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Sunday In The Park With George: A Musical Curation By Stephen Sondheim
(English, 2007-08-23)
This analysis serves to reveal the strong interconnectedness between museums and theatre (mentioned only briefly by other scholars) as uniquely demonstrated by Stephen Sondheim's musical, Sunday in the Park with George. ...
The Parody Of Romance
(English, 2007-08-23)
In Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature, Janice A. Radway studies the romance formula, identifying a set of generic criteria which offer its readers escapist purposes. Christian writers have ...
Lead Directorship, Corporate Governance, And Firm Performance
(Accounting, 2007-09-19)
This dissertation empirically explores the role of the lead directorship in the corporate governance system and strives to empirically examine the association between the lead directorship and firm performance. I measure ...
An Empirical Examination Of Factors Influencing Work-unit Knowledge Management Effectiveness In Organizations
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)
The true importance of knowledge and Knowledge Management in today's organizations cannot be overstated. Unlike many of the other types of capital that appear on an organization's balance sheet, existing knowledge ...
Overseas Language Learning Experience: Student Beliefs About Their Teachers' Qualifications
(Linguistics, 2007-08-23)
This study investigates ESL student beliefs about ESL teachers' overseas experience (OE), language learning experience (LLE), and overseas language learning experience (OLLE), the combination of the two, as well as student ...
Surface Functionalization Of Polymer Substrates And Nanoparticles Via Pulsed Plasma Polymerization Process
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-08-23)
This thesis investigates the RF plasma polymerizations of chlorinated saturated linear monomer 1,1,1-trichloroethane and the dicarboxylic citraconic acid. It utilizes a variable duty cycle plasma technique to provide film ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...