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Calcite-Graphite Isotope Thermometry of Marble Mylonites in the Bancroft Shear Zone
(2015-05-04)The Bancroft Shear Zone is an extensional collapse structure that formed in the Grenville Province due to the over thickening and resulting crustal weakening during the Ottawan orogeny, ~1030-1070 Ma (Cosca et al., 1995). ... -
Can Community Supported Agriculture be an Economically Viable Approach to Sustainable Agriculture?
(2012-12-17)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the economic viability of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) . The growing concern over food safety and a desire to be closer to the source of their food has led consumers to ... -
Can't Help but Help: Should We Praise Good Deeds that Result from Mental Illnesses?
(2023-05-09)We hesitate to blame kleptomaniacs for stealing. Should we be similarly hesitant to praise people for doing good deeds if their actions are motivated by similar compulsions? My thesis project considers how to evaluate good ... -
Cancer by Another Name: The Quest for a Better Linguistic Taxonomy
(2015-05-26)Drawing on the disciplines of psycholinguistics, medicine, and medical anthropology, this thesis evaluates the suggestion to rename breast Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) to remove the reference to cancer. Chapter 1 focuses ... -
Capturing, persisting, and querying the provenance of scientific data
(2012-06-04)Scientists use technology ubiquitously to collect and process data. They often use software to handle massive datasets and produce scientific results, which they post on the web, making them readily available to the public. ... -
Carbon Accumulation at the Harvard Forest: A Comparison of Methods for Measuring Tree Biomass for Regional Extrapolation of the Eddy-Flux Tower Footprint
(2011-02-16)Questions about regional carbon cycling dynamics are particularly important for northeastern forests because of their significance in the North American terrestrial carbon sink. The long-term study of CO2 exchange at ... -
Caregiving, Elderly Couples and Research in Psychology
(2018-03-26)The physical and mental challenges faced by older adults are unique. Accompanying this is the equally important issue of caregiving. What role does caregiving and social support play in addressing health challenges among ... -
Catching Babies: The Politics of Midwifery in Documentary Birth Narratives
(2015-06-29)Culture is a salient factor in a woman’s experience of pregnancy and childbirth. Expectations of a hospital birth, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, epidurals, and ultrasounds (among other “normal” maternity care ... -
CD8+ T-cell Response Potential, as Determined by Expression of the High Affinity Interleukin-2 Receptor, in Murine AIDS
(2011-02-16)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which can follow infection with the virus, is a major health issue worldwide. Murine AIDS (MAIDS) is a model system used for the study of ... -
Ceaseless Languages: José Lezama Lima's Paradiso as a Challenge to the Bildungsroman
(2013-07-31)This project argues that the novel Paradiso (José Lezama Lima 1966) is not a bildungsroman (a coming-of-age novel), contrary to popular and scholarly opinion. Instead, it constructs a world of symbols and metaphors, and ... -
Centering C-Section Narratives in Birth Discourse
(2018-05-03)This thesis examines narratives of C-section experiences to understand the personal perspective of a national conversation on medicalized birth. Birth statistics, child health, and reproductive rights, are often the focus ... -
A CHALLENGE TO SYRIAC PALEOGRAPHY: USING DIGITAL TOOLS TO CONTEST CURRENT SCHOLARSHIP
(2017-04-27)Manuscripts are important because they provide information about ancient times. Historians use manuscripts to understand ancient peoples and what they believed was worthy of being recorded. Even the manner in which a ... -
Changemakers in Cape Town: Inspiring the Next Generation of Women
(2018-03-26)In South Africa, the current teenage pregnancy rate is approximately 30%. Studies demonstrate that two primary reasons for this statistic are a lack of knowledge and a desire to prove femininity. In the early 2000’s, Life ... -
Changemakers in Cape Town: Inspiring the Next Generation of Women
(2018-03-26)In South Africa, the current teenage pregnancy rate is approximately 30%. Studies demonstrate that two primary reasons for this statistic are a lack of knowledge and a desire to prove femininity. In the early 2000’s, Life ... -
Chantilly: An International Treasure of Art & Culture
(2014-06-06)This past summer I interned in France as an English tour guide at the Musée Condé in the historic Château de Chantilly. As an intern I studied the collection at length, conducted tours daily, welcomed guests, as well as ... -
Chaperone-Like Activity of Human Small Heat Shock Protein-Derived Peptides in Response to Cellular Stress
(2019-06-18)Small heat shock proteins (sHsps), a family of molecular chaperones that prevent aggregation of partially unfolded protein substrates, are present in many different organisms across all domains of life. They work to ... -
Characterization of a Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line and Its Differentiation into Dopamine Neurons
(2012-05-14)Dopamine (DA) synthesizing neurons are important because of their role in the control of motor movement, cognition and motivation. The development of DA neurons is marked by the presence of transcription factors and proteins ... -
Characterization of new mutants in the 16s ribosomal subunit region of the Mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae.
(2011-02-16)In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the ribosomal region of the mitochondrial DNA codes for a 16S rRNA and a 21S rRNA, the rRNA components of the small and large subunits of the mitochondrial ribosomes. However, all mitochondrial ... -
Characterization of the cis-syn Thymine Dimer Lesion in Duplex DNA with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(2011-06-16)Ultraviolet irradiation from sun exposure can lead to permanent, covalent damage in DNA. The damaged sites can block the progression of polymerases, thereby preventing replication or transcription. The frequent occurrence ... -
Characterizing Candidate Pingo Morphology on Ceres
(2019-07-01)NASA’s Dawn Mission has been exploring Ceres since arrival in 2015. However, recent low-altitude Dawn orbits during its second extended mission (XM2) have brought the spacecraft as low as 35 km above the surface of Ceres, ...