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(2004-06-09)Department: SociologyDrawing from the previous studies, I distinguish three components of social integration, including network integration (size, density, centrality), behavioral integration (frequency of interaction), and affective/cognitive ...
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(2005-10-03)Department: Community Research and ActionThis organizational case study is concerned with the potential of human service organizations to go beyond ameliorative service provision to help change harmful social conditions. In this dissertation, I lay out a conceptual ...
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(2007-04-17)Department: ManagementOrganizational misbehavior is defined as any intentional action by a member of an organization that violates core organizational and/or societal norms. Much of the literature on organizational misbehavior focuses on ...
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(2014-07-16)Department: Political ScienceWhy is mass protest a normal, almost routine component of the participatory “repertoire” in certain democratic systems, but not others? I contend that this often-sharp variation is the result of differences in political ...
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(Regulation, 1997)The 1990s have witnessed a blizzard of antismoking efforts. Hillary Clinton and a variety of supporters of the Clinton health care plan urged dramatically higher cigarette taxes to pay for expanded health insurance ...
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(Instituto di studi storici, Facoltà di scienze politiche, Università degli studi di Milano, 1987)
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(Dipartimento di storia della società e delle istituzioni, Università degli studi di Milano, 1992)
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(2009-07-21)Department: EnglishThe advent of the popular culture phenomenon allowed the definition and therefore the confinement and treatment of madmen, in the literary sense, to change, evolving into a complicated interaction within the cultural ...
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(Virginia Law Review, 1979)This article first explores the development of the de facto system of tax exemption and identifies the tensions that led to its demise. The analysis then details the substitution of a statutory structure in place of the ...
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(2011-09-15)Department: ChemistryThis dissertation focuses on two projects that attempt to solve two unique challenges. Biomimetic synthesis inspired by diatoms provides the mechanism for developing functional materials under ambient conditions. The goal ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-28)Elementary classrooms are full of children's literature. The classroom libraries hold stories of adventure, fantasy, and mystery and are the home of many beloved characters from the past and present. Children read these ...
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From Fathers to Friends of the People: The Political Transformations of Rural America, 1775 - 1810 (Dipartimento di storia della società e delle istituzioni, Università degli studi di Milano, 1992)
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(2011-12-12)Department: NeuroscienceSonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling regulates cell growth during embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Concentration-dependent cellular responses to secreted Shh protein are essential for tissue patterning. ...
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(2014-05-29)Department: Chemical and Physical BiologyChlamydiae species are obligate intracellular pathogens that utilize a type three-secretion system (T3SS) to deliver effector proteins and manipulate host cell processes. T3SSs are composed of cytosolic components, a needle ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2015-04-22)
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From Grief to Advocacy: My Inquiry into the Impact of Saul's Light Foundation on Black NICU Mothers (2023-12)This capstone project investigates the compelling work of Saul’s Light Foundation. This New Orleans-based organization is committed to helping families as they traverse the myriad of experiences in the NICU (Neonatal ...
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From Guatemaltecas to Guerrilleras: Women’s Participation in the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (2017-04-03)Department: Latin American StudiesOn January 19, 1972, the first cadre of the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP) – a political-military organization that used guerrilla warfare to combat violent state repression during Guatemala’s civil war – entered ...
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(2016-08-23)Department: ReligionEmergent images of masculinities in contemporary men’s movements and mass media are expressive of an increased concern for reimagining men’s roles and identities in a changing society. Androcentric assumptions and connotations ...
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(2011-04-12)Department: Latin American StudiesThis thesis examines the impact of the recent recognition of indigenous autonomy in Bolivia on democracy in that country. Over the past several decades, the Bolivian central government has attempted to improve the quality ...