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The Hidden Journey of Margery Kempe
(2011-02-16)Since the discovery of the medieval manuscript of The Book of Margery Kempe in 1934, there has been much scholarly criticism examing the Book. I explore these, and counter that one area has been unnoticed, the manuscript's ... -
House-Spaces and Dreamed Places: A Visual Investigation of Home
(2015-06-22)As an artist, I explore the collection of visual fragments that define for me the essence of home. My project is inspired by the philosophical writings of Martin Heidegger and Gaston Bachelard, the architectural theory ... -
How do age-of-release and genetic matching of parents impact return rates of Connecticut River Atlantic salmon
(2011-02-16)The Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program (CRASRP) has stocked the Connecticut River with Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry and smolts since 1967. In 1996, the CRASRP began using microsatellite DNA loci to ... -
HOW DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER LARVAL FAT BODY ESCAPES EARLY CELL DEATH: REPRESSION OF APOPTOTIC GENE E74A BY βFTZ-F1
(2013-05-10)During metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster, various larval tissues, such as the salivary glands (SG) are destroyed through PCD (programmed cell death). However, an exception is the larval fat body, which undergoes ... -
How Low-Income, Ethnic Minority Adolescents Make Possible Selves Real: The Role of Academic Self-Regulation Strategies
(2011-02-16)Predictors of academic self-regulation were investigated in low-income, ethnic minority youth. Specifically, self-efficacy, instrumentality, the salience of proximal and distal academic possible selves and participation ... -
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL? Discrepancies of Knowledge and the Realization of Power via Human Rights Education Pedagogies within Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015-05-18)During the summer of 2014 I was part of the Straight Talk Foundation team as a Training and Development intern. The Straight Talk Foundation (STF) in Uganda, an award-winning HIV/AIDs prevention organization, seeks to ... -
Hybrid Nano-Biosystems: A Study on the Effect of Quantum Dots on the Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle
(2013-06-03)Hybrid nano-biosystems are explored with the goal of optimizing the properties of an archaeal proton pump. These hybrid systems are composed of inorganic nanoparticles in biological settings and have been studied in a ... -
"I'm Positive. So What?" HIV Illness Narratives from Zimbabwe and the United States
(2011-05-03)Storytelling is potentially an important resource for HIV-positive individuals as they grapple with the changes HIV brings to their lives and seek ways to make meaning of their experiences. Illness narratives in particular ... -
(I) "The Girl and Her Balloon" and (II) Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety": Intricacy Grounded in Programmaticism
(2014-08-18)The following two-part thesis focuses on programmaticism, that is, the depiction through music of extramusical elements. In the first part, I present an original orchestral composition that musically tells the story of a ... -
IDENTIFICATION OF A DEGRADATION SIGNAL IN THE ANTI-SIGMA FACTOR CSFB REQUIRED FOR THE SWITCH TO LATE GENE EXPRESSION DURING BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORULATION
(2017-02-20)In response to adverse environmental conditions, the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis undergoes an adaptive process known as sporulation, culminating in the production of a metabolically dormant, extraordinarily ... -
Identifying Genes Involved in Larval Fat Body Remodeling in Drosophila melanogaster
(2017-06-29)Tissue remodeling is an essential process that occurs in multicellular organisms and is essential for the growth, development, and health of any organism. Drosophila melanogaster is an important organism for the study ... -
Identifying Infrastructure Impediments to Higher-Speed Rail in the Cascadia Megaregion Using GIS Analysis
(2014-07-01)Increased interest in rail transportation, and specifically high-speed rail, has led to research on how can people and goods be transported more efficiently by the United States rail system. Rail is an important form of ... -
"Identity Danish Modern" Trampoline House and the Prototyping of an Inclusive Denmark
(2015-05-26)Located in inner city Copenhagen is Trampoline House: a non-governmental, member-driven culture house that aims to bring together refugees, mostly Muslim males, and other residents of Denmark, for the purpose of modeling ... -
“Identity Danish Modern”: Trampoline House and the Prototyping of an Inclusive Denmark
(2019-08-06)Located in inner city Copenhagen is Trampoline House: a non-governmental, member-driven culture house that aims to bring together refugees, mostly Muslim males, and other residents of Denmark, for the purpose of modeling ... -
Identity Politics or "Minority Nationalism?" The Scottish Referendum Through Welsh and Ulster Scots Eyes
(2015-06-22)This study examines how quickly British attitudes have changed on devolution following the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum. In studying both the Welsh and the Ulster Scots in Northern Ireland, I predict that attitudes ... -
IFN-γ and IL-10 Regulation in the MuLV-Infected MAIDS Model
(2013-05-07)Those infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) classically progress to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), an illness typified by an increase in opportunistic infections ranging from influenza to tuberculosis ... -
IL-10 and Suppression/ Susceptibility in MAIDS Model
(2012-05-11)Individuals infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) typically progress to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). AIDS is characterized by an increase in opportunistic infections like tuberculosis, as well ... -
Imagination in Reading to Abstract Art
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Imagined Landscapes: Geography, Identity, and Gender in the Early American Republic, 1785-1835
(2015-07-01)In the decades that followed the American Revolution, members of the new nation began to embrace the American landscape as a point of connection between themselves and their fellow citizens. At the same time, geography ...