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(2011-08-05)Department: Special EducationIn many western families, young children spend much of their time engaging in object play with adult social partners. Such interactions provide a rich context for early communication development and language learning. ...
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(2013-06-11)Department: Special EducationThe effects of a multi-component intervention on the directed communication between preschoolers with Down syndrome and their peers were studied. The intervention included (a) one-on-one training with a therapist using ...
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(2012-08-12)Department: PsychologyThe current study investigated the role of chronic stress in alterations in automatic attentional and stress reactivity processes that may affect vulnerability to mental and physical illness in women. Participants were ...
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(2012-04-05)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe purpose of this project is to define for young, middle age, and elderly subjects the best frequency(cies) to record both the cVEMP and the oVEMP. An additional objective of this study is to describe the age related ...
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(2013-10-11)Department: Cancer BiologyDissertation under the direction of Professor Harold L. Moses Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) is acts as both a tumor suppressor and promoter in the context of epithelial tumor progression. In epithelial cells, ...
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Effects of an Adolescent Depression Prevention Program on Parental Criticisms and Positive Remarks (2018-11-21)Department: PsychologyThis study examined the effects of a cognitive behavioral depression prevention program on parental criticisms and positive remarks, and whether effects varied by adolescents’ gender and parenting behavior. Of 305 adolescents ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2021-03-29)
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(2023-11-14)Department: PsychologyAttentional allocation towards threat has been theorized to play a maintaining role in social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, it is unclear if both attentional focus towards internal threats (i.e., interoceptive signals ...
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(2023)Each individual child varies in their developmental progression. Developmental milestones can be used to determine if a child needs additional support to learn language. Previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness ...
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(Frontiers In Molecular Neuroscience, 2022-12-14)Accurate photon counting requires that rods generate highly amplified, reproducible single photon responses (SPRs). The SPR is generated within the rod outer segment (ROS), a multilayered structure built from membranous ...
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(2024-05)There is a large body of empirical research showing the effectiveness of teacher praise as an intervention to reduce unwanted classroom behaviors and increase student engagement. Despite this evidence, research shows that ...
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(2021-05-03)Department: PsychologyAlthough exposure therapy is an efficacious treatment for anxiety disorders, a common shortfall is that fear often returns after treatment. From an inhibitory learning perspective, long-term improvement depends not only ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2021-04)
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(2006-07-31)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis dissertation explores the effects of convection on the structural response and sound radiation behavior of a simple structure. This behavior will be studied over a wide range of flow velocities, with a maximum of ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-04-04)The present study researches university students' understanding of different forms of evolutionary diagrams. It is important to look at students' understanding of evolution so that teachers can use the most effective ...
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(2010-08-02)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a professional development intervention on teachers’ implementation of the Teaching Pyramid model. The Teaching Pyramid is a classroom-wide approach for fostering ...
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Effects of DNA Geometry and Topoisomerase II Poisons on Human and Bacterial Type II Topoisomerases (2017-03-15)Department: BiochemistryThe topological state of DNA has a dramatic effect on nucleic acid processes in cells. Type II topoisomerases are necessary enzymes that help regulate the topological state of the genome, but their activity requires the ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2013)This study investigated how dopamine agonist medication differentially affects reward learning in Parkinson’s patients with and without Impulse Control Disorders (ICDs). We tested 16 patients (8 female, 5 with ICDs, mean ...
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(2011-05-03)Department: PathologyInvariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a specialized subset of immune regulatory cells that recognize glycolipid antigens and are thought to be pro-atherogenic under hyperlipidemic conditions. We previously reported ...
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(2008-12-06)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesThis study investigates the effects of earthworm burrowing on arsenic mobility and speciation in soil. The use of roxarsone in the poultry industry as a feed supplement is an increasing anthropogenic source of arsenic. ...