Browsing MIT Theses by Title
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The "L" is for living : creating urban development linkages with affordable transit-oriented housing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)What is a city? Who is the city for? A citizen's answer to these questions is closely connected with her or his sense of political power or representation in the city. Harvey Molotch argues that politically influential ... -
L'appareil de l'architecture moderne : new materials and architectural modernity in France, 1889-1934
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)This dissertation is an historical inquiry into the role played by new building materials in the formation of architectural modernism in France. It proceeds on the theoretical assumption that a "material" is not a technical ... -
The L- to H-mode transition and momentum confinement in Alcator C-Mod plasmas
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Using a spatially-resolving x-ray spectrometer system, toroidal impurity rotation in Alcator C-Mod plasmas was measured. The propagation of the rotational velocity from the edge to the core of the plasma column was measured ... -
L-threonine : its ability to increase glycine mediated neurotransmission and suppress spasticity
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L.A. Micro-Publics : expanding the seams of the transportation system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The global city is the privileged site of "repositioning ... citizenship in practice," where traditional notions of identity and citizenship are being radically reconstructed. This thesis examines contemporary Los Angeles ... -
l1-optimal control : solution software and design examples
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L2(q) and the rank two lie groups : their construction, geometry, and character formulas
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La Casita -- housing designed for Latinos : two cases from Southern California
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)As the nation's fastest growing minority group, Latinos are expected to be the main engine of household growth over the next decade. This demographic trend is most apparent in Southern California. While much attention has ... -
La construcción del espacio y tiempo en El cuarto de atrás de Carmen Martín Gaite y la pintura de Remedios
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)Durante la Guerra Civil Espafiola y los años de Franco, habia poco lugar para los pintores y los autores de obras literarias, especialmente aquellos de inclinación liberal, y mucho menos para las mujeres entre ellos. ... -
"La Revelation m'est venue de l'Orient" Henri Matisse
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)This Master's thesis will analyze Matisse's complex relation to the Orient. In 1947, Hemi Matisse was a recognized avant garde painter, after having deeply reflected on his painting he declared: "The Revelation came to me ... -
Lab experiences for teaching undergraduate dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis describes several projects developed to teach undergraduate dynamics and controls. The materials were developed primarily for the class 2.003 Modeling Dynamics and Control I. These include (1) a set of ActivLab ... -
Label-free buoyant mass assays with suspended microchannel resonators
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Improved methods are needed for routine, inexpensive monitoring of biomarkers that could facilitate earlier detection and characterization of complex diseases like cancer. Development of new assay formats based on microfluidic, ... -
Label-free carbon nanotube sensors for glycan and protein detection
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Nanoengineered glycan sensors may help realize the long-held goal of accurate and rapid glycoprotein profiling without labeling or glycan liberation steps. Current methods of profiling oligosaccharides displayed on protein ... -
Labeling and modeling large databases of videos
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)As humans, we can say many things about the scenes surrounding us. For instance, we can tell what type of scene and location an image depicts, describe what objects live in it, their material properties, or their spatial ... -
Labeling, discovering, and detecting objects in images
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Recognizing the many objects that comprise our visual world is a difficult task. Confounding factors, such as intra-class object variation, clutter, pose, lighting, dealing with never-before seen objects, scale, and lack ... -
Lability of dissolved organic carbon in Arctic rivers on the North Slope of Alaska
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Rivers are an important pathway of organic carbon-mobilization in the arctic, and their influence is projected to grow as precipitation and soil temperatures increase in response to highlatitude warming. This study addresses ... -
Labor and capital mobility : a regional analysis
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Labor and development in Latin America
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956) -
Labor and neighborhood organizing in the context of economic restructuring : six organizations in Hartford, Connecticut
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991) -
Labor arbitrage : impact of offshoring in the U.S. labor market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The rapid growth of offshoring has ignited a contentious debate over its impact on the US labor market. Between 1983 and 2002, the United States economy lost 6 million jobs in manufacturing and income inequality increased ...
