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The possibility of international agreements concerning genetically modified organisms in the European Union

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Fairbrother, Jennifer R.

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As genetically modified products come under greater production, tensions surrounding the potential benefits and harms of the technology have appeared in divergent policy between the European Union (EU) and certain member states. The purpose of this thesis is to consider whether some type of international law, also called an environmental...

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Honors College Thesis

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. Also, I would like to thank my other committee members: Dr. Kathleen D. Moore and Jeffery Mitchell
Distribution and origin of organic matter preserved in modern surface sediments throughout Coastal SE Alaska

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Walinsky, Sarah E.

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Twenty seven modern (top 1-2cm) sediment samples from multicores retrieved from throughout coastal SE Alaska were analyzed for their organic matter content and the source composition. Total organic carbon (TOC) as well as biogenic silica (bioSi), and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) content were analyzed to evaluate the organic matter content and...

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Honors College Thesis

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samples further out on the continental shelf. The other samples east of 140°W are all tucked in the
Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

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Helzer, Erik G.

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Although the question of free will has persisted throughout the history of philosophy as an important metaphysical consideration, rarely does the inquiry include empirical evidence from other disciplines concerned with human behavior. In this interdisciplinary paper, I combine the wisdom of psychologists, metaphysicians, and philosophers of science to comment on...

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this analogy as “the… snowball on top of that iceberg” [p. 6]). Freud believed that the vast majority