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- Description:
- Characterization is the musical creation of fictional characters, and it is particularly important for creating multi-dimensional, nuanced characters in opera. However, how do composers characterize roles if the opera does not feature a traditionally linear plot or story? Does opera need a narrative to create characterization? Some may view narrative...
- Keyword:
- composition, music, opera, chamber opera, narrative, and characterization
- Subject:
- Music
- Creator:
- Liza Sobel Crane
- Owner:
- Liza Anna Sobel
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/24/2023
- Date Modified:
- 05/24/2023
- Date Created:
- 2023-05-23
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- The challenges of using inadequate online recruitment systems can be addressed with machine learning and software engineering techniques. Bi-directional personalization reinforcement learning-based architecture with active learning can get recruiters to recommend qualified applicants and also enable applicants to receive personalized job recommendations. This paper focuses on how machine learning...
- Keyword:
- Reinforcement learning, Active learning, Contextual Bandit, NLP, NER, Sentiment Analysis, Counter factual Evaluation, Travel Industry, Unit tests, Serverless Functions, Language Understanding, Azure Cosmos DB, Serverless Functions, Azure Personalizer,
- Subject:
- Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Natural language processing (Computer science), Sentiment analysis, and Reinforcement learning
- Creator:
- Ezana N. Beyenne
- Owner:
- Ezana Negga Beyenne
- Publisher:
- Data Science Masters Theses
- Date Uploaded:
- 03/15/2023
- Date Modified:
- 03/15/2023
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis and Dissertation
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- Description:
- Prostate cancer is the most common cause of cancer among men in the United States, and the second most common cause of cancer-related death, accounting for significant morbidity and mortality. This dissertation describes the genomic landscape of prostate cancer from multiple angles to identify mechanisms of disease heterogeneity amongst patients....
- Keyword:
- cellular biology
- Subject:
- Cellular biology
- Creator:
- Chalmers, Zachary R
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/22/2022
- Date Modified:
- 01/06/2023
- Date Created:
- 2022-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15993 and etdadmin_upload_894281
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- Description:
- Current technologies capable of establishing bioresorbable orthopedic fixation devices and stents have broad utility for biomedical applications to improve constructive tissue remodeling. Recent studies and investigations on bioresorbable conductors, semiconductors, dielectrics, and polymer substrates offer a promising opportunity to propel the existing non-degradable bioelectronic devices to the promising bioresorbable electronics,...
- Keyword:
- Functional interfaces, Solid mechanics, Soft materials, MEMS, Implantable electronics, and Bioresorbable electronics
- Subject:
- Mechanics, Mechanical engineering, and Bioengineering
- Creator:
- Yang, Quansan
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/02/2022
- Date Modified:
- 07/18/2022
- Date Created:
- 2021-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_824270 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15603
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- Description:
- The intersection of sound design and music scoring has been employed expressively in contemporary Mexican cinema to convey complex social commentary. This dissertation investigates how the Mexican films Vuelven, Sin Señas Particulares, and Sanctorum exploit the potentials of the soundtrack to create politicized aesthetic experiences. My research is in dialogue...
- Keyword:
- Film studies, Integrated soundtrack, Aesthetics, Film scoring, The grotesque, Mexican cinema, Mexican history, Sound studies, Cinematic subjectivity, Mixe language, Musicology, Funeral rites, The sublime, Cinematic death, Drug trafficking, Horror cinema, and Immigration politics
- Subject:
- Mexico, Art, Mexican, Documentary-style films, Mexicans--Politics and government, Feature films, Sound, Fantasy films, Horror films, Musicology, Drug traffic, Emigration and immigration--Social aspects, Film festivals, and Music--Philosophy and aesthetics
- Creator:
- Craig Davis Pinson
- Owner:
- Craig Davis Pinson
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/23/2022
- Date Modified:
- 07/15/2022
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- Body size is one of the most discernible ways in which animal species vary. The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest animal on earth, can reach up to 30 m in length and weigh up to 200 tonnes. At the other extreme, a species of frog called Paedophryne amauensis is...
