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Fa 'a Samoa and China : The interface of indigenous socio-political systems, legacies of colonialism, and (re)imaginations of race in the independent state of Samoa

Williams, Kiavanne Abelardo Javier (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2017)

In an exploration of the way that race operates in Samoa, this qualitative research project studies the intersection of the Fa'a Samoa - the socio-political governance system of Samoa, the recent Chinese migration in the ...

Fabrication of a Ge(Li) Detector

Bogar, Thomas John (1969)

The Fabrication of Naphthyl Bromide Polylactide and Its Potential Clinical Applications

Paule-Carres, Michael (Kalamazoo College, 2013)

A decrease in an organism's normal oxygen concentration, either in tissue systems or intracellularly, is typically a sign that it is undergoing some form of physiological abnormality that threatens its overall health. ...

Fabrication of SERS Substrates for the Detection of Metal Pollutants via Directed Self-Assembly of Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticles at the Air-Water Interface.

Harnish, Sarah M. (Kalamazoo College, 2018)

Plasmonic nanostructures, such as gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), have promising applications in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based sensing of environmental pollutants. Two-dimensional nanoparticle arrays give Raman ...

The Fabulation of John Barth

Searles, David A. (1972)

Reviews the themes and storytelling techniques used in Barth's novels The Floating Opera, The End of the Road, The Sot-Weed Factor, Giles Goat-Boy, and Lost in the Funhouse.

The Face of Machismo Among Mexican-American Young Men

Jimenez, Amy (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2013)

Through in-depth interviews and observations, this qualitative study analyzes the significance of machismo among contemporary young Mexican-American men from the Greater Los Angeles County. Using Practice Theory and an ...

Facebook Application Development: Concepts and Example Using the PMOG Web Application

Anderson, Evan (2009)

Over the summer, I worked with GameLayers Inc. on their Passively Multiplayer Online Game or PMOG project. Initially I was to develop· a Facebook PMOG application and continue work with them. However, the Facebook ...

Facebook vs. Snapchat : The Linkage Between Personality and SNS usage

Grayson, Andre R. (2017)

Research has found that certain personality traits can be predictors of particular behaviors within society. The recent emergence of social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook offer new ways in which individuals may ...

Facebook vs. Snapchat: The Linkage Between Personality and SNS usage

Grayson, Andre R. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2018)

Though personality psychology traditionally studies subject matter regarding the operation of an individual in real life (IRL), the recent emergence of Web 2.0 social networking sites (SNS) have lead researchers to become ...

The Faces of AIDS: Five Interviews and Journalistic Accounts

Houldsworth, Kevin D. (1995)

Working on this project has taught me many things about myself and human nature in general. After hearing that one statistic, that each and every member of my age group can expect to be personally affected by this ...

Faces of Bilingual Education : A Personal Account of the Bilingual Program at Roosevelt Elementary School in St. Paul, Minnesota

Janssens, Michelle D. (1998-01-01)

I came to Roosevelt Elementary School and to the West Side of St. Paul in search of a story. I have always been intrigued by the power of communication and the complexity of language. Through my own language learning ...

The Faces of Choice: An Ethnography of the Counseling Department at Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan

Buese, Joanna Marie (1994)

In this paper I examine the organization of Planned Parenthood through participant observation with the help of the counselors, as I explain in the Methodology. In the Review of Literature, I propose a social evolution of ...

Facets of Participation in American Politics

Dobbs, Guy P. (1990)

The query of this project shall be an attempt to determine whether or not the primary (candidate primary) or the caucus (participatory convention) results in the selection of delegates that are more reflective of ...

The Facile Preparation of Cyclic Ethylene Thioketals and Thioacetals with 2-Phenyl and 2-Chloro-1, 3, 2-Dithioborolans

Hobbs, Steven J. (Kalamazoo College, 1976)

2-Phenyl-l,3,2-dithioborolan and 2-chloro- 1,3,2-dithioborolan were investigated as possible reagents for the formation of cyclic thioketals and thioacetals in steriodal mono,di and triketones of the androstane and ...

Facilitating Recovery from Mental Illness: An Examination of the Relationship between the ACT of Kalamazoo and its Consumers

Toronto, Aaron (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1994)

This study was performed over a three month period as part of a larger research project focusing on Kalamazoo County's Community Mental Health System and the services it provides for mentally ill adults. This research ...