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Yes / Poor people attempting to claim a share of resources in post-conflict societies seek allies internationally and nationally in attempts to empower their campaigns. In so doing, they mobilize the languages of liberalism, nationalism and local cultural tradition selectively and opportunistically to both justify stances that transgress the strictures of local culture and to cement alliances with more powerful actors. In the case of poor widows in East Timor, the languages of nationalism, ritual, and justice were intermingled in a campaign aimed at both international actors and the national state in a bid to claim a position of status in the post-conflict order.

Master of Science

Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) are the major insect pollinators of many different crops. A drastic decline in the honey bee populations has been reported over the past decade. While many factors have contributed to this decline, pesticides, poor nutrition, and Varroa mites are the most common concerns noted by scientists and beekeepers. Aside from direct toxicity from pesticides, it has been observed that sublethal pesticide doses have effects on honey bee physiology and behavior such as oxidative stress, disruption of foraging and homing, and changes to honey bee neurophysiology. The primary objectives of this project were to examine honey bee gut microbiome, physiology, and pesticide exposure along an agricultural intensification gradient and to examine the interactive impacts of pesticide exposure and poor nutrition on honey bees in a controlled laboratory cage setting. Sixteen honey bee colonies were placed in four locations across Mississippi with varying degrees of natural forage availability.

Decades after Brown versus the Board of Education, America has found itself waist high in another disaster. Today school children and their families are not as worried about the race of the child next to them in math class; however, they are more concerned about how their child's educational experience in a poverty stricken neighborhood compares to the educational experience of the child uptown in the affluent neighborhood. All over the United States, school-aged children are experiencing the repercussions of a failed educational plan. Although each state is responsible for creating and implementing its own proposal, a common flaw is evident throughout almost all 50 states. The distribution of funds and resources varies unequally from district to district and from school to school -- specifically from wealthy and white districts to minority and poverty stricken districts. In effect, this unequal distribution hurts students' achievement, and ultimately their chances of success later in life. One of the states that has a problem with its educational plan is Florida. Students in high minority, low economic schools receive fewer dollars, less experienced and qualified teachers, and score lower on standardized tests when compared to students in low minority, high economic schools. The following study was created to show that poor and minority students are affected by several gaps that separate them from their affluent white peers. Those gaps are specifically the funding gap, the teacher quality gap, and the skill gap. This research will bring deserved attention to the unfair educational system of the state of Florida, and of the United States, that hinders the achievement of poor and minority students.

No / Poor standards of care are unacceptable, but solutions are far from being straightforward. This is a complex issue that is influenced by individual attitudes, perceptions and cultural norms