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“Ha ha ha, very funny”: An Ethnographic Study of Conversational Humor among College Students
(2014-04)In this paper we take up the topic of conversational humor by analyzing instances of teasing, joking, irony and banter in everyday settings in which these integral forms of talk play a part. This paper comes from an ... -
Habitat Factors that Influence Oviposition Sites in Ecuadorian Glass Frogs
(2007-04-01)The numbers of amphibians are decreasing all over the globe, particularly in high elevation areas of the Andes. Glass frogs have been studied in tropical regions, but very little is known about the species in Ecuador. The ... -
Haiku: Bless You
(1974-04-01)Born of the Japanese tradition, haiku capitalizes on the depth and universal scope of fundamental images (fire, water, vegetation, the seasons, celestial bodies) to make her the property of the world. The following treatment ... -
Hamming Codes and the McEliece Cryptosystem
(2011-04-01)In this paper, we seek to understand some basic principles of coding theory. Specifically, we define and explore binary codes, Hamming codes, and a special application of coding theory known as the McEliece cryptosystem. ... -
Hand Hygiene: An analysis of one hospital’s intervention and a discussion of the limitations of observational hand hygiene studies
(2014-04-01)Healthcare-associated infections affect over one million people in the US each year, costing patients and hospitals large amounts of resources and time. Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread ... -
Hands-on or Hands-off: Manual versus Mechanical Chest Compressions
(2021)Chest compressions are initiated when electrical malfunctions cause the heart to stop. Two methods of restoring circulation may be used when someone’s heart stops: manual chest compressions (Man-CPR) or mechanical chest ... -
Hannah Arendt: The Recovery of the Political, The Recovery of Hope
(2018-01-01)In this article, I contend that Hannah Arendt’s understanding of the political as the space of appearance of many, unique and distinct individuals, is particularly instructive for our time. Her work urges us to recover the ... -
Happily, No
(1987-04-01)Writing a piece of drama involves marrying the technical to the creative. The former demands the experience of having sat in the theatre, acted, directed actors, Interpreted a script, and written. Combining these well with ... -
Hawaiian Honeycreeper Explosion: Monophyletic Origins of Nectivorous Honeycreeper Beak Morphologies
(2019-04-25)The goal of this study was to determine if the primary nectarivorous species of Hawai’ian Honeycreepers were a monophyletic group. A well supported phylogeny, generated using cytB of the mitochondrial genome, indicates a ... -
Hawkins' Antecedent Theory On Stonehenge: A Study In British Historiography
(1972-04-01)The subject of this thesis, an ancient monument called Stonehenge, is very possibly one of the most controversial topics of English pre-history. Knowing all too well that personal bias is impossible to either avoid or ... -
He Came To Consult With The People: Montana And Woodrow Wilson's 1919 Treaty Of Versailles Ratification Tour
(2010-04-01)At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918, the fighting that had raged across Europe, destroying millions of lives and devastating a continent, ceased with the signing of an armistice. Life ... -
Health Services Under The Social Security Act
(1937-04-01)In this dissertation it will be my purpose to set forth the provisions of the Federal Social Security Act, passed in August, 1933, as it affects the two phases of health work; namely, Public Health Work and Maternal and ... -
Health-related quality of life in cancer patients: A systematic review to measure the reported health-related quality of life in cancer patients ages sixty-five and older who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) verses chemotherapy
(2018-04-20)According to the Centers for Disease and Control, in 2014 alone, 1,596,486 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the United States. In that same year, over half a million Americans died of cancer, deeming the disease the ... -
Helena And The Great Depression 1929-1935
(1975-04-01)The Great Depression is an exceptionally special era which has captured both the mind and heart of America. More than fifty years later it continues to fascinate just about everyone. In part it is because there are large ... -
Helping Hoofs: How do Miniature Horses Compare to Dogs for Service Work
(2021)Service or assistance animals are widely used to assist people with disabilities to live more independently and to give them greater freedom. The species that the general public typically imagines when thinking of service ... -
Hemoglobin Synthesis In Mice Doubly Heterozygous For Alpha And Beta Thalassemia
(1984-04-01)The extent of imbalance between the synthesis rate of «-globin polypeptide chains relative to B-globin chains in thalassemic mice is one of the major factors in determining the pathophysiology of thalassemia. Mice doubly ... -
Henry Hill Music Production
(2018-04-20)This presentation will show the process of researching the desire and needs for consumers to spend money for the service of music recording, developing the skills necessary to produce a professional song, and implementing ... -
Heparin Treatment for Pregnant Women with Protein S Deficiency: A Systematic Review
(2022)Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of heparin for decreasing adverse pregnancy outcomes in women diagnosed with thrombophilia disorders, with an emphasis on protein S deficiency. Methods: Literature was gathered using ... -
“Her Story”
(2018-04-20)In the Fall of 2017 our literary studies class compounded a critical edition of “Her Story,” a short story written by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford in the late 19th century. We were tasked with reading the original ... -
Herd Management Software For The Registered Simmental Cattle Breeder: A Solution Written In Omnis 3 Plus
(1987-04-01)My education in accounting, work experience with Apple Macintosh computers, and a lifelong involvement in the now economically depressed cattle industry are all combined in this thesis project. I became convinced that the ...