Theses and Dissertations from UMD: Recent submissions
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The Evolution of the Baltimore City Bureau of Recreation: 1940-1988
(1993)The purpose of this study was to examine the evolution of the Baltimore City Bureau of Recreation from its inception in the 1940, as the Department of Public Recreation to the beginning of 1988. Research focused on major ... -
Examining the co-development of episodic memory and hippocampal subfields – A longitudinal study
(2020)Episodic memory is a cornerstone ability that allows one to recall past events and the context in which they occur. Many different tasks have been used to assess the development of episodic memory during early childhood. ... -
“THE FIGHT IS YOURS”: ALLY ADVOCACY, IDENTITY RECONFIGURATION, AND POLITICAL CHANGE
(2019)Since at least 1990, scholars and activists have used the term “ally” to describe and theorize a distinct sociopolitical role: someone from a majority identity group working to end that group’s oppression of another identity ... -
FROM YOU I GET THE STORY: Tracking spirituality through the three iterations of The Who’s Tommy
(2020)In the late 1960s, Pete Townshend, lead guitarist and composer for British rock band The Who, discovered the teachings of Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba. Inspired by these teachings he wrote the concept album for the ... -
ISOTOPIC LABELING STRATEGIES AND NMR METHODOLOGIES TO FACILITATE RNA STRUCTURAL AND DYNAMICS STUDIES: APPLICATIONS TO A LONG NON-CODING RNA FROM KAPOSI’S SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS
(2020)RNAs are essential components of biological pathways that result in human disease making them attractive therapeutic targets. Currently, NMR spectroscopy is the only high-resolution technique capable of probing RNA ...