The properties of gold nanoparticles (GNP) holds promising potential for drug delivery, diagnostics, plasmonic photothermal therapy of diseases, electronics, catalysis, and photovoltaics (Liu et al., 2006; Huang et al., 2003; Thompson, 2007;...
"In de Kooning's black canvases the elimination of color was conditioned as much by financial constraints as by the need to simplify pictorial problems in the spirit of Analytic Cubism. The deliberately artless use of shiny enamel housepaints...
Demonstrators picket Communist Party USA (CPUSA) leader Gus Hall's appearance in the University Center at the University of Louisville on February 12, 1973 as a guest of Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science Honorary. Protesters hold picket signs...
African American male college students--Social conditions; African Americans--Race identity; Academic achievement
This dissertation examines the influence of collective racial esteem (CRE) on the quantity and type of involvement for African American male undergraduate students in public four-year institutions of higher education in the U.S. In addition, this...
In 2003, Wilson Creek running through Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in central Kentucky was restored to its original winding path through a valley field. Early 20th century settlers had previously redirected this creek to run a straight...
The leading cause of death in the United States is cardiovascular disease, a result of atherosclerosis. The reducing agent N-(2-Mercaptopropionyl)glycine (MPG) as been found to be an effective antioxidant therapy in a number of conditions, and our...
Anxiety in children; Resilience (Personality trait) in children; Temperament in children; Child development
Anxiety is a common and debilitating disorder in children. Until recently, research in the field of child anxiety has focused on the identification of specific risk factors in the development of child anxiety. More recent studies have begun to...
As my curatorial thesis project, I chose to curate an exhibit of George Washington Morrison's paintings. George Morrison was a well-known portrait painter in New Albany, Indiana during his time here from 1840-1893. His paintings are on display in...
A Franklin automobile is shown with four men in it. The top is down for the picture, but the road appears icy and a little bit of snow appears at the base of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the side of the Louisville Free Public Library at 301...
Three women in fur-lined coats and tight-fitting hats are posed in front of a Model A Ford by a river. One of the women sits on the running board of the car. Leaves cover the ground, but the deciduous trees in the background still have leaves as...
Address: 916 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, KY. View of The Outlook Inn. Pabst Blue Ribbon, Falls City Beer and Bud Light signs hang from exterior. "Grocery" can still be seen on ghost sign on side of building.
A fifteenth century scribe prepared this blank leaf made of animal skin by marking 19 straight lines before writing a text. Animal skin was still being used for many books during this time, although paper was known in Europe by the fourteenth...
Bottling industry; Industrial facilities; Building construction; Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company at 1661 W. Hill Street, Louisville, Kentucky, May 3, 1941. Brick building is nearing completion, although workers are still on roof and ground in front is still pile of dirt. Sign propped against building reads "New...
Address: 1323 S. Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This is the southern view of the an old brick building at the corner of Marret Avenue and Preston Street. The remnants of multiple signs are visible. The three words that are still clear are...
Address: 1323 S. Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This is the southern view of the an old brick building at the corner of Marret Avenue and Preston Street. The remnants of multiple signs are visible. The three words that are still clear are...
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The multi-story brick, stone and granite building in the foreground is Stock Yards Bank and Trust. In years past it was known as the Louisville Trust Company. Their sign is still visible on the...
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The multi-story brick, stone and granite building in the foreground is Stock Yards Bank and Trust. In years past it was known as the Louisville Trust Company. Their sign is still visible on the...
Part of the construction of the Municipal Bridge (now George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge) is shown. A section in the middle of the bridge is still missing and pulleys are holding the other pieces in place. A number of long thin boats are...
Address: Corner of the 1300 block of Shelby Street and 800 block of Ash Street. The building is located in the same parking lot as Goss Avenue Antiques and Interiors, but seems to be vacant. The ghost sign, partially obscured by a "Home of...
Buildings; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Aerial view, taken from the right, of Louisville, Kentucky's Bowman Field. Two adjacent buildings, an air strip, three rows of airplanes on the ground, and four planes in the air are shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is...
