• Keeping the faith: the Catholic landscape of Harford County, Maryland 

  Johnson, Melanie Irene (University of Delaware, 2006)

  The Catholic religion in America experienced trials and triumphs while establishing its presence on the cultural and physical landscape of the United States. The evolution of Catholicism began with the founding of the ...
• Application of the spectral wave model SWAN in Delaware Bay 

  Qin, Wenting (University of Delaware, 2005)

  SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore) is a third-generation numerical wave model to simulate the random, short-crested, wind-generated waves in coastal regions with shallow water and ambient currents. This study focuses on the ...
• Primary caregivers' reactions to their Head Start preschoolers' negative emotions: predicting emotion competence and social competence in a low-income, ethnic minority sample 

  King, Kristen A. (University of Delaware, 2006)

  Primary caregivers' reactions to preschoolers' negative emotions and their relation to social and emotion competence were examined in 95 primary caregiver-child dyads from a low-income, primarily African American, Head ...
• Activating the universal context of racism: consequences for perceived discrimination and emotion 

  Turner, Carl E., Jr. (University of Delaware, 2005)

  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 ...
• Recommended practices for public gardens wishing to serve the teenage audience 

  Sturman, Treenen D. M. (University of Delaware, 2006)

  Little research is available discussing why teenagers participate in public garden-based learning programs and what they hope to gain from their program experiences. To shed light on this topic, the researcher conducted ...
• Gait patterns one year after unilateral total knee arthroplasty 

  Yoshida, Yuri (University of Delaware, 2006)

  Outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have been reported to be generally positive, but the performance during activities of daily living of individuals after their surgery has not been comprehensively examined. Many ...
• "The Gate City": artistry and identity in an American historical pageant 

  Beckham, Kathryn Ann (University of Delaware, 2006)

  In June 1916 community members in Lincoln, Nebraska organized an historical pageant entitled 'The Gate City: A Masque of Omaha.' The second in a series of three pageants, 'The Gate City' explored visions of Nebraska's past, ...
• Does communicating via a mediated environment reduce the debilitating effects of social anxiety on interpersonal impression management? 

  High, Andrew C. (University of Delaware, 2006)

  The purpose of this study was to identify moderators of the impression management process. The research sought to determine if a mediated communication channel moderated the effects of social anxiety on interpersonal ...
• Pacific and Atlantic coast mollusk shells: chromatographic amino acid racemization kinetics and interlaboratory comparisons 

  Bakeman, Valerie R. (University of Delaware, 2006)

  Three different methods can be used to quantify the extent of amino acid racemization present in geological samples: gas chromatography (GC), reverse-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) and ion-exchange liquid chromatography ...
• Sexual selection and paternal care in Rhynocoris tristis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) 

  Beal, Christy Ann (University of Delaware, 2006)

  Exclusive paternal care is the rarest form of care in the animal kingdom. Since Triver’s (1972) landmark paper, several hypotheses have been proposed to explain why male care occurs at all. Rhynocoris tristis (Stål 1855) ...
• The impact of reforestation on the climate of the Southeast 

  Terando, Adam (University of Delaware, 2006)

  Human modification of the landscape can potentially have an impact on weather and climate. Numerous climate modeling studies indicate that deforestation or reforestation will have an impact on the climate. Yet, there is ...
• A biodiversity study of high temperature mud pool microbial communities: implications of regional/geographical isolation and endemism 

  Wheeler, Benjamin R., II (University of Delaware, 2006)

  In assessments of global biodiversity, extreme environments like terrestrial and deep-sea hydrothermal venting systems have been the focus of much scientific research. Created by the interactions of crustal plates and “hot ...
• The control of apolipoprotein C-I gene expression during adipocyte differentiation 

  David, John M. (University of Delaware, 2006)

  Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) was used to generate global gene expression profiles of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and adipocytes. Our primary interest was in late gene expression, specifically genes that encode secreted ...
• Fashioning Quaker identity: nineteenth-century women's clothing in the Friends' Historical Association collection 

  Cline, Emily C. (University of Delaware, 2005)

  Scholars have debated the distinctiveness of Quaker dress since the 1901 publication of Amelia Mott Gummere's The Quaker: A Study in Costume. Gummere's involvement in the Friends' Historical Association (FHA) in Philadelphia ...
• William Penn's chair and George Washington's hair: the political and commercial means of objects at the Philadelphia Great Central Fair, 1864 

  Barrett, Justina Catherine (University of Delaware, 2005)

  In order to raise money for Union troops' medical supplies, Philadelphians hosted The Great Central Fair in aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in June 1864. Amid the sales counters of manufactured goods were exhibits with ...
• The work of little hands: handicraft instruction books in the collection of the Winterthur Library 

  Gallagher, Jennie Noel (University of Delaware, 2005)

  The Winterthur Library maintains a large collection of books illuminating the history of American craftsmanship. A section of this collection includes books dedicated to passing on traditions of crafts to children. First ...
• Artistry and industry in cast iron: Batsto Furnace, 1766-1840 

  Giordano, Megan Michelle (University of Delaware, 2005)

  Located in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, Batsto was a charcoal burning furnace. Over the course of its industrial life (1766-1850s), Batsto contributed greatly to the regional economy, and also participated in a wider ...
• "I am not a decorator": Florence Knoll, the Knoll Planning Unit, and the making of the modern office 

  Tigerman, Bobbye (University of Delaware, 2005)

  The Knoll Planning Unit (1943-1965), the interior design service of Knoll Associates, was responsible for some of the most pioneering corporate interior designs of the postwar period. It was one of the first interior design ...
• Design to enable the body: Thomas Lamb's "wedge-lock" handle, 1941-1962 

  Delphia, Rachel Elizabeth (University of Delaware, 2005)

  Ergonomic design is now commonplace, but the idea of shaping a product based on aggregated measurements of the human body was once revolutionary. In 1941, New York City industrial designer Thomas Lamb began an ambitious ...
• The paradox of good intentions: John Needles, cabinetmaker in antebellum Baltimore 

  Byrd, Dana Ellen (University of Delaware, 2005)

  For nearly forty years, craftsman John Needles (1786–1878, fl. 1810–1848) operated a thriving cabinetmaking business in antebellum Baltimore, Maryland. His shop executed appealing, sophisticated furniture for customers ...

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