a harsh colonial past. What trailed, after its 1960 independence from Belgium... Go to Article » The Changing Arena of Power Contestation Between the State and Chaebols in South Korea: Democracy and the Ascent of Legal Institutions
(11/30/17)
The growth of the South Korean economy has often been attributed to the rise of Chaebols, or family owned businesses with wide-ranging... Go to Article » Old History in the "New" Cuba: Exploring the Legacy of Race and Economic Inequality on the Island Today
(11/30/17)
This article examines the reasons why racism persists in Cuba more than fifty years after the 1959 Revolution in which Fidel Castro... Go to Article » Theoretical Utilisation of Biological Warfare from Aquatic Invasive Species
(11/16/17)
This research project focuses on invasive aquatic species and their potential usage as biological weapons. It’s a cross disciplinary... Go to Article » Domestic Violence and the Indian Women's Movement: A Short History
(11/08/17)
Domestic violence in India poses an interesting paradox: in addition to being the most ubiquitous of basic human rights violations... Go to Article » Cognitive Embodiment and Mind Reading in Jane Austen's Persuasion
(10/31/17)
Empirical psychology first emerged as a scientific discipline during the eighteenth century when it was launched into the academic... Go to Article » The Modern and the Traditional: African Women and Colonial Morality
(10/18/17)
“As Roman imperialism laid the foundations of the modern civilization, and led the wild barbarians of these islands along the... Go to Article » Nationalism, Identity, and Public Policy in Sweden: Pursuing an Elusive National Identity
(06/01/17)
Similarly to many European countries, the Swedish population often perceive their history as an epoch of homogeneity: a time when... Go to Article » The Red Army Faction: Understanding a Measured Government Response to an Adaptive Terrorist Threat
(05/22/17)
For three decades prior to 9/11, West Germany fought its own war on terror. For 28 years, it faced off against the Red Army Faction... Go to Article » When Trying to Surprise Your Opponents Backfires: Exposing the Weaknesses of the Indirect Approach
(05/22/17)
It is often thought that great military strategists do not engage in simple, frontal assaults, but instead devise complex plans meant... Go to Article » The Psyscholinguistic Semiotics and Metanormative Ethics of Suicide and Death in Shakespeare's King Lear
(05/02/17)
The fascination with death and the sensationalizing of suicide are prevalent metaphysical themes which traverse all Shakespearean... Go to Article » Mary Magdalene as a Renewed Feminist Icon: Representations in the Christian Tradition as a Resource for Contemporary Liberation Theology
(05/02/17)
Mary Magdalene remains prevalent within Christianity and popular culture. A mysterious and enigmatic figure, she continues to capture... Go to Article » Suicide Terrorism as a Tactic: How Dominant, yet Subtle Representations Form Identities and Meanings
(04/30/17)
Although terrorism has been present in the world for centuries, it is only since the 1980s that suicide terrorism has become an object... Go to Article » More Choices More Voices?
(04/30/17)
The relationship between party system fragmentation and voter turnout is not entirely understood in contemporary political science... Go to Article » How Have Corruption Scandals and President Roussef's Impeachment in Brazil Impacted its Economy?
(04/30/17)
In 2009, Brazil was in the path to become a superpower. Immune to the economic crises of 2008, the country's economy benefitted from... Go to Article » Hegemonic Overreach in the British Empire: Economic Distress, Strategic Imperative, and the Fall of Singapore
(04/19/17)
Since the end of the Second World War, scholars of British military history have busied themselves with attempts to explain the British... Go to Article » Literary Repetition and Revision as Healing: Harryette Mullen and Suzan-Lori Parks's Collective Solution to Historical Trauma
(04/11/17)
Music functions as a source of healing in Toni Morrison’s Jazz, both to the bird who is inexplicably sad and for the broken... Go to Article » Antonio Gramsci, Hegemony, and the Greek Crisis: Building New Hegemony to Supersede Neoliberal Discourse
(04/10/17)
Antonio Gramsci’s interpretation and analysis of “hegemony,” its mechanisms, causes and consequences for the Left... Go to Article » The Rebel Hero: Albert Camus and the Search for Meaning Amidst the Absurd
(04/04/17)
Man in his search for meaning—everyman— is Albert Camus’ rebel. In The Rebel man must accept and seek to encounter... Go to Article » Theistic Explanations of the Ontology of Consciousness
(04/01/17)
Consciousness is a thought-provoking phenomenon. In recent decades, though, the philosophy of mind has revealed consciousness to be... Go to Article » Causal Inference to Ascertain Causes of Metastasis in Melanoma
(04/01/17)
Causal inference methods were performed on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) clinical datasets. First, relevant patient data were collected... Go to Article » Lowering Restrictions on Performance Enhancing Drugs in Elite Sports
(03/24/17)
This article argues that performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) ought to be allowed across all elite sporting competitions for athletes... Go to Article » Ghosts of Romanticism in Neil Gaiman's Children's Fiction
(03/21/17)
From the point of view of childhood, modern Western society shows many parallels to the Romantic Age. While the industrial economy... Go to Article » World War II in the United States Colony of the Philippines: Beyond the Bataan Death March and Douglas MacArthur
(03/07/17)
World War II ranks among the deadliest military conflicts in history. From 1939-1945, the estimated number of casualties worldwide... Go to Article » Harry Potter is Gay: An Investigation of Queer Fan Culture
(03/02/17)
Not long after J.K. Rowling published the first Harry Potter book on June 26, 1997, The Boy Who Lived exploded into an international... Go to Article » The Power of Symbols: The Ideological Representations of a French Revolution Playing Card Deck, the Revolutionnaires
(03/01/17)
In 1793-1794, during the height of the French Revolution, a deck of playing cards was introduced that radically changed the future... Go to Article » Bilingual Episodic Memory and Eye-Witness Testimony
(02/28/17)
The human memory system comprises multiple components. The focus of this paper is on the encoding and decoding process of episodic... Go to Article » Reinterpreting the Treatment of the Rural Population by Peru's Shining Path
(02/22/17)
The Peruvian Communist Party (PCP) was founded as the Peruvian Socialist Party in 1928 by José Carlos Mariátegui after... Go to Article » Gender Equality in International Institutions: Progress and Challenges in Moving Toward Gender Parity
(02/18/17)
The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, for the first time... Go to Article » The Role of Deception in Love as Portrayed in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night
(01/18/17)
Although he is arguably best known for his tragedies exploring emotions associated with familial obligations, the need for revenge... Go to Article » The Rise of Gay Liberation in Toronto: From Vilification to Validation
(01/03/17)
When it comes to social perceptions of sexuality, media portrayals cannot be ignored, and in most cases provide important insights... Go to Article » "Solidarity of 'the Colonized'": A Critical Discourse Analysis of Sinn Féin's Connection To Palestine
(12/31/16)
Ireland and Palestine share histories of colonialism, ethnonationalist conflict, and resistance characterized as "terrorism." While... Go to Article » Belonging in a New Home: Discursive Othering of Latin American Immigrants in U.S. Print Media
(12/31/16)
The year 2015 saw heightened racial and ethnic tension in the United States, with particular regard to Latin American immigrants and... Go to Article » Reevaluating Military Strategy: The Effectiveness Of Conventional Deterrence
(12/31/16)
The rise of modernized and efficient militaries competing for dominance against the United States' military has resulted in increased... Go to Article » Commercialization of Biochar and the Benefits for Climate Change and Agriculture
(12/21/16)
Biochar is biomass that has been converted into charcoal through the pyrolysis process. Biochar is applied into soils for carbon sequestration... Go to Article » Preserving Cantonese Television & Film in Guangdong: Language as Cultural Heritage in South China's Bidialectal Landscape
(12/12/16)
The sheer number of distinct dialects present within the country has long complicated Chinese language standardization and language... Go to Article » Artistic Expression for Political Change: Comedy as Counter-Terrorist Action
(12/07/16)
In 1931, Kenneth Burke challenged the idea that literature and art were merely ornamental. “All of the verbal arts,” he... Go to Article » Child Care Policy and Female Labor Force Participation: A Comparison of Germany and Sweden
(12/05/16)
Labor markets have traditionally been regarded as the product of a demand and supply of labor.2 In Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional... Go to Article » Post-Colonial Duality and Identity in Ballard's The Crystal World
(11/14/16)
J. G. Ballard’s The Crystal World (1966) is a prismatic text, apparently translucent yet linguistically opaque, with moments... Go to Article » How Democratic Was The Roman Republic? The Theory and Practice of an Archetypal Democracy
(11/06/16)
In Federalist No. 34 Alexander Hamilton, arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution, claimed that the Roman Republic... Go to Article » Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace: Bridging the Gap Between Genders
(11/01/16)
A meta-analytic review was conducted on the adverse outcomes and prevalence of sexual harassment in a federally operated workplace... Go to Article » The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's Failed Democratic Transition
(10/28/16)
In January of 2011, massive protests emerged against Hosni Mubarak, the autocratic leader of Egypt since 1981. After Mubarak stepped... Go to Article » Models of Internet Monetization
(10/27/16)
Predicting the future of the news industry begins with understanding the history of newspapers and the current news delivery landscape... Go to Article » Intersections of Gender, Race and Nation in Cloud Nine and M. Butterfly
(10/25/16)
This article contributes to the debate as to whether Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill and M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang are ultimately... Go to Article » Right Hemisphere Involvement in Auditory Processing: A Review
(10/24/16)
An orthodox opinion within neurolinguistics is left hemispheric lateralization for language processing. The left hemisphere of the... Go to Article » A Review of Rehabilitation Protocols Following ACL Reconstruction
(10/22/16)
The present study provided a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized control trials involving the effectiveness of various... Go to Article » Interpreting Political Unrest in Hong Kong Through The Midnight After (2014)
(10/17/16)
Hong Kong is standing at a crucial social and political juncture in its history. A former British colony, it has retained its unique... Go to Article » Terror and Torture in the 21st Century: Reimagining the American Hero
(10/14/16)
In the aftermath of the attacks on September 11, 2001 fear and anger shaped American attitudes in response to terrorism. Even so,... Go to Article » The Polar Bear Expedition of 1918 - 1919: Interpreting Masculinity Through the Eyes of a Soldier
(10/11/16)
In the annals of warfare, what often matters most is the simple question of who won. As a general rule of thumb, the winners are often... Go to Article » Defining a Terrorist: A Critical Examination of the Discourse of Terrorism
(09/21/16)
Understanding the term 'terrorist' is a complex and controversial issue within both academic scholarship and mainstream literature... Go to Article » Creating Life Within the Confines of Slavery: Comparing Northrup's Memoir Twelve Years a Slave and Genovese's The World the Slaves Made
(09/13/16)
Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave (1853) provides a comprehensive first-hand account of slavery that both corroborates... Go to Article » Addressing Shortcomings in Afro-Pessimism
(09/01/16)
Afro-Pessimism forwards a crucially important foundation with which anyone concerned with forming Black resistance strategy should... Go to Article » How Important is the Notion of the 'Civilising Mission' to Our Understanding of British Imperialism Before 1939?
(08/24/16)
The ‘civilising mission' is a broad ideology that combines four main ideals; Enlightenment ideals, Christian / Evangelical ideas... Go to Article » Should Governments Negotiate With Terrorists?
(08/24/16)
It is sometimes said that governments should never talk to terrorists. What light does the Northern Ireland experience cast upon that... Go to Article » What Were Mao's Motivations for Intervention in the Korean War?
(08/24/16)
Chinese intervention in Korea in October 1950 continued a period of hideous violence and death in China's history. Between 1927 and... Go to Article » Détente Studies in Cold War International History: Questions (Un)Marked?
