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Localizing Resistance: How Southern Women Locate Sexual and Bodily Autonomy and Strategically Resist the Institutions Aiming to Shape Them

Date: 2021-01-01

Creator: Gillian Raley

Access: Open access

This paper analyzes the methods of resistance enacted by women-identifying people in Mississippi against the institutions seeking to police how they understand their own sexuality and bodily autonomy. This analysis draws upon a series of in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted in the summer of 2020 focused on construction of community, intersectional identity, relationship with the body, and what inputs frame how women in Mississippi understand sex. This project puts these interviews in conversation with literature from a variety of subfields, including resistance studies, the Sociology of the South, and the Sociology of sexuality, all of which help bring the argument behind these data to light. Resistance looks different in different eras, and generally scholars like to analyze resistance as collective action, collective voice, collective struggle. These data instead argue that strategic, individualized resistance is just as vital to marginalized bodies, particularly when explosive action is not possible. Studying strategies of resistance that lurk beneath the surface not only expands what we now see as “radical,” but it also lends insight into where lasting change can begin.


Bowdoin College Catalogue (2012-2013)

Date: 2013-01-01

Access: Open access



Accretion onto endoparasitic black holes at the center of neutron stars

Date: 2021-01-01

Creator: Chloe B Richards

Access: Open access

We revisit the system consisting of a neutron star that harbors a small, possibly primordial, black hole at its center, focusing on a nonspinning black hole embedded in a nonrotating neutron star. Extending earlier treatments, we provide an analytical treatment describing the rate of secular accretion of the neutron star matter onto the black hole, adopting the relativistic Bondi accretion formalism for stiff equations of state that we presented elsewhere. We use these accretion rates to sketch the evolution of the system analytically until the neutron star is completely consumed. We also perform numerical simulations in full general relativity for black holes with masses up to nine orders of magnitude smaller than the neutron star mass, including a simulation of the entire evolution through collapse for the largest black hole mass. We construct relativistic initial data for these simulations by generalizing the black hole puncture method to allow for the presence of matter, and evolve these data with a code that is optimally designed to resolve the vastly different length scales present in this problem. We compare our analytic and numerical results, and provide expressions for the lifetime of neutron stars harboring such endoparasitic black holes.


Bowdoin College Catalogue (1978-1979)

Date: 1979-01-01

Access: Open access



Miniature of Silent Nation: a memoir of sorts
Silent Nation: a memoir of sorts
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    Date: 2021-01-01

    Creator: Mishal Kazmi

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      RPCH modulation of a multi-oscillator network: Effects on the pyloric network of the spiny lobster

      Date: 2001-01-01

      Creator: Patsy S. Dickinson, Jane Hauptman, John Hetling, Anand Mahadevan

      Access: Open access

      The neuropeptide red pigment concentrating hormone (RPCH), which we have previously shown to activate the cardiac sac motor pattern and lead to a conjoint gastric mill-cardiac sac pattern in the spiny lobster Panulirus, also activates and modulates the pyloric pattern. Like the activity of gastric mill neurons in RPCH, the pattern of activity in the pyloric neurons is considerably more complex than that seen in control saline. This reflects the influence of the cardiac sac motor pattern, and particularly the upstream inferior ventricular (IV) neurons, on many of the pyloric neurons. RPCH intensifies this interaction by increasing the strength of the synaptic connections between the IV neurons and their targets in the stomatogastric ganglion. At the same time, RPCH enhances postinhibitory rebound in the lateral pyloric (LP) neuron. Taken together, these factors largely explain the complex pyloric pattern recorded in RPCH in Panulirus.


      Cosmological gravitational waves: Refining a general rule of thumb for reheating

      Date: 2021-01-01

      Creator: David Zhou

      Access: Open access

      There are predictions for cosmological gravitational wave backgrounds from reheating based on various models. But, these predictions do not address the question of how an observed spectrum relates back to an unknown model or parameter. Given this problem, we have numerically and analytically investigated a variety of chaotic inflation models and their gravitational wave spectra. In doing so, we found a power law relation between gravitational wave peak frequency and an underlying chaotic inflation parameter. We found a two-class amplitude puzzle related to how strongly a matter producing field is coupled to the inflaton. We estimated the parameter describing how quadrupolar the gravitational wave source's energy density to good agreement with previous estimates.



