The incoming speech stream contains a rich amount of temporal information. In particular, information on slow time scales, the delta and theta band (125 - 1000 ms, 1 - 8 Hz), corresponds to prosodic and syllabic ...

This mixed-methods study examined therapist self-disclosure (TSD) in 16 cases of naturalistic therapy to describe how real therapists use self-disclosure with real clients and to explore which characteristics of TSD ...

The enzymatic degradation of cellulose polymers is currently a rate-limiting step in the bioconversion of biomass to biofuels. Cellulose polymers self assemble to form crystalline structures stabilized by a complex network ...

Pleated, rich in technicolor, full of imagination and wistfulness woven together with sincere characters, raw relationships, and a rock-n-roll soundtrack, is a piece about family, memory, and place. Pleated reverses the ...

This dissertation explores the circumstances that inspired the Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia, Princess of Spain, Archduchess of Austria, and Governess General of the Southern Netherlands to commission Peter Paul Rubens's ...

Temporal coherence of stimulus features is a key property of sounds that emanate from single source. Consequently, it is important to understand how it may influence the direction and extent of the rapid plasticity postulated ...

The implications of near-surface soil moisture (~5 cm) variability in land surface processes and land-atmosphere interactions is important in regional and global scale climatology since it controls the partitioning of ...

The solid-state polymerization of bisphenol A polycarbonate (BPAPC) has been studied in amorphous and partially crystallized micro-layers (SSP_m) of low molecular weight prepolymers in presence of LiOH.H₂O ...

This dissertation examines how Mexico City workers, workers' families, state officials, unions, employers, and others perceived, performed, and shaped masculinity during the period of the Mexican Revolution. I argue that ...

This thesis proposes affordable and adaptable modular balcony and patio gardens as a way to mitigate the increasing alienation between urban apartment renters and the land. These modules would adapt the concept of a garden ...