(08/24/16)
‘There was no official declaration of détente, no official starting points, no clear-cut end.' ... Go to Article » The Importance of the Ras-Raf Pathway in Cancer Development
(08/15/16)
The Ras/Raf pathway is a crucial cell signaling pathway utilized by eukaryotic cells for growth and proliferation, and it is highly... Go to Article » Genealogy of a Crisis: Europe, Greece, and the Management of the Refugee Population
(07/26/16)
As Europe’s frontier with the Muslim East, Greece has been cast as backward, and not worthy of full sovereignty since the earliest... Go to Article » Assessing the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Brain Development
(07/19/16)
In this paper, I review the course of brain development during childhood and adolescence and examine how early adverse experiences... Go to Article » The Forgotten Illnesses: The Mental Health Movements in Modern America
(07/10/16)
The modern world has made incredible bounds towards generating social movements to support disenfranchised groups. When thinking of... Go to Article » Motives for Engaging with the Kardashian Reality Television Family
(05/31/16)
Reality television has been around for more than a half-century, dating back to the hidden cameras in Candid Camera in 1948. Today... Go to Article » Exaggerations and Stereotypes of Schizophrenia in Contemporary Films
(05/31/16)
Due to filmmakers focusing on violence, traumatic events, and hallucinations when depicting characters with schizophrenia, critics... Go to Article » The American Dream: Discourses of Equality and Achievability for Black Americans
(05/31/16)
What is the meaning of the American Dream for educated black Americans? How do perceptions of the equality and the achievability of... Go to Article » The Seeds of the "Springtime of the Peoples:" A Study in the Causes of the Revolutions of 1848
(05/25/16)
There have been plenty of greater revolutions in the history of the modern world, and certainly plenty of more successful ones. Yet... Go to Article » Defining the Legitimacy and Power of the State Through Weber and Foucault
(05/24/16)
As a founder of sociology, Max Weber influenced the social sciences immensely. In his “Politics as a Vocation,” Weber... Go to Article » Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflict: Colombia's Integrative Approach to Peace and Justice
(05/23/16)
It is clear that the peace should not be purchased at any price. But the illusion that it can be free is ridiculous. &... Go to Article » Angola, 1990-2000: Oil, Democracy, and a "Successful Failed State"
(05/23/16)
Four decades after independence from Portugal, Angola remains a country with significant barriers to good governance and social development... Go to Article » Hearts and Minds: A Comparison of Counter-Radicalization Strategies in Britain and the United States
(05/23/16)
Bataclan. San Bernadino. One need not read any further to understand how radicalization is crucial to counterterrorism and national... Go to Article » China and India in Africa: Implications of New Private Sector Actors on Bribe Paying Incidence
(04/26/16)
This paper seeks to address one of the most common critiques of Asian firms doing business in Africa: that low levels of corporate... Go to Article » The Implausibility of the Barter Narrative & Credit Money in Ancient Babylon
(04/15/16)
Whereas the standard economics textbook literature motivates the emergence of money by pointing to the inefficiencies of barter economies... Go to Article » Coming Out and the Transition to Adulthood in LGBQ Youth
(04/03/16)
The transition to adulthood in the lives of non-heterosexual youth may offer rich information regarding the criteria youth utilize... Go to Article » Mega-Events and the Neoliberal Production of Space in Rio de Janeiro
(03/23/16)
Sporting mega-events in Rio de Janeiro, including the 2014 World Cup and the upcoming 2016 Olympics, employ particular tactics of... Go to Article » The Loneliness of Digital Devices: Examining "Removed" (Photo Series) by Eric Pickersgill
(03/18/16)
The 2015 photo series “Removed,” shot by Eric Pickersgill, contains twenty-eight black and white photographs showing different... Go to Article » Memories and Fear: Treatment Techniques to Dissociate Traumatic Memories
(03/17/16)
Fear finds its place in the world through numerous forms, including natural disasters, genocide, war, trauma and countless other events... Go to Article » The Resource Curse in Nigeria: Comparing the Security of Offshore and Onshore Oil Production
(03/09/16)
Developing states with large natural resource industries have an inclination to become over-reliant on one source of capital, causing... Go to Article » Psychological Effects of Fitness Advertising on Female Collegiate Athletes
(02/18/16)
In recent decades, research has focused on the powerful effects of advertising on negative body image. While researchers have studied... Go to Article » Book Review: A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey (2005)
(02/12/16)
Michael Thompson, reviewing A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey, calls it ‘the world according to David Harvey&... Go to Article » The Development of Modern Feminist Thought: A Summary
(02/10/16)
Who is a woman? What does it mean to be a woman? Is she a mother-daughter-wife-sister? Or is she more than that? What is her role... Go to Article » Clear-Cutting of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest: A Brief Analysis of Clayoquot Sound
(01/31/16)
Using Clayoquot Sound as a reference, the consequences clear-cut logging has on the coastal temperate rainforest ecosystems was examined... Go to Article » Effects of Conventional and Organic Agricultural Techniques on Soil Ecology
(01/31/16)
This paper explores the differing effects that conventional and organic agriculture have on soil ecosystems. The findings are primarily... Go to Article » Toxicological Effects of Nanomaterials on Aqueous and Terrestrial Ecosystems
(01/31/16)
This paper provides a holistic overview of the effects of engineered and natural nanomaterials (ENMs and NNMs) in the environment.... Go to Article » Ecosystems as Stakeholders to Urban Air Pollution Mitigation Decisions in Toronto
(01/31/16)
This paper explores the role that ecosystems can have in the decision making framework for urban air pollution mitigation in Toronto... Go to Article » From Jalaluddin to Akbar: Analyzing the Akbarid Notion of Kingship
(01/29/16)
Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar is placed among the elite few in history; he is amongst the “Great”[1]. Popularly known for... Go to Article » Comparing the Political Theories of Lao Tzu and Machiavelli: Arguments in Favor of Political Rights and Fair Leadership
(01/26/16)
Within Lao Tzu’s Tao-Teh-Ching and Machiavelli’s The Prince, there are similar notions concerning how a ruler should maintain... Go to Article » The Occupation of Common Sense: From Neoliberalism to Radical Democracy
(01/21/16)
Conceiving neoliberalism as a form of constructivism, an ideological project rather than a doctrine prefigured by ‘human nature... Go to Article » Norm or Necessity? The Non-Interference Principle in ASEAN
(01/01/16)
Founded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the most prominent intergovernmental organizations in... Go to Article » E-Fluid Induces Inflammation Responses in Lung Epithelial Cells
(12/03/15)
Electronic cigarettes (E-cigarettes) are devices that effectively deliver vaporized liquid nicotine to the lungs and are commercially... Go to Article » Globalization, Inequality, and the Concentration of Wealth in the UK
(11/30/15)
An article in The Guardian last month reported on the extreme and increasing levels of wealth inequality that exist in Britain today... Go to Article » Comparing the Effectiveness of Positive and Negative Political Campaigns
(11/18/15)
In the United States, Americans elect 50 governors, roughly a third of the U.S. Senate’s 100 members, all 435 members of the... Go to Article » Image Repair and Crisis Response of Professional Athlete Adrian Peterson
(11/18/15)
During the 2014 season, a disastrous year in terms of public relations for the NFL, Adrian Peterson was among those who tainted the... Go to Article » Color Theory and Social Structure in the Films of Wes Anderson
(11/18/15)
Filmmaker Wes Anderson has developed a distinct aesthetic style that is easily recognizable through his use of striking color palettes... Go to Article » Do African-American Female Stereotypes Still Exist in Television? A Descriptive Character Analysis of Olivia Pope
(11/18/15)
Scandal, the first network drama in decades to star an African-American woman, reaches millions of viewers on a weekly basis. This... Go to Article » Unrecognized Potential: Media Framing of Hitler's Rise to Power, 1930-1933
(11/18/15)
In an effort to understand how Americans regarded Adolph Hitler's influence in Germany and beyond as he navigated the country's political... Go to Article » John Stuart Mill's Solution to the Problem of Socrates in the Autobiography
(11/16/15)
Ever since its posthumous publication, John Stuart Mill’s Autobiography has elicited reactions of primarily disappointment and... Go to Article » Exploring the Impact of the Autobiographical Story on Learning English as a Foreign Language: Case Study in the Primary Classroom
(10/23/15)
This case study examines the effects of an EFL teacher’s autobiographical story on 26 Spanish primary students in terms of comprehension... Go to Article » How Important are Masculinity and Femininity in the Culture of Militaries?
(10/19/15)
In 1999, The New York Times Magazine ran a cover story which asked: Does “being a good soldier [depend] on being an aggressive... Go to Article » Press Play for Politics: The Weapon of a Eurovision Song
(10/13/15)
On the first day of 2010, I got a phone call from the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), the official organizers of Eurovision Song... Go to Article » Spatial Analysis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in South Carolina
(10/12/15)
Crohn’s disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are both parts of the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) family and are lifelong... Go to Article » Edward Martyn's "Debt" to Henrik Ibsen and his Work An Enemy of the People
(10/09/15)
In his book ‘Since O’Casey’ and other essays on Irish Drama, published in 1983, US academic Robert Hogan made the... Go to Article » The Origins of Cuban Music and its Cultural and Spiritual Importance Within the Cuban Diaspora Community
(10/02/15)
This paper explores how the Cuban Diaspora has formed connections and forged a new identity around music, meanwhile reinforcing the... Go to Article » Impact of Nitrogen Fertilization on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Abundance in Association with Panicum Virgatum
(09/30/15)
Energy researchers have recently taken interest in the use of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) as a biofuel. Arbuscular mycorrhizal... Go to Article » The Kakawin Sutasoma: A Look at Bhinneka Tunggal Ika and Perceptions of the Text's Religious Implications
(09/16/15)
This study is an analysis of the religious aspects of the epic Sutasoma. Written in the 14th century CE during the height of the Majapahit... Go to Article » Effects of the "Spiral of Silence" in Digital Media
(09/04/15)
Since its introduction by German-born Political Scientist Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann in 1974, the Spiral of Silence theory has become... Go to Article » An Explanation of Self-Censorship in China: The Enforcement of Social Control Through a Panoptic Infrastructure
(09/03/15)
In contemporary China, as a result of centuries of censorship, major dissent at the domestic level has become rather rare. This research... Go to Article » Sociolinguistic Bias in AP Style: How News Media Deny African American Vernacular English Realities
(09/01/15)
In Media Representations and the Global Imagination, Orgad (2012) addresses the division between content and interpretative analyses... Go to Article » Media Initiation in Environmental Education: An Indian Model of Environmental Pedagogy
(09/01/15)
Environmental communication is now an emerging and a significant curriculum from schools to research centers. The effective and efficient... Go to Article » Using Music as an Anti-Anxiety Intervention for Outpatients Undergoing Minor Medical Procedures
(08/31/15)
Many patients experience increased anxiety prior to invasive medical procedures. This anxiety can lead to elevated heart rate and... Go to Article » From Retribution to Restoration in Sierra Leone: Fambul Tok's Drive to Heal Post-Civil Communities
(07/14/15)
Between 1991 and 2002, the small West African coastal state of Sierra Leone was rocked by a brutal civil war, which killed, injured... Go to Article » Roosevelt's Recession: A Historical and Econometric Examination of the Roots of the 1937 Recession
(06/28/15)
The 1937 Recession is a lesser-known event overshadowed by the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. Nonetheless, it... Go to Article » Media Discourse During the Financial Crisis: An Inquiry into the Nature of the Contemporary "Fourth Estate"
(06/19/15)
The concept of a “fourth estate” was first articulated by John Declare, editor of The Times in an article published in... Go to Article » The Arab Uprisings and the Blossoming of a 'Global Imaginary'
(06/01/15)
The social uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt that unfolded in late 2010 and early 2011 were the catalyst for a political awakening that... Go to Article » That's What Makes You Suc-cess-ful: An Analysis of the Required Conditions for an Internationally Successful Music Industry
(05/31/15)
The production, distribution, and consumption of music are highly international transactions. In the past, what made them so was the... Go to Article » A Statistical Analysis of Privacy Norms and State Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
(05/31/15)
Organized crime and terrorist organizations cannot be battled by force alone; anti-money laundering (AML) techniques have become key... Go to Article » Yesterday's News: Media Framing of Hitler's Early Years, 1923-1924
(05/31/15)
This research used media framing theory to assess newspaper coverage of Hitler published in The New York Times, The Christian Science... Go to Article » Are E-Cigarettes a Safe Alternative to Smoking? Using Airway Cell Cultures to Assess Early Indicators of COPD Progression
(05/20/15)
There is limited data available on the safety of electronic (E)-cigarettes, despite their commercial availability and widespread use... Go to Article » Developing Weirdness Through Cartographic Destabilization in Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation
(05/11/15)
The spatial role of weird fiction seems to be one of dislocation, disorientation, and destabilization in what Ann and Jeff VanderMeer... Go to Article » Survival and Morality in Cormac McCarthy's The Road: Exploring Aquinian Grace and the Boy as Messiah
(05/01/15)
In the first scene of The Road (2006), Cormac McCarthy encapsulates the bleak psychology of his post-apocalyptic novel with a metaphor... Go to Article » Sodium Absorption in Summer and Winter Acclimated Freshwater Teleosts
(05/01/15)
To maintain sodium (Na+) homeostasis in a hypotonic environment, freshwater teleosts must constantly absorb Na+ through their gills... Go to Article » The Use and Effectiveness of Problem-Oriented Policing
(04/17/15)
The question of how to lower crime rates has baffled criminologists and law enforcement officials for decades. Over the years, many... Go to Article » Surveying the Challenges and Opportunities of America's Foreign Policy Toward Central Asia
(04/15/15)
America’s record of engagement in Central Asia[i] has been extensive during its post-9/11 era of adventurism. Between its vast... Go to Article » A New Cold War? Explaining Russia's New Confrontations with the West
(04/15/15)
The following is a transcription of the Bartels World Affairs Fellowship Lecture that Ambassador McFaul delivered at Cornell... Go to Article » Al Jazeera America and Strategic Responses to the "Perception Problem"
(04/15/15)
On August 20, 2013, Al Jazeera America televised its first official broadcast amidst a frenzy of speculation about the Qatari-backed... Go to Article » Value-Added Real Effective Exchange Rates: Testing for Countries with High and Low Vertical Specialization in Trade
(04/15/15)
I test a modified value-added real effective exchange rate based on the construction by Bems and Johnson (2012) for suitability as... Go to Article » Bayesian Portfolio Analysis: Analyzing the Global Investment Market
(04/15/15)
The goal of portfolio optimization is to determine the ideal allocation of assets to a given set of possible investments. Many optimization... Go to Article » Multiproduct Pricing and Product Line Decisions with Status Externalities
(04/15/15)
In the present paper, reputation is approached as an idea involving status. We consider a multiproduct monopolist's product line and... Go to Article » Statutory Rape and Teen "Sexting" Laws: The Consequences of Poorly Crafted Legislation
(04/13/15)
Child pornography laws are primarily drawn from the "Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act" of 1977. This act targets... Go to Article » Higher Education Reform in Florida: Considering Senate Bill 1720, Remedial Education, and College Readiness
(04/08/15)
Senate Bill 1720 took effect in the state of Florida in 2014. This new education policy makes college placement tests and remedial... Go to Article » Face Management Theory: Modern Conceptualizations and Future Directions
(04/04/15)
The beginning of any social relationship is often ambiguous (Edelmann, 1985, p. 195). If a social interaction proves to be troublesome... Go to Article » Artificial Composers: Tools of the Modern Musician or Affront to Human Creativity?
