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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)
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(Stanford Law Review, 2000)The success of several environmental trading markets (ETMs) has led to proposals for broader use of ETMs in environmental and resource management policy. The successful ETMs all share a basic feature-they exchange units ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-08-08)Singapore and U.S. schools face similar challenges in preparing students for life in the 21st Century workplace, home and community. As globalization proceeds apace, future graduates are expected to possess 21st Century ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-06-15)
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(2019-04-16)Department: Biological SciencesAnimal body plans, olfaction, immune response, and, neuronal connectivity, among many others, traits that in addition to being highly polymorphic, are driven by clusters of tandemly duplicated genes (CTDG). CTDGs are not ...
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(2011-03-21)Department: Mechanical EngineeringFriction Stir Welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining technique that is rapidly expanding to a wide range of industries. In this thesis, custom low-cost force measurement methods developed specifically for use with FSW are ...
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(Michigan Journal of International law, 2016)Contemporary international lawmaking is characterized by a rapid growth of “soft law” instruments. Interdisciplinary studies have followed suit, purporting to frame the key question states face as a choice between soft and ...
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(Vanderbilt UniversityJean and Alexander Heard Library, 2008-09-17)In 2004, Vanderbilt University announced that it would change the way its first year students live on campus. A major capital campaign was launched to create ten new or refurbished college halls on Peabody College campus ...
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(Iowa Law Review, 2012)According to the dispute resolution literature, one advantage of arbitration over litigation is that arbitration enables the parties to customize their dispute resolution procedures. For example, parties can choose the ...
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(Iowa Law Review, 2012)According to the dispute resolution literature, one advantage of arbitration over litigation is that arbitration enables the parties to customize their dispute resolution procedures. For example, parties can choose the ...
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(University of California at Davis Law Review, 2020)The agency relationship between class counsel and class members in Rule 23(b)(3) class actions is similar to that between executives and shareholders in U.S. public companies. This similarity has often been noted in class ...
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(2010-12-21)Department: Biological SciencesCircadian rhythms are intrinsic biological rhythms that have a period close to 24 hours. Prokaryotic cyanobacteria are the simplest organisms that show robust circadian rhythms, and are the only organisms that have a ...
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(University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dept. of English, 1995)
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(2018-10-01)Department: EnglishThis thesis examines Jennifer Egan’s 2012 Twitter story, “Black Box,” and specifically its relevance to evolving concerns on the contemporary literary and cultural scene, including theories of new humanism, the role of ...
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(2006-04-28)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyProstaglandin G/H synthases (PGHS), commonly referred to as cyclooxygenases (COX-1 and COX-2), catalyze a key step in the synthesis of biologically active prostaglandins (PGs), the conversion of arachidonic acid (AA) into ...
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(2021-11-19)Department: Cell & Developmental BiologyDiabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in working age Americans. Chronic low-grade retinal inflammation is an essential contributor to the pathogenesis of DR, as it is known to drive many of the ...
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(2005-12-05)Department: NeuroscienceOur aged population is poised to expand dramatically within the next decade. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis studies, the end point hallmarks or lesions are known and well studied; however, the exact processes leading ...
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(2015-11-12)Department: HistoryThe case of Czeslaw Milosz’s exile is significant because the writer epitomizes a 20th century intellectual torn among different loyalties, threatened by the totalizing claims of the Nazi or communist regimes, finally ...