Valle-Inclán, Ramón del, 1866-1936--Criticism and interpretation.; Honor in literature.
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in Arts in Spanish."; Thesis advisor: Ángela Morales.; Also available via the World Wide Web.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes...
Polish language -- Study and teaching; Polish language -- Vowels;
A few generations of phonologists dealing with Polish have been struggling to find the true nature of the Polish nasal vowel. The strongest earlier claims postulated that Polish has no nasal vowels at all. The newer studies, however, suggest that...
Determining what exactly "works" as far as rehabilitating offenders, particularly women with dual diagnosis (i.e., mental health and substance abuse), can be a difficult task. Recent research has turned its focus to looking at the effects of both...
Dietary restraint is defined as the conscious restriction of food intake with the
intention of weight control. Research has shown that emotions can have an effect on
eating behavior in restrained and unrestrained individuals. Studies have reported...
Evolution-education in America has been a fascination of the public ever since the Scopes trial of the 1920's. The controversy has not subsided despite the supreme court's rulings regarding this topic. As has been the case with many controversial...
Peri Rossi, Cristina, 1941- -- Characters -- Children; Peri Rossi, Cristina, 1941- -- Criticism and interpretation; Children in literature
Exiled Uruguayan author Cristina Peri Rossi is considered an outstanding writer of novels, short stories and poetry. She is extremely diverse with regard to the topics with which she chooses to write. While her works vary as far as topic and theme,...
Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Spanish language -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
In April of 1983 the National Commission on Excellence in Education issued a report entitled “A Nation at Risk,” in which the Commission summarized the values of foreign language study and made recommendations for future instruction. The report...
Geography -- Study and teaching; Geography -- Study and teaching -- Aids and devices;
Introduction
The main objective of this curriculum guide is to provide educators with materials
and resources designed to promote cultural awareness with middle school students
and meet specific geographic objectives and standards. Geography is a...
Silas Deane was a patriot of questionable integrity during the Revolutionary War. He lived from 1737 to 1789. He rose from humble beginnings in Connecticut to prominence within the Colonial Congress meeting in Philadelphia, rubbing elbows with...
United States. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; College students -- Conduct of life -- United States; Universities and colleges -- Administration
Since the demise of the doctrine of in loco parentis in the mid-1960's, the role that the United States government has played in matters of student conduct at postsecondary institutions has changed drastically. Although higher education has...
Watersheds -- Research -- Connecticut; Hydrology -- Research -- Connecticut; Pequabuck River (Conn.); Pomperaug River (Conn.)
The effects of impervious surfaces on river systems as a result of urbanization are well documented and include such changes as increases in the magnitude and frequency of peak discharge, diminishing lag times, decreases in base flow and the...
The purpose of this study was to compare the stress felt by officers employed by different size departments to identify differences and similarities between small town and urban policing. This study surveyed 104 officers of various ranks from four...
The purpose of this study was to determine if classical music impacts student learning. The goal was to find out if students who listen to classical music in the background would perform better on a written test compared with a group who did not...
Women prisoners -- Family relationships -- Connecticut; Children of women prisoners -- Connecticut; Recidivism -- Connecticut
This exploratory study proposes to examine if the amount of contact an incarcerated mother has with her children influences her recidivism rate upon discharge. A survey was administered to female ex-offenders with children that addressed how much...
This study sought to determine if recreational swimming had an impact on the quality of water and the health of plant and animal species in the Scovill Reservoir in Wolcott, Connecticut. Specifically, it was designed to find out the extent to which...
This work deals with the construction of zero mean curvature surfaces in the three dimensional anti de-Sitter space. The method that was used was to look for examples that can be described using polynomial equations. More precisely, we are looking...
