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  • Web servers, databases, and algorithms for the analysis of protein interaction networks 
    Park, Daniel K. (Daniel Kyu) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    Understanding the cell as a system has become one of the foremost challenges in the post-genomic era. As a result of advances in high-throughput (HTP) methodologies, we have seen a rapid growth in new types of data at the ...
  • Predicting and testing determinants of histidine-kinase functions by leveraging protein sequence information 
    Ashenberg, Orr (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    All cells sense and respond to their environments using signal transduction pathways. These pathways control a sweeping variety of cellular processes across the domains of life, but the pathways are often built from a ...
  • The institute of optimism for professional journalism in the social media era 
    Lee, Jin Kyu, M. Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    The ecology of contemporary journalism is experiencing a power shift from traditional media such as newspapers and TV news to social media. This shift is bringing a crisis of professional journalism in the traditional media ...
  • Autopoietic landscapes : the architectural implications of mining the Marcellus Shale 
    Winfield, Catherine (Catherine Anne) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    Hydraulic fracturing, a form of natural gas extraction, is a process deeply embedded in the networks of politics, power, economics, energy, infrastructure, and land use. Hydraulic fracturing has become a standard practice ...
  • Regulation of synaptic function and plasticity by cyclin-dependent kinase 5 
    Su, Susan C. (Susan Chih-Chieh) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    The neuronal serine/threonine kinase cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is activated by its regulatory subunit, p35, to post-translationally modify substrates through phosphorylation. In this thesis, I provide several lines ...
  • The interaction of promoter chromatin architecture with the cell cycle regulates transcription activation kinetics 
    Zopf, Christopher J. (Christopher John) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    The relationship between regulatory trans-factors binding a gene's cis-regulatory sequence elements and the transcriptional output of that gene is fundamental to even the most complex network behaviors such as metabolism ...
  • Deleveraging domesticity : incremental design forays on middle income housing 
    Miller, Christopher M., M. Arch. (Christopher Michael). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    Housing today has little do with architecture. Design is a currency of services, while housing today is intensively packaged as a consumer good. It is packaged with land as speculative real-estate, and bundled abstractly ...
  • The death of growing cities?! : reconstructing the post-utopian urbanism in China now! 
    Lau, Sing Yeung (Sing Yeung Sunnie) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    THROUGHOUT HUMAN CIVILIZATIONS; THERE WERE MOMENTS OF COLLECTIVE ATTEMPTS TO REBUILD A UTOPIAN FUTURE TRIGGERED BY POLITICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND/ OR ECONOMIC CRISES. CRISIS SEEMS TO BE A UNIQUE MOMENT TO INITIATE/ ...
  • Havana ruins : post-embargo habitación regenerative prototypes 
    Anderson, Clay Bismarc (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    MIT American tourism influx is inevitable in the rapidly 'capitalizing' political context of Cuba. From the 1920's through the 1950's Americans were the dominate tourist on the island. Fast forward to today and Americans ...
  • The Experiential Bridge: remedial landscape for Hanford's nuclear future 
    Kim, Yuna (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    The groundbreaking discovery of nuclear fission opened up new possibilities for generating power and resources for people. Nuclear energy was much preferred over fossil fuel because of its efficiency in production, ...
  • HYPERsensarium : an archive of atmospheric conditions 
    Shaw, Kelly E. (Kelly Evelyn) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    HYPERsensarium proposes a tangible interface of atmospheres for public experience through an archive of historical and projected weathers. While architecture's purpose has long been to act as the technical boundary between ...
  • Ground-play yard-school play-school : a Ludic typology for primary education 
    Williams, Travis Andrew (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    This thesis explores how free play can be promoted, incentivized, and enabled through architecture to reinterpret the elementary school typology within the urban context of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The ...
  • Designing liquid repellent surfaces for fabrics, feathers and fog 
    Chhatre, Shreerang S. (Shreerang Sharad) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    Omniphobicity refers to a property of surfaces which are not wetted by water, oils, alcohols and other low surface tension liquids. Robust omniphobic surfaces can be applied in many areas including fabrics with chemical / ...
  • Evaluation of process systems operating envelopes 
    Stuber, Matthew David (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    This thesis addresses the problem of worst-case steady-state design of process systems under uncertainty, also known as robust design. Designing for the worst case is of great importance when considering systems for ...
  • Tohoku Topo-Urbanism : oblique community form in post-Tsunami Japan 
    Bunza, Matthew (Matthew Peter) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    Tohoku Topo-Urbanism explores the potential inhabitation of the oblique as an alternative model of community form and resilient reconstruction in Post-Tsunami Japan. In its wake, the 2011 Tsunami left a redefined landscape ...
  • 100% petroleum house 
    Costanza, David (David Nicholas) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    I am designing a Case Study House to be sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell which utilizes the by-product of oil extraction, petroleum gas, to produce a zero waste, 100% petroleum based house. The motivation of the Case Study ...
  • Taipei apartment 
    Hsu, Andy Chien-Che (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    To accommodate the rapid modernization and urbanization between 1960s and 1980s, a large number of mid-rise apartments has been built in Taipei. Today, these poorly designed apartments represent about 40 percent of the ...
  • East Boston buffer : a transferable urban framework for adapting to sea rise 
    Jenkins, Carolyn (Carolyn Hiller) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    Urban vulnerability to climate change is constantly increasing. Many coastal cities will need to begin sea rise mitigation efforts soon, and now is a critical time for architects to intervene in this process with good ...
  • Corporate icons in the suburban landscape 
    Abolina, Viktorija (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    The image of the modern workplace in the American suburb has long been a contentious topic of discussion among academics, planning and development professionals, and the public. Today, the critics of office parks in the ...
  • Incorporating operational flexibility into electric generation planning : impacts and methods for system design and policy analysis 
    Palmintier, Bryan S. (Bryan Stephen) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    This dissertation demonstrates how flexibility in hourly electricity operations can impact long-term planning and analysis for future power systems, particularly those with substantial variable renewables (e.g., wind) or ...
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