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"Svetlana Alexievich : Fiction and the Nonfiction of Confessions"

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Description:: This dissertation examines literary style and problematics of genre in the writing of Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Hniadzko, Iryna (creator) Mihailovic, Alexandar (Advisor) Golstein, Vladimir (Reader) Levitsky, Alexander (Reader) Brown University. Department of Slavic Studies (sponsor)
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Keywords:: Russian literature Aleksievich, Svetlana, 1948- non-fiction Interviews super-literature Svetlana Alexievich historic trauma

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(Un)Making the Racial State: Decolonization, Race, and the Ideal Bureaucrat in Bolivia

Description:: Despite the increasing presence of formerly excluded ethnoracial populations in state spaces across the Americas, research seldom investigates how race shapes their experiences within the ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Bohrt, Marcelo A. (creator) Itzigsohn, José (Advisor) Heller, Patrick (Reader) Henry, Paget (Reader) Loveman, Mara (Reader) Brown University. Department of Sociology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Latin America Political sociology Racism Anti-racism Bolivia Racial movements Race in organizations Ethnography of the State Racial State Racial Bureaucracy

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3D/1D COMPUTED FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE COMPARISON IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

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Description:: Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) has become the gold standard for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD) since Gould et al. [11] claimed so whilst the most ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Yin, Minglang (creator) Karniadakis, George (Advisor) Brown University. Engineering: Fluid, Thermal, and Chemical Processes (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Computational fluid dynamics Reduced-order model Computed fractional flow reserve

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A Biophysical Analysis of Neutrophil Force Generation in a Biochemical Environment

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Description:: Neutrophils are the most abundant circulating white blood cell in the human body, and play a crucial role in the innate immune response to infection ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Andrews, Christina (creator) Franck, Christian (Advisor) Lefort, Craig (Reader) Reichner, Jonathan (Reader) Wong, Ian (Reader) Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
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Keywords:: Immunology Immune system Septicemia Cells--Mechanical properties soft materials traction force microscopy

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A Dividing Sea: The Adriatic World from the Fourth to the First Centuries BC

Description:: The Adriatic Sea both connected and divided the shores of the Italian and Balkan peninsulas in the Hellenistic period (fourth to first centuries BC). The ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Fairbank, Keith Robert (creator) Oliver, Graham (Advisor) van Dommelen, Peter (Reader) Mignone, Lisa (Reader) Brown University. Department of Classics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Economic History Roman history Imperialism Mediterranean Sea--Adriatic Sea Hellenistic Piracy Greek history Polybius

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A Mobile High-Performance Neural Processing Platform for Practical Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces

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Description:: Intracortical braincomputer interfaces (iBCIs) that record from microelectrode arrays (MEAs) provide high spatial and temporal resolution access to human cortical activity. Current iBCIs for ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Heelan, Christopher David (creator) Nurmikko, Arto (Advisor) Simeral, John (Advisor) Reda, Sherief (Reader) Brown University. School of Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Biomedical engineering Brain-Computer Interface High performance computing Field programmable gate arrays Embedded computer systems Mobile computing Electrical engineering

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A Qualitative Analysis of Sexual Consent among High School Students

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Description:: Sexual violence is common in adolescence. Education on sexual consent is considered to be a critical component of many sexual assault prevention programs, and it ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Righi, Mary Kirtley (creator) Kuo, Caroline (Advisor) Orchowski, Lindsay (Reader) Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Sexual consent Sexual Violence Teenagers--Sexual behavior

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A tale of two moduli spaces: Hilbert schemes of singular curves and moduli of elliptic surfaces

Description:: Moduli spaces play a central role in algebraic geometry. In this thesis we study the geometry of two particular moduli spaces. In Part I we ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Bejleri, Dori (creator) Abramovich, Dan (Advisor) Hassett, Brendan (Reader) Chan, Melody (Reader) Brown University. Department of Mathematics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Geometry, Algebraic

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A Thermodynamics-Based Algorithm for Optimizing HIV Drug Resistance Probe Designs

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Description:: There is a high demand for developing a computational platform for global analysis of position- specific sequence variation within HIV-1 subtypes. Undesirable probe designs can ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Lizbinski, Rico Leonardo (creator) Tripathi, Anubhav (Advisor) Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Pathobiology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: HIV/AIDS Algorithms Drug resistance Thermodynamics Probes

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A Universal Architecture for Cross-Cutting Tools in Distributed Systems

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Description:: Recent research has proposed a variety of cross-cutting tools to help monitor and troubleshoot end-to-end behaviors in distributed systems. However, most prior tools focus on ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Mace, Jonathan Christopher (creator) Fonseca, Rodrigo (Advisor) Herlihy, Maurice (Reader) Krishnamurthi, Shriram (Reader) Brown University. Department of Computer Science (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Cloud computing Debugging in computer science Computer networks

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Acculturation and Binge Drinking among Major Immigrant Groups in the United States: A Literature Review

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Description:: The purpose of this literature review was to observe the nature of the association between acculturation and binge drinking in major immigrant groups in the ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Singh, Samyukta (creator) Carey, Kate (Advisor) Merill, Jennifer (Reader) Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Immigrants Substance abuse Acculturation Binge drinking cultural identity

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Action-Focused, Plain Language Communication for Overdose Prevention: A Qualitative Analysis of Rhode Island’s Overdose Surveillance and Information Dashboard

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Description:: Objectives: To determine how people who use drugs (PWUD) perceive and utilize overdose prevention material, and to evaluate action-based, plain language content on Rhode Island ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Waye, Katherine Mary (creator) Marshall, Brandon (Advisor) Yedinak, Jesse (Reader) Lurie, Mark (Advisor) Colvin, Christopher (Reader) Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Qualitative research Drugs--Overdose plain language Fentanyl

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Active Metamaterial and Waveguide Devices with Applications in Terahertz Communications

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Description:: This work was motivated by the need to demonstrate new capabilities in the terahertz frequency range for modulation, multiplexing and beam steering. Which is driven ...
Copyright Date:: 2018
Contributors:: Karl, Nicholas (creator) Mittleman, Daniel (Advisor) Zia, Rashid (Reader) Rose, Chris (Reader) Brown University. School of Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Photonics Terahertz technology Metamaterials Optoelectronics Modulation (Electronics)

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Adolescent Access to Patient-Centered Medical Homes; Assessing Adolescent Outcomes by Patient Center Medical Home Access

Description:: Adolescent Access to Patient-Centered Medical Homes Background: Adolescents have specific health and developmental needs that make access to patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) especially important. We ...
Contributors:: Martone, Christina Marie (creator) Brown, Dr Joanna (Reader) Gjelsvik, Dr Annie (Advisor) Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Keywords:: Epidemiology Public health Adolescence