Browsing DCE Theses and Dissertations by Title
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27 Doors
(2016-03-14)This novella is a fantasy thriller that wants to deal with death and its various shapes throughout a surreal journey, where a superior power challenges the protagonist to face his own guilt, or original sin. Characters ... -
3-Dimensional Printing and Bio-Based Materials in Global Health: an Interventional Approach to Addressing Healthcare Disparities in Low and Middle-Income Countries
(2017-01-23)Approximately 2 billion people in developing countries around the world lack access to essential surgical care and services, resulting in the avertable deaths of over 1.5 million individuals each year. These startling ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Funds: How Sustainable Are SRI Funds?
(2018-04-01)Between 2012 and 2014, socially responsible investments (SRI) grew by 76%, with over $6.5 trillion now being held in managed SRI assets (Schueth et al., 2014). This remarkable growth accentuates the blossoming interest ... -
A Demographic Analysis of the Distribution of Farmers Markets and Grocery Stores in Northern Virginia
(2017-12-13)Increasingly, consumers are seeking opportunities to buy locally grown fresh foods at farmers markets in lieu of conventionally sourced foods at grocery stores due to perceptions of environmental, economic and social harms ... -
A Poly (Lactic Co Glycolic) Acid Based Dry Powder Inhaler for the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
(2017-11-13)The goal of this paper was to investigate the feasibility of a novel Poly (Lactic Co Glycolic) Acid (PLGA) based Dry Powder Inhaler in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. First line TB drugs are highly effective in ... -
A Sweet Legacy? Thomas Jefferson and the Development of the Maple Sugar Industry in Vermont
(2017-08-16)When Thomas Jefferson and James Madison headed north from New York City on May 21, 1791 for a trip through New York and New England, Americans were sweetening their tea and baked goods with white cane sugar produced by ... -
The Abenomics Difference: Three Arrows of Roosevelt Resolve in Japan
(2016-03-07)This study investigates Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic policy package, known as “Abenomics.” Abenomics is intended to end two decades of deflation in Japan, based on a Three Arrow approach (monetary policy, ... -
Achieving Vast Restoration: Incentivizing Grassland Regeneration in Eastern Montana
(2017-12-05)This thesis examines the potential for federal, state and local government environmental incentives to be leveraged by for-profit impact investors pursuing grassland restoration. Nearly 20% of the continental United States ... -
Acoustic Characteristics of Phonological Development in a Juvenile African Grey Parrot (Psittacus Erithacus) Who Is Learning Referential Speech
(2015-10-06)Although young children can sometimes produce words in a near perfect form at a very early stage, several diary studies revealed that these correct first productions are usually followed by less faithful renditions, only ... -
Activation of Guanylate Cyclase-C With Heat-Stable Enterotoxin Fails to Potentiate Celecoxib-Induced Reduction in Colorectal Cancer Cell Growth in Vitro
(2016-03-21)This study evaluated the use of heat-stable enterotoxin (ST), a guanylate cyclase receptor type C (GC-C) agonist, in combination with celecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, for the prevention of colorectal cancer ... -
Aggregation Propensity: Characterization of Monoclonal Antibody Stability
(2015-10-20)The study of aggregation propensity of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) and its sensitivity to applied stresses is believed to correlate with the overall stability of the mAb. As such, the aggregation propensity under various ... -
AggrGator: A Platform for Collaborative Discoverability and Annotation of Media
(2017-09-28)There are very few good tools available that allow people to digitally categorize recorded videos. This is a problem because with the rise of digitization of recordings previously created on magnetic and other non-digital ... -
Agriculture Expansion in Franklin County Massachusetts: Analysis of Trade-Off Scenarios Between Agriculture Production and Ecosystem Services
(2016-05-10)Proposed food system developments outlined under the New England Food Vision (NEFV) require clearing over 6 million acres of forested land for conversion into agriculture. Franklin County, Massachusetts was used as a proxy ... -
American Foreign Policy Toward the Syrian Civil War
(2017-04-17)This thesis investigates the shift in the “schizophrenic” American foreign policy toward the Syrian Civil War from 2011 to 2015, following the Arab Spring protests. What objectives were outlined, and what events on the ... -
An Examination of the Nature of Hezbollah’s Evolving Presence in Latin America
(2017-08-17)Hezbollah has proven itself to be an organization of global reach. Since their inception in 1982, Hezbollah has grown its network across five continents, capable of conducting lethal operations and raising tens of millions ... -
An Investigation of Quality of Mixed-Neurodevelopmental Intimate Adult Relationships With an Emphasis on the Typically Developing Partner Perspective
(2018-04-27)The concepts of mixed-neurodevelopmental and same-neurodevelopmental intimate adult relationships are introduced and the quality of mixed relationships is investigated with an emphasis on the typically developing partner ... -
Analysis of Carbon Disclosure Data for U.S. Equities Within the Electricity Generation Sector
(2016-05-21)With the historic international climate agreement made in Paris still fresh in their minds, investors are looking at Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data to increase alpha in the upcoming low carbon economy. ... -
An Analysis of the Potential Environmental Remediation and Economic Benefits Anaerobic Digesters Offer to the Dairy and Swine Industries: A Comparison of China and the U.S.
(2015-10-29)The purpose of this research is to investigate the environmental remediation and energy potential of anaerobic digesters on pig and dairy farms and to demonstrate how incorporating those benefits into a cost-benefit analysis ... -
An Analysis of the SmartCells Business Model and Its General Applicability Toward Building Successful Early-Stage Ventures in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(2017-03-29)SmartCells developed a technology that would re-engineer the existing pharmaceutical, insulin, to perform in a way that was safer and more efficacious than the original underlying drug (Zion, 2004). This novel approach ... -
An Analytical Method for Inferring Library Identity From Illumina NGS Read Groups
(2017-04-04)When working with genetic sequence data, it is important to know the individual, sample, and sequencing library from which the data derives. While multiple software packages exist that can detect when data has been swapped ...