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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2011-03-09)
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(Evolution and Human Behavior, 2012)The endowment effect is the seemingly irrationally tendency to immediately value a possessed item more than the opportunity to acquire the identical item when one does not already possess it. The phenomenon has broad legal ...
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(Vanderbilt UniversityJean and Alexander Heard Library, 2010-07-08)
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(2021-08-09)The Rural Schools Association of New York State represents the interests of small and rural districts and aims to bring attention, awareness, and advocacy to rural education. This project provided RSANY with the research ...
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(Jurimetrics, 2001)The place of the rational actor model in the analysis of individual and social behavior relevant to law remains unresolved. In recent years, scholars have sought frameworks to explain: a) disjunctions between seemingly ...
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(2004-04-07)Department: Political ScienceThis study examines the “traditional/modern” paradigm advocated by scholars in the study of the Presidency in American Politics. This distinction advises a separation of presidential history into two categories on the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(North Carolina Law Review, 1997)For contemporary biologists, behavior - like physical form - evolves. Although evolutionary processes do not dictate behavior in any inflexible sense, they nonetheless contribute significantly to the prevalence of various ...
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(2014-09-26)Department: Biological SciencesWolbachia pipientis is an obligate intracellular bacterium of increasing importance in understanding the tripartite interactions between viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotes, as well as having applications in modern medicine ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(2019-09-25)Department: Biological SciencesSong is a key aspect of oscine songbird behavior. Males that do not sing a species-typical song are unlikely to attract mates. Interestingly, young songbirds must listen to other conspecific males to learn an appropriate ...
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(Stanford Journal of International Law, 2011)Defense counsel in international criminal proceedings face difficult challenges that are intrinsic to the modern system of internationalized accountability; yet their professionalism and performance represent perhaps the ...
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(Widener Law Review, 2020)The states have launched a revolution in marijuana policy, creating a wide gap between state and federal marijuana law. While nearly every state has legalized marijuana in at least some circumstances, federal law continues ...
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(Vanderbilt Law Review, 2008)Each of the articles in this Symposium sheds new light on the ever-changing role of institutional investors in U.S. corporate governance and corporate litigation. They cover a broad range of topics, including institutional ...
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(2021-08-09)The Executive Master of Science in Technology Management Program guides and develops students by elevating their knowledge, skills, and relational power as regional, national, and global leaders in their respective technology ...
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(2020-03-30)Department: BiochemistryThe dorsal root ganglia (DRG) house the primary afferent neurons responsible for somatosensation, including pain. We previously identified Jedi-1 (PEAR1/MEGF12) as a phagocytic receptor expressed by satellite glia in the ...
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(2015-03-27)Department: Human GeneticsAlzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia. As with many complex diseases, the identified variants do not explain the total expected genetic risk that is based on heritability estimates for AD. Isolated ...
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(2013-10-01)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyCELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY Examination of Hnf6 and downstream effectors in postnatal endocrine function Kathryn D. Henley Dissertation under the direction of Professor Maureen Gannon The pancreas is an ...
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(2024)State VR agencies provide services to individuals with disabilities so that they may prepare for and participate in competitive integrated employment with consideration of their unique strengths and abilities (U.S. DOE, ...