This dissertation looks at different forms of historical practice to argue that the 1970s saw a significant transformation in the ways that individuals, groups, and …
The MuSK-BMP pathway is an important regulator of adult stem cell proliferation, and the immunoglobulin-like 3 domain (Ig3) of the MuSK receptor is required for …
The dissertation analyzes the destabilization of the human-animal divide in literary and theoretical discourse after the Holocaust. It demonstrates how the works of Theodor W. …
Elegies is a collection of creative non-fiction essays about motherhood, mourning, and early childhood death. Each essay combines the author's personal experience and family history …
Title: Exploring Associations between Areca Nut Use with Insulin Resistance, through Diabetes and Cognitive Outcomes: a literature review Background: Areca Nut (a fruit of Areca …
This dissertation positions the U.S. Constitution in the framework of memory and territory, claiming that its monumental quality changes the what aspects of the document …
Abstract of “Functional and Anatomical Pathways Supporting the Cognitive Control of Memory Retrieval” by Jennifer Barredo, Brown University, May 2014. Functions of the left ventrolateral …
The ability to learn task structure and perform well according to task rules and organization declines across healthy aging in humans, especially in cognitive tasks …
Using representations of the primary site of the Great Famine--the 'West of Ireland'--as a guide, this dissertation explores the ways in which the catastrophe was …
For decades we have known that the medial temporal lobe (MTL), particularly the hippocampus, plays a critical role in the formation of episodic and spatial …
This dissertation explores how the anonymous historical drama, Octavia, restages a brief moment in Neronian history as a powerful challenge to the Julio-Claudians' claim to …
This dissertation presents the first comprehensive study of the archaeological record of sacrifice and the site-specific character of the ritual in Republican Rome and Latium. …
The rodent postrhinal cortex (POR), analogous to the primate parahippocampal cortex, has an important role within the medial temporal lobe memory network for spatial, episodic, …
The medial temporal lobe (MTL) plays important roles in humans and animal cognition, for example, in episodic memory and spatial navigation. In rodents, two prominent …
Abstract of "Remembering the Persian War Differently" by David Yates, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2011. The Persian War, culminating in Xerxes' invasion of Greece in …
Effective treatments of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have remained elusive largely because the underlying mechanisms of this devastating disorder are poorly understood. Fruit flies form …
This thesis argues for a critical return to and update of Critical Whiteness Studies' operative frameworks. I begin from the observation that the last sustained …
Heritage designation is everywhere today—attached to buildings, monuments, landscapes, expressive practices, and entire ways of life. Official institutions hurry to stamp places, traditions, and people …