- Keyword:
- Growth, Development, and C. elegans
- Creator:
- Joy Nyaanga
- Owner:
- Joy Nyaanga
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/09/2022
- Date Modified:
- 05/09/2022
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- Cell-based therapies are an exciting frontier in medicine. This field is built on a simple premise—cells can be engineered to recognize and treat various human diseases. The paradigm of cell-based therapy uses biosensors to interrogate a cell’s environment and distinguish disease from health, intracellular signaling pathways and genetic circuitry to...
- Keyword:
- Synthetic receptors, Immunotherapy, Cell-based therapy, Synthetic biology, Biosensors, and Transcription factors
- Subject:
- Biology, Bioengineering, and Medicine
- Creator:
- Donahue, Patrick Sean
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/01/2021
- Date Modified:
- 05/06/2022
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15420 and etdadmin_upload_781062
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- Description:
- Electrochemical cell devices are increasingly being sought for energy conversion and storage applications due to their high efficiencies and their potential for operating free of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Solid Acid Electrochemical Cells (SAECs), which most commonly employ CsH2PO4 (CDP) as the electrolyte component, are uniquely suited to meet the...
- Keyword:
- Cesium Dihydrogen Phosphate, Electrochemistry, Catalysis, Ammonia, and Hydrogen
- Subject:
- Energy, Chemistry, and Materials Science
- Creator:
- Plymill, Austin Blake
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 04/15/2021
- Date Modified:
- 04/15/2021
- Date Created:
- 2021-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_796377 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15469
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- Description:
- Migrant illegality gives way to irregular livelihoods in Spain and around the world. Studies on migrant illegality have generally focused on its political, legal and economic production and the social impact of a states specific biopolitics. While invaluably important, there remains the need to better understand the modes of life...
- Keyword:
- Spain, Catalonia, Legal Status, Phenomenology, Senegal, and Transnationalism
- Subject:
- Anthropology
- Creator:
- Arturo Marquez Jr
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 10/28/2019
- Date Modified:
- 03/05/2021
- Date Created:
- 2018-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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Role of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in Endothelial Senescence and Cardiovascular Aging
- Description:
- Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is an essential mediator of senescence and a potential therapeutic target for preventing aging-related pathologies. Cellular Senescence is associated with organismal aging and related pathologies. In our study, we investigate the efficacies of PAI-1 inhibitors in both in vitro and in vivo models of homocysteine...
- Keyword:
- pai-1
- Subject:
- Biology
- Creator:
- Sun, Tianjiao
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/01/2021
- Date Modified:
- 02/01/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15417 and etdadmin_upload_780977
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- Description:
- This dissertation examines how China’s involvement in transnational LGBTQ activism, adaptation and innovation of queer media technologies, and the global pink economy have influenced queer men’s understandings of selfhood, sexual desires, and the relationships among queer subjects. It is based on extensive fieldwork in Beijing and digital ethnography on China’s...
- Keyword:
- Ethnography, Homonormative desire, China, Sexual hierarchy, LGBTQ, and Transnationalism
- Subject:
- Communication, LGBTQ studies, and Asian studies
- Creator:
- Zhou, Zhiqiu
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/01/2021
- Date Modified:
- 02/01/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_773031 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15345
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- Description:
- Living organisms undergo morphogenesis as they develop and change shape to fit their evolved niche in natural ecosystems. The biological processes underlying morphogenesis involve sophisticated feedback loops between spatiotemporal release of morphogenic molecules that diffuse and signal cell differentiation, as well as contextual interaction with the physical surroundings of the...
- Keyword:
- In-situ microscopy, Hierarchical structures, Soft robotics, Supramolecular assembly, Energy storage, and Hybrid materials
- Subject:
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Creator:
- Lau, Garrett
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Modified:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- Assistive robotics focuses on human-robot systems that provide physical support and assistance to the elderly and people with motor-impairments. While assistive machines, such as the powered wheelchair, can significantly enhance the functional independence of individuals, many users are challenged by their direct operation, the manner in which such systems are...
