A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded
that our anthropocentric view of nature is inadequate, that we
need a "new morality" with regard to the environment. In this
essay, I argue that an alternative to anthropocentricism is
available to us now-and has been since at least 1836. I look...
This study was conducted to determine the effects of
shipping stress on the immune system in domestic lambs (Ovis
aries) and to determine the potential of the thymic peptide,
thymulin, to reduce those effects of stress on the immune
system. Treatments consisted of no shipping (as unstressed
controls), shipping (as...
This thesis examines the rhetoric of Theodore Dwight Weld's American Slavery
As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. Published anonymously in 1839, Weld's
publication became the longest antislavery tract in American history. It left its mark on
the abolitionist movement itself and future antislavery literary works most notably
Uncle...
Researching what I believe to be exclusionary practices in higher education against
African Americans has compelled me to approach this subject, in part, historically.
Although I realize that a historical chronology of any subject is often deceptive, as with
any writer, I am tempted to interpret events to fit my...
Early nineteenth-century America witnessed social
change which significantly altered the structure of human
relationships. Out of this transformation came new
configurations of gender and sexuality which colored
relations between the sexes well into the twentieth century.
But these gender prescriptions did not merely serve to
pattern male/female interactions, they informed...
Design phase decisions based on diagnosability lead to lower system costs and, in turn, higher quality products by means of reducing maintenance time and increasing system reliability. A case for diagnosability is presented. Functions of diagnosability are expounded upon including life cycle costs, statistical analysis, and design criterion to emphasize...