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(2012-04-20)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe aim of this study is to develop a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible robot to enable image guided interventions to enhance accuracy and reduce invasiveness. MRI provides exquisite soft tissue images, and fluid ...
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(2010-04-05)Department: Electrical EngineeringModeling physical systems is necessary to understand how they work and how the compositions of physical components (i.e., complex physical systems) behave. Graphical modeling languages are often used in engineering design. ...
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(2023-03-24)Department: Earth & Environmental SciencesThis dissertation aims to enhance our understanding of moisture patterns across North America during and since the Last Interglacial (LIG: ~129,000-116,000 years BP) using established and novel paleo-moisture proxies in ...
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(2011-12-21)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis thesis presents the design and testing of a standing controller for a powered transfemoral prosthesis that is capable of real-time ground slope adaptation and sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit transitions. The controller ...
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(2018-07-21)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesAustralia’s geological and paleontological record shows long-term aridification, making it a particularly interesting system in which to assess long-term responses to climate change. Geochemical analyses of tooth enamel, ...
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(2008-10-30)Department: Civil EngineeringThe present research aims to propose a new methodology for the failure analysis of heterogeneous thin plates. The problem is solved under the framework of hierarchial multiscale analysis. It is assumed that plates are ...
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(2006-04-05)Department: PhysicsThe dissertation describes the design and application of the Nanophysiometer, a microfluidic network that is combined with a thin film microelectrode array to study force – excitation coupling in single cardiac myocytes. ...
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(2007-07-31)Department: PsychologyThis thesis describes a study on counterfactual thinking, which refers to the ability to imagine scenarios that are contrary to fact. I investigated the neural correlates of realistic and unrealistic past counterfactual ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2005)We undertake a case study of riots in the context of Cleveland's economic decline between 1950 and 1980. Our empirical perspective emphasizes differential changes in property values and population levels across census ...
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(2013-12-10)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Human GeneticsWilliams syndrome (WS) is a rare, neurodevelopmental disorder caused by the deletion of 26 genes on chromosome 7q11.23. WS has a well-defined auditory phenotype, characterized by a strong attraction and emotional reactivity ...
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(2018-03-26)Department: ReligionThis dissertation constructs a theological anthropology for ecofeminist theology. In spite of their insistence that human beings need to feel “at home on the earth,” ecofeminists have not developed a theological anthropology ...
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(2005-08-12)Department: PsychologyWorking memory deficit has been suggested to be a cardinal feature of schizophrenia, but the causes of this deficit have not been determined. This dissertation intended to augment our understanding of the etiology of working ...
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(2010-12-06)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe goal of this work is to develop and demonstrate a novel model of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION) magnetic properties based on physical first principles and experimental mathematical relationships. ...
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(2015-04-14)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietyThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) has massive potential to help reduce gender and SES disparities in health, yet low-SES white men overwhelmingly oppose the policy. This paper argued white men are hurt by their negative racial ...
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(2022-03-09)Department: PsychologyParent-child interaction plays a critical role in the outcomes that emerge from a given shared activity. However, there are clear context effects on the kinds of behaviors that determine a high-quality interaction between ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2002)It has been claimed that the deviations from purchasing power parity are highly persistent and have quite long half-lives under the assumption of a linear adjustment of real exchange rates. However, inspired by trade cost ...
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(2011-12-09)Department: ChemistryThe experimental elucidation of protein structures is one of the central tasks of structural biology. The structure of a protein defines its function within a cell helping us to understand the biology of organisms. Protein ...
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(2015-05-21)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAs the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide, gastric cancer is a global issue. Screening programs have had a significant impact on reducing mortality but are unavailable to most people in in low- and middle-income ...
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(2011-08-23)Department: Biomedical EngineeringAssessment of the restoration of load-bearing function is the central goal in the study of bone fracture healing. However, bone fracture calluses are inhomogeneous and irregular materials and this complexity has led to ...
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(2010-04-10)Department: NeuroscienceABSTRACT Huntington’s disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder predominantly afflicting the striatum. It is clear that an expansion of a glutamine encoding CAG triplet-repeat in the Huntingtin ...