As the prevalence of both obesity and mental disorders continues to rise, researchers aim to determine the physiological mechanisms of these conditions. Many people with obesity have medical comorbidities such as hypertension ...

The red ecotype of Mimulus puniceus gained its ability to grow red flowers through the introgression of MaMyb2 which functions in the anthocyanin production pathway required to produce red pigments. This thesis provides a ...

In this thesis I will examine a type of fictional novel that uses a technique termed the “preemptive ending.” Books with a preemptive ending are those which begin their story by informing the reader of the ending of the ...

In dictating greater focus on soft power and urging reductions to the American overseas military presence, a new grand strategy of restraint may pose a viable alternative to Washington’s foreign policy shortcomings, though ...

This paper establishes a new critical term which I call “the discourse of animation” in order to understand the uncanny as a queer sensibility instead of simply a revival of past “primitive” desires or repressed fears, ...