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Sing a New Song: Community Songwriting and Singing to Enhance the Quality of Life and Health of Older Adults
(2018-04-27)
According to the United Nations, the world population of older adults will surpass 2 billion by the year 2050. These older adults risk a reduction in Quality of Life (QOL) due to chronic illness. The United States ...
A Brazilian, a Politician, and a Jew Walk Into a Gay Bar: How the Satirical ‘Fake News’ of the Daily Show With Jon Stewart Adapted Augusto Boal’s Joker System for Its Coverage of LGBTQ Rights
(2018-01-09)
This thesis examines modern interpretations of Augusto Boal’s politically engaging and transformative theatrical theory, the Joker System and its derivatives. The concentration of the research uses Boal’s system as the ...
Determining the Role of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Antigen-Like 1 in Renal Ischemic Reperfusion Injury
(2018-02-14)
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a broad term that applies to a wide range of pathological etiologies characterized by a sudden increase in serum creatinine, a hallmark of malfunctioning kidneys. Ongoing efforts to elucidate ...
Effects of Self-Affirmation And/or Mindfulness Interventions on Undergraduates’ Receptivity to Sexual Health Information
(2018-04-27)
This study examined the effects of self-affirmation and/or mindfulness interventions on college students’ receptivity to sexual health information. Participants (N = 81) were randomly assigned to one of four groups with ...
Application of Anaerobic Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting to Isolate and Cultivate Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated Gut Microbes
(2018-04-13)
The gut microbiome has been an area of intense study over the last decade and numerous studies have highlighted it as an important environmental factor that influences both health and disease. The microbiome has been ...
Exploring the Perspectives of the Saudi State’s Destruction of Holy Sites: Justifications and Motivations
(2018-12-20)
This thesis explores Saudi Arabia’s perspective on the destruction of heritage sites before and after Saudi Arabia became a state, seeking answers to these questions: why does Saudi Arabia commit these acts in the name of ...
Health Based Criteria for Use in Managing Airport and Aircraft Noise
(2018-05-19)
This thesis questions whether an exposure-dose relationship between measurable aircraft sound and health can be established. The significance of this research is that highly concentrated global populations live near ...
Incidence of Bar Discipline in Millennial Attorneys
(2018-03-23)
Data on the numbers of attorneys disciplined by age, to include millennials (born 1980-1992) were obtained from the disciplinary organizations of 17 states and the District of Columbia, in order to determine whether ...
Reproductive Physiology as a Foundation for Developing Transgenic Peromyscus
(2018-04-16)
Peromyscus mice evolved to thrive in a wide range of habitats across North America, resulting in a high degree of diversity within and between species. Much work has already been done to understand the genetic bases of ...