Collaboration between Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants
Non-Physician providers, such as Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners, are in more need than ever as medical costs continue to skyrocket, the number of Physicians diminish, and poor, rural...
View ArticleThe Georgia Film Tax Credit and Small Communities
The Georgia Film tax credit program has been a major draw for film production in the state of Georgia, with Georgia seeing significant growth in filming since the current film credit has been in...
View ArticleElectron Bifurcation in the Ecosystem and its Role in the Degradation of...
Cellulose, one of the most common polymers on earth, is difficult to metabolize but can be broken down by select anaerobic bacteria though the process of fermentation. However, environmental...
View ArticleThe Unlimbited Arm
Out of an interest in 3-D printing in the biomedical field, a research project was undertaken to determine the quality of the “Unlimbited Arm Alfie Edition” prosthetic arm created by Enable the...
View ArticleConsequences of stigmatizing language on individuals with substance use...
The fact that language reinforces stereotypes is particularly problematic for individuals with substance use disorder because even clinical labels can have stigmatizing effects that might bias...
View ArticleHouse or Home: Comparing Reasons for Living Tiny
Little academic literature exists as to why people want to live in tiny houses (Ford & Gomez‐Lanier, 2017; Mangold, Willoughby, Hing, Collins, & Zschau, Forthcoming). Even less is known about...
View ArticleEffects of Iridoid Glycosides and Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids on Eating habits of...
Chrysodeixis Includens (Soybean loopers) have a wide range of food sources. We wanted to find out the effects that iridoid glycosides(IGs) and pyrrolizidine alkaloids(PAs) on chrysodeixis includens...
View ArticlePLANT AND ANIMAL INTERACTIONS IN THE “BOTANICAL LOST WORLD” OF THE BIBB...
Wildlife populations continue to decline; it is imperative that sensitive populations are continually monitored, but there are not enough qualified individuals for this. We designed a three-week...
View ArticleEffects of Repeated Reading and Rhyming Poetry on Reading Fluency
This IRB approved study tested two methods to determine which one would be more beneficial to increase reading fluency in elementary school students. The study was conducted in a first-grade classroom...
View ArticleThe Proletariat aboard "The Open Boat"
This paper argues that within Stephen Crane’s naturalist short story “The Open Boat,” Crane positions the oiler as a symbol of the beleaguered proletariat of the American 1890s. The last decade of the...
View ArticleThe Evolution of the Hero: An Evaluation of Tolkien's and King's Portrayal of...
In Boromir of Gondor from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings and Roland Deschain of Gilead from Stephen King’s The Gunslinger, the audience is introduced to two dynamic heroes. Though Boromir’s...
View ArticleThe Advantages of Being Homeless in Post-Apocalyptic America
The absence of the homeless community in literary texts is of concern to the world of academia because just in the same way literature has educated generations on issues of civil rights, women’s...
View ArticleGendered Language: Women's Linguistics in the Workplace
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the way gender is enforced in the workplace through modern language, particularly through speaking patterns and word choice. Topics in this paper include...
View Article"The Tell-Tale Heart": A Reflection of the Insanity Defense
This essay analyzes the famous work of Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart.” The author proposes viewing this text through the cultural context of the time. The essay discusses how Poe is well-known...
View ArticleA Latina Defining Race and Racism
Race is a complex topic and can not be defined easily. Race is biological and social. We so often define race by one or the other classification when it is beneficial. To truly understand race, both...
View ArticleThe Presence of Syllables in American Sign Language
This paper will focus on the meaning of signed-language syllables, or the signed-syllable, in American Sign Language (ASL). It is assumed that syllables are applicable to ASL because the phonological...
View ArticleDefensive Techniques for the Modern Soldier: Shedding One’s Soul to Save it
Sheriff of Babylon is a short comic series about American-occupied Baghdad in 2004 just after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s reign. It features multiple examples of a marked callousness for the deaths...
View ArticleFood security on a warming planet: a case study with Tenebrio molitor
Food Security on a Warming Planet: A Case Study with Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) As earth warms and human population soars, finding sustainable food sources is more challenging....
View ArticleStronger Together: Tiny-housers’ Views of Community
Over the last decade, tiny homes (generally described as homes smaller than 500 ft2) have grown in popularity thanks to recent representation in the media (Ford and Gomez‐Lanier 2017). An increasing...
View ArticleThe U.S. Economic Paradox after the 2008 Financial Crisis: Expansion of Money...
Although previous studies of the U.S. monetary policy and the Federal Reserve’s role as the national central bank have increased our understanding to the post-crisis economic transformation, they have...
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