The photokinetic parameters of the fluorescence decay of 3-hydroxyflavone were determined in six solvents, which were chosen for their widely differing polarities, dielectric constants, and hydrogen bonding capabilities. ...

The American Alliance of Museums maintains in its Code of Ethics, “Although diverse in their missions, they [American museums] have in common their nonprofit form of organization and a commitment of service to the public.”1 ...

This thesis explores the relationship between vocal music and cinematic storytelling, focusing on the following question: how should music-driven narrative films, which are built primarily around vocal music, be constructed ...

As national attention on sexual harassment continues to grow, some consideration should be placed on how the news influences what consumers understand to be true about sexual harassment. This research is centered on two ...

This body of work, like the world, is the result of an additive process with infinite possibilities. It is a continuous effort to translate abstract ideas into visual images, thus opening an environment of conceptual ...

In the wake of neoliberalism, the depreciation of democratic citizenship has become a crisis that corrupts how we interact socially. A role in the market now outweighs a role in the community, and what constitutes a citizen ...

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is suggested to play a role in certain types of fear, such as unconditioned fear and conditioned fear to long duration stimuli, but not others such as short duration conditioned ...

Frontal theta-band oscillations (neural oscillatory activity occurring between around 4-8 Hz) ostensibly signal the need for and communicate top-down cognitive control across broad networks of brain regions (Cavanagh & ...

N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) complexes of gold(I) and gold(III) of the form AuX(IPr) and AuXCl2(IPr) (IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, X = halide or aryl) were prepared and investigated for ...

NOx compounds are pollutants formed in fossil fuel combustion which lead to global warming, acid rain, toxic particulates and other health concerns. Due to the high activation energy of the direct decomposition reaction ...