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Please See, Caitlin Mullen Dec 2017

Please See, Caitlin Mullen

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

“Please See” is a work of literary fiction and is partially based on a cold case from 2007, when the bodies of four prostitutes were found in a drainage easement in the salt marsh behind an Atlantic City motel. I’ve set the novel over the course of one summer in Atlantic City in 2016, when the city is in the throes of a deep recession, still struggling to recover from the damage wrought by Storm Sandy, and dealing with the constant devastation brought on by the influx of heroin in town. The book reimagines the murders through the eyes of …

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Elusive Numbers. State Knowledge And Bureaucratic Organization In Chile (1750-1911), Andres Estefane-Jaramillo Dec 2017

Elusive Numbers. State Knowledge And Bureaucratic Organization In Chile (1750-1911), Andres Estefane-Jaramillo

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This dissertation explores the trajectory of the Chilean State’s statistical projects from the mid-eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. It begins in a moment when the scientific concerns of the Enlightenment dovetailed with the State’s demand for knowledge after the dissolution of the Spanish Empire. It analyzes the construction of a specialized bureaucracy entrusted with the mission of producing the statistical information the Chilean State required for effective government. Due to the relational and spatial implications of producing official numbers, these inquiries opened up permanent spaces of interaction between the central institutions and the administrative peripheries of …

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Changes In Functional Neural Network Organization During Working Memory Task Performance: Effects Of Age And Task Practice, Thang Manh Le Dec 2017

Changes In Functional Neural Network Organization During Working Memory Task Performance: Effects Of Age And Task Practice, Thang Manh Le

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The notion that cognitive processing is not only reflected by regional changes in neural activity in the brain but also by global changes in functional connectivity pattern has greatly motivated the network approach in examining the neural substrates of cognition and their relationship with behavior. Recent human neuroimaging evidence suggests specific cognitive processes may involve distinct spatiotemporal patterns of functional connectivity across task conditions. For instance, increased cognitive demand has been shown to evoke greater network integration while changes in functional network architecture have been associated with shifting between cognitive states. However, little is known about individual differences in the …

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Squaring The Circle, Violet Adrian Turner Dec 2017

Squaring The Circle, Violet Adrian Turner

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

We do not live linear lives. Time tenses are tidy titles we use to order that which isn't. In remembering—and even in the now—very little is sequential and even less is absolute: Scientists say the present is 80 milliseconds in the past, which means we are always in the future. As a child imaging my grown up life, I never saw this far ahead. Confounding time, coupled with too many out of order deaths, left me addled. But then, allowing my memories to place themselves instead of being forced by my need for order, a comforting cohesion emerged. This memoir …

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Chalked Up, William Miles Ste. Marie Dec 2017

Chalked Up, William Miles Ste. Marie

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

In the novella, Chalked Up, an oddball cast of teachers, parents, and outsiders reconcile their dreams and obsessions during one awful day of school. Star-pupil Shay Oluwaseyi gets mixed up with resident bad-boy Cargo. First-year teacher Mr. Toussaint wants out. Former cop Mr. Dowty finds himself in hot-water with an abusive parent. All the while Principal Moon tries to keep everything together. | 132 pages

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Aqueous Alteration Of Glass On The Martian Surface: A Comparison Of Remotely-Acquired And Experimental Data Sets, Marcella Roth Dec 2017

Aqueous Alteration Of Glass On The Martian Surface: A Comparison Of Remotely-Acquired And Experimental Data Sets, Marcella Roth

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The abundance and species of chemical alteration products on planetary surfaces are related to the starting composition of unaltered protolith, the style and duration of alteration processes, the fluid composition, and fluid-to-rock ratio, and ultimately, the preservation of those products in rocks and soils. Thus, detection and interpretation of alteration mineral assemblages on Mars is critical to deciphering the history of the Martian surface. This dissertation reports investigations into the characterization of altered synthetic Martian materials and natural analogs followed by the comparison of their spectral properties with remotely-sensed data. For the first time, direct infrared spectral analyses of glasses …

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Big Picture, Karl Hinze Dec 2017

Big Picture, Karl Hinze

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Big Picture is a contemporary Broadway-style musical comedy with a story adapted from Claudio Monteverdi’s 1643 opera L’incoronazione di Poppea (“The Coronation of Poppea”). Monteverdi’s opera is a story of lust, power, and corruption, set in the imperial Roman Empire. The opera follows the love affair of Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea as they conspire to banish Nero’s wife, the empress Ottavia, and crown Poppea queen. Meanwhile, Ottone, who is also in love with Poppea, becomes wrapped up in the empress’s plan to have Poppea killed. In this adaptation, with a book by Susan Murray and lyrics by Patrick …

