It is customary for postcolonial biblical critics to dismiss the book of Exodus as the tale of a tyrannical and genocidal deity. The following dissertation attempts to correct this impulse by redeploying the postcolonial approach in a way that seeks to more authentically realize…
Drilling is an industrial process in which holes are produced by removal of material. This process is relatively well established for macroscale machining. However, microscale mechanical drilling is a more challenging process, especially in parts made of difficult-to-cut materia…
This research explores the production of informal spaces in England. Informal spaces are those used by people who do not own the land. The research focused on how such a space is produced, through a variety of processes and activities. The use and function of informal spaces is …
The researcher’s previous experience suggested the use of computer-based design and fabrication tools might enable new models of practice that yield a greater integration between the 3D art and design disciplines. A critical, contextual review was conducted to assess what kinds …
Nonwoven-fabrics have been in use since 1930s. Their advantages over other web fonnation methods like knitting and weaving have attracted many industries such as aerospace, automotive, sports, geotextiles, composites, battery separators etc. to explore and increase their usage. …
Living a life "on the hyphen" -- as the Cuban-American critic Gustavo Perez Firma calls it -- or in a "third space" -- as the Indian literary theorist Homi Bhabha defines it -- has become the most common way to describe the condition of those identities in-between, to define the…
This thesis will argue for hybridism in Wole Soyinka's dramatic construct of the tragic hero. In most of his so-called metaphysical plays, those that are played out within the Yoruba ritual and mythical worldview, Soyinka appropriates, reconstitutes and extend limits of the rece…
Cortisol archived in hair represents circulating concentrations averaged over the growth period of the hair. Measurement of cortisol in hair is finding wider application in animal studies of stable behavioral trends or the effects of chronic stressors. In primatology the method …
During a worldwide pandemic that limits school resources and demands instant transition to an online teaching platform, effective teaching practices surrounding online aspects of teaching and learning are essential. Research has reported little about how online courses affect st…
This thesis analyzes the historical, legal, and cultural dimensions and processes of land exchange between the Pawtucket-Pennacook and English colonists of Massachusetts Bay Company/Colony, in the seventeenth century. A close reading of colonial archives, reveals political and s…
Skyscrapers of the late 19th century looked vastly different than they do today. Historically, the skyscraper began as a single form extrusion containing a single program. Throughout history the skyscraper took on many new forms. Zoning and setback laws of the 1960’s changed the…
