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(2012-07-26)Department: Cancer Biologyp120-catenin (p120) is a master regulator of cellular adherens junctions and is important for epithelial homeostasis, development, tumorigenesis, and metastasis. Relatively little is known about the different functions of ...
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(2012-07-23)Department: HistoryThis dissertation examines how Zimbabwe achieved independence under majority rule in April 1980. Drawing on recently-declassified archival materials from South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, Zambia, and ...
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(2017-08-11)Department: HistoryHISTORY Diplomatic Ties: Slavery and Diplomacy in the Gulf Coast Region, 1836-1845 Marjorie Denise Brown Dissertation under the direction of Professor Richard J.M. Blackett By focusing on the tenures of five diplomats, ...
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(2011-03-25)Department: HistoryIn 1754, young George Washington, accompanied by Virginian soldiers and Indian allies, ambushed a French camp in the woods of the Ohio Country. Joseph Coulon de Villiers, sieur de Jumonville, the leader of the French ...
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(2007-12-27)Department: ChemistryIn recent years, technological advances have improved our understanding of disease and infection at the molecular level. Genomic and proteomic studies have identified a large number of potential therapeutic targets for ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-03-27)Children of depressed parents are at an increased risk for depression and other forms of internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, but certain factors may interrupt or moderate this transmission. Specifically, both ...
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(2019-07-19)Department: AstronomyObservations of our own galaxy and others near and far demonstrate that massive black holes live at the centers of most galaxies. The origin of these black holes is the subject of much debate. We study the birth of these ...
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(2011-12-05)Department: Electrical EngineeringDigital integrated circuits (ICs) fabricated in advanced semiconductor processes are susceptible to single event effects from lightly ionizing particles (e.g., alpha particles, protons, and muons). Furthermore, these ICs ...
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(PLoS One, 2021)Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is marketed as a tool to uncover ancestry and kin. Recent studies of actual and potential users have demonstrated that individuals’ responses to the use of these tests for these purposes ...
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(PLoS One, 2021)Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is marketed as a tool to uncover ancestry and kin. Recent studies of actual and potential users have demonstrated that individuals’ responses to the use of these tests for these purposes ...
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(2011-04-06)Department: ChemistryNucleoside analogs comprise a large therapeutic class applied to the treatment of HIV, hepatitis, and other diseases. Their broad use and applicability are in contrast to their high manufacturing cost. Given the similarity ...
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(2010-05-13)Department: ChemistryNucleotide analogues are essential pharmaceuticals with challenges in preparation due to need for control over regio and stereochemistry, and protecting group manipulations. Enzymatic biosynthesis of these analogues provides ...
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(2020-09-21)Department: MathematicsParity conditions for walks in graph-encoded maps, also known as gems, have been used to characterize orientability and bipartiteness for cellularly embedded graphs. We show that seven parity conditions for graph-encoded ...
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(2022-11-19)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceThe random thermal motion of charges in a material results in emitted radiation that is spatially and temporally incoherent. The spatial incoherence corresponds to the lack of correlation between the oscillating dipoles ...
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(Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2019-12)Introduction Identification of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated tuberculosis (TB) at increased risk for unfavourable TB outcomes would inform efforts to improve such outcomes. We sought to ...
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(Washington University Law Quarterly, 2001)One of the most pressing questions facing both corporate scholars and businesspeople today is how corporate directors can be made accountable. Before addressing this issue, however, it seems important to consider two ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)We trace directors through time and across firms to study whether acquirers' exposure to non-public information about potential targets through board service histories affects the market for corporate control. In a sample ...
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(Wake Forest Law Review, 2003)This essay observes that, in the face of corporate scandals of the last few years, a number of prominent advocates for shareholder primacy have retreated to the position that directors and officers should attempt to maximize ...