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Quantitative Imaging Of 3d Cerebral Microvascular Network Dynamics By Ultrahigh -Resolution Optical Coherence Doppler Tomography (Μodt), Jiang You Dec 2017

Quantitative Imaging Of 3d Cerebral Microvascular Network Dynamics By Ultrahigh -Resolution Optical Coherence Doppler Tomography (Μodt), Jiang You

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Optical domain technologies can provide high spatiotemporal resolution for biomedical research and therefore attract tremendous interests in multiple disciplines including psychiatry, neurology, ophthalmology, oncology, urology and many more. Optical coherence tomography (OCT), after more than 20 years of development, has been becoming one of the most widely-used bio-optical modalities not only for laboratory-based research but also for clinical applications. For example, OCT becomes the standard of care for diagnosing glaucoma. Additionally, its derived velocimetry, optical coherence Doppler tomography (ODT), also demonstrates the unique capability of mapping cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFv) of vascular networks with capillary resolution (&phis;<6µm) and thus allows for the widespread utilization in numerous neurology studies. Although ODT has been widely used in biomedical research, there remain several technical limitations including the shallow penetration depth, low sensitivity for imaging slow flow in capillary and the measurement error due to Doppler angle. To address these challenges, viable solutions are proposed in this dissertation. Chapter 1 starts with a comprehensive review over basic principle of OCT and ODT. Chapter 2-4 explicitly address these OCT technical challenges, for instance, using a 1310nm super-luminescent Diode (SLD) laser source to extend optical penetration depth, utilizing optical contrast agent: intralipid to enhance ODT’s sensitivity for capillary flow detection, implementing numerical methods to extend ODT’s dynamic range and decouple Doppler angle. In addition to these technical improvements, Chapter 5-6 address two biomedical challenges in oncology and psychiatry. Specifically, Chapter 5 introduces a longitudinal optical access to rodent cerebral vasculature and a method of tumor boundary detection, which provides a powerful insight into the tumor progression. Chapter 6 reveals the close correlation between cocaine-elicited transient ischemic attack (TIA) and hypo-perfused cortex. Chapter 7 focuses on the development of multi-modality system and novel imaging scheme for the study of neurovascular coupling. Chapter 8 briefly concludes the contents presented in this dissertation and outlines the future development and potential applications of ODT. | 129 pages

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Ancestral Bellows: Sound Art At The End Of The Anthropocene, Paul Thomas Rubery Dec 2017

Ancestral Bellows: Sound Art At The End Of The Anthropocene, Paul Thomas Rubery

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This thesis examines recent theories of sound art and ecoacoustics, with an emphasis on object-oriented ontologies and new materialism. Following Timothy Morton’s suggestion that, toward the end of the Anthropocene, subjects are implicated in object systems that are non-local, temporally protracted, and viscous, it explores the deployment of sonic resonances to structure an encounter with the nonhuman cosmos. In keeping with the critique of Western ocularcentrism, which prioritizes vision over other sense modalities in epistemic claims, it argues that a materialist rhythmicity, or a manipulation of exhibitionary or auditory limits, introduces radical materialist and structural alterity to the spectatorial subject. …

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Towards An Archeology Of Silence: Perspectives On Subalternity, Khuram Waseem Dec 2017

Towards An Archeology Of Silence: Perspectives On Subalternity, Khuram Waseem

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

It is impossible to understand the postcolonial Subcontinent without religious discourse. It gives us a valid point of entry into postcolonial India and Pakistan. Growing unrest and intolerance in the region compels us to ask, “to what extent the colonial past of these two countries is responsible for their present condition? Digging deep in the past, we would find indelible marks of colonial atrocities. Without the colonization of mind, territorial control is not possible. Religion is one of the tools of the colonizer to mentally dominate the native population. Territorial colonialism is temporal but mental colonialism is permanent; it leaves …

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Modelling The Impact Of National Development Strategies For The East African Rice Sector, Florence Muthee Dec 2017

Modelling The Impact Of National Development Strategies For The East African Rice Sector, Florence Muthee

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The 2008 food crisis prompted many food importing nations to reconsider the need to be self-sufficient especially in their staple food needs. This awakening led to the launch of the Coalition for Africa Rice Development (CARD) initiative with a goal to double rice production in Africa. Under the CARD umbrella member countries drafted individual National Rice Development Strategies (NRDS). This study is a quantitative assessment of four East African countries’ NRDS: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda within dynamic global rice economy models. The NRDS targets and strategies are not realistic and included under estimation of rice consumption for Kenya, an …

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2017 December, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University. Dec 2017

