Browsing Student Theses and Honors Collection by Title
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Tales of Ophelia
(2013-06-18)Collection of stories from my mother Ophelia Vasquez Carrillo Calderon's life. Vignettes taken from the time she was twelve years old to her death. Randomly organized. This is not her life story, merely short excerpts ... -
Tau-Induced Suppression of Chaperone Stress Response in a Drosophila Model of Glial Tauopathy
(2015-06-30)Filamentous inclusions of the protein tau in neuronal and glial cells characterize neurodegenerative tauopathies, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The presence of these tau aggregates implies a dysfunction in the chaperone ... -
Tea Party for the Left: How Progressives Can Use the Tea Party's Strategy to Promote Their Own Goals
(2012-05-17)With the sudden rise and popularity of the Tea Party, many on the Left of the American political spectrum have looked on with scorn and some degree of envy. Originally dismissed as conspiracy theorists and radicals, Tea ... -
Technological Trauma and Personalized Politics: On the Political Consciousness of the Millennials
(2013-07-03)This thesis focuses on the political behaviors and attitudes of the Millennial generation (those born between 1981 and 1991 in the United States) , and discusses not only its specific civic characteristics, but what this ... -
TEM Analysis of Autophagy in Drosophila melanogaster Fat Body Throughout the Progression of Metamorphosis
(2016-06-27)Autophagy, the catabolic mechanism whereby stored nutrients are recycled, and the breakdown of problematic proteins and organelles within a cell, is an essential process necessary for maintenance of cellular homeostasis. ... -
Tending the Ghosts: A Contemporary Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth Through the Lens of Intergenerational Trauma and Transmission Within the Chinese American Community
(2020-05-29)The notion that the past never fully recedes into the past, and that memories and trauma can be passed on to another subsequent generation is one that is particularly relevant to second generation individuals, or the ... -
Testimonios corporales: Resistencia feminista en los performances de trauma de Lorena Wolffer
(2013-05-18)In my thesis I analyze Mexican contemporary artist Lorena Wolffer’s performances and cultural interventions as embodied testimonies that transforms viewers into witnesses of femicide and domestic violence in both Ciudad ... -
Testing It Right: Assessing Vocabulary Breadth and Depth and Their Roles in Adult's Reading Comprehension
(2017-05-14)This study examined relationships among vocabulary breadth, vocabulary depth, and reading comprehension in adults. The focus of the study was to determine the construct of vocabulary knowledge and how these components ... -
Testing the occurrence of forward hyper-translocation during the promoter escape transition
(2013-05-01)The macromolecular process of RNA transcription is composed of three phases, initiation, elongation and termination. At many promoters, RNA polymerase (RNAP) repetitively aborts short RNAs 2 to 15 nucleotides (nts) ... -
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting of the US Housing Starts using Econometric and Machine Learning Models
(2019-05-08)In this thesis, I have performed time series analysis and forecasted the monthly value of housing starts for the year 2019 using several econometric and machine learning algorithms. In the rapidly emerging field of artificial ... -
"Time that won't quit": Recurrence, Reclamation, and Black Identity on the American Stage
(2014-06-09)In her “Elements of Style,” Suzan-Lori Parks suggests a certain perpetuity of the past when she defines history as “time that won’t quit.” Knowingly positioned within the theatrical discipline, her words encourage a frank ... -
Tinkering Together: Creating Accessible, Inclusive and Equitable Approaches to Tinkering Education at Makerspaces
(2018-07-02)A makerspace is a setting for informal and experiential STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) learning experiences. Work within the makerspace values the process of tinkering for exploration of ideas ... -
Tissue specific effects of βFTZ-F1 loss-of-function on the early gene E93 transcription during Drosophila melanogaster metamorphosis
(2011-02-16)Steroid hormones, in conjunction with their receptors, regulate the transcription of target genes in higher organisms. During Drosophila melanogaster s metamorphosis, two pulses of the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone ... -
To Be and Neeg bi: Discourses on Home in Senegal
(2011-02-16)An experimental ethnography that uses various literary genres, as well as visual documentation, to express the plurality of discourses on home in contemporary Senegal, particularly among migrant populations. -
Tongue-Tied in America: The Decline of Foreign Language Education in an Age of Globalization
(2013-06-19)In the United States the ratio of modern foreign language enrollments to total course enrollments in higher education today is half of what it was in the sixties. The Modern Language Association (MLA) reported in 2009 that ... -
Transformation and Totalization: Intimate Violence in the Polish-Ukrainian Borderlands, 1918-19, 1939, and 1941
(2020-06-25)“Transformation and Totalization: Intimate Violence in the Polish-Ukrainian Borderlands, 1918-19, 1939, and 1941” examines the transformation of intimate violence—violence between and among neighbors—before and after ...