Browsing W & L Historic Theses by Title
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Edith Wharton's Evolutionary Monster; Undine Spragg of The Custom of the Country
In Wharton's own words she describes her intent for the book, "I argued that in The Custom of the Country I was chronicling the career of a particular young woman, and that to whatever hemisphere her fortunes carried her, ... -
The Effect of Lithium on Motivation and Learning in the Rat
Recent research has suggested that lithium (Li) may increase cholinergic activity with a resulting increase in cholinergically mediated behavior. Li toxicity, however, poses serious methodolgical problems for researchers ... -
Effectiveness of Genetic Algorithms in Finding Steinhaus Graphs with Maximal Clique Size
The goal of this research was to study the effectiveness of genetic algorithms (GA) in finding Steinhaus graphs of a given size whose maximal cliques were as large as possible. This investigation was based on the results ... -
The Effects of Bilateral Stimulation of the Hippocampus on Persevarative Neural Processes
In recent years there has been a significant amount of' work done in the f ield of memory and the physiological processes that are involved. One main area of research has been connected with perseveration theory. The ... -
The Effects of Ethanol and Nicotine on the Brain Development of the Embryonic Chick: A Model for Substance Abuse During Pregnancy
The chick embryo was used as an animal model to test the effects of ethanol and nicotine on the brain of the developing embryo. The experimental groups received 2 μl doses of either Howard Ringers solution, 0.5% ethanol, ... -
The Effects of Ethanol on Embryonic Chick Brain Mitotic Activity: A Model for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) results from infrequent, high levels of ethanol consumption by the pregnant mother, and leads to microcephaly, growth and mental retardation, and facial disfiguration in offspring. The chick ... -
Effects of High and Low Drive on Negative Transfer in a Maze-Learning Situation
The question of the role of motivation in learning is of paramount importance in contemporary learning theories. Motivational behaviorists feel that there is at least one set of emprical relationships in addition to those ... -
The Effects of the Windfall Profits Tax on American Crude Oil Production
The windfall profits tax itself is of some value in the fight against wasteful petroleum production, but it must be considered a third-line choice at best. It is of no use in encouraging investment in unrestrained petroleum ... -
Efforts Toward an African Dignity: A Study of Negritude, African Personality, and African Socialism
It is with mixed emotions of indignation and anger that thoughtful, knowledgeable Africans have witnessed and experienced the injustices , frustrations , and degradation heaped upon the African masses and traditional ... -
"Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris...": Sacred and Profane Violence in Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick presents intriguing patterns of violence that I believe to be in need of further exploration. . . . The publication of Sir James Frazer's The Colden Bough in 1890 produced a new form of cultural anthropology ... -
The Elizabethan Succession Crisis 1558-1600: Dynastic Conflict and Parliamentary Power
It is not generally known that a crisis surrounding the succession to the English throne occurred during Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603). The overwhelming majority of historians of the Elizabethan period, in fact, do not ... -
The Embryonic Artist and the Nightmare of History: In Search of a Father-Guide in James Joyce's Ulysses
As readers of Ulysses, our only guide to Stephen's future comes from looking back, searching the novel for clues to Joyce's providential design. When in search of a father-guide for Stephen, one must look to "Scylla and ... -
Emergent Behaviors in Artificial Life with Genetic Algorithms
Artificial life is concerned with the understanding of various aspects of biological systems by artificially recreating them. An emergent property of any system is a simple or complex behavior that is beyond the original ... -
An Empirical Attack on the Traditional A Priori
Does this mean we should discard the entire methodology of a priori philosophy? If a priori examination requires a propositional conception of knowledge, then I would argue yes. Conceptual analysis is not a completely ... -
An Essay on Absolutism in the Renaissance
Thus we have observed the diverse paths which the renaissance rulers chose to carve their national monarchies. All of them were aided by a powerful but subordinated oligarchy, be it the Royal Council in England, le Conseil ... -
Ethylation by Means of Diethyl Sulphate
It appears from the literature that not a great deal of extensive work has been done on the ethylation of various compounds by me ans of diethyl sulphate. As a result, it was concluded that not only some very interesting, ... -
Eugene O'Neill: A Long Day's Journey Into Death
It is hard to pin-point what O'Neill's exact hope in life was. We get the feeling in studying his life that he could never be satisfied with anything. But O'Neill's one hope and wish in life was to "belong" to something ... -
European Economic Community Enlargements: The Common Agricultural Policy, The Wine Sector, and Their Effects on Integration
The purpose of this paper is to address some of the problems of European integration, with particular emphasis on the Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP) and the last two enlargements of the Community. Greece joined the ... -
Evaluating Host-Based Methods for Detecting Spoofed IP Packets
Billions of messages are transmitted across the Internet each day and most of these use the Internet Protocol (IP) to route packets to specific destinations based upon an IP address. While these packets contain both source ...