(03/22/15)
On August 13, 2014, Youtube user CGPGrey posted Humans Need Not Apply, an informative video detailing the trajectory of automated... Go to Article » Mob Violence Against Women in Algeria: A Historical Case Analysis
(03/20/15)
Violence against women has recently become well recognized as a violation of human rights that holds worldwide significance. Unfortunately... Go to Article » Government Public Relations: Public Diplomacy or Propaganda?
(03/15/15)
When politicians attempt to communicate their views in the public forum, the practice can be seen as a perquisite of the democratic... Go to Article » Living with Evil: Crime and Sexuality in Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown
(03/14/15)
Through the late 1960s the French New Wave became a pronounced and significant factor in the creation and development of Hollywood... Go to Article » Apocalyptic Imagery in Aurora Leigh
(03/09/15)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh (1856) is an apocalyptic work, as seen in Aurora and Romney’s vision of the... Go to Article » Homonationalism and the Death of the Radical Queer
(03/03/15)
When one analyzes recent LGBTQ advocacy, with its rhetoric of liberal normativity and visibility, the gay rights movement has chosen... Go to Article » Predicting the Fate of the Judiciary After Obama
(02/09/15)
One often-admired trait of the federal courts is their apolitical nature. Judges that are appointed for lifetime tenure do not face... Go to Article » Why Taking the White House Online Does Not Make It More Accessible To The Public
(02/07/15)
Much has been said in regards to Barack Obama’s revolutionary use of technology during both his 2008 and 2012 campaigns for... Go to Article » Does "Obamaism" Exist? An Analysis of Ideology and its Place in the Obama Era
(02/07/15)
Philosophers have been grappling at what characterizes the manifestation of what we call “ideology” for some time now.... Go to Article » Treating Bulimia Nervosa with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy
(02/02/15)
Bulimia nervosa represents a significant source of morbidity among young women. This review compares cognitive-behavioral therapy (... Go to Article » Phase Cancellation in Ultrasonic Measurements Due to Misalignment of Receiving Transducer
(01/15/15)
Bone sonometry is an established modality for the characterization of potentially osteoporotic cancellous bone. The ultrasonic field... Go to Article » The Arcane and The Rational: Lovecraft's Development of a Unique Mythos
(01/15/15)
The early 20th century saw the rise of a unique subgenre of science fiction and horror literature known as weird fiction. H.P Lovecraft... Go to Article » The Concept of Property and Ownership in the Antebellum American South: Slaves, Slaveholders, Theft, Conflict and the Law
(01/01/15)
The role of personal property in our lives is one that to a very great extent we take for granted. We, in a crowded country such as... Go to Article » Do Civil Society Organizations Undermine State-Building?
(12/31/14)
In spite of the long-standing debate among economists on the optimal level of government involvement in economic development, little... Go to Article » The Sino-American Rivalry and the Future of the Asia Pacific Trade Architecture
(12/24/14)
How will the rise of China and the subsequent American “pivot” of reengagement with Asia affect the trade of the Asian... Go to Article » Opportunities and Challenges of Allocation of Alternative Energy Resources in Japan
(12/19/14)
In the case of Japan, which lacks any significant fossil fuel reserves (Gasparatos & Gadda, 2009, pp. 4038-4048) some alternative... Go to Article » Chris Christie's Use of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey's Gubernatorial Elections
(12/18/14)
“I didn't get sent here to be elected Prom King.” Chris Christie peppered this signature mantra in many of his 2009 stump... Go to Article » Finding 'Love' in China: An Overview of Chinese Marriage Markets (BaiFaXiangQin)
(12/10/14)
Since 2004, the proliferation of marriage markets in China has made BaiFaXiangQin an attractive alternative for parents that are anxious... Go to Article » Who You Are Affects What You Buy: The Influence of Consumer Identity on Brand Preferences
(11/30/14)
This study examined the extent to which individuals used their self-concepts to determine brand preference. It was predicted that... Go to Article » How Christian Leaders Interact with Twitter
(11/30/14)
This paper explores the relationship between Christian leaders and Twitter. Twitter’s founding resulted in an outburst in the... Go to Article » Environmental Problems and American Politics: Why is Protecting the Environment so Difficult?
(11/23/14)
Environmental concerns have been of increasing salience to Americans since the 1960s, when Rachel Carson published Silent Spring and... Go to Article » The Father-Son Relationship of Jim and Huck in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(11/16/14)
Since its publication in 1884, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been construed to have numerous meanings, many... Go to Article » The Father-Son Relationship of Jim and Huck in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(11/16/14)
Since its publication in 1884, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been construed to have numerous meanings, many... Go to Article » The Implementation of Social Software in Authentic Literacy Activities
(11/13/14)
While international literacy results show Canada maintaining a strong standing, there have been declines in the results for both traditional... Go to Article » The Modern Memoir: Popular Confession and How it Sells 'A Million Little Pieces'
(11/04/14)
In recent years the memoir has come to the forefront of American literature as a popular form for both writers and readers. The best... Go to Article » Phantom-Limb Pain: Causes and Treatment Options
(11/02/14)
Phantom-limb pain (PLP) is a frequent consequence of amputation which has been reported to affect up to 80% of patients who have suffered... Go to Article » The Case of Edward Snowden: A Different Path
(11/01/14)
Legitimate whistleblower or traitor? While the public continues to debate which of these titles most aptly describes former National... Go to Article » A Beautiful Mess: The Evolution of Political Graffiti in the Contemporary City
(11/01/14)
In the late 1990's the spray-painted name "Banksy" began accompanying stenciled images throughout the cities of London and Bristol... Go to Article » A Beautiful Mess: The Evolution of Political Graffiti in the Contemporary City
(11/01/14)
In the late 1990's the spray-painted name "Banksy" began accompanying stenciled images throughout the cities of London and Bristol... Go to Article » Man as Image: Clark Gable, James Dean, and the Audience that Looked at Them
(10/30/14)
In her seminal essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" Laura Mulvey (1975) connects psychoanalytic concepts of scopophilic desire1... Go to Article » China's 'Harmonious World' in the Era of the Rising East
(10/29/14)
Is China building a harmonious world? In order to answer this question, it is necessary go beyond simply reviewing the official narrative... Go to Article » Weight Bias and Anti-Fat Attitudes: Sources, Impacts, and Prevention Methods
(10/28/14)
The number of overweight and obese individuals in the United States has steadily increased over the last decade (CDC, 2012). According... Go to Article » Revisiting Footbinding: The Evolution of the Body as Method in Modern Chinese History
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For scholars of gender and sexuality, the publication of Joan Wallach Scott’s acclaimed essay “Gender: A Useful Category... Go to Article » "What is the What" as a Religious Memoir
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David Eggers’ What is the What is a memoir about the life of Valentino Achak Deng and his personal experience with warfare,... Go to Article » Inequality and Corruption: Drivers of Tunisia's Revolution
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In July 2013, a general strike and mass demonstrations erupted in Tunisia after Mohamed Brahmi, an opposition leader to the democratically... Go to Article » The Drama and Romance of Suicide in "Mrs. Dalloway" and "Madame Bovary"
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Is it noble to take your own life? Across the ages there have been many different interpretations of the morality of suicide, leading... Go to Article » The Spanish Financial Crisis: Economic Reforms and the Export-Led Recovery
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In July 2012, Spain's unemployment rate was above 20%, its stock market was at its lowest point in a decade, and the government was... Go to Article » The Spanish Financial Crisis: Economic Reforms and the Export-Led Recovery
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In July 2012, Spain's unemployment rate was above 20%, its stock market was at its lowest point in a decade, and the government was... Go to Article » Edmonton Hiphop Kulture: Techniques of Self and Cultural Sustainability
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The word culture is rich with complex meanings and despite its use in common speech little is known about it and even less about the... Go to Article » Deconstruction Over Demolition: Manasc Isaac Architects
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This photographic documentary examines everyday activism through the lens of sustainable construction. There are many misconceptions... Go to Article » Social Movement Theory and Terrorism: Explaining the Development of Al-Qaeda
(09/21/14)
Since the attacks of September 11th, the Western world has labeled al-Qaeda and its leadership as suicidal and irrational terrorists... Go to Article » Humanity and Its Place in Nature: Rethinking the Reality of 'Wilderness'
(09/07/14)
The Western concept of wilderness encompasses pristine, untrammeled land viewed as “the last remaining place where civilization... Go to Article » Graphic Novels: Preparing for a Mulitmodal and Multiliterate World
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Graphic novels have become increasingly popular in the classroom as a means to engage English language learners (ELL) in new ways (... Go to Article » The GM Crop Network: An Overview of the Environmental, Political, Economic, and Human Health Contexts Surrounding Bt Corn
(06/25/14)
A genetically modified (GM) crop is defined as a recombinant-deoxyribonucleic acid plant, in which genetic material has been changed... Go to Article » A New Approach to Ohio Pig Farming
(06/25/14)
Although current methods of pig farming now allow cheap pork availability to consumers throughout America, they come at high costs... Go to Article » Naming and Identity in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Song of Solomon
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As an African American author, Toni Morrison is acutely aware of the pain that is intertwined with the history of her history. She... Go to Article » Evolution of the Interstellar Medium of Luminous Infrared Galaxies Since z=1
(05/30/14)
In general, redshift can be said to be a measure of time as well as a measure of distance and the shifting of characteristic spectra... Go to Article » Revolutionizing the Newsroom: How Online and Mobile Technologies Have Changed Broadcast Journalism
(05/29/14)
This study interviewed journalists across the United States in 2013 to find out how online and mobile technologies have changed television... Go to Article » The Efficacy of Guerrilla Advertising on Public Health Issues
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While commercial businesses utilize guerrilla advertising regularly nowadays, the practice has crossed over into non-commercial territory... Go to Article » Palestinian-Arab Media Frames and Stereotypes of Israeli-Jews
(05/29/14)
This study sought to take the pulse on the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict by analyzing primary sources from online Palestinian... Go to Article » Cell Phone Use While Walking Across Campus: An Observation and Survey
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Cell phone plays an essential role in communications throughout the world. The technological revolution that many Americans have experienced... Go to Article » The Agenda-Setting Potential of Saturday Night Live
(05/29/14)
This study explored the effects of the late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live in the political sphere, specifically analyzing... Go to Article » The Visual Rhetoric of Lady Justice: Understanding Jurisprudence Through 'Metonymic Tokens'
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Lady Justice, also commonly know as 'Justitia,' has important symbolic significance. However, as we will find through the use of metonymic... Go to Article » Visibility for Women in the Works of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf
(04/28/14)
When examining the works of both George Eliot and Virginia Woolf, many critics are quick to assess the credibility and quality of... Go to Article » The International Military Police and the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War
(04/24/14)
In 1914 Russia was a powerful empire. It constituted a fundamental part of the European balance of power. However, years of bloody... Go to Article » The Consequences of Food Waste
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The copious amounts of forgotten and disregarded food that are tossed mindlessly into our landfills are a global travesty of massive... Go to Article » Woodrow Wilson and the American Expeditionary Force to Siberia, 1918-1920
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On August 15, 1918, American doughboys landed in Siberia to begin one of the more contentious episodes in U.S.-Soviet relations. The... Go to Article » Women of War: The Female Fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(04/15/14)
Since the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 1983, Tamil women have occupied a key role in the conflict. In the struggle for the... Go to Article » An Uncertain Belonging: Permanent Residency ID Cards and East Jerusalem's Identity Crisis
