Repeated exposure to addictive drugs causes unmistakable changes to occur on both a neuronal and a behavioral level. Certain circuits in the brain of an addict are forced to change and adapt to an environment of drug-induced chemical imbalance....
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...
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933; National socialism; American periodicals -- History;
This paper is a study of the last years of the Weimar Republic and the rise to
power of Adolph Hitler, and how these events were analyzed in four journals of public
opinion in the United States. This thesis makes the argument that the journals of...
Mexican literature -- Political aspects; Political satire, Mexican; Ibargüengoitia, Jorge, 1928-1983
The following is an abstract of research conducted while writing a thesis entitled "Another Mask of Mexico and Its People Through Jorge Ibargüengoitia's Satirical Prose." Some authors believe the only purpose of satirical writing is to amuse the...
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681; Salvation -- Christianity
Pedro Caldern de la Barca (1600-1681) has been called the theological poet of the Counter Reformation. Among the many dramas he wrote are a group of mythological plays. These plays include several groups in which the same mythological theme is...
Central Connecticut State University; Augmented reality
Augmented reality is the concept of overlaying digital information on top of the real worldview. One application that makes use of Augmented Reality is the Layar Reality Browser, which shows what is around oneself by displaying real time digital...
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders -- Criticism and interpretation
Many critics who have studied Defoe have observed that he had a conflict between living a religious life and being a successful merchant. He explores this tension by creating fictional characters who face the same dilemma, as they carefully toe...
Libraries -- Technological innovations; Mobile computing
Considering the year-over-year growth in mobile technologies, we came up with an idea about applying mobile oriented technologies within the Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) library website. The library mobile application is now fully...
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Emma -- Criticism and interpretation
Jane Austen takes her heroine and the reader on a quest to illustrate the dangers of an unrestrained fancy. Emma’s imagination creates a world of its own, "Myself creating, what I saw," to borrow a line from the poet William Cowper, quoted late...
Studying an ecological system is a complex and difficult process. Studying a fossil ecology is even more difficult. There are few fossil deposits containing not only most of the organisms originally present, but also preserved well enough to make...
Information technology -- Environmental aspects; Electronic data processing departments -- Energy conservation; Social responsibility of business
Going Green means to follow practices that will be environmentally friendly and help sustain the available natural resources for current and future generations. Increasing energy costs, corporate image, and concern for the environment are the top...
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Troilus and Criseyde; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Characters -- Women
The widowed status of Chaucer's Criseyde has a profound influence on her behavior throughout the poem. Her actions, as well as her interactions with others, are all products of her situation. Criseyde should be examined within the context of an...
Investigation of X-linked histocompatibility may offer an opportunity to find CD and HD minor H haplotype components which are widely separated on the X chromosome. The presence of the HX antigen is detected by placing parental strain grafts onto...
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation; Racism in literature
The purpose of this thesis is to examine Joseph Conrad's ironic use of racism in Almayer's Folly (1895), Heart of Darkness (1902), and The Nigger of the Narcissus (1898), in which he subverts many of the racist stereotypes about people of color...
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote; Don Quixote (Fictitious character); Moriscos in literature
Miguel de Cervantes' El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha relates the adventures of Don Quijote and his sidekick Sancho Panza in a world in which reality and appearance are blurred together. This thesis observes that this dual reality...
Water quality--Connecticut--Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County); Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County, Conn.)
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Biology."; Thesis advisor: Clayton Penniman.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-72).
Dick, Philip K. -- Criticism and interpretation; Borges, Jorge Luis,1899-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation; Mysticism in literature
The mysticism of Philip K. Dick and Jorge Luis Borges make for a pairing that exposes a similarity of technique in the invention of imaginary worlds. The use of the double becomes an especially noticeable method that will be explored at length. ...
Latin American drama -- History and criticism; Latin American drama -- 20th century
In this research study, based on eight contemporary Latin American plays. I examine the characterization strategies utilized by the authors in order to reflect the crisis of the modern Hispanic man. The titles and playwrights are the following:...
This study investigates the value ascribed to the counseling position in small New England community colleges. A sample of eleven community colleges throughout New England with current enrollment of 2,000 students or less was contacted. This survey...
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Criticism and interpretation
This thesis proposes the Samuel Coleridge's poetry attempts to forge an interdependent relationship between imagination and faith. In the Biographia Literaria Coleridge suggests that the imagination is an entity separate from man and similar to the...
