This thesis examines images of martial women as they were produced in the biography column of the late Qing journal Nüzi shijie (NZSJ; 1904-1907). By examining the historiographic implications of revised women's biographies, I will show the extent to which…

The Serbian education system severely deteriorated after a series of conflicts and NATO bombings dismantled the nation from the 1990's-2000. Although violence is not uncommon to schools around the world, researchers have demonstrated that the long term effects of war…

This thesis attempts to historicize our understandings of economic rationality and economic action, specifically in the period leading up to the South Sea Bubble of 1720, an event which seemingly remains shrouded in mystery. The fundamental question addressed is what…

A reduction in the consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of predation resulting from harvesting of top predators has been hypothesized to result in failure of harvested species to recover from low abundance, even if harvesting is reduced or ceases. I examined…

Purpose – Leadership insight describes the importance of and approach to reflection for leaders, using traditional journal writing, leadership wisdom statements, and art work. Design/methodology/approach – The article introduces the multiple ways in which the Leadership Insight journal supports leaders’…

This doctoral dissertation is a microhistory of a textbook controversy in 1920 New Brunswick, Canada. During a time of post war sensitivity to nationalism and patriotism, public feeling was aroused as the result of a complaint about Myers' General History,…

The Accurate Mass and Time (AMT) tag approach to high-throughput proteomics uses reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) coupled to high accuracy mass spectrometry to measure both the masses and chromatographic retention-times of tryptic peptides in complex mixtures. These measurements are matched…

A new robust linearized seismic analysis method for guyed telecommunication masts waspresented in Ghafari Oskoei, S. A., and McClure, G. (STENG-1145): "A robust linearizedseismic analysis method for guyed telecommunication masts", Journal of StructuralEngineering, submitted in June 2010. Following the study…

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Last year, Stewart Brower, co-editor of the open access journal Communications in Information Literacy, defended the peer review process. He argued that despite its flaws, peer review helps librarians’ careers. “Peer-reviewed articles get librarians promoted. Peer-reviewed articles get librarians tenured.”…