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(2020-11-17)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyLung cancer remains the leading cause of all cancer-associated mortalities within the United States. A contributing factor to the high mortality rate is heterogeneous patient response to cancer treatment. This work ...
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(2023-01-25)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe human brain is the most complex organ containing billions of neurons that communicate with each other to share information systematically. Learning its behavior through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) led ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05-01)Ackerman and Barnett (2005) suggest that "future academic success is dependent on being ready to learn and participate in a successful kindergarten experience" (p. 1). More importantly, a quality preschool experience has ...
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(2013-01-04)Department: Electrical EngineeringNanoporous dielectric and metallic materials have recently attracted a great deal of attention for chemical and biological sensing applications. Compared to conventional solid material based sensors, porous materials provide ...
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(2005-08-12)Department: Human and Organizational DevelopmentThis thesis describes the details and rationale of a study exploring particular organizations that work to address structural inequalities in our society, local labor unions. The purpose of this study was to explore local ...
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(2019-07-19)Department: Mechanical EngineeringWhile carbon fiber spring prostheses remain the standard in transtibial prostheses, an increasing number of multifunctional prostheses – those that provide different behaviors than a simple spring, such as hydraulic damping ...
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(2013-08-12)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe aims of this dissertation are to develop synthesis techniques for carbon nanomaterials, to investigate their electrical and optical properties, and to explore their applications in energy conversion and biological ...
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(2008-01-17)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsSmall heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are a ubiquitous family of chaperones that protect unfolded proteins from irreversible aggregation in the cell. Human sHSPs are associated with the pathology of a variety of diseases. The ...
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(2018-09-14)Department: Mechanical EngineeringModeling Friction Stir Welding (FSW) has proven elusive over the past two decades since being patented by The Welding Institute in 1991. One promising model developed by Nandan et al. explains material flow through a ...
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(2014-07-26)Department: ChemistryAs part of a long-range project to develop inexpensive, earth-abundant alternatives to the use of rare-earth metals in catalysts, it was discovered that an unusual color is generated when solutions of Ca[1,3-(SiMe3)2C3H3]2(thf)2 ...
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(2013-07-26)Department: Mechanical EngineeringMECHANICAL ENGINEERING A STUDY OF THE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND GOLD NANOWIRES KYLE OTTE Thesis under the direction of Professor Deyu Li The thermal properties ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007)We introduce a subsidized Vickrey auction for cost sharing problems. Although the average, marginal, and serial cost sharing mechanisms are budget-balanced, they are not allocatively efficient and they do not induce players ...
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(2012-07-23)Department: EnglishThis paper examines Herman Melville’s Pierre, and the novel’s critical reception, in order to investigate and theorize the relevance of Melville’s work for Caribbean writers and historians. This work will contend that the ...
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(2019-11-21)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceRapid advances in technology over the past several years have presented our generation with the need for sustainable and dependable on-demand energy storage solutions. With research efforts focused on improving battery ...
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(2019-11-15)Department: BiochemistryMyo-Inositol is the precursor to a family of molecules called inositides. The two major classes of inositides, the lipid phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs) and the water-soluble inositol phosphates (IPs) are conserved ...
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(2008-04-25)Department: Biomedical InformaticsClinical decision support systems can decrease common errors related to inadequate dosing for nephrotoxic or renally cleared drugs. Within the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system, we developed, implemented, ...
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(2008-05-05)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental ManagementThis research aimed to measure the operational impact of various strategies for utility loading behavior for commercial spent nuclear fuel (CSNF), as well as thermal design parameters involving waste transportation and ...
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(2014-04-01)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental ManagementThe Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for the cleanup of nuclear waste at former nuclear weapons sites across the United States. Cleanup activities of particular interest include the containment of waste in near ...
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(2022-03-18)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyA central challenge in biomedical research is to understand how cells process information, respond to perturbations, and make decisions. Cells are constantly processing extracellular stimuli that can lead to multiple ...
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A Tale of Two Poisons: Overcoming deleterious anticancer side effects and antibacterial resistance (2022-03-28)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyThe type II topoisomerases are the targets of both anticancer and antibacterial therapies. These enzymes perform critical actions in the cell, including unwinding, unknotting, and untangling the genome, through the ...