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(2006-11-13)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsHeart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. There are many forms of heart disease including heart failure and arrhythmias. One underlying theme in heart disease and many other diseases is disrupted ...
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(2014-07-26)Department: EnglishDuring the nineteenth century, the rise of surgery and the transatlantic institutionalization of medicine contributed to an epistemological redefinition of the human body as an animated corpse. As medical schools restructured ...
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Cadherin-11 in Cardiovascular Mechanobiology: Altered Immune Response and Endothelial Contractility (2021-03-12)Department: Biomedical EngineeringCadherin-11 (CDH11) is a cell-cell adhesion protein that has been implicated in several diseases associated with fibrosis and inflammation. The bulk of current CDH11 research focuses on fibroblasts and its upregulation ...
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(2022-01-10)Department: Biomedical EngineeringChronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a massive unmet clinical need, as there are virtually no pharmaceutical options for treatment of renal injury. A recent study identified cadherin-11 (CDH11) as a potential biomarker ...
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(2010-01-18)Department: PharmacologyMethylmercury (MeHg), a known neurotoxicant, is found in seafood, leading to regular exposure of humans to this compound. Many of the molecular targets and detoxifying components of MeHg toxicity, including glutathione ...
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(2005-03-31)Department: Management of TechnologyCost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) is a way to develop systems in which the cost for the system is fixed and all other system attributes are traded off to meet the fixed cost. The Government has required CAIV to be ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-02-26)
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(2016-11-22)Department: EpidemiologyIt is plausible that calcium intake and the calcium: magnesium (Ca:Mg) intake ratio play an essential role in the development of colorectal cancer. The first project of this dissertation was to determine the role of calcium ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-01-28)Stacey Kendrick is joined by Vanderbilt Dietetic Interns Crystal Van Meter and Stacy Rahat to discuss changing calcium needs for different ages as well as some great ways to boost calcium consumption
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(Vanderbilt Law Review, 2019)The Dodd-Frank Act provides that SEC whistleblower awards must equal not less than 10 and not more than 30 percent of the monetary penalties collected in the action to which they relate; SEC Rule 21F-6 provides criteria ...
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(2013-03-25)Department: Chemical EngineeringIn this work, molecular simulations are used to calculate the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) of polymer-grafted nanoparticles under a wide range of conditions, with the main goal to explore the balance between nanoparticle-polymer ...
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(Project Gutenberg ebook, 1903)
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(2017-12-04)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAdditive manufacturing of plastics, commonly referred to as Rapid Prototyping, is an emerging field with the potential to improve the performance of guidance and control systems for small satellites. Small-scale nozzles ...
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(2011-12-09)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe present technique to correct for instrument variations between fiber-optic probe based Raman spectroscopic systems is through the use of a NIST tungsten calibrated lamp spectrum. This method does not accurately correct ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-05)California State University, East Bay (CSUEB) is one of twenty-three universities in the California State University (CSU) system and is a highly diverse, four-year, public university located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...