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Functional Query Languages with Categorical Types
(2014-02-25)
We study three category-theoretic types in the context of functional query languages (typed lambda-calculi extended with additional operations for bulk data processing). The types we study are:
The Paradox of Adversity: New Left Party Survival and Collapse in Latin America
(2014-02-25)
Political parties are the basic building blocks of representative democracy. They reduce information costs for voters, enhance executive accountability, and contribute to democratic governability by facilitating legislative ...
Particle Focusing in Microchannels
(2014-02-25)
The ability to control the motion of particles and cells in microchannels has been a center of fascination since the advent of microfluidics. Entire fields have been created in order to accomplish separation, volume reduction ...
Black Notes on Asia: Composite Figurations of Asia in the African American Transcultural Imagination, 1923-2013
(2014-02-25)
Black Notes on Asia: Composite Figurations of Asia in the African American Transcultural Imagination, 1923-2013 sheds new light on the hitherto neglected engagements of African American writers and thinkers with various ...
Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Vinigrol and Hibarimicin B
(2014-02-25)
Vinigrol is a structurally unique diterpenoid natural product featuring a tricyclo[4.4.4.0.4a,8a]tetradecene carbon skeleton containing eight contiguous stereocenters and a challenging oxygenation pattern. Vinigrol has ...
Transcriptional and Epigenetic Dynamics Observed During Lineage Specification of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
(2014-02-25)
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is essential for faithful cellular specification during embryonic development. Directed differentiation of pluripotent human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), which maintain the ability ...
Forging Steel: Schools, Success, and the Making of Persons in a Chinese County Seat
(2014-02-25)
This dissertation addresses the question of how teenagers are educated for success in Chinese schools. Drawing upon 16 months of fieldwork in a county-level town located in northwest China (Shaanxi Province), this study ...
Non-Enzymatic Copying of Nucleic Acid Templates
(2014-02-25)
All known living cells contain a complex set of molecular machinery to support their growth and replication. However, the earliest cells must have been much simpler, consisting of a compartment and a genetic material to ...
Investigating Cytoskeletal Motor Mechanisms using DNA Nanotechnology
(2014-02-25)
The microtubule cytoskeleton plays a vital role in the spatial-temporal organization of subcellular cargo required to maintain homeostasis and direct cell division. Cytoplasmic dynein and kinesin are opposite-polarity, ...
Central role for Sonic hedgehog-triggered pericytes in hindbrain choroid plexus development
(2014-02-25)
The choroid plexus is an organ within each brain ventricle comprised of elaborate folds of epithelium (CPe) and vasculature. It performs numerous functions essential for brain development and health, including secretion ...