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Affective and Cognitive Processing in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
(2014-02-25)
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a behavior recently added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a condition for further study. In this dissertation, I present findings from three studies ...
Functional Query Languages with Categorical Types
(2014-02-25)
We study three category-theoretic types in the context of functional query languages (typed lambda-calculi extended with additional operations for bulk data processing). The types we study are:
Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran Digital Archive and Website: What Could Writing History Look Like in a Digital Age?
(American Historical Association, 2013)
An Engineered Calmodulin-Based Allosteric Switch for Peptide Biosensing
(Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons), 2013)
This work describes the development of a new platform for allosteric protein engineering that takes advantage of the ability of calmodulin to change conformation upon binding to peptide and protein ligands. The switch we ...
What must a global theory of cortex explain?
(Elsevier, 2014)
At present there is no generally accepted theory of how cognitive phenomena arise from computations in cortex. Further, there is no consensus on how the search for one should be refocussed so as to make it more fruitful. ...
The Paradox of Adversity: New Left Party Survival and Collapse in Latin America
(2014-02-25)
Political parties are the basic building blocks of representative democracy. They reduce information costs for voters, enhance executive accountability, and contribute to democratic governability by facilitating legislative ...
Particle Focusing in Microchannels
(2014-02-25)
The ability to control the motion of particles and cells in microchannels has been a center of fascination since the advent of microfluidics. Entire fields have been created in order to accomplish separation, volume reduction ...
Black Notes on Asia: Composite Figurations of Asia in the African American Transcultural Imagination, 1923-2013
(2014-02-25)
Black Notes on Asia: Composite Figurations of Asia in the African American Transcultural Imagination, 1923-2013 sheds new light on the hitherto neglected engagements of African American writers and thinkers with various ...
Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Vinigrol and Hibarimicin B
(2014-02-25)
Vinigrol is a structurally unique diterpenoid natural product featuring a tricyclo[4.4.4.0.4a,8a]tetradecene carbon skeleton containing eight contiguous stereocenters and a challenging oxygenation pattern. Vinigrol has ...
Transcriptional and Epigenetic Dynamics Observed During Lineage Specification of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
(2014-02-25)
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is essential for faithful cellular specification during embryonic development. Directed differentiation of pluripotent human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), which maintain the ability ...