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(Virginia Law Review, 1979)This article first explores the development of the de facto system of tax exemption and identifies the tensions that led to its demise. The analysis then details the substitution of a statutory structure in place of the ...
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(2011-09-15)Department: ChemistryThis dissertation focuses on two projects that attempt to solve two unique challenges. Biomimetic synthesis inspired by diatoms provides the mechanism for developing functional materials under ambient conditions. The goal ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-28)Elementary classrooms are full of children's literature. The classroom libraries hold stories of adventure, fantasy, and mystery and are the home of many beloved characters from the past and present. Children read these ...
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From Fathers to Friends of the People: The Political Transformations of Rural America, 1775 - 1810 (Dipartimento di storia della società e delle istituzioni, Università degli studi di Milano, 1992)
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(2011-12-12)Department: NeuroscienceSonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling regulates cell growth during embryonic development, tissue homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Concentration-dependent cellular responses to secreted Shh protein are essential for tissue patterning. ...
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(2014-05-29)Department: Chemical and Physical BiologyChlamydiae species are obligate intracellular pathogens that utilize a type three-secretion system (T3SS) to deliver effector proteins and manipulate host cell processes. T3SSs are composed of cytosolic components, a needle ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2015-04-22)
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From Grief to Advocacy: My Inquiry into the Impact of Saul's Light Foundation on Black NICU Mothers (2023-12)This capstone project investigates the compelling work of Saul’s Light Foundation. This New Orleans-based organization is committed to helping families as they traverse the myriad of experiences in the NICU (Neonatal ...
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From Guatemaltecas to Guerrilleras: Women’s Participation in the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (2017-04-03)Department: Latin American StudiesOn January 19, 1972, the first cadre of the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP) – a political-military organization that used guerrilla warfare to combat violent state repression during Guatemala’s civil war – entered ...
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(2016-08-23)Department: ReligionEmergent images of masculinities in contemporary men’s movements and mass media are expressive of an increased concern for reimagining men’s roles and identities in a changing society. Androcentric assumptions and connotations ...
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(2011-04-12)Department: Latin American StudiesThis thesis examines the impact of the recent recognition of indigenous autonomy in Bolivia on democracy in that country. Over the past several decades, the Bolivian central government has attempted to improve the quality ...
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(North Carolina Law Review, 2008)The Roberts Court Justices already have revealed many differences from one another, but they also share a (possibly) significant commonality: Presidents promoted all of them to the U.S. Supreme Court from the U.S. Courts ...
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(Johns Hopkins University Presshttp://www.press.jhu.edu/, 1992)
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(2021-08-12)This capstone aims to support KIPP DC’s Fellowship in Education as they support novice special education teachers through their alternative certification program. This study aimed to determine the practices employed by ...
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(2023-01-11)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityFor years, educators have championed numerous strategies for supporting marginalized students in U.S. schools. Recently, researchers have identified racial matching—ensuring teachers of color work with students of similar ...
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(2022-06-16)Department: OtherThe purpose of this dissertation is to understand how and why different state financial aid policy designs have developed, with particular attention to external influences, and what effect those design choices have on ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2007-04-30)
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(2011-04-04)Department: SpanishThis dissertation contextualizes the formal innovations and social critique of twentieth-century Spanish avant-garde theater by reconstructing two important elements of the nineteenth-century cultural landscape from which ...
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(University of Chicago Law Review, 2000)This article proposes a comprehensive system for choice of law that is designed to enhance social wealth by focusing on individual rather than governmental interests. To the extent practicable, parties should be able to ...
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(UCL Journal of Economics, 2022-08-25)What is the nature of substantive representation within American institutions of government, and to what extent do constituents’ preferences turn into adopted policy? To answer these questions, I analyze data on federal ...