Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Classical and quantum optimization of quantum processors
(2022-05-16)Quantum interactions are strikingly different from their classical counterparts, and they lead to counter-intuitive effects such as quantum entanglement. The advances in quantum science and technology over the past two ... -
Classical Conditioning Alters Short Noncoding RNA Expression in Drosophila
(2015-05-14)MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and other classes of short non-coding RNAs regulate essential processes in the development and function of the nervous system. Regulation of miRNAs by neural activity has also been reported. Recently, ... -
A Classical Perspective on Non-Diffractive Disorder
(2016-01-28)The unifying themes connecting the chapters in this dissertation are the profound and often surprising effects of disorder in classical and quantum systems and the tremendous insight gained from a classical perspective, ... -
The Classical-Quantum Correspondence of Polyatomic Molecules
(2016-05-10)In this thesis, we study the classical-quantum correspondence of polyatomic molecules to further understand their rotational and vibrational behavior. More specifically, we focus on two different scenarios: (1) completely ... -
Clausal Deficiency
(2024-01-25)This thesis investigates the syntactic and semantic properties of clauses which are considered to be deficient in some manner, which are often called infinitival or nonfinite clauses. This thesis is concerned with three ... -
CleaN waTer: A Water Filtration System Powered by the Sun and Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Technology
(2016-06-21)The CleaN waTer filtration device strives to effectively and efficiently remove 100% of bacteria from water using solar power. Access to clean water is a common problem for communities throughout the world. Many of these ... -
Clearing Space: Postapartheid liberalism and the evolution of spatial segregation in Johannesburg’s new urban enclaves
(2023-03-14)This study is based on 24 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Dainfern Golf & Residential Estate and among gated community industry professionals in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is broadly concerned with how the hard ... -
Click Functionalized Polymeric Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering
(2016-02-25)ECM-mimicking biomaterial research has driven numerous advances in tissue engineering in recent years, as new developments in polymer chemistry and cell-material interactions have allowed bioengineers to create complex ... -
Climate change alters temperate tree and shrub spring phenology and false spring risk
(2021-08-24)Temperate tree and shrub species are at risk of damage from late spring freezing events. Individuals that initiate budburst before the last spring freeze risk leaf tissue loss, damage to the xylem, and slowed, or even ... -
Climate Change and Health: Implications for Cardiovascular Diseases and Inherently Hot Regions
(2022-06-06)The warming of our planet is unevenly distributed. In inherently hot and hyper-arid countries like Kuwait, temperatures are already soaring to unprecedented record-high levels and not a lot is known about what climate ... -
Climate Change and Inequality in the U.S.: Sociological Analyses of Big Data
(2021-05-11)Anthropogenic climate change is altering the severity, frequency, and spatial patterning of extreme weather in the United States. Sociologists have argued that the resulting disasters exacerbate social inequality, yet ... -
Climate Model Bias Correction: Implementation and Applications
(2023-09-05)This dissertation focuses on the methodology and usage of bias correction methods to understand and address problems stemming from climate model mean state biases over the course of three research chapters. Chapter 2 details ... -
A Climate-friendly Energy Future: Prospects for Wind
(2014-06-06)The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the potential for wind as an alternative energy source to replace fossil fuels and reduce global CO2 emissions. From 1995 to 2007, fossil fuels as the major energy source accounted ... -
Climates on the Move: Climatology and the Problem of Economic and Environmental Stability in the Career of C.W. Thornthwaite, 1933-1963
(2014-06-06)This dissertation examines the role of climate science in ensuring environmental stability. It traces the career of the climatologist Charles Warren Thornthwaite, beginning with his work as a population geographer for the ... -
Clinical trial data science to advance precision oncology
(2022-04-04)Clinical trials are the most expensive and highest-stakes experiments in biomedicine, and their results determine which therapies are ultimately used to treat patients. While a typical pivotal trial costs millions of dollars ... -
Clogging Mechanisms in Converging Microchannels
(2016-01-29)Many technological and biomedical applications ranging from water filtration and oil extraction to arteriosclerosis and vein thrombosis rely upon the transport of solids in liquids. Particulate matter suspended in liquid ... -
Clonal Analysis of Mucosal SIV-Specific CD8+ T Cell Responses
(2013-02-26)CD8+ T cells responses are critical in the immune defense against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. A major challenge for vaccine development is that HIV/SIV can rapidly ... -
Clonal analysis of native and malignant hematopoiesis using color barcoding in zebrafish
(2018-01-19)Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) emerge from the dorsal aorta during embryogenesis and sustain lifelong blood production. Over time, HSC clones accumulate mutations that may cause clonal expansion at the expense of normal ... -
Clp-Mediated Regulation of the Mycobacterial Cell Cycle
(2017-04-12)Tuberculosis is currently the most deadly infectious disease worldwide. Given the high rates of treatment failure, new antibiotics are desperately needed. Antibacterial drugs typically target DNA replication, cell growth, ... -
Cluster Algebras and Mirror Symmetry for Homogeneous Spaces
(2023-05-09)Homogeneous spaces lie at the intersection of various fields of study, and as a result possess an incredibly rich structure. This thesis focuses in particular on the interactions between cluster algebras and mirror symmetry ...