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- Thomas Pynchon's Philosopher Detectives: An Investigation into the Epistemic Cyborg.
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- Votypka, Jonathan, White, Daniel R., Harrawood, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Thomas Pynchon's novels have puzzled audiences for decades, in the same way his conspiracy plots lead his characters into labyrinthine networks of events and people. These two novels feature female detective protagonists pursuing elusive secrets and conspiracies while struggling with technological advancement that is altering the world they think they know. These detectives are Oedipa Maas in The Crying ofLot49 (1966) and Maxine Tarnow in Bleeding Edge (201 3). The Crying of Lot 49 is set in...
Show moreThomas Pynchon's novels have puzzled audiences for decades, in the same way his conspiracy plots lead his characters into labyrinthine networks of events and people. These two novels feature female detective protagonists pursuing elusive secrets and conspiracies while struggling with technological advancement that is altering the world they think they know. These detectives are Oedipa Maas in The Crying ofLot49 (1966) and Maxine Tarnow in Bleeding Edge (201 3). The Crying of Lot 49 is set in the Cold War mid-1960's, while Bleeding Edge begins in April of2001, and ventures through the events of September 11th, 2001. Pynchon places his detectives in these volatile eras so that they might serve to immerse the reader, enabling her then to understand the techno-social developments of the present. As the characters assimilate their new experiences into an intelligible design, so too does the reader need to augment his epistemological framework.
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- 2015
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013656
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- CATALYTIC RUTHENIUM TETROXIDE OXIDATION OF ALKENES UNDER ANHYDROUS CONDITIONS.
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- Ansley, Harrison, Dragojlovic, Veljko, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Oxidative cleavage of alkenes was carried out with catalytic ruthenium tetroxide in anhydrous t-butyl alcohol at room temperature. Mild conditions caused a slower and less exhaustive oxidation of the double bond so that aldehydes were the major reaction products.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013637
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- Synthesis of Flosal.
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- Brettler, Steven, Dragojlovic, Veljko, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Flosal (Jasmonal, Jasmine Aldehyde, (E)-2-benzylideneheptanal) is an important commercial fragrance compound. The principal method for its preparation involves a crossed aldol condensation reaction of heptanal and benzaldehyde. The method has a serious drawback as the synthesis of jasmine aldehyde is accompanied by self-condensation of heptanal to produce foul-smelling 2-pentyl-2-nonenal. We optimized the reaction conditions to maximize yield of jasmine aldehyde while preventing formation of...
Show moreFlosal (Jasmonal, Jasmine Aldehyde, (E)-2-benzylideneheptanal) is an important commercial fragrance compound. The principal method for its preparation involves a crossed aldol condensation reaction of heptanal and benzaldehyde. The method has a serious drawback as the synthesis of jasmine aldehyde is accompanied by self-condensation of heptanal to produce foul-smelling 2-pentyl-2-nonenal. We optimized the reaction conditions to maximize yield of jasmine aldehyde while preventing formation of 2-pentyl-2-nonenal. The desired product was obtained in ~60% yield, with a room for future improvement.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013638
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- VENUS IN AUGUSTAN ROME.
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- Carney, John, Strain, Christopher, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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This thesis examines the development of a goddess in the ancient Mediterranean. Popularly worshipped since at least the Paleolithic era, this goddess served as the cultural forbear of various goddesses throughout the region. The dominant religious culture of both the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras was emphatically matriarchal and contemporaneous societies mirrored this religious attitude with matrilineal customs. Over the course of many millennia, the goddess' identity and roles developed in...
Show moreThis thesis examines the development of a goddess in the ancient Mediterranean. Popularly worshipped since at least the Paleolithic era, this goddess served as the cultural forbear of various goddesses throughout the region. The dominant religious culture of both the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras was emphatically matriarchal and contemporaneous societies mirrored this religious attitude with matrilineal customs. Over the course of many millennia, the goddess' identity and roles developed in different ways across the Mediterranean region. When Augustus came to power in Rome in the first century B.C.E., he adopted the tradition of his family and professed descent from Venus to lend divine credence to his claim to power. With the help of the poet Vergil, Augustus manipulated the character of Venus to embody and reinforce female roles desired in his burgeoning empire.
