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(2024-03-21)Department: Cancer BiologyCancer metastasis remains a major unsolved clinical challenge as over 90% or cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis. Dynamic regulation of cell adhesion is crucial for successful metastatic dissemination. Cell ...
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(2018-05-16)Department: Mechanical EngineeringTibia stress fractures are prevalent injuries in recreational runners, yet little is known about how to identify risk factors, due to a lack of ability to measure bone loading outside of a controlled lab environment. The ...
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(2023-01-20)Department: Biomedical InformaticsValidated in a general hospital population, the Vanderbilt Suicide Attempt and Ideation Likelihood (VSAIL) model predicts risk of suicide 30 days post-visit. VSAIL performance differed between clinical settings, noting ...
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(2018-07-24)Department: BiostatisticsChart reviews are often needed to collect or adjudicate information for retrospective studies in the absence of reliable research databases. For studies with smaller sample sizes, it is relatively feasible to review all ...
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(2023-05)Understanding the academic and cognitive factors that contribute to the development of early mathematical knowledge and skills is crucial for effective assessment and intervention. However, these factors are often studied ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2002)In this paper, we develop a general approach for constructing simple tests for the correct density forecasts, or equivalently, for i.i.d. uniformity of appropriately transformed random variables. It is based on nesting a ...
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(2014-07-25)Department: Environmental EngineeringPrioritizing the finite resources available to advance research, development and demonstration of the nuclear industry requires a comprehensive evaluation of potential advanced nuclear technologies to inform decision making. ...
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(2018-03-20)Department: Human GeneticsUterine fibroids, benign tumors of the uterus, are the most common female pelvic tumor. Fibroids are highly heterogeneous, with some women developing a single small fibroid while other women develop multiple and/or large ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)In recent decades, research demonstrating both that teacher quality significantly influences student achievement and that teacher effectiveness varies considerably has stimulated a number of reforms aimed to improve the ...
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(2023-07-14)Department: Cancer BiologySmall cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a phenotypically heterogeneous disease, comprising multiple cellular subtypes within a tumor that exhibit differential sensitivity to drug treatments. SCLC heterogeneity is hypothesized to ...
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(2020-03-12)Department: BiostatisticsType 1 diabetes is a chronic disease that cannot be cured, but instead it must be managed through exogenous insulin replacement. Different insulin treatment regimens are available, and understanding the differences is ...
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(2021-04-28)Evaluating leadership development in international education and cultural exchange program. This exploration examines the lived experiences of exchange program alumni and the exchange program team. In collaboration with ...
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(2010-09-17)Department: Teaching and LearningIn this dissertation, I report an analysis of the relationship between student outcomes and fidelity of implementation of Math Recovery, an unscripted, pullout, tutoring program intended to increase the mathematics achievement ...
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(2015-12-28)Department: NeuroscienceNEUROSCIENCE Evaluating Multisensory Processing in the Mouse Model: Clinical and Translational Implications Justin Kyle Siemann Dissertation under the direction of Mark T. Wallace Multisensory integration is the synthesis ...
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(2021-10-18)Department: Biochemistryp53 is mutated in over half of human cancers. In addition to losing wild-type (WT) tumor-suppressive function, mutant p53 proteins are proposed to acquire gain-of-function (GOF) activity, leading to novel oncogenic phenotypes. ...
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(2016-11-21)Department: PharmacologyCurrent antipsychotic medications (APDs) for schizophrenia primarily treat positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions) yet are largely ineffective in treating the negative (anhedonia, social withdrawal, apathy) and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2023)The increasing use of new digital media, such as digital applications (apps), presents new opportunities for parent-child co-play. Active parent engagement during co-play can promote parent-child emotion talk, which benefits ...
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(2023-05)During the first decade of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), Army Special Operations Aviation (ARSOA) recruited from a large population of combat-experienced Army aviators. However, following the troop drawdowns in Iraq ...
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(2022-05-05)The nature of trust between the government and the American public has been a topic of interest for decades, however, with the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, analyzing the intricate nature of trust is ...
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(2023-08)The goal of the high school course placement process is to accurately identify and place students according to their academic abilities. Misplaced students can suffer academic disengagement or the loss of future opportunities. ...