      Bowdoin College Catalogue (1869-1870 First Term)

      Date: 1870-01-01

      Access: Open access



      Miniature of Agent-Based Modeling of Asset Markets: A Study of Risks, Preferences, and Shocks
      Agent-Based Modeling of Asset Markets: A Study of Risks, Preferences, and Shocks
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        Date: 2023-01-01

        Creator: Evan Albers

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          Miniature of Service Beyond Bars: How Correctional Chaplains Mediate the Movement of Religion in Prisons and Jails
          Service Beyond Bars: How Correctional Chaplains Mediate the Movement of Religion in Prisons and Jails
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            Date: 2023-01-01

            Creator: Lia F. Kornmehl

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              "Proud Flesh and Blood": Phineas Fletcher, Gabriel Daniel, and Seventeenth-Century Theories of Embodiment

              Date: 2022-01-01

              Creator: Micaela Elanor Simeone

              Access: Open access

              The human body was a site of discovery and redefinition in early modern Europe. This project traces the gradual arc from the mid-seventeenth century towards Cartesian notions of the body in the later part of the century through two fictions: Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)’s The Purple Island (1633) and Gabriel Daniel (1649-1728)’s Voyage du Monde de Descartes (1690). This project views these two largely-overlooked texts as important literary works that represent the seventeenth century’s transformative debates about and explorations of the human body. I argue that Fletcher employs a dissective mode that embraces mind-body harmony while framing the human as both fragmented and whole. I then explore how Voyage du Monde de Descartes responds to an altogether different culture in the late seventeenth century, after Cartesian ideas extracted mind from body and no longer saw the body as a significant marker of humanity. I argue that Voyage ultimately reveals—through a captivating satirical fiction—how understanding Cartesian anatomy as the product of anxiety, uncertainty, and novelty helps us better see how we became motivated to transcend our bodies.


              Searle’s Mind: Brains, Subjects, and Systems

              Date: 2023-01-01

              Creator: Saul Cuevas-Landeros

              Access: Open access

              Throughout this project, I ‘step into the Chinese Room’ presented by philosopher John R. Searle and develop the areas where the Chinese Room Argument succeeds. I have aimed to pick out where Searle has succeeded with the Chinese Room Argument and introduce how it fits in with his school of biological naturalism, as it seems that he already had some conception of it when presenting the Argument. From here, I introduce some of the primary arguments against the Chinese Room Argument because they do not fit with Searle’s overarching theme of biological naturalism. Particularly, Searle’s conception of systems and system features is something he endorses for the biological but immediately labels as silly for the Chinese Room. Following the exposition of systems and system features, I expand on how there is a disconnect between Searle’s use of system features and his view of the Chinese Room Argument. What is so special about Searle’s conception of systems and the systems present in the Chinese Room Argument? Searle should claim that the Chinese Room is simply not the kind of thing that can think. Ultimately, Searle’s philosophy of mind leaves us with either a muddled philosophy or an invalid argument in the Chinese Room, but with much to learn and not forget to consider in the philosophy of mind, such as the important role of subjectivity in our conscious life.


              Impacts of eelgrass (Zostera marina) on pore-water sulfide concentrations in intertidal sediments of Casco Bay, Maine

