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(2012-08-13)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesMother-infant attachment is a connection between a child and his/her mother that is dependent upon maternal sensitivity and accessibility. This relationship is well studied in children with typical development as well as ...
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(2010-01-04)Department: PsychologyThe objective of the study was to 1) understand the inter-relationships among variables of mother-child communication, maternal distress and illness-related stressors and 2) to isolate maternal distress and coping behaviors ...
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(Disciples Divinity House (University of Chicago), 1993)
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(Vital Theology, 2004-04-12)
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(Journal of Family Ministry, 2002)
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(2007-04-20)Department: Spanish and PortugueseIn this dissertation I utilize Toni Morrison’s Sula (1973), Helena Parente Cunha’s Mulher no Espelho (1983), Rosario Ferré’s Vecindarios excéntricos (1999), and Carmen de Monteflores’s Singing Softly / Cantando bajito ...
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(2017-02-20)Department: PsychologyThe present study integrated and expanded upon two previously separate lines of research on stress and coping processes endemic to mothers faced with two significant sources of stress: mothers coping with a child’s cancer ...
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(2011-12-10)Department: Mechanical EngineeringRobot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) presents patients with the benefits of reduced pain and shortened recovery time at a cost of perception deficiency to surgeons. In contrast to MIS, surgeons manually manipulate ...
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(2022-05-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringManagement of ophthalmic diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma often require surgical intervention in order to prevent vision-loss and blindness. In ...
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(2021-03-09)Department: EconomicsThis dissertation examines belief formation in a variety of decision-making settings. Chapter One explores how individuals manage to view themselves as altruistic even though they behave selfishly. In particular, I present ...
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(2009-07-25)Department: PsychologyCurrently, the production of electricity in the United States is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions nationwide. As such, a growing number of scientists and policy-makers have argued that efforts to reduce the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-15)This paper discusses how Game Based Learning (GBL) provides a more collaborative learning experience while integrating Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) features. First the paper discussion of the advantages of collaborative ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2017-04-26)Schadenfreude, the pleasure that results from another person's misfortune, is an interesting topic within emotion research. However, there has been limited research regarding whether cultural tendencies influence the ...
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Motor and Cognitive Influences on Speech Production in Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease (2022-07-18)Department: Hearing & Speech SciencesPurpose: Motor speech and cognitive dysfunction are both common clinical symptoms in the degenerative diseases of Huntington’s disease (HD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Though there is variability in speaking rate in both ...
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(2010-06-29)Department: PsychologyPeople act on efferent knowledge of how to get a motor job done, and incorporate afferent feedback to fine tune their performance. The main purpose of this study is to access the role played by the auditory and motor systems ...
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(2005-03-25)Department: PsychologyMy dissertation includes the results of three main projects that examined the organization of premotor systems in prosimian galagos, including the determination of subdivisions of the motor thalamus, the connections of the ...
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(2010-07-16)Department: Cancer BiologyCANCER BIOLOGY MOUSE MODELS OF PROSTATE CANCER PROGRESSION AND BONE METASTASIS Srinivas Rao Nandana Dissertation under the direction of Robert J. Matusik, PhD Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of deaths due ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-01)This paper explores the need for teacher development considering the typical ways of teaching mathematics are not aligned to common reform efforts and disciplinary practices. It takes a sociocultural perspective of learning ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-04-28)