Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARS) are essential and ubiquitous enzymes responsible for attaching amino acids to their cognate tRNAs during protein biosynthesis in a process known as aminoacylation. Comparing the amino ...

This paper is an attempt to explain the United States's puzzling silence on Japan's potential development of autonomous strike capability. I argue that this is due to the U.S.'s fear of entrapment vis-à-vis Japan, which ...

This paper addresses the puzzle of why states proliferate nuclear weapons, despite a widespread call for global nuclear disarmament and the high costs of non-compliance behavior that follow. Most existing research on the ...

Using Jean-François Lyotard's designation that the term `postmodern' refers to "the state of our culture, following the transformations which, since the end of the nineteenth century, have altered the game rules for science, ...

This thesis examines how black and white writers memorialized slavery of the American South, first through slave narratives, then through nostalgic memoirs written by former slaveholding women. The writing subjects of both ...

For much of the Cold War period, a significant majority of legislators were veterans. These Americans provided a bridge between civilian and military leadership. Today, that bridge is disappearing. Scholars now provide ...

Political scientists have failed to recognize the political importance of the president's spouse. While the evolving role of the first lady over time from White House hostess to presidential advisor has been documented ...

Traditionally a responsibility of the federal government, immigration policymaking has become more common in state legislatures. The majority of new state laws addressing immigration have been restrictive in the sense that ...

Both of household income and parental education level play important roles on children to achieve high education levels. Based on CHNS data, this paper analyzes the relative effect of household income and the effect of ...

TIMING OF DIETARY EXPOSURES ON RISK OF REPRODUCTIVE CANCER