Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1955. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [466]-483).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Katherine Willoughby, Committee Member ; Juan Rogers, Committee Member ; John Clayton Thomas, Committee Member ; Gregory B. Lewis, Committee Member ; Robert J. Eger, III, Committee Chair.

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The American South’s cultural distinctiveness has been a central historiographical issue debated by scholars since the first decades of the country’s inception. Implicitly or explicitly, this debate centres largely on one question – why has the South retained its distinct identity for cultural, social, political and economic exclusivity? This thesis examines southern distinctiveness with specific reference to America’s military involvement in Vietnam during the 1960s and 1970s, providing new insights upon an old question. Although a national effort, which encompassed the service over three million men, America’s 16 year involvement in their war against the communist-backed North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Minh/Vietcong (VC) forces was shaped by distinct southern influences attributed to the region’s history and culture. This thesis demonstrates that the southern influence over America’s political, economic and military theatres profoundly shaped the direction and administration of the Vietnam War. Southerners occupied crucial leadership roles throughout the Vietnam war era, including the presidency and Secretary of State, while both the Senate and the House of Representatives were led by men from South of the Mason-Dixon Line.

archives@tulane.edu / Pillars of elite white supremacy, wealthy southern white women, through their work on social welfare projects, transitioned from their roles as influential dependents and stakeholders within individualist economic systems to unselfconscious political citizens in the early twentieth century. This dissertation traces that transition through a single, elite women’s organization: the Junior League. The following chapters tell the stories of the oldest Leagues in the Deep South: the Junior Leagues of New Orleans, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Montgomery, Alabama; Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; and Savannah, Georgia. The Association of Junior Leagues of America (AJLA) is an elite women’s voluntary association born out of the settlement movement in late 1890s New York and experienced explosive growth in the decade following suffrage. Out of regional pride and a desire for class solidification, southern debutantes formed Junior Leagues in their own cities. By tracing members’ relationship to gender, race, and class, this dissertation contributes to the larger narrative of the twentieth century women's rights movement through the addition of supposedly apolitical Junior Leaguer's unselfconscious claim to political citizenship. Their administration of health clinics in the Deep South is especially revealing because it was through this work that they performed their citizenship via community investment and collaboration with the state. Junior Leaguers built, constructed, and maintained their projects with the goal of demonstrating their usefulness to the State, which they hoped would, in turn, take the project and its work under the umbrella of state-run services. / 1 / Anna Morgan Leonards

archives@tulane.edu / Pillars of elite white supremacy, wealthy southern white women, through their work on social welfare projects, transitioned from their roles as influential dependents and stakeholders within individualist economic systems to unselfconscious political citizens in the early twentieth century. This dissertation traces that transition through a single, elite women’s organization: the Junior League. The following chapters tell the stories of the oldest Leagues in the Deep South: the Junior Leagues of New Orleans, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Montgomery, Alabama; Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; and Savannah, Georgia. The Association of Junior Leagues of America (AJLA) is an elite women’s voluntary association born out of the settlement movement in late 1890s New York and experienced explosive growth in the decade following suffrage. Out of regional pride and a desire for class solidification, southern debutantes formed Junior Leagues in their own cities. By tracing members’ relationship to gender, race, and class, this dissertation contributes to the larger narrative of the twentieth century women's rights movement through the addition of supposedly apolitical Junior Leaguer's unselfconscious claim to political citizenship. Their administration of health clinics in the Deep South is especially revealing because it was through this work that they performed their citizenship via community investment and collaboration with the state. Junior Leaguers built, constructed, and maintained their projects with the goal of demonstrating their usefulness to the State, which they hoped would, in turn, take the project and its work under the umbrella of state-run services. / 1 / Anna Morgan Leonards

This diploma thesis deals with the issue of autonomous weapon systems in connection with the phenomenon of artificial intelligence. Within the issue of AWS, the master's thesis addresses their potential regulation or complete ban. This burning topic is discussed based on an empirical analysis of international organizations and state institutions that deal with the matter. The main essence of the master's thesis is to approach the functioning of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapon systems, to map the development of AWS and to present the current situation in the context of AWS regulation. The secondary purpose of this thesis is to examine and analyze the international debate and to look at the arguments presented regarding the moral and ethical aspects of development and deployment of autonomous weapons. The diploma thesis concludes that at present times, there are still no fully autonomous weapon systems operating in the field, but their development is gaining momentum. Regarding the matter of regulatory measures of AWS discussions are taking place at present times. These discussions have so far resulted in individual agreements that correspond to the form of hybrid regulation. Individual countries approach the topic of AWS regulation based on their technological and economic capabilities...

Illustrative matter of Music Educators National Conference, mounted on leaves, Appendix A-G. Abstract: p. 1-6. Autobiography: 1 p. at end. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University. Bibliography: p. 254-264.

Author and philosopher Ayn Rand has gathered a cult like following thanks to her bestselling novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Through Rand's fictional writings she illustrates the principles of her philosophy objectivism. Objectivism employs five principles; objective reality, reason, self -interest, capitalism and individualism as the truths that govern the philosophy. Objectivists believe that their self-reliant philosophy holds the key to all life's answers. This thesis examines the following question: what would the founder of objectivism Ayn Rand think about the U.S. Constitution? Sadly Ayn Rand passed away in 1982 and never expressed her full opinion on how she felt about the U.S. Constitution. However, using the five principles of the objectivist ideology, public interviews done with Ayn Rand during her life time, and the opinions expressed by Rand in her four fictional novels this thesis will deconstruct the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights and then reconstruct them so that they concur with the objectivist philosophy. The purpose of this thesis is to inform readers of the objectivist philosophy and to highlight the differences and similarities between Ayn Rand's beliefs and the Founding Fathers through the Constitution.

A majority of tornado research focuses on the Great Plains region of the United States. Knowledge of tornado environments outside of the Great Plains is limited; this is especially true for the Southeast U.S. In addition, little is known about the role of the lower troposphere on tornadogenesis. Therefore, this study examines low-level thermodynamic parameters associated with tornadoes in the Southeast U.S between 1960 and 2002. Previous studies have shown that higher values of CAPE, 0-3 km CAPE, 0-1 and 0-3 km SRH, and 0-1 and 0-1 km EHI are more likely associated with significant tornadoes. Similar studies have shown that decreasing LCL, LFC heights, and CIN are common with significant tornadoes. This study supports that higher values of shear and instability/shear and lower CIN values are associated with significant tornadoes in the Southeast. However, this study indicates that instability, LCL, and LFC heights may be poor tornado strength discriminators.