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The value of the Canadian index of wellbeing.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)This thesis examines the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and its potential uses alongside existing measurements of wellbeing. It examines the creation of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and how it might inform policy decisions ... -
Vampires as 'meaning machines' : signifying the monster through race and sexuality.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2017)This thesis examines the complex imbrication of race and sexuality in the vampire figure during the course of its literary life. It examines traditional, nineteenth-century representations (Polidori's The Vampyre, Le Fanu's ... -
Vapor Pressure Measurements of Pentane at Low Temperatures (-160 ºC to -50 ºC) using Cost-Effective Equipment
(Wheaton College. (Norton, Mass.), 2022-05-16)Certain extraterrestrial environments like ocean worlds and icy satellites, are promising astrobiological places that can host a plethora of organic compounds trapped in their ices. The vapor pressure curves derived from ... -
Variation at the MHCI and MHCII gene regions in Squalus acanthias : evidence for selection.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2013-09-18)Determining levels of adaptive molecular variation can be important in understanding the long-term viability of a population and can provide essential information for conservation efforts. High levels of molecular variation ... -
Variation in toll-like receptor 21 within and among killifish (fundulus heteroclitus) populations from southeastern Massachusetts and northern Maine
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)Through polymorphisms occurring within immune system genes, the immune system is able to retain greater diversity and better co-evolve alongside pathogen populations. Adaptive molecular variation clearly indicates that ... -
Vertical foraging shifts in Hawaiian forest birds in response to invasive rat removal
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Vesicles to ferryboats: the common need for transportation.
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Victims or perpetrators? : the denazification legislation of the allied occupation of Austria (1945-1950).
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2015)This is an examination of the denazification legislation during the Allied occupation of Austria between 1945 and 1950. This project looks at the reports of the United States Military Government High Commissioner over the ... -
vidcutbatch.py
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2019)We are an interdepartmental team building and deploying a pilot workflow of effective practices for faculty and students as they create, catalog, manage, curate, and disseminate a growing collection of their digital works. ... -
Vision's role in the ability of cane toads to absorb landing forces.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2014)In order to stick a landing, the propulsive forces and acceleration experienced during take off must be completely dissipated as the body completely decelerates. The cane toad (Bufo marinus) is an ideal model for looking ... -
Voting rights and disenfranchisement in the United States: a study of the preclearance policy in section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2013-09-12)The past few years has seen renewed interest in the Voting Rights Act, particularly in the preclearance policy outlined in Section 5 of that Act. The Act continues to receive challenges from covered jurisdictions, most ... -
Washington consensus re-examined: the case of Mexico
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2013-06-06)Examines the economic debates around three key pillars of the Washington Consensus that John Williamson proposed in 1989: privatization, trade liberalization, and financial liberalization as well as their application in Mexico. -
Water treatment: saltwater as a source.
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We are all monsters, a novel and essays.
(Wheaton College; Norton, Mass., 2011-11-23)A Study Presented to the Faculty of Wheaton College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Graduation with Departmental Honors in English -
The Wenzhou Model and Chinese economic developmental strategies.
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What are the effects of mercury on rates of axonal transport in neuronal primary culture chick sympathetic neurons?
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What is the basis for mortality in infested pinyon pine trees?
(1991-05-18)The rise in mortality in the population of pinyon pine trees ( Pinus edulis) in the southwestern area of Colorado has resulted in an almost 1 O year study in attempt to determine the basis for the increase in the death of ... -
What’s lost and what’s found: the prevalence of posttraumatic growth in undergraduate college students as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Wheaton College. (Norton, Mass.), 2022-05-16)The present study examined the prevalence of posttraumatic growth in college students, whether there was lingering distress related to living through a pandemic, and investigated what factors contributed to the development ... -
Wheaton College Photographs
(Wheaton College. (Norton, Mass.), 1941)
