Computer architecture has recently seen an explosion of innovation that has enabled more parallel execution, while parallel software systems have been making strides in providing …
"Constructing the Caribbean: Regional Discourse and Literary Practice on the Edge of World War II” examines how literary magazines in the Caribbean constructed the region …
“Critical Fictions in Latin America” examines literary texts, published after 1950 in Latin America, that mimic the formal conventions of critical discourse. I argue that …
Early in the development of Xenopus laevis tadpoles, as the animals become capable of actively navigating their environment, individual neurons in the optic tectum become …
This thesis takes aim at two directions. The first direction involves setting the foundations for a new type of data-driven scientific computing, essentially creating a …
Sensory neurons exhibit unpredictable spiking responses to fixed sensory input. Some of this response variability is correlated between neuronal pairs. This correlated variability (spike-count correlation; …
We use digital video microscopy to study the defects in two-dimensional colloidal crystals (2DCC). A crystalline solid, different from its liquid state, preserves long-wavelength shear …
As the number of atoms in a cluster system increases, the number of local minima on the Born-Oppenheimer potential energy surface is expected to increase …
Abstract of Diacousticon: Curation, Audience, and the Listening Machine by Stephan M. Moore, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2015. This thesis provides a thorough discussion of …
This dissertation examines works by Richard Wright, Chang-rae Lee and Junot Diaz, as well as Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather films, and how they theorize …
Cellular dinitrosyl iron complexes (DNICs) have long been considered nitric oxide (NO) carriers, though their chemical functionality is not well understood. I have demonstrated that, …
Inhibitory interneurons are essential for normal cortical function. They prevent seizures, regulate temporal and spatial coding, and generate oscillations and synchrony in pyramidal cells. The …
This thesis develops novel algorithms to automate video analysis for fixed monocular surveillance cameras. Specifically, change detection algorithms are proposed to identify spatio-temporal locations in …
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by the recurrence of spontaneous seizures. However, the mechanisms of transition into seizures are still unclear. A better …
This body of research uses numerical models to investigate the dynamics of melt generation in the asthenosphere, accumulation at the base of the lithosphere by …
Démasquer la femme au XVIIème siècle: remise en cause de la personne féminine dans les nouvelles historiques examines the unexpected reconceptualization of personhood in feminine …
The three chapters in this dissertation seek to understand, each of them with a particular focus, how deeply-rooted historical factors have shaped comparative development across …
Three essays comprise this dissertation, which uses experimental methods to study economic questions. The first chapter contributes to the understanding of people’s willingness to lend …
I investigate the economic consequences of travel costs in a conflicted and developing country setting, and advance the application of nighttime lights satellite imagery for …