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(2018-04-12)Department: Computer ScienceRobotic collectives are large decentralized robot groups of more than fifty individuals that coordinate using interactions inspired by social insect behaviors. Collectives make group decisions that are facilitated by ...
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(2015-11-30)Department: MathematicsLet $Lambda$ be a lattice in $R^d$ with positive co-volume. Among $Lambda$-periodic $N$-point configurations, we consider the minimal renormalized Riesz $s$-energy $mathcal{E}_{s,Lambda}(N)$. While the dominant term ...
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(2014-04-26)Department: PsychologyThe purpose of this study was to assess convergent and discriminant validity of self-report measures of emotion reactivity and emotion regulation and examine their associations with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). ...
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(2019-06-26)Department: SociologyImmigration to Europe grew substantially in the twenty-first century. While research regarding discrimination in the U.S. largely explores the role of race/ethnicity, research in Europe focuses on discrimination against ...
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(2015)Raman spectroscopy has been widely demonstrated for tissue characterization and disease discrimination, however current implementations with either 785 or 830 nm near-infrared (NIR) excitation have been ineffectual in ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-04-01)Dr. Frank Dobson, director of the Vanderbilt Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, and Alice Randall, Writer-in-Residence, Vanderbilt Department of English, along with cast members from the touring production of ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2009-03-05)This is an interview that I did on www.medtalknetwork.com with Dr. Brian Cotton. Dr. Cotton recently left Vanderbilt to take a new position at UT Houston. He is an excellent teacher and his opinions on fluids resuscitation ...
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(2022-07-18)Department: HistoryThe development of Brazilian public health in the nineteenth century provides a fresh perspective on Brazilian state building. This dissertation examines the role of public engagement in the evolving nature of state policies ...
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Disenfranchised Discontent: Exploring the Scope and Public Opinion of Criminal Voting Restrictions (2021-08-09)Department: Political ScienceThe core principles of democracy rest on the notion that the job of government is to represent the interests, and serve at the will of, its people. However, in practice most societies fall short of fulfilling this ideal, ...
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(Virginia Law Review, 2000)Constitutional takings protections, such as those in the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, create a potential for state liability for changes in regulatory policy by governments. This Article critiques ...
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(2021-03-08)Department: Biomedical SciencesTumor heterogeneity and plasticity are key contributors to treatment insensitivity and eventual recurrence in oncogene-addicted cancers. Sources of this variability have been ascribed to genetic, epigenetic, stochastic, ...
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(2008-10-06)Department: PsychologyTo disentangle the relations between maladaptive cognitive style and depression, we tested simultaneously two different models of this relation: cognitive style predicting later depressive symptoms and depressive symptoms ...
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(2006-08-01)Department: Spanish and PortugueseThe theater of Gabriel Téllez, better known as Tirso de Molina, frequently contains elements of female disguise and cross-dressing. In this study, the author examines four plays by Tirso de Molina in which female disguise ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2013-04-03)Perfectionistic tendencies and coping strategies have been implicated as important factors in both the onset and maintenance of eating disorders but have not been widely researched in conjunction with each other. Given the ...
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(2009-04-20)Department: Community Research and ActionAdolescent substance abuse continues to be a public health concern. Certain vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic minorities, females, and rural residents, still contend with disparities in access to health care. ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)Using cross-sectional data on local currency prices of over 1,800 retail goods and services across 13 European countries in the mid 1980's, we characterize the behavior of average relative prices --- `real exchange rates' ...
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The Dispersion of Intra-Household Human Capital Across Children: A Measurement Strategy and Evidence (Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Economics, 2004-04)Human capital accumulation has long been recognized as critical to economic growth and development. In recent years focus on the intra-household distribution of human capital has intensified both theoretically and empirically. ...
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(2015-03-25)Department: HistoryThis paper suggests nonviolence in the United States was a form of moral being with roots in Gandhism and the Christian tradition whose central architect was James M. Lawson, Jr. Commonly described as a leading “tactician” ...
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(2008-01-02)Department: NeuroscienceMutations in the human K-Cl cotransporter-3 (KCC3) gene lead to a severe neurological disorder called peripheral neuropathy associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACCPN). At the same time as that discovery, the ...