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Miniature of Pathways: Montana Stories and Poems
Pathways: Montana Stories and Poems
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    Date: 2024-01-01

    Creator: Tess Davis

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      Miniature of Characterizing Proteins of the Wall-Associated Kinase Signaling Pathway in Arabidopsis
      Characterizing Proteins of the Wall-Associated Kinase Signaling Pathway in Arabidopsis
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          Date: 2016-01-01

          Creator: Emily M King

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            The Current Support Theorem in Context

            Date: 2023-01-01

            Creator: Ethan Winters

            Access: Open access

            This work builds up the theory surrounding a recent result of Erlandsson, Leininger, and Sadanand: the Current Support Theorem. This theorem states precisely when a hyperbolic cone metric on a surface is determined by the support of its Liouville current. To provide background for this theorem, we will cover hyperbolic geometry and hyperbolic surfaces more generally, cone surfaces, covering spaces of surfaces, the notion of an orbifold, and geodesic currents. A corollary to this theorem found in the original paper is discussed which asserts that a surface with more than $32(g-1)$ cone points must be rigid. We extend this result to the case that there are more than $3(g-1)$ cone points. An infinite family of cone surfaces which are not rigid and which have precisely $3(g-1)$ cone points is also provided, hence demonstrating tightness.


            Miniature of The ELMO Family of Pectin Biosynthesis Scaffold Proteins
            The ELMO Family of Pectin Biosynthesis Scaffold Proteins
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                Date: 2023-01-01

                Creator: Margaret Elizabeth Weinstock

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                  Miniature of Investigating the effects of a glutamine-rich protein on the localization of a mutant RNA-binding protein and stress response in <i>Candida albicans</i>
                  Investigating the effects of a glutamine-rich protein on the localization of a mutant RNA-binding protein and stress response in Candida albicans
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                    Date: 2023-01-01

                    Creator: Christoph Anders Tatgenhorst

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                      "One Never Knew": David Foster Wallace and the Aesthetics of Consumption

                      Date: 2016-05-01

                      Creator: Jesse Ortiz

                      Access: Open access

                      Increasingly, David Foster Wallace is becoming a cult figure among literary enthusiasts. His novels, essays, and short stories are all known for their poignant critiques of modern culture. Since his 2008 suicide, Wallace’s name has come to represent a way of thinking that rejects – and perhaps transcends – the hegemonic power of late capitalism. Wallace had a problem with pleasure. His writing often seemed to deflate or deconstruct what many people enjoy. For him, so much was “supposedly fun.” To understand Wallace’s relationship with pleasure, we must see how pleasure incorporates aesthetics and consumption. Wallace takes issue with the pleasure that comes from the aesthetics of cultural commodities. Irony produces pleasure, which turns culture into a desirable commodity. In my first chapter, I argue that Wallace’s essays challenge aesthetic pleasure by deconstructing self-reflexive irony. In his descriptions of consumer culture, Wallace evokes the feeling of disgust to undo the aesthetic pleasure of consumption. In my second chapter, I move to Infinite Jest to show how Wallace engages with irony while using it to exceed aesthetic pleasure. Infinite Jest challenges the hierarchy of aesthetics and suggests that deformity and waste can be beautiful and important. Infinite Jest demonstrates that, by trusting others instead of pursuing aesthetic ideals, people can build communities that are more honest and fulfilling than the pleasure of consumption.


                      Miniature of Phenylisonitrile Ligand Synthesis and Coordination to Cobalt to Form a Catalyst for the Selective Dimerization of Linear Alpha Olefins
                      Phenylisonitrile Ligand Synthesis and Coordination to Cobalt to Form a Catalyst for the Selective Dimerization of Linear Alpha Olefins
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                        Date: 2023-01-01

                        Creator: Colleen Hughes McAloon

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                          Miniature of The identification and visualization of candidate early embryonic patterning genes in <i>Bradysia coprophila</i>
                          The identification and visualization of candidate early embryonic patterning genes in Bradysia coprophila
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                            Date: 2024-01-01

                            Creator: Sarah Conant

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                              Miniature of Promoter Choice in Transvection at the <i>eya</i> Gene of <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
                              Promoter Choice in Transvection at the eya Gene of Drosophila melanogaster
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                                • Embargo End Date: 2027-05-15

                                Date: 2024-01-01

                                Creator: Victoria Dunphy

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                                  Miniature of Electrical Transport Properties of Graphene
                                  Electrical Transport Properties of Graphene
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                                      Date: 2023-01-01

                                      Creator: Nhi Nguyen

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