Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy, and We Were the Mulvaneys, by Joyce Carol Oates, both present the female protagonists, Tess and Marianne, as commodities, or less-than-human goods to be exchanged among men. ...

This study examined the effects of smoking withdrawal on several depressive dimensions, and specifically on loss of interest, a core but less investigated symptom of depression. 17 women and 11 men engaged in relatively ...

This study examined the utility of curriculum-based measures (CBM) of reading to predict proficiency levels on the Kansas Reading Assessments. The CBM reading probes were administered during the spring semester to third ...

Bullying damages the self-esteem of the victim. This study identified implications of this behavior into adulthood. A sample of 214 volunteers was used for data analysis. Subjects completed two self-report questionnaires, ...

Each year, organizations in the United States spend millions of dollars on training their employees. The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of the training investment by looking at its relationships with ...

Epothilones are a novel class of microtubule stabilizers produced by the bacterium Sorangium cellulosum. Although distinct from paclitaxel (Taxol®), they possess a similar mode of action. Epothilones have several advantages ...

This study investigated the modality effect in a leading prose recall assessment tool. Participants were 60 college-educated adults from a northeastern metropolitan area. The Logical Memory I (LM I), an immediate recall ...

The purpose of this study was to compare scales to scores on a behavioral laboratory measure of temporal discounting. Participants were 99 college students recruited from psychology classes at a midwestern University. All ...

Trapped in the exploitive system of objectifying definitions generated by the dominant society, the black female body has been the signifier of black women's identities as victims. In the writings of Angelina Weld Grimke, ...

In trying to categorize McKay's literary identity, old approaches to his work have oversimplified the meaning of his artistic achievement. In the context of the broader process of recovering and reevaluating the literary ...