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The Importance of Scaglia Rossa Chert as a Raw Material for Human Populations in Monte San Vicino, Italy Throughout Italian Prehistory
All three species of early people in the Monte San Vicino area of the Marche region of Italy used the same basic lithic resource throughout almost 250,000 years of prehistory. From 230,000 to 4,000 years ago, populations ... -
In Search of a Good Job: Mobility in a Dual Labor Market
Dual labor market theory developed in the late 1960 's as economists tried to explain how and why labor market outcomes deviated from neoclassical expectations. The theory held that the labor market was divided into a ... -
"in the image of God...male and female he created them": Three Ancient Interpretations of Genesis 1:26-28
For Christians, nearly every influential religious writer from the first century onwards included scriptural interpretation in his/her philosophizing and apologetics. Thinking about the Church, about the Christian life, ... -
Indentured Servitude in Colonial Virginia: Genteel Ambitions and Harsh Realities
In order to evaluate the status of indentured servants in colonial Virginia, the student must analyze standards of treatment of servants in the context of history. During the seventeenth century, the term "servant" was not ... -
Indians on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: Evolving Relationships with the English and Powhatan Indians
My work parallels that of historian Helen C. Rountree who closely examined the Eastern Shore Indians in Powhatan Foreign Relations, 1500 - 1722; Pocahontas's People; The Powhatan Indians of Virginia; and Eastern Shore ... -
Initial Public Offerings Across Business Cycles
A vast literature exists pertaining to the prediction of stock performance, though a consistent pattern has yet to be found. The efficient market hypothesis provides one possible explanation. IPOs are different, however, ... -
Insights into the Factors Controlling the Distributions of the Narrow Endemic, Helenium virginicum and its Widespread Congener, H. autumnale, Through a Study of Their Relative Competitive Abilities and Growth Rates
We undertook a growth and competition study of H. autumnale and H. virginicum to gain insight into the causes of their distributions. We used a multiple de Wit replacement series to study competition, run concurrently with ... -
International Commodity Agreements: Key to Development?
This paper has attempted to bring the methods and purposes of international commodity agreements into focus and to thus discover whether they are worth the energy which the poor countries might exert to form them. I have ... -
An Interpretation of Sri Ramakrishna's Approach to Religious Truth and the Situation of Religious Plurality
To be sure, the differences in the various religious ??? Which are to be faced by any individual concerned with understanding the situation of religious pluralism are multifaceted. These differences become manifest in the ... -
An Introduction to the Epistemology of Immanuel Kant: With Special Consideration of Transcendental Aesthetic
In the Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant attempts to resolve the problem of how it is possible for men to make synthetic a priori judgments. This was a problem which had been developing in his thinking for many years. ... -
Inversion and the Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop
Whatever the reason, lesbianism was often seen as vampiric, monstrous, and even predatory. Bishop alludes to some of these socially deviant qualities in her work, creating characters that often possess traces of such ... -
An Investigation into the Fear of Death
Our thesis shall be to investigate the fear of death and the belief that death is an evil. By clarifying our notions about death as a harm to the individual I hope to show how many of our fears about death may be unwarranted ... -
An Investigation of Intersubunit Bridges Important for Ribosome Stability in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
The ribosome, a large ribonucleoprotein complex responsible for protein biosynthesis, is composed of two unequal subunits that must correctly associate for 1 proper function. X-ray crystallographic and cryo-EM studies have ... -
An Investigation of Relationships Between Standard Physical Texts for a Series of Trinidad and Bermudez Lake Asphaltic Materials
This investigation was made in an attempt to determine the existance of possible relations between the results of the standard tests of a physical nature proformed upon native asphaltic materials used in highway construction. ... -
An Investigation of the Effects of Acute vs. Chronic Ethanol Exposure on the Embryonic Chick Brain: A Model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-Associated Brain Damage
The chick embryo was used as a model for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) to perform a dose-response study of brain damage. Two common maternal drinking patterns were compared. Chronic drinking was simulated by administering ... -
An Investigation of the Synthesis for Tricyclo [4.4.4] Tetradecane
The principle object of this work was an extensive search of the literature for possible synthetic routes to the compound tricyclo [4.4.4] tetradecane (C14H24). The synthesis of the compound was first suggested by O. B. ... -
Investigations of Direct Methods for the Determination of Fine Structure Associated with the Velocity Dependence of Total Elastic Scattering Cross-sections for Neutral Particles in the Thermal Energy Range
The project at hand is an investigation of methods which might be used for the determination of a plot of 1n Q, vs [gamma]r, as shown in Figure 1, where Q is the crosssection, and [gamma]r is the relative velocity of ... -
Is Germany All It's Cracked Up To Be? A Study Of Civil Society In Germany
In this thesis, I examine the strength of civil society in Germany. Generally, "civil society" is informal community association, distinct from state and market interaction, through which citizens develop a sense of moral ... -
Is Germany Still a Nation on Probation? Patriotism vs. Nationalism in 21st Century Germany
In the wake of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the international media were raving about the progress made by the host country Germany in its attitude toward national pride. Journalists emphasized that, although the specter of ... -
Is the Honor System the Best System?: A Philosophical Inquiry Into and Defense of the Honor System at Washington and Lee University
While the Honor System at Washington and Lee (W&L) is widely regarded as one of the most important and consequential aspects of the school by both alumni and current students, and while it is regarded as one of the most ...