Millions of individuals around the world suffer from various forms of paralysis. Major causes include spinal cord injury, stroke, and diseases affecting nerve cells such …
My dissertation attends both philosophically and historically to the affect of seriousness in contemporary American culture. It focuses specifically on expressions and performances of seriousness, …
The transformation of rebel organizations into political parties is a widespread phenomenon with important implications for peace-building and post-conflict democracy. Why do some rebel groups …
This dissertation presents the history of the bills of mortality and women searchers of the dead from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries in England. …
Candida albicans is the most prevalent cause of invasive candidiasis, a systemic fungal infection with a 40% mortality rate even with standard medical treatment. Amphotericin …
We analyze the self-rated health (SRH) of women in Cebu, Philippines. In three surveys conducted between 2002 and 2007, each woman in the study cohort …
Our ability to carry out multiple tasks concurrently is markedly limited. In this context, multitasking is often framed as a task-switching challenge in which the …
This paper measures both the correlation and causal relationship between startups and urban economic growth in the U.S. over the past thirty years. Correlation results …
In vitro selection, also known as systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX), is a technique used to screen for functional molecules in random …
This paper investigates the question of how current economic models driving policies perpetuate inequality. I analyze three policies that I use as case studies: taxation, …
Typically, gene interaction networks are expressed as graphs, storing pairwise interactions between genes. Because of the vast amount of literature on statistical graph inference, this …
Oscillating hydrofoils generate power from the motion of water by oscillating in pitch and heave. They exhibit number of advantages compared to traditional, rotary turbines, …
Over the last fifty years, developers, preservationists and planers have tried to establish South Street Seaport's identity within the context of a modernizing New York …
With the 'massification' of digital media technologies comes their entanglements not only with our lives but that moment which defines each life, death itself. To …
This thesis asks, what histories are forgotten in order for the campus to uncritically celebrate its origins in 1764? And, how does this present-day process …
Hypoxia-Ischemia (HI) is characterised by inadequate supplies of blood and oxygen to brain tissues during the perinatal period. The initial injury is further aggravated by …
Preterm infants are at high risk for language and speech delays. In the NICU, increased word count exposure is associated with improved 2 year language …
Bien que les origines de Paris datent de l'époque gallo-romaine, c'est au XIXe siècle que la capitale française est devenue la ville moderne à laquelle …