- Keyword:
- Intent Inference, Assistive Robotics, Shared Autonomy, Human-Robot Interaction, Robot Perception, and Human-in-the-loop
- Subject:
- Robotics, Artificial intelligence, and Computer science
- Creator:
- Jain, Siddarth
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2020
- Date Modified:
- 01/11/2021
- Date Created:
- 2019-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14818 and etdadmin_upload_685925
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- Description:
- Many theories of categorization have included an intuitive role for our ability to detect and judge similarity. Yet, this important role of similarity processing has been disputed. This research adopts a model of similarity processing through structure mapping (Gentner, 1983) to explore its role in similarity processing and categorization. Relational...
- Keyword:
- psychology, cognition, language, categorization, analogy, comparison, logic, fallacies
- Subject:
- Cognitive psychology
- Creator:
- Francisco Maravilla
- Contributor:
- Dedre Gentner (advisor)
- Owner:
- Francisco Epimeno Maravilla
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/07/2020
- Date Modified:
- 08/07/2020
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- This dissertation examines the behavior of bare singular noun phrases, a set of English nominals showing no formal indication of either definiteness or mass/ count status. Although they appear to be count nouns, I show that these nominals represent maximal projections.
- Keyword:
- familiarity implicature, activity implicature, maximal projections, semantics, and noun phrases
- Subject:
- Linguistics
- Creator:
- Laurel Smith Stvan
- Owner:
- Chris Diaz
- Date Uploaded:
- 06/12/2020
- Date Modified:
- 06/12/2020
- Date Created:
- 1998
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- Lubrication is the most means for sliding interface failure prevention because it helps separate two interacting surfaces, reduce asperity contacts and thus extend the working life of the parts. Improving the tribological performance of lubricated interfaces is a challenging work, as several influence factors are involved, such as coating, plasticity,...
- Keyword:
- Tribology, Apex seal, Rotary engine, Elastohydrodynamic lubrication, and Roller contact
- Subject:
- Mechanical engineering
- Creator:
- Liu, Zhong
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2020
- Date Modified:
- 06/05/2020
- Date Created:
- 2019-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14792 and etdadmin_upload_684009
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- Description:
- This paper examines the vocal works of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen in an effort to establish that, despite their technical difficulty and apparent complexity, these pieces are actually rooted in the Danish New Simplicity (Ny Enkelhed) aesthetic. It also provides biographical, historical, and cultural context for those who are interested in performing...
- Keyword:
- new simplicity, music, pelle , choral, gudmundsen, danish, holmgreen, and denmark
- Subject:
- Music
- Creator:
- A.J. Keller
- Owner:
- Andrew Jason Keller
- Date Uploaded:
- 05/19/2020
- Date Modified:
- 05/19/2020
- Date Created:
- 2020-05-19
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- This dissertation aims to redefine the concept of pain as it appears in literary studies and demonstrate how the new definition garners insight into the interwovenness of literature and physiology in the mid-eighteenth century. It challenges the claim that pain is opposed to language by adopting a new materialist concept...
- Keyword:
- New Materialism, Derrida, Sensibility and Irritability, Language and the Body, Nerves as Medium, and Nature and Culture
- Subject:
- Science history, German literature, and Aesthetics
- Creator:
- Berjan, Sandra
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 04/28/2020
- Date Modified:
- 04/28/2020
- Date Created:
- 2019-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_708357 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14951
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- Description:
- This dissertation explores performance as a mechanism of racialization and politicization of Native Americans in the United States. I analyze performances of Indians on theatrical stages to define how an embodied repertoire of visual, aural, and kinetic markers, what I call the Stage Indian, became codified and circulated within popular...
- Keyword:
- Law, Performance, Indian, Native American, and Representation
- Subject:
- Theatre and Drama
- Creator:
- Bethany Hughes
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 11/19/2019
- Date Modified:
- 04/15/2020
- Date Created:
- 2018-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
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- Description:
- Early Modern Matters of Life and Death” argues that the political ecology of living, dead, and (in)animate beings in early modernity elucidates the claims of humanism and human exceptionalism that evolved in the period and that still inform present-day anthropogenesis
- Keyword:
- Anthropogenesis, Death, Sovereignty, Shakespeare, Life, and Renaissance
- Subject:
- English
- Creator:
- Aaron Lee Greenberg
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 04/30/2018
- Date Modified:
- 04/09/2020
- Date Created:
- 2017-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation