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(2023-07-19)Department: Computer ScienceModel-driven engineering (MDE) has been applied extensively to Cyber-physical systems (CPS) in which the functionality emerges from the interactions of computational and physical processes. The CPS design of autonomous ...
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(2007-12-27)Department: EnglishIn this dissertation, I conceive of three interlocking developments in geography: the revolution of infrastructure, the circulation of goods and print, and the completion of the map of the world. The enclosure of lands and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)This paper proposes a fully nonparametric test for cointegrating rank which does not require estimation of a vector autoregressive model. The test exploits the fact that the degeneracy in the moment matrix of the variables ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)This paper analyzes a simple and tractable model of occupational choice in the presence of credit market imperfections. We examine the relative roles of parameters governing technology and transaction costs, and history ...
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(2021-06-16)Department: Biomedical EngineeringQuantitative MRI phantoms allow researchers to test the accuracy and precision of their methods on simplified chemical systems. While several well-defined phantoms exist for reproducible T1, T2, diffusion, and magnetization ...
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(2010-11-11)Department: Environmental EngineeringIn arid environments, spatiotemporal variations in the processes of erosion and deposition are strongly coupled with the structure and dynamics of plant communities as well as the specific life behavior of individual plants. ...
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(2022-11-18)Department: BiostatisticsIn phase 1 clinical trials, dose escalation is an iterative process whereby a maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is identified for subsequent testing. Patients are treated with escalating dose levels to determine which may result ...
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A Solid Black Hyphen: Race, Religion, Identity, and the Black Power Activism of Gayraud S. Wilmore (2020-03-30)Department: ReligionIn 1963 the United Presbyterian Church appointed black minister Gayraud S. Wilmore as head of its new racial justice commission. In that post, as the top racial justice official for one of the largest, wealthiest, most ...
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(2010-04-28)Department: Creative WritingA Special Relativity is the story of a family living in Orange County, California. The novella takes place during one summer. Vanden West—beautiful and cruel—has just returned home from college on the East Coast to find ...
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(2022-09-21)Department: Mechanical EngineeringHistorically, the vast majority of prescribed transfemoral prostheses have been passive or modulated passive devices, which is to say that they are from the user’s perspective net energy negative. Such devices have proven ...
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(2007-02-16)Department: Chemical EngineeringCHEMICAL ENGINEERING A STATISTICAL ASSOCIATING FLUID THEORY FOR POLAR AND ELECTROLYTE FLUIDS HONGGANG ZHAO Dissertation under the direction of Professor Clare McCabe The ability to accurately predict the thermodynamic ...
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(2019-11-21)Department: BiostatisticsIn basic science experiments, there is a tendency to utilize group-specific control measures in the creation of normalized quantities for comparison across groups. The desire is to compare relative knockout and wild-type ...
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(2020-11-17)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyLung cancer remains the leading cause of all cancer-associated mortalities within the United States. A contributing factor to the high mortality rate is heterogeneous patient response to cancer treatment. This work ...
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(2023-01-25)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe human brain is the most complex organ containing billions of neurons that communicate with each other to share information systematically. Learning its behavior through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) led ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05-01)Ackerman and Barnett (2005) suggest that "future academic success is dependent on being ready to learn and participate in a successful kindergarten experience" (p. 1). More importantly, a quality preschool experience has ...
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(2013-01-04)Department: Electrical EngineeringNanoporous dielectric and metallic materials have recently attracted a great deal of attention for chemical and biological sensing applications. Compared to conventional solid material based sensors, porous materials provide ...
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(2005-08-12)Department: Human and Organizational DevelopmentThis thesis describes the details and rationale of a study exploring particular organizations that work to address structural inequalities in our society, local labor unions. The purpose of this study was to explore local ...
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(2019-07-19)Department: Mechanical EngineeringWhile carbon fiber spring prostheses remain the standard in transtibial prostheses, an increasing number of multifunctional prostheses – those that provide different behaviors than a simple spring, such as hydraulic damping ...
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(2013-08-12)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe aims of this dissertation are to develop synthesis techniques for carbon nanomaterials, to investigate their electrical and optical properties, and to explore their applications in energy conversion and biological ...