              Date: 2016-05-01

              Creator: Sabine Y Berzins

              Access: Open access

              Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a perennial seagrass that provides many vital ecosystem services including stabilizing sediments, maintaining water clarity, and providing complex habitat in the intertidal and shallow subtidal coastline. Historically, Maine supported dense eelgrass beds in shallow waters surrounding islands and along the coastal mainland. However, in 2012, high population densities of European green crabs (Carcinus maenas), which physically disturb and remove eelgrass as they forage, were correlated with widespread eelgrass declines. Over 55% of the area of eelgrass in Casco Bay was lost, mainly between 2012 and 2014. Eelgrass typically grows in low-oxygen sediments that produce a chemically reducing environment. Sulfate-reducing bacteria in these reduced sediments produce hydrogen sulfide, a toxin that can intrude into eelgrass tissues and impair the plants’ ability to photosynthesize. When eelgrass is not present, sulfide can build up in the pore-water. When eelgrass is present, it can oxygenate the sediments through its roots, thereby preventing the intrusion and buildup of toxic hydrogen sulfide. However, if the substrate is de-vegetated, oxygen levels drop as sedimentary organic matter is decomposed, and the accumulation of sulfides to harmful concentrations in the pore-water may make recolonization of eelgrass difficult or perhaps impossible even in the absence of green crabs. In an effort to monitor characteristics of Casco Bay eelgrass beds and determine spatially where eelgrass may be more likely to recover, four Casco Bay sites with varying degrees of vegetation loss were sampled in 2015 for pore-water sulfide concentration, sediment carbon and nitrogen content, and sediment grain size analysis. Measurements of sulfide concentrations showed correlations with the timing of eelgrass loss, such that vegetated sites had low pore-water sulfide concentrations and sites that had been de-vegetated for longer periods of time had high sulfide concentrations. Carbon and nitrogen content in the sediment was higher at de-vegetated sites, likely due to a higher percentage of finer sediments at those locations. Coarser sediments were more highly vegetated than finer sediments, perhaps displaying a preference of green crabs to forage in finer sediments. Catastrophic loss of eelgrass in Casco Bay has likely led to differences in sulfide levels, carbon and nitrogen content in the sediment, and grain size distribution, depending on degree of vegetation. Eelgrass restoration in Casco Bay will likely be limited by high pore-water sulfide concentrations.


              Miniature of Localizing Potential Messenger RNA Transport Protein Ips1 in <i>Candida albicans</i>
              Localizing Potential Messenger RNA Transport Protein Ips1 in Candida albicans
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                Date: 2022-01-01

                Creator: Yi Peng Wang

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                  Surfing the Kali Yuga: Tracking the Alt-Right on Twitter

                  Date: 2023-01-01

                  Creator: Jaida Hodge-Adams

                  Access: Open access

                  The alt-right is a hyper-extreme, decentralized network of far-right pundits and their doggish supporters that exists almost entirely online. Consumed by conspiracy and identity, the myths of bigoted ideologies like racism, antisemitism, and transphobia are taken for granted, and their ideology calls for violent ends by violent means. In the physical world, members of the alt-right often keep their rhetoric to themselves; Online, however, they find solace in a vast, international network of websites and forums that together form one giant echo chamber into which they can dump their darkest thoughts. Though any individual member of the alt-right may operate uniquely within the context of their home country, together they form a collective, international voice whose strongest claims often transcend borders and resist state-level analysis. Unspeakable acts of violence like mass shootings, senseless killings, and acts of terrorism are unpredictable but become significantly more likely when the rhetorical atmosphere breeds hostility. By demonizing minority groups and spreading ideologies of hate, the alt-right makes these acts of violence more likely. On massive platforms like Twitter, the alt-right’s rhetoric can seep into mainstream conversations; their framing of concepts like race, gender, sexuality, and national identity are forced into relevance. Their rhetoric is euphemistic, but their message is clear, and their hate poses a real threat to people’s lives. This honors project explores the ideological and geographic features of the alt-right and their international implications, concluding that the alt-right is a globally interconnected group of actors whose conspiracies motivate lone-wolf terrorists worldwide.