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Rimaz Kasabreh is Palestinian. Because of her Israeli-issued green identification card, she is considered a legal resident of the... Go to Article » Don't Fear the Reaper: Analyzing the Effect of Health on Microfinance Participation
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The randomized introduction of microfinance to neighborhoods surrounding Hyderabad, India provides an opportunity to analyze the relationship... Go to Article » The Effect of Crime on Achievement: The Differential Effect of Violent and Non-Violent Crimes on Achievement in High Schools
(04/15/14)
This paper examines how the different forms of crime, violent and non-violent, affect the academic achievement of students scoring... Go to Article » The Relationship Between Monetary Policy and Asset Prices: A New Approach Analyzing U.S. M&A Activity
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This article details the relationship between asset prices and monetary policy with a specific focus on the mergers and acquisitions... Go to Article » Efficient Pricing of Carbon in the EU and its Effect on Consumers
(04/15/14)
A European single market for electricity is modeled to find the optimal portfolio of energy generation technologies in the presence... Go to Article » Talking to 'Terrorists': Facilitating Dialogue with the Afghan Taliban
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After 35 years of war in Afghanistan[1], the year 2014 brings two milestones capable of major impact on the future – for better... Go to Article » Jane Eyre as a Female Gothic Novel
(04/07/14)
Charlotte Brontë invests gothic elements in Jane Eyre with a symbolic meaning to create a new, ‘female’ language.... Go to Article » The "Roving Ambassador:" Bayard Rustin's Quaker Cosmopolitanism and the Civil Rights Movement
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"As you know," wrote Bayard Rustin to Charles S. Johnson, the president of Fisk University, in December 1946, "I have been interested... Go to Article » How to Explain the Millennial Generation? Understand the Context
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As a child, I was sheltered and not allowed to watch the Power Rangers or other such violent and crude television series. My parents... Go to Article » Would You Cheat? Cheating Behavior, Human Nature, and Decision-Making
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Questions concerning human nature provoke controversy across disciplines, particularly when it comes to explaining evil or ‘... Go to Article » Asceticism in the Modern World: The Religion of Self-Deprivation
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Among the questions that have attracted my attention during my theological career thus far, nothing has struck me more forcibly than... Go to Article » Demagoguery and the Westboro Baptist Church: Deconstructing the Tactics of Hate
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The Westboro Baptist Church has become widely known for their hatred, polarizing statements, and funeral protests. Consisting of only... Go to Article » Hoarding Plastic Waste: Buried Alive
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Plastic is a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives. Popular for its versatility, it can be attributed to the creation of the numerous... Go to Article » Dian Fossey's Controversial "Active Conservation" Proves Useful in Increasing Mountain Gorilla Awareness
(01/13/14)
As a researcher and advocate of the mountain gorilla, Dian Fossey dedicated her life and career to understanding, protecting, and... Go to Article » Conserving China's Biodiversity
(01/13/14)
Over the past several decades, with the introduction of ecology as a scientific pursuit, China has made advancements in ensuring the... Go to Article » Climate Change Strategies 101
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The development of climate change action plans and strategies is usually done via the policy cycle during the first half of a government... Go to Article » Who is King of Sarawak's Rainforest? An Insight to Sarawak's Land Corruption Led by its Chief Minister and His Family
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Malaysia's 13th General Elections were hopes of many to be the turning point of change, breaking Barisan Nasional's (BN or National... Go to Article » Christopher Benjamin's Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada - Stories to Change Minds and Move Hearts
(01/10/14)
In his 2011 book, Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada, environmental journalist Chris Benjamin provides a new kind of... Go to Article » The Interests of Minority and Majority Shareholders in the EU
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The recent economic crisis roved to be immensely threatening to the economic equilibrium within the European Union (EU). Beginning... Go to Article » Denuclearization: A Models-Based Approach
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With nuclear proliferation a major threat to international security, this study examines the factors that led three countries to denuclearize... Go to Article » On Global Order: South Africa as a Case Study for the Validity of City-Specific Research in International Development
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This study provides an overview of the international development field's attention to urbanization. Despite cities being proven the... Go to Article » Race as a Material Ideology
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The persistence of racism within the working class is a fundamental problem for any Marxist analysis of race, and there have been... Go to Article » Healthcare Access Implications and Psychosocial Effects of Sickle Disease
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Millman (1993) defines healthcare access as "the timely use of affordable personal health services to achieve the best possible health... Go to Article » U.S. Media's Failure to Set the Agenda for Covering Sex Trafficking
(12/14/13)
The sex trafficking industry poses a clear and present threat in society, but the American public seems to be unaware of the gravity... Go to Article » Coupons of the 21st Century: The Golden Age of The Daily Deal Industry
(12/14/13)
Since its introduction in the late 1800s, coupons have transformed drastically to appeal to the changing needs and behaviors of the... Go to Article » Crisis Management and Sports in the Age of Social Media: A Case Study Analysis of the Tiger Woods Scandal
(12/14/13)
Tiger Woods saw his reputation crumble as reports of infidelity leaked to the press in November of 2009. This research evaluated the... Go to Article » Image Restoration in Political Sex Scandals: What To Do (And What Not To Do) When You're Caught With Your Pants Down
(12/14/13)
This study sought to apply a Crisis Communications lens to the area of American political sex scandals. Applying William Benoit's "... Go to Article » The Interactive Indulgence: The Use of Advergames to Curb Childhood Obesity
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As childhood obesity rates in the United States continue to rise, health professionals and pro-health advocates are looking to utilize... Go to Article » Facebook Pages and Benefits to Brands
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Facebook fan pages allow a brand to create an online community of brand users through the social networking site. By pressing Facebook... Go to Article » Public Perceptions of Media Bias: A Meta-Analysis of American Media Outlets During the 2012 Presidential Election
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There has been a considerable surge of scholastic inquiry in recent years into understanding the factors responsible for the fluctuating... Go to Article » Evolution of the Gaming Experience: Live Video Streaming and the Emergence of a New Web Community
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The introduction of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) into the eSports industry has caused an unprecedented growth in its viewership... Go to Article » Pay for Play: Analysis of the Image Restoration Strategies of High Profile College Athletes
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This study sought to explore the college athletic landscape through a Crisis Communications perspective. Using William Benoit&rsquo... Go to Article » Rudyard Kipling's Literary and Historical Legacy
(11/25/13)
Critical opinion of Rudyard Kipling, his imperialism, and his oeuvre has radically changed in the last century. Depending on the literary... Go to Article » Art, Hallucination, and Embodiment
(11/24/13)
This essay will discuss visual perception as well as examine the relationship between art and hallucination. The paper is divided... Go to Article » The Natural History of Osteoarthritis
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Early signs of vertebral osteoarthritis begin to appear around the age of thirty. By age fifty, almost everyone exhibits some form... Go to Article » Turning Behaviors in the Cockroach Blaberus discoidalis
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Legged insects are able to traverse a wide range of unpredictable terrain and assess their surroundings by responding to sensory input... Go to Article » Four Lines to Immortality: Dido's Renaissance Through Josquin des Prez
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Dulces exuuiae, dum fata deusque sinebat, accipite hanc animam meque his exsoluite curis. uixi et quem dederat cursum Fortuna peregi... Go to Article » Discrepancy Between Parent Report and Clinician Observation of Symptoms in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as pervasive developmental disabilities in which... Go to Article » The Contribution of HPG Axis-Hormones and Hormone Replacement Timing on Cognition and Associated Signaling
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Many women experiencing menopause show cognitive function deficits and have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease (AD... Go to Article » Ape Fracture Patterns Show Higher Incidence in More Arboreal Species
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In the following study, the Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History was examined to compare... Go to Article » The Mexican American Health Paradox: The Collective Influence of Sociocultural Factors on Hispanic Health Outcomes
(11/20/13)
According to recent statistics published by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011, Hispanics in the... Go to Article » Visual Persuasion: The Media's Use of Images in Framing People Groups
(11/18/13)
This article compares the media's framing of five groups in response to a societal catalyst that propelled them into the public and... Go to Article » The Influence of Rap and Hip-Hop Music: An Analysis on Audience Perceptions of Misogynistic Lyrics
(11/18/13)
Using a qualitative content analysis and online survey, this research examined how college students perceive and respond to the portrayal... Go to Article » India and Nigeria: Similar Colonial Legacies, Vastly Different Trajectories: An Examination of the Differing Fates of Two Former British Colonies
(11/15/13)
The nations of Nigeria and India both have exceptionally diverse populations, endured the deliberate divide-and-rule strategies executed... Go to Article » The Effects of the US Pivot to Asia on European Strategic Cooperation
(11/15/13)
The current state of European strategic cooperation is optimistically described as "splintered" and pessimistically labeled as "nonexistent... Go to Article » From Fighting Nazis to Electing Nazis: The Rise of Golden Dawn in Greece
(11/15/13)
In Greece's parliamentary elections of June 2012, a far-right neo-fascist party called Golden Dawn gained eighteen seats, making them... Go to Article » Caught Between "Deradicalization" and "Disengagement:" Clarifying Terms in the Discourse of Terrorism
(11/14/13)
Observations from the media and from public discourse on Islamist radicalization reveal that terms such as 'Islamist extremism,' '... Go to Article » On Freedom and Progress: Comparing Marx and Mill
(11/04/13)
This essay compares Karl Marx’s and J.S. Mill’s understandings of freedom and their analyses of the impediments to its... Go to Article » Propaganda, Public Opinion, and the Second South African Boer War
(10/28/13)
The Second Boer War (1899‑1902) was costly for Great Britain and the semi‑independent South African Republic (Transvaal... Go to Article » Women's Fashion and the Renaissance: Considering Fashion, Women's Expression, and Sumptuary Law in Florence and Venice
(10/24/13)
In 1487, Laura Cereta wrote a letter in which she railed against women who “strive by means of exquisite artistry to seem more... Go to Article » Learning to Innovate: Characteristics of Education Systems That Promote Creativity
(10/22/13)
In ac tellus quis tortor accumsan consequat et eu dolor. Morbi vulputate, nisi eget scelerisque tristique, ante ipsum consequat mi... Go to Article » The Struggle for Integration in the Eurozone: Identity Politics and the Financial Crisis
(10/22/13)
Maecenas id tempus quam. Nullam id leo sem. Fusce rhoncus pretium lobortis. Aliquam erat volutpat. Morbi consectetur lorem quis... Go to Article » Symbols of Love and War: Bringing Stories from the Choctaw Nation into the Native American Narrative
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi dictum elit dolor, a laoreet tellus euismod quis. Nam fringilla eros... Go to Article » The Politics of Failed States: From Greed and Grievance Toward Reconstruction
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Aliquam erat volutpat. Morbi consectetur lorem quis lacus faucibus gravida ut vitae turpis. Nullam ultrices sollicitudin auctor.... Go to Article » Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss in the Indonesia Archipelago: Cultural Factors Fueling Deforestation
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi dictum elit dolor, a laoreet tellus euismod quis. Nam fringilla eros... Go to Article » The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey: Cross-National Tensions and Policy Implications in the Middle East
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In ac tellus quis tortor accumsan consequat et eu dolor. Morbi vulputate, nisi eget scelerisque tristique, ante ipsum consequat mi... Go to Article » James Joyce's "Ulysses" and Bloom's Utopian Vision of Ireland
