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Attitude Surveys of Kalamazoo Residents in Two Neighborhoods
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1987)Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (KNHS), is a private non-profit corporation dedicated to revitalizing the low income neighborhoods in the City of Kalamazoo, Michigan. They focus particularly on improving ... -
Attitudes as the Basis for the Gender Gap in Voting Behavior
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2001)The relationship between a candidate's gender and the attitudes supported on voting choice was investigated. Equal numbers of men and women were asked to answer a questionnaire. The questionnaire identified a candidate's ... -
Attitudes of Mexican University Students toward Segregation in the United States
(1964)This thesis is the result of a study done in Mexico City at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Misico from October to December of 1963. One often hears that racial discrimination in the United States has lowered our ... -
An Attitudinal Study of the Michigan State Supreme Court
(1969)Glendon Schubert's work, The Judicial Mind, The Attitudes and Ideologies of Supreme Court Justices 1946-1963 is first of all a study of the ideologies and attitudes of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ... -
Attraction of bait and insecticide formulations to Rhago/etis mendax (Diptera: Tephritidae) Flies: Behavioral observations under Laboratory and Field Conditions
(Kalamazoo College, 2006)R. mendax, or the blueberry fruit fly, is a significant pest for blueberry growers. Needing to adhere to trade regulations and consumer demands, research has moved away from organophosphates, such as Malathion, to ... -
The Attraction-Leniency Effect: Ambiguity, Attractiveness Type, and a Reverse Attraction-Leniency Bias
(2005)Previous research has shown that attractive people are treated more leniently in criminal trials than unattractive people. A study was conducted to examine this Attraction-Leniency E:tfect as it pertains to both social ... -
The Audio / Video Matrix: The Development of a Knowledge Base
(2000)This SIP has been developed for the reader to get a sense of the thought process and research that was needed in order to develop Dr. Hardin's "Audio / Video Matrix". It was evident in the context of the School of ... -
The Augmentation of Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity by Selenium
(1983)Selenium inhibits the development of certain tumor cell lines in mice. One possible mechanism for this effect is selenium's augmentation of natural killer (NK) cell activity. Several investigators in the past have ... -
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and their Significance in Today’s World
(2019)Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are becoming a more prominent part of everyday life. This paper wishes to address the functionality and applicability of AR and VR in an accessible form. There currently few articles ... -
The Augustinian Canons: Their Influence on History
(1985)What is the significance of the Augustinian canons? How do they fit into the scheme of the Middle Ages? To which trend do they belong? What were their reasons for developing? Why did monks and secular clergy become Augustinian ... -
The Austin Center: A Case Study in AIDS Treatment
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Australian Immigration- One Nation's Response to a Global Issue
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1998)My intentions here are to provide an overview and analysis of the Australian immigration system, with a special focus on refugee status. -
Austrian Economics: A Free Market Analysis of American Health Care
(2012)The purpose of this paper is to apply the thoughts of the Austrian School of Economics to the current financial crisis of American health care. The controversies surrounding these health care problems are presently a topic ... -
The Austrian School of Economics, Private Property, and Environmental Externalities
(1998)One of the most pressing issues of our modem era is environmentalism. With the increasing industrial capacity brought on by modernization, our focus has recently shifted toward trying to understand the impact production ... -
The Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867-1918: A New Perspective
(1988)In the summer of 1988 I was privileged to read The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age by Gertrude Himmelfarb. This experience not only excited me to do this study, but also decided the way I would approach ... -
Authority Structures and Output Types: A Theoretical Analysis
(1969)This thesis is an elaboration of several elements in the systems theory proposed by David Easton in A Framework for Political Analysis and A Systems Analysis of Political Life. It is a theoretical inquiry into the ... -
Autobiographical Sole Performance: A Playwriting SIP
(2008)The memory of sharing stories with friends shaped my conception of a Senior Individualized Project that revolved around personal storytelling. Instead of standing on a stage performing the words of authors and playwrights, ... -
Autocorrelation and Fourier Analysis for Detecting Periodic Cell Potentials in a Simulated Inhibitory Neural Network
(2003-12-23)The field of Computational Neuroscience is best described as a mathematical approach to the study of neural systems reducing neural systems to a set of computational tasks. Computer models are an important part of this ...