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Decoding the Evolution of Young Stars: A Look at Magnetic Fields

Computational models of stars, also called stellar models, predict the fundamental properties (e.g., radius, surface temperature, and brightness) of stars based on their age. Comparing stellar model...

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Trans Setters: Parallels and Variations within the Trans Community

A memoir by Janet Mock, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, and the documentary following the life of Buck Angel, Mr. Angel, both depict tumultuous coming of...

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In the Wake of Death: Socioeconomic Effects of the Black Death in Medieval...

The Black Death is one of the most infamous pandemic diseases that have ever spread through the world. While most of Europe was devastated by the plague of the fourteenth century, England was in a...

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The Incrementalism Model of Public Policy Making

This presentation will be an in-depth discussion of the Incrementalism model of public policy making, and will examine how the model is used to analyze how policy makers in the United States choose...

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Modern Slavery: A Rational Approach to Reducing Human Trafficking in the...

This paper will demonstrate how human-trafficking policy in the United States is a problem, even after various efforts throughout the government. By using public policy’s rational model, this paper...

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Analytical and numerical solutions to heat equations

In this research, we study the heat equation. This equation originates from a scenario where a thin rod of finite length receives applied heat, defined as a function, while maintaining controlled...

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An Analysis of the Habitability of Planets Around Schwartzfield-Type Black Holes

Schwartzfield-type black holes of stellar to intermediate size are predicted to be some of the most common unseen interstellar objects in astronomy. This abundance raises the question of whether...

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Sowing with Eager Expectation: A Content Analysis of The Prosperity Gospel

Sowing with Eager Expectation: A Content Analysis of The Prosperity Gospel The Prosperity Gospel is a doctrine based on the premise that God wants his servants to be financially prosperous ((van Biema...

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Affirmative Action in Higher Education: Where do we go?

The purpose of this study was to reexamine the role of affirmative action within the context of higher education admission policies. I specifically looked at the legal arguments individuals have...

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Densely Connected Convolutional Neural Networks for Natural Language Procoessing

Densely connected convolutional neural networks are currently one of the best object recognition algorithms. Given the plasticity of neural networks, the DenseNet algorithm should perform similarly in...

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How to Get Published: A Q&A on Next Steps

So, you've presented at a conference...what's next? Come listen to a panel of faculty and staff discuss options for publishing your work. The session will begin with a brief overview of the nuts and...

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Local Economies on Their Minds: Explaining European Preferences for...

Values-based labeling has been promoted as a way to promote quality and competitiveness in food production. Geographical origin is one criterion that consumers use to to make food purchases based upon...

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Voters’ Job Approval Ratings and State Legislator Perceptions of...

This paper asks whether voters’ job approval ratings of governors affect state legislator perceptions of gubernatorial influence in the legislative process. This question is a departure from existing...

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Whiskey in Early America

Following the American Revolution (1775-1781), Americans turned to whiskey as their spirit of choice simply because it was readily available. Whiskey would shape the identity of the early republic...

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A Question of Triumph: Effectively Measuring the Success of Intelligence...

As intelligence programs continue to be expanded in order to combat the growing threat of terrorism seen around the globe, many critics have questioned whether the success of intelligence against...

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Book Review: Tropics of Vienna: Colonial Utopias of the Habsburg Empire by...

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Book Review: Rage for Order: The British Empire and the Origins of...

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Book Review: Democracy to Come: Politics as Relational Praxis by Fred Dallmayr

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Book Review: The Extreme Right in the French Resistance: Members of the...

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Book Review: National Policy, Global Memory: The Commemoration of the...

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