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From Bandannas to Berets: A Critical Analysis of Beyoncé’s “Formation” Music Video
(2017-07-11)
The release of Beyoncé’s “Formation” music video as well as her debut performance of the song at the 2016 Super Bowl has incited debate and controversy across the United States. While some feel empowered and prideful, ...
From Bare Metal to Private Cloud: Introducing DevSecOps and Cloud Technologies to Naval Systems
(2018-07-20)
Virtualizing computing resources provides a myriad of benefits ranging from increased hardware utilization, better disaster recovery, and isolation between the applications and the underlying hardware. Isolation of ...
From Correction to Connection: The Effect of Pet Ownership on Recidivism and Empathy in Former Inmates
(2022-07-13)
After a person is released from prison the rate at which they reoffend is known as recidivism. Previous research shows that an increase an empathy leads to a reduction of recidivism rates (Kratcoski & Kratcoski, 2017; ...
'From Darwin to the Death Camps': A Collage of Holocaust Representation Focusing on Perpetrator Atrocity Discourse in Literature, Drama, and Film
(2007-08-15)
In this dissertation my plan is to take a collage of representational forms that deal with the subject of the Holocaust and to point at the discourse of the perpetrator as possibly a more postmodern form of representing ...
From Data to Decisions: Development of Surrogate Models for Process Optimization
(2022-07-27)
Surrogate models are used to map input data to output data when the actual relationship between the two is unknown or computationally expensive to evaluate (Han & Zhang, 2012). Surrogate models can also be constructed for ...
From drones to Daphnia: Exploring eutrophication and climate change impacts on algal blooms at various scales
(2021-04-19)
Climactic variations and cultural eutrophication alter aquatic ecosystems by promoting harmful algal blooms (HABs) that destabilize aquatic food webs and degrade the quality and safety of aquacultured fish, recreational ...
From Edge to Equipment: Design and Implementation of a Machine-Learning-Enabled Smart Manufacturing System
(2023-04-27)
In smart manufacturing, data management systems are built with a multi-layer architecture, in which the most significant layers are the edge and cloud layers. The edge layer, not surprisingly, renders support to data ...
From Field to Plate: Alabama Fruit and Vegetable Production, Marketing, and the Impact of Consumer Demand
(2012-07-20)
Extensive research has been conducted on the various aspects of the fresh produce supply chain including producers, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers. However, there is currently a lack of research regarding consumer ...
From hostile encounters to unforgettable journeys: Unveiling the power of visitor harassment and host sincerity on destination loyalty
(2023-08-01)
This research paper examines the relationships among visitor harassment, host sincerity, memorable tourism experiences, destination fascination, and destination loyalty. Using the expectancy-disconfirmation theory, the ...
From New South to Sunbelt: Greenville, South Carolina
(2020-07-21)
Greenville County, South Carolina is the Palmetto State's most populous county and exert's substantial influence on the state's politics and economy. Spaces such as Greenville have largely been omitted from the narrative ...
From Personal Trust to Professional Behavior: A Study of the Impact of Trust and Enjoyment on Behavior Intentions in Business Analytics
(2016-06-17)
Information technology consumerization represents technology designed for the consumer finding its way into the workplace. This is a phenomenon which is wide spread but has not currently sufficiently understood as technology ...
From Pre-Civil War to Post-Civil Rights: The Political Lives of African-Americans
(2012-08-16)
African Americans have played a major role in the history of Perry County almost
since the first white settlers arrived in the area with their black enslaved laborers. In a
county known for its pre-Civil War cotton wealth, ...
From Prison to the Community: How Offending Women Manage Post Release
(2021-06-28)
Over the past few decades there has been an alarming spike in the number of women entering and exiting the penal system. The many barriers post offending women experience before incarceration are seemingly the driving force ...
From Rolling Bungalows to Mobile Mansions: The Origins of America’s Obsession with the Recreational Vehicle
(2017-04-19)
This dissertation studies the rise of the recreational vehicle technology in America. It argues that recreational automobility required the achievement of mass automobility and long distance roads to become a viable travel ...
From Tonic to Toxin: Medicinal Plants in the Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century
(2020-04-27)
My dissertation, From Tonic to Toxin: Medicinal Plants in the Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century, explores the reclassification of herbs in nineteenth-century British literature and culture from potent allies to ...
From Trauma to Growth: The Roles of Event Centrality, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Deliberate Rumination
(2016-12-10)
Researchers have increasingly recognized that traumatic events can lead to both pathological outcomes such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and positive outcomes such as posttraumatic growth (PTG). Consistent with ...
From Trauma to Testimony: Resilience in Four Contemporary Novels
(2017-07-25)
As the work of eminent literary trauma theorists Cathy Caruth and Elaine Scarry has persisted as integral to the field, literary trauma studies now has a twenty-year legacy prioritizing the silencing and shattering impact ...
From Trees to Lumber: Essays on Forest Management, Logging and Lumber Price
(2021-12-06)
The forestry sector includes silviculture, forest management, logging, and wood utilization. Forestry has been experiencing dramatic transformation due to technological advances, changing markets of labor, capital, and ...
Front Porches and Freeways: Does Rural or Urban Residence Matter for Couple Relationship Education Outcomes?
(2017-07-27)
The purpose of this study was to advance explorations of the possible differential effects of rural versus urban residence and income on individuals’ couple relationship outcomes following participation in a couple ...
Fronteras de cal: Discursos identitarios en la literatura futbolística
(2014-05-12)
The present thesis studies the construction of collective identity through soccer literature in Spain. This literature acts as a good example of discursive mechanisms that are used by the different imagined communities ...