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The Confederated States of Africa: A Framework for Continental Unity

Description: Undergraduate thesis presenting a framework for a united African continent. The current international system has left Africa largely behind and a massive portion of Africa's issues such as territorial disputes are the result of Western influence and intervention. A philosophical normative idea is presented whereby those affected by its implementation can develop the methodologies and intricacies such a program requires and no claim should be made by an outside influence.
Date: 2013~
Creator: Lux, Ryan
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Criticisms of Patriarchy in Women's Captivity Narratives: A Close Look at Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (1862) and Sarah Wakefield's Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity (1862)

Description: Undergraduate thesis exploring criticisms of patriarchy in women's captivity narratives by examining Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (1862) and Sarah Wakefield's Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity (1862). Both used their socially acceptable roles in order to assert their own ideas regarding the patriarchy. The author concludes that both narratives therefore assert that patriarchal societies did not necessarily produce justice for English or Amer… more
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: Hansard, Chelsea
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The effects of chronic hypoxic incubation on levels of Nav1.5 in the hearts of the embryonic Alligator mississippiensis (A. mississippiensis)

Description: Undergraduate thesis studying the cause of hypoxic induced bradycardia. The author used western blots analysis to determine the concentration of the cardiac sodium channel, Nav1.5 within embryonic American alligators at 70% and 90% development when incubation occurred in hypoxic conditions (10% O₂) and normoxic conditions (21% O₂).
Date: 2013~
Creator: Pegram, Destiny
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Forward Genetic Screen to Isolate Hypoxia-Sensitive Mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans

Description: Undergraduate thesis studying hypoxia by utilizing the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to test for the possibility of other cellular components in the genetic response to hypoxia survival. Through a forward genetic screen, the author isolated three potentially sensitive strains, and narrowed it to one strain that has reduced movement and developmental growth. The hope is to further characterize this mutant strain to discover a new part of the hypoxia cellular response in C. elegans.
Date: 2013~
Creator: Staton, Alanna
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Growing local foods movements: Farmers' markets as nodes for products and community in Dallas/Fort Worth

Description: Undergraduate thesis building on Feagan's (2007) analysis of ideas of community and place, and Kloppenburg et al.'s (1996) concept of foodsheds, and a modified form of drive-time polygons, termed 'marketsheds' that demarcate the consumer-draw area for farmers' markets. Specifically, the research analyzes the spatial distribution of local food communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) in Texas and links the foodshed concept to elements of community and sense of place. Two questions gu… more
Date: 2013~/2014~
Creator: Aucoin, Martin
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Initial Validation of the Attention Network Test (ANT) Through a Comparison with the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metric (ANAM) Battery

Description: Undergraduate thesis with the initial attempt to validate the Attention Network Test (ANT) by comparing it to a thoroughly validated measure, the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metric (ANAM) battery. The author examines the validity of the ANT in order to confirm its use in both clinical and normal populations.
Date: November 22, 2013
Creator: Hertz, Nicholas
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