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Outlaw Operators, Then and Now: Why the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act Failed to Prevent the Contemporary Black Lung Epidemic
After being nearly-eradicated by the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, coal worker’s pneumoconiosis is resurging at unprecedented rates—and predominantly in Central Appalachia’s former company-owned coal ... -
Islamic Iconography in the Ottoman Empire
The recently acquired 19th-century Ottoman manuscript in the Walter Havighurst Special Collections offers a fascinating glimpse into Islamic religious practices during the late Ottoman period. The object, a medallion-shaped ... -
Designing for Neurodiversity: Introducing Equity to the Resort Experience
This thesis is the first part of a two-part project researching inclusive design practices as a case study within the hospitality industry. It aims to answer the question—what design conventions can be utilized to create ... -
Financial Retention Strategies Associated with Nurse Aide Turnover in Ohio Nursing Homes
Having an adequate number of workers to provide services has been a continuing challenge across the array of long-term services settings. While nursing homes, assisted living, and home care each have unique workforce ... -
Raw Data for "Molecular Springs in Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks"
Raw Data for "Molecular Springs in Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks" -
The works of James D. Dana, then and now: An enduring legacy for mineralogy and for libraries
James D. Dana is a historical figure in geology and mineralogy who lived from 1813-1895. Early in his life he was a student of Asa Gray, who would later become a well-known botanist, and was also a student under Benjamin ... -
Where did all the books go? Consolidating, relocating and reorganizing the church library after space renovations
The space the church library had long resided in, the Molyneux Lounge, underwent renovations in summer to fall of 2023. The book collection therefore needed to be relocated and dramatically downsized to fit in the new ... -
Dramatically Downsizing a Map Collection: A story from one library’s experience with practical advice for others
Once upon a time our campus, like many others, had a science library with a map room. Not that long ago, the science library was closed permanently and needed to integrate its collections into the main library building on ... -
Data for: Functional and structural analyses of UbcH5 mutants with enhanced binding to the E3 ubiquitin ligase CHIP
Data describing structure-guided UbcH5b mutants that retain native activity profiles and structures while improving the affinity for CHIP. -
Oxford Presbyterian Church Geology Guidebook
The purpose of this guide is to enlighten the curious about the stones, the paleoenvironments and geologic processes in which they formed and the fossils of creatures that lived long ago which are preserved within. Intended ... -
Active Site Geometries for a Family of Metallo-beta-Lactamases
Initial results from an analysis for a set of 84 metallo-beta-lactamase enzymes examining the internuclear distance between each zinc and each interacting atom, and the possible sets of angles formed by three atoms in which ... -
Social buffering of acute early life stress sex-dependently ameliorates fear incubation in adulthood
Social buffering may reduce the persistent impacts of acute early life stress (aELS) and, thus, has important implications for anxiety- and trauma-related disorders. First, we assessed whether aELS would induce maladaptive ... -
Raw Data for "Kinetics of RAFT Copolymerization of Vinyl Ether and Maleic Anhydride Monomers"
Raw Data for "Kinetics of RAFT Copolymerization of Vinyl Ether and Maleic Anhydride Monomers"