Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1933-1959; Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990; Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba
This thesis represents an overview of the Foreign Relations policy of the United States toward Cuba, and its leadership, in the time period leading up to the Cuban Revolution and culminating with the Bay of Pigs invasion. The thesis also examines...
In human hypertrophy and heart failure, death often occurs following an arrhythmia. Researchers are still looking for the underlying causes of these arrhythmias. It has been determined that ion channels control cardiac rhythm, and that...
The purpose of this thesis is to prove that Kate Chopin's earlier heroines are, although not fully developed, precursors to Edna Pontellier, a character Chopin created at the end of her career in The Awakening. All of Chopin's fiction takes place...
Falkner Island, off the coast of Guilford, Connecticut, is the site of the largest breeding colony of endangered Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) and Common Terns (S. hirundo) in Connecticut, and the sixth largest colony of Roseate Terns in the...
The present study investigates the link between trait anger and non-compliant behavior in prison. A sample of inmates from three prisons in the Connecticut Department of Correction were studied to determine if the level of their trait anger would...
Drunk driving -- Connecticut -- Prevention; College students -- Alcohol use -- Connecticut -- Prevention; College students -- Alcohol use -- Attitudes
Driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages has been a pervasive problem both in the United States and Europe, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries. Considerable research has identified college students as being at...
Urban schools -- Connecticut; School principals -- Connecticut; Educational leadership
This case study explored leadership behaviors of urban school principals that develop capacity-building for teaching and learning that supported the school improvement plans of one school district in Connecticut. Six embedded cases were...
During the development of potential protein or antibody therapeutics in a pharmaceutical environment, the use of animal models as test subjects is a necessary requirement. The dosing of mice, rats, and primates is essential to drug development...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Mathematics -- Study and teaching
For years mathematics education has been at the center of discussion and action aimed at reforming curricula, teaching, and assessment in American schools and universities. Prodded by a series of critical national advisory reports and by...
The purpose of this study was to document, measure and compare growth in reading performance of four remedial third graders in two selected Jamaican schools. To accomplish this task the researcher designed and piloted FRIP, Foster Reading...
On September 13, 1993, the leaders of two rival nationalist groups, Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin shook hands on the lawn of the White House, symbolizing the birth of the Oslo Peace Process. For the first time since Israel’s establishment,...
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation
This thesis will examine the first person character in the poetry of W. B. Yeats in order to illustrate a theme of liberation. Liberation for Yeats means a freeing of oneself from mere memory, or events, by converting them into a poetic mythology....
Reading (Elementary) -- Remedial teaching; Music in education
The purpose of this study was to develop and implement teaching methods to build
fluency in struggling readers and to generate hypotheses regarding the impact that music
has in helping to build fluent oral reading. Methods using music to promote...
This thesis explores the idea of the "artist" as a figure of self-creation in the
development of identity (both in and through literature) using a number of Shakespeare's
protagonists to exemplify the different stages of evolution, especially...
The ability of cells to migrate is important for development, neurite formation,
immune function, and other processes necessary for the life of an organism. However,
the gaining of an inappropriate migratory function, as well as, uncontrolled...
The focus on communities and their impact on characters, individually and in
groups, is a major theme that runs throughout Toni Morrison's novels. It is when the
communities are in conflict with each other and their members that Morrison reveals...
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids; Manipulatives (Education)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of manipulatives in
supporting algebraic thinking in the middle grades, and reasons why they are misused, or
not used at all. Middle school algebra teachers from both urban and suburban...
Individuals are being released from prison at an alarming rate, many without the necessary skills and supports to assist them in becoming a self-sufficient and contributing member of society. This study highlights the criminal justice policies that...
Infertility is a common problem, affecting approximately 10% of all couples attempting to conceive (Watson et al., 1998). Although numerous potential causes of human infertility exist, many cases are thought to have genetic etiologies, including...
Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Lungs -- Cancer
This study examines the relationship ovserved between the chromosomal
abnormalities detected by FISH and available clinical data on cancer type on
forty lung cancer specimens. An attempt to derive correlation between subtype
of lung cancer and type...
