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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-09-23)
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(2008-04-04)Department: PsychologyThe addition of points to shifts in gaze reliably increases attention-following for one-year-old infants. However, because gaze and point cues have been coupled in previous studies, it is not known whether social partners’ ...
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(2012-02-09)Lecture on water; Part of the Sustainability Project-sponsored graduate course "The Commons: History, Sustainability, Activism"
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(2015-02-26)Department: Chemical and Physical Biology2-Amino-3-methylimidazo-[4,5-f]quinoline, IQ, has been identified as one of the most genotoxic materials according to Ames assays and animal studies. IQ is during high temperature cooking of meats and is classified as ...
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(2012-07-11)Department: PhysicsProteins, as intrinsically flexible molecules, exhibit internal motions at equilibrium. In general, the internal motions consist of changes in the three dimensional coordinates of the constituent atoms. These motions are ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008)We explore the potential for correlated equilibrium to capture conformity to norms and the coordination of behavior within social groups. Given a partition of players into social groups we propose three properties one may ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-07-19)Mathematic ability has long been considered a “gatekeeper” to advanced education, better jobs, and higher status in society. People who are considered successful in mathematics are often selected by a teacher at a young ...
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(2006-11-01)Department: NeuroscienceCommon diseases with a genetic basis are likely to have a very complex etiology, in which the mapping between genotype and phenotype is far from straightforward. A new comprehensive statistical and computational strategy ...
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(2014-11-25)Department: Biomedical EngineeringClinical translation of siRNA therapeutics has been limited by the inability to effectively overcome the rigorous delivery barriers associated with intracellular-acting biologics. Here, in order to address both potency and ...
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(2008-08-14)Department: EnglishJohn Dennis’s Liberty Asserted is an early English effort to dramatize conquest and assimilation in divided North America. The play centers on an Iroquois abducted Huron mother and son whose affiliations with the French ...
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(Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, 2007-09-25)
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(2006-04-12)Department: PsychologyThe current working model of primate auditory cortex describes a centrally located core region, encompassed by a narrow belt region comprised of some seven putative subdivisions. The anatomical and physiological properties ...
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(2012-07-16)Department: PsychologyThese studies are part of a larger effort to understand how the human brain evolved by specifically addressing questions about the evolution of the visual system in early primates and closely related mammals. Both cortical ...
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(2021-05-11)Department: NeuroscienceAlcohol use disorder (AUD) affects over 15 million Americans and remains exceptionally difficult to treat, with the majority of individuals relapsing within a year of initiating treatment. Much of this difficulty is thought ...
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(2015-11-20)Department: PsychologyCurrent theories of the relationship between personality and depression largely ignore conscientiousness and grit, leaving little conceptual framework for investigation. Among the handful of studies having investigated ...
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(Vanderbilt News Service, 2007-05-04)
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(Internatinal Journal of Audiology, 2019-09)Objective: Provide recommendations to audiologists for the management of children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) and for needed research that can lend further insight into important unanswered questions. Design: An ...
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(2009-08-11)Department: NeuroscienceDissertation under the direction of Professor Edwin J. WEeber Apolipoprotein E (apoE) interacts with lipoprotein receptors in the hippocampus. These receptors are intimately involved in the modulation of synaptic plasticity, ...
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(2008-10-22)Department: Biological SciencesOne of the greatest factors contributing to the worldwide decline in biodiversity is habitat destruction leading to the loss and fragmentation of populations of many species. Knowledge of the genetic and demographic factors ...