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Endangered Documents of the Amazon
I read and translated ancient archives from the 1800's about marriages and put all that information into an excel sheet that makes finding certain information easier to find. My job was to find the names of the wife, her ... -
Engineering Study Abroad Advocacy Program
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Engineering Study Abroad Advocacy Program (Honors Thesis Action Project)
(2012-04-24)The authors of this thesis are both engineering majors at Miami University. Clara is a senior mechanical engineering major and Grace is a senior chemical engineering major. This project has meant a lot to both Clara and ... -
Entangled Stewardship: Examining Contaminated Landscapes at the American Periphery
Beyond many American City cores exist a series of land uses characterized by waste, former infrastructures, homogeneous development, and ecologically entangled spaces of the American economy and productivity. This is ... -
Environmental Factors on Well-Being of Captive Pottos (Perodicticus potto) at the Cincinnati Zoo
The potto (Perodicticus potto) is a nocturnal non-human primate (Suborder: Strepsirhini) that lives in tropical forests in the Congo basin and ranges east to countries of the Rift Valley. They are difficult to study in the ... -
Environmental Healing Through the Use of Nature and the Built Space
Integrative medicine and nature-based healing are effective ways to help those who are suffering medically to recover faster and more efficiently by utilizing the built, natural, and medical environments. Nature-based ... -
Ethical Considerations When Working with Individuals with Disabilities: A Student's Perspective on Curriculum Design and Development
(2012-04-24)Over the past several decades, disability rights have emerged as a growing concern within American society. A push for legislation to establish and uphold the rights of individuals with disabilities resulted in several ... -
Evaluating the influence of phenolic compounds to gut bacteria-host cell interaction via HPLC-MS/MS based targeted metabolic profiling
This study evaluated the influence of phenolic compounds and their influence to the interaction of human gut bacteria and host cells. Four bacterial stains were studied in this project. The minimum inhibitory concentration ... -
Evaluating Transit-Oriented Development Effectiveness
(2012-04-27)As resources become scare, transportation costs rise, and congestion gets worse, developing transit alternatives will become increasingly important. Transit-oriented development is a sustainable method for building ... -
Everything But Carry a Rifle: An Article Examining the Members of the Women’s Army Corps and their Relationship to Guns
In 1942, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) was created to help alleviate expected manpower shortages for World War II. Converted to the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) and officially made Army in 1943, the WACs performed ... -
Evolution and Effects: Title IX at Miami University
This project explores the evolution of Miami University’s sexual violence programming since the implementation of Title IX. -
The Evolution of Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
Examines the changes in the CoverGirl brand over time from its origination to now. -
Examining the genetic consequence of habitat fragmentation in the northern Michigan white-footed mouse
The white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis, is greatly impacted by habitat changes. It generally thrives in dense forests that provide shelter and protection from predators. However, the species is adaptable ... -
Experience Choreographed Through Light: Exploring the Emotive Nature of Daylighting
(2014-06-16)Winston Churchill once said, “First we shape our buildings, thereafter, they shape us”. This speaks both to how we design a building, and to the effect that design has on us. The challenge that is presented to us as ... -
An Exploration of Socio-political Themes Represented in Strauss'
From Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Animals to Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade to Gershwin’s American in Paris, tone poems often recall stories of specific people or events. One key figure in the the development of tone ... -
Exploring brownfields: Revitalization with wetlands and golf courses
The idea of building a golf course near natural wildlife and complex ecosystems can be a controversial topic to the general public. Many believe that the chemicals used to balance the turf grass systems on the courses ... -
Express yourself: engaging space and sensual experience between body, clothing, and the built environment
(2014)The inspiration of fashion development and the execution of architecture redevelopment are bound within a common motif of personality and its intended, as well as unintended, expression. A fashion designers approach in ... -
Fabrication of Electrorheological Fluid and its Application in Haptic Feedback
Haptic feedback is the response of a user interface to touch. The information provided by the system is conveyed to the end user through both vibrotactile and kinesthetic feedback. Though many devices today incorporate ...