Browsing W & L Historic Theses by Title
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A "Diamond" in the Rough: Balancing Fiction and Metafiction in American Baseball Novels
For the novelists in this survey, however, baseball is not the only topic they explore. Traversing a vast time-frame, the six novels that I study in chronological order are linked by a common focus on the craft of writing ... -
Differential Hyperbolic Geometry
In this paper, we develop two model spaces for hyperbolic geometry using differential calculus. Our approach is to first develop the Euclidean model space R[2] and then mirror the development for hyperbolic geometry. The ... -
The Diplomacy of Self-Delusion: Poland's Relations with Germany, 1932-1939
If Germany was determined to effect the revision of the Versailles system, France stood as the pillar under Versailles. Poland had turned to France in 1921 to conclude the Franco-Polish alliance which she regarded as the ... -
Direct Mono-Iodination of Phthalic Anhydride
This thesis had for its general purpose, then, the production of iodo-phthalic anhydride compounds by means of new and better methods. An extensive search of the literature was made as preliminary work on the subject, and ... -
Discovering F. Scott Fitzgerald's Wise and Tragic Sense of Life
The youthful illusions Fitzgerald alludes to in This Side of Paradise exist in both Amory Blaine, the novel's protagonist, and in Fitzgerald himself speaking through the novel's omniscient narrator. With an attitude of ... -
Discovering Life in the Modern Age: A Study of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints
Debate over prayer in schools, priests convicted of child molestation, the potential of yet another denominational split, and low attendance on Sunday mornings have invaded news cameras across America. At first thought, ... -
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 ... -
The Dynamic Interaction Between the Poet and the People in Slam Poetry
Slam is a revolutionary force in contemporary American poetry, and, increasingly, in global poetry. Much of the power of this movement harkens from its ability to draw upon ancestral memories, restoring poetry to its roots ... -
Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Complex Blends of Recycled Polymers
Polymers are hard to recycle because there are numerous polymers that, in general, are immiscible. Most current recycling efforts have focused on a few very common and easily recycled polymers, such as high density ... -
Dynamic NMR Studies of Chiral 1,1'-binaphthyl Ligands
Chiral monomeric and polymeric binaphthyl ligands have been shown to be highly enantioselective for the asymmetric addition of dialkylzinc and diarylzinc compounds to aldehydes. Previous studies by Pu and coworkers show ... -
Early New Deal Relief Efforts in Rockbridge County: An Examination of the FERA in a Local Environment
I have limited my work to a consideration of one relief agency of the New Deal: The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). I will attempt to follow the history of the FERA during its activity in Rockbridge County ... -
An Eccentric Orthodoxy: The Contours of Flannery O'Connor's Literary Catholicism
Some of O'Connor's characters come right out and ask traditional theological questions about the suffering of the innocent or the difficulties inherent in the doctrine of bodily resurrection. Other characters, meanwhile, ... -
Economic and Equity Issues in a Comparison of the Personal Income Tax and the Value-Added Tax
The four previous chapters have tried to systematically compare the United States' personal income tax and a European-style consumption value-added tax. The superiority of one tax over the other, in some cases is clear-cut, ... -
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 ...