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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
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(2022-03-29)Department: PsychologyImproving the accuracy of medical image interpretation can improve the diagnosis of numerous diseases. We compared different approaches to aggregating repeated decisions about medical images to improve the accuracy of a ...
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(2018-03-26)Department: ChemistryMembrane proteins are an important class of proteins that represent approximately 30% of the open reading frame. However, due to their inherent flexibility, membrane proteins are difficult to structurally characterize, ...
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(2021-05-10)Department: ChemistryLateral flow assays (LFAs) are paper-based, point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests that have become ubiquitous in healthcare systems because they are inexpensive, rapid, robust, and easy to use. LFAs have been indispensable ...
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(2018-03-28)Department: BiostatisticsWhile estimators that incorporate both direct covariate adjustment and inverse probability weighting have drawn considerable interest, their finite sample properties have been challenged in seminal papers, such as Freedman ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-14)SRA's Open Court Reading is a research-based literacy program that has been adopted in schools across the nation. The program exhibits a number of strengths, including effectiveness in raising reading test scores and ...
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(2019-10-17)Department: PhysicsDouble-sided strip (DSS) high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors are potentially useful for nuclear medicine imaging, particularly in Single Photon Computed Emission Tomography (SPECT), where high energy and high spatial ...
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(2018-08-06)Department: ChemistryProtein-small molecule structure prediction, or protein-ligand docking, is a computational method for modeling how binding partners will interaction on an atomic level. Accurate prediction of protein-small molecule ...
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Improving Provider-to-Provider Communication: Evaluation of a Computerized Inpatient Sign-out Tool (2007-09-13)Department: Biomedical InformaticsPhysicians’ use of a computerized inpatient sign-out tool has been shown to reduce the risk of preventable adverse events. The researcher evaluated sign-out software usage at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in order ...
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(2019-02-18)Department: Electrical EngineeringResilience in cyber-physical systems such as electrical power systems is of paramount importance for the socio-economic welfare of the society. Based on North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), power systems are ...
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(Arizona Law Review, 1996)A central issue in contemporary corporate law is the effectiveness of shareholders as monitors of corporate management. For example, in a series of recent articles, legal scholars have debated whether the rapid growth in ...
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(2022-11-21)Department: Special EducationOver recent years, the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) has trended toward increased focus on improving the ethics and social validity of behavior analytic interventions. As part of this shift, ABA researchers and ...
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(2022-05)This quality improvement project aims to help IowaBIG, a public school project-based-learning program, identify potential ways to improve stakeholder legitimacy. This mixed-methods project found strengths in stakeholder ...
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(2022-03-24)Department: Biomedical EngineeringTuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of infectious disease death worldwide, particularly in developing countries. One major barrier to TB elimination is a lack of effective diagnostic tools available for use at the ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-07-29)
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(2023-02-08)Department: Biomedical EngineeringTherapeutic ultrasound has the potential to non-invasively treat a host of brain-related disorders with millimeter precision. Non-destructive applications including neuromodulation, in which ultrasound alters the behavior ...
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(2023-12)This capstone project focused on exploring what factors, processes or characteristics may facilitate better implementation of a comprehensive clinical education program for Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing ...
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(2022-08)The partner organization for this Capstone Project was the American Red Cross of Nebraska-Iowa. The Red Cross is the largest supplier of life-saving blood products in the U.S. Douglas County, home to Omaha, is a major ...
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(2005-12-05)Department: Chemical EngineeringThis thesis is motivated by the need to improve performance of aerosol simulation in air quality models. I investigate the relationship between multicomponent aerosol sectional and modal distributions, which are the two ...
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(2022-08)The purpose of this capstone project was to explore possibilities to improve the viability of vocational education and training in the rural communities of Goris and Sisian, Armenia. Goris Partnership and Teaching NGO (P&T) ...