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(Vanderbilt University. Graduate School, 2009-03-30)Nanofluids are solutions of a small fraction of suspended nanoparticles in a bulk fluid. Nanofluids have shown great promise as heat transfer fluids over typically used bulk fluids and fluids with micron sized particles. ...
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(Homiletic, 1997)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-10-21)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-03-03)
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(2017-08-14)Department: Spanish and PortugueseSome works of fiction by Puerto Rican authors present characters that have one surprising characteristic in common: a void of individuality. What would constitute the core of these personae has been displaced to the point ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-08-21)
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(Vanderbilt University. Human Resources, 2009-10-09)
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(2020-12)Significant literature exists investigating the importance of clinical teaching during a teacher candidate’s development – specifically, the clinical teaching placements of teacher candidates. However, an important perspective ...
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(2016-06-30)Department: AnthropologyThis dissertation examines how warfare engendered new forms of sociality and mediated political relationships during the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000-1450) in the Colca Valley of the southern Peruvian highlands. I ...
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(2022-05-03)Department: PhilosophyIn this dissertation, I propose a framework for evaluating a minimally adequate egalitarian theory of justice. I argue that the minimum adequacy requirements for such a theory are that the theory must be (1) clearly an ...
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(2014-06-30)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsAMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a serine-threonine kinase that exerts control over mediators of metabolic flux. The structure of AMPK permits the sensing of changes in energy status. The dissertation examines the ...
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(2006-04-07)Department: Nursing ScienceNURSING SCIENCE COPING AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS HONGXIA LIU Dissertation under the direction of Professor Kathleen Dwyer Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate ...
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(2010-08-26)Department: PsychologyThe stress associated parental depression poses a significant risk factor to offspring of depressed parents. However, the availability of psychosocial resources, such as coping and social competence, may counteract or ...
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(2022-07-22)Department: PsychologyEarlier studies on a family group cognitive behavioral (FGCB) preventive intervention of depression have shown positive intervention effects on adolescent mental health outcomes 12-months later through the use secondary ...
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(2009-12-17)Department: PsychologyThe present study examined changes in coping as a mediator of the efficacy of a preventive intervention program for children and adolescents of parents with a history of depression. Changes in coping as a mediator were ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-04-12)Objectives. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to childhood traumatic events and are significant predictors of psychopathology. ACEs include abuse (physical, emotional, sexual) and neglect (physical, emotional). ...