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(2018-12-03)Department: NeuroscienceIt is now a well-established finding that the human brain has a ``small-world' architecture, which is characterized by densely connected modules and a highly-connected hub network. It has been hypothesized that this ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2006)Information about 586 individuals who matriculated into 27 economics Ph.D. programs in Fall 2002 is used to estimate first and second year attrition rates. After two years, 26.5 percent of the initial cohort had left, ...
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(Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2019-11)Background. Loiasis is mostly considered a relatively benign infection when compared with other filarial and parasitic diseases, with Calabar swellings and eyeworm being the most common signs. Yet, there are numerous reports ...
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(Notre Dame Law Review, 2011)Patent law is constantly evolving to accommodate advances in science and technology. But, for a variety of reasons, some aspects of patent doctrine have not evolved over time leading to a growing disconnect between the ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 1992)
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(Northwestern University Law Review, 1993)Numerous legal academics and practitioners have criticized the handling by plaintiffs' attorneys of large-scale class action and derivative lawsuits. These critiques point out attorneys' abuse of the legal system, ranging ...
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(2019-09-16)Department: NeuroscienceCochlear implants (CIs)-widely considered the most successful neuroprosthetic devices-afford over half a million users worldwide access to sound perception following severe-to-profound hearing loss. However, visual cues ...
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(2014-12-08)Department: PsychologyAn individual’s auditory cortical processing of speech sounds is substantially influenced by one’s native language experiences. Over the course of development, the brain becomes specialized to process speech sounds that ...
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(2020-03-31)Department: Hearing & Speech SciencesMotion, as a cue for creating a perceptual difference between a desired (i.e. target) signal and background noise (i.e. distracters), has been investigated previously with limited success. A new approach was taken to ...
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(2015-12-04)Department: GermanWhen Marcel Proust wrote his major novel, À la Recherche du Temps Perdu, he kept reworking it to the last moment of his life (He died in 1922). In this dissertation I argue, that the German translators and others working ...
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(2017-09-25)Department: Biomedical InformaticsBarriers faced by patients with diabetes can prevent them from adhering to their prescribed plan of care. An aspect of the clinical encounter that detracts from patient-provider engagement is the work required for a provider ...
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(2020-03-27)Department: Computer ScienceDeep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms today suffer heavily from sample inefficiency – the need for a lot of training samples to learn the desired behavior. Although there are quite a few reasons for this inefficiency, one ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-26)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-26)
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(Journal for the Scientific Study of ReligionBlackwell Publishing, 1986)My general thesis is that Confessions is written for an audience which Augustine uses as selfobjects...I do not formulate a diagnosis of Augustine's personality...I would rather emphasize the profound devaluation of ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-15)Many teachers in today’s classrooms, regardless of subject area, have little experience in the kind of learning they are asking students to engage in (Elmore, 2016). Rigorous standards in science and mathematics have set ...