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Topics in experimental and tournament design
(2014-10-21)
We examine three topics related to experimental design in this dissertation. Two are related to the analysis of experimental data and the other focuses on the design of paired comparison experiments, in this case knockout ...
Mechanisms Shaping Excitatory Transmission at the Developing Retinogeniculate Synapse
(2014-10-22)
The retinogeniculate synapse, the connection between retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and thalamic relay neurons, undergoes extensive remodeling and refinement in the first few postnatal weeks. While many studies have focused ...
Local Traditions, Community Building, and Cultural Adaptation in Reform Era Rural China
(2014-10-21)
This dissertation examines the so-called revival of local traditions in reform-era China. It compares the different paths of adapting local traditions to market transitions and a changing political landscape. Three questions ...
Musical Culture of Chinese Floaters
(2014-10-22)
"Floaters" are a large population of internal migrants in China. Led by a series of urban-based economic policies and the consequent income gap between rural and urban regions, these former peasants left their hometowns, ...
Earth-abundant water-splitting catalysts coupled to silicon solar cells for solar-to-fuels conversion
(2014-10-21)
Direct solar-to-fuels conversion can be achieved by coupling semiconductors with water-splitting catalysts. A 10% or higher solar to fuels conversion is minimally necessary for the realization of a robust future technology. ...
Learning Ennobles: Study Abroad, Renaissance Humanism, and the Transformation of the Polish Nation in the Republic of Letters, 1517-1605
(2014-10-22)
My dissertation examines how study abroad transformed education and society in early modern Europe. My works centers on Poland, a region often considered peripheral by contemporaries and scholars alike. Through combining ...
Neuroengineering at the Cortex: Neural Tract Selection and Electrical Reconstruction of TMS Motor Effects
(2014)
The origin and tracts of motor activity elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are important for understanding neuromodulatory properties of TMS and for designing appropriate models of TMS effects. Stimulation ...
"Oft Have I Heard of Sanctuary Men": Fictions of Refuge in Early Shakespeare
(2014-06-06)
This study weaves together several strands of inquiry. On the level of dramatic analysis, I look to understand how "sanctuary" spaces operate in Shakespeare's early plays and the ways in which such zones relate to genre. ...