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(2021-07-14)Department: Biomedical EngineeringTransarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) is a locoregional therapy for liver cancer that reduces blood flow within tumor-feeding vessels using an embolic agent. Assessment of therapeutic efficacy is performed four weeks ...
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(2015-10-12)Department: Mechanical EngineeringIn recent years, robotic rehabilitation has proven to be beneficial for individuals with impaired limbs, particularly due to the potential of robotic therapists to be more accessible, consistent and cost-effective than ...
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(2017-08-08)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe field of nanotechnology has witnessed amazing development in the past decade. In particular, studies of low-dimensional materials, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and other two-dimensional (2D) materials, ...
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(2020-10-16)Department: Electrical EngineeringLow-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) materials, from two-dimensional (2D) graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) to one-dimensional (1D) or quasi-1D nanowires such as niobium triselenide (NbSe3), allow dimensions ...
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(2019-12-17)Background Data are limited on use patterns of low-dose aspirin and its role for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in different racial and ethnic groups. Methods and Results Overall, 65 231 ...
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(2020-03-26)Department: PhysicsNuclei are small many-body quantum systems which account for most of the currently observable mass of the universe. This abundance suggests that the study of interactions between atomic nuclei can enhance understanding of ...
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(PULMONARY CIRCULATION, 2019-06)Low-grade albuminuria, determined by the urinary albumin to creatinine ratio, has been linked to systemic vascular dysfunction and is associated with cardiovascular mortality. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is related to ...
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(The Astrophysical Journal, 2022-12-20)We report the discovery of 2M1222-57 as a low-mass, pre-main-sequence (PMS) eclipsing binary (EB) in the Lower Centaurus Crux (LCC) association for which, using Gaia parallaxes and proper motions with a neural net age ...
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(2020-06-15)Department: Leadership & Policy StudiesWhile federal education policy requires that states support their lowest performing schools, the research on how to effectively turn around these schools is limited. Drawing from 13 years of statewide administrative data ...
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(2010-12-16)Department: Biomedical EngineeringMore than 700,000 deaths are attributed to malarial infection annually in the rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. Effective and reliable early detection is inadequate with currently available technology. Development of a ...
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(Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, 2005-02-21)
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(Vanderbilt Law Review, 2003)The filed tariff doctrine, fashioned by courts to protect consumers from rate discrimination, has strayed from its origins. Instead of protecting consumers, the doctrine has evolved into a shield for regulated firms against ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-04-24)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2006)This paper provides an overview of Delbert Mann's life from his community theatre activities in Nashville and Columbia, South Carolina, to his work in the early days of television and his subsequent career as a film director.
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(John Morphew, 1710)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-19)
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(2021-05-17)Department: ReligionRead together as a narrative whole, the parables and stories in Luke 18:1-30 illustrate various examples of humanity’s call to respond to and participate in the kingdom of God. For generations, biblical scholars interpret ...
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(AEA Papers and Proceedings, 1984)In 1972 the Food and Drug Administration imposed a protective bottlecap requirement on aspirin and other selected drugs. This regulation epitomizes the technological approach to social regulation. The strategy for reducing ...
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(2011-08-15)Department: Biomedical EngineeringWith the world’s increasing energy demands, there exists a tremendous need for the development and industrialization of energy-dense biofuels. Metabolically engineered cyanobacteria provide a promising means, as the utility ...
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(2022-03-10)Department: Computer ScienceLung cancer risk estimation is the problem of predicting lung cancer risk of patients using medical data. The development of deep learning techniques and the availability of large-scale datasets from multiple modalities ...