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(Vanderbilt University, 2003)This paper studies the allocation of skilled and unskilled workers with different human capital levels between locations: city and rural area. In the city, activities are congregated thus there is externality in production. ...
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(2007-10-03)Department: Biological SciencesDNA damaging agents have been shown to stimulate the localization of human DNA helicase B (HDHB) in nuclear foci, suggesting that HDHB might participate in DNA damage response. In the first part of this dissertation, we ...
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(2012-01-09)Department: Biological SciencesCorrect and faithful genome duplication is crucial for preserving genomic integrity. Genome duplication is, therefore, highly regulated through a complex network of proteins that accomplish DNA replication in addition to ...
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(2004-09-29)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe purpose of this research is to study and quantify the effects of system and human factors on objective workload, subjective workload and physiological stress in residents and attending physicians working in an emergency ...
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(Ecology Law Quarterly, 1994)The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is scheduled for reauthorization in the spring of 1995, and Congress must decide either to continue the Superfund program in its current ...
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(2011-06-09)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyMICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY HUMAN HEMOGLOBIN AS AN IRON SOURCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS GLIB PISHCHANY Dissertation under the direction of Professor Eric P. Skaar Staphylococcus aureus is a tremendous human pathogen ...
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(2022-03-02)Department: Molecular Pathology & ImmunologyOne-third of all humans, more than 1.5 billion people living in developing countries, are suffering from helminth infection. A vigorous type 2 immune response, characterized by highly elevated levels of IgE, is the hallmark ...
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(NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2019-08-02)Human memory is thought to depend on a circuit of connected brain regions, but this hypothesis has not been directly tested. We derive a human memory circuit using 53 case reports of strokes causing amnesia and a map of ...
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(2018-05-16)Department: ChemistryStreptococcus agalactiae (Group B strep, GBS) is a common infant pathogen that causes sepsis and meningitis. Human milk provides nutrition for the developing infant, and breast milk consumption leads to critical modulation ...
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(2019-03-22)Department: ChemistryThe increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance coupled with a dramatically slowed rate of novel antibiotic discovery has created an environment wherein antimicrobial resistance is one of the most serious threats to ...
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(2022-03-21)Department: ChemistryStreptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is an opportunistic bacterium that is commonly isolated from the female gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts. GBS colonization of the rectovaginal mucosa during ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Institute for Global Health, 2008-07-21)
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(Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019-08-03)Objective: The primary aim of this study is to assess and characterize correlates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series completion among young adult women evaluated by gynecological (GYN) providers at a single ...
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(2012-04-03)Department: Computer ScienceDeveloping immersive virtual environments that fully mirror the real world means ensuring that the visual stimuli are convincing and accurate and that human performance is unhindered and natural. This work describes two ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-01-14)Ralph Topham talks with Pamela Brown, the director of Vanderbilt Human Resources' Organizational Effectiveness Team, about some of the formal training resources which are available for new leaders at Vanderbilt University. ...
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(Santa Clara Law Review, 2002)The death penalty presents an issue where a clearly stated norm that is widely held by U.S. allies exists in stark contrast to U.S. practices. The war on terrorism has shone a spotlight on European refusals to extradite ...
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(2015-10-12)Department: HistoryUpon his inauguration in 1977, American President Jimmy Carter promised to make human rights the “soul” of his foreign policy, thus subordinating what he considered America’s “inordinate” fear of communism in the broader ...
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(2016-07-24)Department: EnglishHuman Rites examines the long history of legalized racial violence in the United States and turns to the antebellum period as a critical moment in the national history of racism. It is during this period, I argue, that law ...
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(2010-04-10)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThis thesis is concerned with auditory motion perception and the combinations of cues that contribute to human sensitivity of signals that change in spatial position. Measurement of how sensitive individuals are to the ...
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(2006-04-12)Department: BiochemistryHUMAN TOPOISOMERASES AND DNA GEOMETRY: PUTTING A POSITIVE TWIST ON ENZYME ACTION AMY KATHLEEN MCCLENDON Topoisomerases play critical roles in maintaining DNA topology during cellular processes such as DNA replication ...