In recent decades there has been a rise in intrastate conflicts. This thesis explores the causes of civil war, focusing on ethnic, religious, institutional and economic factors contributing to or alleviating internal ...

Amifostine is a cytoprotectant drug used as an adjunct in cancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy. A simple and sensitive HPLC method was developed and validated for the assay of Amifostine. The method consisted of 95:5 ...

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. In this disease an allergic reaction occurs that shifts T-helper (Th) cells towards a Th2 subtype response to innocuous antigen characterized by a predominant ...

This thesis addresses the following research question: what are the steps a young professional woman can take right now-this minute-in order to achieve organizational leadership and success in Omaha, Nebraska in the near ...

The last decade has witnessed a marked increase in Chinese activity in Africa, characterized by an explosion in bilateral trade, investment, bilateral leadership visits and the commitment of Chinese peacekeeping troops to ...

The process of outer hair cell (OHC) motility, which enables sound amplification, is an active process that is thought to be unique to mammals. Prestin, the motor protein of these OHCs, is crucial for its function in ...

Theoretical calculations of neutralino cross sections with various nuclei are of great interest to direct dark matter searches such as CDMS, EDELWEISS, ZEPLIN, and other experiments. These cross sections and direct detection ...

This thesis examines the presence of steroids and performance enhancing substances in Major League Baseball from approximately 1988 to 2008. This period, informally known as the “steroids era,” has been the source of great ...

Text messaging is the newest form of communication used in education, business and personal relationships that has taken the world by storm. From corporations to grade schoolers, it appears that texting is the most convenient ...

This thesis considers whether international coercion used to confront deviant behavior in renegade or rogue regimes produces an offset of the benefits of continued defiant behavior, or produces a restructuring of incentives ...