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Hoping to capitalize off of the '90s teen movie phenomenon and the “Girl Power” movement, Hollywood created two films in quick succession: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and She's the Man (2005). Each film is adapted from one of Shakespeare's plays: 10 Things I Hate About You is based on The Taming of the Shrew, while She's the Man is based on Twelfth Night. This thesis explores the ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted for modern teenage audiences. It also examines the themes of feminism and gender within the films, since both have been marketed to audiences as "Girl Power" movies.

Based on the work of MIT graduate students Alice Wang and Benton Calhoun, this book surveys the field of sub-threshold and low-voltage design and explores such aspects of sub-threshold circuit design as modeling, logic and memory circuit design. One important chapter of the book is dedicated to optimizing energy dissipation - a key metric for energy constrained designs. This book also includes invited chapters on the subject of analog sub-threshold circuits.

Background: Early goals of care (GOC) conversations show improved patient outcomes and reduced health care costs. However, content and consistency of these discussions are been variable. Methods: We aimed to assess baseline GOC experiences and perspectives of 30 randomly selected patients from CKD and dialysis clinics across 5 health authorities in BC to inform future quality improvement initiatives, via 15 minute interviews. Outcomes: 66.7% of patients interviewed have advanced directives and living wills; this is more common in patients on dialysis (75%) than in patients with CKD (50%). Only 30% of patients had detailed discussions with their health providers about life-sustaining therapy; this varied across health authorities. Most patients did not find GOC discussions to be difficult, but preferred that providers initiated discussion at multiple time points and had more time to provide information. Conclusion: This baseline patient perspective assessment informs that there is room for improvement in the quality and timing of GOC discussions.