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Do "Delta Dreams" Come True? Community and Individual Development in Phillips County, Arkansas
In general, most residents of low-income neighborhoods are unhappy with the impoverished state of their community and can take one of two modes of action to demonstrate their dissatisfaction: exit or voice (Simon 2001:144). ... -
Do Beer Taxes Affect Birth Rates Among Teens and Young Women in the United States? (thesis)
Alcohol abuse and underage drinking in the United States lead to many adverse outcomes, including unintended pregnancy. One way to reduce alcohol abuse – and therefore its negative outcomes – is to raise the price of beer ... -
Do Goods and Financial Market Frictions Explain the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle? (thesis)
Feldstein and Horioka (1980) argue that in a world of perfect capital mobility, if one regressed investment on savings, the coefficient would be 0. When they found coefficients of between 0.87 and 0.91, they concluded that ... -
Do it the way Delaware does it! 1952
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Does Exposure to Media Shape Perceptions of Corruption? Evidence from Post-Socialist Countries (thesis)
This paper empirically assesses the effect of exposure to media on individuals' perceptions of corruption, taking into account the heterogeneous effects of the extent of state control of media. Perceptions of corruption ... -
Does Language Translate to Executive Functions? Investigating the Bilingual Advantage in Executive Control (thesis)
Given that twenty-percent of the U.S. population speaks a language other than English at home, it is imperative to assess the effect of a second language on brain structure and function. The bilingual advantage hypothesis ... -
Does Snacking-Induced Obesity Impact Metabolic Rate and GI Tract Function in Female Rats? (thesis)
We hypothesize that: Metabolic rate of the snacking rats will decrease more rapidly over time than in control rats; Structure and function of the GI Tract will be compromised as a result of snacking-induced obesity. [From ... -
The Dominican Republic Major League Baseball Academies: Facilities of Opportunity
Nearly 30% of all Major League Baseball players today are from Latin America, and with the exception of the United States, the Dominican Republic is the most represented on all MLB rosters. The recent significant increase ... -
Donald H. and Margaret Samdahl (photograph)
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"Drawing is an act of empathy": From Poverty to Healing in Nora Krug's Belonging and Lynda Barry's One Hundred Demons
If a hybrid were a plant, it would be a grafted tree, where blossoms from old wounds grow together to produce an entirely new fruit (Antonetta xxiv, xxvi, xxxiii). This is a visual representation of the healing process ... -
Dreams and Dreaming in Fred Chappell's Midquest
Dreams emerge as prominent motifs throughout Fred Chappell' s many poems, novels, short stories, and essays. . . . These statements hold equally true for Chappell's Midquest. A "verse novel," as the poet calls his carefully ...