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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2004-04-16)
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(2014-08-04)Department: Biomedical EngineeringSubarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) affects approximately 30,000 people each year and accounts for 1-7% of all strokes. Spontaneous SAH occurs due to the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm. SAH is characterized primarily by loss of ...
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(2013-05-09)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyEpithelial cells called enterocytes line the lumen of the small intestine and are responsible for nutrient processing and barrier maintenance. Enterocytes have highly ordered actin arrays, or brush borders, on their apical ...
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(2023-12)The Physician Assistant Graduate Institute (pseudonym) is currently on accreditation probation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). This investigation delves deep into ...
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(2016-07-25)Department: PsychologyOur understanding of emotion and coping is limited in that theorists and researchers have generally failed to observe the full adaptational process, from emotion elicitation to coping. Across three studies, I capitalized ...
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(2021-07-27)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe potential for using optical energy to modulate neural activity has gained significant traction in the last two decades due to its convenient implementation, spatial specificity, and contact-free capabilities. Of many ...
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(2016-09-12)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyEukaryotic cells respond to stress by reprogramming their gene expression program to inhibit global protein synthesis and direct translationally silenced mRNAs to cytoplasmic foci known as stress granules (SGs). SGs function ...
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(2014-12-05)Department: NeuroscienceThe innate immune response serves as a defense against infection, but it can also have negative consequences, particularly when it affects the central nervous system (CNS). Interferon is a key mediator of the innate immune ...
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(2007-08-03)Department: EnglishThis dissertation examines the history of Britain’s security industry, specifically the rise and development of patent lockmaking in England, throughout the “long” nineteenth century as a way of contextualizing the Victorians’ ...
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(2015-04-14)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietyPrevious research in low-income urban environments led to the conclusion that the underachievement of African-American youth is attributed to their disadvantaged environment and lack of self-esteem. In recent years, however, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)Data on 2,822 Vanderbilt University graduates are used to investigate alumni giving behavior during the eight years after graduation. A two stage model accounting for incidental truncation is used to first estimate the ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-03-06)
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studiohttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/writing/students/papers/, 2010-03)In March 2010 the Writing Studio and The Commons will host the second annual Vanderbilt Undergraduate Writing Symposium. Vanderbilt students will read and discuss successfully written course papers from across the disciplines. ...
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(Vanderbilt University Writing Studio, 2009-03-24)
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(2021-04-27)Su Casa Family Ministries, better known as Su Casa, uses its Adult Education English as a Second Language (ESL) Program to serve the diverse community of adult learners and connect with its volunteer teachers. The purpose ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-11-11)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022)Established by the Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX is an important statute of legislation that was enacted to protect individuals when discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex was prevalent in American ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-05)James Popham, a leading figure in educational test development and criterion-referenced measurements sums up the power of formative assessment in this way: "The goal of formative assessment is to supply assessment-elicited ...
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(2013-08-01)Department: ReligionThis study aims to provide a novel interpretation of discipleship as presented in the Gospel of Mark. Traditional Markan scholarship on this theme has emphasized the disciples’ failure to know Jesus’ identity and follow ...