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- 2013
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013639
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- “HE HAS ASKED US TO LIVE OUR LIVES FOR TOMORROW:” UN ANÁLISIS DISCURSIVO Y LONGITUDINAL DE LOS SERMONES DE UNA CONGREGACIÓN DE LA IGLESIA PENTECOSTAL UNIDA.
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- Geiger, Megan, Steigenga, Timothy, Vázquez, Miguel, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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The rapid growth of Pentecostalism has drawn significant scholarly attention in recent decades. However, few researchers have utilized sermon transcripts as a data source for understanding the evolution of Pentecostal thinking. An archive of thirty sermons from one United Pentecostal Church congregation is the primary data source for this analysis. Two groups of sermons from different time periods (1976-86, 2000-10) were compared to examine how one minister’s approach to social issues changed...
Show moreThe rapid growth of Pentecostalism has drawn significant scholarly attention in recent decades. However, few researchers have utilized sermon transcripts as a data source for understanding the evolution of Pentecostal thinking. An archive of thirty sermons from one United Pentecostal Church congregation is the primary data source for this analysis. Two groups of sermons from different time periods (1976-86, 2000-10) were compared to examine how one minister’s approach to social issues changed over time. The minister’s discourse about education, marriage and divorce, and homosexuality held to a Pentecostal worldview of “good” and “evil” across time periods. However, key shifts in the Pastor’s dualistic discourse suggest how Pentecostals can adapt to societal change over time. This study suggests that Pentecostalism may be significantly more adaptable to external changes than some analysts had predicted, and that longitudinal discourse analyses provides a window into how the Pentecostal dualistic worldview adapts to such changes.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013640
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- Document (PDF)
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- PROTECTING PRIVACY IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS.
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- Goldstein, Jaclyn A., Tunick, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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I argue that when an individual enters into a relationship, they should be able to share private or embarrassing facts with their partner without fear of waiving their right to privacy: members of an intimate relationship have a moral obligation not to publish, whether orally or in writing, intimate information about one another to third parties. This moral obligation further extends to photographs or videos, and I focus on the case of revenge porn. I also argue that a legal obligation is...
Show moreI argue that when an individual enters into a relationship, they should be able to share private or embarrassing facts with their partner without fear of waiving their right to privacy: members of an intimate relationship have a moral obligation not to publish, whether orally or in writing, intimate information about one another to third parties. This moral obligation further extends to photographs or videos, and I focus on the case of revenge porn. I also argue that a legal obligation is necessary to protect an individual’s privacy interests. Currently, an individual’s privacy rights are protected by four privacy torts, including the publication of private facts tort. However, in many cases one’s First Amendment right to free speech outweighs one’s right to privacy and so I propose that individuals who enter into an intimate relationship should have an additional legal form of protection.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013641
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- The Integration of Eastside High School.
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- McDonald, Parker, Tunick, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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In the 1954 Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling declaring that separate schools for white and black students was inherently unequal. This thesis will evaluate the goals of desegregation based on the Court’s writings, and the opinion of academic scholars. It will then look at the history of desegregation in Gainesville Florida, and specifically, Eastside High School. With this history in mind, I will determine whether or not the...
Show moreIn the 1954 Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling declaring that separate schools for white and black students was inherently unequal. This thesis will evaluate the goals of desegregation based on the Court’s writings, and the opinion of academic scholars. It will then look at the history of desegregation in Gainesville Florida, and specifically, Eastside High School. With this history in mind, I will determine whether or not the goals of desegregation expressed by the court and these academic scholars have been met at Eastside. I will conclude that while the goal of desegregation (simply the removal codified segregation) has been met, the goal of integration (an active state intervention to remedy the effects of segregation) has not.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013642
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- Document (PDF)
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- Optimization of Diels-Alder Reactions in Fluorous and Non-fluorous Solvents.
