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(2022-11-29)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe cochlear implant (CI) is a widely successful neural prosthetic device and is the preferred method of treatment for severe to profound hearing loss. CIs use an array of electrodes surgically implanted in the cochlea to ...
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(2022-05-16)Department: Mechanical EngineeringMuch of the energy consumed by the world’s industrial sectors is lost as waste heat. Concurrently, manufacturing facilities also require vast, valuable quantities of compressed air, air that is most often produced from ...
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(2023-07-11)Department: Special EducationPromoting positive relationships among young children is an important step towards improving their long-term social and academic outcomes. Children who have low rates of interactions with peers, who are identified as ...
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An Adaptive Scaffolding Framework for Self-Regulated Learning in an Open-Ended Learning Environment (2023-01-20)Department: Computer ScienceSelf-regulated learning (SRL), which involves the regulation of cognitive, affective, metacognitive, and motivational processes, is an important construct for analyzing effective student learning in open-ended learning ...
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(2019-08-19)Department: Electrical EngineeringChanging the ways that robots interact with humans in uncertain, dynamic, and high-intensity environments (e.g., a NASA control room) is needed in order to realize effective human-robot teams. Dynamic domains require ...
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(2022-12)Bridging Relationships in Diverse Groups with Exceptional Service (BRIDGES) is a non-profit organization located in San Diego, CA, that provides community-based day programs for adults with intellectual and developmental ...
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(2019-08-29)Department: HistoryThe American Revolution generated tens of thousands of black loyalists who were evacuated from the United States and resettled in London, Nova Scotia, and eventually Sierra Leone. The departure of black loyalists after the ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2001)In this paper, a modification is made to the endogenous growth model studied by Lucas [1988]. It is shown that if individuals derive utility from their level of human capital, then a tax on the return to physical capital ...
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(2020-01-17)Department: Cell & Developmental BiologyBasement membranes are sheet-like extracellular matrixes that can be found on the basal surface of epithelial and endothelial cells, surrounding muscles and other organs, and in association with neurons. In addition to ...
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(2006-04-14)Department: ReligionCelestial divination may be understood as the interpretation of celestial phenomena as signs portending the occurrence of future events. In ancient Mesopotamia, schools of professional diviners and scholars existed as ...
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(2010-04-05)Department: Electrical EngineeringScaling in VLSI systems leads to higher packing densities for transistors. As a result, they are more likely to be hit by an incident particle, such as neutrons or alpha particles. The interaction of neutron and alpha ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008)The effects of distortional fiscal policies are studied within a model in which there is endogenous investment-specific technological change. Labor is used in the production of output and also for research purposes. Labor ...
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(2014-07-22)Department: Special EducationChildren’s ability to use a spoon facilitates increased independence during mealtimes and greater control over the pace and quantity of food intake. Children with multiple disabilities including visual impairment (MDVI) ...
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(2005-04-06)Department: Environmental EngineeringNear-surface contaminant isolation facilities are routinely used for the disposal of hazardous and radioactive waste. The objective of these facilities is to maintain the long-term isolation of the identified contaminants ...
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(2022-02-01)Department: Special EducationIn a multi-year randomized control trial, paraeducators received targeted coaching and professional development to implement an individualized intervention for elementary or middle school students with intellectual and ...
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(2008-07-15)Department: Computer ScienceCoupling between software modules has been shown to be deleterious to both software quality and maintainability. Common coupling (two or more modules sharing a global variable, or GV) is a particularly strong (and therefore ...
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(2005-07-26)Department: Teaching and LearningThis study analyzes the development of statistical reasoning during several mathematics classes of an intact fourth-grade classroom. The teacher and her students were members of a multi-year teacher-researcher collaborative ...
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(2010-04-20)Department: Special EducationThe author presented an examination of teachers’ use of praise and reprimands in relation to student behaviors for students identified as exhibiting problem behaviors. Data were examined from student-centered observations ...
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(2005-07-24)Department: Teaching and LearningThe purpose of this dissertation was to document the development of a professional teaching community and the means of supporting its emergence and concurrent learning as situated in the institutional context of the school ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010)