                  Miniature of Effects of Origin Environment and Temperature Acclimation on the Temperate Coral <i>Astrangia poculata</i>
                  Effects of Origin Environment and Temperature Acclimation on the Temperate Coral Astrangia poculata
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                    Date: 2023-01-01

                    Creator: Deva K Holliman

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                      Peace Be Dammed? Water Power and Water Politics in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin

                      Date: 2015-05-01

                      Creator: Camille E. Wasinger

                      Access: Open access



                      Examining the Ability of Remote Sensing to Characterize Turfgrass Stress Physiology

                      Date: 2022-01-01

                      Creator: Benjamin Ross

                      Access: Open access

                      Remote sensing of solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is a valuable tool in understanding the global carbon cycle. While SIF is highly correlated with photosynthesis at the ecosystem scale, the role that remote sensing of SIF can play at smaller scales is still unclear. The goal of my research was to investigate the ability of SIF to detect changes in pigmentation, photosynthesis, and energy partitioning at the grass canopy and leaf level in response to water stress and abscisic acid (ABA) hormone treatments. Both treatments immediately inhibited photosynthesis by limiting gas exchange through stomatal closure, but SIF declined gradually. Recovery of photosynthesis after alleviation of water stress was not reflected in remote measurements of SIF. I found that senescence in the tips of grasses had been driving changes in remote measurements, which affected remote measurements even when measured leaf-level gas exchange in the lower living tissue recovered. This heterogeneous senescence pattern contextualizes the disconnect between SIF and photosynthesis in stressed turfgrass.


                      Bowdoin College Catalogue (1863 Fall Term)

                      Date: 1863-01-01

                      Access: Open access



                      Miniature of Impact of SR-Like RNA-Binding Protein (Slr1) Structure on Splicing in <i>Candida albicans</i>
                      Impact of SR-Like RNA-Binding Protein (Slr1) Structure on Splicing in Candida albicans
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                        Date: 2022-01-01

                        Creator: Michael Christopher Dean

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                          Miniature of Infant and Maternal Health Outcomes Following Improved Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Pregnant Women
                          Infant and Maternal Health Outcomes Following Improved Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Pregnant Women
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                            Date: 2023-01-01

                            Creator: Emma A. Bomfim

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                              Miniature of An Exploration of the Room Temperature Growth and Tuning of Cobalt Hydroxide Carbonate Morphologies and Assemblies
                              An Exploration of the Room Temperature Growth and Tuning of Cobalt Hydroxide Carbonate Morphologies and Assemblies
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                                Date: 2023-01-01

                                Creator: Zubin Jay Kenkare

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                                  Do Voters Reward Incumbents for Service Provision? Electoral Accountability in South African Elections

                                  Date: 2023-01-01

                                  Creator: Rory Mayne Devlin

                                  Access: Open access

                                  Democratic theory suggests that voters reward or punish incumbent political parties in elections by evaluating parties’ ability to provide services. But do voters reward incumbent parties for service provision in practice? This project explores the relationship between municipal-level service provision and voting in the South African context. I test whether the local provision of services, such as electricity, piped water, internet, trash collection, and flush toilets, impact the performance of South Africa’s two major political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) in municipal and national elections between 2009 and 2021. I observe this relationship in ANC- and DA-controlled municipalities using municipal-level data on public service provision, election results, and nighttime brightness levels. The municipal-level results show that DA-controlled municipalities with higher levels of service provision in 2016 offered more support for the DA in the 2021 and 2019 elections. However, ANC-controlled municipalities with higher levels of 2016 service provision did not support the ANC at higher rates. Additionally, ANC-controlled municipalities that improved service provision between 2011 and 2016 supported the ANC at higher rates in the 2021 and 2019 elections than they did in previous elections. DA vote share did not increase in DA-controlled municipalities where services improved over time.


