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Genotype to Phenotype: Understanding the Localization of the Telomerase Template RNA in \u3cem\u3eAspergillus nidulans\u3c/em\u3e
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Ree Morton: Emotional Space 1971–77
No full textThis thesis will address the life, work, and legacy of the 20th-century artist Ree Morton. The themes that Morton deals with, such as the ambivalence of motherhood, the gestural nature of femininity, and the search for self, are universal, and her unique treatment of these themes keeps her body of work rich and rewarding for further study. Her dialogue with feminism is much different than many of her peers, but what her work contains speaks to a complex and beautifully rich personal understanding of what feminism is and could be. This paper will establish Morton’s legacy and influence on contemporary artists who have succeeded her and place her within the canon of feminist artists working in the 1970s, from which she has thus far been excluded. It traces a network of artists who have been inspired by Morton, and acknowledges her influence on contemporary art trends
Breaking Even? An Investigation into the Costs and Benefits of Syndicated Conservation Easements
Get PDFThe goal of this project is to analyze a sample of Conservation Easements to evaluate how the benefits received compare to the value of the tax deductions given. Looking at 61 syndicated Conservation Easements, for every lost dollar in income tax only 10,000 in lost income tax per acre and have a minimum acreage of 200
Deterministic Machine Learning: Feature Importance of Persuasive Linguistic Predictors
Get PDFGenerally, people\u27s opinions are difficult to change. This study searches for the most important features of persuasion. Identifying social media as one of the most difficult modes through which to change people\u27s opinions, we discovered a subreddit dedicated to the sole purpose of changing opinions. Using the data set obtained from r/ChangeMyView, we identified opinion-changing comments and ran machine learning algorithms on those comments. We then further explore those machine learning models to identify how exactly they work. By determining the feature importance and weights of the models, we will specific aspects of persuasive linguistics that influence people\u27s original opinions
To Put the Plough Before the Cows or To Put the Cart Before the Horse? An Investigation of the Role of Romance Language Knowledge in the Processing of French-Derived Idioms
Get PDFThis study investigated whether knowledge of one Romance language facilitates the processing of idioms that have been literally translated into English from another Romance language. There were eleven participants, of whom three were English monolinguals, one was a bilingual speaker of Spanish and English, two were bilingual speakers of English and a Slavic language, and five were English speakers who had studied Spanish. Participants read a list of forty idioms, of which ten were familiar English idioms, ten were less familiar English idioms, ten were literal translations into English of French idioms with a semantic counterpart in English, and ten were literal translations of French idioms with no English counterpart. They then defined each idiom. It was hypothesized that participants with knowledge of Spanish would be better able to guess the meaning of the French idioms than the other participants. Results did not support this hypothesis; however, several promising areas for future study were identified and discussed
Investigating Public Transportation Use in the United States
Get PDFPublic transportation is considered to be more cost-efficient and ecological than private transportation. Americans, however, use public transportation much less than citizens of European countries. How can public policy change American preferences, to increase usage of public transportation? I examine the relationship between personal characteristics (e.g., education, income, race) and public transportation usage while considering accessibility and geographic factors. In order to investigate these issues, I use the National Household Travel Survey 2009 (NHTS). Two samples of people with different access to public transportation are compared to better understand the relationship. The results show that African Americans and people in high population density areas use public transportation more often than are white Americans and people in low population areas respectively, but income has no significant effect on public transportation use. These results match most previous studies on public transportation. In conclusion, the policy should improve public transportation network systemwide, but simple-aimed gasoline taxes are predicted to be ineffective