Choctaw Indians -- Government relations -- History; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History; Federal-Indian trust relationship
Charles Wilkinson asserts that the Supreme Court has responded to contemporary Native American pleas for justice by attempting to incorporate Indian understanding of past commitments into reinterpretations of old laws. The new accommodation appears...
Comparative education; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Japan -- Cross-cultural studies
In recent years, policymakers and academic experts have expressed alarm about the variance between Eastern and Western mathematics achievement. Research reveals that classrooms in the United States are lagging behind their Eastern counterparts....
A significant amount of criminology research and theory has focused on criminals’ past criminal behavior and social-psychological conditions as a way to predict future criminal behavior. Little attention is given to events and transitions that...
Cyclin D1 is the major regulator of cell cycle --- the division of cells to copy themselves. Cyclin D1 is the product of ccnd1 gene and plays an important role in regulation of cell cycle transition from G1 phase to S phase. The cell cycles of...
This research examines how a cycle of poor nutrition has been created in the Frog Hollow neighborhood, an urban food desert, in Hartford, Connecticut. The absence of large chain grocery stores and the ubiquity of fast, high-fat, high-calorie...
We present a collection of algorithms which are used to construct Hamiltonian paths
and cycles in hypercube networks with faulty nodes. In graph theoretical terms, the
hypercube is a connected, undirected graph composed of edges and nodes, or...
This thesis focuses on the alga Polysiphonia subtilissima, specifically its reproductive phenology and photosynthetic rates. At its northern limits including New England, P. subtilissima occurs in areas of lower salinity and in Connecticut it is...
Abnormalities in the synaptic concentration of serotonin are often linked to clinical and psychiatric disorders. This concentration of serotonin is regulated, by serotonergic neurons, through a cycle of serotonin synthesis and vesicular packaging,...
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...
Sports -- Physiological aspects; Women athletes -- Physiology; Menstrual cycle
There are several different physiological differences between males and females that can affect exercise performance. Particularly, women experience the menstrual cycle when variations of estrogen and progesterone occur every 23-38 days. This...
United States. Africa Command; United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa; Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
On February 6, 2007 the plan to create a United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), was announced by President Bush. Responsible for 53 African nations, AFRICOM is a consolidation of United States Department of Defense programs in Africa that had been...
