In this paper I examine the conditions that fostered the development of gallery paintings; a type of cabinet painting invented and refined in seventeenth-century Antwerp. Numerous authors have acknowledged the primacy of ...

This thesis is the beginning of a novel.

This thesis describes parallels between the realm of internet, specifically virtual reality and the subconscious domain of dreams. The observation of how slowly and steadily humans become digitalized and migrated into ...

The use of simulations by social scientists in exploring theories and hypotheses is well documented. As computer systems have grown in capacity, so have interests of social scientists in executing larger simulations. Social ...

A consistent challenge to the widespread use public key cryptosystems, such as RSA, is the computational difficulty of performing arithmetic operations with large operands. There are many branches of mathematics and ...

This study seeks to explore the relation of parasocial relationships and new media, such as YouTube and Twitch. To this end, this study has conducted interviews with media personae who garner millions of views per a video ...

Language disorders are the most common developmental delay, impacting up to 40% of children under the age of five. Delays in language can lead to academic, social, and behavioral difficulties. Early intervention is essential ...

Decades of research have highlighted the multi-generational impacts of trauma within families (Kellerman, 2001; Leen-Feldner et al., 2013). The bulk of research in this area has focused primarily on biological underpinnings ...

Educational literature regarding school communication takes a very different approach than the Communication literature. Education scholars employ a view of communication processes that reflect a linear information-transmission ...

The purpose of this dissertation was to determine if parent-mediated handwriting instruction using behavioral principles and procedures with components of the Handwriting Without Tears® curriculum would increase acquisition ...