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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2022-12)Strong coupling of cavity electromagnetic modes and molecules has emerged as an area of intense theoretical and experimental interest. Such systems are of particular interest due to their ability to modify the physical ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-10-12)This paper argues against the sense of inescapable reality engendered by capitalism and discusses how playing out a re-imagined reality at school could defy this world. I utilize the concept of “figured worlds” as a lens ...
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(2021-05-19)Department: MathematicsIn this thesis, we focus on topics related to the Dehn function of a finitely presented metabelian group and relative Dehn function of a finitely generated metabelian groups. We establish a commutative algebra approach to ...
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(2023-11-17)Department: ChemistryThe molecular mechanisms associated with aging and age-related diseases are still being discovered. Spontaneous degradation of proteins can lead to the formation of post-translational modifications (PTMs). Among the PTMs ...
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(Delaware Journal of Corporation Law, 2018)The 1980’s is appropriately considered the Golden Age of Delaware corporate law. Within that era, the Delaware courts won international attention by not just erecting the legal pillars that frame today’s corporate governance ...
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(Boston College Law Review, 3/28/2014)The Supreme Court’s increasing use of science and social science in its decision-making has a rationalizing effect on law that helps ensure that a rule will have its desired effect. But resting doctrine on the shifting ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-25)
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(Molecular Neurobiology, 2019-08)Autism and epilepsy are diseases which have complex genetic inheritance. Genome-wide association and other genetic studies have implicated at least 500+ genes associated with the occurrence of autism spectrum disorders ...
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(BMC Developmental Biology, 2019-07-08)BackgroundThe Tet protein family (Tet1, Tet2, and Tet3) regulate DNA methylation through conversion of 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine which can ultimately result in DNA demethylation and play a critical role ...
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(2012-12-12)Department: EnglishThis dissertation pairs fictional texts with periodicals in four time periods that span the nineteenth century to compare the changing narrative perspectives encoded in the editorial “We,” or as Anthony Trollope called it, ...
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(Cells, 2020-01)Exploring the interactions between the Ca2+ binding protein calmodulin (CaM) and its target proteins remains a challenging task. Members of the Munc13 protein family play an essential role in short-term synaptic plasticity, ...
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(2019-03-22)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyUrinary tract infections (UTIs) are very common, the disease severity can encompass a broad range of clinical diagnoses, including acute cystitis, pyelonephritis, catheter-associated infection, and asymptomatic bacteriuria. ...
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(2008-03-19)Department: Cancer BiologyGastric adenocarcinoma is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the world, and infection with Helicobacter pylori is the strongest known risk factor for this malignancy. Adherence of H. pylori to gastric ...
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(2021-05-11)Department: NeuroscienceStress is critical to every organism’s ability to adapt and survive. This dissertation reviews the history of stress research and reviews stress physiology across a variety of organ systems. Neurocircuitry that is involved ...
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(2009-11-13)Department: Cancer BiologyGastric adenocarcinoma is strongly associated with the presence of H. pylori. Microbial factors of H. pylori and host responses induced by the interactions of H. pylori with gastric epithelial cells play important roles ...
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(2018-11-20)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to examine whether the Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT) Telepractice Program was effective for teaching caregivers to implement EMT language support strategies and whether changes in caregiver ...
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(2023-07-14)Department: Biomedical EngineeringGene editing unlocks the source code of life—DNA—for human engineering. This could enable treating myriad diseases, with huge academic and industrial efforts ongoing towards treatments for numerous cancers, neurodegenerative ...
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(Springer, 2012-12)As systemic cancer therapies improve and are able to control metastatic disease outside the central nervous system, the brain is increasingly the first site of relapse. The blood–brain barrier (BBB) represents a major ...
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(Vanderbilt News Service, 2005-06-14)
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(Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, 2005-04-05)