                                  Miniature of Dispersive Shock Waves in Granular Chains
                                  Dispersive Shock Waves in Granular Chains
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                                    Date: 2023-01-01

                                    Creator: Ari Geisler

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                                      Bowdoin College Catalogue (1847 Oct)

                                      Date: 1847-01-01

                                      Access: Open access



                                      Miniature of Comparing natural variation in enhancer usage within and among <i>Drosophila</i> species
                                      Comparing natural variation in enhancer usage within and among Drosophila species
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                                        Date: 2022-01-01

                                        Creator: Justin K. Yang

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                                          Bowdoin College Catalogue (1853 Fall Term)

                                          Date: 1853-01-01

                                          Access: Open access



                                          Bowdoin College Catalogue (1855 Fall Term)

                                          Date: 1855-01-01

                                          Access: Open access



                                          Bowdoin College Course Guide (2017-2018)

                                          Date: 2017-01-01

                                          Access: Open access



                                          Bowdoin College Course Guide (2016-2017)

                                          Date: 2016-01-01

                                          Access: Open access



                                          Bowdoin College Academic Handbook (2016-2017)

                                          Date: 2016-01-01

                                          Access: Open access



                                          Bowdoin College Catalogue (1953-1954)

                                          Date: 1954-01-01

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                                          Bowdoin College Bulletin no. 311


                                          Mutual benefits of inducible defenses to crab predators in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis in a multi-predator environment

                                          Date: 2021-01-01

                                          Creator: Sophia Walton

                                          Access: Open access

                                          The blue mussel Mytilus edulis alters its phenotype in species-specific ways in response to either green crab (Carcinus maenus) or sea star (Asterias sp.) predation. Previous studies have shown that only sea stars induce changes in abductor muscle morphology, while green crabs generally alter the shape and thickness of shells. In the Western Gulf of Maine, Blue mussels collected from wave protected sites with abundant green crab predators were shown to have significantly thicker shells and larger adductor muscles than mussels collected from wave exposed sites with few green crab predators. The phenotypes of mussels originating from wave-protected and high green crab abundance sites increased the handling time by A. forbesi compared to sites with low wave exposure and high green crab abundance. These results contradict the paradigm that shell thickness trades off with abductor morphology, and I propose that a likely candidate for increased energy allocation to these traits is a decrease in reproductive allocation. My results further suggest that the escalating “arms race” between invasive green crabs and blue mussels in the Western Gulf of Maine is leading to changes in the phenotypic response of mussel populations in ways that are likely impacting sea star foraging dynamics.


                                          Bowdoin College Catalogue (1952-1953)

                                          Date: 1953-01-01

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                                          Bowdoin College Bulletin no. 307


                                          Miniature of The Role of the Nitric Oxide Negative Feedback Loop in the Stability of the Lobster Cardiac Ganglion <i>Homarus americanus</i>
                                          The Role of the Nitric Oxide Negative Feedback Loop in the Stability of the Lobster Cardiac Ganglion Homarus americanus
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                                              Date: 2020-01-01

                                              Creator: Marie Marjorie Bergsund

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                                                Bowdoin College Catalogue (1942 Summer Session)

                                                Date: 1942-01-01

                                                Access: Open access

                                                Bowdoin College Bulletin no. 262


                                                In situ HCR in non-traditional arthropods

                                                Date: 2024-01-25

                                                Creator: Heather Bruce, Hadley Wilson Horch

                                                Access: Open access

                                                Visualizing the expression of genes is a fundamental tool in molecular biology. Traditional colorimetric in situ hybridization using long RNA probes has been a staple for visualizing gene expression but has many drawbacks. In situ HCR v3.0, developed by Choi et. al. 2018, offers improvements over traditional in situs in nearly every aspect: probes can simply be ordered rather than painstakingly cloned and transcribed, which also makes them cost-effective; an HCR takes just three days to complete rather than five or more days; HCR is robust and works well for first-time users; and HCR probes can be multiplexed, allowing four to eight genes to be visualized in a single sample. HCR has been used successfully in many arthropods, including insects (Drosophila, Tribolium), crustaceans (Parhyale, Daphnia, Artemia), and chelicerates (Limulus horseshoe crab, Acanthoscurria tarantula). In this demo, you will learn how to design and order HCR probes as well as best practices for experimental design.


