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(Lewis & Clark Law Review, 2019)The traditional (Arnstein) test for copyright infringement is satisfied when the owner of a valid copyright establishes unauthorized copying by the defendant. To demonstrate unauthorized copying, one of the major tests is ...
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(2013-04-19)Department: HistoryThis study examines how African American intellectuals, many of them participants in the racial uplift movement, utilized the ideas of the eugenics movement as a strategy for the social, biological, and political improvement ...
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(2020-03-17)Department: Mechanical EngineeringMany optical diagnostic techniques are capable of measuring combusting flows. However, environmental factors can trouble most techniques such as reflections from metallic surfaces or flows containing solid particles or ...
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(2013-04-01)Department: Biomedical EngineeringReading is a complex cognitive behavior, which relies on the incorporation of a network of brain regions. White matter is the information transfer pathway between distant brain regions, and thus plays an important role in ...
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(2013-07-18)Department: Electrical EngineeringNetwork-on-chip (NoC) architectures with emerging interconnect technologies have been developed to meet the demand for high-performance computational systems while maintaining energy efficiency. The introduction of deflection ...
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(2006-12-11)Department: Biomedical EngineeringDiffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) has become the primary imaging modality for non-invasive characterization of the microstructure of living tissues, particularly of human white matter. Despite its success in various research ...
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(2008-07-28)Department: Biomedical EngineeringDiffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is an imaging technique that provides a measure of local tissue microstructure based on the water molecular diffusion. Although this imaging method has been successfully ...
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(2021-12)The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) is a full-service, internationally accredited police department operating in a county-wide status, tasked with protecting and serving the citizens of the Metropolitan Nashville, ...
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Improved synthesis of tetraethylene glycol-derived thiol for monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (2010-11-23)Department: ChemistryImproved synthesis of ω-functionalized mercapto-tetraethylene glycols and single-phase synthesis of gold nanoparticles are described. Tetraethylene glycol is converted to mercaptotetraethylene glycol through thioacetate-protected ...
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(2022-01-14)Department: BiostatisticsMany statistical methods have been proposed for variable selection in the past decades, but few balance inference and prediction tasks well. Here we investigate a novel variable selection approach called Penalized regression ...
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(2017-11-22)Department: Mechanical EngineeringFriction Stir Welding (FSW) is a solid state joining process that uses a reusable rotating tool to plasticize, mix, and join materials. For this thesis the control system of the lab’s FSW machine was redesigned to improve ...
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(2015-04-15)Department: ChemistryProteins play a pivotal role in the functions of a cell. Structural information about proteins facilitates the understanding of their function. Limitations of experimental methods make it difficult to determine the structure ...
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(2022-05)Dual-apprenticeship high school programs in Mexico continue to be a work in progress. This project analyzes the characteristics of the dual program in the state of Nuevo Leon and the graduating the graduate students’ work ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-06-15)Since the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) wrote their Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics in 1989, the mathematics education community has focused on developing students' mathematical ...
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(2020-08-26)Department: Chemical EngineeringAptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotide affinity reagents that are used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. By adopting unique tertiary structures, aptamers can bind to a variety of targets, including inorganic ...
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(2021-03-24)Department: Computer ScienceMultiple Sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system which affects nearly 1 million people in the US. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as the most sensitive non-invasive technique, is used to ...
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(2019-07-25)Department: Special EducationStudents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) require intensive supports to make progress on literacy goals. These supports must often include methods to decrease challenging behaviors and increase ...
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(2008-12-15)Department: Biomedical InformaticsThe evaluation of the literature is an increasingly integral part of biomedical research. Clinicians, researchers, librarians, and others routinely use the literature to answer questions for clinical care and research. ...
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(2024-03-20)Department: Electrical EngineeringAbstract
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(2022-12)Vanderbilt athletics sponsors 16 highly competitive varsity-level sports teams; that include some of the best collegiate student-athletes in the world. While Vanderbilt athletics provides a quality experience for a diverse ...