This thesis explores the many methods of Grapheme to Phoneme Conversion (G2P) including dictionary look-up, rule-based approaches, and probabilistic approaches such as Joint Sequence Models (JSM), Recurrent Neural Networks ...
The Best We Could Do (2017), a graphic novel serving as memoir by Thi Bui, employs formal elements of absence presenting in turn a recording of a narrative of absence salient in the memories of a family of refugees from ...
Haitian Vodou has long been stigmatized and tainted, warped by Western projections that connect the religion to witchcraft and death. Historically, Vodou, a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Haiti and the Haitian ...
In principle, ‘international relations' is the study of the foreign policy behavior, commitments, interactions, and power dynamics of all states in the existing international order. In practice, however, this subject has ...
My thesis examines the significance, both narratological and symbolic, of objects in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. A poem marked more by the poet’s exposition than any action involving the protagonist, Gawain, Sir Gawain ...
Greensgrow is an urban farm located in Philadelphia whose mission is to provide an essential connection to food and nature in an urban community, connecting wellness through green space and promoting the greening of ...
The edge effect is a phenomenon that occurs when two or more ecosystems overlap to form a ‘border’ environment that is ecologically different from the surrounding biome. The nature and magnitude of the edge effect can be ...
Conflict between religious groups has been a predominant theme throughout human history. Given this legacy, it is important to understand why religion has proved to be such a powerful force in inciting conflict, especially ...
What does it mean to grow up in a Quaker community- at home, at school, and in the weekly meeting- and what happens when external events challenge the values and the identities learned in these institutions? Through the ...
One of the most important questions in development economics is: who benefits from economic growth? The present study attempts to answer this question, with regard to one country in particular: Guatemala. Some of the ...
Our study explores the individual, interactive, and additive effects of self-esteem and implicit theory on narrative processing of romantic rejection. In Study 1, participants completed questionnaires including measures ...
The growing rate of violence committed with handguns in the United States should be a matter of great concern. This paper examines this phenomenon of gun-related violence. Gun control is one way to attempt to solve the ...
Gun control issues are too often seen in black and white terms. Whenever I discuss my thesis topic with anyone outside my politics classes their opening question is invariably, are you for or against gun control? Political ...