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C. William O'Neill and the 1958 right-to-work amendment
Hissam, Michael B. ( 2005-06 )C. William O’Neill is the only person in Ohio’s history to serve at the top of all three branches of state government. In the course of a lengthy career, he suffered just one defeat at the polls. In 1958, O’Neill lost ... -
Calculating Time-Resolved Absolute Number Densities of Reactive Species via Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy
Jones, Ian ( 2021-05 )To test proposed kinetic mechanisms, the measurement of absolute concentrations is important and often required. Numerous spectroscopic techniques have been used to follow the concentration of reactive species, such as ... -
Calder and Mondrian: An Unlikely Kinship
Yonas, Eva ( 2006-08 )In October, 1930, sculptor Alexander Calder was introduced to painter Piet Mondrian, and he was at once struck with inspiration: “It was a very exciting room. Light came in from the left and from the right, and on ... -
A Calibration Study of the ANITA Instrument
Williams, Christopher ( 2008-06 )The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) is a balloon-borne experiment that flew for 35 days in the 2006/07 austral summer looking for ultra-high energy neutrinos (10^18-10^20eV) interacting within the Antarctic ... -
A Call for Sustainable Living: Leveraging Cognitive Factors to Improve Sustainability Communication
Huang, Zhengqi ( 2021-05 )The majority of Ohio State undergraduate students do not consistently use reusable bags in daily activities despite the effort from sustainability-related initiatives. Tackling this issue requires a consistent communication ... -
Call Light Use in a Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Hospital
Olvey, Taylor ( 2011-06 )The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of call light and bed alarm usage by persons with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the hospital and to determine whether the use of the call light was appropriate, ... -
Call Me Tabs: The Making and Breaking of a Marine Corps Wife
Clark, Tabitha L. ( 2011-06 )Call Me Tabs: The Making and Breaking of a Marine Corps Wife is a memoir that takes the reader through the hills and valleys of the life of one member in a particular discourse community at the height of its kairotic moment ... -
CAM Therapies: A Survey of Beliefs, Credibility, and Frequency of Use Among OSU Students
Green, Olivia ( 2019-05 )Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) have been used for thousands of years to treat various illnesses and diseases (e.g., mediation, acupuncture, hypnosis). Although many of these approaches are still popular ... -
Campaign Finance in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada
Shoub, Kelsey ( 2013-05 )To survive, parties and politicians need a variety of resources to carry out their various functions of administration, voter persuasion, and getting out the vote. A key resource is money. Due to its ability to be transformed ... -
Can an iPad app promote educational team communication and child use of pictures in communication?
Singer, Sarah ( 2013-05 )Last year an iPad application named Citra was developed by an interdisciplinary group of students at Ohio State. Citra was designed for persons with severe communication disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ... -
Can Audio-Visual Integration Improve with Training?
DiStefano, Sara ( 2010-06 )The integration of visual cues and auditory speech cues is a process used by listeners in both normal and compromised listening situations. Audio+visual integration of speech appears to be independent of the ability to ... -
Can Emotional Support Be Paid Forward with Charitable Donations?
Leipzig, Matthew ( 2017-05 )Paying it forward refers to the tendency for people who receive help from one person to help others in general later. Past research shows that instrumental support, which provides tangible benefits, can lead to paying it ... -
Can Monetary Incentives Improve Decision Making?
Bevelhymer-Rangel, Kurstie S.M. ( 2014-05 )Multiple studies of risky decision making have utilized monetary compensation for their participants. In most, participants are told at the start of the study that they will receive money or a gift card for their participation. ... -
Can Political Representation Economically Empower Oppressed Classes? An Analysis of Reconstruction Policy
Bloomfield, Eric ( 2017-05 )In politics, representation in government is often thought of as the most salient means by which an oppressed class of people can improve their standing and raise themselves out of subjugation. The Reconstruction South ... -
Cancer in Ancient Human Populations: Methods and Practice in Bioarchaeology and Paleopathology
Gardner, Elijah ( 2020-05 )Despite its prevalence in contemporary public health, research on the paleopathology of cancer is still extremely limited. Successful methods have been employed to identify cancer in human remains which show a very small ... -
Cancer Vaccine and Therapy
Coston, Amber Dawn ( 2006-06 )Epstein Barr Virus associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (EBV/PTLD) is a common and often fatal malignancy in organ transplant patients. The incidence of PTLD has been shown to be directly related to a ... -
Capability of SRTM C- and X-Band DEM Data to Measure Water Elevations in Ohio and the Amazon
Kiel, Brian ( 2007-06 )I analyze Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) water surface elevation data to assess the capacity of interferometric radar for future surface water missions. Elevations from three Ohio reservoirs and several Amazon ... -
Carbon isotope variations on ancient carbonate platforms: The roles of organic carbon burial and sea level
Trigg, Cody ( 2013-05 )Positive delta 13C trends in ancient carbonate rocks are commonly interpreted to reflect increases in the burial of organic carbon in sediments. An alternative model to explain positive delta 13C trends in shelf carbonate ... -
Carbon-14 Plant Evidence of mid-Holocene Quelccaya Ice Cap Margin Fluctuations
Stahl, Henry ( 2017-05 )The North Lake Lobe of the Quelccaya Ice Cap in southern Peru represents a wholly unique location for reconstructing paleoclimate conditions. At this location, plant samples were preserved in-situ beneath the advancing ... -
Cardiac Phenotyping of Transgenic Mice Over-expressing Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase Pump
Hayes, Summer ( 2011-06 )Every year, approximately 40% of individuals in the United States die from heart failure. Pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and arrhythmia can lead to heart failure. Despite the number of individuals that develop ...