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(Duke University Presshttp://www.dukeupress.edu/, 1972)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-26)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-25)
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(2017-12-19)Department: EnglishWhat we talk about when we talk about refusal is decidedly masculine in focus and perspective. Standard accounts of refusal locate it in Herbert Marcuse’s avowal that refusal represents the “protest against that which is” ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)Charter schools have recently become a popular vehicle for urban school reform. The historical and ideological roots of the charter school movement are presented below. Charter schools are not a federal policy; rather, ...
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(2018-10-18)Department: EnglishBlack utopian logic works to decolonize and delink from the colonial matrix of power by maintaining a nationality separate from European culture and thought. The latest black utopia to reach mainstream popular culture finds ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-05)Tennessee has set ambitious student achievement goals for itself that include increasing students' levels of achievement and decreasing achievement gaps. A strategic plan, Tennessee Succeeds, codified these goals in October ...
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(2018-06-27)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesThe factors that enter into the decision to enroll in tertiary education, as well as their outcomes, are well documented. For instance, student preferences in enrollment decisions, the salience of financial aid in the ...
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(2013-12-04)Department: ReligionThis dissertation explores the problem of pressuring victims to forgive in three contexts. The restorative justice movement views responding to crime as a question of restoring relationships rather than—or sometimes in ...
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(2023-11-15)Department: Computer ScienceAutonomous vehicles represent a transformative innovation poised to reshape transportation and mobility. As this emerging technology matures, researchers must critically evaluate the aptitude of artificial intelligence ...
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(2021-07-13)Department: Computer ScienceCo-simulations allow heterogeneous simulators to be composed as a distributed system to enable simulating a large-scale system comprising heterogeneous systems. Cyber-physical Systems (CPS) is one such domain that can ...
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(2016-07-29)Department: Chemical and Physical BiologyMetals, such as iron, zinc, and manganese, are required for bacterial function and survival. Bacteria have evolved systems to acquire metals from the environments they inhabit. Pathogenic bacteria must obtain metals from ...
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(Insects, 2022-11-28)Simple Summary Mosquitoes transmit disease, and over the past century, mosquito control has mostly relied on chemical insecticides that target the adult life stage. We review methods of mosquito control and argue that ...
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(2017-02-28)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologySmall molecules have value in their ability to modulate protein activity in ways that are not accessible using conventional genetic methods, and their potential to be developed into therapeutics. As genetic causes of human ...
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Chemical Vapor Deposition and Characterization of Zirconia Films For High-k Dielectric Applications (2005-03-29)Department: Chemical EngineeringDue to the aggressive dimensional scaling of metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect-transistors (MOSFETs), direct tunneling current across the SiO2 gate dielectric layer has become a significant problem. High-k dielectric ...
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(2022-07-13)Department: Chemical Engineering3D printing is a process by which structures are built up layer-by-layer by progressively adding material to create a three-dimensional object. By placing material only where required, construction-scale 3D printing with ...
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(2012-07-10)Department: Biomedical InformaticsPurpose: Chemotherapy plan abstraction is an important clinical and research task in medicine. Providers review the treatment plan history and the response to the treatment to make decisions about continuing or changing ...
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(2022-05-16)Department: EpidemiologyChemotherapy can lead to various acute side effects and long-term toxicities, affecting treatment compliance, efficacy, and long-term outcomes. Growing evidence suggests that gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota may influence ...