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The niche network : gender, genre, and the CW brand
(2013-05)In 2006, the merger of the WB and UPN broadcast networks created a new network, the CW. As the fifth major broadcast network, the CW occupies an interesting, hybrid space within the television industry. The CW behaves like ... -
Niches of Protestantism in Mexico : consequences of vacuums of political and religious influence
(2015-05)Over the last hundred and fifty years, Mexico's religious landscape has been undergoing an unprecedented change. The Roman Catholic majority established since colonial times has been experiencing a steady decline in ... -
Nicholas B. Vassilieve : modernism in flight
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Nicholas Roerich: in search of Shambhala
(2009-08)Nicholas Roerich, the well-known Russian artist, writer and mystic from the early twentieth century is best known in the West for his theatrical design work, above all for the sets of the celebrated ballet The Rite of ... -
Nietzsche on deception
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Nietzsche's perspectivism and the revaluation of values
(2006)In the Preface to Human, All-Too Human, Nietzsche stresses that his free spirits "shall learn to grasp the sense of perspective in every value judgment—the displacement, distortion and merely apparent teleology of horizons ... -
Nietzsche’s Buddhist leidmotive : a comparative study of Nietzsche’s response to the problem of suffering
(2011-12)I argue in this dissertation that Nietzsche’s struggle to free himself from Schopenhauer and Wagner’s influence interferes with his understanding of Buddhism, which he tends to tar with the same brush that he used on his ... -
Nietzsche’s political ambition : his case for and against the modern state
(2014-12)Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the development of the modern state first-hand, and perceptively identified many of its major features. His analysis of modern politics was initially marked by a qualified sympathy, or at least ... -
Night out
(2012-05)The following report describes the pre-production, production, and post-production stages of the short film NIGHT OUT, a film set in the present day in Montreal, Quebec. The story follows a high school kid throughout one ... -
Night Shift
(2015-05)This report will summarize my work as a graduate student in the University of Texas's M.F.A. program in Film Production and will chronicle the process of producing my short documentary thesis film, Night Shift. -
Nikolai Baibakov : Soviet economic planning and its legacy in the Russian oil industry
(2011-12)Nikolai Baibakov was a key individual in the Soviet Union. His background as an oil engineer in the Baku region during the 1930s and his exploits as a deputy commissar for oil during the Second World War led to his ... -
Nine jazz etudes for classical guitar
(2002-05)This treatise presents a set of nine concert etudes for classical guitar in several historical styles of jazz. Written for the classical guitarist, the etudes incorporate stylistic elements of jazz without exploring the ... -
Nine women world leaders : sexism on the path to office
(2012-12)Many obstacles preclude women from becoming presidents and prime ministers, yet a select group of women attain executive offices. How do they succeed? Drawing from 24 published autobiographies, interviews, and speech and ... -
Nineteenth century concrete in Seguin, Texas: construction materials & techniques
(2014-08)This investigation centers on early concrete technology used in Seguin, Texas, during the mid-19th century. Over the course of fifty years, more than ninety concrete structures were built in Seguin. Over the last century, ... -
Ninth-century Abbasid depictions of Jahiliyya Arabness
(2015-05)Abstract: Abbasid scholars began compiling complete histories of the Arab peoples for the first time in the eighth and ninth century. Prior to this, all histories of the Arab peoples had been passed down orally, through ... -
Nitrate removal efficiency in hyporheic zones : the effect of temperature and bedform dynamics
Fundamental understanding of bedform-induced hyporheic flow and how it controls the nitrate dynamics in the hyporheic zone (HZ) is critical for environmental and ecological problems, such as eutrophication, deterioration ... -
Nitrogen injection into naturally fractured reservoirs
(2007-05)Naturally fractured reservoirs are complex and constitute a large amount of the world’s oil reserves. Their complexity usually is represented by numerical models based on conceptual abstractions. When most recoverable ... -
Nitrogen nutrition of Alexandrium tamarense : using δ¹⁵N to track nitrogen source used for growth
(2009-05)Alexandrium tamarense is a harmful algal species that can produce saxitoxins, a suite of powerful neurotoxins that bioaccumulate up the food chain and can have severe economic and health impacts. With harmful algal blooms ... -
The Nizam's last stand : Hyderabad's place in India's partition
(2010-05)This work sets out to chronicle the predicament which the state of Hyderabad under Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan found itself as the British prepared to partition the Indian subcontinent in 1947. With the intent to understand ...