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The Evolutionary Origins of Genetic Information
(The American Scientific Affliciation, 2011-12)Any living branch of science achieves progress by testing new ideas. The results of these tests determine whether each new idea is accepted as a change to what we thought we knew, is dismissed as incorrect, or simply ... -
Boron Enrichment in Martian Clay
(PLOS, 2013-06-06)We have detected a concentration of boron in martian clay far in excess of that in any previously reported extra-terrestrial object. This enrichment indicates that the chemistry necessary for the formation of ribose, a key ... -
Unearthing the Root of Amino Acid Similarity
(Springer, 2013-06-07)Similarities and differences between amino acids define the rates at which they substitute for one another within protein sequences and the patterns by which these sequences form protein structures. However, there exist ... -
Extraordinarily Adaptive Properties of the Genetically Encoded Amino Acids
(Nature, 2015-03-24)Using novel advances in computational chemistry, we demonstrate that the set of 20 genetically encoded amino acids, used nearly universally to construct all coded terrestrial proteins, has been highly influenced by natural ... -
Rethinking Abiogenesis: Part 1, Continuity of Life through Time
(The American Scientific Affliciation, 2020-03)Evolution teaches that any particular organism, population, or species is a point on a continuous lineage that extends back to life’s origins. Apparent discontinuities (for example, species) often reflect subjective, ... -
don't look, don't look
(2020-01-01)don’t look, don’t look enacts and embodies the entwining communal, generational, and familial remnants and echoes of my family’s rural farming community in Glen Gardner, NJ. I am crafting new iterations of land-based rituals ... -
Nanostructures Encapsulating Antimalarial Drugs for Improved Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment
(2020-01-01)Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) causes damaging inflammation in multiple organs via the accumulation of immune complexes. These complexes activate plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) via TLR7 and TLR9, contributing to disease ... -
the eye sees in a million ways unable to comprehend what fervent destructions are wrought by its reach, or: the embattlement of personhood and privacy
(2020-01-01)Drones and other autonomous technologies may appear, at first glance, as elements in a science fiction plot. However, drones are not innocuous gadgets, but are instead tools for surveillance coupled with the capacity to ... -
American Boy: Immigration, Tutorials, a Loop of Play
(2020-01-01)American Boy is a three-piece installation about forging an American identity through play, technology, and Internet tutorials. Through interaction and touch, participants unearth the protagonist’s sometimes comedic ... -
The Sky is Coming
(2020-01-01)The Sky is Coming is a multisensory two-channel projection installation that depictsan ecosexual encounter between a developing thunderstorm and its human lover. This work ponders the technological mediation of our natural ... -
From Counter-Memory to Counter-Culture: Black Islam in the U.S. Through a Mundane Afrofuturist Lens
(2020-01-01)From Counter-Memory to Counter-Culture: Black Islam in the U.S. Through a Mundane Afrofuturist Lens is a multi-generational look at moments of Mundane Afrofuturism within the lives of Black Muslims in the U.S., emphasizing ... -
Common Medical Objects for Ephemeral Bodies
(2020-01-01)Common Medical Objects for Ephemeral Bodies mimics the medical spaces and objects used to diagnose the human body. As an artist, I subvert the function of these spaces and objects in my installation in order to play with ... -
BURY OR BURN THEN BURY- THE CURRENT STATE OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT USING THE 2019 BALTIMORE CLEAN AIR ACT AS A CASE STUDY
(2020-01-01)Why did Baltimore, Maryland choose to bury their Municipal Solid Waste instead of burning it? In this dissertation, I review the current state of solid waste management choices being made nationally and locally using the ... -
Sick Transit
(2020-01-01)Sick Transit is a tripartite intermedia piece about medicine, mobility, and art-making within a mother/daughter relationship defined by multiple sclerosis and transsexuality. The titular video performance is featured in ... -
Are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Effective? An Analysis of the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Operational Variation on Prescription Opioid Misuse and Abuse
(2020-01-01)ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: Are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Effective? An Analysis of the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Operational Variation on Prescription Opioid Misuse ... -
Phosphorus recovery from wastewater and solid waste by Donnan dialysis
(2020-01-01)Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource that is essential for sustaining large-scale food production. At the current rate of phosphorus production, "peak phosphorus" is predicted to occur within 100 years. Concurrently, ... -
Enabling the Prevention and Reporting of Sexual Assault at Maryland Colleges and Universities
(2020-01-01)In this dissertation, I work to expand social understanding of sexual assault occurrence and reporting challenges on college and university campuses. In an ideal world, sexual assault would be extremely rare, and reporting ... -
RETURN LABOR MIGRATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE STUDY OF NEPAL
(2020-01-01)Every year one in four international labor migrants return home (Azose & Raftery, 2019). The New Economics of Labor Migration (NELM) identifies return migration as a strategic move not only by an individual migrant but ... -
Parental Stress and Chinese Immigrant Preschoolers’ Adjustment Problems: The Mediating Roles of Parenting Practices
(2020-01-01)The present study examined two types of stress perceived by Chinese American mothers, general/contextual stress and parenting stress, and their unique associations with children’s socio-emotional and behavioral adjustment ... -
Student Perceptions of Title IX Reporting and Response
(2020-01-01)Gender-based violence and misconduct (GBVM), including sexual harassment/violence and interpersonal abuse, are common occurrences among female and non-binary/gender-diverse college students. The most salient policy aimed ...
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