Translatio studii et imperii stood as the governing metaphor and principal method of medieval authors to explain changes in political power and romanticize the past. In this project, I examine medieval and early-modern ...

This study’s analyses are the result of a combination of secondary data from the U.S. Decennial Census, Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the National Gang ...

Bisphenol A (BPA) was originally designed as a synthetic estrogen but is now used as a monomer in the production of plastics. Recent research has linked exposure to low doses of BPA, below the reference dose (the safe ...

Although childhood maltreatment has been well researched, and there are many assessments of childhood maltreatment, they are fragmented and the Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure Scale (MACE) was developed to ...

The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of key stakeholders in an elementary school regarding the school principal’s role in enhancing literacy engagement in the school. Does the principal’s presence in ...

Sexual offender legislation contains assumptions of sexual offending that are largely based on prolific cases of sexual abuse, which typically involved an adult male stranger perpetrator abducting, sexually abusing, and ...

Extensive academic literature supports the finding that one’s socioeconomic status has significant influence on the food consumption patterns of individuals and families. Further, the link between diet and disease has ...

Research has indicated religiosity can influence decisions, daily actions and perceptions of others. Through previous research, religiosity has affected decision making when considering a drug usage and bombing. However, ...

The process through which the brain interprets and understands environmental spatial information has been a major area of interest in the field of Neuroscience. The brain, through the use of receptive fields and corresponding ...

The United States all-hazards homeland security operational and intelligence domains are multijurisdictional, multiagency, and multidisciplinary intelligence challenges for all-hazards intelligence analysts. A common ...