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(2020-08-20)Department: ReligionHistorically, interpretations of Eve in Genesis 3-4 have been largely limited to matters of sin and gender (in)equality. Consequently, for some communities for whom Genesis has functioned and continues to function as ...
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In Pursuit of Knowledge: Comparing Self-Explanations, Concepts, and Procedures as Pedagogical Tools (2008-04-04)Department: PsychologyExplaining new ideas to oneself can promote learning and transfer, but how and when such self-explanations are effective is unclear. This study investigated how instruction on concepts versus procedures affected the quality ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-04-19)Over the last decade, an increasing number of school districts have focused on school finance reform as a critical component of school improvement initiatives. One approach - known as student-based budgeting, student-based ...
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(2021-03-24)Department: PhysicsGene regulatory networks play a significant role in controlling cell fate decisions and other kinds of cellular decision-making (e.g. whether or not to proceed with growth or division). One big picture dream of quantitative ...
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(Cardozo Law Review, 2006)Professor Robert Danforth's exploration of spendthrift trusts in Article Five of the UTC and the Future of Creditors 'Rights in Trusts is a superb piece of work. Professor Danforth analyzes with considerable acuity the ...
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(2022-10-25)Department: SpanishThe aim of this study is to explore the ways in which French rationalist thought shaped the poetics of rhetorical argumentation in Hispanic Enlightenment literature. Like imaginative tropes and figures of thought, probabilistic ...
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(2021-10-12)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityIn recent years, education scholars have argued that we should be working to expand students' experiences of what counts in and as disciplinary knowledge building. Much of this work in schools focuses on the knowledge ...
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(2006-06-29)Department: EnglishMost analyses of Michelangelo Antonioni’s films have emphasized themes of alienation, but these interpretations have ignored postwar attempts to address issues of ethical responsibility. As much as Antonioni’s films are ...
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(2022-03-27)Department: AstrophysicsM-dwarfs have the lowest mass, size, luminosity and temperature of main sequence stars and also make up the majority of the total number of stars in our Milky Way galaxy. However, since the first exoplanet systems that ...
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(2018)Kathleen Wilson writes that the domestic elite of Georgian Britain sought a psychological "disavowal" of the West Indian planting class because elite flaws were reflected in the perceived degeneracy and excess of the ...
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(2007-07-24)Department: Biomedical InformaticsRecent advances in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping techniques, public databases, and genomic knowledge via the Human Genome Project and the Haplotype Mapping project (HapMap) allow for true genome-wide ...
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(2018-01-17)Department: ChemistryDetermination of a protein’s structural equilibrium constitution remains a challenge. Experimental techniques like X-ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy either are only able to determine single ...
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(2023-01-25)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAssessing the quality of an engine lubricant through real-time sensing could pave the way for remote monitoring of engine health and the development of machine learning algorithms for engine health management. However, ...
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(2013-12-12)Department: Biomedical EngineeringGelatin is a hydrolyzed and denatured form of collagen, which comprises the majority of extracellular matrix. Despite its numerous advantages for tissue engineering, its use as a thermostable hydrogel has been achieved ...
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(2012-11-06)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceA bottom up approach to functionalizing high quality porous silicon optical structures with nucleic acid bioreceptors is presented in this dissertation. The solid-phase synthesis method using phosphoramidite protected ...
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(2024-01-18)Department: ChemistryMALDI IMS is a powerful technology that combines multiplexed omics data with in situ spatial information. Additional pairing with compatible imaging modalities increases the biological context of the biomolecular distributions ...
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(MBIO, 2019-05)Helicobacter pylori colonizes about half of humans worldwide, and its presence in the gastric mucosa is associated with an increased risk of gastric adenocarcinoma, gastric lymphoma, and peptic ulcer disease. H. pylori ...
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(2013-12-18)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesThe future of deltas worldwide will be determined by a balance of sedimentation, subsidence and sea-level rise, in addition to human-caused perturbations. The Ganges-Brahmaputra delta is perceived to be at great risk to ...
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(2020-07-24)Department: Environmental EngineeringFood, Energy, and Water (FEW) security is essential for human beings to live in modern societies. Challenges such as climate change and population growth made it much more difficult to achieve FEW security. This dissertation ...