Dissertations and Theses (1964-2011)
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In 2018 BU Libraries began a retrospective digitization project for BU theses and dissertations dating from 1964-2011. If you cannot locate your thesis or dissertation in OpenBU, it may not have been digitized yet. If you have any questions about this collection, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu.
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A terra cotta cornerstone for Copley Square: an assessment of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(Boston University, 1974)Designed in 1870 and opened in 1876, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston was encrusted with ornamental terracotta, a material essentially unknown in America at that time. Across the Atlantic the South Kensington Museums in ... -
Some identifiable features of English language shortwave newcasts
(Boston University, 1973)There has been a lack of studies and a failure to develop methodologies for short wave newscasts. Yet short wave newscasts are news source for journalists, writing on developments in various countries, and they are ... -
Microborings from the deep Atlantic (Bermuda Pedestal ; Blake Plateau) and Gulf of Mexico (Florida Escarpment) : borers and the ecological and diagenetic fate of the microborings
(Boston University, 1991)Interest in deep sea microbiota was stimulated by recent discoveries of productive redox communities associated with hydrothermal vents and brine seeps, and based on bacterial chemolithotrophy. This study investigates ... -
Best rotated minimax approximation
(Boston University, 1970)In this dissertation we consider the minimax approximation of functions f(x) E"C[O, l] rotated about the origin, and the characterization of the optimal rotation, a*, of f in the sense of least minimax error over all ... -
Pilot study to develop a tool to elicit Khmer beliefs about the causes of illness
(Boston University, 1984)Since 1979 thousands of Southeast Asians have sought resettlement in the United States. The cultural framework of these people is evidenced in their health belief system. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten ... -
Britain's Dutch policy, 1914-1918; the view from British archives
(Boston University, 1969)In wartime Great Britain, diplomacy's main efforts were directed toward bringing the war to a successful conclusion, The Foreign Office played a role secondary to that of the Admiralty and the War Office; diplomatic ... -
A study of Robert Schumann's Impromptus, Op. 5 : its sources and a critical analysis of its revisions
(Boston University, 1977)Like a number of early compositions by Schumann, the Impromptus, Op. 5, was considerably revised in later years. It is one of only several works whose early and later versions are both included in the complete edition of ... -
Determination of structure/function relationships of the Escherichia coli mannitol permease by deletion and site-specific mutagenesis
(Boston University, 1994)The Escherichia coli mannitol permease (EIIMtl) is a 68 kilodalton (kDa) membrane-bound protein that carries out phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent transport and phosphorylation of D-mannitol. This protein also catalyzes a ... -
Macroscopic evidence of healing in Civil War specimens
(Boston University, 2011)Unlike the process of healing, studies related to the survival time of bone after injury are lacking and a need exists for setting descriptive standards for macroscopic trauma analysis of bone. The rate of macroscopic ...
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