This thesis synthesizes different elements of Bourdieu’s writings on practice, politics, and charisma to provide a new interpretation of Egypt and Syria’s three-year merger into a unified state, the United Arab Republic (UAR). It begins with a theoretical chapter that…

This thesis examines variations in specific framing used by the Obama administration and New York Times journalists during the public legitimation process of armed unmanned aerial vehicles. It employs a theoretical framework that examines the socially thick agency created through…

El ruido se de?ne como una perturbación indeseada que se superpone a una señalútil y está presente en sistemas de comunicación. Existen diferentes tipos de ruido como ruido térmico, ruido de difusión, ruido de disparo, etc. Estos tipos de ruido…

Los péptidos catiónicos anpáticosde corta longitud con actividad antimicrobiana son producidos de manera naturalpor una gran variedad de organismos como mecanismo de defensa. Debido a lacreciente resistencia a antibióticos de los microorganismos patógenos, estospéptidos han llamado la atención de manera…

El lenguado de California (Paralichthys californicus) es una especie con alto potencial acuícola para el Noroeste de México, por su alto valor de mercado y la buena aceptación del consumidor. Sin embargo, su cultivo larvario presenta limitaciones debido a la…

This dissertation is centered on the Grande Bibliothèque (GB) which opened in Montreal in the spring of 2005, and was a library project of unprecedented scale in the city. The Grande Bibliothèque project unfolded during a significant moment in the…

A plant is a natural hierarchical structure, which exhibits remarkable mechanical properties. The macro (scale) mechanical properties of a plant are the cumulative outcome of the structural properties of its preceding level of structural hierarchy. To develop engineering structures inspired…

In the last few decades, the world of electric machine design, specifically induction machine design, has been reinvigorated by the introduction of power electronics. Where designers were once limited to a single alternating current waveform with constant voltage and frequency,…

It is commonly believed that memory capacities decline with advanced age. Among various biological mechanisms investigated, the stress hormone (cortisol) has received much attention. When cortisol levels are elevated, they impair cognitive performance. Yet evidence shows that there is considerable…

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection is now recognized as an antecedent for the development of cervical cancer and over the last two decades has been increasingly recognized as a major risk factor for oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). The last twenty years…