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Developing a Course: What Liberal Education Means for Miami
(2012-04-25)While Miami University prides itself on being a liberal arts institution, it is not clear that our liberal education curriculum is as effective as it could be in meeting the learning objectives set out for it. This senior ... -
A different type of resilience:A paradigm shift for small post-industrial communities
Resilience is a term often used in design to refer to natural disaster relief through architectural practices. Yet, a new form of resilience could potentially serve as a paradigm shift for those cities and town seeking ... -
The Discourse of Women's Experiences Under Communism
The relationship between time passing and the admission of guilt is a complicated one. For how long it took Germany to acknowledge and discuss the atrocities of the Nazi regime, people immediately wondered in 1989 when and ... -
“Documenting Shell Shock”: LAURE Research Story Essay
Since the fall of my junior year here at Miami, I have spent much of my time devoted to studying the topic of shell shock in the United States, specifically examining the ways in which newspapers facilitated the spread ... -
Driving towards the future: developing the autonomous-electric vehicles identity and its impact on architecture
For over a hundred years, the internal combustion engine has been the primary method powering our vehicles. Initially perfected in Germany and France, American Henry Ford would bring the automobile to the masses with the ... -
DSpace Profile Module
Universities and other institutions across the world use DSpace for the storage, management, and dissemination of their open digital content. DSpace allows these institutions to host all types of media through online digital ... -
Ecology and place in homesteading principles
Homestead, as a dictionary definition, consists of a dwelling and property where a family resides. However, the fundamental principles of sustainability, stewardship and engagement with the land plays an important ... -
Economic Development as a Precursor to Community Development
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The Economics of English Soccer: Why the Financial Fair Play Regulations Were Necessary
(2012-04-30)This thesis analyses the economics of present-day professional football (soccer), in order to understand how and why the Financial Fair Play Regulations were developed. The role of economics in football is not new and has ... -
An Edgeless, Honest Kid: A Collage of Memoir, Manifesto, and Other Musings
(2012-04-25)This is a collage project that uses multiple genres of creative writing to express my emotional and psychological arc while at Miami University. -
The Effect of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides on Immune Function and Adult Neurogenesis in the cricket, Acheta domesticus
(2012-04-30)Neurogenesis is the phenomenon in which the brain produces new neurons. Neurons, which are located in the brain and spinal cord, are especially important to an organism’s function, as they allow for communication and ... -
The Effect of Drop-Set Training on Muscle Activation and Muscle Fatigue
Muscle Fatigue is the inability of a muscle to generate force or power to maintain the quality of movement. Muscle fatigue can significantly limit physical performance in daily activities of living, during physical ... -
The Effect of Offspring Gender on Levels of Parent Strictness
This poster depicts the research findings of a study conducted to determine if parents have different levels of strictness for their offspring based on gender. -
Effects and Implications of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 on Social Service Organizations
(2012-04-24)This inquiry illustrates the effects of a piece of legislation, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, on social service organization providing welfare to low-income individuals in the United States. The theory ... -
The Effects of a 24-hour Exposure to Carbaryl or Atrazine on the Locomotive Performance of Juvenile Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)
(2012-04-27)Amphibian ecotoxicology research has traditionally focused on chronic aquatic exposure of early life stages. However, multiple studies have shown that the survival of juvenile salamanders, frogs, and toads has the largest ... -
Effects of a Pathogen and Pesticides on Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) Metamorphosis and Survival
(2012-04-24)Both the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and pesticides have been targeted as contributors to amphibian population declines. Declines have a worldwide distribution, but are only occurring in ... -
The Effects of Practice Start Times on Athlete Drinking Behavior
Student-athletes represent a high-risk sub-population on college campuses for alcohol misuse. In contrast to their non-athlete peers, student-athletes have a number restrictions placed on their time. The drinking culture ... -
Effects of Sex on Resistance to Punished Alcohol-Seeking
To further study the relationship between sex differences in relation to alcohol consumption and resistance to punishment, an operant conditioning paradigm was used.