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(2023-03-26)Department: SociologyA well-established body of research across academic disciplines has systematically documented the diverse ways sexual orientation is linked to a wide range of life outcomes from early childhood to the tomb. Yet, less ...
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(2019-02-18)Department: Computer ScienceDiseases of the optic nerve affect millions of Americans each year. These diseases include a wide range of conditions such as glaucoma, thyroid eye disease, optic neuritis, papilledema, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(2016-06-29)Department: Spanish and PortugueseThis dissertation studies the representation of national identity in twenty-first-century Argentine culture. I examine how and to what extent the 2001 economic and political crisis, often understood as a turning point in ...
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(2006-04-28)Department: ChemistryMonolayer-protected clusters (MPCs) have become a focus of interest due to their unique optical, electronic, and electrochemical properties rendering them good candidates for use in nano- or molecular electronics. ...
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(Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law, 2017)This short Essay describes the circularity of support between the ICRC and the Pre-Trial Chambers of the ICC. Its successive sections describe the problematic potential of extending the substantive coverage of Common Article ...
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(2023-11-17)Department: EnglishReading the language of New Kashmir and Sheikh Abdullah in apposition to Jawaharlal Nehru’s “pictures” of his native land illuminates the frontiers of thought that predetermine what an emergent Kashmiri state, always ...
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(Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, 2005-09-23)
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(Stetson Law Review, 1998)Statutory and case law make it clear that corporate officers and directors have very wide discretion to direct reasonable amounts of corporate resources toward artistic, educational, and humanitarian causes, even if those ...
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(Columbia Law Review, 2014)The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC is widely considered a major roadblock for campaign finance reform, and particularly for limiting third party spending in federal elections. In response to the decision, ...
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(2019-06-24)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsMOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS Contrast-Enhanced Optical Coherence Tomography Using Gold Nanorods Andrew Gordon Dissertation under the direction of Professor John S. Penn Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is ...
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(2007-12-19)Department: PsychologyA sample of 2,409 intellectually talented adolescents (top 1%) who were assessed on the SAT by age 13 was tracked longitudinally for more than 25 years. Their creative accomplishments, with particular emphasis on literary ...
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(2012-10-30)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesHistorically, spelling has been considered an academic skill that relies primarily on visual memory. Recent research indicates that spelling skill is also dependent on linguistic knowledge. However, the contribution of ...
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(2022-11-18)Department: Molecular Pathology & ImmunologyT cells of the immune system are critical for an adaptive immune response to infection. T cells are unique among immune cells in that they require an intermediate cell, termed antigen presenting cell (APC), to process and ...
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(2016-07-18)Department: Special EducationChildren who exhibit language deficits and behavior problems often underachieve. However, interventions that target children with behavior problems primarily focus on changing behavior, and interventions that aim to improve ...
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(Medicine, 2019-06)Studies investigating the association between transforming growth factor (TGF-beta-509C/T, rs1800469) promoter polymorphism and myocardial infarction (MI) risk reported inconsistent results. The aim of our study was to ...
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(2006-12-01)Department: Cancer BiologyTransforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) is a cytokine involved in the regulation of multiple cellular responses, and it is accepted that the TGF-β signaling pathway is implicated in both tumor-suppressing and tumor-promoting ...
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(2017-11-29)Department: NeuroscienceContributions of Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Domain Containing Protein 1 (MBLAC1) to the Neurobiological Actions of Ceftriaxone Cassandra Lynn Retzlaff Dissertation under the direction of Professor Randy Blakely, PhD Recently ...
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(2011-09-02)Department: Biological SciencesThis project explores the synthesis of heterogeneous G1-3T yeast telomere sequences by the enzyme telomerase. I demonstrate that a mutant in the essential N-terminal TEN domain of Est2p (telomerase reverse transciptase), ...
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(2019-02-12)Department: Chemical and Physical BiologyReplication of our genes requires unwinding of DNA and generating the new complementary strands for both leading and lagging parental strands. The DNA polymerases that generate the complementary strands require a short ...