This thesis seeks to assess the stylistic evolution of Baltimore furniture makers John and Hugh Finlay. The brothers, who were active from 1803 to 1841, manufactured fanciful painted furniture for a wide variety of ...

Flooding is the most frequently occurring natural hazard on Earth; with catastrophic, large scale floods causing immense damage to people, property, and the environment. Over the past 20 years, remote sensing has become ...

Over a billion individuals worldwide suffer from neuropsychiatric disorders, many of which are resistant to traditional medications and therapy. Both invasive and non-invasive electrical stimulation have emerged as promising ...

This project takes an activist approach to the short and long-term issues of the Yazidi community of northern Iraq, now facing geographic separation as a direct consequence of the 2014 ISIS attacks on the Sinjar region. ...

Acetylcholine activation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7 nAChRs) in microglia attenuates neuroinflammation and regulates TNF‐α release. We used lipopolysaccharide to model inflammation in the microglial cell ...

Gait modification using real-time biofeedback may positively alter mechanical load at the knee. Currently, there is no consensus regarding the most effective gait-modification strategy, magnitude of modification, or mode ...

Animation of Galileo's drawing of a pendulum clock, which he very made. A similar pendulum clock was first actually made by Huygens a century later.

Gallium oxide has recently emerged as a promising semiconductor material for high voltage switch applications owing to its ultra-wide band gap of ~4.8 eV and the corresponding expected critical field strength of ~8MV/cm. ...

From the ubiquitous red and white checks of Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book to the amazing photography found in Modernist Cuisine, cookbooks are so much more than a collection of recipes. Cookbooks provide insight ...