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N6-methyladenosine (m6A) at the RNA virus-host interface
(2019)RNA is a versatile and tractable biomolecule that serves as a critical component of life, whether as a script for protein production, a carrier of genetic information, a scaffold, or an enzyme. The fate and function of RNA ... -
Nags Head Electric Vehicle Action Plan
(2022-04-22)The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road in the United States is growing at a steady rate. More electric cars will necessitate more electric car chargers, both in public spaces and in private homes and rental properties. ... -
Naked and Unashamed: A Study of the Aphrodite Anadyomene in the Greco-Roman World
(2010)This dissertation presents a study of the Aphrodite Anadyomene type in its cultural and physical contexts. Like many other naked Aphrodites, the Anadyomene was not posed to conceal the body, but with arms raised, naked ... -
Nanomechanics of Ankyrin Repeat Proteins
(2011)Ankyrin repeats (ARs) are polypeptide motifs identified in thousands of proteins. Many AR proteins play a function as scaffolds in protein-protein interactions which may require specific mechanical properties. Also, a number ... -
Nanomechanics of Nucleic Acid Structures Investigated with AFM Based Force Spectroscopy
(2010)Nucleic acids are subjected to many different mechanical loadings inside. These loadings could cause large deformations and conformational changes to these molecules. This is why the mechanical properties of nucleic ... -
Nanometer to Micrometer Electron Transfer: Incoherent Hopping in Biomolecular Systems
(2020)Biological electron transfer (ET) reactions are of both fundamental and practical interests, with their importance in redox signaling, oxidative damage protection, respiratory metabolism, and bioenergetic transport.Charge ... -
Nanoparticles and Extracellular Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Understanding the Role Naturally Occurring Nanoscale Materials May Play in Regulating the Environmental Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
(2021)The use of antibiotics as the major defense to infectious disease since the early 20th century has led to the widespread proliferation of antibiotic resistance. This is one of the greatest current human health crises because ... -
Nanoscale Systems for Optical, Electro-Optic, and Spintronic Applications
(2020)Understanding and leveraging light-matter interactions, broadly defined as the generation and decay of a material’s photo-excited states, is key to progress in many optical and optoelectronic technologies that include optical ... -
Nanosecond Shock Wave-Induced Surface Acoustic Waves and Fracture at Fluid-Solid
(2018)I investigate the generation and propagation characteristics of leaky Rayleigh waves (LRWs) by a spherical shock wave incident on a glass-water boundary both experimentally and numerically. The maximum tensile stress produced ... -
Nanostructured Metal Oxide Coatings for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Electrodes
(2016)The realization of an energy future based on safe, clean, sustainable, and economically viable technologies is one of the grand challenges facing modern society. Electrochemical energy technologies underpin the potential ... -
Narrating Cats and Cat Lovers in Modern China: Animality, Subjectivity, and Media Space
(2020)This thesis examines cats and cat lovers in the intersection between the humananimal relationship and the cultural history of the nineteenth and twentieth century China and beyond. I argue that the presentation and representation ... -
Narrating China: Reading Li Ziqi and Fangfang from a Nationalist Perspective
(2021)This thesis is a study of the possibility and boundaries of narrating contemporary China, a country in which nationalism is one of the dominant ideologies. It revolves around the dichotomy—the hypervisibility and invisibility ... -
Narrating Infanticide: Constructing the Modern Gendered State in Nineteenth-Century America
(2010)<italic>Narrating Infanticide: Constructing the Modern Gendered State in Nineteenth-Century America</italic> traces how modern ideas about gender and race became embedded in the institutions of law and government between ... -
Narrative Experience and Social Conflict. Italy, France, 1943-1977
(2019)This dissertation investigates the relation between narrative forms, in both literature and cinema, and historical moments of deep crises of the social order: the interregnum between Fascism and First Republic in Italy; ... -
Narrative Revenge and the Poetics of Justice in the "Odyssey": A Study on "Tisis"
(2010)This dissertation examines the interplay of ethics and poetic craft in the <italic>Odyssey</italic> through the lens of the theme of <italic>tisis</italic>, "retribution." In this poem <italic>tisis</italic> serves two main ... -
Narratives of Migration and Diaspora: An Exploration into the Liang Family’s Alternating Experience as Sojourners and Settlers
(2014)This paper explores the significant periods of migration and diaspora within my family, the Liangs. It will take the form of a personal essay and will rely primarily on interviews conducted with family members to create ... -
National Crimes and Southern Horrors: Trans-Atlantic Conversations about Race, Empire, and Civilization, 1880-1900
(2011)National Crimes and Southern Horrors examines the contested meanings of the terms civilization, race, and empire in trans-Atlantic conversations during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. It argues that understanding ... -
National Epilepsy Prevalence in Uganda: A First Look
(2020)Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, epilepsy is ranked 14th for the highest disability burden. In Uganda, specifically, epilepsy has risen from 14th in 2007 to 10th for the highest burden of disability in 2017. Despite ... -
National Health Insurance in South Africa: Implications for Equity
(2011-12)This project examines the African National Congress’ most recent proposal for national health insurance in South Africa. By analyzing its ability to build upon the successes and avoid the pitfalls of past policies, this ...
