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Tectonic history of the Los Angeles Basin: Understanding what formed and deforms the city of Los Angeles
(2017-07-14)
The Los Angeles (LA) Basin is located in a tectonically complex region which has led to many, varying interpretations of its tectonic history. Current literature indicates that processes from rifting and extensional volcanism ...
Energy from Waste: Characterization and Reuse Feasibility of Incinerated Municipal Solid Waste
(2011-05-24)
The objective of this study is to characterize the physical and mechanical properties of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) ash. MSWI ash consists of bottom and fly ash. The mixture of the two is known as combined ash.
Hope Under Assault: Understanding the Impact of Sexual Assault on the Relation Between Hope and Suicidal Risk
(2015-06-22)
The present study sought to examine for how hope and sexual assault are involved in suicidal risk in a sample of 325 college students. Specifically, we were interested to examine whether sexual assault may play an additive ...
The Influence of Ethnic Minority Demographics on Provincial Preferential Policy Making in the Chinese College Admission System
(2015-06-22)
This study focuses on the various provinces’ preferential policies towards ethnic minorities in the Chinese college admission system, specifically in term of bonus points awarded in the National College Entrance Examination. ...
The Social Functions and Implications of Voseo in Quito, Ecuador: A Linguistic and Anthropological Account
(2011-04)
The purpose of this study is to provide a linguistic and anthropological analysis of the social complexities of voseo—the use of the second-person singular pronoun vos— in Quito Ecuador.
When the Law Takes Sides: Autonomously Weighing Reasons for Expression
(2018-06-21)
Law-making requires the legislator to take sides. This encroaches upon individual autonomy. As a result, the law must tread carefully while regulating expression. This includes hate speech. Despite this, the United ...
The Lasting Effects of Language Acquisition: Testing Cognitive Abilities after L2 Attrition
(2019-11-01)
Decades of psycholinguistic research have attempted to determine whether a “bilingual advantage” exists for cognitive abilities (e.g., Bialystok & Craik, 2010; Cummins, 1977; for a meta-analysis, see Grundy & Timmer, 2017). ...
“To work, write, sing and fight for women’s liberation”: Proto-Feminist Currents in the American Left, 1946-1961
(2011-04)
This thesis is an exploration of feminist
thought in the radical Left circles of postwar America prior to the well-documented surge in activism for gender equality in the 1960s and 1970s.
Mapping a Novel Hedonic Hotspot in Insular Cortex
(2014-09-22)
Insular cortex has been implicated in a wide array of functions, including integrating multiple sensory modalities, coding disgust for unpleasant foods, and processing reward and motivation. Specifically, anterior insula ...