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(2021-08-23)Department: Chemical EngineeringA human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neural tissue model for spatiotemporal analysis of tau pathology was investigated in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic platform. Three-dimensional (3D) in vitro ...
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(2018-09-27)Department: ChemistryASCT-2 is an evolutionary redundant neutral amino acid transporter protein that has been consistently reported as being expressed at elevated levels in high profile malignant diseases, such as breast, lung, and gastrointestinal ...
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(2015-03-26)Department: PhysicsThis thesis uses two complementary techniques to mine the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data to search for stars that are unbound to the Milky Way. A significant fraction of a galaxy's light may come from a population ...
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Towards the use of monodisperse ferromagnetic particles in low resource malaria diagnostic devices (2016-03-24)Department: Biomedical EngineeringGiven the prevalence of malaria in underdeveloped countries, specialized solutions must be developed for its diagnosis. The most common diagnostic throughout these regions is a lateral flow assay. While generally useful, ...
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(KTAV Publishing House (republished by Yale), 1980)"In this paper...we will discuss the relationship of this episode" (the Tower of Babel) "to the one immediately preceding it, 'the Table of Nations'; we shall assess its position in the complex of tales which make up the ...
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(2022-03-24)Department: EnglishJohn Webster’s play The Duchess of Malfi (1612-13) is obsessed with questions of memorialization and legacy. In this paper, I contribute to the critical conversation about memorialization in the play by arguing that Webster ...
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(Baylor Law Review, 1986)This Article joins the enormous and growing body of literature examining the need for reform of toxic tort remedies for cases of exposure to hazardous substances released into the environment. It is different from most ...
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(2016-12-06)Department: SociologyThe following paper examines the relationship between race, ethnicity, class, and Superfund sites in Tennessee using distance based modeling and census tract level data from 2000 and 2010. This project is novel for two ...
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(LEUKEMIA, 2019-07)Risk stratification is critical in the care of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Approximately 10% have a complex karyotype (CK), defined as more than two cytogenetic abnormalities, which is a highly adverse ...
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(2021-06-08)Department: Earth & Environmental SciencesLimited research has been completed thus far involving trace element cycling between environmental media in estuary environments, which is important to quantify to better understand potential impacts of pollution. In ...
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(2018-08-17)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesIn monsoonal regions, speleothem proxy records focus on the wet season and are typically interpreted as records of “monsoon strength.” More often than not, the question about the relative importance of changes of rainfall ...
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(2013-07-30)Department: EnglishIn this essay, I wish to study Frances Burney’s theorization of history in her preface to The Wanderer, and her choice to frame Juliet’s representation through narrative deferrals and silences as the means through which ...
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(2019-05-17)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyCoronaviruses (CoVs) are a family of positive-sense RNA viruses that cause human illnesses ranging from the common cold to severe and lethal respiratory disease. Since 2002, two CoVs (SARS- and MERS-CoV) have emerged as ...
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(2012-07-23)Department: EnglishThis paper situates Gloria Naylor’s 1988 novel, Mama Day, within the tradition of 19th century African American women’s autobiography. I argue that the slave-narrative can be understood as black autobiography in that ...
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(2013-04-12)Department: Learning, Teaching and DiversityThe goal of this study is to investigate how a learning-progression-centered assessment system mediated the collaborative efforts between teachers and researchers in reorienting assessment toward improving the quality of ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)
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(2006-06-29)Department: EnglishIn John Henry Days (2001), Colson Whitehead develops a hermeneutic in which the experiences of three generations of tourists, all in search of the folk hero John Henry, become ways of reading and rediscovering the forgotten ...
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(2006-07-31)Department: GeologyZirconium and Hf are nearly identical geochemically, and therefore most of the crust maintains near chondritic Zr/Hf ratios of ~35-40. By contrast, many high-silica rhyolites and granites have anomalously low Zr/Hf (15-30). ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2014-04)This study investigates the effect of targeted peer victimization (TPV) on negative self-cognitions as a function of victimization type through a three-wave longitudinal study. Measures of TPV and cognitions were collected ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-03-07)