Transcription factors with gradients of expression in neocortical progenitors give rise to distinct motor and sensory cortical areas by controlling the area-specific differentiation of distinct neuronal subtypes. However, ...

Summary Recent studies have revealed that ARID1A is frequently mutated across a wide variety of human cancers and also has bona fide tumor suppressor properties. Consequently, identification of vulnerabilities conferred ...

According to Plato and Aristotle, a virtue is a quality that makes you good at performing your function. Aristotle thinks that the human function is rational activity. This chapter asks how the moral virtues could contribute ...

Predictions help guide learning. As we encounter objects in our environment, we make predictions about their value. When outcomes match our predictions, learning is not required. When outcomes are unexpected, however, we ...

This thesis studies certain aspects of the global properties, including geometric and arithmetic, of the moduli spaces of complex structures of some special Calabi-Yau threefolds (B-model), and of the corresponding topological ...

This dissertation explores the significance of spoils and the practice of spoils-taking in Roman culture. Working from the premise that spoils in the classical sense (Latin spolia, exuviae) are items singled out for their ...

Social insects, including army ants (genus Eciton) self-assemble dynamic structures which allow them to perform more efficiently and achieve otherwise impossible feats. Army ant bridges, for example, grow and shrink according ...