Browsing W & L Historic Theses by Issue Date
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The Reality of Fiction: An Inquiry Into the Ontology and Logic of Fiction
This paper will begin by outlining and explaining David Lewis's argument for the existence of possible worlds. In Lewis's extreme form of modal realism, all worlds are equally as real as the actual world. I will then address ... -
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 ... -
A Study of Some of the Properties of Tetrabromoanthranilic Acid and Tetrachloroanthranilic Acid
The original purpose of this thesis was twofold; to prepare tetrabromoanthranilic acid and study its chemical reactions, and to study the reactions of tetrachloroanthranilic acid, especially its behavior in diazotization. ... -
Cost and Construction of Macadam Roads
This thesis with intention of making the construction and cost more comprehensable to the public at large will be divided into three parts: first, principal knowledge and facts required to undertake the work: second, ... -
A Critical Analysis of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, prepared by the National Institutes of Health, provides an interpretation of the Animal Welfare Act. The Guide is the most stringent of the regulatory documents ... -
Price Dispersion and the Effectiveness of Integration Efforts
Using a specifically developed measure I find evidence that NAFT A, MERCOSUR, and EU membership are significantly correlated with decreased price dispersion. This suggests that these agreements have increased market ... -
The Problem of Hell for Christians
At one point or another, almost every human being has considered and questioned the possibility of the existence of some sort of higher being and of an afterlife. The Christian faith teaches that there exists such a being, ... -
A Study of Type I Hypersensitivity (Anaphylaxis)
Type I hypersensitivity reactions were studied in vitro using the Schulz-Dale Assay. This assay involved the suspension of pieces of sensitized mouse ileum (smooth muscle of the gut) in an organ bath to allow exposure to ... -
Mexican Agrarian Reform and the United States
Fifty years of agrarian reform has brought many changes to Mexico, but it has by no means solved all her problems. The land was divided and given to the peon. This attack on the latifundia, the large land holding, was ... -
Alienation in Modern America: A Sociological Inquiry into the Impact of Self-Estrangement on the American Character in the Twentieth Century and Its Specific Effects on Boys of the Lower Urban Classes
It is my intent in this thesis to present a description in depth of the term "alienation," showing the reasons I feel it has become one of the most significant problems in present day America and pointing out its impact ... -
Sheltered: Images From a Life Among Shelter Pets and Their People
I hope to provide a glimpse into the shelter system that will leave my readers understanding that animal shelters are about so much more than euthanasia and adoptions. My goal is to prove that shelters are not limited to ... -
Currents in Twentieth-Century Verse Drama
The general direction of twentieth-century verse drama is clear. While attempting to effect a reaction to realistic prose drama, they have brought their works close to realistic prose (Eliot) while at the same time treating ... -
Contemplation in Political Philosophy
From yoga and physical fitness to meditation and prayer, from elementary classrooms to neuroscience, contemplation is everywhere. Is there space for contemplation in political philosophy? Philosophy connotes logic. 1 ... -
Triumph and Tradition in Veronese's Venice: Political Propaganda in the Doge's Palace
Works such as the Triumph of Venice seem only ornate, skillfully painted images of allegory and overblown state glory. Yet upon further inspection, the relationship of this work to the Paradise connects the power of the ... -
Historians for All Time: Thucydides, Winston S. Churchill and Their Great Wars
Professor Taylor Sanders recommended that I compare Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War with Winston S. Churchill's account of the First World War, The World Crisis. After browsing through these two interesting ... -
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, ... -
Norms of Composition Operators on the Hardy Space
This thesis covers Hilbert spaces, Hardy spaces, their properties, and composition operators. -
The Synthesis of 4-carboxybenzenesulfhydrazide and an Investigation of Its Use in the Resolution of 3-methylcyclohexanone
The present problem was undertaken to provide an intermediate for the resolution of racemic carbonyl compounds. But before continuing, a short discussion of the different types of reagents and a brief explanation of the ... -
Thesis on Gypsum
The subject of this thesis is to try to prove that dead burnt gypsum will set if it has a nucleui to set around and for this nucleui to be furnished with a given % of either gypsum or plaster of Paris. To confirm the ... -
County Secession Attitudes (Rockbridge, Va., 1860-61)
Rockbridge County's secession attitudes were those of the State as a whole, with probably a stronger Union sentiment up until the actual act of secession, when the views of the County and the eastern sections were expressed ...