<p>This dissertation argues that the 'realist' ontology implicit in Renaissance allegory is both Aristotelian and neoplatonic, stemming from the need to talk about transcendence in material terms in order to make it ...

The detective fiction of Poe, Gaboriau, and Conan Doyle is best understood in relation to an earlier genre, the crime story, with the figure of the detective representing the descendant and the continuation of the criminals ...

A professional sports stadium can use 5-10 MW of electricity during an event, the equivalent of 5,000 American homes. The US Energy Information Agency (EIA) classifies these buildings under the broader "entertainment and ...

Energy efficiency and conservation are considered one of the most important and easy to implement ways of reducing energy consumption and associated carbon emissions. This MP evaluates various energy efficiency and ...

<p>Engaging and Evading the Bard is about British theatrical modernism and its ambivalent relationship to Shakespeare. The conventional narrative of early twentieth-century British theater and drama situates their rise ...

<p>Self-assembly is a pervasive natural phenomenon that gives rise to complex structures and functions. It describes processes in which a disordered system of components form organized structures as a consequence of specific, ...

<p>Mild hyperthermia (39°C-43°C) has numerous therapeutic benefits as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of a variety of tumor types. Hyperthermia increases tumor blood flow and vascular permeability, promoting drug ...

With the advent of mobile devices, opportunities exist for increased citizen science data collection. This study evaluates options for how smartphones and tablets can enhance existing sea turtle conservation efforts in ...

In the Gulf of Maine, the entanglement of humpback whales in fishing gear is a substantial source of human-caused mortality. The current mortality and serious injury of humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine is twice the ...