                                                Miniature of Radiation-induced changes in gene expression in <i>Sciara coprophila</i>
                                                Radiation-induced changes in gene expression in Sciara coprophila
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                                                  Date: 2021-01-01

                                                  Creator: Kodie R Garza

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                                                    Miniature of Counter-Futurisms: Collaborative Survival and Communal Healing in a Climate-Changed World
                                                    Counter-Futurisms: Collaborative Survival and Communal Healing in a Climate-Changed World
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                                                      Date: 2021-01-01

                                                      Creator: Lianna Harrington

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                                                        Distinct or shared actions of peptide family isoforms: I. Peptidespecific actions of pyrokinins in the lobster cardiac neuromuscular system

                                                        Date: 2015-09-01

                                                        Creator: Patsy S. Dickinson, Anirudh Sreekrishnan, Molly A. Kwiatkowski, Andrew E. Christie

                                                        Access: Open access

                                                        Although the crustacean heart is modulated by a large number of peptides and amines, few of these molecules have been localized to the cardiac ganglion itself; most appear to reach the cardiac ganglion only by hormonal routes. Immunohistochemistry in the American lobster Homarus americanus indicates that pyrokinins are present not only in neuroendocrine organs ( pericardial organ and sinus gland), but also in the cardiac ganglion itself, where pyrokinin-positive terminals were found in the pacemaker cell region, as well as surrounding the motor neurons. Surprisingly, the single pyrokinin peptide identified from H. americanus, FSPRLamide, which consists solely of the conserved FXPRLamide residues that characterize pyrokinins, did not alter the activity of the cardiac neuromuscular system. However, a pyrokinin from the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei [ADFAFNPRLamide, also known as Penaeus vannamei pyrokinin 2 (PevPK2)] increased both the frequency and amplitude of heart contractions when perfused through the isolated whole heart. None of the other crustacean pyrokinins tested (another from L. vannamei and two from the crab Cancer borealis) had any effect on the lobster heart. Similarly, altering the PevPK2 sequence either by truncation or by the substitution of single amino acids resulted in much lower or no activity in all cases; only the conservative substitution of serine for alanine at position 1 resulted in any activity on the heart. Thus, in contrast to other systems (cockroach and crab) in which all tested pyrokinins elicit similar bioactivities, activation of the pyrokinin receptor in the lobster heart appears to be highly isoform specific.


                                                        Neuropeptidergic signaling in the American Lobster Homarus Americanus: New insights from high-throughput nucleotide sequencing

                                                        Date: 2015-12-01

                                                        Creator: Andrew E. Christie, Megan Chi, Tess J. Lameyer, Micah G. Pascual, Devlin N., Shea, Meredith E. Stanhope, David J. Schulz, Patsy S. Dickinson

                                                        Access: Open access

                                                        Peptides are the largest and most diverse class of molecules used for neurochemical communication, playing key roles in the control of essentially all aspects of physiology and behavior. The American lobster, Homarus americanus, is a crustacean of commercial and biomedical importance; lobster growth and reproduction are under neuropeptidergic control, and portions of the lobster nervous system serve as models for understanding the general principles underlying rhythmic motor behavior (including peptidergic neuromodulation). While a number of neuropeptides have been identified from H. americanus, and the effects of some have been investigated at the cellular/systems levels, little is currently known about the molecular components of neuropeptidergic signaling in the lobster. Here, a H. americanus neural transcriptome was generated and mined for sequences encoding putative peptide precursors and receptors; 35 precursor- and 41 receptor-encoding transcripts were identified. We predicted 194 distinct neuropeptides from the deduced precursor proteins, including members of the adipokinetic hormone-corazonin-like peptide, allatostatin A, allatostatin C, bursicon, CCHamide, corazonin, crustacean cardioactive peptide, crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH), CHH precursor-related peptide, diuretic hormone 31, diuretic hormone 44, eclosion hormone, FLRFamide, GSEFLamide, insulin-like peptide, intocin, leucokinin, myosuppressin, neuroparsin, neuropeptide F, orcokinin, pigment dispersing hormone, proctolin, pyrokinin, SIFamide, sulfakinin and tachykinin-related peptide families. While some of the predicted peptides are known H. americanus isoforms, most are novel identifications, more than doubling the extant lobster neuropeptidome. The deduced receptor proteins are the first descriptions of H. americanus neuropeptide receptors, and include ones for most of the peptide groups mentioned earlier, as well as those for ecdysistriggering hormone, red pigment concentrating hormone and short neuropeptide F. Multiple receptors were identified for most peptide families. These data represent the most complete description of the molecular underpinnings of peptidergic signaling in H. americanus, and will serve as a foundation for future gene-based studies of neuropeptidergic control in the lobster.


