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J. EDGAR HOOVER AND THE RHETORICAL RISE OF THE FBI: THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS AGAINST VERMIN, THE FIFTH COLUMN, AND RED FASCISM.
(2012)This project examines J. Edgar Hoover's rhetorical leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman administrations (1933-1953). Hoover launched and sustained a concerted ... -
Jackalope Hunting
(2004-05-18)A book which follows a kid who runs away and attempts to discover his family's origins and his place in the lineage. -
The Jacobian Analysis of a Parallel Manipulator Using Reciprocal Screws
(1998)In this paper, the theory of reciprocal screws is reviewed. Reciprocal screwsystems associated with some frequently used kinematic pairs and chains aredeveloped. Then, the application of reciprocal screw systems for ... -
Jacobian and Stiffness Analysis of a Novel Class of Six-DOF Parallel Minimanipulators
(1992)The Jacobian and stiffness matrices of two types of novel, six- DOF parallel minimanipulators are derived. A minimanipulator consists of three inextensible limbs, each of which is driven by a two-DOF driver. Bilinear stepper ... -
Jacobian and Stiffness Analysis of a Novel Six-DOF Parallel Minimanipulator
(1992)The Jacobian and stiffness matrices of a novel, six-DOF parallel minimanipulator are derived. The minimanipulator consists of three inextensible limbs, each of which is driven by a five-bar linkage to improve its positional ... -
Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues (c. 1533-1588) and the Origins of Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Flower Still Lifes
(2009)This dissertation examines the contribution of the French artist Jacques le Moyne de Morgues to the development of seventeenth–century Netherlandish flower still lifes, a heretofore understudied subject. Le Moyne has ... -
JAK/STAT AND HIPPO SIGNALING PATHWAYS INDEPENDENTLY REGULATE THE SAME TARGET GENES TO CONTROL CELL PROLIFERATION
(2014)<italic>Drosophila</italic> mushroom bodies, centers of olfactory learning and memory, are generated by four neuroblasts in each brain hemisphere. Through a forward genetic screen, I found that mutations in the Janus Kinase ... -
The JAK2-V617F Mutation Destabilizes a Programmed -1 Ribosomal Frameshift Signal
(2021-04)Programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting (-1 PRF) is a translational recoding mechanism in which cis-acting elements direct elongating ribosomes to slip in the 5’ direction on mRNAs by one base. -1 PRF activity is able to ... -
Jakarta Underwater: Rising Seas as Opportunity
(2019)According to the UN, by 2100 nearly 5.25 billion people will live in coastal megacities in the global south where infrastructure, energy production, and water management has not kept pace with rapid urbanization. It is ... -
James E. Alatis: A Life in Language An Oral History
(2012)This oral history tells the story of James E. Alatis, who served as dean of the Georgetown School of Languages and Linguistics (SLL) and as the first executive director of the professional organization Teachers of English ... -
Jamming effects in glasses and biopolymers
(2014)In this dissertation, jamming effects in highly packed systems are studied in two specific materials: glasses and biopolymers in cellular environments. Suspensions consisting of highly charged colloids, which are well-known ... -
Jane Austen: The Moral Imperative
(1976)According to Edward Austen-Leigh and subsequent critical tradition, Jane Austen urged no system of morality save the inferiority of low to high principles. While she propounds no religious doctrine, the six novels reveal, ... -
JAPANESE AND U.S. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE IRAQ WAR: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
(2007-07-30)This study investigates the relationship between the media and politics by analyzing the Iraq War coverage of two leading U.S. and Japanese newspapers: <em> the New York Times </em> and <em> the Asahi</em>. This dissertation ... -
The Java Memory Model
(2004-10-05)After many years, support for multithreading has been integrated into mainstream programming languages. Inclusion of this feature brings with it a need for a clear and direct explanation of how threads interact through ... -
Jazz Education in India: A Case Study
(2020)There are people in India who enjoy jazz. It is a complex art form that requires proper instruction. The early part of my own jazz education was done in India and I did find learning opportunities rare. I wanted to study ... -
"Jazz is Back": Alternative Jazz Venues and Gentrification in Washington, D.C.
(2016)Gentrification has dramatically changed the urban landscape of Washington, D.C. Non-profit alternative jazz venues have become important sites for negotiating this complex process that is re-shaping the city. Each such ... -
Jazz: An Extensible 2D+Zooming Graphics Toolkit in Java
(1999-05-25)Jazz is a new general-purpose toolkit that supports applications using zooming object-oriented 2D graphics. It is built entirely in Java using Java2D, and thus runs on all platforms that support Java 2. It supports ... -
Jazz: An Extensible Zoomable User Interface Graphics ToolKit in Java
(2000-05-13)In this paper we investigate the use of scene graphs as a general approach for implementing two-dimensional (2D) graphical applications, and in particular Zoomable User Interfaces (ZUIs). Scene graphs are typically found ... -
"Je ne vous dirai point, mon très cher fils" Correspondance de Catherine de Charrière de Sévery 1780-1783
(2016)This dissertation examines the principles of education imbued in a three year correspondence between an eighteenth century woman and her teenage son from the French speaking region of Vaud, current day Switzerland. Despite ... -
Jet Production Cross Section Measurement In √ s = 5.02 Tev pp Collisions
(2021)The study of jets offers insights into the nature of the basic partons composing matter, and enables further studies into the nature of the universe. This analysis presents the double-differential production cross section ...