From the Griffin to the Axolotl: The Resurgence and Reimagining of the Medieval Bestiary in Contemporary Hispanic Literature

The bestiary, derived from the Latin bestiarium, was a medieval genre comprised of animal catalogues, each providing descriptions, anecdotes, and illustrations of real and imaginary beasts. Often plotless, targeting women and children, decorated with lavish imagery, and laden with Catholic allegory, medieval bestiaries exploited animals’ appeal and rhetorical plasticity to educate and enforce conformity in […]

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Recolouring Locally Injective Homomorphisms and k-Frugal Colourings

I am working on graph Recolouring in reflexive digraphs and the host supervisor is working on Locally Injective Homomorphisms and k-Frugal Coloring. I and the host supervisor will work on graph graph Recolouring in Locally Injective Homomorphisms and k-Frugal colourings so our objectives is calculating complexity of graph recolouring in Locally Injective Homomorphisms and k-Frugal […]

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Motif dynamics on a growing network model for various open evolving systems

In this research, we construct an open evolving network model and study growing conditions of the model. We construct a simple network model that changes the structure and evolves according to time, and we examine the causes of macroscopic phenomena (e.g. earthquake and meteorological phenomenon, brain activity, etc.) through the characteristics of motif dynamics constituting […]

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Development of skin-humanized mouse model for psoriasis

The objective of my research is to generate self-assembled artificial skin and humanized mouse model for study of various skin diseases. The artificial skin is made using human derived skin cells, which are then grafted to mice. This humanized mouse model is most similar to the environment in the human body, and the self-assembled artificial […]

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Generation of decidua specific decorin knockout mice.

Dysfunctions of the placenta leads to a serious pregnancy associated disease of the mother called preeclampsia (PE) and certain forms of fetal growth restriction (FGR) that are hard to treat or prevent. Our laboratory has shown that overproduction of decorin, a molecule made by the pregnant uterus, leads to placental defects resulting in PE and […]

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Axiomatizing complementarity in infinite dimensions

Quantum mechanics explains the behavior of particles in sub-atomic levels. A feature of quantum mechanics is that measurable properties of physical systems occur in complementary pairs : one can ‘know’ the value of only one of the paired properties at any point in time. For example, measuring the position observable changes the value of the […]

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Visualization of Single and Multiphase Flow in Porous Media

Unconventional hydrocarbon require novel technologies to improve the recovery factor of the vast reserves in North America. An alternative to increase the reserves is enhanced oil recovery (EOR). EOR is a technique that reduce capillary effects and/or improve the mobility ratio by the injection of materials not normally present in the reservoir. This summer research […]

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Investigating Infinite Dimensional Models of Quantum Computation

As in the classical case, quantum computers are modeled by circuits: that is, basic components connected by wires. Circuit models of computation are used for optimization, minimizing the cost of implementing quantum computers. There are various circuit models for quantum computing with different features. Models of quantum computation generally do not allow for information to […]

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Utilizing Terrestrial Laser Scanning to extract lianas in tropical forests.

Lianas are an important group of structural parasitic plants found in tropical forests across the globe. These parasitic plants use the trees to climb into the canopy, which they then come to dominate and overtake. The occupation of lianas in the canopy results in multiple negative effects for tree fecundity, survival, and carbon sequestration capabilities. […]

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