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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)Fundamentally, this paper is about the value of information. Whenever a cost-benefit analysis has to be undertaken using benefits that are estimated from household survey data the size of the survey sample must be specified. ...
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(2012-04-26)Department: Human GeneticsHUMAN GENETICS DETERMINING THE ROLE OF GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR-6 (GDF6) IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORONAL SUTURE DAWN ELIZABETH CLENDENNING Dissertation under the direction of Professor Douglas P. Mortlock Growth ...
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(2016-03-25)Department: PharmacologyThe most widely prescribed antidepressant medications are serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), believed to provide therapeutic benefit by antagonizing the serotonin transporter (5-HT; SERT), which acts to ...
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(2018-04-12)Department: PathologyThe endometrium is the tissue lining the inner cavity of the uterus in which nidation and pregnancy maintenance occurs. To date, there are no physiological models that recapitulate the human endometrial microenvironment; ...
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(2013-12-09)Department: Human GeneticsThe clinical course of multiple sclerosis (MS) is highly variable, and research data collection is costly and time-consuming. Much is known about the genetic risk of acquiring MS, but little is understood about the effect ...
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(Virginia Law Review, 2011)The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill highlighted the glaring weaknesses in the current liability and regulatory regime for oil spills and for environmental catastrophes more broadly. This Article proposes a new liability ...
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(Seton Hall Law Review, 1994)This Article examines the interaction between direct regulation of pharmaceuticals under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and the indirect regulation of pharmaceuticals provided by common law tort incentives. ...
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(2022-08)Schools throughout the country are grappling with the notion of tracking versus detracking students in math based on their achievement in grade six or lower. Ambrose Academy, a pseudonym, chose to detrack seventh-grade ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2017-04-26)This thesis examines the experience of American soldiers serving in North Russia in 1918 – 1919, an expedition often referred to as an offshoot of World War One. It bases its conclusions by utilizing the comprehensive Polar ...
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(2020-06-02)Department: OtherThis paper outlines the steps required to create a freely accessible dataset for training students, clinicians, and researchers on how to use the Auditory-Perceptual Rating of Connected Speech in Aphasia (APROCSA) tool ...
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(2014-08-01)Department: PhysicsMolecular imaging is an important tool in both clinical and pre-clinical settings. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) is a molecular imaging technique provides important information for everything from ...
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(2014-09-24)Department: PsychologyDecades of research have established that prior semantic knowledge exerts a strong influence on how new experiences are remembered, causing strengthening, reorganization, or even distortion of episodic memories. However, ...
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(Ohio State Law Journal, 1998)As the decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals become an increasingly important part of American legal discourse, the debate concerning adjudication theories of the circuit courts gain particular relevance. Whereas, ...
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(2012-10-18)Department: Chemical and Physical BiologyCurrent medical ability to diagnose and treat disease remains limited for many chronic diseases such as cancer, carcinoids, diabetes, and obesity. Basic research promises to advance our understanding of such conditions and ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-06-15)The purpose of this capstone essay is to synthesize the literature on teaching writing through a process-oriented approach—specifically a writing workshop model—and to draw connections between this type of writing instruction ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-10)The world we live in today is one in which we can communicate to people on other continents instantly through Skype, Email, Facebook, and even by telephone. We have more cross-cultural encounters presently than in any other ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-04)In the traditional middle school mathematics classroom, learning is viewed as a passive process in which students receive knowledge via the didactic instruction of the teacher. Learning is a social process, however, and ...
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(2022-03-29)Department: AstrophysicsOver the past 14 billion years, the Universe has evolved from a state of nearly uniform density into a complex web of structure. Slight perturbations in the initial density field grew over time via gravity, resulting in ...
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(2018-12-20)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe present work describes a series of EEG / ERP studies conducted to develop a short passive paradigm that is sensitive to the detection of cortical markers of auditory processing and social motivation. A novel oddball ...