Orbital and landed investigations of Mars have revealed a variety of secondary minerals on the surface consistent with past surface or subsurface liquid water and …
The probability density approach based on the response-excitation theory is developed for stochastic simulations of non-Markovian systems. This approach provides the complete probabilistic configuration of …
Theropod dinosaurs offer an excellent opportunity for the study of the evolution of locomotion. Since theropods are the other major group of striding bipeds besides …
This dissertation examines the politics of intimacy in the New American Cinema (NAC), an independent film culture that emerged in the U.S. at the end …
This is a work in political philosophy that considers the metamorphosis of the subject as it seeks alternative modes of being through revolutionary alteration of …
This dissertation attempted to elucidate the role of - and -defensins in JCPyV infection, determine a mechanism of action of HD5-mediated JCPyV neutralization, and to …
Hot environments pose a risk of heat illness for many professions especially when heavy workloads or protective clothing are necessary. Modern wearable sensors may be …
Fungal pathogens utilize a variety of strategies to adapt to environmental cues and to thrive in different host niches. This includes phenotypic switching, in which …
Humans have a unique opposable thumb that maintains a fine balance between mobility and stability to allow motions that span from precision handling to power …
Understanding the primary influences guiding the interactions of particles with their surroundings is a key obstacle to being able to intelligently exploit them for a …
The Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) forms in most Li-ion batteries, but properties such as its formation mechanism are a mystery. The goal of this dissertation …
Cell-based therapy is a promising treatment option for central nervous system (CNS) disease and injury, but therapy strategies require optimization to achieve clinical improvement. The …
This dissertation is focused on the prehistoric, indigenous culture of the northern two Balearic Islands (Mallorca and Menorca) during the second half of the first …
This dissertation examines several standard testing problems under the nonstandard condition that the true parameter vector is near or at the boundary of the parameter …
Violence and violent language have long been associated with Classical invective. Archilochus for instance is said to have driven the Lycambids to suicide through the …
Prions are proteins that can adopt multiple distinct and stable conformations, a properly folded form and a collection of misfolded or prion forms that are …
This work is perhaps the first major study integrating mineralogical and morphological properties of lunar impact melt deposits using the new generation remote sensing data. …
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical post-transcriptional regulator which silence mRNAs in a precise, highly regulated manner. They are essential for the development and maintainance of skeletal …
Experiments have reported that swimming Paramecia exhibit graviresponses. They exhibit negative gravitaxis by orienting their swimming trajectories upward under gravity and negative gravikinesis by exerting …