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(Theological Education, 1996-09)
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(Vanderbilt News Service, 2005-07-18)
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(2023-07-18)Department: SociologyThis dissertation examines the new economies of intimacy alongside rapid demographic aging in South Korea. I argue that, in the context of population aging, new forms of intimacy emerge at the intersection of local consumer ...
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(2010-04-02)Department: Chemistryα,β-Diamino acids and β-amino acids are important constituents in countless natural products. These atypical amino acids often display interesting and useful biological properties and have also been used as useful building ...
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(2021-11-02)Department: MathematicsIn his thesis, Schou showed that certain infinite-dimensional commuting squares could be used to construct irreducible hyperfinite subfactors. Bisch used this approach to construct a subfactor with index 4.5 that was the ...
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(William and Mary Law Review, 2005)In the past decade, a new frontier of constitutional discourse has begun to emerge, adding a fresh perspective to state constitutional law. Instead of treating states as jurisdictional islands in a sea under reign of the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2000-04-11)
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(2020-07-23)Department: Earth & Environmental SciencesThe Neoproterozoic Ediacara biota (~571-539 Ma) is an enigmatic group of soft-bodied multicellular organisms that represents the first radiation of complex, eukaryotic macroscopic life. Their bizarre morphologies and unique ...
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(2021-06-03)Department: Molecular Physiology & BiophysicsPancreatic islets are central in the control of blood glucose and their dysfunction is a hallmark of diabetes. Incomplete knowledge of islet biology currently prevents diagnostic and therapeutic approaches based on molecular ...
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(2022-10-31)Department: Biomedical SciencesThe root of many gastrointestinal diseases is a dysregulated immune response. Within the gut, the immune system is constantly active and crucial to maintaining homeostasis and intercepting potential pathogens. In this ...
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(2019-04-03)Department: PhysicsIn continuation of nuclear structure studies in the neutron-rich rare earth region the isotopes of 157Sm, 163Gd and 163Tb have been investigated to establish, or expand, the ground state and low energy bands. Investigations ...
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(2009-04-21)Department: Electrical EngineeringIn this thesis, we examine the total dose response of planar fully depleted planar SOI MOSFETs fabricated in a FinFET technology as functions of both drain bias and gate length. The ID for negative Vgf increases with the ...
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(2013-07-31)Department: PathologyTNF-α, produced by most malignant cells, orchestrates the interplay between malignant cells and myeloid cells, which have been linked to tumor growth and metastasis. Although TNF-α can exist as one of two isoforms, a ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 1993-04-07)
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(Cardozo Women's Law Journal, 2003)To examine the magnitude and source of the gender pay disparity among lawyers, this paper uses data from a large national survey reporting individual information for 1990 and 1993 on a wide array of work related and personal ...
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(2011-04-15)Department: Teaching and LearningNEW LITERACIES, NEW CONTEXTS? A THEORETICAL DEFINITION OF READING CONTEXT J Patrick Tiedemann This dissertation presents research that leads to a new conceptualization of reading context. The question that evokes this ...
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(Vanderbilt Law Review, 2004)Shareholder litigation is the most frequently maligned legal check on managerial misconduct within corporations. Derivative lawsuits and federal securities class actions are portrayed as slackers in debates over how best ...
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(2018-01-04)Department: Chemical EngineeringPhotosystem I (PSI) is a naturally abundant protein photodiode that sustains a 1.1 V light-induced reduction potential with nearly perfect internal quantum efficiency. Due to its abundance, stability, and optoelectronic ...
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(2015-07-06)Department: ChemistryCHEMISTRY NEW METHODS TO INDUCE AND DETECT MICROBIAL SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION C. RUTH MCNEES Dissertation under the direction of Professor Brian O. Bachmann Secondary metabolite production by bacteria, particularly ...