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The Case Against Binaries: Venus and Adonis and the Impracticalities of False Dichotomies
Keyword: shakespeare, john donne, sonnets, venus and adonis, and early modern literature Creator: Megan Beach Owner: Megan Elizabeth Beach Date Uploaded: 01/19/2019 Date Modified: 01/19/2019 Rights: In Copyright -
Dynamics and Collisional Evolution of Closely Packed Planetary Systems
Description: Of the thousands of planetary candidates discovered by the Kepler mission, roughly a third are in known multiple transiting-planet systems. High-multiplicity Kepler systems (referred to as Kepler Multis) are often tightly packed and may be on the verge of instability. Many systems of this type could have experienced past instabilities,... Keyword: dynamical evolution and stability, gaseous planets, hydrodynamics, and planets and satellites Subject: Physics and Astronomy Creator: Jason Hwang Owner: Scholarly Digital Publishing Date Uploaded: 01/18/2019 Date Modified: 01/18/2019 Date Created: 2017-01-01 Rights: In Copyright Resource Type: Dissertation -
Novel In Situ Molecular Lubrication Strategies for Controlling Friction, Wear, and Contamination
Description: Most lubricants contain a series of additives that reduce friction and wear, and protect contacting surfaces. The design of these additives must be modernized to meet the challenges involved with high operating temperatures, extreme environmental conditions, and increasingly stringent environmental regulations. This research demonstrates three novel lubricant additive strategies that... Keyword: Lubrication, Friction, Wear, Additives, and Tribology Subject: Mechanical Engineering Creator: Blake Johnson Owner: Scholarly Digital Publishing Date Uploaded: 01/18/2019 Date Modified: 01/18/2019 Date Created: 2017-01-01 Rights: In Copyright Resource Type: Dissertation -
In Vitro Characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxin ExoU
Description: The Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system delivers effector proteins directly into target cells, allowing the bacterium to modulate host cell functions. ExoU is the most cytotoxic of the known effector proteins and has been associated with more severe infections in humans. Previous studies have shown that ExoU is a... Keyword: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, oligomerization, and ExoU Subject: Driskill Graduate Training Program in Life Sciences Creator: Angelica Zhang Owner: Scholarly Digital Publishing Date Uploaded: 01/18/2019 Date Modified: 01/18/2019 Date Created: 2017-01-01 Rights: In Copyright Resource Type: Dissertation -
Enhanced Solar Cell Performance of Fluorinated Small-Molecule and Polymer Donors
Description: Photovoltaic technology can help meet the exploding world energy demand in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are especially attractive because they can be constructed with low-cost organic content and are amenable to high-throughput large-scale fabrication techniques. Synthetic modification of organic semiconductors has paved way for the... Keyword: Chemistry Subject: Chemistry Creator: Amod Timalsina Owner: Scholarly Digital Publishing Date Uploaded: 01/18/2019 Date Modified: 01/18/2019 Date Created: 2017-01-01 Rights: In Copyright Resource Type: Dissertation -
Examining the Research Practices of Indigenous Studies Scholars at Northwestern University
Keyword: Northwestern University Libraries Creator: Michael Perry, Gina Petersen, Scott Garton, and Michelle Guittar Owner: Gina Petersen Date Uploaded: 01/16/2019 Date Modified: 01/16/2019 Rights: Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International -
AutoPoint: Selecting and Interacting with Distant Objects While Traveling in an Automobile
Description: In the near future, self-driving or driverless vehicles will operate without human control, enabling passengers to use their time in new ways. This opens up avenues for designing new interactions and experiences for individuals or groups traveling in an automobile. For that scenario, automobile manufacturers propose developing bigger and better... Keyword: self-driving cars Subject: Computer science and Autonomous vehicles Creator: Amartya Banerjee Owner: Chris Diaz Date Uploaded: 01/16/2019 Date Modified: 01/16/2019 Date Created: 2018 Rights: In Copyright Resource Type: Dissertation -
The Sonoristic Structuralism of Krzysztof Penderecki
Description: Some five years ago, during the first year of my assistantship at the Music Academy in Katowice, I required students to analyse some of Penderecki's early, so-called "sonoristic" pieces. The outcome of that assignment proved unsatisfactory, however, because the students tended to describe Penderecki's pieces as chaotic assemblages of sound... Keyword: poland and sonorism Subject: Polish people--Music and Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933- Creator: Danuta Mirka Owner: Chris Diaz Date Uploaded: 01/16/2019 Date Modified: 01/17/2019 Date Created: 1997 Rights: In Copyright Resource Type: Book -
Synchrotron X-ray Studies of Novel Electronic Materials
Description: The promise of next-generation electronics, which combines features such as mechanical flexibility, optical transparency, and relatively low-cost, has stimulated tremendous research efforts during the past few years. As perhaps the most fundamental component of an electronic circuit, the design and optimization of the thin film transistor (TFT) is of great... Keyword: Thin Film, Metal Oxides, Characterization, X-ray, and Dielectrics Subject: Applied Physics Creator: Li Zeng Owner: Scholarly Digital Publishing Date Uploaded: 01/16/2019 Date Modified: 01/16/2019 Date Created: 2017-01-01 Rights: In Copyright Resource Type: Dissertation -
Pedunculopontine Glutamatergic Input to Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta Dopamine Neurons
Description: In vivo, substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) dopaminergic neurons exhibit three spiking patterns – irregular, regular, and bursting. These distinct modes of activity are thought to underlie the different roles that dopamine (DA) plays in target structures within the basal ganglia. In particular, burst spiking in SNc DA neurons is... Keyword: dopamine, burst firing, glutamate, pedunculopontine nucleus, and substantia nigra pars compacta Subject: Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN) Creator: Daniel James Galtieri Owner: Scholarly Digital Publishing Date Uploaded: 01/16/2019 Date Modified: 01/16/2019 Date Created: 2017-01-01 Rights: In Copyright Resource Type: Dissertation