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(Vanderbilt University Special Collections, 2014-10-23)
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(Printed for J. Mawman, by T. Gillet, 1805)
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(2015-12-23)Department: ReligionThis thesis analyzes tricksters within African and African American literature and oral culture as figures signifying methods of criticism that can enhance modern preaching practices. This project relies upon Afro-American ...
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(2013-09-20)Department: NeuroscienceI have studied the neurophysiological bases of saccade execution and evaluation within the oculomotor system of Macaca mulatta and Macaca radiata. To better understand saccade execution, I recorded the electromyogram (EMG) ...
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(Seton Hall Law Review, 2019)The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) reformed charity executive compensation for the first time in decades, introducing an across-the-board excise tax on compensation over $1 million.1 Its enactment represents a ...
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(Minnesota Law Review, 2011)This Article proposes a new approach to monitoring executive compensation. While the public seems convinced that executives at public corporations are paid too much, so far attempts to rein in executive compensation have ...
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Executive Function and Communication in Children Who Have Experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (Vanderbilt University, 2021-03-29)As research surrounding adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has moved past evaluating long term effects and is now progressing towards developing interventions, viable targets for intervention must be found. This research ...
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(2007-06-13)Department: PsychologyPSYCHOLOGY EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AND COPING IN SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA LAURA KEYS CAMPBELL Dissertation under the direction of Professor Bruce Compas The current study examined executive ...
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(2016-12-08)Department: PsychologyExecutive function (EF) skills are correlated with school readiness and academic achievement (i.e. Blair & Razza, 2007; Best, Miller, Naglieri, 2011; Lan, Legare, Ponitz, Li, & Morrison, 2011); however, less is known about ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2017)The present study examined the concurrent associations among executive functioning, coping, maternal depression history, and depressive symptoms in adolescents. The sample included 82 adolescents between the ages of 12 and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2015-03-30)While new treatments have increased the survival rate of pediatric patients with brain tumors, they have also left this population with many adverse cognitive, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. Prior research provides ...
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(2023-06-01)Department: PsychologyElucidating disorder- and domain-specific deficits within psychiatric and medically ill populations is a primary focus in the field of neuropsychology. Comparing overlapping and distinct patterns of cognitive functioning ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2024-04)Patients of Huntington’s Disease experience decreased capacity for executive functioning. Moreover, HD patients also experience increased levels of impulsivity and risk-taking behaviors. Consequences of these behaviors ...
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(Vanderbilt University, Department of History, 2016)John F. Kennedy maintains a reputation in American memory with respect to civil rights that he does not deserve. He campaigned for presidency advocating the end of racial discrimination, but once he took office his interests ...
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(2022-05)This capstone project documents the identity and role exploration process for Episcopal Church bishops. The Rt. Rev’d David E. & Helen R. Richards College for Bishops and the "Living Our Vows" program help the new bishops ...
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(2019-07-19)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietyEmpathy is a therapeutic part of any clinical encounter and doctor-patient relationship. Clinical empathy, the term used for empathetic practice in medicine, is defined as the clinician’s ability to identify a patient’s ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(1981)
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(2017-07-20)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis thesis presents the design and dynamic model for a prototype pneumatic boost converter, a device developed to be an energetic equivalent to the electrical boost converter. The design of the system selects pneumatic ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Economics, 2004-01)We consider a general equilibrium economy with public goods and externalities. Following Boyd and Conley (1997), we treat externality markets directly instead of indirectly through Arrovian commodities. Because such direct ...