In chapter 1, we introduce the Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) problem, which is a non-invasive clinical diagnosis tool. Then we discuss a discrete version of …
Constraint Programming is a declarative programming paradigm for solving hard combinatorial problems. Its model consists of a set of decision variables, and a set of …
Abstract of "The Letters of Bernardo Tasso (1549) with an Annotated Translation" by Christine F. Andrade, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2011This is the first translation …
My dissertation explores the ethical, political, and historical significance of Dante's conceptualization of an illustrious vernacular language. By focusing on Antonio Gramsci's writings on Italian …
This dissertation explores two independent projects in biophysics. Part one focuses on the liquid crystalline phase transition of F-actin. The cytoskeletal protein actin can be …
The Live and the Life-Like: Theater, Performance, Animation explores intersections of stage and screen as it seeks to reveal the laboring, performing body across aesthetic …
Since their founding, rural cemeteries have mostly appealed to the same white, older, wealthy audience. However, many rural cemeteries are running out of room and …
The present work brings together the fields of random maps and Loewner evolution by constructing explicit embeddings of critical Galton-Watson trees in the upper half-plane …
This dissertation examines how colonizing populations of prehistoric food-producing communities adapted to small-island contexts. Taking the Neolithic colonization of the Cyclades (5,000 – 3,200 BC) …
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the leading cause of inherited mental retardation, due to mutations in the Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. Almost …
A poetic exploration of the fractured self and home within the context of growing up. The Long Way Back's central narrative surrounds attempts to come …
Surfactants-Mediated Method is adapted in the chemical synthesis of FePt nanoparticles. The size and structure of FePt nanoparticles can be simply tuned by controlling the …
This thesis traces the making of America’s Judeo-Christian myth, from the Puritans to the twenty-first century. It addresses two contradictory views of the “Judeo-Christian tradition” …
This dissertation traces the impact of early Soviet social engineering and modernization projects on the contemporary musical life of Pamiris—peoples of the Pamir Mountains of …
This dissertation demonstrates that discourses about the middle class and the practices of the middle class fostered fast-growing, orderly market economies in South Korea and …
This dissertation is split into two parts with the first focusing on characterizing cell motility, and the second focusing on linking cell motility to cell …