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Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Simple Finger Movements in Healthy Development and Aging and in Children with Dyslexia
(Georgetown University, 2017)
The functional neuroanatomy of the motor system underlying finger movements has been thoroughly elucidated in young adults. However, less is known about this system at younger and older ages, and in disorders. This ...
First-Principles Study of Charge Density Waves and Electron-Phonon Coupling in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, and Magnetism of Surface Adatoms
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Recently, low-dimensional materials have attracted great attention, not only because of novel physics, but also because of potential applications in electronic devices, where performance drives innovation. This thesis ...
BRCA1-mimetic Compound NSC35446.HCl Inhibits IKKB Expression by Reducing Estrogen Receptor-α Occupancy in the IKKB Promoter and Inhibits NF-κB Activity in Antiestrogen-resistant Human Breast Cancer Cells
(Georgetown University, 2017)
BRCA1-mimetic compound NSC35446.HCl inhibits IKKB expression by reducing estrogen receptor--α occupancy in the IKKB promoter and inhibits NF-κB activity in antiestrogen-resistant human breast cancer cells
Discourses of Legitimation: Representation, Recognition, and Truth in Post-9/11 American War Films
(Georgetown University, 2017)
This thesis examines the role recent feature war films have played in the American cultural consciousness about the War on Terror by interrogating how they formally affirm or challenge dominant narratives about those events. ...
Made Future: The Political Ecology of William Blake's 'Milton'
(Georgetown University, 2017)
This study investigates William Blake’s Milton (1811), both as a poem and as an illuminated book, to understand what, drawing on contemporary environmental thought, I have come to call Blake’s “ecology”: his portrayal of ...
A Comparison of Islamic and Christian Influences on Medicine in the Middle Ages
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Throughout history, science and religion have both congruous and conflicting relationships. The interaction of advancement in science and religious construct has been studied and critiqued from both the theologian's ...
The Stained-Glass Ceiling: Representations of Female Preaching in Patriarchal Societies
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Throughout the New Testament, we see a picture of the Church with women and men alike at the forefront of proclaiming the Gospel. The gospel accounts depict women as among the last few to travel with Jesus to the cross, ...
Rhetoric of Beekeeping: Science, Technology & Innovation
(Georgetown University, 2017)
This paper analyzes the rhetoric surrounding the field of biodiversity conservation and suggests the rhetoric presented by online beekeeping communities as a model for a larger citizen science movement. In the advent of ...
Virginia Woolf and the University: Agent, Object, Icon
(Georgetown University, 2017)
The central concern for this thesis is an interrogation of Virginia Woolf’s endurance as an icon. The work sets up several binaries which are subsequently troubled by the work and persona of Virginia Woolf. The first binary ...
Leave Me Alone: Protecting Children’s Privacy in the Digital Age
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Although considerable research exists on the social norms and habits of teenagers in online spaces, information about parental knowledge regarding data privacy protection is limited. While the privacy challenges of social ...