When World War II ended, the economic infrastructure of the United States remained intact, allowing her to emerge from the war as the world's leading economic power. It was there that the devastated countries of Europe looked to obtain the...
When immigrants arrive in their new host country, they find themselves surrounded by a completely different culture, and they must go through a renegotiation process in which they have to decide how much of their own culture to maintain and how...
Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGFa), a member of the endothelial growth
factor (EGF) family of mitogens, was previously thought to exist solely in neoplastic
cells and the quickly dividing cells of a developing fetus. Since then, TGFa...
Child molesters -- New Jersey -- Registers; Child sexual abuse -- New Jersey -- Prevention
Today, all 50 states in the United States of America have created a system of registration and notification for convicted sex offenders. These laws were quickly enacted in the past several years in response to horrific crimes against children that...
Human powered vehicles; Transportation -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; Transportation -- United States -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
To meet the requirements stated for completion of the Master's program in Technology Education at Central Connecticut State University, I will develop a competition, a working vehicle, and a curriculum to promote Transportation Technology in the...
To date, there has been little research on the efficacy of police academy training on officer performance. Specifically, there is no research available on the efficacy of training that deals with officer self-defense. The purpose of this study is...
To date, the exact etiology of migraine remains unknown. However, the medical community has accepted Moskowitz’s trigeminovascular hypothesis as the most acceptable explanation. Moskowitz proposes that both the trigeminovascular system and the...
Tick-borne diseases have become a principal public health concern in the United States due to the tremendous increase in human contact with deer. This concern has been reflected in Connecticut as well in recent years. With changing demographic...
Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religion; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Politics and government
Tibet is described as merciless at times with its frigid cold temperatures, the world‟s highest mountain ranges, and practically uninhabitable desolate lands. Even though Tibet appears as an untamable landscape to the world, it has actually had...
Igbo (African people) -- Counseling in higher education; Educational counseling
This work examines details and offers possible solutions to the major problems faced by the Nigerian Igbo student population in the United States. The widely different world views, social values, attitudes toward mental illness and family and...
Hizballah (Lebanon); Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Public opinion
This thesis will focus on the 2006 Israel-Hizballah war which began on July 12th, 2006. It will ascertain the American college students' attitude towards the 2006 July War in Lebanon in comparison to the U.S. officials' attitude. The American...
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....
International Women's Decade, 1976-1985; African American feminists -- 20th century; African American feminists -- 21st century; Women, Black -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Women, Black -- Social conditions -- 21st century
This thesis was designed to evaluate the current state of knowledge on the interconnections between the World Conferences on women held by the United Nations and the Black feminist movement. The study will look at international changes initiated...
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...
Chávez Frías, Hugo; Venezuela -- Politics and government -- 1999-
This thesis represents an effort to evaluate the socialist reforms Hugo Chavez has implemented in Venezuela since his ascent to the Presidency in 1998. In order to understand Chavez's ideologies, the initial chapters of this thesis put Venezuela's...
Puerto Rico -- Poetry; Puerto Rico -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Puerto Rico
This thesis represents a thorough and comprehensive study of Puerto Rico political, economic and social circumstances from the perspectives of poet's generations during over two hundred years of colonial history. Over the last one hundred years...
Cuban Americans -- Biography; Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Personal narratives; Exiles -- United States -- Biography
This thesis represents a thorough and comprehensive study of Cuba's political, economic, and social situation from the perspectives of three generations of Cuban exiles. Over the last forty seven years the exiles argue that Fidel Castro's promises...
This thesis is based on the premise that textile arts, including those produced in West Africa, naturally reflect the cultures and customs of the ethnic groups in which they are created. As such, they can provide us with unique and fascinating...
Educational counseling -- Social aspects; Counseling in secondary education; College attendance; Minority students -- Counseling of;
Minority students -- United States -- Social conditions; Private schools
This thesis explored the college process for students from historically underrepresented backgrounds at independent secondary boarding schools. Specifically, it focused on gaining a deeper understanding of the factors that contribute to the...
This thesis argues that the reunification of Germany was well overdue
because the German nation arrived at a point in its development where certain truths
about its past no longer applied. The "truth" about Germany and its past cannot be
considered...
