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(Vanderbilt University. Institute for Global Health, 2007-11-08)Sister Rose presents her experiences with palliative care in Ethiopia, a very poor country. HIV/AIDS and cancer are considerable problems and medical resources are very limited.
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(2023-05)The transition from hospital to school settings can be a challenging process for individuals involved, particularly for children with disabilities and special healthcare needs and their caregivers. Hospital and school ...
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(2022-07-15)Department: Nursing ScienceIntroduction: Thoracic lesions are most frequently diagnosed with a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) with procedure risks of hemoptysis and hemothorax. This study aimed to describe patient and procedure ...
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(Open Forum Infectiouis Diseases, 2019-12)Background. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death in children. Identification of reliable bio-markers offers the potential to develop a severity quantitative score to assist in clinical decision-making ...
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(2021-09-16)Department: Molecular Pathology & ImmunologyMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of skin and soft tissue infections in health care settings and those with diabetes worldwide. There is an unmet clinical need to develop new immunotherapeutic ...
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(2022-10-19)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyIn the past two decades, monoclonal antibodies have established their role as effective therapeutic agents for several disease types. This has amplified the interest of using them as diagnostic and therapeutic tools in ...
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(2003-12-09)Department: Electrical EngineeringHot-carrier-induced degradation is a significant reliability concern in aggressively scaled metal-oxide-semiconductor~(MOS) transistors. The physical mechanisms responsible for hot-carrier degradation have been studied ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2006)We add congestion/snobbery to the Hotelling model of spatial competition. For any firm locations on opposite sides of the midpoint, a pure strategy price equilibrium exists and is unique if congestion costs are strong ...
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(2011-07-15)Department: FrenchSince the publication of The Elementary Particles in 1998, the work of Michel Houellebecq has continued to be the subject of intellectual, artistic, and legal controversy. Houellebecq has flouted twentieth-century French ...
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(1860-01-01)
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(2015-01-28)Department: SociologyResearch on women’s experiences with work schedules and flexibility tend to focus on professional women in high-paying careers, despite women's far greater prevalence in low-wage jobs. This paper seeks to contribute to the ...
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(1860-01-01)
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(Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2000)Empirical research has consistently shown that married men have substantially higher wages, on average, than otherwise similar unmarried men. One commonly cited hypothesis to explain this pattern is that marriage allows ...
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(2008-02-16)
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(2022-05-31)Department: Creative WritingA thesis submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of Vanderbilt University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (fiction), this novel excerpt follows ...
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(American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 1994)While the popular press may have declared housework passe with the advent of the two-income household (see "Housework is Obsolescent" by Barbara Ehrenreich [1993] for one such example), the facts indicate that housework ...
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(2007-04-14)Department: Community Research and ActionThis thesis uses thirteen interviews with low-income housing advocates to place current housing advocacy practice in its historical context of the last 150 years. Historically, housing policy has become more progressive ...