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A Modernizing Midwife: Improving Outcomes While Preserving Tradition
. . . the first portion of the study will investigate if the characteristics of a midwife's education -- such as formal education, taking a midwifery course, or years of experience -- have a significant effect on producing ... -
Modesty and excess in the philosophical critique of the idea of public justification
This essay is the outcome of personal reflection on procedural rationality in politics. Finding a rational and universal principle behind a liberal doctrine has been the ambition of many philosophers who have believed in ... -
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a Lipid Bilayer with Dissolved Solutes
This paper considers a computer simulation of a lipid bilayer with solute particles dissolved between the monolayers. The objective is to examine the bilayer system and to determine what effect, if any, the solutes have ... -
Mondrian's Boogie Woogie Beat
Most art historians attribute Mondrian's stylistic changes in New York to New York: skyscrapers, people, lights, advertisements, and jazz. They also compartmentalize Mondrian's New York work from the rest of his career, ... -
Monopoly Power in the Peruvian Banking Industry: (1990-1995)
The core of the thesis tries to determine the extent to which oligopolization constitutes a problem in the determination of interest rates in Peru. To do this, it uses an econometric model to test the level of competition ... -
The Moral and Ethical Implications of Framing Global Health as a Security Concern
While the securitization of health results in positive short-term outcomes such as resource allocation, this framing neglects individuals' human rights. Therefore, in order to prioritize the health of all, the security ... -
The Moral Permissibility of Torture in a Terrorized World and The Problem of Dirty Hands (thesis)
In this paper, I will argue that despite philosophers' and legal theorists' attempts to justify the use of torture in certain situations, torture has always been and will always be universally morally impermissible. [From ... -
"More lively perceptions": Irony and Its Sources in Jane Austen's Novels of Impression and Persuasion
Irony comes from mainly from two sources in Jane Austen's writings: the juxtaposition of an impression or a persuasion with the truth of a situation. This can be seen most clearly in three novels: Lady Susan, which shows ... -
More Than a Home: Permanent Supportive Housing is Health Care for People Living With HIV/AIDS
Housing instability and HIV-positive status are inextricably linked. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an intervention to address chronic homelessness. Individuals who transition from housing instability to PSH experience ... -
More Than an Image: A Portrait of Stonewall Jackson by William Garl Browne
With the possible exception of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall JacKson emerged from the American Civil War as the most popular and well-known Southern leader. An intense interest in his exploits and character created a demand for ... -
More Than Just Victors' Justice: A Defense of the Solely Retributive Character of Atrocity Crime Punishment by International Criminal Tribunals
Because atrocity crimes are sui generis, nothing other than the pursuit of retribution can justify their international prosecution. Other commonly given general justifying aims for punishment all fail -- to incapacitation, ... -
Moritura: Gendered Readings of Women's Suicides in Latin Poetry Through The Methodology of Living Death (thesis)
This thesis will examine the ideal reader's perception of four women who die by suicide in Latin poetry from two different eras: The Golden Age and the Silver Age and it will propose a analytical framework for examining ... -
The Most Generous Nation in the World? A Critical Analysis of the Charitable Contribution Deduction in the United States' Internal Revenue Code
Despite its cost, people often support the charitable contribution deduction by pointing to the oft-quoted statement, "America is the most generous nation on Earth," and justify philanthropy on the belief that it is ... -
Mothers Matter: Mother's Commitment to Children's Educational Outcomes in Ghana (thesis)
In Ghana, with rates of economic inequality increasing, the government has made numerous strides to combat the socioeconomic, gender, and locational discrepancies of educational enrollment and completion to develop into a ... -
Mountaintop Removal and Poverty in West Virginia
Mountaintop removal (MTR) is a method of strip mining coal where the tops of mountains are blasted off with explosives to expose buried coal. (Defenders of Appalachia, p. 2). MTR is the most efficient, profitable way to ...