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Miniature of Hypersensitization of Helicobacter pylori to Antibiotics Through Perturbation of Bacterial Glycan Armor
Hypersensitization of Helicobacter pylori to Antibiotics Through Perturbation of Bacterial Glycan Armor
2022
Miniature of Illumination, Inspiration, and Inquisition: The 15th and 16th century reception and reaction of Dante’s <i>Divina Commedia</i> in Spain
Illumination, Inspiration, and Inquisition: The 15th and 16th century reception and reaction of Dante’s Divina Commedia in Spain
2022
Miniature of Sex- and age-specific susceptibility of parvalbumin neurons to DNA methylation in a model of early life adversity
Sex- and age-specific susceptibility of parvalbumin neurons to DNA methylation in a model of early life adversity
2022
Miniature of Religious Negotiation and Identity Formation: Reading Material Religion in Oaxaca’s “Guelaguetza Oficial”
Religious Negotiation and Identity Formation: Reading Material Religion in Oaxaca’s “Guelaguetza Oficial”
The Oaxacan Guelaguetza Oficial is a folk-dance festival in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico which takes place on the last two Mondays of July each year. This state-sponsored celebration of Oaxacan identity is intertwined within histories of Indigenous religious belief and Catholic everyday practice. The Guelaguetza Oficial can be traced back to late 19thcentury celebrations venerating the Virgen del Carmen Alto. Oaxaqueños today predominantly practice an Indigenous-Catholic tradition whose rituals, festive scripts, pantheon of popular saints, and immanent understandings of heavenly power over earthly events can be traced back to negotiations between Indigenous forms of popular belief and institutionalized Catholic practice. Through historical and present-day religious tensions between existing modes of Indigenous religious belief and institutionalized Oaxacan Catholic practice, this thesis asserts that while Indigeneity often represented an obstacle to different structures of power in Mexican history, hegemonic institutions eventually came to accept the lasting presence of Indigenous identity and religious life to varying degrees within Mexican society and culture. This resulting reading of Guelaguetza demonstrates how religion is fundamentally implicated in the history of public festival and popular culture in Oaxaca. Furthermore, this thesis argues that Indigenous-Catholicism has not lost its prominence in public space in Oaxaca despite the reforms of post-1910 Oaxacan state and Mexican national politics and the effects of globalized neoliberal economies in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
2023
Miniature of Timing the Paleozoic Oxygenation of the Deep Ocean Using Thallium Isotopes
Timing the Paleozoic Oxygenation of the Deep Ocean Using Thallium Isotopes
2023
Miniature of Sensitivity Analysis of Basins of Attraction for Nelder-Mead
Sensitivity Analysis of Basins of Attraction for Nelder-Mead
The Nelder-Mead optimization method is a numerical method used to find the minimum of an objective function in a multidimensional space. In this paper, we use this method to study functions - specifically functions with three-dimensional graphs - and create images of the basin of attraction of the function. Three different methods are used to create these images named the systematic point method, randomized centroid method, and systemized centroid method. This paper applies these methods to different functions. The first function has two minima with an equivalent function value. The second function has one global minimum and one local minimum. The last function studied has several minima of different function values. The systematic point method is a reliable method in particular scenarios but is extremely sensitive to changes in the initial simplex. The randomized centroid method was not found to be useful as the basin of attraction images are difficult to understand. This made it particularly troublesome to know when the method was working effectively and when it was not. The systemized centroid method appears to be the most precise and effective method at creating the basin of attraction in most cases. This method rarely fails to find a minimum and is particularly adept at finding global minima more effectively compared to local minima. It is important to remember that these conclusions are simply based off the results of the methods and functions studied and that more effective methods may exist.
2022
Miniature of "In Loving Virtue": Staging the Virgin Body in Early Modern Drama
"In Loving Virtue": Staging the Virgin Body in Early Modern Drama
The aim of this Honors project is to investigate representations of female virginity in Renaissance English dramatic works. I view the period as one in which the womb became the site of a unique renewal of cultural anxieties surrounding the stability of the patriarchy and the inaccessibility of female sexual desire. I am most interested in virginity as a “bodily narrative” dependent on the construction and maintenance of performance. I analyze representations of virginity in female characters from four works of drama originating in the Jacobean period of the English Renaissance, during and after the end of the reign of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen. Across four chapters, I examine the characters of Isabella from Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (1604), Beatrice-Joanna from Thomas Middleton’s The Changeling (1622), the Jailer’s Daughter from Shakespeare and Fletcher’s The Two Noble Kinsmen (1634), and Helen from Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well (c. 1602-1605). To establish a framework for my readings, I situate each work in its contemporary cultural context, drawing upon Catholic and Protestant religious doctrines, period medical texts, and popular culture. I intend to explore the complex, often contradictory nature of the forms of virginity the plays depict. Still, I hope by uncovering the opportunities these four characters are provided by their virginity, that I can widen the confines of the category.
2022
Miniature of #IVFgotyou: Instagram IVF Influencers as Social (Media) Support Systems
#IVFgotyou: Instagram IVF Influencers as Social (Media) Support Systems
This paper details the ways in which IVF and infertility influencers on Instagram use their platforms to resist the silence surrounding reproductive difficulties. The analysis draws upon a thematic analysis of posts tagged with IVF-related hashtags and a semi-structured ethnographic interview with one influencer. Through these methods, I found that influencers build intimate publics through their platforms by sharing their journeys, interacting with followers, and reciprocal support. Within the context of the intimate publics, influencers are able to connect with others who understand their experiences, allowing them to break through the silence they may feel in their offline social groups.
2023
Miniature of Differential modulation of the <i>Homarus americanus</i> cardiac neuromuscular system across cell types and among neuropeptide isoforms
Differential modulation of the Homarus americanus cardiac neuromuscular system across cell types and among neuropeptide isoforms
2020
Miniature of Protein Transition: Alternative Proteins and Policy Pathways to a More Sustainable Diet in the United States
Protein Transition: Alternative Proteins and Policy Pathways to a More Sustainable Diet in the United States
2020

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