                                                        Bowdoin College Catalogue (1833 Apr)

                                                        Date: 1833-04-01

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                                                        Bowdoin College Catalogue (1836 Apr)

                                                        Date: 1836-04-01

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                                                        Bowdoin College Catalogue (1814)

                                                        Date: 1814-01-01

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                                                        Miniature of Rebellion as an Approach to Life in the Work of Albert Camus
                                                        Rebellion as an Approach to Life in the Work of Albert Camus
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                                                          Date: 2022-01-01

                                                          Creator: Emily Ruth Staten

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                                                            Minor, Ugly, and Meta: Feelings in Contemporary Korean American Literature

                                                            Date: 2022-01-01

                                                            Creator: Kyubin Kim

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                                                            In 2019, Korean American writer Cathy Park Hong published her memoir Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning in the midst of a turning point in Asian American politics. Hong describes minor feelings as “emotions that are negative, dysphoric, and therefore untelegenic, built from the sediments of everyday racial experience and the irritant of having one’s perception of reality constantly questioned or dismissed.” Used as a concept to summate the Asian American experience in white America as living in a country where one’s reality is constantly questioned and made invisible, minor feelings forges an affective framework to study minoritized, diasporic literature. My project enriches Hong’s “minor feelings” by studying Korean American literature through a transnational and multimedia lens, considering how Korea’s colonial history and nation-building play roles in emoting Korean American self-realities. I structurally model my project after Sianne Ngai’s Ugly Feelings, split into four chapters, each focusing on one affect: shame, anger, han, and love. My project follows and documents the contemporary shifts occurring in Korean Americana, in how they perceive collective racial and diasporic identity, the intersectionality of layered identities, and the younger generations’ call for coalition. Since Korean American affects often are studied as an afterthought to Korean affects, my project retains a focus on the Korean American experience, recentering members of a diaspora whose globalizing homeland’s triumphs may eclipse their minor, invisible realities in America.


                                                            Nuevas posibilidades para la subjetividad feminista en la literatura del Cono Sur

                                                            Date: 2022-01-01

                                                            Creator: Kate Elizabeth Tapscott

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                                                            ¿Cómo es que se puede escapar verdaderamente de la opresión patriarcal? Esta investigación aborda a través de un análisis de la literatura de escritoras del Cono Sur el asunto complicado de la liberación bajo un sistema en constante mutación. En el primer capítulo, a partir de aportes teóricos de Freud, Josefina Ludmer y Homi Bhabha entre otros, analizo cuentos de Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo, y Clarice Lispector cuyas protagonistas intentan resistir su condición de víctima con diversos grados de éxito. En el capítulo que sigue, exploro una tendencia reciente en la literatura de escritoras del Cono Sur que incorpora elementos del horror y lo gótico para desestabilizar una cosmovisión humanista y patriarcal. Incorporando la teoría de Gabriel Giorgi, Rosi Braidotti, y Julieta Yelin, investigo los efectos que los animales, los cuerpos, y la materia tienen en la expansión de la agencia feminista y discuto si ofrecen o no nuevas e inesperadas posibilidades para resistir el sistema.


                                                            Miniature of LE VAL ET LE CADRE : ESPACES MORTIVITAUX DE RIMBAUD ET DE MOUAWAD
                                                            LE VAL ET LE CADRE : ESPACES MORTIVITAUX DE RIMBAUD ET DE MOUAWAD
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                                                                Date: 2021-01-01

                                                                Creator: Dylan J. Bess

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