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Analysis of the Buoyant Plume Above a Heated Horizontal Cylinder in a Free Convection Flow (thesis)
Years of experimentation have confirmed that the buoyant plume above a heated horizontal source sways [1-15]. The plume generally begins as a plane near the cylinder and forms a sinusoidal, oscillating wave as it rises ... -
An Analysis of the Community Reinvestment Act
. . . Unfortunately, because the subprime crisis occurred so recently, there is no definitive study that allows us to deliver a verdict on whether or not the Community Reinvestment Act caused the increase in subprime loans ... -
An Analysis of the Dissemination and Evolution of Christian Mysticism Through Middle English Vernacular Literature (thesis)
My thesis examines a total of three works of literature written in Middle English. I believe that Richard Rolle's Meditations on the Passion, the medieval religious lyric I have selected and The Book of Margery Kempe ... -
Analysis of Women's Reproductive Health Care and Prenatal Care in Rural Virginia, A Community Based Research Project
Throughout my undergraduate career I have strived to understand the intersection between poverty and health care. As a pre-medical student, I have sought to comprehend what it means to be a physician and how it requires a ... -
Analytical and Computational Study of Multi-temperature Kinetic Ising Models on Various Graphs (thesis)
We analyze a class of multi-temperature kinetic Ising models with Glauber dynamics on both one-dimensional lattices and Cayley Trees, focusing on the overall and sublattice magnetizations. Expectation values for one-dimensional ... -
Analyzing the Effect of ESG Language on the Risk and Return of Sin Stocks (thesis)
This paper examines the effect of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)-related language on the returns and associated risk for firms situated in sin stock industries. Specifically, this paper strives to answer the ... -
Analyzing the Relationships Between Aqueous Manganese and Geological Factors in Groundwater in the Shenandoah Valley (thesis)
Manganese (Mn) can be either harmful or beneficial to human health, depending on the phase and concentration that the element is found in. In recent years research has indicated that low level chronic exposure to aqueous ... -
Analyzing the Underclass: American Values, Normative Functions, and Implications for Research and Policy
Values, norms, morals, and ideologies impact nearly every aspect of American life. Importantly, the established, hegemonic principles that actively shape our perceptions of the world around us also inform our actions and ... -
"And we shall overcome": Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Battle for Civil Rights
Historians will continue to debate Lyndon Johnson's place in history. Many will view the disaster of Vietnam as the most compelling legacy of his presidency and forever judge him by his tragic mistakes. But not all will ...