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1. dNTPs : the alphabet of life
Abstract : From microscopic bacteria to the giant whale, every single living organism on Earth uses the same language of life: DNA. Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates––dNTPs (dATP, dTTP, dGTP, and dCTP)––are the building blocks of DNA and are therefore the “alphabet of life”. READ MORE
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2. Grammatological Studies : Writing and its Relation to Speech
Abstract : This work addresses the problem of how writing is related to speech and how our notions of language are related to writing principles such as ‘the alphabetic principle’. The target of the study is the concept of ‘phonography’ (sound-writing, sometimes called ‘glottography’). READ MORE
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3. Lusus Poeticus vel Musicus : Johann Sebastian Bach, the Baroque Paragram and Friedrich Smend's Number Alphabet Theory
Abstract : The starting point of this investigation was Friedrich Smend's number alphabet theory. Contrary to current trends in the analysis of Bach's music, Friedrich Smend used an eighteenth-century technique to understand eighteenth century music. READ MORE
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4. Expanding the Amino Acid Alphabet by Design : Enhanced and Controlled Catalytic Activity in Folded Polypeptide Catalysts
Abstract : This thesis addresses structure and reactivity of polypeptide catalysts in reactions that mimic the hydrolysis of RNA and DNA. A designed helix-loop-helix motif was used as a scaffold where the amino acid residues were systematically varied. READ MORE
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5. Persian Orthography : Modification or Changeover? (1850-2000)
Abstract : The present study provides a description of the standardization process of Persian orthography since the introduction of the Arabic alphabet, with a focus on this process in modern times (1850-2000). Using theories related to orthography standardization as its background, this work seeks an explanation for the prolonged standardization process of Persian orthography, and presents the frameworks within which this standardization has been carried out. READ MORE