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(2022-07-29)Department: PhysicsMeasurements of jet substructure in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions suggest that the jet showering process is modified by the interaction with quark gluon plasma. Modifications of the hard substructure of jets can ...
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(2008-04-25)Department: PhysicsThe dissertation is based on the investigation of the spontaneous fission of 252Cf experiment with the Gammasphere array. Prompt triple gamma coincidence data were analyzed to identify new transitions and states in ...
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(Peabody Library, 1917)
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(2006-07-29)Department: Chemical EngineeringMolecular dynamics simulations are used to study various aspects of nanoparticles of anatase and rutile, which are the two most abundant polymorphs of titanium dioxide (TiO2). The phenomenon of sintering of nanoparticles ...
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(BMJ Open, 2019-10)Introduction Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are increasingly developed with multisite, representative patient populations so that they can serve as a primary endpoint in clinical trials and longitudinal studies. ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-08-18)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-16)This essay seeks to examine the study abroad experience and its effects on second language acquisition. It is separated into four sections, each containing findings from research-based publications, as well as discussions ...
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(2013-07-15)Department: PhysicsElectrophoretic deposition (EPD) is introduced in a new light: as a process for the fabrication nanoparticle monolayers (NPMs).Using EPD, NPMs are fabricated from a variety of different types of NPs such as iron oxide, ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: ChemistryChiroptical spectroscopy relies on the differential interaction of left- and right-circularly polarized light with chiral molecules. Chiral molecules are ubiquitous in nature and chemistry, and thus the elucidation of their ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-04-10)
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(2015-11-18)Department: EnglishThis thesis argues that Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage is a metatheatrical critique of the conditions of performance in the children’s acting companies of early modern England. Dido, based on books 1, 2, and 4 of Virgil’s ...
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(2010-07-16)Department: PharmacologyMarijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug, and its major active component, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) exert its functions by targeting cannabinoid receptors, CNR1 and CNR2. There receptors are also targeted ...
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(2016-04-04)Department: Chemical EngineeringPatients with Tumor Induced Bone Disease (TIBD) arising from several primary cancers including breast, lung, prostate cancer, suffer from extreme pain, bone loss, and frequent fracture which contribute to loss in quality ...
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(2023-01-25)Department: Hearing & Speech SciencesDevelopmental stuttering, a speech condition characterized by syllable repetitions and prolongations and involuntary pauses that disrupt the forward flow of speech, has a population prevalence of approximately 1%. Stuttering ...
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(2017-01-04)Osteochondromas are common benign tumors of cartilage and bone. They are usually found as contiguous bone with a cartilage cap at the end of the growth plate of long bones. Similar to structure are extraskeletal osteochondromas. ...
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(2008-12-06)Department: PsychologyThe current working model of auditory cortex is comprised of three levels of processing: a core region of three primary areas, surrounded by a belt region of secondary areas, and a parabelt region lateral to the belt. The ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010)Abstract: This paper brings together two of the most important solution concepts of game theory –subgame-perfect Nash equilibrium of a non-cooperative game and the core of a cooperativegame. Our approach rests on two ...
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(2011-04-02)Department: MathematicsThe main result of this dissertation sheds light on subgroup distortion in metabelian and free nilpotent groups. A subgroup of a finitely generated free nilpotent group F is undistorted if and only if it is a retract of a ...
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(2016-04-09)Department: MathematicsWe explore the descriptive set theory of subgroups of fundamental groups, giving theorems regarding dichotomies on cardinality. In paticular, we show that the quotient of the fundamental group of a path connected, locally ...
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(2012-07-10)Department: PhilosophyThe dissertation examines how Kantian constructivism seeks to retain a Kantian theory of ethics without the burden of Kant’s metaphysics. I examine Rawls’ decision to sidestep the problem of metaphysics altogether. I then ...