Since the late 19th century, millions of Italians have migrated to the New World, with Italian Americans now comprising approximately 11% of the US’s population. However, the Italian-American story has largely remained untold. Despite the fact that Italian Americans are increasingly prominent in many Želds, those outside the community of Italian Americans are not aware of its history (for a com...

"Mosquitoes do not surrender to elephants," says Walter Lippman. In this book, P. F. Mattingly discusses some of the secrets that enable mosquitoes to be so courageous. The book is a comprehensive discussion of the natural history of mosquito-borne diseases and the mosquitoes which carry them. It primarily deals with current ecological concepts and succeeds in conveying a wealth of information ...

Illusory reduplication of the patient’s own body refer to complex manifestations during which human subjects experience a second own body or self in their environment. Here we refer to this illusory second own body or self as a double. Doubles may be seen, felt, or heard, may be multiple or even concern the inner organs of the patient. Doubles have fascinated mankind from time immemorial and – ...

This dissertation is the result of my own work and includes nothing which is the outcome of work done in collaboration except where specifically indicated in the text. This dissertation does not exceed the regulation length of 60,000 words, including tables and footnotes, but excluding the bibliography and appendix. Acknowledgements My work has been supported at various times by a Marshall Scho...

The finding of increased exfoliation rates of renal cells after the ingestion of mild analgesic and other drugs has raised the question of the significance of a celluria in assessing the extent or severity of renal damage. Certain cells in the urine may be readily recognized by their characteristic morphology, the question of their having originated from the renal parenchymal tissue itself bein...

The present study tests the hypothesis that deviations from “affective bipolarity” in the relationship between the positive and negative dimensions of whites’ stereotypes of blacks—such as racial ambivalence—should be stronger among conservatives. Across two different data sets (the 2000 National Election Study and the 1991 National Race and Politics Study) and three different methodologies (he...

We consider solutions to the time-harmonic Maxwell problem in R. For such solution we provide a rigorous derivation of the asymptotic expansions in the practically interesting situation, where a finite number of inhomogeneities of small diameter are imbedded in the entire space. Then, we describe the behavior of the electromagnetic energy caused by the presence of these inhomogeneities. Sur la ...

We consider solutions to the time-harmonic Maxwell problem in R. For such solution we provide a rigorous derivation of the asymptotic expansions in the practically interesting situation, where a finite number of inhomogeneities of small diameter are imbedded in the entire space. Then, we describe the behavior of the electromagnetic energy caused by the presence of these inhomogeneities. Sur la ...

1 EGO-1, a putative RNA-directed RNA polymerase, promotes germline proliferation in parallel with GLP-1/Notch signaling and regulates the spatial organization of nuclear pore complexes and germline P granules in C. elegans ego-1 and germline proliferation 2 ego-1 and germline proliferation ego-1 and germline proliferation 3 ABSTRACT C. elegans EGO-1, a putative cellular RNA-directed RNA polymer...

In the past fifteen to twenty years, two digital revolutions have been quietly occurring. The first is an effect of Moore's law of computing power; microprocessor power has grown to the point where inexpensive home computers can encode, decode, and display video. This new found ability to cheaply process video heralds the impending realization of digital convergence at the source and consumer, ...