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James Joyce's Ulysses is first and foremost a political novel, a "real Irish nationalist epic in its most . . . politically figurative... Go to Article » Refugee Policy and Foreign Policy: Examining Policy Linkage in Chinese Relations with North Korea, Myanmar, and Vietnam
(10/11/13)
This paper analyzes state refugee policies through the lenses of foreign policy behavior and policy linkage. The case studies compare... Go to Article » Rural-Urban Migration and Agricultural Transformation in India: Observing the Impact on Childhood Migration From Bihar to New Delhi
(10/07/13)
Large-scale rural to urban migrations have been occurring in India in record numbers within the last thirty years, inflating the populations... Go to Article » Visualizing Sound: Effects of Pitch Height and Tonality on Luminance Matching
(10/04/13)
Synesthesia, a perceptual condition in which two or more senses intermix, has elicited research on cross-modal perception in general... Go to Article » Technology and Justice: The Philosophy of Authenticity and Democratic Theory
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"The sense of the world must lie outside the world. In the world, everything is as it is, and everything happens as it does happen... Go to Article » Sustainability Through Urban Gardening
(09/30/13)
Three visions of attaining sustainability through urban gardening – at the individual, community, and city level – are... Go to Article » Unclean, Unsaid, Undead: Beckett, Merleau-Ponty, and the Degradation of Body and Language
(09/24/13)
Life is pain. And life persists, obscure, but life for all that, even in the tomb. Matter disintegrates and is dispersed; the eternal... Go to Article » Between Linguistic Universalism and Linguistic Relativism: Perspectives on Human Understandings of Reality
(09/19/13)
The most striking feature of language seems to be its diversity: contrary to the rather limited physical variations of the human species... Go to Article » Anxieties of Empire: Examining Frontier Governance in 19th Century British India
(09/18/13)
In May 2012, Shakil Afridi received a sentence of thirty-three years “rigorous imprisonment” and a large fine for aiding... Go to Article » The Role of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Antisocial Behavior in Crime
(09/17/13)
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), also known as dyssocial personality disorder, is a mental illness that is characterized by... Go to Article » The Role of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Antisocial Behavior in Crime
(09/17/13)
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), also known as dyssocial personality disorder, is a mental illness that is characterized by... Go to Article » Mexican Drug Activity, Economic Development, and Unemployment in a Rational Choice Framework
(09/05/13)
From his inauguration in 2005 to the end of his presidency in 2012, Mexican President Felipe Calderon presided over one of the most... Go to Article » Assessing the EU's 'Lisbon Strategy:' Failures & Successes
(09/03/13)
The quest for economic supremacy has been at the heart of the European integration process since its very inception. Tracing the historical... Go to Article » Chinese Economic Policy in the 21st Century: Growth, Imbalance, and Considerations for Australia
(08/20/13)
This report examines the Chinese economic model, the potential for future Chinese growth, and the implications for Australia. An examination... Go to Article » Sexual Relations Between Elite White Women and Enslaved Men in the Antebellum South: A Socio-Historical Analysis
(08/18/13)
There is ample evidence of sexual relations, from rapes to what appear to be relatively symbiotic romantic partnerships, between white... Go to Article » Sexual Relations Between Elite White Women and Enslaved Men in the Antebellum South: A Socio-Historical Analysis
(08/18/13)
There is ample evidence of sexual relations, from rapes to what appear to be relatively symbiotic romantic partnerships, between white... Go to Article » Societal and Legislative Attitudes Toward Social Housing Tenants in Ireland: Critical Evaluation of Housing Law and Policies, Statistics, Case Law and Literature
(08/16/13)
One area in which the division among Irish citizens remains apparent is in the realm of social housing. Housing represents the largest... Go to Article » Sleep Quality Among University Students: Evaluating the Impact of Smoking, Social Media Use, and Energy Drink Consumption on Sleep Quality and Anxiety
(06/07/13)
Objectives: Identify the factors affecting quality of sleep, and assess the impact of low quality sleep on the daily activities of... Go to Article » Commencement Addresses Delivered by Incumbent U.S. Presidents, 1914-2010: A Historical Analysis
(06/05/13)
Each year, thousands of colleges and universities across the United States hold commencement. This is a time when campus is in full... Go to Article » The Populist Bind: Death Penalty Abolition as an Anti-Democratic Decision
(05/31/13)
The continued application of the death penalty in the United States marks the country as an extreme outlier among its allies and like... Go to Article » The Forgotten Continenent: The Story of the US's Return to Africa
(04/15/13)
"In addition to the disturbing influence of racial friction, the nationalist movement in Africa is further harassed by the machinations... Go to Article » Liberal Opposition: Mounting Pressures for Reform in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
(04/15/13)
For all the border-transcending, common cause implications of the popular moniker "the Arab Spring," the sociopolitical upheaval it... Go to Article » Legal Dilemmas in the Digital Age
(04/15/13)
In the modern era of cyberspace and technology, advancements pose new threats to legal order. A 2010 census revealed that 2 billion... Go to Article » Ronald Reagan's Presidential Radio Addresses: Themes of Unity
(04/05/13)
When U.S. President Ronald Reagan left office in 1989, he enjoyed a reputation as one of the most rhetorically dynamic Presidents... Go to Article » Addressing the Use of Sexual Violence as a Strategic Weapon of War
(04/01/13)
This paper examines historical and contemporary instances wherein sexual violence, specifically rape, was used as a strategic weapon... Go to Article » From Nostalgia to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Mass Society Theory of Psychological Reactions to Combat
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This paper analyzes the evolution of the construct known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Specifically, it examines the ways in... Go to Article » Causes of Violent Conflict in the Caucasus Since the Collapse of Communism
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Unfortunately, the Caucasus often conjure images of violence and war in the minds of many people. Indeed, the region has been plagued... Go to Article » Planetary Survival in the 21st Century: Confronting Land Degradation, Biodiversity Loss, and Climate Change
(01/15/13)
Everywhere, everyday we are reminded of the planetary crisis. Ice caps melt, forests are decimated, species go extinct and extreme... Go to Article » Correlation Between Prevalence of Diabetes and Lack of Physical Activity in Alabama
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Alabama was cited among the states with greatest prevalence of diabetes for the past five years (Diabetes Surveillance, 2009). There... Go to Article » Karl Marx and the Fair Trade Chocolate Industry in the Ivory Coast
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The research completed aimed to show that the idea of fair trade, using the example of goals for the chocolate industry of the Ivory... Go to Article » The Weakest Link: Credible Deterrence Threats and Alliance Entrapment
(12/31/12)
Over the past 20 years, the international order has been characterized by the conflict between the United States' desire for isolationism... Go to Article » Democracy Up Close in Somaliland: Reflections of an International Election Observer
(12/17/12)
In May 1991, Somaliland emerged as a self-declared independent state in the aftermath of the failure and subsequent collapse of Siyad... Go to Article » Lessons on Government from one Non-State Entity to Another: How the Irish Republican Movement Informs Hezbollah's Attempt at the Clausewitzian Political Arm
(11/01/12)
The great nineteenth-century military theorist Carl von Clausewitz changed the art of war forever with his masterwork, “On War... Go to Article » Justice and Inequality in the World Trading System: A Critical Assesment
(11/01/12)
It has been argued that the global trading system is supposed to promote global efficiency and growth, but a rising chorus of voices... Go to Article » Maternal Mortality in Nepal: Addressing the Issue
(10/22/12)
Each year around 358,000 women die because of complications during pregnancy or childbirth and many more encounter serious problems... Go to Article » Non-Traditional Therapies in Forensic Populations: Benefits of Human-Animal Interaction, Art Therapy, and Meditation-Based Interventions
(10/16/12)
Unique challenges are present in therapy when working with mentally ill offenders in a correctional setting. In order to encourage... Go to Article » Obtaining Justice for Victims of Strangulation in Domestic Violence: Evidence Based Prosecution and Strangulation-Specific Training
(10/10/12)
Strangulation accounts for 10-percent of violent deaths in the United States, with six female victims to every male victim. A common... Go to Article » From Proto-State to Para-State Accountability: Russian Political Regimes Under Yeltsin, Putin, and Medvedev
(09/26/12)
When on September 24th, 2011 Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin announced his bid to run for president in the presidential... Go to Article » Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Nepal: Good Public Health Intention Gone Bad
(09/25/12)
Nepal is a small developing country in South Asia, bordered by China to the north and India to the south, east and west. With a total... Go to Article » A Rhetorical Examination of the Product Keynotes of Steve Jobs
(09/19/12)
Upon Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ death in October 2011, he was mourned worldwide as an innovator who changed the landscape of the... Go to Article » The Islamic Middle Ages, a Fractured Polity, and the Flourishing of a Cultural and Scientific Renaissance
(09/12/12)
Ibn Khaldun highlighted that societies in their natural state exist in the rural countryside, where the struggle of daily life binds... Go to Article » The Role and Impact of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Taking Satire Seriously On A "Daily Show" Basis
(09/06/12)
Throughout the past decade, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has expanded its depth of analysis and impacted the political process... Go to Article » Lucius Sergius Catalina: Villain or Victim? The Famed Cicero as a Violent Aggressor
(08/28/12)
Marcus Tullius Cicero is among the more well-known of ancient Roman men. Many know the name and can identify him as having been a... Go to Article » Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan as Third-Party Propagators: Categorizing the Participation of Private Security Companies
(08/23/12)
A public good is defined as a product or service that is both non-rival and non-excludable, meaning that one cannot withhold it from... Go to Article » Mobile Phone Contamination by Microorganisms in Health Facilities: Comparing Health Care Workers and Patient Visitors in a Post-Operative Pediatric ICU
(08/22/12)
Background: Mobile phones (MPs) come in close contact with the body and serve as a ready surface for colonization. The aim of this... Go to Article » Redefining the Elegy in the Twentieth Century: Thomas Hardy's The Convergence of the Twain And Sylvia Plath's Daddy
(08/21/12)
Forms of poetry are constantly changing as authors stray from what is conventional and familiar, and delve into what is new and different... Go to Article » Public Opinion, Democracy, and the Economy: Case Studies from the Southern Cone
(08/19/12)
Utilizing 2009 data from the Latinobarómetro public opinion survey and bivariate statistical methods, this study assesses the... Go to Article » Toward a Neurobiological Understanding of Religion: Examining Ritual and the Body
(08/17/12)
One of the numerous working definitions of religion includes "a belief in a divine or superhuman power or powers to be worshipped,"... Go to Article » Trade and Conflict in South Asia: Examining the Relationship Between Trade Interdependence and Militarized Conflict
(08/06/12)
The relationship between trade and conflicts between countries in South Asia is important to examine because of the rising prominence... Go to Article » Lessons of Darkness in the Context of Carroll's Erotetic Narrative
(07/30/12)
In his essay, “An Aesthetic Reality,” Andre Bazin writes, “Let us agree, by and large, that film sought to give... Go to Article » The Eternal Search for Truth: A Comparative Analysis of Marie Denise Viller's A Young Woman Drawing and George De La Tour's The Penitent Magdalen
(07/23/12)
The search for truth is a struggle that has plagued humanity since the dawn of time. At the core of all human beings is an authentic... Go to Article » Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy: The Search For Purpose and Meaning
(07/09/12)
Equivalent parts biographical and theoretical, this paper provides a discussion of the main historical events and contributions of... Go to Article » Contradiction in Marriage and Love in the Song of Songs
(07/04/12)
The Song of Songs is a unique book in the Bible. There is no plot and no mention of God, but the piece says a lot about early Hebrew... Go to Article » The Challenges of Climate Change Policy: Explaining the Failure of Cap and Trade in the United States With a Multiple-Streams Framework
(06/26/12)
With their long-term orientation, environmental problems present a unique challenge to the system of policymaking in the United States... Go to Article » Defense of Insanity in Ireland: Present Law and its Application to Psychopaths
(06/22/12)
