This thesis is comprised of two primary sections: a literature review and a research contribution. In the literature review, I first introduce the problem of robotic manipulation and grasping, and give context for why it ...

My thesis examines the media's influence on and reflections of American space policy in the context of Cold War competition with the Soviet Union. Faced with the challenge of maintaining its global position after World War ...

During the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, the United States witnessed the strikingly unfamiliar qualities of African American race, Mormon religious faith, and female gender in front-running candidates Barack ...

Examines Plato's Protagoras as a masterpiece of writing where literary and dramatic elements constitute its philosophical import. Part one, "A Dialogue of Contradictions," helps us understand the Protagoras as an exploration ...

In 1748, Edmund Burke, then still an undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin, was the principal contributor to a short-lived and little-known periodical called The Reformer. The purpose of the paper was to muster public ...

In recent years, manga, anime and other elements of Japanese pop culture have gained increasing popularity in the United States. This has led to a wider awareness of Japanese culture through the appropriation of these pop ...

After the labor movement saw its apex in the 1950s with one third of the non-agricultural workforce unionized, it began to slowly decline, and union density decreased. This trend was heightened with the onset of globalization ...