2017 December, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases from December of 2017.

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Development Of An Improved Synthesis Of S-D-Ribosyl-L-Homocysteine (Srh) And Progress Toward Srh Analogs Modified At The C3 Position, Emily Rouse Dec 2017

Development Of An Improved Synthesis Of S-D-Ribosyl-L-Homocysteine (Srh) And Progress Toward Srh Analogs Modified At The C3 Position, Emily Rouse

Master's Theses

Quorum sensing is a system that facilitates bacteria turning on and off gene expression depending on population density. System 2 quorum sensing is utilized by both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, and the quorum sensing molecule used in this system is AI-2. AI-2 is biosynthesized by the enzyme LuxS from the precursor SRH. This thesis describes an improved synthesis of SRH through the exploration of different protecting group strategies. The knowledge gained from the improved synthesis of SRH is then applied toward the synthesis of SRH analogues with increased steric bulk installed through use of a stereoselective anti-Mannich reaction. …

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Profile Of Eugenia Beh, Nasig Publicist, Christian Burris Dec 2017

Profile Of Eugenia Beh, Nasig Publicist, Christian Burris

NASIG Newsletter

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Atlanta Fun Facts: What's In A Name?, David L. Bradley Dec 2017

Atlanta Fun Facts: What's In A Name?, David L. Bradley

NASIG Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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Ppc Update, Violeta Ilik Dec 2017

Ppc Update, Violeta Ilik

NASIG Newsletter

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Report On Nasig Webinar: How Accessible Is Our Collection? Performing An E-Resources Accessibility Review, Dejah Rubel Dec 2017

Report On Nasig Webinar: How Accessible Is Our Collection? Performing An E-Resources Accessibility Review, Dejah Rubel

NASIG Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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December 2017 Full Issue Dec 2017

December 2017 Full Issue

NASIG Newsletter

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Space Travel, Mary Dengler Dec 2017

Space Travel, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

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Primary Structure No. 3, David Versluis Dec 2017

Primary Structure No. 3, David Versluis

Pro Rege

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Identifying Bubbles In Latin American Equity Markets: Phillips-Perron-Based Tests And Linkages, Diego Escobari, Sergio Garcia, Cristhian Mellado Dec 2017

Identifying Bubbles In Latin American Equity Markets: Phillips-Perron-Based Tests And Linkages, Diego Escobari, Sergio Garcia, Cristhian Mellado

School of Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

The identification of periods of price exuberance in equity markets is of great interest to policy makers and financial investors. In this paper, we identify financial bubble periods within the major equity markets in Latin America. We use the recently developed recursive Augmented Dickey-Fuller methods and propose similar recursive procedures based on Phillips-Perron. We find that conditional on bubbles in the S&P 500, there are strong links between bubble episodes across equity markets in Latin America. In addition, the financial bubble periods in Latin America begin earlier and last longer than bubble periods in the United States during the 2008 …

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Letter From The Editor, Amy James Dec 2017

Letter From The Editor, Amy James

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

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Marlow's "Andi Saddles Up" (Book Review), Jennifer Rich Dec 2017

Marlow's "Andi Saddles Up" (Book Review), Jennifer Rich

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

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Williams' "Being Disciples: Essentials Of The Christian Life" (Book Review), Robert Lancaster Dec 2017

Williams' "Being Disciples: Essentials Of The Christian Life" (Book Review), Robert Lancaster

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

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Camosy's "Beyond The Abortion Wars: A Way Forward For A New Generation" (Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck Dec 2017

Camosy's "Beyond The Abortion Wars: A Way Forward For A New Generation" (Book Review), Joseph Baumstarck

The Christian Librarian

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Olson's "The Essentials Of Christian Thought: Seeing The World Through The Biblical Story" (Book Review), Kyle Diroberts Dec 2017

Olson's "The Essentials Of Christian Thought: Seeing The World Through The Biblical Story" (Book Review), Kyle Diroberts

The Christian Librarian

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Dooley's "The Gold Digger" (Book Review), Cynorra Jackson Dec 2017

Dooley's "The Gold Digger" (Book Review), Cynorra Jackson

The Christian Librarian

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Hamilton's "Hear No Evil" (Book Review), Lauren Kelley Dec 2017

Hamilton's "Hear No Evil" (Book Review), Lauren Kelley

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

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Davies' "The History Of Ancient Israel: A Guide For The Perplexed" (Book Review), Sean Mcnulty Dec 2017

Davies' "The History Of Ancient Israel: A Guide For The Perplexed" (Book Review), Sean Mcnulty

The Christian Librarian

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Ferrell And Johnsons' "In Love And War" (Book Review), Amy Rice Dec 2017

Ferrell And Johnsons' "In Love And War" (Book Review), Amy Rice

The Christian Librarian

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