This thesis is an exploration of Black cultural space and its influence on the
retention, adaptation, and transmission of African folktales during and after the
antebellum era. During slavery, the survival of kinship and family helped to create
an...
United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army; Soldiers--Kentucky--Psychology--History--19th century; Soldiers--Kentucky--Attitudes--History--19th century
Beginning with Bell Irvin Wiley's 1943 The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy, historians have produced many works describing the motivations for soldiers to enlist and serve during the Civil War. However, because they often...
Naja kaouthia is a significant species because it feeds primarily on agricultural pests, causes human mortality, and is commercially exploited. Understanding the life history and demography of harvested populations is essential to providing...
Sex offenders--Psychology; Sex offenders--Research
Based primarily on theory, it is suspected that violent and non-violent sex-offenders can be differentiated by their psychopathic profile, as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991). There is some concern that current...
African American soldiers--History--18th century; United States--History--War of 1812--Participation, African American; Great Britain. Corps of Colonial Marines--African Americans
This research will address several key historical realities overlooked in reference to African Americans during the War of 1812. One, that African Americans played a significant role in the successes of United States military conflicts during the...
In studying the culture of any people we learn that no group has been absolutely independent of influences from other people. No man indeed can say that he has attained anything of value absolutely by himself; an individual must give credit to the...
Theaters--Kentucky--Louisville; Louisville (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
A child is considered by some psychologists to pass through on its way to manhood the stages through which the race has passed on its way to civilization. If this is true of a single man, might it not equally be true of a community of men? Have not...
Women; Men; Mustaches; Horses; Horseback riding; Fences; Snow; Mountains; Trees
Grandma Rice, wearing a long dress and apron, holds onto the bridle of a horse mounted by Dr. N.T. Rice, who wears a topcoat and hat and has a long white mustache. Snow is on the ground, and a split-rail fence, hills, and trees are visible in the...
An old man, wearing a hat and three-piece suit with vest partially unbuttoned, and old woman, wearing a long dress with apron, put their hands on the back of a chair bearing a woven blanket while standing outside. Hills, trees, and snow are visible...
An old man, wearing a hat and three-piece suit with vest partially unbuttoned, and old woman, wearing a long dress with apron, put their hands on the back of a chair bearing a woven blanket while standing outside. Hills, trees, and snow are visible...
An old man, wearing a hat and three-piece suit with vest partially unbuttoned, and old woman, wearing a long dress with apron, put their hands on the back of a chair while standing outside. Hills, trees, and snow are visible in the background. Dr....
An individual's role set consists of a variety of different roles (Biddle, 1979; Madsen & Hammond, 2005). Parent, spouse, student, and even sports fan, all constitute roles within one's role set. Fulfilling role demands requires time, energy,...
The aim of the study was to determine the incidence and imaging characteristics of soft tissue calcifications on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). 556 CBCT image datasets were reviewed and 308 included. The following conditions were recorded:...
Full-length character portrait of Fanny Rice in the role of Lucy (maid to Lydia Languish) in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play "The Rivals," which toured in 1896. Rice wears a hat with flowers and gown with bustle. She was born in Lowell,...
The goals of this dissertation is to further the understanding of the roles of two genes identified by differential display polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) of cat visual cortex as candidate genes to play a role in visual cortical plasticity....
Collateral sprouting (CS) occurs when uninjured axons respond to denervated tissue surrounding the axon by growing branches of the axon to reinnervate the denervated zone. This process is signaled by factors released by the denervated tissue. Nerve...
Sex offenders--Psychology; Sex offenders--Mental health
Sexual abuse and sexual violence perpetrated against women and children in the United States are social problems that need to be addressed. The United States is one of the most sexually violent societies in the world, having one of the highest...
Algebra--Study and teaching (Secondary); Motivation in education; Feedback (Psychology)
The double-blind study used two intact ninth grade high school Algebra One classes for a total sample size of 46. Within each of the classes the participants were assigned randomly to one of three treatment groups: self-referenced feedback,...
Although not a criteria for diagnosis of autism, feeding difficulties are commonly found in this population. The purpose of this thesis is to provide further insight in the area of autism and feeding. Parents of children with and without autism...
Two tombstones bearing the name 'Rice' at the base. One, black, reads 'N.T. RICE M.D. / NOV. 19, 1846 / DEC. 24, 1932 / CPL. CO. B / 14. KY. VOL INF / UNION ARMY / CIVIL WAR.' The other, white, reads 'CYNTHIA A. HOLBROOK-RICE / SEPT. 29, 1853 /...
