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CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN HUNTINGTIN 513 AGGREGATION AND PROTEOTOXICITY IN C. ELEGANS BODY WALL MUSCLE CELLS
(University of the South, 2017-05)Huntington’s disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the insidious onset of choreiform movements (rapid, jerky involuntary movements), cognitive decline, and early death. Huntington’s ... -
“ Our Anglo-Saxon Blood”: How Belief in Anglo-Saxon Racial Supremacy Connected Men at the University of the South Architecturally and Ideologically to the Larger Nation from 1886-1912
(University of the South, 2016-04-26)In August 1890, the Board of Trustees for the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee met for their annual deliberations. When the Board left Sewanee several days later, they had accepted both the resignation of the ... -
"Worthy of th'heroic dead": Gratitude, Memory, and Local Action in a Grieving Britain
(University of the South, 2016-04-25)Remembrance both haunts and supports a community. A form of preservation, the process of remembrance requires both collaboration and clear objectives: more specifically, what emotions should future generations inherit? In ... -
The Franco-Prussian War: Its Impact on France and Germany, 1870-1914
(University of the South, 2016-04-11)Historian Niall Ferguson introduced his seminal work on the twentieth century by posing the question “Megalomaniacs may order men to invade Russia, but why do the men obey?” He then sought to answer this question over the ... -
From Piety to Reflection: The Purpose of Primers in Late Tudor England
(University of the South, 2016-04-22)The story of the 16th century was one of major changes for the English nation. On a national level, English government changed and yielded a more centralized and controlling state. On a cultural level, English society began ... -
Introduction: Quentin Tarantino and the Commodiofication of Independent Cinema
(University of the South, 2016-05)In 1992, the debut film of a little known writer/director out of Manhattan Beach rocked the Sundance film festival, quickly becoming the most talked about independent film of the year despite relatively modest success at ... -
El arte de la traduccion: un analisis de la traduccion de Cien anos de soledad y el traductor bajo la superficie
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El corrido mexicano, recolectando acontecimientos y memorias, y destapando las verdades del pais desde la Revolucion Mexicana
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Jose Marti: apostol o revolucionario
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The Fall of the House of Buendia: Un analisis de la relacion entre los simbolos de Edgar Allan Poe y Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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El tango y la rumba: un analisis de la identidad nacional en Argentina y Cuba
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La contradiccion y la falta del individuo en el capitalismo
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Aiding and Abetting: An Empoirical Study of the Effects of Foreign Aid on the Rule of Law in sub-Saharan Africa
(University of the South, 2014-04)Bringing the empirical analysis of econometrics to the debate of the effects of foreign aid on countries located in sub-Saharan Africa, this paper analyzes the effect of foreign aid on the rule of law by using instrumental ... -
A Spiritual Defense of the Garden
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Reproductive Health Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Look at Five Factors and their impact on contraception access using the case studies of Nigeria and Senegal
(University of the South, 2014-04-24)Over the last two decades, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have implemented programs to improve the overall wellbeing of their citizens. While individual countries have observed significant strides in improving education ... -
Signaling or Pressuring for Protection?
(University of the South, 2013-12-10)What INGO efforts successfully influence the adequate protection of a terrorist’s right to due process in extra-territorial detention camps? The discovery of United States CIA black sites and extra-territorial detention ... -
"Already Having Forgotten:" Violence, Its Memory, and Political Identity in El Salvador
(University of the South, 2014-04-25)El Salvador suffered from a brutal civil war from approximately 1980 until the signing of the Peace Accords in 1992. Civil war identities were formed by the incremental experience of violence, solidified by the post-conflict ... -
Choosing Humanity: The Evolution of the Elephant Man
(University of the South, 2014-04-24)In the following study on Joseph Merrick and perceptions, I detail the differing views of his life and his disease. I combine the different perspectives on Merrick because no one has made comparisons between the perspectives ... -
Wareware to wa Bessekai: The evolution, inhibition, and cultural prohibition of public male-male sexual identities in contemporary Japan
(University of the South, 2014-04-30)Pre-19th century Japanese society expected its members to engage in both hetero- and homosexual acts. However, while Westerners may view Japan as sexually progressive, or even bizarre, today’s Japan is notably conservative ... -
Monsters of Japan and the Globalization of Folklorism: Oni and Their Representations in "InuYasha" and "The Legend of Zelda."
(University of the South, 2014-04-30)This paper looks at the anime series InuYasha as well as the video game series The Legend of Zelda and analyzes the depictions of Japanese demons (oni) within their narratives, demonstrating the importance of these images ...