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(Vanderbilt University, 2008)We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second mover advantage.' A key feature of standards is that, unlike public goods ...
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(2022-07-20)Department: Political ScienceDespite growing interest in traditional leaders in Africa, studies have paid little attention to political competition and its role in service delivery and accountability for the unelected leaders. This dissertation focuses ...
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(2008-04-14)Department: Computer ScienceThe prevailing paradigm in the regime of resource-constrained embedded devices is event-driven programming. An event-driven application consists of a small runtime and a set of event handlers that execute in response to ...
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(Santa Clara Journal of International Law, 2010)The Rome Statute nowhere defines the term "complementarity, " but the plain text of Article 1 compels the conclusion that the International Criminal Court was intended to supplement the foundation of domestic punishment ...
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(Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, 2003-03-20)
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(Vanderbilt News Service, 2003-05-02)
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(Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905)
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(Minnesota Law Review Headnotes, 2021)In Evidentiary Irony and the Incomplete Rule of Completeness, Professors Daniel Capra and Liesa Richter comprehensively catalog the many shortcomings in current Federal Rule of Evidence 106 and craft a compelling reform ...
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(2011-12-10)Department: PhysicsThis work explores the complex plasmonic phenomena generated by Archimedean nanospirals. Arrays of gold nanospirals are fabricated with varying arm spacings and arm widths, as well as winding numbers ranging from 2 to 4π, ...
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(2009-09-21)Department: ReligionThis study employs qualitative methods to describe black South African women’s experiences of HIV/AIDS in two Pentecostal church communities. It analyzes beliefs and practices, connecting gender roles and divine healing ...
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(2013-10-21)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which preschool teachers use complex syntax in their verbal interactions with preschool children. Of interest was whether the amount of complex syntax preschool teachers ...
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(2021-06-08)Department: MathematicsWhile close connections between recursively bounded $\mathrm{DNR}$ sequences and complex sequences have been well-documented, explicit bounds on growth rates in these results has not been possible due to the nature of ...
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(Duke Law Journal, 1996)This article is the first in my series of articles exploring the application of complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory to legal systems. It builds the basic model of CAS and maps it onto legal systems, offering some suggestions ...
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(2021-01-20)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe goal of this dissertation is to develop tools for surgeons that provide better access, dexterity, and performance during minimally invasive surgery. This work focuses on a class of thin, flexible devices called continuum ...
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(2020-07-19)Department: PhilosophyThis dissertation performs an examination of the role played by religion – conceptually and semantically – in the debate over the best conception of public reason. The public reason debate has recently been revitalized by ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2009-08-04)What horrible things can happen with central lines once they have been inserted.
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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2007-05-18)Virtually all patients on ventilators are on PEEP. PEEP has several interactions with various organ systems and some can result in profound complications. An understanding of PEEP and auto-PEEP are required before we can ...
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(2019-06-13)Department: PhilosophyWe intuitively think and talk about health care as a human right. Moreover, we tend to talk about health in the language of basic rights or human rights without a clear sense of what such rights mean, let alone whose duty ...
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(2009-04-20)Department: Computer ScienceComponent middleware has become increasingly important in distributed real-time and embedded (DRE) systems. DRE systems are characterized by resource constraints and stringent quality of service (QoS) requirements. Growing ...