Propositions for the reform of the criminal law concerning insanity had been debated in Ireland for decades. The factors, which undoubtedly... Go to Article » Global Governance and the Environment: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Global Governance in Tackling Contemporary Environmental Issues
(06/13/12)
"Global Governance" is the buzzword of the moment in international relations. A rapidly emerging political discourse centered on environmental... Go to Article » Adolescent Eating Disorders: Summary Overview, Common Causes, and Counseling Methods
(06/10/12)
Eating disorders have plagued society for many centuries. Since the ancient times of Saint Catherine of Siena and Julius Caesar to... Go to Article » American Aid to Greece: The Marshall Plan as a Model for Development Aid
(05/31/12)
In response to a growing acknowledgement of the failure of international aid, one school of scholars has identified a lack of aid... Go to Article » The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Deep South
(05/31/12)
This paper examines explanations for the current HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Deep South United States. The first set of explanations... Go to Article » The Thin Blue Line and the Ambiguous Truth
(05/10/12)
In his 1988 documentary, The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris explores the 1976 murder case of police officer Robert Wood and the man... Go to Article » I Choose You: Sexuality in Pokemon
(04/21/12)
In a world where pre-adolescents journey oft and far with hopes of launching their careers, a party of three continues its travels... Go to Article » Examing the Social Impacts of French Education Reforms in Tonkin, Indochina (1906-1938)
(04/17/12)
Education reforms were among the most invested projects of French Indochina. The colonial government introduced them for several purposes... Go to Article » Deconstructing the Camarena Affair and the Militarized United States-Mexico Border
(04/15/12)
Recently, the state of the United States-Mexico border has assumed primary importance in American domestic politics. And with that... Go to Article » The Consequences of Rape During Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(04/15/12)
"I rape because of the need. After that I feel like a man." These are the words of a rebel soldier who ruthlessly roams the forests... Go to Article » The War Lovers (Again): What the Foreign Policy Advisers of Presidential Candidates May Tell Us About Future U.S. Foreign Policy
(04/15/12)
Evan Thomas's recent book, The War Lovers, chronicles the "monumental turning point" of the U.S. declaration of war against Spain... Go to Article » The Awakening: How Revolutionaries, Barack Obama, and Ordinary Muslims are Remaking the Middle East
(04/15/12)
When we interviewed him in 1997, he said a number of things to us, which I think represent kind of an alternative vision of the Middle... Go to Article » The LOST Soundtrack: An Analysis
(04/12/12)
LOST is a narrative acclaimed for its complex characters and mythological elements, securing an enormous fan base from different cultures... Go to Article » Cracking the Digital Vault: A Study of Cyber Espionage
(04/03/12)
Today, we live in the aftermath of the Internet revolution. Humanity has never before been more interconnected or had as much access... Go to Article » Cablegate and Watergate: More Namesake than Legacy
(03/20/12)
Just a few months after making international news in early 2010 for releasing confidential reports on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars... Go to Article » Dissent, Protest, and Revolution: The New Europe in Crisis
(03/19/12)
In the waking moments of the twenty-first century, political science faces a burgeoning global movement, a crisis in some eyes, and... Go to Article » The Constitutionality of the Patriot Act: Examining Section 213
(03/16/12)
In the aftermath of September 11, Congress was eager to put laws on the books to prevent another attack. In an unprecedented spirit... Go to Article » Free Speech and Abortion Clinics: Protesters, Security, and Patients' Rights
(03/14/12)
Since Roe v. Wade affirmed the constitutional right to abortion in 1974, antiabortion activists have used various forms of protesting... Go to Article » William Tyndale: Contribution to the English Language and Father of the English Bible
(02/23/12)
The English language is constantly changing. More and more editions of the Webster’s Dictionary are being published every decade... Go to Article » Watergate and the Washington Post: Questionable Tactics in Service to Democracy
(02/23/12)
In their introduction to Journalism: The Democratic Craft, G. Stuart Adam and Roy Peter Clark write that “journalism is one... Go to Article » The Legal Liability of Air Traffic Controllers
(02/02/12)
The very first air traffic controller was Archie League at Saint Louis Airport in Missouri. His control tower was a wheelbarrow with... Go to Article » Fate, Fortune, and Timon of Athens: Reinterpreting The Senecan Chorus
(01/25/12)
In Seneca's tragedies, the Roman playwright and philosopher employed the concept of fate and fortune to structure the outcome of characters... Go to Article » Fraternity and Social Change in the Digital Age: The It Gets Better Project in the March of Online Fraternity
(01/02/12)
Throughout the ages, communication has impacted human interactions and relationships. The dawning of the digital age has changed communication... Go to Article » The Protocols of the Elders of Mecca
(01/01/12)
‘An ethno-religious group has a plan to take control over Europe. The nation is stabbed in the back by one group of people.&... Go to Article » Cedars to the East: A Study of Modern Lebanon
(12/23/11)
The political history of the Middle East is a complex story wrought with instability, conflict, religious and ethnic cleavages, and... Go to Article » The Fenian Dynamite Campaign and the Irish American Impetus for Dynamite Terror, 1881-1885
(12/19/11)
"We must take the offensive! Action gives life, action gives health. At present the Irish cause is received with a hiss and a sneer... Go to Article » Letter from Tunisia
(11/01/11)
Elyès Jouini is the vice-president for research of Université Paris-Dauphine and former Minister for the Economic and... Go to Article » The Problems With American Exceptionalism
(11/01/11)
In 2001, German President Johannes Rau made a statement that divided Germany. In an interview with a television station, Rau said... Go to Article » Brazil's China Challenge
(11/01/11)
In 2001, Goldman Sachs named Brazil one of the four most important emerging economies, with China, Russia and India.1 The BRICs, a... Go to Article » The Media's Sexualization of Female Athletes: A Bad Call for the Modern Game
(10/24/11)
Since the early 20th century, the feminist movement has made enormous strides to improve the status of female athletes. Prior to the... Go to Article » Addiction to Altering States: Observable Tendencies Attributed to Learning and Neurology
(10/20/11)
The observable tendency of a person to repeat the use of drugs, and continue use in spite of possible or real negative consequences... Go to Article » The Legacy of International Cooperation at the Nuremberg Trials
(10/04/11)
On November 21, 1945, Robert H. Jackson, the Chief Prosecutor for the United States of America opened the prosecution’s case... Go to Article » Antifertility Effects of Aqueous Extract of Phyllanthus Niruri in Male Albino Rats
(09/26/11)
The effects of aqueous extract of P.niruri on epididymal sperm characteristics, fructose and testosterone levels in male albino rats... Go to Article » The Model Minority: Asian-American Youth and the Harmful Perpetuation of a Cultural Myth
(09/08/11)
My living room piano speaks loudly through its stillness. Drawn to the haunting beauty of its polished black wood, visitors would... Go to Article » Dexter, Democracy, and Nietzsche: Puzzling Through the Deep End of America's TV Obsession
(09/06/11)
Within the milieu of American television, the vigilante serial killer, Dexter, stands alone with one of the largest audiences. Why... Go to Article » Posthuman: Exploring the Obsolescence of the Corporeal Body in Contemporary Art
(08/26/11)
As technology progresses, the rift between organic and mechanic is increasingly made more obscure. This leads one to then ask whether... Go to Article » Examining Postpartum Depression Symptoms and Treatment
(08/05/11)
Postpartum Depression also referred to as Postpartum Major Depression (PMD), “occurs in approximately 10 percent of childbearing... Go to Article » Free Play: Unmasking and Ending the Exploitation of NCAA Student Athletes
(07/19/11)
The current system of collegiate football and basketball in America’s universities is littered with corruption caused by the... Go to Article » An Ethnography of Water Birth and its Representations on YouTube
(06/16/11)
The purpose of this qualitative research study is to report semi-structured interview narratives from sixteen parents who had given... Go to Article » Comparing Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and Henry James' Daisy Miller
(06/07/11)
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and Henry James' Daisy Miller seemingly differ greatly in style. The forms--play and... Go to Article » Temptation and the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring
(05/31/11)
Published in 1954, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is a follow-up to his 1937 book, The Hobbit. An epic fantasy... Go to Article » Comparing Counterinsurgency Tactics in Iraq and Vietnam
(05/23/11)
Insurgency is not a new phenomenon for the United States, in fact by definition the American's built an insurgency during the Revolutionary... Go to Article » Vehicles for Story: Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o on Defining African Literature, Preserving Culture and Self
(05/20/11)
The historic 1962 conference at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda brought together scholars and writers from various parts of... Go to Article » Gender and Power in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita
(05/18/11)
In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, the overriding force of the narrator, Humbert Humbert, is his need to prove himself master of everything... Go to Article » Dissociative Identity Disorder: Overview and Current Research
(05/09/11)
This paper entails a description of factors related to diagnosis and treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Epidemiology, including... Go to Article » Adapt-Qaeda: Analyzing the Relationship Between Ideology, Organizational Transformation, and the Exploitation of Information Technology
(04/15/11)
This paper traces and analyzes the organizational evolution of al-Qaeda from the late 1980s to the present day. It notes that al-... Go to Article » The Problems of Former USSR: Citizens in Russian-Latvian Relations
(04/15/11)
The problem of migration is one of the most urgent ones in the modern world. As a rule, people migrate voluntarily. In the USSR, however... Go to Article » The Influence of Gaze Direction on Approach- vs. Avoidance-Oriented Emotions
(03/30/11)
When investigating the effect of gaze direction on facial expressions of emotion, previous imaging research indicated that dynamic... Go to Article » Bipedalism: A Response to Climate and Other Evolutionary Pressures
(03/24/11)
Many theories regarding bipedalism in early hominids, as well as the advantages provided by bipedalism have arisen and have been debated... Go to Article » Using Online Forums in Language Learning and Education
(03/23/11)
Online forums are also known as discussion boards or message boards. They enable users of a website to interact with each other by... Go to Article » Health and Nutritional Status of the Indian Tribes of Tripura and Effects on Education
(03/14/11)
Tribal communities in India mainly consist of forest dwellers who have accumulated a rich knowledge on the uses of various forests... Go to Article » Human Rights, Truth Commissions, and Anthropology in Latin America
(03/02/11)
In the aftermath of mass violence and terror, nations are left in a state of disillusionment, fear, and often a lack of state legitimacy... Go to Article » Patty Murray vs. Dino Rossi: Analyzing the 2010 Washington State Senatorial Race
(02/14/11)
The 2010 Washington State senatorial race was crucial for Republicans, as it could have earned the GOP a Senate majority and eliminated... Go to Article » Effects of Collectivistic and Individualistic Cultures on Imagination Inflation in Eastern and Western Cultures
(02/10/11)
Previous research suggests that culture influences our autobiographical memories. This study sought to determine if the collectivism... Go to Article » Effects of Collectivistic and Individualistic Cultures on Imagination Inflation in Eastern and Western Cultures
(02/10/11)
Previous research suggests that culture influences our autobiographical memories. This study sought to determine if the collectivism... Go to Article » Gender-Specific Language of the Major Prophets in The Hebrew Bible: The Case of the First and Second Isaiah
(02/04/11)
Prophecy is one of the most important institutions in the Hebrew Bible. The prophet is regarded as the voice of the Lord, bringing... Go to Article » Thomas Jefferson's View on Post-Jefferson America
(02/03/11)
Fifty years after their daring signing of the Declaration of Independence, absolving political ties with England, John Adams and Thomas... Go to Article » Social Change in Venezuela
(02/01/11)
Amidst highly politicised coverage of Venezuela and the media’s obsession with its controversial leader, Hugo Chávez,... Go to Article » Crime and Personality: Personality Theory and Criminality Examined
(01/31/11)
The search for the criminal personality or super trait has captured both the minds and imaginations of academics and the wider community... Go to Article » Crime and Personality: Personality Theory and Criminality Examined
(01/31/11)
The search for the criminal personality or super trait has captured both the minds and imaginations of academics and the wider community... Go to Article » Cartel Parties and Party Competition: Growth and Analysis
(01/20/11)
Throughout the course of the second half of the 20th century, it is undeniable that the organizational structures and methods employed... Go to Article » Incorporating Technology into the Modern English Language Arts Classroom
