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"Commies And Queers": Narratives That Supported The Lavender Scare
(History, 2007-09-17)
In the early 1950s, the perceived threat of communists and homosexuals loomed large over the United States. The U.S. press presented narratives that portrayed communists and homosexuals in remarkably similar language that ...
Risk Factors For Functional Restoration Non-completion
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)
Previous studies have shown that the one-year outcomes after an interdisciplinary functional restoration program for patients with chronic disabling occupational disorders vary significantly between those who complete the ...
The Effect Of Social Capital In Women's Participation In The Labor Force In Mexico: A Neighborhood In Monterrey
(Social Work, 2008-04-22)
The purpose of this dissertation study was to explore associations between Women's Participation in the Labor Force (WPLF), family organization (type of family, family size, domestic work and decision-making), personal ...
Symbol Of Conquest, Alliance, And Hegemony: The Image Of The Cross In Colonial Mexico
(History, 2008-09-17)
The universality of the cross image within the transatlantic confrontation meant not only a hegemony of culture, but of symbolism. The symbol of the cross existed in both European and American societies hundreds of years ...
Giovanni Battista Ramusio And The History Of Discoveries: An Analysis Of Ramusio's Commentary, Cartography, and Imagery in Delle Navigationi et Viaggi
(History, 2007-09-17)
Giovanni Battista Ramusio was a sixteenth-century Venetian scholar who was very interested in the studies of geography and cartography. Ramusio's keen interest was in the findings of travelers and explorers to all parts ...
The Nadir Of Alliance: The British Ultimatum Of 1890 And Its Place In Anglo-Portuguese Relations, 1147- 1945
(History, 2008-09-17)
As has been stated many times before, the Anglo-Portuguese alliance is the oldest pact still currently in force in the world. It has been the bedrock cornerstone of Lisbon's foreign policy as a means of insuring Portuguese ...
The Bordes-binford Debate: Transatlantic Interpretive Traditions In Paleolithic Archaeology
(History, 2009-09-16)
In the 1960s, Lewis Binford, a young American archaeologist, challenged François Bordes, a venerable French prehistorian, over the interpretation of a taxonomy Bordes had developed to describe stone tools of the European ...
(im)politeness In Casual Conversations Among Female Mandarin Speakers: A Practice-based Perspective
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
The fact that people have the choice to use different words and attitudes to convey messages of various significance has been attributed to politeness concerns. However, what constitutes politeness varies from culture to ...
Fabrication, Characterization And Hall Mobility Analysis Of MOS Devices With Low-k And High-k Dielectric Materials
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Scaling of MOSFETS has led to leakage current problems in SiO2 dielectric based MOSFETS. This has led to the introduction of high-k dielectric materials which can afford greater physical thickness and achieve the same ...
Cognitive Independence And Cohesion In Decision-making Groups
(Psychology, 2007-09-19)
Cognitive Independence (CI) can be defined as the tendency to form opinions and make decisions based on personal knowledge as well as additional information that appears to be valid and factual. CI implies a tendency away ...