Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Extension Request: An Underexplored Response to Deadlines
(2021-01-11)A task deadline is a useful tool to improve productivity and coordination in organizations. However, when setting deadlines, people often underestimate how much time tasks will require to complete. As a result, task deadlines ... -
Extensions of Randomization-Based Methods for Causal Inference
(2015-04-20)In randomized experiments, the random assignment of units to treatment groups justifies many of the traditional analysis methods for evaluating causal effects. Specifying subgroups of units for further examination after ... -
Extracellular Matrix as a Key Mediator of Mammary Tumor Cell Normalization
(2013-10-08)Some epithelial cancers can be induced to revert to quiescent differentiated tissues when combined with embryonic mesenchyme; however, the mechanism of this induction is unknown. This dissertation is based on the hypothesis ... -
Extracting Spatiotemporal Word and Semantic Representations from Multiscale Neurophysiological Recordings in Humans
(2012-09-13)With the recent advent of neuroimaging techniques, the majority of the research studying the neural basis of language processing has focused on the localization of various lexical and semantic functions. Unfortunately, ... -
Extreme Liquid Superheating and Homogeneous Bubble Nucleation in a Solid State Nanopore
(2016-05-05)This thesis explains how extreme superheating and single bubble nucleation can be achieved in an electrolytic solution within a solid state nanopore. A highly focused ionic current, induced to flow through the pore by ... -
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors Impacting Local Circuit Inhibition in the Neocortex
(2017-01-25)Neuronal circuits controlling our perception and behaviors are radically shaped by experiences during early critical periods. For example, early life stress (ELS) has been linked to enduring negative behavioral consequences ... -
The Eye of the Tsar: Intelligence-Gathering and Geopolitics in Eighteenth-Century Eurasia
(2016-04-29)This dissertation argues for the importance of knowledge production for understanding the relationship between the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty, and European actors, from the mid-seventeenth to the early nineteenth ... -
Efficient Algorithms for Statistical Estimation
(2021-08-24)Statistical estimation aims to find parameters or structures relating to an underlying distribution given empirical samples. Many statistical estimation problems are information theoretically solvable, but are not fully ... -
The Fabricated Forest
(2016-01-27)This dissertation approaches historical ecology as reflexive process, tying together archaeology, iconographic analysis, ethnography, and ethnohistory to argue that modern tropical ecosystems are the result of long-term, ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Single-Crystal Diamond Photonic Cavities
(2013-09-19)Cavity quantum electrodynamics provide a platform to form a quantum network which connects individual quantum bits (qubits) via photon. Optical cavity, a device which traps photons in a confined volume can enhance the ... -
Fabrication techniques for femtosecond laser textured and hyperdoped silicon
(2016-05-18)This thesis presents a range of advances in the fabrication of femtosecond laser textured and hyperdoped silicon, a material platform with potential applications in photovoltaics, photodetectors, light-emitting diodes, ... -
Face Identification in the Internet Era
(2013-02-11)Despite decades of effort in academia and industry, it is not yet possible to build machines that can replicate many seemingly-basic human perceptual abilities. This work focuses on the problem of face identification that ... -
The Facilitation of Protein-DNA Search and Recognition by Multiple Modes of Binding
(2012-12-12)The studies discussed in this thesis unify experimental and theoretical techniques, both established and novel, in investigating the problem of how a protein that binds specific sites on DNA translocates to, recognizes, ... -
Facilitative Boundary Leadership: Enabling Collaboration in Complex, Multi-Organizational Work
(2015-05-11)Increasing complexity, flatter organizational structures and rapidly changing environments require coordination and collaboration with individuals and teams across organizations. As teams navigate these complex organizational ... -
Facing the Limits of Fiction: Self-Consciousness in Jewish American Literature
(2013-03-15)This thesis explores the limits of fictional language by studying the work of Jewish American writer-critics, novelists who significantly engaged with literary criticism, and critics who experimented with the novel or short ... -
Factorization and Precision Calculations in Particle Physics
(2015-05-06)We state and prove to all orders in perturbation theory a factorization theorem in Quantum Chromodynamics that concisely describes the separation of the physics associated with jet formation from that associated with the ... -
Factors affecting AAV production: Mutagenesis of AAV2 rep and AAV transgenes
(2024-01-09)Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) are the predominant gene therapy vector. Previous work in the AAV field focused on capsid engineering to enable targeting of vectors to specific tissues and has resulted in five ... -
Factors Controlling Variability in the Oxidative Capacity of the Troposphere on Interannual to Interglacial Time Scales
(2013-08-21)This thesis explores the natural forces controlling variability of the tropospheric oxidants on interannual to glacial-interglacial time scales. The oxidants (primarily OH and ozone) determine the lifetime of many trace ... -
Fair School Allocation
(2023-06-30)A well-functioning public education system is essential to a well-functioning society. However, deciding which child gets enrolled in which school is a difficult task. Specifically, with complex geographies and unequal ... -
Fake Originals. Collecting Latin America
(2022-09-07)Fake Originals: Collecting Latin America offers a new lens on narratives of regional identity through studying material culture and literature. My central argument is that the circulation of these Latin American objects ...