(01/17/11)
The mere mention of the English Language Arts content area, for many people, might conjure images of ancient, dusty tomes, the sound... Go to Article » You Owe Me: Examining a Generation of Entitlement
(01/14/11)
Once upon a time, in a land called America, people truly believed in a capitalist system. Citizens worked hard their entire lives... Go to Article » Wine Appellation Regulation in the U.S. and France as a Response to Globalization
(01/12/11)
This paper explores the link between cultural identity and globalization through the lens of wine appellation regulations in the United... Go to Article » Retelling the Stories of the Holocaust in 'Shoah' and 'Maus': Distorted Images of a Monstrous Past
(01/11/11)
An artist, especially one who works with the visual media, is bound to come across obstacles in his creation of a work that represents... Go to Article » The "N-Word:" The Use and Development of the Term "Nigger" in African-American Culture, as Depicted in the Plays of August Wilson
(01/10/11)
August Wilson represents the experiences of African-Americans in each decade of the 20th century in his Pittsburgh Cycle, a collection... Go to Article » The Great Gatsby's Relation to and Importance as a Work of Art
(01/06/11)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, as quoted by Matthew Bruccoli, recognized the importance of his own novel and its artistic achievements: &ldquo... Go to Article » Preventive Security in the 21st Century: The Threats of the Threats
(01/03/11)
“Human security means protecting vital freedoms. It means protecting people from critical and pervasive threats and situations... Go to Article » Heroin Chic: The Fashion Phenomenon Analyzed Through the Writing of Christine Harold and Timothy Hickman
(12/28/10)
Heroin chic emerged in the 1990s as a high class fashion trend which appropriated visual imagery of heroin junkies and their environment... Go to Article » Cyborgs and Robots: A Logically Ordered Existence?
(12/10/10)
"The 'logically ordered' society results in a loss of spirit and soul, with the absence of suffering, of twilight and mystery, of... Go to Article » Memoirs and Confessions: The Hybrid Form of Decadent Texts
(12/08/10)
Decadent texts are a subclass of literature paradoxically characterised by both creation and decay, and are thus texts that resist... Go to Article » Group Therapies for the Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa
(12/06/10)
Eating disorders continue to increase in prevalence among adolescents, young men and women, as well as older adults, affecting nearly... Go to Article » Freudian Theories Present in Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera"
(11/30/10)
The Phantom of the Opera was originally penned as a French serial by Gaston Leroux in 1909. It tells the story of a young man... Go to Article » Online Dating Study: User Experiences of an Online Dating Community
(11/15/10)
Increasingly, human interactions are being communicated by means of electronic, Internet-based medias. Readily available programs... Go to Article » The Same Bed: Articulating a Continuity Thesis in US-China Policy
(11/01/10)
This analysis of U.S.-China relations was motivated by what I perceived to be misplaced "controversy" over Obama's China visit in... Go to Article » The Politics of Asian Regionalism in Korea: Identity Politics and Its Implications for U.S.-ROK Relations
(11/01/10)
Drawing from the concept of national identity in the Constructivist School of International Relations, this paper sheds light on the... Go to Article » The Blue Counterrevolution: The First Year of President Viktor Yanukovych
(11/01/10)
The initial 100 days of Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency appeared to be a complete departure from the Yushchenko presidency. While... Go to Article » Superheroes, Superpowers, and Sexuality
(10/29/10)
Superheroes have a strong influence in our society, and as such we should look at the messages that they represent. To this... Go to Article » English Student Resource Guide: Annotated Bibliography of Various English Resources
(10/22/10)
This bibliography will be helpful to the English student looking for particular kinds of resources on the English language. It will... Go to Article » Libido and Thanatos in Tobias Wolff's "The Night in Question"
(10/18/10)
Lucius Annaeus Seneca once said that “All art is but imitation of nature” (Bartlett’s 106) and this has held true... Go to Article » Memory Replacement, Confabulation, and Repression: Remembering Creatively
(10/14/10)
The specific purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the factors that would permit an individual to dissociate himself from his... Go to Article » The Liberal Democratic Party in Japan: Explaining the Party's Ability to Dominate Japanese Politics
(10/06/10)
The Liberal Democratic Party’s largely uninterrupted dominance of Japanese politics must be ascribed to processes which transverse... Go to Article » Italian Politics and the Sicilian Mafia: An Account from 1983 to Present
(09/23/10)
Many know the Island of Sicily as a warm, sun-filled exotic paradise that became home to travelers from distant lands. This paese... Go to Article » Women in Ancient Japan: From Matriarchal Antiquity to Acquiescent Confinement
(09/15/10)
The role of women in ancient Japan elicits inconsistencies due to different influences that were integrated at various time periods... Go to Article » The History of Mental Illness: From Skull Drills to Happy Pills
(09/10/10)
The limitlessly varied personalities of human beings have fascinated both scientists and fellow members of society throughout the... Go to Article » The History of Mental Illness: From Skull Drills to Happy Pills
(09/10/10)
The limitlessly varied personalities of human beings have fascinated both scientists and fellow members of society throughout the... Go to Article » George Bush and the New York Times: A Contentious Relationship
(09/08/10)
George W. Bush’s relationship with the New York Times got off to a rocky start. At a campaign event in early September of 2000... Go to Article » Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD): To Medicate or not to Medicate?
(09/07/10)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), also known as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), has become increasingly prevalent... Go to Article » Property Dualism & Physicalism: Unclenching the Soldier's Fist
(08/31/10)
From the time of the ancient Greek philosophers to modern contemporaries, the mind-body problem has been perpetually debated. With... Go to Article » "And I of Ladies Most Deject and Wretched:" Diagnosing Shakespeare's Ophelia with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(07/28/10)
If William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is “the most famous play in English literature,” his Ophelia is arguably the field... Go to Article » The Millenium Challenge Account: Foreign Aid and International Development Programs of the Bush Administration
(07/27/10)
The United States presidency is a complex role, encompassing both domestic and foreign policy responsibilities. As a major world power... Go to Article » A Critical Analysis of the Rwanda-Burundi Genocide and the Sociopolitical Implications of Colonial Rule in Africa
(07/22/10)
There has always been a great deal of intrigue as to why certain people and certain parts of the world are cursed with such a greater... Go to Article » Thirty-Six Days of Turmoil: George W. Bush and the 2000 Election
(07/20/10)
During his first term in office, President George W. Bush claimed that he had a clear political mandate from the voters of the United... Go to Article » Ending the Exceptional: Defiance of Conventions in Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider"
(07/06/10)
The myth of American exceptionalism has existed since early on in our nation’s history. As early as the mid 1830s, Alexis de... Go to Article » Social Networking: Protecting Your Information and Personal Brand
(06/29/10)
The Internet is a necessity in Americans’ lives and something that many access often throughout the day. Over 80% of students... Go to Article » The Taiwan Strait: From Civil War to Status Quo
(06/28/10)
In 2005, during a period of heightened tensions between China and Taiwan and with the United States deeply embroiled in two major... Go to Article » Rhetorical Analysis: Pauline Inklings in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(06/22/10)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson proves to be an enduring literary illumination into the human... Go to Article » Cases and Controversies: George W. Bush's Appeals Court Nominations
(06/16/10)
In his eight years as President, George W. Bush appointed two Supreme Court justices, 61 Appeals Court judges, and 261 Federal District... Go to Article » President Bush, The Iraq Invasion, and "Enhanced Interrogation"
(06/16/10)
Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote that “to ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.”[1] Although this statement... Go to Article » Colin Powell: Examining a Key Player in the Bush Administration
(05/13/10)
To understand an administration, you need to understand the key players. Through analyzing the Bush presidency, it is clear that the... Go to Article » Idle Youth: Using Sport to Address the Youth Bulge in Sierra Leone
(05/11/10)
There is a growing consensus that the prevalence of a large youth population is not conducive to peace and that such a ‘youth... Go to Article » Vampires: The Ever-Changing Face of Fear
(05/07/10)
In the past two-hundred or so years, vampires have transformed from a sort of worst nightmare into the charming hero of our dreams... Go to Article » A Taxing Presidency: A Critique of the George W. Bush Tax Policy
(05/05/10)
Now that President George W. Bush has completed his two terms in office, it is only natural that political scientists and historians... Go to Article » The Dalai Lama, Buddhism, and Tibet: Reflecting on a Half-Century of Change
(04/27/10)
Throughout history, there have been several ways in which people perceive Tibet. Since it has traditionally been isolated from the... Go to Article » The Design of Absent Crisis: The Clinton Administration on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
(04/20/10)
The year 1993 was not a good one for Bill Clinton. An exception, perhaps, being the morning of January 20th when he stood at the west... Go to Article » Berlin After the Wall: Decades After Its Fall, History Still Haunts
(04/16/10)
Game Changer—any person, institution, or event whose action significantly alters the current environment and status quo&mdash... Go to Article » NATO's Dilemma: Asset Specificity and the Challenge of Securing Afghanistan
(04/15/10)
On the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's founding, Afghanistan provides a unique opportunity for the alliance... Go to Article » Judging Wars: The International Politics of Humanitarian Adjudication
(04/15/10)
The past sixty years witnessed a global proliferation of international courts and tribunals of almost all sizes and purposes. Today... Go to Article » Elusive Economic Development in the Maghreb and Beyond
(04/15/10)
How many political, economic, and social mistakes will a population accommodate before it rebels? Due to the self-checking mechanism... Go to Article » Pragmatic Nationalism and Confucianism: The New Ideology of the CCP
(04/13/10)
Confucianism was one of the dominant political philosophies of Imperial China. Confucianism’s influence declined throughout... Go to Article » Levels of Processing: The Effects of Orthographic, Phonologic, and Semantic Processing on Memory
(04/08/10)
The processes by which the human brain creates, stores, and uses memories are very complex and have been the topics of many research... Go to Article » Nora as a Doll in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
(03/31/10)
In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, Nora Helmer spends most of her on-stage time as a doll: a vapid, passive character with little personality... Go to Article » Nora as a Doll in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
(03/31/10)
In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, Nora Helmer spends most of her on-stage time as a doll: a vapid, passive character with little personality... Go to Article » Ivan's Transformation and Coming to Terms in Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Illyich"
(03/30/10)
In Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illyich, the story's protagonist--Ivan--is dead before the story begins. The first chapter concerns... Go to Article » Human Rights and Radical Social Change: Liberalism, Marxism and Progressive Populism in Venezuela
(03/29/10)
“Human rights” is a concept so deeply intertwined into the modern discourse that it seems almost impossible to question... Go to Article » The Flipside of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
(03/24/10)
The United Nations states that at its broadest, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be defined as the overall contribution of... Go to Article » U.S. Presidential Elections in the Age of Millenium Media
(03/19/10)
On November 2nd, 2000, FOX News declared George W. Bush to be the next President of the United States (Moore 36). Within four minutes... Go to Article » Hitler's Use of Film in Germany, Leading up to and During World War II
(03/18/10)
German cinema from 1927 to 1945 was affected drastically by the political environment that grew within the nation. After Germany suffered... Go to Article » Neuropsychological and Behavioural Aspects of Huntington's Disease
(03/12/10)
George Huntington first described Huntington’s disease (HD) in 1872 as being a hereditary chorea, “an heirloom fortunately... Go to Article » The Social Media Revolution: Exploring the Impact on Journalism and News Media Organizations
(03/11/10)
Twitter. Facebook. Digg. MySpace. LinkedIn. The list of social media tools could probably run on for paragraphs, and today’s... Go to Article » Raising Titanic: The World of Communication & the Creation of One of the World's Most Succesful Films
(03/10/10)
Twentieth Century Fox was right to question the likelihood of box-office success for James Cameron’s $200 million film Titanic... Go to Article » Gay Marriage in Antiquity: How Far Have We Come?
