Current aircraft jet engines use nickel-based superalloys in the hot sections. Their operation temperature is about 1050°C. To enhance performance and fuel efficiency, materials that …
The research outlined in this dissertation investigates the role of the miR-181 family of miRNAs in two different contexts: Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) and in the …
Realistic clothing and hair animation are necessary for many applications such as special effects, gaming, and on-line fashion. Thanks to the advances in computer graphics, …
This dissertation shows that qualitative and quantitative characterization of patterned structures in brain connectivity data obtained using diffusion MRI not only improves the exploration of …
Ao longo de séculos, o Estado português recorreu a diferentes formas de representação e construção do seu Império em África. Este estudo foca uma dessas …
Water security is essential for communities' well-being. However, the unaffordable costs of conventional water supply schemes often make water security beyond the reach of low-income …
Multicomponent nanoparticles (NPs) with at least two different components in one nanostructure have attracted great interest due to the multifunctionalities and enhanced properties they exhibit. …
This dissertation is about the epistemic significance of disagreement. Recently, several philosophers have offered some prima facie compelling arguments and thought experiments for a kind …
The conformation of a protein is directly linked to its function. While protein misfolding can perturb that activity, it can also lead to toxic aggregation, …
In most engineering metal alloys, the overall plastic resistance is contributed by two or more strengthening mechanisms operating simultaneously. Two major sources of strengthening in …
The studies presented in this dissertation describe and apply methods for using biplanar videoradiography to study dynamic in vivo knee motion. The techniques presented in …
What information do people look for when making moral judgments about negative events? This question is important given its theoretical relevance (for psychological models that …
The idea that patients are “empowered consumers” who have the right to make their own health decisions is now nearly taken-for-granted in American society. This …
This Dissertation explores the interaction of performance and warfare in the framework of colonial and post-colonial times. The issues in question unfold in relationship with …
This dissertation explores the construction of identity and difference through racial impersonation in Philadelphia’s theatre and performance history. Each chapter expands outward from a local …
This dissertation uses life history data from Kisumu, Kenya and Cape Town, South Africa to investigate the influence of family instability on social and health …
The IMF and the World Bank advocated two political-economic policies that incited a conspicuous institutional makeover in sub-Saharan Africa. These neoliberal policies are Structural Adjustment …
In 1988, social movement struggles for re-democratization in Brazil succeeded in enshrining a new constitution that promised universal and equal access to public health care …
For non-white South Africans, the implications of apartheid reached well beyond racial segregation. Racial disparities were also embedded in the allocation of public investment across …