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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05)
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(Iowa Law Review, 2015)It is often pointed out that while the United States Supreme Court is the final arbiter in setting antitrust policy and promulgating antitrust rules, it does so too infrequently to be an efficient regulator. And since the ...
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(2016-05-25)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesRiparian vegetation has been recognized as a controlling factor of stream channel morphology, but specific influences on bed topography and planform geometry are yet to be fully clarified. This project explores the influence ...
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(2012-07-24)Department: Teaching and LearningThis study described instructional and emotional classroom environments, as well as the learning engagement of children involved in various classroom tasks, and explored whether variability in children’s classroom experiences ...
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(2013-01-14)Department: SociologyAdherence to professional norms, values and beliefs structures is an important qualification for artists seeking employment in creative industries. However, few accounts have examined how these qualifications are signaled ...
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(2011-12-22)Department: Computer ScienceClinical research with medical imaging typically involves large-scale data analysis with interdependent software toolsets tied together in a processing workflow. Grid queuing software has become more advanced to meet the ...
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(2009-07-28)Department: Computer ScienceFuture emergency incident responses, including Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE), will incorporate robots. The ability to interact with robots and understand the resulting volumes of ...
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(2006-11-13)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesThis research analyzes the determinants affecting access to postsecondary education with particular attention to the role of college preparation information. Prior research on the college choice process and college access ...
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(American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013)This paper tests for incentive and selection effects in a subprime consumer credit market. We estimate the incentive effect of loan size on default using sharp discontinuities in loan eligibility rules. This allows us to ...
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(2014-04-14)Department: Computer ScienceInformation context places individual observations into the context of an environment and provides additional meaning to disjoint information. Information context is used to form an overall awareness from independent ...
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(2019-03-26)Department: Computer ScienceMedical researchers rely on chart reviews, in which a user manually goes through a large number of electronic medical records (EMRs), to search for evidence to answer a specific medical question. Unfortunately, scrolling ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)This paper explores a new aspect of the relationship between backwardness and growth, "information spillover". If solving problems is a source of economic growth, then knowing which problems have been solved is per se ...
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(2005-04-27)Department: Management of TechnologyThis research explores the process of information system (IS) failure to understand how various organizational, users, technology, and implementation factors influence IS acceptance. The topic of IS implementation is ...
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(The RAND Journal of Economics, 1986)On the basis of data from a survey of almost 400 consumers, this article assesses whether consumer behavior is responsive to information about product hazards that is provided in response to regulation. We find that the ...
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(2011-08-08)Department: Biomedical EngineeringInfrared neural stimulation (INS) has been shown to induce neural activity with spatial selectivity without inducing a stimulation artifact or necessitating tissue contact. Most experiments with this technology have been ...
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(2008-05-05)Department: Biomedical EngineeringNeural stimulation using infrared light has recently been characterized as a novel method to stimulate peripheral nerves without touching, causing damage, or inducing an electrical stimulation artifact. Infrared neural ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-11-29)
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(19 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, 2008-10)The Legacy of Cain (1888), the last novel Wilkie Collins published before his death, is structured as a case study of the respective influences of nature and nurture. The central question is whether the daughter of a ...
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(2012-07-19)Department: PsychologyCognitive dysfunction is a core feature of schizophrenia, but the precise nature of these deficits has yet to be delineated. The goal of the following series of experiments was to advance our understanding of two particular ...
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(2018-08-30)Department: NeuroscienceInhibition of Diacylglycerol Lipase Impairs Fear Extinction in Mice Victoria S. Cavener Dissertation under direction of Professor Sachin Patel Elucidating the underlying molecular mechanisms regulating fear and extinction ...