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- Richmond, Michael, Dragojlovic, Veljko, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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The use of fluorous solvents in Diels-Alder reactions have been identified as a viable means to optimize the reaction’s stereoselectivity. Past research on the use of fluorous solvents in Diels-Alder reactions suggest that the characteristics of fluorous solvents (including their tendency to be both liphophobic and hydrophobic) may provide optimal conditions for Diels-Alder reactions. This study investigates these characteristics by comparing the effects of these solvents and other solvents ...
Show moreThe use of fluorous solvents in Diels-Alder reactions have been identified as a viable means to optimize the reaction’s stereoselectivity. Past research on the use of fluorous solvents in Diels-Alder reactions suggest that the characteristics of fluorous solvents (including their tendency to be both liphophobic and hydrophobic) may provide optimal conditions for Diels-Alder reactions. This study investigates these characteristics by comparing the effects of these solvents and other solvents (or the lack thereof) on the Diels-Alder reaction. The use of the fluorous solvent FC-70 was also studied for the purpose of cracking dicyclopentadiene. Literature on molecular interactions and on Diels Alder reactions is utilized to explain how the structural and chemical features of fluorous solvents influence reaction efficiency and selectivity, and how reaction conditions (heat and duration of reaction) alter the efficiency and selectivity. We use structural and thermodynamic arguments to explain these alterations. By better understanding how fluorous solvents function in Diels-Alder reactions, reaction conditions may be improved and their use expanded.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013643
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- TESTING FOR ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION IN THE ANTLION, (Myrmeleon sp.).
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- Ricketts, Kadeem G., Wetterer, James, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Experiments testing optimal foraging theories elucidate characteristics related to the decision making capabilities of animals. The ideal free distribution (IFD), positing that individuals distribute themselves amongst resources in a way that is proportional to the supply of those resources, is one such theory. The objective of this study is to test for the presence of the IFD in groups of antlion (Myrmeleon sp.) larvae and examine the reaction of antlions to pit destruction with the hopes of...
Show moreExperiments testing optimal foraging theories elucidate characteristics related to the decision making capabilities of animals. The ideal free distribution (IFD), positing that individuals distribute themselves amongst resources in a way that is proportional to the supply of those resources, is one such theory. The objective of this study is to test for the presence of the IFD in groups of antlion (Myrmeleon sp.) larvae and examine the reaction of antlions to pit destruction with the hopes of analyzing the incentives associated with pit relocation. It was found that although antlions possessed characteristics that showed they were cognizant of their incentive structures (such as moving pits in response to pit destruction), they did not appear to employ the IFD under the constraints chosen.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013644
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- THE DISRUPTION OF PATRIARCHY THROUGH CLASS MOBILITY IN EMILY BRONTE'S WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
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- Wong, Chrystal, Harrawood, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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In Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, both male and female characters have the ability to fluidly move between classes and display behaviors that far outreach their class rank. In this thesis, I argue that Bronte uses the fluidity of class to dismantle the layers of patriarchy within the novel and larger social structures. Nelly Dean is both the narrator and a lowly housemaid within Wuthering Heights, however despite her status, she is given many privileges within the house and has a distinct...
Show moreIn Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, both male and female characters have the ability to fluidly move between classes and display behaviors that far outreach their class rank. In this thesis, I argue that Bronte uses the fluidity of class to dismantle the layers of patriarchy within the novel and larger social structures. Nelly Dean is both the narrator and a lowly housemaid within Wuthering Heights, however despite her status, she is given many privileges within the house and has a distinct sense of agency. This is a subtle queering of class structures, however Heathcliff is able to gain a massive quantity of wealth and move from a lowly stable boy to a stately land owner; this is also despite the racial stigma of Heathcliff being introduced as an orphaned gypsy. Many characters move both up and down within class structures through gaining and losing capital; both social and monetary. Despite this attempt by Bronte however, while she is successful in disrupting the patriarchy, she is ultimately unsuccessful in dismantling it because it is primarily the male characters who are able to move up within the social scale.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013645
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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- Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at the National Republican convention, in Worcester, Oct. 12, 1832.
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