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Red, Blue, and the Flu: Media Self-Selection and Partisan Gaps in Swine Flu Vaccinations
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)This study assesses the relationship between political partisanship and attitudes and behavior with respect to the Swine Flu crisis of 2009 in general, and the U.S. mass vaccination program in particular. I argue that even ... -
Red, White, And Sushi: The Journey of Sushi in the United States from 1893-1960s
(2024-01-03)This thesis investigated the journey of sushi in the United States before the 1960s, which is when previous examinations of sushi claim that it made its first appearance in the United States. This study traced sushi’s ... -
Red-State Medicaid Expansions — Achilles’ Heel of ACA Repeal?
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A REDD1/TXNIP pro-oxidant complex regulates ATG4B activity to control stress-induced autophagy and sustain exercise capacity
(Nature Pub. Group, 2015)Macroautophagy (autophagy) is a critical cellular stress response; however, the signal transduction pathways controlling autophagy induction in response to stress are poorly understood. Here we reveal a new mechanism of ... -
The reddest ISO-2MASS quasar
(EDP Sciences, 2007)Context. While there is growing consensus on the existence of numerous dust-enshrouded red quasars, their discovery and detailed exploration is still an observational challenge. In the course of the near-mid-infrared AGN ... -
Redeeming Epic: Furor, Classical Tradition, and Christian Cosmos in Late Antiquity
(2016-11-29)This dissertation investigates the renewal and redefinition of the Vergilian epic tradition, as represented by the furor-theme, in the biblical epics of late antiquity. The Christian project of redeeming the most prestigious ... -
Redefining Foreign Correspondence
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2003)Along with American journalism generally, foreign correspondence has evolved in the last 250 years so that it scarcely resembles its colonial origins. Not the least of these differences is that it never occurred to colonial ... -
Redefining Residency: Black Environmental Thought in New Orleans, 1929-1998
(2021-07-23)Across the U.S. and world, activists have emphasized not just the global problem of environmental degradation, but also how race in particular shapes one’s access to safe water, air, and land. My dissertation explores Black ... -
Redefining the Instructional Leader: Principals' Use of Process and Outcome Measures of Teacher Quality
(2016-05-23)Recent innovations in teacher evaluation include the development of standards-based frameworks for observational evaluations of teacher practice and development of test-based measures of teacher effectiveness. These tools ... -
Redefinition of Affymetrix Probe Sets by Sequence Overlap with cDNA Microarray Probes Reduces Cross-Platform Inconsistencies in Cancer-Associated Gene Expression Measurements
(BioMed Central, 2005)Background: Comparison of data produced on different microarray platforms often shows surprising discordance. It is not clear whether this discrepancy is caused by noisy data or by improper probe matching between platforms. ... -
Redemption or Abstinence? Original Sin, Currency Mismatches and Counter-Cyclical Policies in the New Millenium
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2010-02)This paper updates our previous work on the level and evolution of original sin. It shows that while the number of countries that issue local-currency debt in international markets has increased in the past decade, this ... -
The redesign of the medical intern assignment mechanism in Israel
(BioMed Central, 2015)A collaboration of medical professionals with economists and computer scientists involved in “market design” had led to the redesign of the clearinghouse assigning medical students to internships in Israel. The new mechanism ... -
Redesigned Reporter Gene for Improved Proton Exchange-Based Molecular MRI Contrast
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-11-26)Reporter gene imaging allows for non-invasive monitoring of molecular processes in living cells, providing insights on the mechanisms underlying pathology and therapy. A lysine-rich protein (LRP) chemical exchange saturation ... -
Redesigning China’s superblock neighbourhoods: policies, opportunities and challenges
(Informa UK Limited, 2017)In February 2016, China’s State Council released a set of guidelines representing a change in the country’s approach toward neighbourhood design: to move away from superblock neighbourhoods and create a finer network of ... -
Redesigning Cockpits: Introduction to Special Issue of Journal of Consumer Policy on Behavioural Economics, Environmental Policy and the Consumer
(Harvard John M. Olin Center for law, Economics, and Business, 2014)This essay is an introduction to a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Consumer Policy, on Behavioural Economics, Environmental Policy and the Consumer. It emphasizes that consumer behavior can be greatly affected ... -
Redesigning consent: Big data, bigger risks
(Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy, at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2020)Over the last decade, the rapid proliferation of social media platforms coupled with the advancement of computational methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing big datasets created new opportunities for social ... -
Redesigning the Role of the Principal: Mobilizing and Organizing the Field to Lead for Racial Equity
(2021-10-15)The mission of the Education and Society Program (ESP) Team at the Aspen Institute is to improve public education by informing, influencing, and inspiring education leaders across policy and practice, with an emphasis on ... -
Redirecting abiraterone metabolism to fine tune prostate cancer anti-androgen therapy
(2016)Abiraterone blocks androgen synthesis and prolongs survival in castration-resistant prostate cancer, which is otherwise driven by intratumoral androgen synthesis1,2. Abiraterone is metabolized in patients to D4A, which has ... -
Redirecting Neorealism: Italian Auteur-Actress Collaborations of the 1950s and 1960s
(2014-06-06)The aftermath of Italy's cinematic movement neorealism left several directors searching for a new cinematic practice and a new directorial identity. Many of the most artistically intrepid directors of the era turned to ...