(03/03/10)
Mention the phrase “gay marriage” to any American and you can almost always expect some type of response. Everyone, it... Go to Article » The Uncommon Commonality of Eleanor of Aquitaine
(03/01/10)
"Western civilization was feeling the need for a reassessment, a redefinition of some of its basic principles regarding the nature... Go to Article » Sexuality, Religion, and Science As Seen Through "Twilight of the Gods"
(02/16/10)
Within the first ten minutes of Twilight of the Golds, it is clear that both Judaism and homosexuality play a role in the Gold family... Go to Article » Preventing Juvenile Delinquency: Early Intervention and Comprehensiveness as Critical Factors
(02/11/10)
Every single person living in the United States today is affected by juvenile crime. It affects parents, neighbors, teachers, and... Go to Article » The White Feather Campaign: A Struggle with Masculinity During World War I
(02/01/10)
World War I was a brutal conflict that shattered countries, redefined warfare with its bloody massacres, and left a generation with... Go to Article » The Ugly Truth: An Exploration of Postwar Representations of the Holocaust Through The Obscene
(01/28/10)
Omer Bartov’s essay from Intellectuals on Auschwitz expresses the author’s dismay with the postwar and postmodern representations... Go to Article » The Burden of Disarmament: UN Peacekeeping Operations & Illicit Weapons
(01/27/10)
"Disarmament is not an end in itself. The end is peace, and security is one of its essential elements.”- John Paul II to the... Go to Article » The "Vast Wasteland" Gets Vaster: The Future of Television in the Online Revolution
(01/26/10)
In 1961, nearly a decade after the “Golden Age” of television had passed, commercial television was still changing the... Go to Article » A Second Look at Don John, Shakespeare's Most Passive Villain
(01/22/10)
In William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, all of the main characters experience and participate in some form of deceit... Go to Article » The Positive Impact of African Union Forces in Darfur
(01/19/10)
After the wave of liberalization of many African states in the late twentieth-century, the world has seen a rise in the amount of... Go to Article » Rethinking the American Civil War, Through the Eyes of a Teenager
(01/13/10)
The legacy of the American Civil War with which we are left is one that emphasizes a participatory American populace, overwhelmingly... Go to Article » Perceptions of Heroes and Villains in European Literature
(01/12/10)
It is tempting to classify literary, cinematic, and historical characters into groups. The trouble, of course, is that such labels... Go to Article » Memorializing Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston
(01/11/10)
‘WHO WERE THOSE PEOPLE?’ historian Howard Zinn asked a member of the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society in November... Go to Article » "Once There Were Two Towers": Describing Tragedy to Children after 9/11
(01/07/10)
The attacks of September 11th have frequently been characterized as unimaginable, capable of inflicting confusion and emotional trauma... Go to Article » A Report on Electoral Turnout in the United Kingdom: Long Term and Contemporary Factors of Voting
(01/01/10)
nsequences. Kingdom varies significantly from one election to the next, be that in a general election or in local elections.1 We... Go to Article » A Parcel Of Rogues: Scotland's Politicians and the Issue of Independence
(01/01/10)
“Scotland is a foreign country. Strange, often beguiling. It is so foreign because of its very familiarity.” – Jonathan... Go to Article » Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Plays of Shakespeare
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The number of ancient sources available to the readers and playwrights of Elizabethan times was truly immeasurable. These sources... Go to Article » The Hero We Create: 9/11 & The Reinvention of Batman
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A giant hole is ripped in the side of a skyscraper. Smoke and flames pour out and debris tumbles into the street. Clouds of smoke... Go to Article » Jean De Joinville and his Biography of Saint Louis on the Seventh Crusade
(12/18/09)
The French historian Jean de Joinville was born into a noble and influential family in Champagne in 1224.[1] He took the cross in... Go to Article » Perceptions of Knighthood: Comparing the Character of "The Knight" in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to the Knight in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal
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Chaucer’s description of “the Knight” in his “General Prologue” may be seen as a multi-layered narration... Go to Article » A Study in Violence: Examining Rape in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
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“The genocide was a collective act. What made it possible, what made that final political crime possible was the absence, the... Go to Article » Understanding Human Language: An In-Depth Exploration of the Human Facility for Language
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What critical evolutionary events does the span of human progression include? Anthropologists agree that decisive transitions such... Go to Article » Poetic Structure in Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"
(12/01/09)
In Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the motive behind the narrator’s “stopping... Go to Article » Lenin's New Economic Policy: What it was and how it Changed the Soviet Union
(11/19/09)
By the time 1921 came around, Russia’s economy had been maimed by the effects of War Communism. Socialism had not begun on a... Go to Article » Lenin's New Economic Policy: What it was and how it Changed the Soviet Union
(11/19/09)
By the time 1921 came around, Russia’s economy had been maimed by the effects of War Communism. Socialism had not begun on a... Go to Article » Predicting Hurricanes: The Whirlwind of Controversy Surrounding Hurricane Alicia
(11/10/09)
Hurricanes will always be a way of life for many Texans. Young Texan schoolchildren learn about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 in... Go to Article » The Great War: The Similarities and Differences of Print and Television Media
(11/09/09)
News is more likely to be reported if meets one of the following characterisitics: It concerns elite personalities; It is negative... Go to Article » Equitable Capitalism: The Rebirth of American Business
(11/06/09)
My love for business began as I read Ayn Rand’s acclaimed novel, Atlas Shrugged, in the ninth grade. Packed with adventure,... Go to Article » The Relationship Between Stockholm Syndrome and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Battered Women
(11/05/09)
Every year, 10-50% of women suffer intimate partner violence (Bargai, Ben-Shakhar, & Shalev, 2007). It is important to understand... Go to Article » In Search of Manhood: The Black Male's Struggle for Identity and Power
(11/03/09)
Within the cultural framework of America, the systemic structure is characterized by White male patriarchy that allows for Black males... Go to Article » Why Financial Conglomerates are at the Center of the Financial Crisis
(11/01/09)
The global economy is currently experiencing the “most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression.” The ongoing... Go to Article » Withdrawing the Case of Uganda from the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
(11/01/09)
The trend from international armed conflicts toward internal insurgencies has altered our common understandings of classical strategic... Go to Article » Cost-Effective Renovations and Other Improvements for Creating More Energy Efficient Homes
(10/29/09)
Just by flipping through television channels or walking through the aisles of a grocery store, it is easy to see that the popularity... Go to Article » Machismo and the Reaction Formation of the Mexican Man
(10/28/09)
Américo Paredes, in his 1971 article “The United States, Mexico, and Machismo” (Marcy Steen, trans.), defines the... Go to Article » Redskin and All-American: Jim Thorpe's Malleable Symbolic Significance
(10/26/09)
In 1950 the Associated Press polled close to 400 sportswriters in order to name the greatest male and female athlete of the first... Go to Article » Rezak Hukanovic: Witness and Survivor in The Tenth Circle of Hell
(10/26/09)
The Tenth Circle of Hell: A Memoir of Life in the Death Camps of Bosnia, written by Rezak Hukanovic, is one survivor’s account... Go to Article » America in the Post War Period
(10/18/09)
The end of World War II was not just the end of a war, but also the beginning of a tense and dynamic period that affected society... Go to Article » Financial Crisis and Regulatory Challenges
(04/15/09)
A number of reports have established a diagnosis of the financial crisis. The first was produced by the Financial Stability Forum,... Go to Article » Gaza in Crisis: Obama's Foreign Policy in the Aftermath of Renewed Conflict
(04/15/09)
This ongoing dispute clearly concerns the United States, the long-term third party in peace negotiations, and a close ally of Israel... Go to Article » The Russian Government and Gazprom
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Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the newly-formed Russian Federation faced a considerable economic downturn. During the... Go to Article » Justice: Evasive and Amorphous
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With mass atrocities ongoing in Darfur and past atrocities yet to be addressed, the question of how to achieve accountability for... Go to Article » Cornell and the Marshall Plan (1947-1951)
(04/15/08)
Since his nomination as Cornell University’s twelfth President, Dr. David Skorton has made a “Marshall Plan for higher... Go to Article » Closing the NAFTA Gap: Applying EU Integration to US Immigration
(11/01/07)
The accession of Ireland, Greece, Spain and Portugal into the European Community was a significant move towards manifesting everlasting... Go to Article » A Tale of Two Countries: Lessons from the Latin Quest for the Balance of Equity, Progress, and Freedom
(11/01/07)
Poverty effaces dreams. Oppression defeats hope. These conditions ruin the human spirit, which no one should tolerate. Liberals and... Go to Article » The Dragon on Our Doorstep: New Politics for a New Millennium in Wales
(01/01/00)
At the time of the 1979 Devolution Referendum, when all the votes were counted and the results were announced, the then Secretary... Go to Article » 'Three Men And A Loan': The Fall of Peter Mandelson
(01/01/99)
The Christmas of 1998 will be seen by political pundits in years to come as the first crisis to assail the ‘New Labour&rsquo... Go to Article » Securing the Skies: Threats to Civil Aviation From International Terrorism
(01/01/97)
Threats to international security may assume many guises all of which deserve thorough analysis. Indeed, as we approach the new millennium... Go to Article » A Victory For The Centre? Americans Re-Endorse Clinton and the Politics of Divided Government
(01/01/97)
In one of the more memorable moments of the otherwise dull BBC coverage of US election night, veteran political commentator Charles... Go to Article » |
