Kristine Ashton and Mary Stovall Richards, History Racial prejudice failed to dissipate after Confederate soldier stacked their rifles at Appomattox. Blacks were predominantly viewed as backward, indolent, child-like people, incapable of the new responsibilities of freedom. The historian John David Smith explained, “After slavery whites continued to perceive blacks as marginal men and women. . […]
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF A NEW IMMUNOASSAY OF DEOXYTHYMIDINE KINASE
David K. Walburger, Department of Microbiology Abstract The ability to follow a cancer’s aggressiveness and response to treatment throughout the disease’s course is critical in treatment programs. The tumor markers used as indicators have not been able to consistently do this. Thymidine Kinase, an enzyme linked with cellular proliferation, has been shown to be persistently […]
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HOPI-NAVAJO LAND USE MANAGEMENT, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE 1992 PROPOSAL FOR SETTLEMENT OF THE HOPI-NAVAJO DISPUTE
Benjamin A. Thomson, Geography To introduce this research summary, I would like to include a brief background to my research topic. Since the creation of the Hopi and Navajo reservations in 1880, these two tribes have disputed the use of the land. By 1974 the Navajo, living on a reservation surrounding that of the Hopi, […]
Comparative Resistance of Human Papilloma Virus to Inactivation by Selected Chemical Disinfectants
Elisabeth Tillman and Dr. Richard A. Robison, Microbiology Cervical cancer is the fifth most common cancer in humans as well as the second most common cause of cancer death in women [3]. In developing countries, cervical cancer is actually the most common female disease, constituting 30% of female cancers [1]. In the United States, cervical […]
Tobacco Awareness in American Medical Schools: Comparative Study
Joshua G Schkrohowsky and Dr. Gordon Lindsay, Health Sciences After years of steady decline, the percentage of people who use tobacco in the United States has leveled off and has appeared to even begin an increase. Cigarette smoking remains the single largest cause of preventable death in the United States. It is not only a […]
Fa’asamoa And Western Institutions: a Comparative Study Between American Samoa And (Western) Samoa
Henrietta P. Emerson and Dr. Ray C. Christensen, Political Science In most literature on the political systems of American Samoa and (Western) Samoa, the two countries are rarely grouped in the same study despite their shared cultural identity. An unincorporated territory of the United States, American Samoa tends to be classified with other U.S. territories […]
Statistical Process Control Methods for Multiple Stream Processes: A Comparative Study
Jared Caleb Christensen and Dr. Scott D. Grimshaw, Statistics The Shewhart control chart is the most common statistical process control (SPC) tool used to determine stability. One fundamental assumption of the Shewhart chart is that the output comes from a single, continuous stream. This implies the monitoring of a single source of variation. Filling machines […]
Comparative Study of Total Antioxidant Activity between the Fruit Momordica Cochinchinensis (gac) and its’ Major Carotenoid Constituents
Katherine Secrest and Dr. Kim O’Neill, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Introduction The red fruit Momordica cochinchinensis (gac) grows indigenously throughout Southeast Asia and possesses naturally high levels of provitamin A carotenoids, beta-carotene and lycopene. In much of Southeast Asia, rural populations suffer from chronic vitamin A deficiency.1 Currently, government programs distribute vitamin A capsules as […]
ARE GUATEMALAN K’EKCHI MORMONS REALLY PROTESTANTS? A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT K’EKCHI STORIES
Robert E.M. Spencer and Dr. John Hawkins, English With blackness surrounding us both, Oscar stumbled over the words. Here I was living in the highlands of northern Guatemala, in a dirt floor shack, sitting on my wooden board bed, listening to the struggles of a Mayan man trying to read by candlelight. He was the […]
Staged Ukrainian Dance in Canada and Ukraine: A Comparative Study
Quincy Mark Robinson and Professor Colleen West, Dance Background When Ukrainians migrated to Canada in the early 1900’s, they found themselves in a completely different cultural environment. To help support each other in this foreign environment the Ukrainians participated in many cultural activities, one of which was staged Ukrainian folk dance. In the 1990’s staged Ukrainian […]
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