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Quantum nonlinear optics: controlling few-photon interactions
(2021-03-05)
Most phenomena around us can be explained by classical optics since photons interact weakly with atoms. When the interaction is strong enough where one photon affects the properties of other photons, we go to the regime ...
Examining Mental Health in Black Communities Using Intersectional Approaches
(2021-07-12)
Few epidemiologic studies have disaggregated U.S. Black populations when exploring the impacts of racism, at multiple levels, on mental health. Intersectionality theory, as developed by Black feminist organizers and scholars, ...
Metasurface Optics for On-Demand Polarization Transformations Along the Optical Path
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-01-28)
Polarization plays a key role in science; hence its versatile manipulation is crucial. Existing polarization optics, however, can only manipulate polarization in a single transverse plane. Here, we demonstrate a new class ...
The Relationship Between Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and the Cellular DNA Damage Response
(2021-01-19)
Cellular DNA is under constant threat from many different agents that can cause damage to the genome. Damage to the DNA can inhibit the ability of the cell to replicate its genome, which usually leads to death of the cell. ...
The Bad Faith Argument in Ancient Jewish Thought
(2021-11-16)
Though much scholarly attention has been devoted to the relations between Jews and gentiles in antiquity, surprisingly little literature has investigated how Jews constructed and portrayed the religion of gentile pagans. ...
Essays in Decision Theory
(2021-04-02)
This dissertation comprises three independent chapters that span topics in decision theory, including ethical decision-making, learning from others, and anticipatory emotions.
In Chapter 1, I model decision-making ...
Investigating the Mechanism of Non-Enzymatic RNA Replication
(2021-07-12)
Before life became confoundingly complex it must have been simpler. In modern biology, polymerase enzymes leverage the molecular recognition of nucleic acids through Watson-Crick base pairs to efficiently synthesize genomic ...
Heresies: On an Armenian prayer to the sun
(BRILL, 2020-02-03)
The Interrupted Feast
(Brill, 2020-02-03)
Topics in International Macroeconomics and Econometrics
(2021-01-20)
This dissertation is composed of three essays, two in international macroeconomics and one in climate econometrics. The former center on two main features of emerging market economies: financial dollarization of private ...