Accurate values of the optical functions of gallium arsenide in the very near infrared region are particularly important for many technological applications. Many different techniques have been used to measure the thermo-optic ...

Three experiments were conducted to validate the Universal Context of Racism (UCR) and determine whether this construct influences perceived discrimination and emotions for historical targets of racism. The UCR proposes ...

The purpose of this study was to create a comprehensive model integrating adult attachment style, conflict style, and relationship satisfaction. The research sought to determine if adult attachment acted as a predictor of ...

Mystery surrounds most silver designers of the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries. As large, mechanized manufactures replaced small, independent silversmiths, firms rendered individual designers nameless as it ...

Images of crude log cabins and primitive living conditions dominate Americans’ inherited understanding of life on the western frontier. The survival of Belvidere, a grand neoclassical-style stone and brick mansion built ...

There is a paucity of scholarship addressing the material life of eighteenth-century American Jews, in part because there is little extant material from this period that can be identified as specifically Jewish. Many of ...

This thesis presents the cultural and historical background for five types of American rings: (1) wedding, and related engagement and friendship rings, (2) mourning rings, (3) fraternal rings, (4) class rings, and (5) ...

The Internet has altered the business environment completely. It has dramatically affected the distribution of hotel rooms creating both opportunities and challenges for the lodging industry. Revenue Management is used by ...

Undoubtedly, recreational boating in the United States is both an economically important and popular pastime. According to the National Marine Manufacturers Association, over 68 million Americans participated in recreational ...