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Teaching business to the poor : the effectiveness of business development services within microenterprise development

Creator:: Wilson, Taylor Anne
Abstract:: Many economic development methods over the years have tried to solve the problem of poverty with varied success. Microenterprise development is a method that works with the poor to create small self-run businesses to increase their income, and therefore bring more freedom from disease illiteracy and discrimination. Within microenterprise development...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Attacked by a hooker

Creator:: Junkin, Mary Patricia B.
Abstract:: In the fall of 2005, I studied abroad in Athens, Greece for one term. This is retelling of experiences that I had, written in the style of my memories. While I was in Greece, I kept an electronic diary, a picture diary, and a scrapbook to keep my memories vivid...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

NAFTA : effects on information technology in Mexico

Creator:: Garbarino, Angelina R.
Abstract:: This paper addresses how the implementation of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has affected the use of Information Technology (IT) in Mexico. In order to answer this question this thesis analyzes the direct and indirect effects of NAFTA on Mexico’s economic and regulatory environment, and how this influences the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Comparing the health and healthcare needs of poor rural Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites

Creator:: Tatum, James Michael
Abstract:: America’s rural Hispanic population is growing at an unprecedented rate. Many of the Hispanic people that are settling in rural communities are immigrants or first generation Americans. If changes to current healthcare systems are required to accommodate the health needs of this growing, low-income rural population they have not been...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

A validity study for the kaizen event kick-off survey

Creator:: Mitchell, Rebecca M.
Abstract:: This study was conducted to support a research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the NSF research project was to determine how to design kaizen events that result in both short term and long term performance improvements. One of the tools developed to evaluate the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: developed by Taiichi Ohno in the early 60’s (Black & Hunter, 2003). The goal of this strategy was to reduce

Studying abroad and vocabulary use in impromptu essays

Creator:: Mitchell, Kathleen
Abstract:: Spending time in a German speaking country may aid in vocabulary acquisition and production. This study hypothesized a concrete link between written language use and experiences abroad. Intermediate German students’ vocabulary uses in impromptu essays were evaluated by counting the number of total word, unique words, and content words. This...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Aging and oxidative damage to mitochondrial membrane proteins

Creator:: Tong, Tony T.
Abstract:: Mitochondria provide energy for biological cells to function, but this process is also a source of oxygen radicals that are capable of damaging nearby proteins. Mitochondrial protein damage can eventually lead to cell death, especially in the case of heart cells, where mitochondria are present in the highest concentrations. As...
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Discovery and identification of antibacterial agents for dental use

Creator:: Kirkpatrick, Adam G.
Abstract:: Dental disease is a very prevalent and costly disease in which the symptoms, not the disease, are currently being treated. The disease is caused by pathogenic oral bacteria, many of which are a part of the Mutans Streptococci. The objective of this thesis was to find a natural substance that...
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Full Text:: , Laurencia filiformis f. heteroclada, is from Australia and has 60% allolaurinterol in its crude extract, a

Entrapment of Micro-Algae in Modified Alginate Beads for Oxygen and Nutrient Source

Creator:: Hughson, Jason D.
Abstract:: Presented here is an investigation and comparison of two entrapment methods of algae. Conventional calcium alginate bead entrapment is compared to a recently described modified bead entrapment method, utilizing poly(ethylene glycol) and calcium alginate, which results in void or capillary formation within the beads. It is shown that algal growth...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: -Alginate-Gelation-03-2003.PDF Rochefort, W. E., Rehg, T., & Chaur, P. C. (1986). Trivalent cation

The People's band: U2 and international activism

Creator:: Peterson, Maxie Jean
Abstract:: The end of the Cold War brought about changes within international political relations that resulted in expanded interest in global civil society. Such developments, like globalization and democratization, have encouraged the growth of social and political organizations. Political scientists have found that these inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations have a significant...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

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Teaching business to the poor : the effectiveness of business development services within microenterprise development

Attacked by a hooker

NAFTA : effects on information technology in Mexico

Comparing the health and healthcare needs of poor rural Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites

A validity study for the kaizen event kick-off survey

Studying abroad and vocabulary use in impromptu essays

Aging and oxidative damage to mitochondrial membrane proteins

Discovery and identification of antibacterial agents for dental use

Entrapment of Micro-Algae in Modified Alginate Beads for Oxygen and Nutrient Source

The People's band: U2 and international activism

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